After watching the final edit of our film opening, Abbie and I agree that we are very pleased with the final project. We feel that our hard work and efforts are obvious in our final production of 'the delinquent. I personally think that we thought carefully about all elements in our film, including mise-en-scene, lighting, sound and camera angles and shots and i think that this consideration is shown in our work.
However, if Abbie and I were given the chance to do this project again, there are a few minor details that i would like to correct. From this feedback:
Greg Potter said...
"wow! firstly that was a great opening sequence to a film you can relate this piece to several other horror movies. The use of camera work to keep the killer a secret was excellent, the shot when the teacher turns around was quality. I was also very impressed with the use of zoom the way you zoomed in to show the reaction of the teacher before zooming out again was very effective. The one and only bit of critism is when the teacher is in the classroom she isnt wearing glasses but when she leaves the classroom she is, apart from that a very effective piece of film."
05 March 2009 19:52
Mirzo said...
"WOW.. well DONE !!! That is an excelent intro of the movie. I can tell it is Horror. The lighting and the location used was very good. The soundtrack kicked in at the right time which is quite creepy and creates tension. The camera movement was great so as the sound effects. The zooming was a little not stable. It could have been even better if you added some transitions duting editing. As greg mentioned about the glasses that confuses people a little. Other than that i thought filming was great and effective."
08 March 2009 22:06
HannahRoyall said...
"Wow that was really good. You really did capture the whole horror aspect. I liked that you used a variety of shots and angles. Also the music went really well. However to improve i noticed that in the classroom lacey wasnt wearing glasses and once she was out she was. It seemed unrealistic. Finally one more thing was i dont know if you would see the whole body shot of the 'killer' in the begining of the film.But i really did engjoy your film."
10 March 2009 10:16
Emily Harries said...
"That was so good girls :) The different camera shots and angles you used looked really good. The tension that is created is great you dont know what is going to happen at the end to the teacher and it leaves you in suppense and makes you want to see it. As everyone else said the only critisism is that the teacher is wearing glasses when she leaves."
10 March 2009 10:25
Zoë Benjafield said...
"i'm actually shocked, that was fantastic. I love the use of zoom within your production , how it enables us to instantly see the fear in the teachers eyes.The music you used really added tention, building up to the end shot of Cat.I thought the story was orginal, and very creative too."
10 March 2009 21:10
Rachel, Lucy, Nikki and Helen said...
"Hello, I really want to watch the rest of your film now! I think the music that you have used to build suspense is very effective but not too over the top. I also like that you only show parts of the delinquent and not the whole delinquent until the end of you scene. I think that filming it at night defienatly makes it seem scarier and I think that that was very clever.I like the match on action shot of Lacey opening the door, also i like way the the digetic sound of the door squeeking adds tension.I like the zoom shots, they keep the shots varied and interesting Well done !"
22 March 2009 13:01
Greg Potter said...
"The Mise-en-Scene in this piece is used very effectively, it is not clear at the beginning as the news reader scene plays the part of setting a scene rather than explaining the genre, but the moment you capture even a glimpse of the "Delinquent" it becomes clear that this is a Horror/Thriller movie.This is clear due to the quiet eery corridors where all you can hear is the echoes of footsteps and creaking doors. When we are shown the evil character we know this because of the evil dragging foot walk and out of place white clothing."
From this commentry from our media studies friends, it is possible to conclude that if given a chance to improve, continuity would be an element to focus on. This is because a very obvious mistake was made by having a shot of the teacher character walking through the classroom to the door without glasses and the next shot of the teacher walking out of the classroom door with the glasses on. This disorientates the audience, as some have said above.
One person mentioned that there was shuddery camera work. Although Abbie and I noticed this when editing, at that point in production, it was too late to do anything about. Therefore, if given the chance to make the film again, we would use a diffirent camera, more adapt to moving around quickly!
One further point i think anyone was too polite to mention is that our selection of music was really a very obvious choice. By this I mean that the music is from quite a popular horror film, so was quite easy to find.
However, as Abbie and I had only a limited amount of time to look for non-diegetic sound, it was difficult to find anything more obscure and less well known. So if given the chance to redo the 'delinquent', I would like to spend more time looking for a sound track.
