Evaluation

Changes in our Storyboard

1) We decided to disregard the idea of a scene involving a dog behaving in an absurd manner due to the difficulties we faced when trying to provoke and influence the dog into acting in the way we wanted it to.

2) We had originally planned on doing a mid shot of one of our actors opening the fridge to see plenty of food and beverages in there and then when the fridge is revisited later on in the film opening by the second actor, there would be nothing in there and all the content that was in the fridge would have mysteriously disappeared. We decided to scrap this idea as it would be far too much hassle emptying the fridge and putting everything back in once the scene was over.

3) We decided against using a shot of a tap turning on and off, we filmed this scene, however when it came to the editing process we realised it could become too over-complicated if we included this as a form of 'paranormal activity' as the scenes of the kettle and radio turning on and off was enough evidence of there being a ghostly force present in the room.

Storyboard

Screen grabs from our Film Opening

Planning our Film Opening

AS Media Studies
Planning your Film Opening

1. I am working in a pair with Hannah McGoey
2. Our film opening belongs to the horror genre
3. Young people aged about 15-25
4. Our film is a thriller/horror, in this film a series of paranormal events will occur in order to engage and entertain the target audience. It will take place in an apartment and the opening scene will be of a quiet family dinner until they are interrupted by the sound of their dog barking at an empty space, indicating that something else is present.
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6. In the opening of our film we want to introduce the main character and make the audience aware that she is possessed.
7. The location for the opening will be in an apartment.

Preparing for our own title sequence

Preparing for our own Title Sequence

Audience: Our target audience will be teenagers and young adults, due to the material in the film it will be rated a 15 as the storyline which includes various different paranormal activities may not be appropriate for a younger audience.

Set: Our opening sequence is set in an apartment, it is a perfect location as it is a family setting and a large amount of paranormal activity can take place there, e.g: lights/kettles switching on and off, dogs barking at empty spaces, and more.

When/Where: We are filming in the apartment during the evening but using strong lighting to ensure the set is not too dark, the majority of the filming will take place in the living room and the kitchen.

Risk Assessment

Conducting a Risk Assessment is important so we know how to overcome any problems we may encounter during our filming, a Risk Assessment can also help us avoid and prevent any problems from happening in general.

• We ensured that all of our actors were comfortable and felt safe with the the roles they were playing, we also made sure that their acting was not harming them or the environment we were in. 
• Before filming I ensured that all of the filming equipment was perfectly intact and not damaged whatsoever, I then put a fully charged battery in the camera and checked to see if it was functioning, I then proceeded to correctly attach it to the tripod and begin filming.
• There are no specific weather requirements, although camera’s should not be operated in the rain. We had arrangements for the camera positioning if it did rain.