Final product evaluation

 

Here is the link to our final film "The Unseen"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2gtzahD0tY&feature=relmfu



Film Institution Research

Dawn of the Dead - Credit still screen shots analysis

The sequence begins with a panning zoom into the beginning of  the 'Universal' logo. Quiet high pitched music begins to play as the institution title 'Universal' rapidly pans to the front of the shot.








The high pitched music in the background reaches its climax as it increases into a screeching major key, as the logo for 'Universal' forms itself in the centre of the frame.

As the Universal log slowly fades out a bold contrasting white screen becomes apparent as we then see solid red shapes beginning to come together in the centre of the screen.

The shapes then quickly link to one another which then leave the trademark logo for 'Strike' which then hovers in the screen for a further 3 seconds before it fades in to the next frame.

As the Strike logo then fades out, the red merges together to then form this fire combustion which takes over the screen; symbolising fire which therefore links into the genre of the film that is to follow; horror.








The burnt out fire then begins to slowly move backwards and form into the outline of a skull.

The burnt out skull then fades out and then back in to form the outline of a skull on an X-ray machine. This transition takes the skull from imagination to reality and adds a mystical effect to the opening sequence.



The credits now end and the horror film begins. The use of orange and brown tones throughout the opening sequence adds a sense of death and decay to the opening, as well as the use of fire which symbolises to that of danger. The smooth transition at the end from the flame skull to the X-ray skull brings the credits to a harsh reality and perhaps as a way of linking the two together; the skull has been X-rayed due to a fire related incident  Thus leaving the audience wanting more as well as continuing to watch the film to see what happens next.

Title sequence-'SAW'

Title Sequence-Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho'

Public Research

In order to ensure that our media product would be as successful as I felt it could be, I decided to create a questionnaire for the general public of all ages and genders to find out their views on horror films and how they affect their everyday lives. I questioned thirty people of a variety of ages surrounding the questions that I had created, some of these include; 'How old are you?' 'Do you watch horror films, if so why?' 'Who do you watch horror films with?' 'How do you watch films? (Online, Cinema, DVD etc) etc. Here are some of the results that I gathered after entering the data into Microsoft excel in order to merge my information and create an average for each question asked. The questionnaire proved to show a wide variety of personalities and how age seemed to affect different views towards horror films and the price they would be willing to pay to watch one.

 This question proved that the majority of people who watch horror films are aged between 13-18 years old and no body that I personally surveyed watched horror films who was over the age of 42.

 This question proved that the majority of people watch horror films by downloading them from the internet and that people are least likely to buy a DVD.

 This question proved that the majority of people watch horror films monthly and that the people I surveyed least watch horror films yearly.

This question proved that the majority of people would be willing to pay £6-£10 to watch a horror film at the cinema but no one would pay over £16.

This question proved that the majority of people who watch horror films like to share/pass on or exchange their films with other people after they have watched them.

This question proved that the majority of people who I surveyed prefer a sub genre of horror comedy.

This question proved that the majority of people who I surveyed watch horror films mainly due to the suspense that they recieve by watching them whereas the least popular option was the sense of mystery.

The Unseen survey

Alex, aged 20.

1.What genre of film would you say this film was and why?
-Horror because of the scary music and the location of where it was filmed (graveyard, village etc).

2. What was your favourite aspect from the opening and why?
-The spooky music because from it you could tell what genre of film it was and it fitted in really well with the theme and storyline.

3.What areas do you feel could be improved and why?
-Add in more of the scary scenes where the character of Katie is talking to the ghost of Thomas, and also more of the shorter scenes such as the ones when she was in the bath and being dragged along the floor because these scenes built adrenaline and made the overall feel of the film more scary.

4.Do you feel that the storyline was easy to understand from the short opening that you have seen and reasons yes/no?
-Yes.

5.Do you feel that the name of the film related well to the storyline itself and why?
-Yes because it's about that the ghost of Thomas and you can't see him.

6.Did you think that the credits/editing were smoothly finished and reasons why/why not?
-Yes as it all flowed continuously together which made it easier to understand the story line.

7. Do you have any other feedback?
No.