Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Audience Feedback




       These are some of the questions that we asked our peers who are within the same age range of our target audience.

·         Is it too ambiguous? (themes, storyline)

·         Does the music go well with the shots?

·         Is it a recognisable thriller?

·         Are there any shots which don’t fit nicely with the rest of the shots?

·         Does the music create a typical thriller type atmosphere?

·         Is the editing appropriate for a thriller?


We were aware of some of the feedback that we received that was mentioned by our peers, they are:

·         Some of the shots at the beginning were grainy.

·         Add the alarm sounding to make it more realistic or change the clock. 

·         There is more in the bathroom scene then the room.


For improvement

·         In the bedroom scene to change the lighting, make the room darker but with a slit of light shining through the curtains onto Maya's face.

·         Reshoot the dream scene so the audience can recognise that it's a dream

·         Reshoot the newspaper scene to make it more realistic

·         Reshoot the end scene as they are not fully focused  

·         The blood that drops from the vase can seem too watery, experiment to see how to improve this. 

Friday, 15 March 2013

Opening Titles: After Effects

I decided to continue with doing handwriting effects for the titles because it fitted nicely with the shots of the psychiatrist's notes as there is a signature on the notes.

After watching YouTube tutorial videos, I am now comfortable with using After Effects and have grasped the basics of how to use it.


I then went onto looking at tutorials for a shatter effect as when the vase smashes on the floor, I thought it would fit nicely with the title to be placed here.







Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Updated storyboards



We noticed some faults in our previous storyboards, and therefore altered them and edited them changing length of various shots, we developed them and we changed the scene where she is talking to her physiatrist, because we wanted to make it more implied than obvious that she has one.








Monday, 4 March 2013

Moving Storyboard

I began making the soundtrack to the thriller opening by looking at the storyboard but as a movie file, as if it was the real footage.


It also gave me a rough idea of how long the opening would be and if each shot worked well with the length we gave them. 

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

After Effects Title Tester

In After Effects, we had a lot of trouble working out how to create a falling text effect, therefore we opted for a handwriting style, for which we will use as our titles.


Monday, 25 February 2013

Prop List

Eve :

  • Pill bottle  
  • White flowers
  • Clock 
Hannah :
  • Fake blood 
Heeral
  • Glass vase
  • Newspaper 

Storyboard

 This is our story board that we used as a guide line into making our thriller opening. During this process we had to make few changes due to the settings, cast and timings of the shots.
 There are some parts of the storyboard that we haven't made any changes to because they were appropriate and fitted well for our opening.
 We have also added in more shots to make our opening longer and so it makes sense to the audience who are unaware of what the storyline is.