Evaluation 2 - Social Groups

A key character from the beginning would be either me or Ellie; we start the opening 2 minutes of and we are the first people you see. There are a lot of differences between these 2 pictures: the setting is very different, the clothing that the characters are wearing are majorly different as the personalities are different. The lighting is very different from each other, the contrast and the brightness is very different  from each other. We played around with ours as it was very dark and needed to be changed. Having films that are similar to ours in a few ways is effective as it shows that we took other horror movies into consideration and we looked in detail how they made their movie and what they use in it.

Evaluation 1 - Camerawork and Editing.

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All of the above are the main scenes that were included in the opening 2 minutes of our production. I included them as they are a rough plan of our 2 minutes and if you haven't seen our movie then this could give you a rough idea of what the plot is and how the story rolls.

These 2 pictures above are the editing parts of our movie. This consists of font testing with all the names, seeing how they look with each other and then how they all fit into the opening 2 minutes and how they look with the video.

Review from the Class.

This class review happened after we had done our interview and the class had watched our opening 2 minutes. As the class hadn't seen it yet they were watching for the first time and wrote down the good and bad things about it so we got compliments but also got new targets to try and complete. This is effective as we then know the things we have to do next time to make sure that we have done it to the best standard we can.

Our Interview of our Opening 2 Minutes.

This is the interview Ellie and I done with our class and teacher. We were asked a series of questions regarding our opening 2 minutes and we had to try answering them using media terminology. It was hard and the pressure got to me as we were in front of the whole class and having them there looking at you isn't the best thing; I've never been a fan of being on a stage or talking in front of a crowd as i hate the attention and pressure given when you need to answer a series of questions.
The questions had some that were simple and there was one that we got stuck on so we had to skip one out of all of them.
Next time, to do better we could come up with answers using more media terminology and make sure they make sense as we got confused some of the time. If we were to go and do it again with ready made answers then we would have done a lot better and got more questions answered.

Evaluation 1 - Special Effects

For the opening 2 minutes of our movie 'A Day In The Woods' we didn't use any special effects in our movie as it didn't need to have any involved. As we chose the genre of a horror movie no special effects were needed. We changed the effect of the footage so that it didn't seem as dark when put into adobe but besides that we didn't add any special effects in as it would look odd and wouldn't fit together.

Evaluation 1 - Introducing Characters

Introducing the main characters is a main part of the movie and if its not done right then it effects the movie and what people think of the movie. When the movie starts playing the characters have to be specifically introduced into the movie so that it all merges together and works with the titles and sounds.

Kiera and Ellie were first introduced right at the start of the opening 2 minutes as they are the main characters and needed to be in the start as they are in the whole 2 minutes. Introducing them was easily done and when the long angle shot came up on the screen so did their names at the same time so that you know what the character looks like and what their names are  so there isn't any confusion and the audience don't get bored as they don't know the names of the characters.

Emma was introduced not long after Ellie and Kiera were. Emma played a young girl that went missing in the middle of the night during the Christmas holidays / dead body which was laying on the floor. As the close up of Emma comes up on the screen the title of her name comes up along side her so that we know her name also and this is effective as everyone would now know the characters names.

Jai first got introduced after the title of the film came up and he was introduced as the antagonist as he was the one that killed Emma and then when Ellie and I realized he was there in the bushes he ran after us and that was also a very dramatic scene. Following on from that he then caught and killed Ellie which could cause some hate from the audience as he killed one of the main characters which would effect the rest of the movie.

The rest of the crew - Annaleigh Mann, Caitlin Mann, Anna Phillips, Baily Whiting and Shannon Harrell were involved in the opening 2 minutes but weren't involved in the filming as we had all the characters we needed for the movie and we didn't want there to be too many main characters as it would be too crowded so they all helped with the camera angles and filming.

