Comparing our film to another similar helped us to develop understanding of our genre, we decided to use the same colour scheme as we felt this provided the audience with enough clues to show the type of genre they'd be watching. We felt this was needed to match the colour scheme to the style of font. They contrasted very well we thought and that this helped the audience again gain understanding with the type of film they'd be watching. The two shots were also on the screen for a similar amount of time. We decided to do this as the film we're comparing ours to 'When A Stranger Calls' is very popular and gained a lot of views at the box office, showing that the film was obviously filmed well, and the shots were on for an appropriate amount of time letting the audience read the titles etc. We felt making our font style similar overall added more understanding to the film and shown the audience that the film wasn't going to be a comedy/romance it straight away we feel gave them the idea that it was going to be some sort of thriller or horror without giving too much away, leaving suspense. - Sadie
With the title of the film we decided to use the same font as we did with the titles. We kept the back ground black which is also the same as our other titles, we done this because in the opening sequence of "When a stranger calls" they have kept their titles the same and the back grounds, we felt that this would be a good similar technique to use because it makes the film look more professional and keeps the film opening more intriguing, therefore the audience will be more entertained and want to watch on to see what happens. Also we have made our font blurred because we wanted to make it look more effective, also we thought that it would create the connotation that something bad is going to happen. However, the blurred effect could show to the audience that because the title is blurred and twisted then that could be an indication that the film is also Twisted. - Jade.
We chose to have our film set in the woods as we felt this would show the audience how one place can be represented in different ways depending on the weather/editing/characters involved. E.g. when the witch is around in each scene the shot goes slightly blurred and the colour distorts making it seems much more spooky, this happens also in the 'When A Stranger Calls' opening scene as when the male character is shown weird sound effects are used to show that something in the shot is not quite as it seems, the shot is also much darker when he is around making it seem again much more spooky and confusing for the audience. We also used the woods as we felt it matches up to the 'When A Stranger Calls' setting, this is because a fairground is where a family would visit to enjoy time together, much like the setting we've chosen. The woods we felt also represented our genre perfectly, as its wide spaced and a place where someone could easily get lost but be hard to find, this goes perfectly with the storyline of our film, and also goes along with usual conventions of a thriller/horror film (a place where you should feel safe, but never know whats going to happen!). - Sadie
In these screenshots we have noticed that in the film "when a stranger calls" the bad guy is in the dark so that the audience can not make out what he looks like which will keep them in suspense. We also noticed that the good guys are in colour and you can always see who they are. Because of this we thought that we would introduce our good characters in full colour so that the audience can get the idea that the characters are good. In "When a stranger calls" the bad guy is alone and with a dog, which we noticed that in thriller type films the bad guy is usually alone because he is plotting his attack. With our witch we have filmed her feet and kept her alone because we thought that the audience will want to watch on as they will want to know who she is, what she looks like and what she is going to do tho the happy family. We found that introducing the characters in this way was similar to the way the film opening of "When a stranger calls" and therefore would appear much more as a thriller based genre rather than any other film. - Jade.
Like many horror/thriller films we've decided to distort the scenes where the main 'scary' character is around, this makes it clear to the audience that they're the witch/whatever the bad character is. distorting the sound also makes it seem much more like a thriller as it increases intensity fro the audience keeping them on the edge of their seat. Throughout the whole film we've made sure that the continuity of it fits well and makes sense. At some points however we realised that the filming wasn't in the correct order making the film confusing so we had to re edit it to make it make sense, this again made the intensity much stronger as the film flowed quite quickly. We also slowed down some of the scenes to not only make it fit the music appropriately but to also make it drag, making it seem like the environment we were filming in was much bigger than it actually was. - Sadie
JADE NEED TO WRITE THIS PART! :)
Our use of costume and props was thought out carefully. The key prop of the teddy bear conveys innocence of childhood. However in our film, the meaning of childhood is twisted into something sinister and this matches the dark theme of the narrative. In terms of the use of costume, the actress playing the witch is dressed in a full black outfit that hides her identity and combined with the little girls red coat, this draws connotations of danger, death and despair.Another prop we used was of course the picnic itself, this consisted of a tea set and a mat complete with a wicker basket. Just like the teddy bear, we wanted to convey innocence so the audience would sympathise with the character of the young girl and that would make it more frightening when trouble comes along. This contrast is something we observed in other thriller films and took it on a technique of our own. - Kat
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