Analysis of the Film

I believe after watching our final video that there is some room from some alterations and maybe somthings we could of done better....

The first shot of dan covering the screen you can hear sams voice which makes the shot look less effective :( Also Dans hat does not help the shots as it shows that we did not follow any comstum through the film. Although it could be said that it is good as michelle is also wearing it in the flashbacks and shows that they used to be together.

We tried hard to try and find a sound effect that worked well with the flashbacks but we failed to do so as every thing we tried didnt sound soo good so we ended up leaving it black and left it with just the crying.

We could of added more titles instead of just having our names once as there is very little titles.



Even though there are some things that could have been done better i am still very pleased with the video and think that we did a good job in making a opening to a thriller.


Good times :) xx

vampyr

Pete Fraser recommended that we watch a Danish film called "Vampyr" from 1932...this was because it included a burial that reminded him of our shot of dan covering the screen with dirt.



Watch, if you dare!!!!!?

Why Dead Cat?????? UGetMe boss

One question we were asked by the other group, why Dead Cat productions??

Well the story goes way back to the day of our groups filming, after a hard day of filming, me and Dan were going to catch the bus from Linton to Cambridge city centre, when we suddenly heard a painful moan from the middle of the road, we looked over and saw it was a cute little ginger cat who's neck was bent the wrong way and it was coughing up blood, Dan stodd in the road to divert traffic while i ran to the nearest house to ask for help.

Some old lady gave me a number for the vet i called them up and the woman was such a b**ch, i said to her the cats neck is in a bent place so picking it up could break its neck, and she told her colleague it was "a young lad who doesnt want to touch it" - what a pr**k! so then when i finally convinced the idiot to send the vet it came and like a split second before the cat had a little fit and died - typical!!

It was put in a bag picked up from a pool of its own coughed up blood..

THIS IS WHY WE DEDICATED OUR THRILLER TO THE DEAD CAT

BRAPPP

Feedback from Final Video

In class we watched our final videos on the big screen :)

The main feedbak we got was that dans hat was not welcomed int the video and many people thought that it made the video look less professional and that costum for the sequence was not very well thought out.

People also liked the shots of car being at begining anf the end like a circle

Music was better than the rough cuts music

Good flashbacks (colours help to understand) many people thought they didnt work though. in the way of the ploe :(

Feedback from our class

People felt that starting with the car and ending with the car was an effective way of beginning and ending our thriller opening sequence.
The music was also thought to be very effective, and that it was better than our rough cut music.

A common criticism was of Dan's hat and that it did not suit a killer.

more to come in this post lesson ended lol

YouTube Video of our thriller

Feedback from other groups on our thriller

We asked:
Do you understand the plot?

Feedback:
"Yes, it is very clear and a good idea. The betrayal of the couple."

Question:
What did you like or dislike about he titles?

Feedback:
"All the titles were very well positioned but the title that said betrayal was maybe a bit too big for a thriller"

Question:
Do you think we can improve any elements of the video?

Feedback:
"No, you don't need to, its perfect"

Question:
Did the sound fit well with the sequence? Explain?

Feedback:
The sound was helpful in luring in he audience and making it thrilling!!!

Were very happy with our feedback

Feedback

How does the film use genre conventions?
"the gaze", flashbacks, setting contrast-dark + light

Can you catogorise the film opening in to sub-genre?
thriller/horror/scary?

Could the film pass for professional work? if not why?
this actual piece couldn't although we are sure the idea has been/ could be used in a professional film. Most of the shots are very good but not a professional quality

What do you think will happen in the rest of the film? (narrative)
explaining what leads to her being killed, consequences of the death, if the killer goes on to kill more people

How does music create atmosphere? does it do it effectively? if not why?
the music accurately creates a tense and eerie atmosphere. The inclusion of a sound almost like a choir as the body is buried involves the feeling of a funeral service.

Our final video

Overall, we are all very pleased with our final thriller, we all paticularly like the shot which creates a contrast where Michelle is smiling in a flashback but her crying is heard in the background. Another shot we paticularly liked is the one of dan shovelling mud onto michelle from her point of view.

FINAL VIDEO

unused footage

some of the footage that we planned to have used included many aspects from our animatics.
we filmed Dans eye up close moving from side to side which we thought would be really good and effective however in the feedback we recieved we found out that a lot of people thought it was erelevant and confusing. this is why we decided to remove it from our sequence.

there is also a huge scene where Dan walks into the house and then washes his hands which was supposed to lead into the rest of the film however we replaced it with him driving away in a car which seems to really stand out more and give the audience a sense of sequence.

Final without music

Adam has now got some footaage that we reccently filmed some cars on the road and shots of cars pulling up intoan area. we may imliment these shots in tou our final footage. I feel these shots could really act to the overeall efect and undesatnding of our opening sequence. We are going to impliment them into the existing roughcut then we will add in the new footage then upload the video back on to the blog.