Intrustion - Final Product

Post-Film Questionnaire

Evaluation Question 1

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Question 2 Evaluation

Evaluation Question 3 - What media institution might distribute your product and why?

Evaluation 3 from ConnorOB

Question 4 Evaluation

Question 5 Evaluation

After handing out feedback questionnaires and gathering the responses back we have achieved reaching our target audience. When we asked if our film relates the age certificate of 15+ 5/7 responses were ‘Yes’ with one response ‘Possibly’ and one ‘No’. 

 In order to do this we added expletive language to the script and added violence into some parts of the product. The audience also responded with saying ‘Yes’ to the genre being psychological horror and ‘Yes’ to understanding the storyline.

We had lot more feedback that commented on more of our successes. For example, one response identified how we used a variety of shots (i.e long shot, medium close up, medium shot, medium long shot, establishing shot). We also got a response commenting on the success of our sound effects such as the bang, and the knife stab. This adds violence and tension to the film which helps create the enthralling experience for the audience that psychological horrors should do.

We also asked if the audience thought our location was appropriate. They agreed it was. The reason we used this was because the dark setting created fear for the audience which is intended to be transmitted to the audience.

However, there were improvements that could be made. A few comments were made about the jump cuts we did when making the drinks. They did not understand the concept of it therefore next time, we will make sure to complete them to a more successful level. Surprisingly, a couple of comments were made regarding disliking the knife scene. In the future, we could put emphasis on this scene as it was very brief. This would add more violence to our opening part of the film and add even more support to our genre and create a more psychological horror experience for the audience.

Question 6 Analysis

Question 7 Evaluation

Our preliminary task was a continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with both characters exchanging a few lines of dialogue. The task involved the 180 degree rule, match on action and shot reverse shot. Our main task involved the titles and the opening 2 minutes of a film.

The planning of our preliminary task was not ideal. Firstly, we made the dialogue up as we went long therefore it was difficult to portray the storyline we was trying to get across to the audience whereas in our full product, we used Celtx to write a script beforehand so we knew exactly what we was doing. This also allowed our filming to be less time consuming.

For our preliminary task we did not research into similar genres or films therefore we struggled to relate our task. Because of this, we made sure we researched our genre (Psychological Horror) thoroughly and also researched similar characters. This ensured we picked the correct location and time to film. For our preliminary task we filmed in a classroom at college in the middle of the day whereas for our final product we filmed at an alleyway, on a street and inside a house. We filmed all these settings at night in an alleyway, house and on the street. This allowed our location to relate to our genre. Researching characters also helped each character dress and behave in a way that portrayed the genre to the audience. For example the intruder dressed in black and acted suspiciously creating tension and fear for the characters and the audience. In our preliminary task the characters dress code did not portray the personality or the mood of the characters.


In our final product we have been able to use more mise en scene than in our preliminary task. In our preliminary task we used very basic props such as a table whereas in our final product we have used mobile phones, tv and earphones which has allowed our film to appeal to a younger audience (16-19). We have also used weapons such as a knife to make sure our film relates to the genre of psychological horror. Since our preliminary task we have also learnt about lighting. By adjusting lighting in our end product, we were able to go from a normal, friendly atmosphere to a tension, frightful one which reflects the genre of our film.

Also, due to a lack of knowledge on cinematography and editing we struggled to create a shot list that had a varied amount of shots such as a tracking shot and a focus pull and portray editing techniques such as graphic match and jump cuts therefore in our preliminary task we were only able to perform basic shots such as over the shoulder shot, angle shots and use basic editing techniques such as match on action and shot reverse shot. However our knowledge of editing has also improved drastically since our preliminary investigation. We have learnt by adjusting the pace of the film, we can affect the tension reflected to the audience, for example in our final product we used fast pace editing (1min 42 secs) whereas in the preliminary investigation we used one pace throughout. We have also learnt how to perfectly perform techniques such as a match on action (2mins 5secs), shot reverse shot (0.42 secs), graphic match (2mins 8secs) jump cuts (0.58 secs) and elliptical editing (1 min 47 secs) which ensured our film was projected at a high standard.

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Risk Assessment

AS Media Risk Assessment

Someone drops the camera
1. Pick up the camera and move it away from any roads or footpaths
2. Check the camera and make sure nothing is broken off, if there are broken parts move these to a safe area as well
3. Report the incident to the teacher

Someone falls over while filming
1. Make sure that the person who fell over is fine, make sure they have not broken any bones or injured themselves in any other way
2. Make sure they are not in the middle of the road. Sit them away from the road and footpaths
3. If help is needed the call for help and in extreme cases ring for an ambulance
4. Make sure if they had the camera on them that someone picks it up and makes sure it is away safe

Cables left on the floor or suspended
1. Make sure that all cables are put away safely
2. Make sure that everyone knows where the cables are so that no one will trip over themselves and injure their self

Broken glass on the floor
1. Make sure everyone knows where the glass is so that no one walks over it
2. Carefully clean up the glass making sure that there is none left over
3. If anyone is cut by the glass get them a bandage and clean their wound

Filming in a dark room
1. Make sure torches are on hand or miniature lights so that people can see where they are going when not filming.
2. Make sure people know where the camera is so that it is not knocked over by accident

Filming on the roads
1. Make sure that when filming there are no cars around.
2. Make sure that we film on a quiet road will little traffic to minimize risks

Someone hit by a car
1. Make sure to move them away from the road
2. Call for an ambulance
3. Make sure their parents or guardian is aware

Props
1. Make sure all props are stored away when not in use
2. When using a knife as a prop make sure they are holding it properly and not messing around
3. Use a fake knife instead of a real one so that no one can be injured

Carrying large/heavy equipment
1. When carrying the camera make sure it is packed safely
2. Make sure two people are carrying heavy props so that they are not dropped and broken
3. Make sure that the floor is clear when carrying objects to minimise the risk of tripping/falling over

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