Evaluation 1 - Genre

Our genre for our opening 2 minutes is horror. We chose horror as there aren't many new horror movies coming out, they are mostly action or cartoons. Our opening 2 minutes shows our genre as we have involved some of the typical horror movie objects/scenes. We involved 2 people being murdered, screaming, running away and being in a dark location. We decided to change some of the things around or change the outcome of it, instead of a knife killing we used a syringe and a thick plastic bag. Instead of a house being broken into, everyone hiding and one of them being found and killed we changed it so that we were walking home from a day out and then the murder happens a bit after it. The music and screams suggest that its definitely a horror movie as the music is the same beat as a racing heart.

Evaluation 1 - how opening sets story

The opening of our opening 2 minutes involves Ellie and I just casually walking home from a day out and we come across a dead body which is laying on the floor covered in leaves. When we get closer we realise that its the little girl that went missing  a few days before in the middle of the night. We go towards the dead body and sweep the leaves off of the body to see if she is alive or dead and that's when we realise that she's dead. A few seconds later the dead body which is laying on the floor opens her eyes which causes me to scream in shock in this we zoom in and do a close up of her face. This is all effective on our movie as its what starts the movie off and tells you what genre it is and you make yourself think of the end conclusion.
The overall story is a simply set horror movie but its not like all of the average horror movies.
We start off with the production titles (Old Barn and Green Pyramid Productions) then as it goes on it starts with Ellie and I just walking round the corner of a path near the pond and we are just strolling and talking whilst we are on our way home. As we carry on we come across a body laying on the floor which was assume was dead covered in old leaves, then as we hastily decide to approach it we both kneel over the body of this young girl and sweep the leaves off her and then we realise that she is the little girl that went missing in the middle of the night a few days ago. We carry on wiping the leaves off the body and all of a sudden her eyes open and in shock it causes me to scream. As Ellie and I walk off and we were going to phone the police we see a very strange eerie looking man standing in the bushes watching everything we were doing, so I end up screaming again. Me and Ellie both run away from where the scary haunted looking man and the dead but also alive body where but in this process of running away the eerie man catches Ellie without me realising and as I carry on sprinting away Ellie screams "KIERA!!" This causes me to run back in the direction of the man and the body just to make sure my bestfriend is okay. As I hastily approach where we had started running I see Ellie laying on the floor under the light of the lamp post with a thick plastic bag on her head and a syringe in her stomach. Confused and scared I didn't know what to do so I just threw the syringe away from us and I started vigorously shaking Ellie to try and get a response but I didn't get any kind of response so I know he killed her.

Evaluation 1 - Costumes and Props

PROPS

The props that we used were a syringe and a thick plastic carrier bag. The main reason we used these were because a syringe is a normal everyday item you use when your ill and have to take medication with so everyone is aware what it is, but people are also aware that it can be used in wrong circumstances (i.e. Drug use or a poison to be used inside it) in a horror movie when the audience recognise that its a syringe they would possible think of these circumstance and come to conclusion what the situation was and then as it goes on they know the storyline more and more by the scene.

COSTUMES

The reason behind Ellie's costume is because she finds it very comfy and easy to do filming in. She chose clothes that were in fashion right now and that quite a lot of people are wearing. Black leggings, Nike Roche's, Bomber Jacket and a Nike jumper is very fashionable right now and everyone fits in with each other. During filming she didn't have any problems with her costume and found it easiest to wear.

This is Emma's costume, the reason behind it was that Emma was kidnapped a few das before in the middle of the night and was still missing. Ellie and Kiera walk past Emma when she was laying dead on the floor. A onsie for this situation was a very good idea; Emma is covered from head to toe and doesn't get dirty and as she went missing in the middle of the night it makes more sense for her to be wearing a pyjamas.

This is Jai's costume, the reason behind this is because he is the antagonist. We asked Jai to wear all black so when it came to filming he was dark and we hoped it would work so that we could only see his face. He wore all black clothing - black jeans, black hoody with a black t-shirt on underneath and black shoes. All of these items are comfy to wear and Jai chose them specifically.

The reasons behind my costume are - it was all really comfy to wear around Tadworth whilst filming and walking around to find the perfect part of the location to film in, its fashionable and everyone is wearing clothes similar to it and I had to wear casual clothing as if I dressed up in smart clothing they would find it suspicious and it would look weird.