Final Cut

Dear Moderator,

We have made a film opening for the thriller genre, along with the research and planning. We hope you enjoy it.

From

Nikhil, Daniel, James and Raj

Evaluation Q7: James

Evaluation 7 James

Evaluation Q5: James

Evaluation Q6: James

Production log - Week 14

Finished evaluation questions for the entire project. I spend my time efficiently and used creative methods of presentation to present my work.

Evaluation Q7: Daniel

Evaluation Q2: Group

Forsaken Finale Update (25/03/15)

Evaluation Q4: Nikhil

Evaluation Q6: Nikhil

Evaluation Q6: Daniel

Evaluation Q4: Raj

Evaluation Q4: James

Evaluation Q3: Raj

Evaluation Q5: Daniel

Evaluation Q4: Daniel

Evaluation Q7: Raj

Evaluation Q1: Raj

Evaluation Q3: Daniel

Evaluation Q1: Nikhil

Evaluation Q3: James

Evaluation Q1: James

Evaluation Q1: Daniel

Our media product subverts Todorov's Theory of Narrative. Although the beginning of the film looks calm from the doctor explaining what happened at the beginning we know that something really bad happened. This is not equilibrium because the mum is crying so clearly something is wrong. You already have a problem from the start.

There is also the problem of there being an  absence of people, the main character acknowledges it and therefore seeks for the solution. Although it is not directly shown, it is vaguely connoted through the short narrative. This uses conventions as thriller films should make the audience start to question what is going on straight away to get them hooked into the film. I think we did that well because it is confusing and that is built slowly.

We had researched existing thriller films and we set to follow the model or pattern. We didn't use trailers, however, we used posters for the movie. Taking into account that not every poster looks the same, so 2 posters were made, one for the UK version, one for international countries.

To Do List

Evaluation Q6: Raj

Evaluation Q5: Nikhil

Evaluation Q3: Nikhil

Evaluation Q7: Nikhil

Forsaken rough cut 2

Feedback - Our credits were all over the place and they were inconsistent.

UK Version Poster Updated

Analysis of Poster

The first poster had a tagline: 'Prepare for Horror'. The feedback from our audience thought it was a horror film when it should be a thriller, so I improved it to make it sound more sinister, while keeping it ambiguous. The updated version stated : ''The Forsaken Rise'' and this conflicted with the movie title, so I removed ''The Forsaken'' and replaced it with ''They'' allowing it to be more enigmatic as to who 'they' are. This is the international version, and the other, more detailed version is the UK's. Typical conventions such as company names, movie taglines, date of release and examples of media related companies are present in the poster.

Updated Poster

Poster for Billboard

Forsaken (Sound Edit)

Production log - Week 13

We started to film our final product, this was really hard as my group didn't have much time to film because of their subjects and work. Some of the group members didn't turn up as they were busy so we had to improvise. After filming, Nikhil did the editing for sound and transitions.

Production log - Week 12

We did a test shoot to see who can act properly, so we chose the actor depending on their acting skills.

Rough Cut

Media Rough Edit

Production (Week 7)

We headed towards Nikhil's house to film. It was getting late so filming had to be done very quickly, and changes to the script were present. Overall, we worked very well. We coordinated effectively and I think the film is to a very good standard, although I wish it kept true to the script, capturing the imagination. We opted for a dystopian-esque filter, almost keeping it very monotone, mainly focusing on the white to give it a clear look. The POV shots were made blurry by unfocusing the lens, giving the audience a 'vision' of what the character was looking at, and how he was feeling. We had changed the shots, because some other shots became more effective.

Production log - Week 11

Daniel created two posters for international countries and for the UK. We all thought of many different hazards and cautions and planned out how we were going to present it. The risk assessment was necessary for the safety of the characters, group members, public, location and the props itself.

Forsaken Script (Final Version)

Billing Order

Most of the titles fade in and out apart from the title 'Source Code' and 'The Dark Knight'. These two titles are different to the other titles so they are more important compared to the rest of the titles. The audience can hear a non-diegetic soundtrack throughout the opening credits for both the films allowing the audience to establish the genre which is thriller. I also looked at the film 'Inception', it had no opening credits at all. The film started off with the main character on the floor looking weak and helpless so the opening credits not being there also has a weird and unusual kind of effect on the audience as it would confuse them. They would not expect the film to start straight away with the opening scene without the credits so they would be hooked on.