Friday, 10 March 2017

Opening scene feedback and improvements

What went well

Our stab match on action scene was especially commented on, complimented by a lot of the audience. Many people said it looked very realistic and looked very professional. They also said they liked the look of the blood on the knife from the stab wound, which they also liked, and the blood in the water. A lot of people also liked our use of sound, particularly the distorted music and ringtone. They also liked the sound editing when the headphones fell out and the music cut out but was still playing very quietly. Overall, I think our sound was especially effective. People also positively commented on the location, saying it was suitable for the genre and concept and worked well.

Improvements

A common improvement we were given was overuse of the waterfall shot. The feedback suggested we remove a couple so give the same effect but not as overwhelming, so Josh did this. We were also told our title screen was too short for the audience to read, so Josh made this longer to make it easier to read. Another criticism made was on the lighting, saying that it was too bright and needed to be dimmer to give the effect that the scene is set in the early evening, and also they said the blood on the jumper was too pink. Both of these were fixed by Eve adjusting the exposure and saturation of the clips. There were some comments saying that the Blumhouse production company was unsuitable for our genre, and also that the logo that we did use was out of date. Chloe was given the job to research more into this, by looking at her blogs and also doing extra research. Finally, we were told to remove the wind sound in our opening to create a more professional finish, as well as to add in a sinister typical horror movie sound when the killer is shown to add drama and suspense to the scene for the audience, both of which I did. We were also told to add in a sound when the killer is scraping the knife on the fence to mimic whats happening on screen, again which I did. 

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