Final Submission

From the 3rd to 4th quarter I made some small changes such as the 20 years later to 3 years later. I did this because we had used an iPhone X and it didn't make any sense.

Creative Critical Reflection

Creative critical reflection

CCR draft 4

The software I used to edit my film was Adobe Premiere Pro 2015. To start off I would put each of the scenes into the editing part and cut out the beginning and end of the scene where it was the awkward wait to start talking or if the scene was too long. In this software I was able to change the sound level because at some times it was very hard to hear. Another time I used sound changing was in the beginning to lower the sound because it was too loud. Adding in sound effects was another edit I integrated this was used in the scene where the glass breaks and they run out to the kitchen to find the broken glass. The sound of the breaking glass was all recorded before the actual filming. I also learned how to separate the sound from the video. I used this in the train scene to speed up the train to look more realistic and then add the sound back in. Another thing we did was buy sound effects and adding them into the movie based on each scene to give it horror.

CCR draft 3

My production skills have greatly since the start of this product. At the beginning I had never done anything like this. One of the most difficult for my me and my actors was planning because of how unavailable everyone was. Many times some two of our actor would be at church which they were unable to miss. Our third actor Nick plays baseball and coaches a younger team, along with my schedule this made it very difficult. I had to learn how to time manage and make my schedule more open to accommodate to everyone else. Another skill that I learned was directing actors. This may have been one of the hardest tings because how long it would take to finish just one scene from all the mess ups. Gathering the footage took a while because I had to go through and watch all of our mess ups and old footage to find the ones we wanted to use. Another difficulty was that for putting together the 3rd quarter submission i had to renumber and delete the old shots that we didn't need anymore. Another problem we ran into while filming was shadows and reflections in mirrors. While filming the first time my shadow was visible. Also, when going upstairs my reflection was in the mirror so we had to cut the scene a little bit shorter so the audience couldn't see me. Another production factor that developed was my ability to adapt to problems. The main time that I had to do this was in the first filming process we didn't have all the actors so I had to try make the scenes make sense without all of the actors being there.

CCR Draft 2

To engage with audience my product uses similar aged actors with who we want to watch the movie. The audience is also appealing to both male and female because all the main actors are male but the ghost is female which draws in both genders to watch. My product has a shaky handheld this gave off a realistic feel as if it is from the eyes of the audience. Also to draw in audience I would make multiple billboards that have the actors and the ghost in the picture. This will engage the audience by advertising the genre and general idea of the film. Another way that could bring in audiences is getting a partnership with a popular celebrity to help advertise my film by giving a positive review. This makes an emotional appeal to the audience to follow the new and popular thing. I would use social media as my last form of audience because the majority of people use some sort of social media, this also adds the ability for people to share it with their friends. For the distribution of my film our path would follow the form of digital distribution. However, the initial release would be in theaters for two weeks before releasing it to Netflix, HBO, Amazon, and Hulu. Since my movie isn't a big budget film, there would be more money made from releasing digitally earlier than the normal film does. The tactic I would follow the same way Happy Death Day 2u. Most high budget films make 95% of their income in the first 3 weeks. But lower films such as Happy Death Day 2u made more sales profit from their digital distribution. I would attempt to keep it in the theaters as long as possible until clear numbers for profit are visible. After this I would then release to Netflix and other movie sites. I then would have a possibility of hopefully doubling the money made from theaters.

3rd quarter submission

From second quarter to third quarter I changed a lot of components in my film. The first thing I added was music to add suspense. Another change I made was separating the audio from the video in the train scene so it could be sped up to look more realistic when she was hit. Also we refilmed about half the scenes because in the original we didn't have all the actors on set at once. We were able to give more fluidity to make the film make some sense.

CCR Draft 1

My product uses a few conventions that are implemented in horror movies. For example we used suspense to build up, one time we used this was when they are walking up the stairs and she is standing in the mirror while the audience is able to see but the actors are unaware of the ghost. Another example is while she is walking behind the actors while they are cleaning up the broken glass and again the actors do not see her. The movie started with longer shots that slowly becoming shorter as the suspense builds up as the audience sees more of the haunting occur. Another convention used is music that is played in the background which often means something is going to happen. For example while Gabby was walking to the train track I had a more slow horrifying audio playing that shows a build up or foreshadow for something about to come. Immediately after the music I added the distant train sound to add more reality to the film. After the walking scene I obviously we were unable to actually have our actor be hit by a train. We decided to use the conventional method of having the actor reacting to the thing that is off scene that faded to white showing the death. One camera shot that is used in horror movies a lot is an over the shoulder shot this was important in our film because while they were walking into their new house this was the first time we see the ghost for the first time. Another shot used a lot were wide shots this is very good to show the setting, characters, and things only the audience can see. The last shot in the film was a Point of View shot this convention is often used to make it feel like the audience is actually in the situation dealing with the problem. The social groups that are represented in my film could be married couples. Another social group could be teenagers because that's the age the actors paying the parts are. Also it is for a more lower middle class as you can see from the house and other settings.