Audience Feedback!

After screening our film, we asked the audience to fill out a questionnaire so we could get feedback for our evaluations, and here's a sample!

Group 5 Sample Audience Feedback

The Screening

So we could get audience feedback on our sequence we had a screening which we created questionaires for to see the responses, what type of audiece we had attracted and find out what sort of film our opening sequence was introducing. We treated this screening like a film premier:

To promote our screening we designed a poster and placed them in strategic places round the school to ensure we advertised to the core target audience of 16+ girls, such as the sixth form common room and study area.

Editing Schedule

This was a schedule that we put together for the weeks we were editing. We incorporated all sessions we were going to edit, possible shoots, and the week we were away in Swanage on a field trip. It was also a way for us to communicate with our teachers as to when we wanted to come in.
We filled in each week on the monday, so we knew what we were doing that week. We also filled in all our free periods so we knew what time we were available.

Editing Schedule

Shot Log

The Shot Logs were the exact time codes of each take that we captured from the tapes before we began the editing process. We used them as a reference if we needed to recapture any shots, and as a record for the ones we had so we could check it against the shot list.
It was also a way for us to determine what shots needed reshooting.

Shot Log

Contract for Us (the students)

We, and our parents, had to sign a contract agreeing to the terms of the Media Department, in which we promised to look after all the equipment, behave on set and follow the rules they had put in place.

Media Student Contracts

Equipment Release Form

This was a form that listed every piece of equipment that we borrowed from the school. It was effectively a contract that we individually signed, holding us responsible for anything that happened to the equipment, and us agreeing to bring it all back on time on the Monday after the shoot.

Equipment Release Form

Shot List

The shot list was a table of every shot we planned to film during the shoot, and exactly where it would be shot, what we needed for the shot (props, lighting..) and who would be doing what in the shot (director/cameraman/sound etc). We actually used this on set as an exact guide to what we would be doing, and it was very useful as it kept us focused and on task.

Shot List

Production Schedule

This was a form we used to communicate with our teachers so they knew when and where we'd be shooting, and who with.

Production Schedule

Storyboard

As a part of our planning process we created a large storyboard with post-it notes on sugar paper. We came up with the idea that for each shot type we would devote a specific colour post-it note.

 Blue- Long Shot
Orange- Mid Shot
Yellow- Close Up
Green- Extreme Close up

The story board with the use of the post-it notes helped us not only for a vague plan for each shot but also where the shots would be in our sequence. This was good when thinking about narrative flow and continuity.

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Capturing and what needs to be done

After the shoot, and whilst editing our footage we noticed several continuity errors. Because we shot certain scenes with Lizzie before Josh arrived, there are continuity issues with the blood, so we will need to re-shoot scenes where she doesn't have the blood on her. Fortunately though, we don't have to re-do any of the bedroom shots, only from when she leaves the room, so we only need Lizzie and can re-shoot everything within a few hours.

On set

Our final set up, and our most difficult. We now had Josh and Lizzie to work with and do the part of the sequence involving all the blood. All in all though, this went really well and we won;t have to re-shoot any of this we reckon.

Keeping Our Actors Happy

Feeding them lunch, as was part of the contract. So far things are going well!

Lizzie's Blood and Make-up

To finally get Lizzie ready, she needed to have a bruise on her cheek and blood splattered on her face, hair and body. She did the make-up herself, using several dark colours.

 

And to put on the blood we used a toothbrush to simulate a spray, and then flicked it with our fingers to make splatter marks. It seemed to work pretty well and looked pretty realistic.

Preparing the Scene

We prepare the room for the shoot before it all begins. This included clearing the room, changing all the bed linen, and setting up the lighting and camera.

Making Blood!

We test making blood and using the waterproof sheet to see how effective it all is.

What Could Go Wrong?

After our test shoot, and in preparation for our actual shoot, we run through what could go wrong on the day.

Production deadline change

Due to a schedualed geography trip the deadline for our group has been changed. All three members are going on the trip so there is no other choice but to change the deadline. The deadline has been cut a week short for the 11th of March rather than the original 18th of March production deadline.

This means that we will have to work in a lot more dedicated fashion, getting filming over and done with quickly and spending more time on post production at lunch times and free periods in order to finish the project quickly and without lowering the quality of our final trailer. If we work efficiently this shouldn't be a problem.

Acting Contract

Acting Contract Concerning Media AS Project

The Script

Plead Script

The Green Light!

Given the go-ahead after re-pitching our adjusted idea to the teachers.