By Catherine Gough
Wednesday 22 April 2009
Progression from ' The Rush' to our main task, 'Delinquent'
This was Abbie and I's first preliminary task. We were given the idea to do something very basic that allowed us to gain some experience with the camera equipment and the editing equipment. I think that this helped us greatly in the main task, not simply with the experience it gave us with the camera equipment and the editing technology, but also with the knowledge it gave us with different shots, angles and lighting.
I have already discussed the errors we made in this preliminary task. These include:
I have already discussed the errors we made in this preliminary task. These include:
- Shots used are too short, in terms of time, when they should not be. For example, the over the shoulder(OTS) shot of the girl sending the text message transcends from an OTS to a zoom close-up so quickly that it may discomfort the audience. This should be avoided in order to gain more of a professional film.
- Sound should remain under control. In this film, there is a great deal of unrelated diegetic sound from our fellow media students and other members of the school. This has quite an unprofessional effect on the film!
- The lack of continuity in this film, with Abbie's clothing for example, may confuse the audience
- One of the most apparent mistakes in this film is my inadequate camera knowledge. When Abbie walks down the stairs, for example, i zoomed in too quickly, and had to zoom out again. This has an effect of making the entire production look quite amateur like.
I feel that we didn't make any of these mistakes in 'Delinquent' because we learnt from these.
Some comments on this preliminary film include:
"There was a good use of zooming to emphysise on certain things, especially on the mobile phone. Paning and tracking shots were used well to show the setting and to show where the charactors were going. To maybe improve on this work, you could try and keep a steady camera when using the tracking shots and to make the zooming shots at a more consictant pace than being quite jerky." Nilesh Patel
"I really like your use of zoom, and the shots are faded out well, this links the shots together nicely. I think the tracking shots need to be slightly smoother and diagetic or non diagetic sound would be lovely." John Radley
By Catherine Gough
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Progression from 'Late Arrival' exercise to 'Delinquent'
Our preliminary task of the 'Late Arrival', our second ever attempt at filming. Even several months ago, we were training to complete a two minute opening of a chase, as in both preliminary exercises, Abbie and I used an intense atmosphere to create a chase scene.
This preliminary task helped us greatly in the main task, not simply with the experience it gave us with the camera equipment and the editing technology, but also with different camera shots, angles and how the composition of shots is an important part of making a film. This experience is prominent and evident in our 'Delinquent' film, in the shot of the teacher walking down the stairs, which is shot from above, showing the character's vunerablility.
The preliminary also gave Abbie and I the oppertunity to make mistakes that we could later learn from.
Two errors in this preliminary exercise include the continuity problem. This was shown with the watch used. Although not very obvious, this lack of continuity with the two different types of watches was still apparent, and Abbie and I learnt to avoid this in our final project, almost entirely! Continuity was still an issue, however, as the teacher was wearing glasses in one shot, and was not wearing glasses in the very next shot. This disorientated the viewer, and detracts from the overall excellence of the film.
A further error with the preliminary was with the camera work. As Abbie mentioned in an earlier post, one of the shots in 'Late Arrival', a zoom from an over-the-shoulder shot to a close up of the character's hand, was very jerky. This shot was very jerky, and made the audience feel disorientated.
We therefore took note of this, and whilst filming 'Delinquent', we ensured that all camera work was steady, aside from shots that were required to be shakey. This contributed greatly to the overall proffessional look to our film.
Some comments on this preliminary film include:
Editing
"I like the idea of the transition being like the clock face." Zoe Benjafield
"It seemed to flow really well, nothing seemed out of piece either." Zoe Benjafield
"This piece is a clean little piece of filming, the editing moves nicely along with the scene" Greg Potter
Sound
"The music flows really well, hearing the clock tick-tock." Zoe Benjfield
"The soundtrack and diagetic sound also creates an eerie atmosphere which perfectly suits the mood. " Matt Harrop
Mise-en-scene
"The mise-en-scene also works effectively as the acters look like the characters they are portraying." Matt Harrop
"the sense of realism is constantly brought to my attention, with the use of technology being used by the students like their constant use of the mobile phones and the typical "student" clothing is worn which does give you a feeling that these are actual students in this film."
