Questionnaire Results
Monday, 7 December 2015
Opening Sequence Questionnaire
Opening sequence questionnaire
1.) Gender
o
Male
o
Female
o
Other
2.) Which age bracket
do you fall into? (how old are you)
o
0-10 years old
o
11-18 years old
o
19-25 years old
o
26-30 years old
o
31+
3.) Relationship
status?
o
Single
o
Married
o
In a relationship
4.) What
socio-economic group would you consider yourself?
o
A: managerial jobs with high earning salaries
o
B: middle managerial with a good salary
o
C1: Junior managerial roles with an average
salary
o
C2: Skilled manual worker
o
D: semi-skilled manual workers
o
E: pensioner, student or unemployed
5.) Our opening
sequence plot: a young couple are married and live together. The woman is a
personal assistant and the man is a successful businessman, and that is how
they met. However, the woman has cheated on her husband with her new boss and
the husband has found out. He is keeping her hostage in their cellar
underground, but the rest of society believe she is just gone missing and the
man is pretending to not know where she is.
From a scale of 0-5
(o being never and 5 being 100%), what is the likelihood of you wanting to
watch this film?
o
0
o
1
o
2
o
3
o
4
o
5
6.) Which costume do
you feel would look more psychopathic for the male character (husband)?
o
All black (black t-shirt, black jeans, black
shoes)
o
Navy blue t-shirt, black jeans ad black shoes
and a navy blue baseball hat on
o
Black hoodie, with blue jeans and a any coloured
shoes.
o
Biker outfit (leather jacket, black jeans, black
boots)
7.) Which costume do
you feel represents the female character (wife) as promiscuous the most?
o
Red top with no sleeves and a shirt white pencil
skirt
o
All black (a black tight top and a black pencil
skirt)
o
A red short dress (tight)
8.) Which main title
do you feel fits best according to the plot of the story?
o
Twisted
o
Missing
o
Deception
o
The Cellar
o
Where is she?
o
Down below
o
Unforgiving
9.) What general
certificate should our film be? (Age restriction)
o
PG
o
U
o
12
o
15
o
18
10.) Roughly around
what age range should our target audience be?
o
5-10 year olds
o
11-15 year olds
o
16-20 year olds
o
21-25 years olds
o
26+
11.) What you feel
there is anything we could do to improve our idea for better locations, further
elements to add the plot etc.)
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
Planned by Freya, Jess, Robbie and Jack but written by Jack
Sunday, 6 December 2015
Focus Group Questions
Focus Group Questions
Group film idea:
- What do you think about our idea?
- Has it grabbed your attention?
- What do you think could be improved?
Locations:
- Do you think these three locations are effective?
- Can you think of a better location for any of the three scenes: Street, cellar, and kitchen.
Ending sequence:
- What do you think of the cellar as the ending of the opening sequence? Does it make you intrigued to watch more?
- How do you feel when watching the ending scene?
Opening sequences:
- What are your favourite opening sequences from films that you have seen and why?
- Is there anything you hate in particular film opening sequences and why?
Film title:
- What is the first thing you think of when looking at the film title?
- Does it communicate the genre of the film effectively?
Cinema:
- Would you go and watch this film in the cinema?
- What would you rate this opening sequence out of 10 (10 being excellent and 0 being rubbish).
Missing Poster
Missing Poster
Here is the missing persons poster that James makes in the
opening sequence, this is a vital prop used throughout the opening as there are
scenes of the sister and husband putting it up in order to find Megan. We chose
to have the husband make it as it shows him to be concerned for the wife’s
safety, therefore tricking the audience into thinking he has nothing to do with
her being missing. We chose this picture of Megan as we feel it shows the side
of their relationship that is quite possessive and shows her as a submissive
character, this is by him having his arm around her almost hinting that she is
under his control which is a key theme throughout the film.
Planned by Jess, Freya, Robbie and Jack but made by Jess
Engaging the Audience
Engaging
the Audience
Camera shots
• Canted shots: This will be use to make
the shot look uneven and disorientated the audience. It'll also connote the
feelings of the wife, to show fear, confusion, anxiety and panic.
• The camera will always be to one side of the husband. The shot will
never 100% show the husband face, and will constantly partially show parts of
his face. This will create a mysterious, unclear character, making the the
husband enigmatic. This links to Roland Barthes' theory, high states that all
good narratives have enigma codes, which leaves the audience wanting to
continue to watch so everything can be resolved.
