After watching our final film as a class, we were shown feedback, both good and to develop on. From the above video, we are shown that we need to work on.
Target 1:
Develop the use of stills to create a more tense scenario.
Target 2:
Add more titles. for example, additional director and character names.
We had our media class watch the opening of our film INHABITANT and then give us feedback on it afterwards as it would be very useful since they are the age group of our target audience. Most of the feedback was very positive, they said that they liked the setting of the dark attic as it made them feel claustrophobic and vulnerable and Hannah said that setting our film in a home was a good idea as it made it more "personal" as the audience can "relate" to the setting. Also we got good feedback on the use of our jump cuts, and how we edited the scenes in the attic to create distortion. mos of them agreed that we achieved a successful build up to the climax at the end, we achieved this by having slow paced titles and having our character film insignificant objects in the attic and slowly pan the camera to the right with a torch to create tension. How ever we also got feedback giving us tips on how we could improve our film. Luke said we could include more still shots in our film to create variety as most of the scene is done by hand to connote home footage. Also Shonam advised us that we should of included more credits informing the audience who stars in this film the producers, Directors and script writers and more, this was one of our faults as we only included a small amount of credits at the end of the scene and they lasted only a few seconds.
This is one of the many movies that influenced the making of "Inhabitant". This influenced the making of our movie as the opening scene begins with camcorder footage, this ties in with ours. This emphasises the realism of something like this happening. They also used distortion and glitches which give the same effect of our film. The time and date is also shown in the corner of the screen, making the audience aware of it being home footage. We also used this effect, the font was VCR which added to the effect.
Due to our film being based on a home camcorder footage look, we downloaded effects that created a slight glitch and interference with the camera. This was used towards the part where the "inhabitant|" appears, this connotes the power of a supernatural being interfering with the frequencies of the camcorder. This effect was an "Bad TV Transition" which was then dubbed over with a non copyright glitch effect that emphasised the bad signals, this created tension towards the jump scare, as it emphasised the realism of the situation. We also developed a low battery image was flashed repeatedly across the screen, showing danger and connoting something to happen.
For our film, we used the software "adobe Premiere Pro cc" this enabled us to get the best editing out of our film. Prior to the making of "Inhabitant" we had little experience in editing. Therefore, we invested in some online editing tutorials. There are several channels dedicated to teaching their knowledge of online editing, specifically in the software we were using.
To achieve the home video footage, we cropped the sequence to a smaller format and added layers of effects to give it the old camcorder look. Some of the features we used were "Arithmetic" and "Noise", noise gave a slight tint of grain to the picture, whereas Arithmetic focused on enhancing the blue, red and green lines, which created an old TV Look.
In the opening scene of woman in black, we are first introduced to a close up shot of children playing with tea cups alongside some nondiegetic sound which portrays an eerie and slow feel, giving this scene a sinister mood. The camera then continues to cut to a long shot of the three little girls sitting around playing in this shot we are able to see what costume they are wearing which is old fashioned long dresses and by the looks of their toys being china dolls and old fashioned prams this tells the audience that this story is set in a different era long time ago. The use of the white dresses the girls are wearing connotes innocence and portrays them as the victims in this story. The next significant shot is a close up shot of the girls' facial expressions they are smiling at each other and the duration of this shot is dragged out making their actions seem slow, this causes tension and makes the audience anxious. The camera then cuts to a long shot still following the 180 rule and the camera films them form one side of the room, and at this moment the girls heads turn towards the direction of the camera as if they are looking right at the audience , they facial expressions change to serious and they stare intently at something the audience cant see, this makes the audience curious and connotes mystery. The Three girls then turn their heads in synchrony to look at the window which is made up of three squares. The camera then zooms in to the shot of the window as the music becomes louder highlighting the window as something dangerous. The children then stand up together looking towards the window, as they stand up the camera then cuts to an extreme close up a girl who drops her tea cup on the floor. This then cuts to the smashing of the cup. This is an effective shot as it shows the audience that the girls are oblivious to their surroundings as they continue to stare into thin air in the direction of the window, this infers that something out of the ordinary will happen. The camera continues filming their feet. As they walk towards the window we see the tea cups smash beneath their feet as they walk over them, this suggests that they are in some sort of trance powered by a supernatural being or spirit and are unaware of what they are doing. The camera then switches to a medium shot on the other side of the window so we see the three girls walking up to window, their facial expressions are shown blank due to being in a trance. The camera cuts back to a long shot filming them from the back as the girls step towards the balcony and open the window. This builds up tension for the audience as it gives a feeling of them about to jump out. The girls then jump out of the window together, the music suddenly hits a high note which emphasises this scene. This is then quickly followed by nondiegetic sound of a scream in a women's voice along with the dialogue "my babies". The camera then cuts to an extreme close up of one of the china dolls face, this contrasts the horrific scene having an object like a childrens doll which initially is intended for children and to connote innocence and fun. This scene then ends with an over the shoulder shot of a figure in black veils standing in the corner of the room. The use of the black veil implies mystery and an eerie atmosphere as we can not identify who this is and the colour black suggests danger and fear and evil, this being an object of fear to the audience, the scene then is faded out.
