Evaluation for Task 6.

1. Task 6 – Evaluation:

2. How helpful was the research?
The research was extremely helpful. I’m happy, we started off with the work we did in class, and
that was the analysing. We analysed a few clips and they were called: Making a murderer and Prison
break. As a class, we went over the 2 programmes a few times, and pointed out camera techniques
that were used. We were then required to do the same for homework, but with our own preference
of movies/TV programmes. When I attempted to do the work alone at home, I found it very useful,
as I learnt a few things in class beforehand, and gained some knowledge, so when I got home, I
found it easy. Without doing the work, I wouldn’t be familiar with the camera and filming
techniques. I implemented that knowledge into the film, and suggested a few camera techniques,
for example: the match cut. The programme I picked was “Finding Burma” and in the programme,
there’s a lot of clips with the match cut technique being used. I thought it looked great and added
suspense. So in the movie, I suggested we use the match cut technique, as our genre was horror,
and suspense goes very well with horror.

3. How successful was the pre-production?
The pre-production wasn’t exactly successful, however, I can say that it was helpful. As a team,
when we forgot about what to do, or what scene was about to take place, we looked back at the
story board and got an idea of what to do next. In our story board, it was written, when Connor
drops his ID, he goes back to class. Once he notices that his ID is missing, he runs out of the class
and to the lift where he meets the stranger and he gets dragged in, and a fight takes place between
the two of them. Later on, the plan was for the lift door to open again, and the camera zooms into
Aarons hand which has blood on it. So the blood represents Connors blood. That was the original
plan. What actually happened was: Aaron who is also known as the stranger, follows Connor into
the college, and out of nowhere he appears in the lift. The stranger drags Connor in and then a
‘fight’ took place. The lift door closes on that scene and opens once again, showing Connor sitting
down in the corner of the lift. The movie was also meant to last 3-4 minutes, instead, it was roughly
2 minutes. We were also meant to use fake blood and a mask. Although a lot of what we wanted to
do, didn’t go exactly how we planned, it worked out pretty well, and we added a few techniques
and we went with the flow, just improvising as we went along.

4. Strengths and weaknesses:
I wasn’t in for filming. However, I was there to see how everything was planned and I was also there
for a few more shots to be taken. So I was involved, but not for the main shots. Personally, I
struggled with the camera and also getting the right angle for the establishing shot. Although I
enjoyed it, it was rather tricky. Getting everyone ready and into place was also a struggle, as
everyone would get distracted. Nevertheless, filming was a joy. The groups tasks and roles were:
Director: Richard
Student: Connor
Killer: Everyone
Camera Person: Me
I can confidently say, my weakness was definitely managing with the camera. My strength was
directing everything, and getting everyone into place.

5. What horror elements were added?
Because our genre was based on horror, we thought of many elements to use. For example, we
used: Music, sound effects and characters.
What I mean by that is, with music and sound, we used the two of them to add suspense, and to
make it seem scary. It went very well together, as it added more detail to the movie. If the two
elements weren’t added, then you’d able to hear the noise in the background while shooting, and it
would also sound very awkward and not scary at all. With characters, we chose Aaron to be the
stranger, as his acting skills were quiet impressive. Him and Connor were both the main actors.

6. Audience feedback:
The feedback we got on the movie was:
• The backing track is good
• “I like the wasted bit, the font”
• Richard shouldn’t have been in the way
• Whistling sound was too long
• The shot reverse shot was good
The feedback I got on my poster was:
• The font is too small
• I like the font and the title
• The title and font fits the film
• The darkness connotes the darkness in the film
• Haseeb likes the darkness

7. What improvements can I make next time?
Now that I’ve gotten the feedback, I now know what to do, and what improvements to make in
order to achieve a high mark.
The improvements I'm going to make next time, as a team member is:
• Make sure the camera man is hidden and camouflaged at all times. Richard was in the way and
when the lift doors opened, it showed him in the mirror, which didn’t make the movie that scary
anymore. So next time, I’ll make sure to look out properly.
• Watch over the film a number of times, in order to figure out what sound effects are too
high/low. Although Richard was in charge of adding the sound effects to the movie, next time I’ll
go over it.
The improvement’s I'm going to make on my poster next time:
• Make sure the font is big enough for the viewers to see. My font at the bottom was far too small,
so next time, I'm going to think about the viewers and make sure the font is large enough.