Feedback for Rough cuts of Horror Film

When presenting our horror film to the class the feedback we receive, some negative and some positive.

we were told that he title credits were too fast and instead of having them rolling or crawling we should just have them still and not moving becasue it would look more realistic. The establishing shot was good and slow which made it look realistic and a very good opening scene. We were also told to put more transitions in our films to make it flow more.

The story line was very clear and had a good sequence to it, also the shots worked well making the story more understandable to the audience. The sound worked well in the last shot which made it very effective and interesting, but we were told to add more sound as it needed it becasue at the moment it isn't very effective and makes you want to keep watching it.

The lighting maked it look dark and threating which added a great effect to the film becasue it really looks like a good horror film and it makes the corridors of the school look really scary and like anything can happen. Lastly we were told to add more shot types becasue we need to show more fear the characters faces and the only way to do this is to have more extreme closes-ups.

Sounds in TV Drama

In lesson we watch a few TV clips and analysed what effect sound had on each one of them.

1. Spooks: In the beginning of clip there is like a mysteries sound to show discovery and questioning of people. As the clip goes on the music changes to make a sound as if the characters are taking all the information that they have just been told, in order to actually understand what is going on. The music changes to show a change of scene and different characters talking. When the character slams down his hand on the table and immediately the camera goes straight to his face this shows power and also the music then starts and it is kind of like a discovery and kind of makes it sound evil and frightening, in order to make the other character feel small and stupid and found out.
2. Bleak House: Towards the end of the clip there is sad music to show a sad scene when it is announced that someone has died. As the music is added it shows the characters to be quite sad and lonely, because although they have each other they might kind of feel like in there own little world and really alone. Then when the music gets a it more louder after the man asks the woman to get married the music gets more happier and you also get the sense of relief that the man has finally told the woman what he has wanted to say for a long time.
3. Eastenders Clip:  In this clip of Eastenders there was not that much of ambient sounds, but more realism sounds of like tea being drinked, phone being played with. Also there was a lot of dialogue which actually made the scene because without the dialogue you wouldn't really understand what is happening in the scene so it gives us information and you also kind of feel involve in the scene because it is more realistic.
4. Spooks MIF: In this clip of spooks the music was kind of music that showed discuss and like they really couldn't believe what the man was actually doing. Aso there was a flashback of something that happen to the man and with this there was like a sad and upset music which reflected how the man felt at that present moment of time.
5. Desperate HouseWives: In this clip at the beginning sad music was played to make us feel really sorry for the woman but then when the other kind of evil character was shown the music changed from sad to like evil to show that we dont feel sorr for this character becasue she has come back from the pass to annoy and cause trouble for everyone around her.

British Film Review

The British Film i have choosen to watch and review is Four Weddings and a Funeral.

The plot of the film is basically the film follows the adventures of a group of friends through the eyes of Charles played by (Hugh Grant), a debonair but faux pas-prone Englishman, who is smitten with Carrie, an attractive American played by (Andie MacDowell), whom Charles repeatedly meets at weddings and at a funeral.

The camerawork used within the film was excellent, which included, medium shots to show the main character talking, also there was a lot of long/establishing shots to show each of the locations for the four weddings and then for the funeral. There was wide shots to show a lot of the actors and extras when there was like a party, this kind of shot was used to show us everyone having a fun time at the weddings. There was also the use of over the shoulder shot which was use when the two main actors where having a conversation between each other and we were able to see the facial expressions of each of them and how they reacted to what one another were saying. There was also the used of 180 degree angle used when the american actress was walking towards the englishman. There was the use of zooming up on the characters to show what kind of facial expression was been shown when talking to the other character, this was then used as a close up shot of the character to show the happniess of the englishman charles and to show us that he has actually fallen in love with the woman. There was also medium close ups used to show both the characters in bed together. In beginning there was a use of extreme close up on the main character which is the englishman. There was also bird's eye shot when the englishman was looking down on the american woman and there you get the sense of love and affection especially when she looks up at him.

