Our rough cut feedback 

After showing our peers our second rough copy, we received the following feedback :

What went well 
- Fond of the introduction- especially the music when the liquid dropped
- Good use of audio and effects
-Good use of font effects to show characters names
-The date included
-The handheld camera
Even better if 
- The sound was turned down throughout the movie
- The dark scenes to be re-shot
- Protagonist should speak louder
- A different transition was used at first because the change between the introduction and first scene was too harsh
-The scenes were lighter

Our Horror movie age rating BBFC 
The group have come to the conclusion that our short film should have an age 15 rating. We have come to this conclusion simply due to the fact that their is a considerable amount of violence including the rape of the main protagonists.
We feel that 15 is the appropriate age because the target audience is likely to have  a good understanding of the plot and can differentiate between fiction and reality and will not take the film literally.
However, this would not be the case if decided to give the film a lower rating such as 12A this particular group of fans must be accompanied by an adult therefore, they are not yet old enough to view  scenes which are contained within the film.
We are fully aware of the fact that if we did choose to got for a slightly lower age rating ( such as 12A) we would increase the likelihood of generating more revenue because the younger  members of the target audience  who desire to view the film must be accompanied by an adult therefore they will  both  have to purchase a ticket which would mean that more money is generated in comparison to a teenager who is over the minimum  age requirement due to the fact that they would only require one ticket.
However we have decided not to do this because we would have to change a large proportion of the films content and the money, time and effort needed to complete this task is not guaranteed to be subsidised by the the revenue generated by ticket sales.

Provisional movie pitch  opening feedback 

Here is the feedback I was given by my peers ;

What went well...
- the camera was used effectively and the sound included matched the scene
- good use of camera angles at the start of the scene
- The breathing when recording behind the trees was very effective
- The sound used built a great amount of tension
- clear storyline
-The camera angle used when Fernanda was taking a photo
-Good use of handheld camera angles

Even better if...
-The quality of lighting was improved
- The flip transition didn't fit the horror genre
-The sound used whilst Fernanda is talking is too loud

Horror rough cut

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-gnsacI_KE

Ms Hiltunen

In this blog, I will be showing various shots of my group work and explain whether the scenes conform or subvert to the general conventions of a horror themed movie.

For this particular scene, we have chosen to have  a single protagonist which is very unusual for a horror movie because the characters are normally in groups of 5 and above therefore, this subverts to the general convention of a horror movie.

However, we chose to conform to the general horror movie convention by setting our story in the woods at midnight because we felt as if it would allow the viewer to instantly recognise the nature of this short film. 

For this scene, we chose to somewhat subvert the general stereotype in the sense that we actually had people present in the room rather than just having the room filled with  darkness  and uncertainty but, I feel as if the nature of the people within the room (  mentally challenged people ) conformed to the general conventions. 

This shot was taken as a montage purely to show the progression of the time which was designed to make the time that the character has spent in the room seem a lot longer.

For this scene, we once again  chose to conform to the dark and mysterious stereotype where the villain was finally revealed to give our project a very scary and abrupt ending