Pitch Feedback

We recieved some feedback from our pitch:
- Difficult to make
- Dialogue is needed for the narrative but creates cheesiness.
- Uniform on large scale
- Hard to find enough cast and location
- Too many zombies and too much gore could make it over the top.
- Make sure the zombies look good or it could look stupid
- A lot of people need make up

We have taken all feedback into account. We have people that would help us out with make-up so that is not an issue. We also have plenty of willing people who would be in our film so we have enough cast. Lots of people have their old school uniforms that we can use for costume. We are going to try and make sure we have enough gore and the correct amount of zombies but not too much so that it isn't over the top. We are going to try and find a good tutorial for realistic zombie make-up to help us make the zombies look good. We are going to try and keep the dialogue casual and realistic so it doesn't make the film cheesy.

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Film Pitch Plan

User Ratings

Task One: British Board of Film Classification

We researched what complies with a film with the certificates 15 and 18.

Textual Analysis (Narrative) - Dead Set, The Plague of Zombies, 28 Weeks Later

The opening to Dead set is a Linear opening. The threat is restricted. We see hints and glimpses that a threat is present but not a direct threat. The first 5 minutes relate to the rest of the film because the Big Brother House setting is continued throughout the film and the actors are the characters throughout. This affects the audience because it grabs their attention because they want to know what the threat is and the story is affected by clues being shown that links to later events and reveals the weaknesses of the house and set. The film titles are purely the Big Brother titles.

The opening to The Plague of Zombies is a Non-Linear opening. The threat is both omniscient and restricted as you see a threat but it doesn't make sense. The first 5 minutes relate to the rest of the film because it seems to be showing a ritual for turning people into zombies. This affects the audience as it makes you quite uncomfortable and it is confusing so the audience have to really think about it. The story is affected as it provides hints for the plot later in the film. The titles are simple. It is plain font over a still shot of a voodoo doll and changes to show the title, director etc.

The opening to 28 Weeks Later is a Linear opening. The threat is omniscient because they are in a house which is boarded up to attempt to protect themselves from the threat but the threat is quickly revealed. The first 5 minutes relate to the rest of the film because it is obvious that when they are bitten they turn into zombies showing how the virus was spread in the beginning and in the rest of the film. It affects the audience as it creates suspense as we don't know who will survive the opening and it makes you want to know what happens next. The story is affected as it shows that it is a never ending cycle because the boys parents died and the girls boyfriend died which shows that everybody else will die at some point.

Compared to 28 Weeks Later, the other films were very slow to start and could be considered to be a bit boring compared to the fast paced opening created in 28 Weeks Later.

textual analysis of 10 minute clips of the following films by DAN AND TOM

night of the living dead.
titles were on the screen as the car was driving down a long secluded road
it was a linear, omniscient and restricted film due to camera angels film the first 5 Min's were introducing characters and setting in graveyard, and had blood splatted signs.
in car introducing characters, the problem with the radio hints threat.
then the zombie attacks after we have already seen it in the background of the graveyard


zombies
first scene creepy music, miners leave children in the tunnels as they explode gives a setting story and a clue as to what the threat is. titles appear on a black background to start, then they went onto a country secluded road, composition of car as it moves, starts in past times then becomes modern now a day. meet a creepy guy in the shop who hints something bad about the house as they do not deliver there. they nearly hit someone on the way up to their house and the woman leaves the car, shots from behind and in front, broken bottle of blood, restricted view of the threat, shot from behind trees as if someone is watching. As they go into the house goes from light to dark, composition of the shot in top right hand corner golden mean, lights inside house don't work. little girls runs upstairs to the dark and leaves group/ possible threat.

Marking previous work- TOM NUNN

Clip one- I thought that this could have been improved by not making the camera focus on one image for too long as i found myself partially intrigued however mainly bored and none phased by a bit of blood on a wall, good continuity, If the camera was a bit more steady i would mark it higher, and the lighting was at parts to dark to see anything.overall 39/60
clip two- i found this very effective in the sense that we knew what was going on and the man with the knife remained hidden throughout, the lighting was effective for its purpose however there was not much happening, good continuity, however the camera seemed rather unfocused and the location and prop of a TV watching a word programme didn't exactly set the scene for me. 45/60
clip three- this was a good idea with bad acting on the girls behalf, but the clip seems to flow a well.  good lighting and continuity, the setting was good, with the boy being haunted buy the girl who was following him, and that he couldn't escape her very ghost/ poltergeist. overall 55/60
clip four- very effective editing and a great possessive scene with the spinning camera as it had a nice close up of the possessed victim/ vampire. the last part where we see the vampire appears to last too long. good use of lighting with red fgor when hes the blood loving vampire. Overall- 55/60

Dead Set Evaluation- Tom Nunn

Title - Dead Set
CERTIFICATE - 18 very gory and strong language and all extremely unneccesaary... neccesary !
I watched the film Dead set to help me with my research towards finding useful tips and information about the key aspects of a Zombie horror film.
 I found multiple things that would be essential for our opening sketch.
The main idea is the camera angles, as there are lots of Cu's and ECU which makes it much more scary and shows off the effects of the make up much more.
The eyes add to the suspense as it adds a level of understanding to the viewer as they know that they have become a zombie, this is very important to create more tension and no confusion.

the characters appear vulnerable as there are lots of shots showing the lack of them in the house and the mass of zombies entering the house. This would be useful in our film but i think finding enough people might be hard.
The location was a very clever idea in the sense that most of the characters at first weren't aware of the zombies, and the fact that one of them turned into one made it feel like no one was safe and the whole film was filled with tension. i feel we should use a secluded area maybe so that then it appears that the main characters are all unaware of the outbreak so that its more tense when they are surrounding them.
the main props are the brutal weapons they have to use which adds to the drama and horror, and also the fake guts etc when the zombies are eating them, this could be created by mixing a tomato base sauce with mince meat then adding in raw sausage meat and crushing it together, this can then be shaped into fake intestines.
the music is a very base filled dramatic dance beat to add to the excitement, and silence and the sound of zombie groans and screams as innocents get eaten.

Foundation Portfolio Research: Title Research

Textual Analysis Grid - Sarah Ellis

Our Film - Mind Map

Sarah Ellis: Homework Exercise, Marking Previous work

Clip One: I thought that clip one was quite well put together. There were a variety of shots and interesting music. The one disadvantage was that some of the camera work that seemed would work better had it been smoother was rather shaky. I'd give this clip a 55 out of 60.

Clip Two: The dialogue in this clip was very cheesy. There wasn't much need for it. There was also a lot of the same shot from the same angle. More shot varieties could have been included. There was also a continuity error with the writing pad, one minute it was there and the next it wasn't. I did think that the first part was good. I'd give this clip a 46 out of 60.

Clip Three: The first part of this clip was very dark and I was unable to tell what was going on. Also the music is very overpowering and draws attention away from the actual scene. I know you don't have to have top actors but there was no reaction at all when she was attacked. I'd give this clip a 42 out of 60.

Clip Four: The lighting changes remarkably suddenly at the beginning of this clip. It is also fairly dark most of the way through which makes it hard to see detail. I like the quick paced shot changed when he's changing into a vampire. I'd give this clip a 47 out of 60.

Homework Exercise - Marking Previous Work

- Have a look at the mark scheme below to get an idea of each level.

- Then watch all 4 videos

- Now using the mark scheme give each video a mark out of 60 and explain why...?