Evaluation of AS media

Brief summary

Above shows my final piece of our groups opening sequence in AS media. This film is about a district nurse visiting an elderly woman's home, and experiencing unusual noises and movements within the house. When the district nurse knocks on the door, there is no answer. This causes the nurse to enter the house , and this results in her feeling haunted by unnatural behaviours within the house. This film is based on a horror genre and we made it appear this way by the use of the soundtrack and camera work within the film to show the uncertainty of the house. 

Success in the film

I believe our film was very successful. This is because i felt that it met the genre of a horror film due to our correct use of camera shots, soundtrack, setting and dialogue. This enabled the audience to clearly understand and relate to the storyline. The soundtrack was quiet and got louder in tense areas of the film. This caused tension and made the scene eerie. The setting of the film was in an old house, it looked very dark showing it looked unlived in and dark lighting is traditionally what scary movies usually use. Also, we had a very detailed plan which enabled us to stick to the deadline. This allowed our group to become organised and everybody was aware of the progress of the film making and their job roles to meet deadlines and the criteria. I believe another success of the film was that was met the criteria of the brief. This is because we used a soundtrack as well as a wide variety of camera shots and titles.

pre production

production

post production 

Areas of improvement 

In our film i felt that we used many techniques to produce our film to the best ability. However, we felt that the continuity of our district nurse was one of the main areas for improvement. This is because in some shots the nurse had different coloured nail varnish and a different jacket on. Also, a man was driving the car and we tried to edit it to make it look like the district nurse actor was however we missed a part and you could see the man driving. I felt like the lack of continuity let our film down as continuity is a vital part for producing a film. if it is not continuous it could confuse the audience and appear like we did not spend much time on that aspect of the film making. Also, i feel our titles within the film were not at their best ability. This is because i felt the colour of white stood out too much in the dark setting. This drew the attention away from the film and the audience just focused on the titles. I also think that the position of the titles were not great. This is because i felt they did not fit in with the film and we did not film to leave space for the titles we just added them in. 

Audience feedback

As a group we feel that audience feedback is very important. This is because it allows us to evaluate our piece to see the success and improvement for the film. this allows us to imporve and expand in the future when we next make a film. It would help me in my A2 levels so i know what the audience like and dislike in a film. One member from the audience told us that they noticied the lack of continuity. This means we know to take extra care on continuty for the next time i produce a film. I believe criticial feedback is very important as it allows us to expand and improve for the next time so we learn from our mistakes.