Questionnaire

Questionnaire

We had some decisions that were not set in stone because we needed more research into what people of the target audience's views were about certain ideas. So we decided to do a questionnaire so we could ask people their thoughts and opinions on these areas. Here are some of our answers:

We felt more research was needed before making our final horror opening to ensure we attract our target audience. To do this we decided to make some questionnaires, and asked 

Doing a questionnaire really helped us as a group to discover what our audience expected and their opinions on a successful horror movie and choose the right decisions. Overall we have decided to use normal clothing because it adds mystery to the film letting the thriller/horror play in your mind as it will be more effective as it will relate to real life more an is more realistic leaving the audience curious and paranoid.hnj

Shooting Schedule

Shooting Schedule

2.00pm:		First shot of book opened a hand turning the page, close up.
2.10pm:		Film clip of ‘Rosie’ running with a toy to enhance her youth, long shot, she drops a ribbon out of her hair on the floor.
2.30pm:		Close up of a photograph of ‘Rosie’.
2.40pm:		Close up of the inside of the book. Pictures are shown, close up.
2.50pm:		Close up of the nursery rhyme in the book with lock of hair and image of ‘Rosie’.
3.00pm:		Slow motion of vase smashing, close up.
3.10pm:		Silhouette of the man watching ‘Rosie’.
3.20pm:		Close up of the rose that was in the vase on the floor.
3.30pm:	Over shoulder shot of the man looking through the book. Adding ribbon into the book that he picks up whilst ‘Rosie’ is running.
3.40pm:	Shot of ‘Rosie’ colouring.
4.00pm:	Over shoulder shot of ‘Rosie’s’ colouring.
4.20pm:	Shot of mans book (match on action)

Choosing Location

We decided to use a location with a wooden inclosed area, therefore, we are left with two options - a wendy house or a shed. Both the shed and and wendy house capture the cold, dark, sinister scene we all instantly thought of in a meeting about choosing the location. It also helps create the intense atmosphere.  We all agreed that the wendy house could look very powerful if we used a low angle camera shot looking up towards it would make it very intimidating relating back to the mans personality towards 'Rosie' as he comes across as a very intimidating charactor. It could also look very effective and look as if it is lurking, it would also be interesting to shot some of the scenes in the dark, the darkness would enhance the personality and characteristics of the man who is trying to capture 'Rosie'.  Mollie photographed the setting from different viewpoints and angles to see various camera shots we can play around with. Mollie found if you're looking through a element/object perhaps a bush or trees it seems as if your from the mans point of view and the audience will feel as if they shouldn't be there and that they feel uncomfortable and awkward as if they are spying and stalking on 'Rosie' with the man. I feel the lighting will also be appropriate as it will be all natural lighting mainly high key with some highlighted areas lit with man made light. It will be filmed midday in the daylight and there will be some parts where it is filmed at night so we will be able to capture different elements and highlight some characteristics of the characters, the day time will represent 'Rosie' and the night time the man. This is because 'Rosie' is a happy young girl, energetic and vulnerable and the man cold like the night, dark light the night sky. We may find a few difficulties when shooting in this location due the fact the ground is not level, to make sure the shot is level we will place the tripod on a flat surface. Luckily this location is easy for the whole group to get to, as this is in the back of Mollie's garden. 

Here is the wendy house from a low down angle, looking up at the wendy house, kind of a pov (point of view) shot as it looks like someone is looking throw branches. It is also shown in daylight but I have also edited these photo's in a other post making it appear darker and gloomier following the horror genre codes and conventions.

here is another photo of the wendy house from a face on angle still capturing the branches at the side and most of the location. Again I have also edited this photo.

Checklist for filming

1. Book to be made with 'Ring a Rosey' in it - Made before filming day 17/11/2012
2. Red rose for prop - Brought day before 17th
3. Film prep of shed - Two days before the day of the shot - 17th
4. Voice over - Week before day of shot 
5. Meeting talk about why and impacts - Week before day of shot
6. Photographs of shed - Complete 
7. Special effects of shed step by step images - End of next week 

Edited Images of the Location

Here are my edited photo's of the shed we used in our chosen location. As you can see I have changed the brightness and contrast by using the editing software on iphoto. I used the affect fade colour on both selecting level 3, I also blurred the edges by level 1. There is also a affect to change the temperature of the surroundings in the photo, I decided to make it appear colder which gave it a blue tint creating a mysterious atmosphere perfect for our horror genre. 

Improvement from the preliminary task

Due to the preliminary task we all learnt a lot of skills we would need to improve. One is you have to film everything in one day as the surroundings in the location may change and the weather varies a lot. This highlighted an issue with independent, low budget film making that we will have to plan for in our opening title shoot. If we weren't to follow this action it could cause the audience to become confused it would also make the cut look unprofessional. Making sure we followed this rule would help make a clean, smooth shot of the scene. When we next shoot we will need to make sure the tripod is positioned correctly and attached to the tripod in a more stable upright position as in some scenes of our preliminary task the camera is slanted from a improper setup. This made it difficult to edit the clips together to perform smooth shots. However to overcome this problem, we will film more footage than needed incase we need to replace any areas due to filming errors and also so we have plenty of options when it comes to editing the clip.
In the section 54 to 55 seconds of the preliminary task we can see a unclear cut in the filming from when sam pulls his arms down to his waist to then walking out of the room. The camera angle jumps were we had to reshoot and it didn't run smoothly. His arms are suddenly by his side. This was supposed to be a tracking shot, so this issue can be resolved by tracking the actor all the way out of the room. It could have also made the audience feel disorientated with the fast abnormal body movements.

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Preliminary Task