MOCK UP OF OUR FILM



After my group and I had finished devleoping our idea, we decided to create a mock up our opening sequence, so that we could visually see whether we had used a variety of shoots and therefore see if it is pleasing to the eye. Also, the mock up allowed us to accuraltley calculate how long each shot will be, so that we can keep in the time frame of 2-3 minutes. However, we were unable to create an accuate representaion of our opening sequence, due to our location (in our school) and having limited props to use, for example we didn't have access to a bath which is where our main character dies, therefore we improvised and used blue carpet in our school to represent the bath. Furthermore, our actress we are using, Jess, wasn't availale to film the mock up, therefore a member of our group (Hannah), stepped in and performed Jess's role of the victim who is a innocent girl home alone. Never the less, the mock up enabled my group and I to see which areas of our film needs to be improved on. For example, in the mock up qe used a non-diegetic heartbeat sound throughout the opening sequence. However, after watching the mock opening sequence back, my group and I agreed that the heartbeat should cut off once Jess (main character) has died, in order to inform the audience that she is dead. Furthermore, my group and I believe that we should have more cute when the victim is approaching her 'death', in order to increase the pace of the film and hence increase the tension. Finally, due to the situation at hand, we had to use an iPhone to film on, therefore not only were we limited to the amount of angles we could film at, we also subconsciously turned the camera around, switching from landscape to portrait. In order to avoid this, when filming our real thing we obviously won't be using an iPhone, we will be using a professional camera that our school will provide for us, which will allow us to film from a variety of angles and we will not be able to turn the camera round subconsciously, therefore the shot will stay in the same direction each time.