Background
Before the film starts, someone has gone missing and an investigation is taking place.
They have been kidnapped by a person or group of people who are looking for something, believing the victim to have it or know its whereabouts.
Synopsis
Two detectives are investigating the missing persons case. Following a lead, they end up at a house. They find signs of a struggle, and an identifiable piece of clothing [necklace or something similar].
At this point there is a black and white flashback showing the attack, leaving the house in the state the detectives found it.
The film then cuts back to the present, the detectives are putting the identifiable piece of clothing [necklace or something similar] into an evidence bag and leave to take back for analysis.
Then cuts to another house, or building, where we see the inside of a very dark room a door opens from a lit room, allowing us to see a silhouetted character [implied to be the attacker]. The light also allows to see the victim tied to a chair in an otherwise empty room.
Friday
Questionnaire Analysis
To evaluate our film, we needed to collect feedback from viewers, this was done by making a questionnaire, which would be filled out and returned, we carried this out to see what improvements we could make, or what others felt we did wrong. I then took the results of this and made them presentable by using pie charts. Here is the questionnaire that we use:
This chart shows that the plot of our film was quite easy to understand, out of 7 results, 5 people said that it was, and only 2 people said that it was difficult to work out what was going on.
All 7 people that we asked to fill out our questionnaire believe that genre was very clear, so this chart shows that 7 people (100%) answered ‘Yes’ to this question. Everyone answer the ‘What did you think the genre was?’ question with either ‘Crime’ or ‘Mystery’ or they answered with ‘Crime/Mystery’.
From our feedback we can show that the music we produced for our film did fit the genre, although we did have 2 people that felt that it did not match and said that an improvement we could make was to find/create better fitting music. 
This pie chart is showing that everyone in our audience that we asked to fill out the questionnaire believed that we included enough different shot types. We made sure we used enough different shot types, so the film would not get boring or repetitive.
After analysing the feedback from our questionnaire, we found that 100% of our audience would want to continue watching it, mainly because our film provoked many questions that people would want to find out the answer to, and to see why something happened. 
Even though 7 out of 7 people said they wanted to continue watching the film, only 4 out of the 7 said they would recommend the film to another person, We feel once we finish making our improvements we can increase the number of viewers that will recommend our film.
The 2 main improvements that we were told we could make, one being to make the dialogue towards the beginning a lot clearer as many found it hard to hear, the other is to change our music to a more fitting style. Other then those two, we felt that there wasn’t too much more we could improve on. Overall we were all pleased with the feedback we got from our viewers.
1. Is the plot understandable?
Yes No
2. Did you think the genre was clear?
Yes No
3. What did you think the genre was?
4. Did the music match with the genre?
Yes No
5. What did you like?/ What didn’t you like?
6. Were there enough shot types?
Yes No
7. What demographic would like this film?
8. What improvements do you think could be made?
9. Would you continue to watch it?
Yes No
10. Would you recommend the film?
Yes No
Yes No
2. Did you think the genre was clear?
Yes No
3. What did you think the genre was?
4. Did the music match with the genre?
Yes No
5. What did you like?/ What didn’t you like?
6. Were there enough shot types?
Yes No
7. What demographic would like this film?
8. What improvements do you think could be made?
9. Would you continue to watch it?
Yes No
10. Would you recommend the film?
Yes No
After analysing the results of these, I put the ‘Yes/No’ questions into pie charts to show the opinions of our audience. Below I will include the charts, and an explanation to what this shows.
This chart shows that the plot of our film was quite easy to understand, out of 7 results, 5 people said that it was, and only 2 people said that it was difficult to work out what was going on.All 7 people that we asked to fill out our questionnaire believe that genre was very clear, so this chart shows that 7 people (100%) answered ‘Yes’ to this question. Everyone answer the ‘What did you think the genre was?’ question with either ‘Crime’ or ‘Mystery’ or they answered with ‘Crime/Mystery’.From our feedback we can show that the music we produced for our film did fit the genre, although we did have 2 people that felt that it did not match and said that an improvement we could make was to find/create better fitting music. This pie chart is showing that everyone in our audience that we asked to fill out the questionnaire believed that we included enough different shot types. We made sure we used enough different shot types, so the film would not get boring or repetitive.After analysing the feedback from our questionnaire, we found that 100% of our audience would want to continue watching it, mainly because our film provoked many questions that people would want to find out the answer to, and to see why something happened. Even though 7 out of 7 people said they wanted to continue watching the film, only 4 out of the 7 said they would recommend the film to another person, We feel once we finish making our improvements we can increase the number of viewers that will recommend our film.The 2 main improvements that we were told we could make, one being to make the dialogue towards the beginning a lot clearer as many found it hard to hear, the other is to change our music to a more fitting style. Other then those two, we felt that there wasn’t too much more we could improve on. Overall we were all pleased with the feedback we got from our viewers.
