Audience Feedback

Survey results

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By creating a survey on SurveyMonkey, we received audience feedback to help us to either adhere or go against audience expectations.
From the results it shows that most people want a Horror film to begin with a Mystery and end with a Cliffhanger. 
They also want Music and Special Effects such as Flashes and Black and White Effects.
Some locations that were chosen were Bedroom, Graveyard, Park, Attic and Basement being the highest.
We hope to go against these expectations to challenge conventions.
The theory chosen for our film has been Enigma Code - Story begins with a mystery.

Classification

The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) sets a classification on films. They are rated on the basis of how appropriate the film is for what age group. 

The 'U' means UNIVERSAL meaning it is appropriate for all ages. An example of this would be 'Ice Age' 

The 'PG' is PARENTAL GUIDANCE. This means that the an adult must accompany the person to watch the film. An example would be 'Facing the Giants'

'12' strictly allows only those over the age of 12 such as 'Twilight'

Unless it is '12A' this would certify that only over 12's can view the film accompanied by an adult. Example 'Romantics Anonymous'

The '15' doesn't allow under 15's to view the film. Such as 'Bad Teacher'

The '18' is the same way. Example 'Inbetweeners movie'

'R18' films are only allowed in special licensed cinemas as it contains inappropriate works only adults can view. Example 'The Human Centipede 2 Full Sequence' which was banned.

Our Film Pitch

Our Film Pitch by user6878139

Film Review of 'BUMP'

This is a short horror film based on two house sitters who are awoken by noises coming from the basement.
Overall, the film did succeed in creating a sense of fear in the audience that I had experienced.
From the beginning of the film, I had already begun to feel the tension and fear because of the silence ten sudden loud noises coming in from the background. There were a lot of diegetic and non diegectic sounds used such as breaking glass and the creaking of floorboards as they went down the stairs. 


The lightning was set at nightfall, and the only light that was used was light from a torch. The darkness helped build fear inside me which I found very good. Both characters played the role well, with one being braver entering the basement to find a dog. There wasn't very much talking between the actors, mainly sounds.
The camera was used in various ways in a variety of shots like Close up shots and Steady cam.


The film overall, was very well filmed and had quite a lot of views and I think it really created a good sense of fear and tension through the use of sound and lightning. I would recommend this to any horror film lovers. 

My Creative Input

Created: 17/10/11

There is a Contrapuntal Sound at the beginning during the dream. In the daylight where everything is normal there is some tense eerie background music creating a contradiction.

A Visual Bridge during her second dream as she is holding onto a ledge to keep from falling, it cuts to her room where she is reaching out in her sleep, grabbing onto her bed's headboard.

Sound Bridge is used during her first dream as she is walking through the street and she can hear, the sound of feet dragging through the ground. In fear she looks back, only to find a street cleaner clearing up the leaves.

Thriller film industry

Thriller is a popular genre in the film industry. Mainly based on being 'psychological' after the death of President Kennedy. Most thriller films have cliff hangers causign the audience to want more. One film industry which creates Thriller films is 'Hammer Film Productions'

They made a series of thriller films from the mid 1950's until the 1970's. They sometimes made a partnership with Warner Bros. Charles Saatchi was the man who bought Hammer Film Productions in the year 2000.

Different Jobs:

- Film Crew  ~ Group of people hired by a production company to produce a film. They can also be the Actor's in front of the camera or provide voice over's for the characters in the film.

- Director  ~ In charge of directing the film crew and process of film making. 

- Producer  ~ In charge of supervising, funding, hiring personnel's and delivering the film project and the voices and vision of the film to distributors. They may use their own money during pre-production of a film. They are also involved during film development.

- Arts department  ~ They may create certain art pieces for a scene but they are also have roles in advertising and marketing. They are mainly in charge of the visual appearances of the film.

- Props  ~ There are different roles in the Props department, some of these include gathering the vital props needed in the film. Another way is to build the appropriate props needed for a scene. Other roles are technical and assistants.

- Set ~ Roles such as the set designer who design interiors and decorators to decorate the set. There are also roles of dressing the sets and arranging the landscape of the set.

- Construction  ~ Order materials needed for the set and are in charge of the treatment of surfaces on set.

- Electrical  ~ Responsible for the design of the lighting plans of the set.

- Camera  ~  There are many roles for the Camera crew such as the Camera Operator who can also sometimes be the director. Lighting and framing of a scene is another, capturing scenes, assistants such as the loader to do the cuts and takes of a scene. Digital imaging technician, Steadicam operator and motion capture. 

- Sound  ~  In charge of recording music and sounds needed for all scenes. Roles including in charge of a microphone to capture the voice during a scene. Sound technicians in charge of the cables and wiring.  Sound designers and composers. Dialogue producer in charge of creating the dialogue in the soundtracks. Recording mixers and music supervisors to direct the sound crew.

- Hair and make-up ~  Some actors may have personal make up artists whose roles are to create the appearance of the character and make them look according to the script. The Hairdresser would be in charge of styling the hair.

- Editorial  ~ The Film Editor has the most important role of assembling the different takes and scenes and putting the together. The other jobs include Colorist who is in charge of the colors of a scene and also the contrast and brightness of the scene.

- Location scouts  ~ Look for possible location securities and handle all the paperwork and contracts of a location that is going to be used in the film. 

Conventions of a Thriller Film

A thriller movie has many conventions. These conventions make the film give the audience a sense of thrill and fear and tension and a wide range of feelings. Some of these conventions include the use of shadow in a movie. Shadow and darkness are a key code in thriller movies as this gives off the fear effect. (people afraid of the dark)
Flashes such as lightning or flashbacks are also a convention in thriller movies. The black and white effect create an atmosphere that the scene isn't positive and that it gives off a negative vibe. An example of a short film such as this would be 'Unwanted Attention'
The movie is about a woman and her child getting stalked by an unknown prescence. The film is in black and white and there are many conventions such as the graveyard and how she is alone with her child at the park.
There are some effects which create tension in the audience. I myself expierenced this. The sound has also helped to create a sense of fear.
Another example would be 'Asleep'.

This movie had a lot more views as it had more conventions such as a villiain in a typical thriller film. It was more professional. The movie had a lot of non diegetic sound and better quality of camera.
A third example would be 'The Keepers Wife'.

This film has a bigger sense of fear as thr storyline is hard to identify from the beginning. There is a lot of shadows and darkness and the man being the villian in the movie.

Photography 2011

                   Winning photo for Judge's Commendation Category.

                                     Winning photo for Nature Category.

                            Winning photo for Abstract Category.