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