Evaluation of rough cut

The success of the title sequence 

The type of title sequence that we 

choose to use was a discrete title sequence. This is used to create a mood and an atmosphere for the whole film. The order of the shots that were used all made sense in the way that they were put together. As the title sequence is discrete the title sequence consisted of lots of different shots setting the scene for the movie. The order of the shots also makes sense as I think that the audience see's how the villain is as we portrayed the villain as quite sinister in the title sequence. For this we used creepy dolls and minimal light as these are all connotations of something or someone being sinister. However, we did use some elements of a narrative style title sequence in the ending as we thought that the audience would understand.a bit more of what they have previously watched.

The order of the title sequence was not how we planned it as the amount of footage and locations that we originally planned to do had changed slightly. We had lots of footage to narrow down and put into a specific order. We tried to match how the scenes came on scene with the music to add a jumpy effect as our genre was thriller. Putting the title sequences in order was quite difficult as our footage consisted of many different location shots of different places ranging from light to dim lighting so we tried to make the footage coincide with the next scene as best we could. In addition to this we added a couple of gaps to the title sequence as some of the scenes would not work next to each other. I think this added to the jumpy effect as we took inspiration from our remake seven and how successful the gaps were there.

The quality of the camera work

The camera work we used a range of different shots to create different effects ranging from extreme close ups to establishing shots. We used a tripod so the camera was steady as in my prelim I didn't use a tripod and there was shakes and wobbles in the video which didn't look great.

The variety of shot types used

The camera shots we used were:

Establishing shots- to establish and describe what kind of of environment the villain likes to hang around in. This was evident in the tunnel and graveyard scene .

Close up shots: used to show the detail of a certain object which will be significant in the film later on. This is evident in the candle scene and the picture scene.

Extreme close up: this was used to show an extremely significant part of the film. This was evident when Cassie woods was on her phone (victim) and she accepted the friend request from jj josh (villain). 

Over the shoulder shot: which was used to create a sinister mood and atmosphere as you were only able to see a black hoodie. This is evident in the Scene with the villain having his back to the camera.

Panning shot: we used a panning shot to show all of the graffiti and the different types of graffiti there was on the wall.

The use of lighting

We had some artificial lighting already in the tunnel when we were filming and the artificial lighting had a yellow hue to it which made the tunnel look dingy and dirty which added to the villains overall personality that was portrayed in the film (sketchy). We also used natural lighting when filming the scenes near the canal as it was already bright. We also used some of our own artificial lighting in the graveyard scene and the scenes with the villain as it was dark and we needed to enhance what the camera was picking up. We had a mixture of light and dark scenes with the dark scenes based in the middle of the title sequence and it blended well with the light scenes also. 

The performance of the characters 

We didn't have many characters in the title opening and they were mainly masked as we wanted to keep the identity secret to add to the convention of the thriller genre. However there was a change of characters between scene as the original stalker wasn't available after the scene that we shot, we solved this by getting someone else to fill in as the villain is wearing a black hoodie for the most part of the film so it wasn't really a set back. 

The use of mise-en-scene:

The locations we used were mostly public. 

We used:

The Greenwich foot path: 

Camden (graffiti walls and canal) 

The graveyard: 

A street: 

These locations were especially choose. As they were really dirty and we thought that the would have the perfect atmosphere for our title sequence especially the foot path. 

We also used some personal locations like: 

Monika's shed:

Abi's attic: 

There were also a lot of props that we used to get our desired effect. 

Candles: 

Polaroid pictures:

Doll heads:

Cigarette tray containing cigarettes:

Laptop screen:

Phone screen: 

Matches:

The main costume that was scene throughout the film was the signature black hoodie to hide the villains identity 

There was also black gloves again to do the same thing.