Evaluation 1
In our film we look into many ways of seeing how our film could develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products
Above is a nine frame story board of some clips in our opening titles.
Analysis Of The Task -
Our Title -
Our title is inspired by The Ring, the title for our film looks similar to the rings title apart from ours is more bold and fits with our film, as our film is based around a computer/laptop we wanted the font to look like it has been chosen on a computer document so we used the font called Bold Gothic standard. The rings title is also quite simple like ours and the colours are the same, but i noticed that The rings title is more faded and is outlined by a circle going around the letters. We thought this would be a good way to show our title because it is bold which will stand out and stick into peoples minds. Another thing about our title is the fact that the background is just plain black, it makes the audience focus on the title and thin about what the film could include. Our title also has use of alliteration which can make people remember what he film is called so it is a good way for it to stick i peoples minds.
Setting/Location -
^Scene from paranormal activity^
For our setting/location we have used a home environment, the main setting is in a bedroom, to give a enclosed ( no way out ) feel to the scene. This is very much like the film Paranormal activity. In paranormal activity it is mainly based in a bedroom, and in the bedroom is when most of the paranormal activity happens, this is like out setting because the paranormal activity of the laptop happens in the bedroom whilst someone is in it. We thought that using the idea of a teenage bedroom would relate to allot of teenagers because stereotypically most teenagers spend allot of time in their bedroom as its where they feel most safe and where they can in a way get away from reality, the idea of paranormal activity can come across as something intruding into someones personal space which can put people on edge. In the bedroom we used it was very plain and the colours where very washed out, the room was very small which could make he audience take the position of the character which would feel costraphobic and unsafe with no way out. The fact that the room is quite plain makes the characters stand out as they are the main attraction in the room.
Costumes and Props -
For the costumes we had the characters wearing just casual teenager 'chill out' clothing, so things such as onsies and pj's which makes things look real and gives of the impression that the teenagers could be lazy and links to the idea of a teenager always being in their bedroom. The props we use such as the laptop is the main focus and the main prop, we used a laptop because thats what teenagers like to use and the interent is on the laptop and all teenagers know or do use the interent. It also can give across a message that the interent is not a very safe place as when the girl 'Jess' clicks onto a video, this is what starts of the whole possesion and that bad hings will be happening to her. When the camera work shows Jess walking up the stairs with two drinks in her hand, we wanted the drink to be of a blood kind of colour so we brought a red drink called Tizer and we used this so that it contracsts with the idea of blood which might not be obvious to the audience but it is still one of our ideas. At the end of the film there is a close up of the baby doll and some dolls around it, there was a flash of this baby in her room in the video but Jess does not seem to notice this, the idea of using this prop and showing it at the end shows that the baby may have moved there after the video and shows that some form of spirit has enterd the room. The doll idea came from the film Women In Black, in women in black dolls are shown, maybe as a sign of innocence turning into evil and dolls maybee show a sign of possesion.
Camera work & Editing -
As you can see in the second frame, the close up we used on the laptop shows that is is important and this is one of the main props. The filming was based just upstairs, which gives the audience a imagineation idea of what downstairs could be like. When Jess clicks onto the video she is going to watch on the laptop, it shows her sitting there and when she clicks it you hear the click ten the video begins to play, the screen just shows the video so it makes the audience feel like they are personally watching the video. When the video is over we used slow motion on Harry when he comes out of the toilet, this shows that since the video has played, something has happend to harry and he has changed, by his body language and the lighting. But the harry snaps out of it and becomes normal, this was strange and because we see the way he was before but Jess did not, this gives the audience the idea of knowing something that could put the character in danger.
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