Final Product

Gantt Chart

Evaluation

Question 1: In what way does your product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real products?

When our title sequence was being created, we had a rough idea of what we wanted to do therefore we decided we were going to use the film SE7EN’s title sequence as an inspiration. The title sequence of SE7EN is a montage of shots of many different objects that correspond with the story line of the film e.g. razors, pictures, shadows and blood. Therefore giving the audience an insight to the film’s story line however also not revealing too much, keeping the audience in suspense and wanting more.

The reason why we choose to use SE7EN’s title sequence as an inspiration is because when we had watched the title sequence for the first time it was very mysterious and gave the audience a certain mood therefore we decided we wanted to portray a similar atmosphere in our title sequence and movie.

Question 2: How does your product represent particular social groups?

Our product does not quite represent any particular social group. This is so the audience can’t relate to the characters in Delirium to early on during the film. Our product is a thriller movie therefore during the start of the film we have limited the dialogue and increased the suspense to follow the guidelines of how a thriller movie is produced. The main character in the movie is the detective, who is portrayed as a brave individual because he enters a crime scene investigation without any back up or partner.

Question 3: What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

The media institution, which would distribute our product, would be Film4 because our budget for the film was very low and Film4 showcase’s a wide range of titles, including the best of British film-making industry.

Question 4: Who would be the audience for your product?

The audience for our would be aged 15 years and above because the film will contain graphical images through the use of shots and pictures within the text. These images would be of deformed or defaced individuals and would not be suitable for those under the age of 15 however the film will not contain any sexual scenes or swearing. This film will not be permissible to watch for any individual that has photosensitive epilepsy because the movie will contain many flashing images.

Question 5: How did you attract and address your audience?

The results form our survey monkey was very positive because the survey showed that the majority of people preferred thriller movies to the other genres. The survey also showed that they also preferred at least two characters to be in the opening scene of the film, therefore we took this into account when creating our opening sequence.

Throughout the entire title sequence we placed the credits over the footage, which was playing in the background so that the audience did not get bored. This would also keep their attention on the film. The film was also posted on YouTube and Facebook where it received a fair amount of feedback. This was a good way of getting our film opening out to our target audience as it was Free and our group was on a very low budget.

Question 6: What have you learnt about technologies from process of constructing this product?

Throughout the production of this product I have learnt how to work an HD Camera, turning it on and off, inserting the tape into the camera, using white balance and transferring the rushes from the tape to the computer. We did however encounter problems with the transferring of the rushes on the 2nd transfer, so in order to over come this we used an alternative camera from home. We also had trouble with Final Cut Pro, which wouldn’t allow us to use some of our rushes, and at one stage became 'Not Responding'. We overcame these problems by using alternative software, Sony Vegas, in order to edit at home.

Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I have learnt that disasters CAN happen out of nowhere which can set your plans back a ever long time and although you may have set out an alternative as a back up, alternatives can also go wrong so when planning during the preliminary stages you should also allow yourself a little extra time than you believe you will need in order to make production easier and completed to the deadline. I have also learned that although it is easy to come to an arrangement in planning, it is a lot harder to carry it out and can be quite frustrating so patience is required, whether something goes wrong or not. Having a strong, effective team is also essential.

Production Stages

Throughout the production of our opening, we tried out many techniques and many different versions were created in order to find our final product. Here you will find videos of our previous attempts leading up to our final product.

This is our title sequence which I took responsibility for shooting and editing. It was a time consuming procedure but paid off in the end as it worked well with the opening sequence. We took inspiration from the opening sequence of the movie Se7ven, which we thought would create a very disturbing and mysterious image in the viewer's mind.

This is our initial attempt at making the opening scene of our film. It had certain good qualities about it such as having close ups but overall we decided this was not high enough quality to use for our final piece and did not do a good job of keeping the viewer confused.

This is our second attempt at the opening scene which we thought came out much better than the first. While there may have been no close ups, this was done to prevent the audience from getting too much detail in the inspector's face. We also thought the shots in general were smoother.

This is our Rough Cut, which we presented to the class and asked for their feedback on. They liked the editing that was used but said there was one particular shot that was not smooth enough and needed to be corrected. They also pointed out how Tom did not seem menacing enough and clearly viewing his face gave away too much about the movie too early on. We therefore took this on board and made the necessary adjustments.

