shooting day

On shooting day we found that there was not as much light in the barn as we had hoped ,however we resolved this problem by adding more candles and propping a door open to let more light in, unfortunately the amount of light has effected the quality of our shots. Another thing we struggled with was keeping to the 180 degree rule when shooting the shots of our names as they were placed around the board. Some shots were also not achievable using the tripod and so were done with out it, it also effected the quality of the shots however it was necessary to get the desired shots.Getting the shots of the dice took quite a while as we had to repeatedly roll them until we got the numbers we wanted. The shot close up shot of the breathing also took a while as although the breath showed up in real life, it didn't show up well on the camera so we had to adjust our lighting by placing candles underneath. The final shot of the eyes also was difficult as the contact lenses were very hard to get in and we had to move to a clean dry place and make it look like the barn we were originally in.

snake shoot

 To get the images of the snakes we needed we went to reptile mania in whittelsey. The snakes we used were pythons, they were the best type of snake to use as they were slow moving and easy to handle so we were able to get the best shots possible. For some of the smaller snakes we used some large sheets of black card for the background, however we had to use a roll of dark carpet for shot of the larger snakes. The main problems we had were controlling the snakes and keeping them in shot, we had to film some shots without the tripod as it was not possible to make it low enough to the floor, however this did mean some shots were a bit shakey.

storyboard

shooting script

els- pans outside barn
ms- high angle shots of board being drawn
cu- side on shots of board being drawn
ecu-hand with chalk
ecu- match being lit
ecu-wick beign lit
ls-zoom out birds eye view of board
ecu- hand with dice
cu- dice rolled
cu-hand writing names
ecu-snake scales

ecu- hand with dice
cu- dice rolled
cu-hand writing names
ecu-snake scales

ecu- hand with dice
cu- dice rolled
cu-hand writing names
ecu-snake scales

ecu- hand with dice
cu-hand writing names
ecu-snake scales
ecu-snake eyes on dice
ecu-snake eyes on snake
ecu-snake eyes contact lenses
ms-title

Questionaire

  Do you prefer cliff hangers or resolved endings? Why?

 Most people said they preferred cliff hangers as it leaves you with a sense of depth and tension" 

"Gives you freedom to make up your own mind about what happens"

"Creates tension right to the end" 

      Would you prefer a female or male protagonist? Why?

       Different genders had different answers majority of boys said that they would like the protagonist to be the man as "they can empathise better with them"

      Most girls said that they would like the woman to be the protagonist as "its uncommon, for them to be the main character and are usually the victim"

<    What are your expectations when watching a thriller?

       Tension

       Suspense

       Hidden messages so the audience can figure things out themselves

      Experiences in real life

        

     These results will now help to identify our target market and aim our thriller towards them