The Pursuant

 Here is our final product. I am extremely happy with the finished product it has included all the conventions of  horror and from feedback our audience seem to like it which is great! Everything was successful and just how we wanted it to turn out, unfortunately one hiccup was the final sound when blowing out the candle this was down to the Apple Macs we was editing however it doesn't effect the final product too much. I hope you enjoy watching it as much I and my team enjoyed creating it!

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Question 6

Question 6- What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

 I have gained so much knowledge on the use of technologies while making my productions. I have used software that I haven’t before and with each use developed my production further. Mainly I have been using iMovie this has been the tool to editing and putting my production together. Through iMovie I have embedded fonts and added music these I had to download from online and import them into iMovie. I also was able to use photo shop which I already has experience in to create the polaroid pictures for props. We had to add the pictures we took from the hardware

camera and uploaded them on to the photo shop software and manipulate them into the outline of the polaroid pictures this proved quite difficult until we got the hang of photo shop and got the job done, this technology allowed us to create detail to our production as this being a small prop made the film effective and improved the quality. This also got good feedback from the audience as with the pictures they had better understanding of the suggested plot.The cameras were really easy and simple to use so this didn’t affect the pace of our production at all. YouTube was a key element when making our production as we used it for research and to upload any drafts we created, we got great feedback!

I really didn’t realise how much work went into making a production. Even small things such as changing the lengths of shots by a second can make such a difference. However as we noticed how much work there was we picked out important things to focus on for example editing to ensure it had the right finish then focused on little things that add to the production as a whole such as adding production companies on to our footage.

My favourite shot of our production is an over the shoulder shot/POV shot of the antagonist analysing the polaroid pictures. It makes the audience feel like they are in the room like a fly on the wall watching his obsessive nature. In this shot it also jumps to a closer shot of the polaroid causing and eerie effect.

These shots were used due to our research into different horror openings our main inspiration was se7en which has these similar tight, jumpy close up shots which were really effective in creating a spooky atmosphere. I also really love the final shot in our production.

My favourite shot is when showing the antonognist face hidden strangely looking down at the only source of light in the room. This created questions in the audience mind…what‘s going to happen next?

 I am really happy with the work and effort that has gone into the making of our film and the final project looks great! However there are a few things I would of done different if I could do it again. One being the variations of shots and locations as we was quite limited to the tight space of a cupboard and it was a little difficult to keep the shots different therefore using our editing skills we did our best to change lengths and cut shots to make them unique to one another. Also with the locations I think at least a second location would make it more effective and slightly more interesting to watch as an audience member. I would say the only limitations that occurred was the correct equipment for a 360 degree shot we wished to create the reason being we thought of this idea to late into the production schedule to research into how to creating this shot even without the equipment.

Overall throughout the production I have gained many new technological skills that helped massively to create a fantastic final product! I intend to use these skills further when making more productions.

Question 5

This is my question 5. I conducted an interview with my target audience to see what they really enjoyed about our film.

Question 4

This is my question 4 created on Powtoon.

Question 3

Question 2

Question 1

Final Draft of 'The Pursuant'

Draft 2 of 'The Pursuant'

This is our second draft of our production. We have made improvements based on our feedback from our first draft such as titles and more footage!

Evaluation of my initial opening scene

Evaluation of my initial opening scene

First of watching my opening scene I knew much more footage was needed using different camera shots as there was little diversity throughout. I and my group have now filmed more footage and creating our second draft. I also need to add titles which I have been researching to find inspiration and the perfect titles to go with my film. I would like to change the transitions between shots as they jump and don’t look effective and some don’t match the genre. However I do think it looks very much like a horror film and build tension. I would like to watch this film as I would like to know this character is in the film as he is covered which I also think is successful.

Audience Feedback

Audience Feedback

I created questions to ask my audience that also watch the first initial opening scene. I first asked where they though the titles should go initially they said over the top but as we continued discussing we thought that it would be too much writing on the screen as there are newspaper articles in it so the resolution to this was to put the titles in-between shots on a background. A second question was do you like the transitions of shots. This was clear that the audience didn’t as they thought they didn’t fit the genre. My final question was do they understand the plot and what is suggested to happen. The audience said it was understandable that he was a murder and therefore other murders would take place in the film. Other comments were that they liked the music and it fitted the genre and it also created and emotion of confusion and tension, perfect for a horror! To improve they said we need to vary our camera angles and shot variation.

Sketched titles

This is a rough sketch of my idea for the titles that will be featured during the opening scene of my film. The thought is to have the font in the colour white and look as if it has been worn or scratched out therefore having each letter a different size. These titles will be on a black background also making it look scratched out from this background, making them really stand out for the audience. I want the transition of my titles to flicker between shots of my filming and jump similar to 'The Ring' opening titles. I want to cause an emotion of uncertainty for the audience and make them feel on edge because of these jumpy titles which will then fit in with the genre of horror!

Analysis of Opening Titles

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Even though this is not a movie but a TV programme I have been inspired by it and intend to use some features in my production. Immediately when the sequence starts your attention gets brought to the Title of the programme, it links to its initial genre of horror as the white in the titles make it stand out from the dark scene behind it therefore making the audience aware of the darkness in the programme. The font is fairly simple however the word 'Buffy' looks as if hand written which I think looks effective and I want to use this technique for my production to give the impression my antagonist has written or even scratched out the titles himself.

The titles throughout are still in the colour white to stand out from the background however they are not big enough to draw attention from the footage in the background which I also think is effective as it keeps the audience more intrigued in what is going on behind as well as showing who is in it. These titles that show the characters also have a transition from  fading and gliding from the previous to the new whilst matching the character in it. 

The only thing I dislike about these titles are where they are placed on the screen as they are in the middle bottom throughout which I don't think is very creative and could be considered boring in a movie opening especially a horror as you need to cause the audience confusion which could be done through the use of titles. From this opening I intend to take the colour white font to compare with my dark background in my production and also the different letter font sizes and how they are not seen to be made by the computer yet hand drawn.

First Draft

This is our first draft it is not completed yet as we still have footage to add and titles we had fun editing this so far and look forward to seeing our final project.

Poloroid screenshots

These were the poloroid props we made for our production for our antagonist to hold and look at during the opening scene. With these we wanted to create an obsessive nature for the antagonist and make the audience feel uncomfortable this inspiration was taken from the thriller 'Momento'.

Audience Profile- Explorer

This is our audience profile showing our target audience from the research of a pschographic questionaire.

Audience Survey – Detailed information

Making Our Props!

Today myself Emma and Michael enjoyed creating a creepy prop for our setting including old news paper articles reporting murders on young students, perfect for our horror film opening. We researched different articles then made them look old by rubbing tea over them. What a mess! But what a great outcome they looked so real.

Reseraching Film Insitution

Establishing a psychographic: Questionnaire

Establishing a psychographic:

What are your typical attitudes towards big releases / big upcoming films?

Are you intrigued by a fast paced / energetic opening?

Are you open to new brands / film ideas?

Are you an experienced film viewer?

Do you seek a wide range of products or do you prefer to stick to a well-known brand. 

These were the question we asked our audience..we then found who our target audience was and what we needed to do to fulfil their needs. We discovered that our psychographic is an explorer someone who likes to explore and seeks a thrill perfect for an adrenaline from a horror movie.