This is our final product which rectifies the problems pointed out with our Rough Cut. We also decided it was best to tone down the colour of the opening sequence as in the rough cut it was sunny and made the scene look happy rather than melancholy.

Permission to Shoot on Premises

The opening shot will be shot on a council estate on the weekend outside of school hours so no permission will be needed as the estate is open to the public. Gullaid Ibrahim found the shooting location.

Initial Ideas

Opening Credits

The film will begin with the 'Mystery Arts' logo introduction. This will be followed by our title sequence which will be a montage of shots which will tickle the audiences curiosity.  This will be made by Christopher Sziranyi. After this our actor, Gullaid Ibrahim will be seen walking through a council estate to investigate a murder. The film will carry out from there.

 

Colour

What type of colour should we use?

Low key lighting (Dark and shadowy). We will use After Effects to tint the footage to make it more gloomy and dark to create a sad, depressing effect.

Characters

Amount of characters

The majority of our audience believe that at least 2 characters are needed in the opening sequence to make it interesting. This is why we have chosen to use two characters in our title sequence. Originally we wanted to use the two characters, letting the audience see their faces but as we figured that that didn't have the correct effect, we decided to make one character a mystery.

Name: Tyrone Francis 

Role: Actor/ Officer at the door

About Me: During our first filming of our opening sequence, I took a small role as the officer at the door who greets the main character (Gullaid) and hands him the required information on the case. I also appear at the end where a close up is shown of myself as the psycho murderer. However we did not believe that this had the effect which we wanted it to, as it did not create any suspense or tension with the audience. Thus inspired us to replace me as athe actor :-( and instead use Thomas Tesfay.



Name: 'Inspector' Gullaid Ibrahim

Role: Actor/ Officer in charge of the operation(Me)

About Gullaid: Gullaid Ibrahim was the Director of Delirium. He was also an actor in the film, taking the part of the main character 'Inspector Ibrahim'. Gullaid also found the group our shooting location. Although fairly lazy at times, Gullaid's positive attitude and dedication inspired the group as well as his 'STUNNING' smile! (see picture on the left)

Name: Thomas Tesfay (Also known as Tom)

Role: Actor/ Psycho Killer

About Tom: Tom is a close friend to all of the members of the group and agreed to help us out by playing the part of the murder towards the end of the opening to our film. However during our second take on shooting the opening and after feedback we came to the conclusion that Tom was too 'Nice'. This then gave us the idea to darken the picture when Tom comes onto the camera, not allowing the audience to see his face and keep them in suspense. We also distorted his voice making it deeper and more evil. 



Genre

The majority of people preferred Thriller/Horror movies with the mystery factor. They like to be kept in suspense and surprised.

The least preferred genre was science-fiction.

Musical and comedy Genre were equally second preferred however it would be difficult to include factors from those two genres in a horror movie and still create the same effect which we wanted to create.

Equipment

During the production of our film opening, the group encountered some technical difficulties with the equipment provided. The computers were not allowing us to upload our rushes onto the computer so that we could edit them on Final Cut Pro. As a result of this we had to improvise and find other means of filming and editing independently since this happened towards the end of our deadline. In the end we used Christopher Sziranyi's (Editor) handy cam and tripod. Chris also edited the footage at home in his bedroom using Sony Vegas Pro. Recording done by Shey Hinds Meikle. Below are pictures of the equipment:

 Christopher's Handy Cam used for recording Delirium!

Script

The Script Of Delirium

Gullaid Ibrahim walks down the road and enters the estate via the gates.

He continues to proceed through the estate until he comes to a door (entrance to flats)

Gullaid Ibrahim receives a message from Thomas Tesfay via the walky talky:
"Have you entered the premiss's? Over"

Gullaid Replies to Thomas Tesfay's message via the walky talky:
"Affirmative, over"

Gullaid Ibrahim proceeds up the stairs in the flats.

Thomas Tesfay contacts Gullaid Ibrahim via the walky talky once again:
"I will meet you there in twenty minutes"

Gullaid Ibrahim replies:
"Affirmative"

Gullaid continues up the stairs, reaching the top and goes round the corner. When he comes across the dead body he contacts Thomas Tesfay via the walky talky's again saying:
"We've got a two, two, five on our hands. I think it's an inside job."

After film darkens and Thomas comes around the corner, Thomas says:
"That's because it is an inside job."

The fuzzy TV effect takes place ending the opening sequence.