First Cut Evaluation

I believe that we used some good camera angles as they displayed what was going on in the scene well. The first shot shows the teenagers and the dark environment suggest that theres something wrong or mysterious about the park. The shot of the clown is good as it conceals the identity of the clown and leaves the audience waiting to see the face of the killer adding tension to the opening. However the timing of when the shot was taken was too late which caused the scene to look dark and difficult to see. We stuck to the script well and kept to the shot types and story that we wanted to achieve. We edited the scene to make it lighter, however this affected the quality of the footage and made it a poorer quality. Because of make-up, etc it took up time which limited the time we had to film. So a good idea would be to do the make-up before going out to film so we have more daylight hours to film and get more footage. We also need to add background scene to make our final product more effective and to put the audience on edge.

Shot List

Giggles Draft 1

Giggles Draft 2

Giggles Final Draft

Music and Sound Research

Location Shots

Pitch Ideas

Target Audience - Research Task

Audience Profile for : Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Studio (Production & Distribution) : Strike Entertainment and Universal Pictures

Directed by: Zack Snyder

Written by: James Gunn

Stars: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber

Certification: 18

Target Audience Details

Age Group: 18-28 with a secondary market for 30+ (who enjoyed the 1978 version)

Gender: Male

Demographics: C1,C2 D, E

Psychographics: Explorers, Strugglers, Mainstreamers

The poster usually main dark colours which is usually associated with males. The gore displayed throughout film also suggests its targeted at males as gore is typically associated with males. The main character of the film is female and there are some sexual scenes which supports the idea of the film being targeted at males. The director, Zack Synder, also directed films such as 300 (2006), Watchmen (2009) and Man of Steel (2013). These films are typically male because of the genres, action and gore they display. This is his first horror however 'Dawn of the Dead' and '300' are very gory and bloody films, which is expected from a male orientated film. The film is slightly different to the typical codes and conventions. The female is the main character and starts off as the damsel, however throughout the film she slowly grows a more masculine role within the group. However, the ending see's all the characters die after believing they were safe which was a real plot twist which would draw the explores and strugglers.

Analyse of Horror Title Opening Sequences

General Codes and Conventions of Film Openings

Saul Bass

D.O.B:  May 8th 1920, New York

D.O.D: April 25th 1996, Los Angeles California


Bass graduated from James Monroe High School in the Bronx and studied part-time at the Art Students League in Manhattan. He began his Hollywood career in 1940's. He began designing print advertisements for films such as: Champion(1949), Death of a Salesman(1951) and The Moon is Blue(1953). Bass became widely known in the film industry after creating the opening sequence Otto Premingers The Man with the Golden Arm(1955). He decided to design/create an innovative title sequence to match the films controversial subject. 



Screenwriter, Nicholas Pileggi, said of Saul and Elaine, "Eventually you have the pleasure of seeing the Basses have knocked you right out of the ballpark. They have boiled it down to four minutes." This highlights Bass' skill in graphic design and how he could take pages of ideas and represent them in a four minute tile opening sequence. His talent allowed him to create sequences that represented the film in only a few minutes. 

Bass once described that his main goal was 'Try to reach for a simple, visual phrase that tells you that what the picture is all about and evokes the essence of the story."Saul respected his work and designs. He was modest about his work. His work was abstract and it had a massive impact on the film industry from the 1940's and so forth. His work changed how title sequences were looked at overall, he was the first to bring an opening sequence to life and show the power of graphic design.

Preliminary Task - Evaluation

In the preliminary task, our video was very accurate to our plan and the shots we planned to use worked really well with our idea, none of the shots needed changing. I thought the match-on-action and how it was edited was done really well. This is because the transition between shots was smooth and the action was the same in both shots. Some of the filming looked unprofessional because of the wobbling of the camera where we were trying to film the close angle of the shoes at the beginning of the video. This can be improved by making a roller so the camera doesn't have to be dragged along the floor. This will create a smoother looking shot, making the video look more professional overall. I think the filming is the biggest are that needs improving for my coursework. This is because it was the longest process of the production of the video. This needs to be improved as in some scenes in the video created the camera shaky or out of focus which ruins the effect of the shot and can miss key parts in a scene like facial expression which can be important for a story line.

Preliminary Task - Planning & Finished Video

Shot 1 Close Up Shot Character 1 strolling through the corridor

Shot 2 Long Shot Character 1 walks towards door

Shot 3 Medium Shot Character 1 takes a heavy inhale

Shot 4 Close Up Focus on the door knob being opened by character 1.

Shot 5 Close up  Focus on character 1 coming through door (Only on the chest)

Shot 6 Long shot Character 1 walks to his seat where character 2 is sat opposite.

Shot 7 Close up Over shoulder shot of Character 1

Shot 8 Close up Over shoulder shot of character 2

Shot 9 Low angle, medium shot Looking up at Character 1.

Continuity Shot

Continuity Shots

Rule of Thirds

Rule of Thirds

Camera Movements

Female Representation In Films

Media Studies - Guardians of the Galaxy Analysis

Camera Shots & Angles

Camera Shots & Angles