Camera work
"The use of the close up of the hand tapping on the table was really effective too." Zoe Benjafield
"i really like the end shot which exposes the fear on the characters face." Matt Harrop.
These are all very positive comments! Although, Abbie and I were more critical with the faults of the film, such as the jerky camera and the lack of continutity. This meant that we effectively allowed our film to improve, as we knew we had to improve on the aforementioned points to create a good final piece.
By Catherine Gough
This preliminary task helped us greatly in the main task, not simply with the experience it gave us with the camera equipment and the editing technology, but also with different camera shots, angles and how the composition of shots is an important part of making a film. This experience is prominent and evident in our 'Delinquent' film, in the shot of the teacher walking down the stairs, which is shot from above, showing the character's vunerablility.
The preliminary also gave Abbie and I the oppertunity to make mistakes that we could later learn from.
Two errors in this preliminary exercise include the continuity problem. This was shown with the watch used. Although not very obvious, this lack of continuity with the two different types of watches was still apparent, and Abbie and I learnt to avoid this in our final project, almost entirely! Continuity was still an issue, however, as the teacher was wearing glasses in one shot, and was not wearing glasses in the very next shot. This disorientated the viewer, and detracts from the overall excellence of the film.
A further error with the preliminary was with the camera work. As Abbie mentioned in an earlier post, one of the shots in 'Late Arrival', a zoom from an over-the-shoulder shot to a close up of the character's hand, was very jerky. This shot was very jerky, and made the audience feel disorientated.
We therefore took note of this, and whilst filming 'Delinquent', we ensured that all camera work was steady, aside from shots that were required to be shakey. This contributed greatly to the overall proffessional look to our film.
Some comments on this preliminary film include:
Editing
"I like the idea of the transition being like the clock face." Zoe Benjafield
"It seemed to flow really well, nothing seemed out of piece either." Zoe Benjafield
"This piece is a clean little piece of filming, the editing moves nicely along with the scene" Greg Potter
Sound
"The music flows really well, hearing the clock tick-tock." Zoe Benjfield
"The soundtrack and diagetic sound also creates an eerie atmosphere which perfectly suits the mood. " Matt Harrop
Mise-en-scene
"The mise-en-scene also works effectively as the acters look like the characters they are portraying." Matt Harrop
"the sense of realism is constantly brought to my attention, with the use of technology being used by the students like their constant use of the mobile phones and the typical "student" clothing is worn which does give you a feeling that these are actual students in this film."
Camera work
"The use of the close up of the hand tapping on the table was really effective too." Zoe Benjafield
"i really like the end shot which exposes the fear on the characters face." Matt Harrop.
These are all very positive comments! Although, Abbie and I were more critical with the faults of the film, such as the jerky camera and the lack of continutity. This meant that we effectively allowed our film to improve, as we knew we had to improve on the aforementioned points to create a good final piece.
By Catherine Gough
Institution
It is necessary to take into consideration the kind of media institution which might distribute our product.
As our product is a horror/thriller film, I have researched the British Film Institution's participation with horror or thriller films.
This research has provided me with the knowledge that the BFI has had a vast history of both thriller and horror films, from the Lumière brothers' thriller in 1895 to Jonathan Glazer's Sexy Beast (2000). This suggests that the BFI may be the appropriate institution to distribute our film product, 'delinquent', as the institution's history suggests that it has great experience with the distribution of thriller films, and would therefore suit our film, the delinquent. A film that aims to bring about a thrill within the audience of ignorance of what will happen. This is similar to the films that the BFI advocates, such as The 39 Steps, Brighton Rock and The Lodger.
By Catherine Gough
As our product is a horror/thriller film, I have researched the British Film Institution's participation with horror or thriller films.
This research has provided me with the knowledge that the BFI has had a vast history of both thriller and horror films, from the Lumière brothers' thriller in 1895 to Jonathan Glazer's Sexy Beast (2000). This suggests that the BFI may be the appropriate institution to distribute our film product, 'delinquent', as the institution's history suggests that it has great experience with the distribution of thriller films, and would therefore suit our film, the delinquent. A film that aims to bring about a thrill within the audience of ignorance of what will happen. This is similar to the films that the BFI advocates, such as The 39 Steps, Brighton Rock and The Lodger.
By Catherine Gough
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