Friday 23 January 2009

Choosing a story

I had lots of ideas for different genres, so I narrowed it down to one idea for each genre that i could later present my group with.

#1-Thriller
A detective is researching a series of murders and begins to realise that all the evidence leads to one person: Herself.

#2-Horror
A girl is walking away from a creepy stalker who coincidentally chases her so she is in a part of a neighborhood she doesnt recognise. She goes into the only shop she can see and asks for help and she is given a broach of protection which awakens a evil entity who wants to kill her.

#3-Romantic comedy
Boy who works in shop serves a beautiful girl, after flirting for a while she gives him a contact card. Later when he is home he calls her phone and realises shes a acting scout, but he is too embarassed to admit he thought they had relationship potential and agrees to work for her.

#4-Horror
Modern take on the story from mythology; Pandora's box. A girl opens a box which unleashes evil on the world.

After conversing with my group we decided to concentrate on idea #1.

Friday 16 January 2009

Questionnaire results

After recieving my questionnaires back from those who had filled it out i sat down to take a look at their answers and see if it would benefit my film and help decide what to do.
Seven out of ten people said their preferred choice of genre is the thriller genre. I thought age and gender would affect this so i distributed my questionnaire to a range of ages and genders. Suprisingly only two people preferred the horror genre and one person liked romantic comedies.
It became apparent to me that a thriller film would appeal to the biggest range of people.
Most people agreed that slow and eerie music is most effective in the horror genre, and four people said they like horrors to be psychological, and four said they like horrors to have a detective theme, two said they like gore.
There was a tie as to whether people preferred to watch an authority figure/celebrity or and everyday person. Only one person disagreed that the ending should be a cliffhanger and wanted a happy ending. Six people said that a horror film should open with a flashback two said with a murder, one said with information and another said straight to present events.

Wednesday 14 January 2009

Target audience- Questionnaire

I composed a questionnaire to help me decide on what to film for my project. In getting opinions from the demographic my film will be aimed at, i have more chance of producing a film which will be more enjoyable.

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Monday 12 January 2009

Preliminary Task


The preliminary task helped me to get used to filming. I worked behind the camera, making the edits and positioning the shots.
Our story had a simple narritive of a dodgy deal. A woman comes to meet with another woman who gives her money. Although the narritive isnt very clear or overly exciting, this tasks' aim was to allow us to build confidence with the camera.