Evaluation activity 1

Crimsons eye on Prezi

Music

We used various different types of music in our opening sequence which really gave it the effect we needed. Music is very important and can change the audience emotion from happy to scared within a second this is where as a group we had to decide on the most effective music which could really make our audience get involved in our piece. We decided to try out a variety of different types of instrumentals as this gave our group more options, luckily all of our music was just as we pictured it which made it very easy to choose.
We did add some last minute sounds to our piece, this included a heart beat sound we decided that we needed something that would get our audience feeling tense and more involved in our piece. This worked very well and changed the sounds up slightly. We started the heart beat on a low volume which slowly fading to a higher volume which also got faster this was powerful and moving.

During filming

When filming there was a lot of ups and downs, we learnt a lot of things on the way and realised how hard it really was. On our first day filming their was a lot of shots that we realised were very hard to produce for example the birds eye view shot, this was very tricky shot which took a lot of time and effort to produce, our problem was that the wall that we needed to rest our camera on was very high and hard for us all the reach which caused of lot of problems when trying the keep the camera steady. We decided to film while trying the catch the shot and then editing the edgy bits out, in the end this shot was a success and turned out to be very effective.
When deciding on what shots we were going to produce, when actually filming we found that their was so many other shots that we could produce also. This was a huge advantage as were able to play around and make our shots very effective.
Our actor was very good at showing her emotion and really putting forward what we wanted which made it quick and easy during filming. During filming i thought that we all worked really well as a team and took in consideration everyone ideas.

Location

When deciding on our location we thought of various ideas which we thought would be effective, overall as a group we wanted to film inside a bathroom/toilet. We done alot of research to see what location would fit in the best with our genre. A few ideas that we came up with were the public toilets in Bromley shopping centre as these toilets didn't have mirrors infront of the sinks, this would make it easier for us to film facing the character giving off the effect that she was looking into the mirror. Although this was a huge advantage this would of never worked as these toliets are way to busy at times which would of ment that we wouldnt of been able to get the shots that we needed fast.
Another one of our ideas was in one of our bathrooms at home, we all took pictures of our bathrooms and came to the conclusion that they were just too small and we wouldnt be able to get as many shots that we needed, they were also very modern which wouldnt fit in with our genre and give off the effect that we wanted.
Finally we decided that our location would be the school toilets, they were very easy to access and were great when fitting in with our genre. All of the walls have be painted dark grey which displays being old. We deciding by dimming the lights that we could really make our piece look effective and scary. One huge advantage of using our school toliets was that we were all able to use our free time to film, we worked as a group to decide upon another when we had free time and used that time to film piece by piece, this really worked as we all done our bit to make our opening sequence a success.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUWi9ytJhDc&feature=related

This is the sound track we have decided to use throughout the beginning of our opening sequence. We believe this is the best suitable sound track as it heightens the tension and seta the right atmosphere for our audience which was our intentions. This should be successfully achieved with this specific sound track.

Developing the Eye

As our film is based on Crimson's eye, we thought it was best to create the eye as imaginatively as possible. We intended her eye to be inflamed, red, crusty, bruised, scarred and with pus so we first tried it using putty on the face. However, we found it difficult to use and place on the actress' face, having put all the make up on, we realised that it did not look realistic so we didn't use the putty. But, we did decide on just using face paint and make up to create a sore and uncomfortable effect.

Schedule Sheet

Below is a draft of what our schedule of filming our opening sequence would be like. We have designed this according to how free our group is and the availability of our actors.