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Thursday, 6 March 2014
Thursday, 6 February 2014
Social Media Feedback
We posted a link to our film through Twitter to get some feedback from a wider audience. The feedback we did receive was positive, however there were some criticism such as:
- Darkening the film as a whole in order to achieve a horror/Thriller film feel as this would help convey the themes of the film.
- Confusion to what the character motives are for the vigilante to be killing people.
Friday, 31 January 2014
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Thursday, 23 January 2014
Finished Short FIlm Feedback
The feedback that we received was mainly positive, which was very good for us. However, there was a few criticisms that came down to three main things;
- Work on sound - In terms of the sound of running and footsteps to which we will make more levelled out. However this was a work in progress.
- Remove the shot reverse shot - as it removes the 'scary' feel and makes the chase anti climatic. We have decided to take this into account and have decided to removed
- Remove the scream at the end of the video - the audience felt this was unneeded as it added a comedy value, therefore we decided to get rid of the scream.
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Contact Sheet
Monday, 20 January 2014
Poster Photoshoot Props
As we have decided to use our evidence board as a background for our film poster as it is significant to the plot of the film, is used as an prop and will help set up the tone of the film on the film poster through its connotations.
In preparation, I have fixed up the board since using it for film, but changing the cardboard background to new fresh boards, adding more articles to the board to make it look more filled out to add to the effect. Though we are aware it will look different to how it does in the film we feel this will contribute to the tone of the film on the poster by making it look as if the vigilante killer has taken down more of those who have escaped the justice system 'one by one' tying with the title of the film.
Other details I have included that were not their before include the links and number squares between articles. I decided to do this as it is often used on evidence boards used on police/crime television shows or films therefore I felt it would make the board look more professional while keeping its amateur/D.I.Y look we wanted. The links also give off an effect particularly to the audience making them question why selected articles are linked giving a slight backstory to the film showing the vigilante killer has done this before.
In preparation, I have fixed up the board since using it for film, but changing the cardboard background to new fresh boards, adding more articles to the board to make it look more filled out to add to the effect. Though we are aware it will look different to how it does in the film we feel this will contribute to the tone of the film on the poster by making it look as if the vigilante killer has taken down more of those who have escaped the justice system 'one by one' tying with the title of the film.
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| updated evidence board. |
Sunday, 19 January 2014
Film Review Article Draft
One by One review
We all love a good thriller. We’ve all jumped back in shock,
we’ve all sat on the edge of our seat in suspense and we’ve all laughed at the
utter ridiculousness. The newest film to venture into the well-trodden path is
“one by one” from newbie filmmakers Lazarus productions. They’re hoping to take
the world by storm a la Chronicle. This indie production team has set out to
bring the old school back to the thriller genre. Unlike many Hollywood flicks
of recent years such as “The House at the End of the Street”. The trio in a recent interview with us (to
hear go to www.showreelfilm.co.uk) stated, “Having grown up watching horror
/thriller films ourselves, we feel its loosing its credibility as a respected
genre and now has become something repetitive, with countless reboots and over
used storylines. Filmmakers are also responsible, as they tend not to respect
the audience in terms of their intelligence, rather than dealing with the real
issues shown in the films such as murder and striping back to the psychological
reasoning behind it, instead think up new ways to kill a cheerleader with a
chainsaw. If we can do one thing with one by one it would be to begin the
revival of the good old fashion intelligent psychological horror/thriller.”
The small budgeted short film strays away from a complicated
plotline and keeps it to the bare minimum. Following the route from movies of
old, One by One centres on a vigilante killer out to exact his version of
justice by killing convicted criminals who were released by the failure of our
justice system…sounds familiar? However, despite the predictable plotline, this
cliché actually works in favour of the film. With its non-existent dialogue the
main tool of storytelling lies through the artful direction. This is where the
film truly shines and starts to stand on its own merit. A series of blurred
shots imply sinister things in the obscure parts of a deranged mind. The last
scene stole the show with a powerful yet simple shot adding another
metaphorical layer to the psychotic anti-hero who does what needs to be done
(hear hear). Another stand out feature is the music, a brilliant piano piece
composed by the legendary pianist, Ludovico Einaudi that enriched the
atmosphere to creepier levels, giving thriller lovers that much needed build-up
of suspense.
Similar films
- Disturbia (2007) -A teen living under house arrest becomes convinced his neighbour is a serial killer.
- The call (2013) - When a veteran 911 operator takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realises that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl's life.
- Prisoners (2013) - When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
- Law abiding citizen (2009) - A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
- Wanted (2008) - A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.
Saturday, 18 January 2014
Call Sheet
This is a Photoshoot described on a call sheet which will take place in a studio, featuring 2 of the main three images needed for our film poster. The
first being the background of the evidence board and the second being the
close up of the hooded figure, similar to the mock up poster.
Thursday, 16 January 2014
Audience Feedback - Poster Pitch
Here is the pitch we did to an audience regard what we plan to do for our short film, film poster.
The main aim of this pitch was to open up to the audience which film poster design they thought we should go with. the majority of the vote went to the film poster mock up idea number one as the audience felt it showed what our short film was about using the forest as a background as the majority of our short film takes place their. However once we discussed this as a group we still preferred the mock up film poster idea number 2 but taking in account the audiences mention of the forest in the background we decided to somehow also include the forest in the second film poster, which led us to produce the poster below. As a group we felt this worked much better by include both the element of the evidence board and the forest, all locations and significant props were included. therefore we have decided that our film poster will follow the layout of the new mock up poster we have produced.
Friday, 10 January 2014
Wednesday, 8 January 2014
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