Monday
Target Audience
We decided to do our film based on a crime scene. Therefore it fits into the genre of crime/mystery. Our main target Audience was aimed at 12+. Our film is classified as a certificate 12 as it does contain infrequent scary scenes, sustained moderate threat. This type of film is suitable for the likings of both genders, as everyone prefers this genre. Audiences of both genders would be interested in this film as the music choice is suitable; there are good shot types and the characters. The location was a difficult choice to think about as we had researched on other films and seen many scary scenes are located in a building. Hence why, we have chosen that our film should be located in the interior of the building.
This is only suitable for 12 years and over. It does contain disturbing scenes. Those who are younger than 12, they are only allowed to see 12a film is they are accompanied by an Adult. (I think ‘12A’ film is suitable to our genre of our film as it does contain scary scenes)
15 – Anyone under 15 years are not allowed to see ‘15’ film in cinema
Moreover when researching on audiences age we had looked at the age groups that are set for films. Firstly, based on the genre of our film we needed to know what is acceptable for each groups therefore we looked at;
PG – “Parental Guidance – these types of film should only be suitable for children that are aged eight or above. (I think our film isn’t really suitable for eight years old as it does contain scary scenes)
This is only suitable for 12 years and over. It does contain disturbing scenes. Those who are younger than 12, they are only allowed to see 12a film is they are accompanied by an Adult. (I think ‘12A’ film is suitable to our genre of our film as it does contain scary scenes)
15 – Anyone under 15 years are not allowed to see ‘15’ film in cinema
Friday
Costumes
When looking for costumes Frankie and I had thought about the types of characters we wanted. Based on the genre of our film, a mystery/thriller, the costumes have to match the genre. Therefore it was essential to consider the type of outfit needed for each of the characters in the film. After knowing what type of characters we were looking for, we then searched on images from the search engine, Google. We also looked through magazines as an extent research for costumes.
We also decided to create a costume section on the mood board, where all our ideas were displayed and well planned out. Also when planning we considered costumes on both gender as it wasn’t confirmed on who would get the role. Hence why, the costume section includes the female hair designs, top and jeans. However our final planning included all males as shown below;
Antagonists – black suit
This outfit doesn’t give out their characteristics. The black suit keeps their identity hidden. It gives the audience no insight of what this person maybe. Therefore I think their outfits matched with the genre – mystery/thriller as the film left the two men mysterious.
Two detectives –Black cost & trousers
We decided to dress them in black although they were quite similar to the two bad men. It was quite difficult to think about the detectives, as they were also the main characters. But on the other hand, the characters outfit made then look professional and the film more serious.
Ordinary boy – Normal top and jeans
We didn’t want the audience to judge the character and bring first impressions of his image; therefore the film made his image bring out his identity as normal and dressed him in a simple outfit. We wanted him to dress ordinary because when action is taken place in the film, the audiences cannot understand why the boy had been kidnapped until the end therefore the film is playing the genre (mystery).
Also to make sure that we had the right idea of costumes, Frankie and I did extent research on mystery/thriller films. To give us an idea of what type of costumes are used, these are the lists of films that we looked at,
- Bad boys
- Men in black
- Se7en
- Sin city
- Gran Torino
- Hancock
Thursday
Music Pt2
Music
As well as what Frankie and Abida made on Garage Band for the Action section, we also needed a piece of music for the beginning when the detectives find the house and the necklace.
We wanted a quieter and calmer piece for this part, so I looked through a number of copyright free songs from our teacher’s husband’s band and settled on a section of one of their songs to loop around. We didn’t think that lyrics would be suitable for this part and that a drum beat would give the wrong feel to the scene, so the piece I chose was a slow, soft guitar piece that also sounded quite sad. This was appropriate for the crime scene as something bad had happened and we wanted to also convey this across in the music.
Originally this music was in two places in the film, once at the beginning up to the point when the victim opens the door and again after the credits up to the victim opening the door in the dark room.
However, when we showed the rough cut of our film to the other groups their feed back told us that they thought we needed a different piece of music for the post credits section. So I started to look for alternatives, after looking once again at the music my teacher had given me, I couldn’t find anything suitable that I thought would fit. I also searched mobygratis.com and although found something we could use, the time it took to get back permission to use it, did not fit the schedule we had to get the production done. Instead of trawling the other copyright free music sites and possible having to pay a fee for permission to use them, I decided to use the Garage Band software on the Macs. Using what Frankie and Abida had done as a guide, I tried to make a piece of music that would fit in with what we already had and gave the scene to sort of atmosphere we wanted to create. The instruments I chose to use where just drums and guitar, the same as what had already been used, this gave the music a unified feel. To continue this I selected the guitar track from the same category as Frankie and Abida had. The drums I chose where slower than the other Garage Band section, to fit in with the slower pace of this section. Another reason I picked this drum beat, is the bass drum rhythm, which sounds similar to a heartbeat, the section the music plays over is very tense as the victim has been taken by the villains. The music had to be ‘scary’ and tense, similar to the other section but at a lower tempo. I also thought that the addition of a footsteps sound effect would help to build tension for this part and also help reinforce that the victim had been taken to the warehouse. Garage Band had a suitable sound effect so I added in it. Overall I think the music fits well with the scenes it is meant for and helps to reinforce the ideas we wanted to get across in the scenes.
