Pitching Feedback

After presenting our pitch to the rest of our class we gained feedback such as:

• Like the use of a nursery rhyme 
• 12 is a too young age certificate
• no film outline
• complex story to fit within 2 minutes
• how will our location look new and old

We have a film outline to complete which will make the rest of the film easier to understand.

Opening ideas

Ideas for starting of the film:

• opening soundtrack will be ring-a-ring-a-roses and the lines "we all fall down" is going to be whispered
• our film will be set in olden times by using sepia in imovie with a date to be in the corner of the screen e.g 1934
• story based upon a myth of children burning in a building and now haunt the warehouse
• flashbacks to present times where the myth is retold and someone gets attacked

To help come up with some ideas, we did some textual analysis on pre-existing films such as The Strangers. Below is our textual analysis grid of The Strangers.

Narrative opening analysis

Out of all these films we have analyzed we agree that Dark Water has the most techniques within that have influenced us to experiment with them in our Ghost Horror. Techniques such as, a child whispering a nursery rhyme creates tension and vulnerability towards the film because we think the child may be "possessed" or at harm.
We have also taken some essential use of location from another film we analyzed called "The Others" by using a airy very atmospheric building in a almost abandoned area.

The Poltergeist Opening Analysis

The beginning of Poltergeist has a linear start where the story-line is straight forward from a supernatural act happening to the next day basic use of chronological order. The threat happens when the little child talks to the tv. The fact everyone is sleeping establishes fear. The locations stillness and darkness makes the protagonist seem scarier.

Dark water analysis

Dark Water starts off in a Non linear way  by how it the main character reverts back to her past mainly through flashbacks over a long period of time, this creates mystery for the audience to wonder what will happen next. The threats are few and far between, yet a creepy occurrence happens when the protagonist is mildly possessed i the lift. The location of the film is set in a unhygienic and dirty complex. This creates a feeling of abandonment.

The Others Opening Analysis

At the beginning of The Others there is slight use of omniscient due to the start being read like a story and the phrase "god" is used which makes the viewer seem like a god like perspective. The threat is established by the actions of the the protagonist and the mystery that the audience does not know. Eg. The opening scream establishes immediate fear and suggests the presence of wrong. Also the actions of the protagonist Eg. Shutting of the curtains to create darkness. The location of the film is set in quite a scary atmospheric setting, the setting is a large airy manor with a woodland setting where there seems to be no other human life around. This location sets the feel that anything could happen.

Homework Exercise - Marking Previous Work

- Read the mark scheme below to get an idea of each level.
- Then watch all 4 videos
- Give them all a mark out of 60 and explain your reasons why?