Survey: Audiences Responce

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DG7NVMC

This a survey we made once we finish our film opening, so that we can get an effective and easy memorized response as if we to make a paper based copy most people would not fill it out as well as it would prolong the process of the working out the results. The questions that we have included in the survey are what are group best think will give us the most relevant feedback that we need. We will then analyse the results once a good amount of people have watched our opening and stated their opinion of it.

Full Cast Roles

Crew
Director -  George Turner
Editor - George Turner
Cinematographer - Mariella Devoil
Producer - Mariella Devoil
Assistant Director - Mariella Devoil
Production Manager - Katy Ward
Art Director - Katy Ward

Hair & Makeup - Mariella Devoil & Mellisa Askew
Costume - Katy Ward
Props - Mariella Devoil
Researcher - Katy Ward
Location Scout - Katy Ward
Location Help - Donald & Sheila Turner
Catering - Sheila Turner

Runners / Assistants -
Louise Tomas
Katherine Packer
Shawnean Milton

Special Thanks - Simon Ford & Kate Brown & The Post Man

Cast 
Old Man - Frazer Camp
Young Soldier - George Turner
Stunt Man - Ed Cummings

Credit To Mariella Devoil

Semi Final Cut and Improvements Needed To Be Made

Text change to white not green

'Producer and Cinematographer - Mariella Devoil'

Change title

Make up production companies due to Lionsgate Copyright issues

Smaller/ Subtler names

Consistent placement of names in the bottom left hand corner

more of a match on action on Frazer on the water scene

Include the bucket shot?

'Set team' take this out  - too ammeter

Names don't need to be true

Include surnames

Aspect Ratio change?

Credit To Mariella Devoil

We also need to get rid of Set Team and Location Managers, as well as everyone who is credited needs their full name one screen as it makes it look amateur and unprofessional.

Actor Profile (Young Persona)

Name: George Turner
Age:17
Occupation: Lower Sixth, Media and Drama Student
Previous Roles: School Productions and Youtuber

Firstly, we decided to pick Ed Cummings to be are actor to start with however as his free time did not match up when we wanted to film, it would have prolonged are filming. Therefore, we decided we would have George as the younger persona due to him having to be there as he is part of our group resulting in no timing problems. However, as George was our camera man and was then therefore becoming an actor Mariella and I then had to take turns with the camera once he was on screen. Overall this was the best possible way we could of dealt with the actor problem and we are happy with our outcome of shots.

Third Rough Cut And Improvements Needed To Be Made

Shot of Frazer looking out the window is still too long.

Sound compression is off, sound effects too loud, backing track too quiet.

At the beginning the gun sound effects should start quiet and then start getting louder leading to an explosion, therefore him reacting in waking up.

George and Mariella's credits need to be added.

Film Industries need to be included at the start.

Personally, i don't like the sound of the tap before if comes on screen as it makes the footage look delayed.

The drowning sequence needs to still include the bucket clip which was included in our last demo instead of him being drowned from two different angles. 

Still need audio to make him look out of the window.

Improvements That Need To Be Made To Our First Representation

Need a production sequence

Better pacing at the beginning

More shot variety of Frazer when waking up

More intercutting - so the audience know right away that he has PTSD 

No Soundtrack

POV shot of washing the hands

Slower cuts from bucket to tap to engage the audience more 

Motivation of movement

Need typography

Hold the flashback and forward shots for an extra second each - the audience is too confused - the cut backs are too quick

Frazers reaction to the flashback in the mirror/s

Inc a shot of the house not exploded

Inc a sound that makes Frazer want to look out of the window

Frazer looks out of the window for 3 seconds too long - more consistency in lengths of shots

The pacing lacks any consistency 

More high / low / canted / distance - more shot variation when Frazer is waking up

Clue to what why Frazer is having a nightmare at the beginning 

Needs more engagement of the character, so that the audience have a good understanding of the story line 

Credit to Mariella, i have edited slightly

Test Shots

Our test shots were purely to test our camera, location and our actor. Our actor was now able to experience the character on set for the first time after we had run through what we wanted. We discovered that our shots that involved camera movement would take a lot longer because we didn't have access to a dolly track or any stabilization equipment. This then lead to us having to use the tripod as fly cam tool. The problem with this is that it takes a lot of body movement to bring the camera down from the light, which creates the shaky camera. However the tracking shot from behind (mimicking a dolly shot) surprisingly worked well except for the framing where the head is cut off. Our lighting was poor in these shots due to us not having our lighting equipment.

Credit To George Turner

Props

Today during our single lesson we brought the spray paint as well as the props in as we wanted to make sure they looked authentic and fitted in with the theme of our film. Therefore we used a hammer and made dents into the bucket so that it would look old/used, Mariella then added primer/silver and black spray paint to add effect to the look, as the paint was wet she used other material to make the bucket look scratched/misused.

Then to go into the transformation of the gun, it started off as orange however George decided that he wanted parts to look like wood and the rest to be black so we decided to cover the wood bits up with marking tape as we sprayed it, we both contributed to painting the gun and after it was sprayed we added some silver bits of acrylic paint which we mixed up with black to make it darker to make it look even more authentic, this was are final outcome and process.

The last prop in which we improved today was the sack which will possibly go over are actor head (undecided due to safety hazards), we cut it in half as it would be too big on top of his head otherwise and then added black and green both light and dark to make it look as if it has been used giving it more authenticity.

Location-Old People's Home

The location for our protagonists house was originally my house. However we soon came to realise that my house, although old was filled with lots of modern technology that we believed someone from the older generation wouldn't have. To overcome this we researched a care home instead. However we thought that it would take to long to get into contact with them and would be inconvenient if we needed to reshoot. 

To overcome this we decided that instead of the care home we looked at other houses belonging to the older generation (grandparents). The decision we made was that our group would film In my grandparents living room and either  have to change the setting of our scene to the living room or have our character go downstairs. 

The reason we chose this location is because it's a genuine elderly persons home, which allows the film opening to become more real and believable for the audience. 

Credit to George Turner.