Evaluation - Question 7

Evaluation - Question 6

Evaluation - Question 5

Evaluation - Question 4

Second Focus Group

This is our Focus Group that we conducted after the editing of our entire production:

Evaluation - Question 3

Evaluation - Question 2

Evaluation - Question 1

BBFC Presentation

Final Task

First Focus Group

We have conducted a focus group midway through editing our production in order to gain an idea of improvements with relation to our target audience's opinions.

We found:
1. The colour corrections to red were too far apart, and so our audience didn't always understand the narrative. We have changed this by introducing more cuts to red which builds on the creepy feel of the film overall.

2. The scene we had included at the end of our film was of the protagonist walking across a typical school setting. We had come up with this idea because we wanted to lull the audience into a false sense of security by making them think that everything had returned back to normal, when in actual fact it hadn't. Our focus group mentioned that this clip made the narrative difficult to follow and they didn't understand its purpose. For this reason we decided to cut it.

3. At times the sound was quite jumpy which distorted the overall feel of the film. We managed to fix this technical hitch, thus erasing the poor quality of the backing track.

Actors, Settings and Props

When we had decided on the music we wanted to include in our production we emailed companies asking them if we could use the pieces we had chosen:

Storyboard

Preliminary Task

We did not have any dialogue in our film, but here is the script we made for the benefit of the actress:

Walk into classroom

Stop in front of desk

Walk round back of desk to look at note

Sit down

Look exasperated

Look scared, you have heard something

Put head down

Look up in sudden shock

Focus Pull and Reverse Zoom Workshop

This workshop was a way of attempting shots we had never used before; we were not only able to learn the actual shots, but also the type of situation they would be used in, which would help us decide whether they were suitable for our production or not. 

Lighting Workshop

This workshop helped us to experiment with low-key lighting, as this was a convention we identified for the horror genre, and one we wanted to include because it alluded to the idea of an unknown threat.

Green Screen Workshop

We had a few difficulties with our green screen in that a purple outline of the person is seen. We intend to correct this in the future by ensuring that nothing surrounding the scene is green, as well as using the Chroma Keyer effect more adequately.

Film Noir and Femme Fatale Presentation

180 Degree Shot Presentation

Eyeline Match Presentation

Match on Match Presentation

Shot Reverse Shot Presentation

Presentation on Generic Conventions

Textual Analysis - Seven, Opening Credits

Here is our textual analysis of Seven:

Seven - Opening Credits Textual Analysis

Textual Analysis - Insidious, End Scene

This is our textual analysis of Insidious:

Insidious - Ending Scene Textual Analysis

Textual Analysis - The Ring, 'The Tape' Scene

Here is our textual analysis of The Ring:

The Ring - 'The Tape' Textual Analysis

Textual Analysis - Rear Window, 'Caught Snooping' Scene

Here is our textual analysis of Rear Window:

Rear Window - 'Caught Snooping' Textual Analysis

Textual Analysis - The Shining, End Scene

Here is our second textual analysis of The Shining:

The Shining - Ending Scene Textual Analysis

Textual Analysis - The Shining, Opening Scene

Here is our textual analysis of the clip:

The Shining - Opening Scene Textual Analysis

The Results of our Questionnaires

We decided on a target audience by first finding out the genres preferred by specific ages. We did this by primarily asking twenty 12-15 year olds, twenty 16-18 year olds and twenty 18+'s their preferred genre:

Question 1 and 2 Results

The majority of 12-15 year old's ticked the 'other' box in the question, and when asked to develop this option we found that they chose 'animation' as their favourite genre. We have already decided we want to work within the horror or thriller genres, and so animation is unappealing to us which is why we decided against this age group as our target audience.

Question 3 and 4 Results

The 18 year olds' questionnaires resulted in us receiving an equal variation of answers. This indicates to us that they were impartial and willing to watch any genre of film, but again we decided against this age group because we want an audience who strongly agree that their favorite genre is horror/thriller.

Question 5 and 6 Results

Although we included the 'other' option in our questionnaire, horror and thriller proved to be the most popular genres. This result, along with us also being in this age group, has determined our target audience as being aged between 16 and 18.

We have come to the decision that we will be working within the particular genre of horror because it has a slight lead over thriller.

Question 7 Results

We asked this question because we wanted to find out the conventions that our target audience associate with our chosen genre; this is because it aids us when thinking of conventions to include in our film.