Audience Feedback 1: Questionnaire Results

After collecting back the questionnaires that we handed out, I have collected the results:

We tried to ask mainly people from our target audience, however, we also asked people outside the target audience because they are also relevant as they fit into our secondary audience.

For question 4, I gave a very brief plot description and asked whether or not the film interested them and why/why not.

Overall, 9 out of 16 people liked our idea.

Positive points said about our film opening idea:

• An interesting idea, especially with the flash forwards.
• Goes with the convention of horror movies with the mask
• The anticipation to know who is under the mask
• Sounds like it could be fun
• Mysterious
• Interesting

Things we could improve:

• The bones hanging from the ceiling, no bones would be more effective as it leaves it more mysterious
• "Sounds a bit stereotypical and therefore doesn't really stand out from the others. I would see it but I wouldn't really promote it with other people because it sounds a bit generic."
• Too much is revealed in the first scene.
• Too gory for those who aren't that into horror.

Question 5 asked people to suggest a name for our movie. These are the titles that people came up with:

• Listen To Me
• The Killer's Room
• Lights Out
• The Kidnapper
• Creepy Hollow
• The Man in the Mask
• Trapped
• That Night
• Him
• Torture
• Creepy Basement
• Masked
• Locked in with Death
• Trapped by Death
• The Cellar
• The Butcher
• The Reflection
• Not My Face
• Mirrored Mask
• Trapped

We also found that 8 out of 13 people in our primary target audience (15-35) enjoy horror films.

Production Schedule: Version 1

Sophie was also allocated the job of creating a production schedule as she is a very organized person. It was quite hard finding dates that all three of us were free on, however we have created a schedule that we are all happy with and that we think will work well.

24th of November - Deciding on exact costume of the girl choosing her exact clothes and make-up (stereotypical girl, wearing pink possibly heels as well)  

26th of November - Creating the 3 photos that the girl will hold in the "Auchan scene" (taking pictures with the girl and her friends, guy/stalker wearing black in all of them. 

28th of November - Starting the filming procedure in Auchan (doing as many shots as possible in the Auchan scene) + filming the scene in the parking lot.

1st + 2nd + 3rd of December - Editing in class - seeing if there are any shots missing 

5th + 7th + 8th of January - finishing the exact costume and mise-en-scene of the psychologist and the girl - creating a contrast/binary opposition of what she used to look like and what she looks like now (creating this contrast with the use of make-up and costume)

9th of January - filming in the psychologists room (finish it and get all the shots) 

12th + 14th + 15th of January - editing of the psychologists room scene (fitting everything together and create a smooth transition)  

Screenplay 1

Sophie was appointed the role of creating the script for our film opening. We decided on this because she created the script for our preliminary filming task and she performed very well on that. Below you can find the link to our first script.

http://www.slideshare.net/Sophie2401/script-for-insanit

Call Sheet 1

I created a table consisting of the frame, what was in it, and the mise-en-scene, which relates to the storyboard, I tried to make it as detailed as possible in order to make it more clear what was in each scene.