As well as what Frankie and Abida made on Garage Band for the Action section, we also needed a piece of music for the beginning when the detectives find the house and the necklace.
We wanted a quieter and calmer piece for this part, so I looked through a number of copyright free songs from our teacher’s husband’s band and settled on a section of one of their songs to loop around. We didn’t think that lyrics would be suitable for this part and that a drum beat would give the wrong feel to the scene, so the piece I chose was a slow, soft guitar piece that also sounded quite sad. This was appropriate for the crime scene as something bad had happened and we wanted to also convey this across in the music.
Originally this music was in two places in the film, once at the beginning up to the point when the victim opens the door and again after the credits up to the victim opening the door in the dark room.
However, when we showed the rough cut of our film to the other groups their feed back told us that they thought we needed a different piece of music for the post credits section. So I started to look for alternatives, after looking once again at the music my teacher had given me, I couldn’t find anything suitable that I thought would fit. I also searched mobygratis.com and although found something we could use, the time it took to get back permission to use it, did not fit the schedule we had to get the production done. Instead of trawling the other copyright free music sites and possible having to pay a fee for permission to use them, I decided to use the Garage Band software on the Macs. Using what Frankie and Abida had done as a guide, I tried to make a piece of music that would fit in with what we already had and gave the scene to sort of atmosphere we wanted to create. The instruments I chose to use where just drums and guitar, the same as what had already been used, this gave the music a unified feel. To continue this I selected the guitar track from the same category as Frankie and Abida had. The drums I chose where slower than the other Garage Band section, to fit in with the slower pace of this section. Another reason I picked this drum beat, is the bass drum rhythm, which sounds similar to a heartbeat, the section the music plays over is very tense as the victim has been taken by the villains. The music had to be ‘scary’ and tense, similar to the other section but at a lower tempo. I also thought that the addition of a footsteps sound effect would help to build tension for this part and also help reinforce that the victim had been taken to the warehouse. Garage Band had a suitable sound effect so I added in it. Overall I think the music fits well with the scenes it is meant for and helps to reinforce the ideas we wanted to get across in the scenes.
Tuesday
Music
Music
For the music Abida and I created the sound for the chase, we made sure that the music created tension and was the type of sound that would put the audience on the edge of there seats. To create the sound we used garage band on a Mac, to created tunes and change the tempo and pitch to ensure that it fit in well with the scene to create the right mood. It was important for us to consider the type of music, which would be expected to hear within the film, the genre of our film was a mystery/thriller. With this information it was vital that the sound did not give too much away but still sustained the tension building sounds. To ensure that we had the right idea of what type of sound we wanted to create Abida and I did a lot of research into mystery/thriller films. This helped us to gain an overview of what type of sound would be the most successful within this scene. A list of films, which we looked at, is:
· I am legends
· Butterfly affect
· Sin city
· Saw
· Hancock
· Seven pounds
For the music Abida and I created the sound for the chase, we made sure that the music created tension and was the type of sound that would put the audience on the edge of there seats. To create the sound we used garage band on a Mac, to created tunes and change the tempo and pitch to ensure that it fit in well with the scene to create the right mood. It was important for us to consider the type of music, which would be expected to hear within the film, the genre of our film was a mystery/thriller. With this information it was vital that the sound did not give too much away but still sustained the tension building sounds. To ensure that we had the right idea of what type of sound we wanted to create Abida and I did a lot of research into mystery/thriller films. This helped us to gain an overview of what type of sound would be the most successful within this scene. A list of films, which we looked at, is:
· I am legends
· Butterfly affect
· Sin city
· Saw
· Hancock
· Seven pounds
Friday
Shooting Schedule
Sunday 29th November- Alex’s house
Crew members:
· Abida
· Alex
· Frankie
· Josh
Cast:
· Alex
· James
· Josh
· Ryan
· Simon
Tuesday 1st December- Shotgate Industrial Park
Crew:
· Alex
Sunday 6th December- Alex’s House
Crew members:
· Alex
· Josh
Cast:
· Alex
· James
· Josh
· Ryan
· Simon
Crew members:
· Abida
· Alex
· Frankie
· Josh
Cast:
· Alex
· James
· Josh
· Ryan
· Simon
Tuesday 1st December- Shotgate Industrial Park
Crew:
· Alex
Sunday 6th December- Alex’s House
Crew members:
· Alex
· Josh
Cast:
· Alex
· James
· Josh
· Ryan
· Simon
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