• Extreme close up shots: extreme close up
shots will be used on the husband so that you can never see his face clearly.
This will contribute to the enigmatic character that is being created. Extreme
close up shots will use on the wife to emphasis emotions and feelings. This
will create suspense within the audience and will build tension.
All these camera shots will be used to
disorientated the audience as much as possible. The camera shots will not
reveal anything completely so that the audience will want to continue to watch
so that they can find out what is going.
Sound/Dialogue/ music
• Eery non-diegetic asynchronous sound that does not match with the
visual content. This will be used to signify that there is something that the
audiences are unaware of. The asynchronous music will also be used to
disorientated the audience and confuse them, which will reflect the way the
wife is feeling.
• The tempo of the music will increase dramatically when the husband
begins to walk down the stares. This will be done to build up tension with in
the audience, and represents the husband as an antagonistic character.
• The dialogue will be soft and quiet. The character will not speak
loudly during the opening sequence to signify that there is a secret that is to
be told and that someone is hiding something.
• The dialogue will be minimal between the wife, husband and wife's
sister in the beginning to connote tension between the character, and to show
that the wife's sister may know that something is going. The minimal dialogue
will also contribute to setting the scene and atmosphere of the opening scene.
• A dramatic contrast between gloomy slow paced music at the start,
compared to the faster paced music to signify danger.
All of these sound techniques will be used to
represent to the audience that someone is being deceptive and that there is
some thing to be revealed. This will make the ash wince continue to watch so
they can discover this revelation.
Editing transitions.
• Quick transitions from one scene to another. Scenes will end
prematurely and will cut to other locations quickly. This will be done so that
the audience he find it hard to follow what is going on and will not be able
keep up with the storyline.
• However, in contrast, there will be smooth transitions from one
scene to another juxtaposition to the quick transitions used. This will be sued
to confuse the audience and it'll make the mood of the opening sequence
unclear.
• Every piece of visual content, there will be a filter that will
represent the scene as mysterious and enigmatic. This will be done so that
whole entire mood of the opening sequence is represented in the same when and
that there is something unclear throughout.
All these siting techniques will be used to
create a quick, paced dramatic opening sequence, without bombarding the
audience will too many action codes. It'll be fast paced and unclear so that
the audience find it hard to follow, consequently encouraging them to continue
watching.
Colours
• A lot of black costumes and coloured objects to connote darkness.
The husband will be in a black consume to represent him as the clear antagonist,mysterious,
deceptive and ambiguous. Overall represent him as the clear villain in the
opening sequence.
• The wife will be if a red top and a white dress. The use of red will
be done to connote love (love for either her husband or the man she has cheated
with). However the red will also connote danger to audience, signifying that
she is not the innocent character in this film and that she is untrustworthy.
Overall, the colours will represent the
characters in a fairly obvious way, however will engage the audience and make
them question why they're being represented in this way.
Locations
• The wife's sister and the husband will be seen hanging
"missing" posters around the area in fairly obviously and common
locations, which intrigues the audience due to the fact that there are so many
locations, that it makes them curious as to which location is the main
location.
• The cellar is the most prominent location in the whole film, and the
scene will end there. The opening will end there, along with the revelation
that the wife is there. This will engage the audience because it'll make them
want to continue watching the film, to find out why the wife is tied in the
cellar.
The use of various locations in the opening
sequence will add to the confusion of the scene, and will make the audience
wonder where she is. Due to the fact that so many common locations are used, it
creates further ambiguity as to where she is, and builds tension.
Lighting
• To add to the enigmatic character of the husband, very little/ dark
lighting will be used so that his face is not revealed. This will add to the
enigma codes of the husband because it won't allow the audience to see his face
clearly, making him even more mysterious.
• Harsh lighting as the door in the cellar is opened to emphasis the
duration the wife has been down in the cellar. This will give the audience the
idea that the husband has known how long she has been down in the cellar.
Generally low lighting to emphasis the darkness
and gloominess of the film, and to create enigmatic characters, intriguing the
audience to continue to watch the film so that situations are resolved.
Planned by Robbie, Jessica, Freya and Jack
Written by Jack
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)