question7 - How previous filming tasks have helped produce our final media product.

Marking my film in relation to the mark scheme

Editing and camera work - Continuity was generally very good. However, nearer the end of the film when the girl looks in the bath there is a slight jump due to the 30 degree rule.

Mise en Scene - The  props, especially the Diary enhanced the film as it gave it a scary atmosphere to the film. The costumes looked realistic as this gives off the illusion that it could happen to anyone. The make up on the GHOST was particularly good as it created a sense that the GHOST has been dead for a while. The setting was a ordinary house and therefore, helps the audience to engage with the film.

Sound - There was good use of non-diegetic sound, this heightened the tension.

Titles -  The group did not need to focus on titles as much as we were but the titles in the book were effective as they strongly related to the film.


Lighting - The lighting was excellent how they made the lights flash on and off which gave off an eerie feel to the film. The set was well lit so you can see everything that is happening.

Genre - The film is appropriate to the sub-genre as it included many conventions of a GHOST film.

Marking our film


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq1fQP8XeuY&list=PLAA0B81E610FC70BB&index=10&feature=plpp_video




Editing and camera work-
We've made a framing error here because the shot below apparently doesn't match up the shot coming  up next. But overall, we've done a great job in maintaining the continuity of our film, we've even made use of various shot types like shot reverse shot. In terms of editing, it's quite well done except there is a slightly jumpy bit.

Mise en scene- 

Costume wise the girl's dress doesn't match up with the theme since she isn't the victim in the film so she is not supposed to be wearing white dress. But this is because we wanted the costume the girl was wearing to be matched up with clips in the title sequence while we wanted to enhance the boy's vulnerability by making him to wear white pyjamas. Apparently, we've made a little mistake here.

Location we picked fits the theme and helps us to appeal our target audience which is teenage boys and girls.











Sound- Sound in title sequence is good which sounds like a lullaby. But sound in the film could be bettered by putting emphasizes in the critical moments, for example, when the girl starts appearing in the film. In general, the sound is appropriate though it doesn't create the atmosphere very well.
Sound over is very well done as well.

Titles- Title sequence is quite well done since the use of family footage matches the theme and the way the editing makes it jumpy just helps creating the mysterious mood. Good use of sound and special effects, makes the title more interesting.

Lighting-
No much extra lighting has been used in the film. No error has been shown in terms of lighting since every scenes are clearly shown.

Genre- Conventions of the genre have been well used, like swings moving on their own, white mist, children's evil smiles.

Q7 - Reflective Evaluation - Isabel Wong

Evaluation Q7: Emily Bland

Here is a filmed evaluation on how previous filming tasks have helped produce our final media product.

Question 6

This is my prezi for the technologies from the process of constructing this product.

Evaluation Q6: Emily Bland

Here is a prezi that I created explaining the different technologies that we used in order to complete our film: The Lullaby.

Evaluation Q5: Emily Bland

I have done various types of research such as looking at IMDB ratings for 5 chosen films and the certificates of films, to know what content will be appropriate for our own film.

BBFC Research

Drugs- the misuse of drugs must be minimal and infrequent

Horror- Disturbing physical or psychological sequences must not be frequent or sustained.

Dangerous behaviour- Behaviour such as hanging etc. should not be in detail or appear to be pain or harm free.

Language- use of strong language such as 'Fuck'should not be frequent

Nudity- it is allowed, however  be brief and discreet 

Sexual activity- Must be brief and discreet.

Violence- Moderate violence is allowed but should not be dwelled on.

Drugs- Drug taking can be shown but cannot be encouraged.
Horror- Strong threats can be shown
Violence- Easily accessible weapons are not to be glorified/glamourised
Language- Strong language can be used frequently
Nudity- Strong nudity content is allowed but should not dwell on sexually.
Sexual activity- sexual activity may be portrayed in strong detail
Violence- May be strong but should not dwell on infliction of pain or injury.

Sexual activity- can contain explicit images of real sex and sexually explicit animation.









IMDB User Ratings


What lies Beneath

What lies beneath has a certificate of 15 due to moderate violence and has a moderate horror factor which could affect an audience psychologically.

You are able to see from the user ratings that it appealed more to a male audience of the late teens to mid 40's. This may be because the lead character is a woman and so males are more tempted to watch it.










The Grudge

The Grudge has a bbfc certificate of 15 as it shows strong supernatural threats but does not focus much on inflicting pain or injury.

For The Grudge it is clear that it is mostly males between the ages of 18-29 make up the majority of it's audience. Yet again the protagonist is a young female.










White Noise

White noise also has a bbfc certificate of 15 as it repeatedly shows psychologically threatening images.

White Noise is a fairly fast pace film and so it appeals more towards males and from reading the user ratings the majority of them are aged between 18-29.










The Woman In Black

The BBFC certificate for The Woman In Black is a 12A as it does not show frequent threats, they are quick and fairly discreet.

From the user ratings we can see that the film was more popular for a male audience ageing between 18-29.










Ghost Ship

The BBFC certificate for Ghost Ship is 18 due to extreme gore and sexual activity.

The main audience for Ghost Ship is Males as it has elements of action involved and gore.

It is clear from looking at all 5 of the user ratings for these ghost films that our target audience must be males between the ages of 18-29 as they seem to find the ghost element of a horror film interesting.

We chose to go against the common representation of the lead victim being female as we wanted our male audience to be able to relate to the feelings of the protagonist more. We also chose to include ghosts that are children as this is what is commonly used in many ghost films such as Ghost Ship.

  Our feedback for our film from the class was mostly positive with them liking the music that went over the footage as it helped create a scary, creepy atmosphere.