Frame	Shot and movement	Sound	Costume	Props
1	Establishing shot, = sense of location.	Very girly song, stereotype of teenage girls e.g. One Direction
2	Over the shoulder shot. Main character is in it, but can’t see her face. Follows the character as she walks forwards.	Non-diegetic music continues.
3	Long shot of character going up escalators. Camera is still.	Music continues.	The top half of her body can be seen, she is wearing a white dress. This represents her innocence.	She’s holding her phone, and has a black handbag
4	Rat’s eye view of her shoes on escalator. Camera is still.	Music continues, diegetic sound of escalators.	She is wearing black converse.
5	Over the shoulder of her using a photo printing machine. Camera is still.	Music continues. Sounds of her operating the machine.	Her nails are painted pink. This reflects her girly nature.	The printing machine is already there, in a shopping centre.
6	Close up of her hand, holding a photo. The camera cuts closer in on the photo, where a guy in the background can be seen.	Music continues.	There are 4 friends in the photo, linking arms, smiling, wearing dresses.  The person in the background is wearing black, and a balaclava.	Would need the dresses, also guy in background is holding binoculars.
7	Close up on her face. She looks nervous, eyes darting around. Camera is still.	As she pulls out her earphones, the happy music stops, and there is dead, eerie silence.		White earphones, classical and also emphasizes her innocence.
8	Long shot. She begins running.  Camera moves with her.	Very quiet, dramatic music begins, drums.	We see her costume in full, white dress and black converse.
9	Long shot, her walking through turning doors. Camera is still. She is going into the underground car park which is dark and dramatic. Low key lighting.	Dramatic music continues to build up, getting slightly louder and more insistent, building tension.
10	Character bends down, out of breath, looks up and looks around. The dark background looks intimidating.	Music gets much louder and more dramatic.
11	Cut to a medium close up of her face. A figure appears behind her, and pulls a sack over her head. A handheld camera is used to reflect her unsteady state of mind.	Music get the most dramatic and as the sack is pulled over her head it stops suddenly, loud and scary.	The character is flushed from running, which can be achieved through blush. She could also be sweating, from fear/ exertion, through some water on her forehead.
12	Black screen.	Voice of the character talking about her kidnapping, “It’s been 9 months.”
13	Long shot of character slumped in a chair. Looks upset. No camera movement. Opposite her is a psychiatrist, sitting straight in contrast.	They are talking about the character being kidnapped and tortured.	The main character is wearing grey joggers and a black hoodie.  She is wearing no makeup although a light foundation would be used to make her pale, and bags under her eyes – brown eyeshadow.	We would need the location of the psychiatrist room or a normal room that we could make look like one.
14	Over the shoulder shot,   Camera is still. Psychiatrist’s shoulder, main character can be seen.	Some very gentle but dramatic music in the background.  Diegetic sound of them speaking to each other.	Looks sad and upset, depressed.	Painting on the wall, modern art, geometric shapes.
15	Over the shoulder shot,   Camera is still. Main character’s shoulder. Psychiatrist can be seen.		Psychiatrist wearing long earrings and perhaps some glasses. Dressed in white = connotations of medical work/ contrast to main character.	There is binary opposition between these two characters, Psychiatrist look healthy and happy. Glasses and earrings = props.
16	Close up of main character’s face. No camera movement.	The music becomes more urgent and dramatic, the psychiatrist’s voice fades out/becomes distorted = reflection of her fear/discomfort.	Again, character is dressed in black dark grey= binary opposition to her formal self, innocent, wearing white and also to the psychiatrist.	Makeup/ face paint to make her look tired and upset.
17	Repeated flashbacks. Flashing between past and present. Close up of the girl tied up, very harsh, flashing lighting.	Uncomfortable high pitched noise, music is distorted and confusing=her mind set.	She is wearing a grey t-shirt. There is blood on it. She has a lot of cuts and bruises on her face, a black eye. Sweating a lot.	She has a gag around her mouth.
18	Long shot, main character stands up and sprints out of the room.	The music and high pitched noise have reached the peak.	She is wearing the same converse.
19	Extreme close up on the door handle.
20	Mid shot, door slams, title appears in a red font.

Audience Feedback 1: Creating Questionnaire

I created a questionnaire that we handed out to 20 different people, to establish if our target audience liked our idea and to get some good ideas for a title.

Here is a link to the questionnaire:

http://www.slideshare.net/Sophie2401/audience-feedback-questionnaire-58756636

  

Film Opening Analysis 6: Texas Chainsaw Massacre

In order to get a better idea of the horror/slasher genre conventions, we decided to each pick a film opening to analyse. I picked the film Texas Chainsaw Massacre as I think the mise-en-scene in the film is a very good example and something that we could take inspiration from.

Evaluation Question 1

This is an film/image that inspired us for the basement scene. Although we have put our own twist on the scene, the idea of having a small, creepy room with low key lighting, and a wooden chair inspired us.

This image is from the film Texas chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)

another image is this one from Creature (2011)

although she is more of a scream queen character,

Self-Distribution

Self-Distribution  is when a filmmaker distributes the film their selves rather than getting a different company to do it. This option is only really popular amongst Indie and lower budget films, also it allows more creative license with the advertising etc.


"The beauty of self-distribution is that you cut out the middleman - the much loathed and feared distributor. These days it doesn't mean that you have to do all the work yourself. You can hire publicists, theatre bookers and so on. But it does mean that you have to do more work." -Raindance



An example of a self-distributed film is Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (Lee Demarbre, 2002, estimated budget of 100,000 CAD)