There was lot of digetic sounds and non- digectic sounds. The digetic sounds include the following:

• Alarm clock ringing at the beginning of the film
• Egg being fried, which makes a zilling noise
• Zipping up a suitcase
• Flash of a camera, at the first wedding and the rest of them
• Church bells for the four weddings and the funeral
• Clapping hands
• Crowd talkind and laughting
• Shoes tapping
• Crying in the funeral
• Laughing
• Wispering
• Rain poring down at the end

The non-diegtic sounds include:

• Music in the beginning of the film, with the credits
• Wedding Music
• Romantic Music
• A lot of celebrational music
• More relax quite music to show love and affection
• Music to show death and saddness
• Happy music at the end
• Music when the brides enter the church

The wheather in the film is very clearly thought of becasue when it is the  four weddings the wheather is very sunny and reflects the mood everyone is in, so it shows that it is a day for everyone to be happy the sun is shining and people are getting married. Whereas, when the funeral is happening the wheather is dull, miseriable and raining which reflects the mood everyone is in becasue they are saying goodbye to someone and they will never see them again. But what is very clever is the fact that towards the end there is a romantic chase between the englishman and the american woman and true movie style it is raining so it kind makes it more romantic because he is willing to do anything to be with her and chasing her through the rain shows true love and they just stand in the middle of the street alone and here there is romantic dagloue followed by the obvisious which is kissing the middle of the street alone just them in the scene alone.

As always mise-en- secene is always used in films. In this film the location is in England where the man lives and he is the main actor but it does also give us a glimples of america in the beginning becasue that is where the american woman lives but will only see this at the beginning of the film.  The costumes used in the film is as followed for the men when going to the four weddings is suits to look like they are going to a wedding but when it comes to the funeral the men wear black suits to look like they are morning the dead person. For the women when attending the four weddings they where beautiful bright coloured dresses to show that they are going to a wedding. When it came to the funeral they wore black dresses to show depression and reflect the mood they were all in. At the end it shows pictures from all the four weddigns that they atttended. The make-up that was used made them look like they were going to a wedding and when it came to the funeral the women didnt wear as much make-up as they did to the wedding. There was artifical lights used at night time and then at day time when it was daylight there was no extra lights needed to be used, which meant it was ambient lights which comes naturally from light giving throught out the day. When the romatic chase happened and then charles catched up with the woman it was just the two of them in the scene which made it look really nice and romantic and at that point i really felt for them both.

Throught out the film obvious there was a lot of diagloue which included romantic, chuch vows, words said when someone dies and then just a lot of taslking needed to make the film what it is. There was a lot diagloue in an english accent.

I think with all the camerawork and sounds, also the mise-en-secene the film was amazing and it really is a good romatic comedy to watch i really enjoyed watching every moment of it.

Definition of British Film

The definition of British Film is basically that it is produced, directed by a british people. Also it is filmed in british scenery and may also be about the history of brition like the second world war and first. Also films like pride and prejucide that about british actors and in british scenery.

Also films like This Is England shows what England was like back in the days so films that are British gives people in the 21st Century what England was like ages ago.

Investigation on the Four Websites

I will be investigating three website and i will find out for each one of them the following:

• The purpose/mission
• What type of information is available
• Who might use the organisation or website
• 2 interesting things I learned from the organisation 

The first website I am going to investigate is http://www.britfilms.com/ 

The purpose/mission of the britfilm website is it basically enables people of any age to make a short film and sent it in to be shown at a festival, the films need to be less than 45 minutes long and need to have a British director or producer.  It is linked with the National organisation the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)


The type of information that is available when going on to the website is the following things:

• Who does what in the UK film industry
• Film- maker resources and information 
• British films and Film makers 
• Directory of international film and video films 
• Training and courses
• News and Events 
• Spotlight
• Cannes Film Festivals Guide 
• Site Map

When you click on each heading it gives a lot of information and it is available to everyone who goes on the site so the site is very useful as a lot of information is available. 

