flim project

Film

Evaluation 

I think the best part of our film was the screenplay aspect as we really made it detailed and it’s well formatted, I think also our narrative was creative and it came out how we wanted. Some of our shots were well thought out also. I think our mise-en-scene was good too for example the clock in the background of the kitchen helped to pick up a clock/time motif and the post-its and pen appearing on the table. The framing of our shots was also quite good as we had a Dutch tilt in the first shot of the corridor to make the viewer feel uneasy. We also had some one-point perspective shots of Matthew running which made these shots more symmetrical to contrast the underlying horror genre. I also quite liked that we had the close ups of Matthew’s eyes as he realised something was wrong as it really made that section of the film a turning point into danger.

If we had more time I would have planned each shot more carefully and taken more time to explore different options and use lighting in different ways, also I would have re-recorded the sound properly as the camera microphone didn’t pick up the sound very well and it would have been more effective is we had re-filmed it. I also would have thought more about music and perhaps added a more upbeat song to the first half of the film in order to make the contrast a bit more obvious and present. In addition to this it may have been more effective if we had made the editing more on point and well thought out, for example making the clock ticking in time with the pen tapping and taking more time to work out which transitions we wanted and where we wanted them within the film.

 I think also getting more footage would’ve helped us to properly put across our story and made it more effective, Also I would have made some shots less shaky as they didn’t look as professional and the story was sometimes lost because you couldn’t tell what was going on. I think we could’ve improved the narrative by adding more of a backstory so it made more sense and also made the film slightly longer, for example we could have shown earlier on in the day when Matthew left the house that something was off or perhaps shown more about Matthews relationship with his mum.

Story board

Setting the scene of a college environment.

Introducing Matthew who is sat bored in his lesson,
he is tapping his pen and seems anxious to leave.

 He receives a text from his mum urging him to get
home, he rushes to leave after arguing with the teacher.

he sprints to the bus station.

He waits, tapping his foot impatiently.

Matthew hears his mums voice upstairs he starts
to go up the stairs to help her

Matthew then hears his mums voice in the living room,
it sounds panicked and tells Matthew not to go
up to the first voice, at this point he doesn't know which
voice is his mothers.

The clock ticks in the living room and it comes
into Matthews earshot.

The tap begins to drip and he follows the sound into the
kitchenthe dog seems uncomfortable.

Things in the kitchen seem strangely out of place, suddenly,
Matthew notices a note from his mum saying she
wouldn't be back that night.