INSPIRATION: some inspiration for our film 'ready or not', is from the movie Hush. The character in the movie Hush is a psychopath so the intruder/ Night stalker in our film 'ready of not' is also a psychopath. Our film is a psychological thriller. In the movie hush the stalker appears at night time wish adds to the suspense and tension. The girl is also home alone so from this we can get a lot of inspiration from the movie along with a lot of inspirational photos, angles and compositions as well as lighting. In the film the intruder is right behind her and she doesn't notice that is how we got the idea to leave the back door open where the intruder entered the house and the intruder standing behind the girl without her noticing. MOOD BOARD FOR OUR MOVIE INSPIRATION: Moodboard Photo Collage by porcia armitage MOOD BOARD FOR LOCATION AND SETTING: Its night time and a girl is home alone inside cooking. Intruder outside of...
Hi Porcia
ReplyDeleteOverall Score: 17/20
What a great effort for your first, ever film project! Well done!
Here's what worked well;
- great use of sound behind the logo
- love the dripping blood title - would be good to make this a real punchy start, maybe to have made it bigger (which I know you tried) or to make it linger on the screen longer or even over the action of the next scene for a bit?
- your opening could have done with an establishing shot. Either location or characters within a location, helping set the tone and set the story in a scene
- some really nicely framed shots. Using the rule of 1/3's well. Office shot, close-up of gun coming out the briefcase - all well set-up
- handheld camera works nicely in contrast to static camera in office
- I like how you concealed Phoebe's face so we can't see who she is straight away - emphasis on the gun.
- nice match-on-action shots
- great use of shadows and darkness
- Music builds nicely at the right place (emphasis in sound choice which matches what's on screen, well).
- Great gun-shot scene / sound working together. Black out / fade to black after the shot is impactful, too.
- Love the red hue and the use of shadows in this scene
Tips for next time:
- 180' rule was broken when Phoebe walks through the door and then shot switches to our victim who is walking down the corridor on the other side. How unfortunate!
- Music potentially could have changed gears and you could have played around with the shot duration and some suspense-building techniques at the point of Niav being held at gunpoint before the shot is fired. The music is almost what should be used for the chase scene, (could it have been longer? ) A change in music/ tone and perhaps even silence and a slower more eery track at the point of the gun hold-up could have worked nicely? Playing around with different dynamics will be great for your next go.
- Red hue for this scene is great, maybe planning it better to be able to see the blood would be better? Maybe adding a touch of white light could have helped us see this?
- credits look good but aren't easy to read. Maybe slow these down even more or try a different way of displaying them?