Final Verdict

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