Saturday, 9 January 2016

Rough cut

 
This is the rough cut of our film.The original name we had for our product was Taped however we have now chosen the name 'Possession' because we thought it had several meanings. The girl in the white dress (me) is possessed and also she has kidnapped the girl (Serina) so therefore she is now in her possession. From looking at our rough cut, I think we should change the font of the title as it is too bold and does not convey horror, instead comedy. From the feedback we have got, we have had suggestions to change the sequence of which the clips are in as this is looking more like a trailer instead of an opening. And to also change some of the clips to a blur to make them look as if they are part of  a dream/flashback. 

Friday, 8 January 2016

Filming Process


Production sequence

 
This is our production sequence.  We chose the name 'Red Grape' as our production name as we thought it would be memorable as it is different but also because the word red gives the ideas of blood. The word grape could connote to being peeled, we are peeling away the mystery of what is going to happen in the film. We decided that Fern would be the one to design this. I think she did a very good job. The picture at the start gives the connotations of horror as it has blood looking rust on the top. There has been a red tint added to it to give a better effect as it connotes horror. The colour of the writing is red because it is associated with death and blood. I like the way it fades to black with the writing still on the screen and I also like the sound of the 'blood splatter' because it adds a better effect. If we were to do it again, I would add more animation and maybe change the font.

Tuesday, 5 January 2016

Change of plan

This is the rough cut of our opening sequence. However from here we have decided to start another opening because we do not think this is very good. The filming was not very steady, the dialogue was very hard to hear and we would have had to change the music as we did not make it. I feel this is a risky thing to do however I think we could potentially get it done by the deadline. We will not have as much time to film and edit etc but I feel we will come out with a much better opening and truly show our skills. We did not finish it as we did not add in the title or any of the production names etc. I think the worst part was towards the end, with the doll and the fire. A lot of our feedback had said it was not very easy to wok out the storyline. Another point is that it was not clear we were at a funeral because of the clothing worn. I felt that it looked a little too much like a trailer instead of an opening so we will keep that in mind for our other idea. I think we are making the right decision to re think our idea.