The type of People who might use the website or the organisation are the people who may be starting or wanting to start a career in directing and film making and by them sending there films to this organisation might be the best place to start, the organisation may see potential in these people and from there a whole new career may start. 

The two interesting things i found from the organisation is that they can like make dreams come true, by this i mean even with that little film they send in they may see potential in people who want to start a career in directing and it looks to me it is a good place to start. My other interests was that the website is really good at giving a lot of information to people like they even give a site map to help you it is a really useful site to look at. 

The second website I am going to look at is http://www.bfi.org.uk/ 

The purpose/mission of the BFI (British Film Institute) is to promote understanding and appreciation of film and television heritage and culture. Established in 1933, the BFI runs a range of activities and services.

The type of information that is available is as followed:

• What's on 
• Research
• Education
• Filmstore
• Archive
• Members
• About 

All these things are on the website when you first go on and they give you all sorts of information to help you along when visiting the site. 

The type of people who might use the website or organisation is young teenagers i think and younger adults because it is kind of a website where you can make films and just basically have a lot of fun and at the same time appreciate the work and art of film. 

The two interesting things I have learnt about the website is that it is really colourful and eye-catching to look out, and the other thing is that there is more information on this website than there was on the other and it even has like films people have made when going there fr the day. Which really inspires the whole idea of the organisation. 

The third website I will be looking at is http://www.netribution.co.uk/ 

The Purpose/mission of the website is all about the discovering Latin America which is the largest of its kind in the UK and for the ninth year promises to present the city of London with a wide variety of brilliant feature films and shorts, as well as exciting documentaries spanning the whole political spectrum, thrilling retrospectives, thought- provoking mater-classes, enthralling discussions with film directors and many other events. 

The type of information that is available on the website is:

• Community
• News
• Interviews
• Blogs
• Forum
• Calendar

When clicking on each one it will then give you more information as to what they are all about. 

The people who might use the website is Latin American people who are interested in the world of films. 

the two things i found interesting was that it was actually for Latin Americans and they making it all in the UK and that they are quite successful for nine years now in the city of London. 

 

The fourth website i will be looking at is http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/

The purpose/mission of this website is as follows:

The UK Film Council was created in 2000 and is the Government-backed lead agency for film delivery in the UK;

Since its creation the UK Film Council has been the cornerstone of the British film industry and the funder of most of the big cultural film initiatives – we have backed more than 900 films, shorts and features, entertained more than 200 million people and helped to generate approximately £700 million at the box-office worldwide.  For every £1 of Lottery money we have invested, £5 has been generated at the box office, allowing us to reinvest that recoupment straight back into new British films;

The type of information that is available is when you first enter the website is as follows:

• About us
• Funding
• Filming
• Distrubition
• Strategy
• Research
• News

When you click on each one they give you more information on what they are about.

The people who might use the website or organisation is people who love films and enjoy to watch a good british film, maybe even families having a movie night in.

Two interesting things i have learn't about the website/organisation is firstly i like the fact that they bring british films to life and it looks really interesting. secondly i like the fact that there is a lot of information on all types of things you want to know. 

Horror Film Animatic Feedback

When we presented are horror film animatic to the class the feedback that we receive was that we should make are opening a lot shorter as it was too long and we do have a time limit, also that we should have more different types of shots and maybe a bit more sounds within the story.

I think personally that we needed to improve our animatic a lot becasue we couldn't of had some of the shots from different angles instead of the same one, also i think the sounds were good at the right time but the use of i a bit more would og been good anfd i think a bit more interesting for people to watch. I also think the story could of be a bit more clear for people to understand and more shots could of been add to show that it is actually a horro film not just a school drama.

Also although we added information on the back about it i think a few more lines should of been filled in so the story is fully clear to understand.

I also think that because it was too long we have now taken it on board and have cut down on how long it is, also we did add more interesting shots and when filming we will be filming from different angles instead of just the same one, to make the audience intereseted and drawn in. we have add more sounds to are film so that it is not just boring talking throught out. 

Breakdown Sheets

This is my breakdown sheet for my first week of filming.