How has the genre/sub genre that you have been working in influenced the decisions you have made?- Every film has a certain genre which helps not only the audience understand what to expect but also it helps the directors and writers on how to make it. Knowing that our film is a thriller it helped a lot because it made us channel our attention to the darker side of movies and enabled us to think of ideas on what our project could be about. Because of the limited film quality i started thinking of such films as The Blair Witch project and The ring which used that quality of the camera to their advantage.
How have you developed the narrative through your specific area of micro responsibility? At the beginning of the project when roles were decided i was given the role of director but during the project everyone had ideas so there wasn't a specific person on the role of director. I think director plays a big part in films because they know how they want the actors to perform and the actors is hat makes the film.
How did you work with other group members to develop the narrative, character and genre in your sequence? I think the group worked well together over all there were a few complications with the filming because some people couldn't get to the location on the Sunday which was the first time we tried. After we talked about it we filmed after college and went the location together which went well. I think all areas in our project were strong which was due to the teamwork we put in. The thing i liked most about working in a group is having other people adding ideas which makes it abit more of a crowed pleaser because it no longer because a film for you it becomes a film for a group.
In what way did you adapt and change your plans as you went? When filming we had a few ideas and a rough outline of what we wanted to do but when we tried them out we found that we had to choose an alternative route e.g. we started filming in a certain part of the office but half way through we found out that someone was still working in there so we had to move to a different location. During the project i was asked by the group to make the soundtrack due to the original sound mans absence but when he came back it was sorted in time.
How did you want the audience to respond to your micro aspect within the sequence you created? Personally I wanted the audience to feel vulnerable and scared at some parts. As every film attempts to do is draw the viewer in that why loud music is used to create suspense and certain camera shot and transitions are used. The point of view shots we used i think had the most effect when in the office looking at the woman because it draws the audience in and builds a lot of suspense.
what has the feedback you received told you about the successes and or problems with the decisions you made? The feedback we received was all positive and taken into account. The feedback process was a good exercise because lots of people gave their opinions rather than just the teacher so we could see what other peoples reactions were.Have your technical skills enabled or hindered you making the creative choices you wanted to? The only programmes we used in the production were final cut and garage band and we have used in previous projects which have expanded my knowledge for them. Some of the shots allowed us to use different skills such as fading out at the end and rewinding footage.
I think the end result was pleasing and the work we put in paid off. |
