Final Opening

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Test Audience Feedback

Once our team had created the first part of our film, we then asked our class to view it and fill out a sheet of what they thought the genre was and what was successful and the improvements we should consider.

Everyone said our opening falls into thriller/horror genre which is what we were aiming for. 

Here are the criticisms in which we have worked on to try and improve our opening: 

Filming Effects

When Emily enters the house, we made the filming have a blurry effect. This demonstrated the eeriness and uneasiness of the house and the unfamiliar surroundings. It also demonstrated her vulnerability as she is in an uncertain place that has a dark atmosphere about it. 

Music Changes

Our group originally chose to play a piece of classical music over the first section of our opening. However, after experimentation and research into different horror openings and the music that is most commonly used in them, we decided that something that really did not sound pleasant with  an industrial mixture of high and low tones would make the scene more atmospheric and scary. We created more music on the programme Cubase which was accessible to us on the school's music computers  and this proved to be the best idea as the music ended up being a lot scarier.

Call Sheet

Actor Changes

Due to the unavailability of Gavin Bruce (Dad) and Thierry Zimmerman (Emily) we had to adjust our story and make changes to the actors. Colette Redgrave (Mum) is now a single mum and that was the reason for the move. Our group thinks this is a better decision anyway because it makes the actress more vulnerable to what is going to happen later on in the film. Our new actress for Emily is called Abigail Hulme, a student from Weald who fits the character description perfectly!

Health and Safety

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Filming Equipment

For filming we chose to use a Cannon DSLR this was down to many reason which I will now explain: the canon has a swivelling vari-angle LCD screens make it easier to compose shots at awkward angles and improves handling when shooting movies. it’s with movie recording that this system excels, offering smooth, continuous autofocus. 

Opening Inspiration

These are a few of the many film examples that carry the same theme and atmosphere that we are intending to create in our opening scene of Hextall Court.

Clown Mask

We wanted to record our own version of Venetian Gondola by Ignaz Friedman, which is our chosen piece of music in our opening scene, to abide by the copyright rules. We asked the music teacher at our school, Miss Lonnborg, and she played the song on piano whilst we recorded it. We are looking to use it within the beginning of our film to juxa-position the erry opening, the panning shots of the house and the hanging of the girl.

Opening Music

Logo Designs

Filming schedule

24th January- filming the first 15 seconds of film at Hextall Cottage then 30 seconds in the middle of the film opening with the actors on set.
17th February- filming the rest of our opening in Ide Hill with two of the actors on set.

Age certificate for our film

We chose our film to be rated 15 because the content involved within the plot is unsuitable for persons age 14 and under. This is because there is sustained or detailed infliction of pain or injury. There is also continuous violence and possessive characteristics during the whole film and so our coursework group thought it would be best to certify the film as a 15. 

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Costume List

Jessica - age 14

Emily- age 11

Dad- age 44

Mum- age 40





Location Shoots

Location and Casting