We edited as much as possible before we presented to the rest of the class.
The feedback we received was because of the subject and genre of the film, use soft transitions and no cuts. We were also told to soften the music at the beginning of the opening and introduce it gradually. Also, a lot of the shots were the same because we mainly used medium shots so when we film again we will shoot from a lot more different angles and try and get a variety. People suggested we use some extreme close-ups to help portray the emotion and point of view shots to help tell the story. More locations and voice-overs were more suggestions that people thought would make the opening better.
Planning our new idea and the summary of the plot
Our group took the time to sit down and decide on another idea for different film opening as our previous one hadn't worked out so well. We wanted to change our idea completely by using a different genre. We decided we wanted to make an effective and dramatic film but in the opposite way to a horror so we came up with a whole new concept. We though about how effective we could make it and if it would appeal to an audience. We also figured out not to give too much of the film plot away in the opening 2 minutes because we wanted to build tension and engage the audience. Faye, Charlotte and myself all went away and thought about a new idea for the film. When we got together to discuss what to do we shared the ideas from each others film ideas. All were different but based on the same sort of genre. As a group we decided we wanted to do drama as that was one of our favourite genres to watch and knew it was popular with people our age.
Our new film is called 'Before I Die' and is about a teenage girl called Rose who has been diagnosed with cancer. What happens in the film is Rose (who will be played by Charlotte Andreas) makes a list of things she wants to do before she dies and as she does them she ticks them off. She does this with the help of her best friend Josephine ( who will be played by myelf) She also has to bring herself to tell her boyfriend that she is going to die. The film is aimed at mainly females of any age above 10.
Our new film is called 'Before I Die' and is about a teenage girl called Rose who has been diagnosed with cancer. What happens in the film is Rose (who will be played by Charlotte Andreas) makes a list of things she wants to do before she dies and as she does them she ticks them off. She does this with the help of her best friend Josephine ( who will be played by myelf) She also has to bring herself to tell her boyfriend that she is going to die. The film is aimed at mainly females of any age above 10.
Feedback for animatic of Revisited
The feedback for our animatic was very positive as we had a clear idea of what we wanted to do and how we were going to film it.
We realised when watching the animatic that the shot where the girls are in the bedroom having a conversation needed shot reverse shot as it would have bored the audience if we didn't change the camera angles and make it more interesting.
There wasn't many things that needed changing apart from that and we were very pleased with how our idea worked as an animatic and were looking forward to filming it.
We realised when watching the animatic that the shot where the girls are in the bedroom having a conversation needed shot reverse shot as it would have bored the audience if we didn't change the camera angles and make it more interesting.
There wasn't many things that needed changing apart from that and we were very pleased with how our idea worked as an animatic and were looking forward to filming it.
Filming of Revisited
On Friday 20th of November, Faye Gibbs and Charlotte Andreas came round my house to begin filming for our film opening Revisited. Some of the filming needed to be when it was light outside where-as some needed to be in the dark, so we filmed the day scenes first which I thought went better than the other scenes as light wasn't really an issue.
Through-out the day we filmed varies different shots from different angles and with different lights but it wasn't turning out how we expected it would and the scary shots weren't very effective. We also had a lot of trouble when filming outside as there were no street lamps so shots came out pitch black and useless.
When we looked back at the footage we decided it wasn't good enough and wasn't worth re-filming so we decided to completely scrap our original idea and think of a new film opening of a different genre.
Through-out the day we filmed varies different shots from different angles and with different lights but it wasn't turning out how we expected it would and the scary shots weren't very effective. We also had a lot of trouble when filming outside as there were no street lamps so shots came out pitch black and useless.
When we looked back at the footage we decided it wasn't good enough and wasn't worth re-filming so we decided to completely scrap our original idea and think of a new film opening of a different genre.
Summary of Revisited
My group is made up of Me, Charlotte Andreas and Faye Gibbs.
Our film is a horror film called 'Revisited' and is aimed at mainly teenagers who enjoy scary films. The rating is 15 and over.
The main plot of the film is that a dangerous serial killer has escaped from prison and is on the hunt for victims. He gets into the house of a 16 year old girl having a sleepover with her friends, one by one he brutally murders 3 out of the 4 girls. The last girl sees all her friends being killed and manages to escape. The rest of the film is about how a year on, the murderer has escaped from prison once more and hunts down the 16 year old girl (the main character) and tries to kill her.
I will be playing the main character which is the girl who has survived, Faye Gibbs and Charlotte Andreas and one of our friends will be playing the three other girls who get murdered. Another friend will be playing the killer although their face wont be shown as people will only recognise him by his latex gloves.
Our film is a horror film called 'Revisited' and is aimed at mainly teenagers who enjoy scary films. The rating is 15 and over.
The main plot of the film is that a dangerous serial killer has escaped from prison and is on the hunt for victims. He gets into the house of a 16 year old girl having a sleepover with her friends, one by one he brutally murders 3 out of the 4 girls. The last girl sees all her friends being killed and manages to escape. The rest of the film is about how a year on, the murderer has escaped from prison once more and hunts down the 16 year old girl (the main character) and tries to kill her.
I will be playing the main character which is the girl who has survived, Faye Gibbs and Charlotte Andreas and one of our friends will be playing the three other girls who get murdered. Another friend will be playing the killer although their face wont be shown as people will only recognise him by his latex gloves.
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