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dark room

dark room

this is the shot we will use for devolping the photo.



 These 4 images are in the are we will be using in the opening scene.


 

We went to two dark rooms round collage to see which one was going to be the best for our thriller film. We decided to use the one shown in the photos above as the shots we took on the camera were much more visible than in the other dark room we vistited. This room is higher up which makes the shots on the camera more visible. 

Target Audience

Age : 15 - 30
Gender : Both predominately male
Interests : Interests in crime, psychology, photography and people who enjoy psychological thrillers.

Our film would appeal to the target audience because it has relateable characters, a unique setting and idea, and contains elements that the audience will find appealing such as chases and psychological elements that will keep the audience interested.

Existing films that our target audience would like :

• Memento
• Shutter
• The Darkroom
• The Usual Suspects

Tips

Locations
location ideas, go to location, look for potential problems and look on how we can avoid them when it comes to filming, eg noises, traffic, people etc.

Script
Write a script to organise ideas and so we know what is happening in what order. Annotate the script with shot types and order to help us when we're doing our storyboard.

Filming
Plan the shots and order of shots completely, and when we will do each shot and in what order so we can effectively use all the time we have.

2 Minute breakdown

Production logo
Darkroom - Walking into the darkroom .. Close up of person at enlarger
Darkroom - Close up of hands working with film/ setting up enlarger
Chase -  (at night) point of view shot from murderer
Darkroom - developing a photo (don't see it yet)
Chase - Back to chase, closer to the victim
Darkroom - photo developing, moved to the water tank
Chase - dead end, guy is cornered gets killed
Darkroom - The photo placed in water tank, sinks to the bottom ..  photo of the murdered person
Chase - Zooming in on victim
Darkroom -  photo lifted out of the water tank
Darkroom - Scrapbook .. flip through past murders and the photo being stuck in (reversed) title at the
                    front

Mise-en-scene (Costume)

The murderer will wear dark clothes to enhance mystery and tension.
The victims will wear ripped up or dirty clothes to make it look like they've been chased we will also utilise fake blood to make the murders look realistic.

Test footage

For our test footage we ran through our storyboard and tested how well the point of view chase sequence looks without a steadycam or dolly. We will speed up some of our shots to increase tension.

• establishing shot - c block corridor
• establishing shot 2 - going into dark room
• behind shot of man working - dark room
• part 1 of chase - mill road
• photo devolping - dark room
• part 2 chase - mill road
• photo devolping - dark room
• part 3 chase - mill road
• picture devolping in water - dark room
• man traped - mill road
• photo sinking - dark room
• muder scene - mill road
• photo album - dark room

Evaluation of Childrens Film

Overall, I feel my Childrens Film was better than I first expected.
3 positives are:

• Sound with images, for example when to title came up it worked well with the soundtrack playing.
• Variety of shot distances, long shots, close ups, mid shots etc.
• Using varied shot transitions, as we used some before and after the title and with some credits.

Some negatives include.

• The editing may have not made the viewer realise immediately that 'Peter' was invisible.
• Using a vary of shot types, we could have used more shots and more varied.
• Holding a shot steady

Feedback from other group:

• Positives:
• Good choice of camera shot types
• well edited
• good choice of music

•  Negatives:
• Some shots badly positioned 
• Unsteady hand on same shots
• Dialogue quiet on some points   

 How we are going to achieve the improvements
To make our shots more steady we will use a tripod next time instead of holding the camera for a steady support.
To improve our editing we could have used techniques and effects on peter himself.

childrens film evaluation

positives-

conversation editing

the use of special effects

good background
Good use of photoshop
Good mise-en-scene



Negatives 
random black scene

continuity editing is poor

body parts are missing

sound missing and isn't empathetic

Editing of people
More titles. More detail

 How can we improve on our negatives?

we will improve on our negatives by using time more appropriately so we don't have to rush our music and editing again.

Storyboard of final filming

Call sheet - 16th Feb Wednesday

Where : C18 darkroom
When : 1.05 - 2.40
Filming : All the darkroom scenes

•  Establishing shot walking into the darkroom
• Close up of person working at the enlarger
• Close up of photo developing
• Tracking shot of photo being moved from developer to fix to rinse
• Close up of photo in water
• Tracking shot of photo being lifted out of the water
• Close up of photo being stuck into the scrapbook with the title on the front

               

Safety notes : Falling in the dark,
                      Chemistry spillage - Personal, Clothes and Camera,

Equipment : Camera - Pick Up & Drop Off - Ashley
                     Tripod - Pick Up & Drop Off - Ashley
                     Dolly - Pick Up & Drop Off - Ashley