Audience feed back

I got a few people who were in the target audience range to to look at my film opening to see what they thought.

8 out of 10 people liked it.

one person said it  was "phenomenally good" they liked the shots and thought they explained what was going on well.

one of the people who didn't like it said it was because the music at the start which was 'Hey Joe' by Jimmy Hedrix wasn't fitting for the scenario and thought it didn't go with the atmosphere i was trying to achieve.

the other person who didn't like thought that the angel and devil were too confusing and they weren't very clear on what was happening. they also say they i could have improved it by making it simpler but i thought that then it would be too boring and because it was a film opening and if we made the rest of the film we would have explained what was going on. i belive the whole point of a film opening is to make questions the audience wants answering and to draw them in.

another person who did like it though that the cuts were put in good places and that it was well put together. 

another person thought the shots were the best ones for the actions going on in frame.

Poker's Advocate Evaluation (click images to make bigger)

Roles

in the films we all had different roles Sonia was costume and set designer
Jemma was the script writer I was the director and Matt was Editor but we all helped with each others roles so we all had a go at each role to gain experience.

Editing

we uploaded the footage onto the iMacs and then we spent some time naming every clip so it wouldnt spend much time looking for the clips that we wanted. we then started by puting in the clips that followed our basic storyboard we then added clips to flesh out the films and added a bit more to the characters. we then watched it and started to perfect it. we then added music to the film. We used Hey joe by Jimi Hendrix at the start and we looped the begining for a bit and then after the opening diologue and then let the song play through. when the devil comes in we played the Sin City Theme and Wariors Dance at the same time which worked well together to create something quite sinister. And over the credits we used Paranoid as it was very upbeat and we thought it would flow well if we continued the rest of the film as it would go back in time where Dave ( the main character ) is much happier. we then put in effects such as ghost trails in the devil and angel scene as it added a supernatural feeling to them. we also made the shots at the end black and white. where we credited the actors we paused the shot and put in a caption by using the titles tool. in the first shot it is very juddery this is because in filming we slowed the shutter speed i think this added a very stylish effect.

i think editing was on the whole was easy but the hardest part was making every cut perfect and trying to perfect the smalles details.

Production

we filmed for a few hours after school in the drama studio for about 3 days. we set up a poker table with chips and cards and tried to arrange them excatly the same each time we filmed in this room. we also had to set up the lighting for every shot to get the lighting the best we could with good shadows. we used Redhead lights to set up a key light and backlight and sometimes and fill light we also sometimes used an LED light which is usually used for interviews to add a small sparkle in the actors eye if needed. we had to set up the camera on the tripod making sure that the white balance, focus, gain and shutter speed were correct each time. we also then got the microphone and put it onto the boom pole and connected it to the camera. after doing all of this the actors needed for the shot could get into costume and then take their places. when the actors were ready we could set up the shot ready for filming.

there werent many problems but at one point in a crucial shot one of the redheads stoped working and we couldn't replace the bulb so we had the rest of the shots with only 2 redheads. other than this there werent any major problems.

Final story board