The Final Film "The Following"

Audience Reactions

We asked members of our class to watch our film and give us feedback on our film and this is what they gave us.

Evaluation Question 7

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

Now we have finished the final edit of the film I think we have all learned a great deal about film making and editing and have learned many terms about the process. I have learned the meanings of many different terms for example:

• Shot reverse shot- going back and fore between to things or people for example in a conversation
• Cinematography- Camera work
• Mise-en-scene- Everything in the shot
• Sound- non-diegetic and diegetic 
• Editing- Fast and slow cuts
• Match on action- one shot cuts to another shot portraying an action of the subject in the first shot

All these terms are vitally important when creating and making a film.

In the first edit of our film we found we used not enough editing techniques and tried using too many different camera shots and did not take into account that the use of editing can be a lot more effective than trying to get everything we want just from one shot

Evaluation Question 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Over the period of making our thriller film i have learned a lot about putting the different editing terms and different camera terms into practise. For example i learned how to use different shots with the camera such as tracking shots, panning shot and match on action. Also I learned a few editing techniques such as match on action and shot reverse shot. To me all these will be useful for making future films and other projects.

Evaluation Question 5

This is our Question 5 Evaluation.

Evaluation Question 4

This is our question 4 evaluation.

Evaluation Question 3

This is our Question 3 Evaluation.


We also created our own production company called GBSH producions

Finally we created a Facebook page to market our film and make it more recognisable. On the page there s a brief description of the film and how it was made.

Evaluation question 2

This is my prezzie on Question 2 of the evaluation questions.

Evaluation Question 1

Effect	Scene	Evidence
Use of narrative		In our film the establishing shot connotes with a typical thriller film as it shows he is alone in an isolated room which shows he is alone. This is to show to the audience he is a very vulnerable character throughout the film.
Mise-en-scene		In our film we decided to use a forest as forests are seen as dark and lonely so the character will be seen as more vulnerable. We didn’t have many props used in the film as not many were needed to set the atmosphere. We used an iPad and a  bottle of milk and these were only used to fit the storyline of the film.
Editing techniques		In our opening establishing shot we used a slow pan down on to the character, this made i t clear that he was a key part to the film and that he was very vulnerable.  In our film we uses a three piece montage with quick cuts between them to build tension and get the urge of a rush and a panic. The music we used was a stringed piece which adds a lot of tension to the film.
Use of camera		We used a lot of close-ups, long shots and pans in our film to cause a lot of tension. This is typical of a conventionsl teen thriller film. We used some over the shoulder shots and point of view shots in our film to show that slender is always watching. Also the long shots used were so we were able to show the teenage boy as a small weak character compared to slender.
Characters		In our film we only have 2 characters. One teenage boy named William and the mysterious character that is slender. We usesd a teenage boy as we were targeting a teen audience so they can relate to most of the things the character is doing, also we chose to use a teen boy rather than a girl this is because we wanted to put our on spin on a traditional teen thriller film. The teenage boy is followed through slender throughout the film and something tragic happens at the end which is not shows so is left on a cliff hanger.
Special effects		In our film we only used a couple of special effects, these were the static when William walks past slender and the title which has cracks coming off it which connotes the trees of the forest in the film.

Story Board

This is our storyboard which helped us during the filming of The following by knowing the order of the scenes we had to film and how they had to be filmed. It also showed us what type of shot we needed to use for example over the shoulder. I was in charge of drawing the story board for the group and so we can put it on our blogs.

Good Points of film

In the final edit of the film there were many good points to the film for example:

• The Way the Text was placed in the film.

•  The Fuzz when William walks past slender.

• The ripple of the puddle and Slender appearing in it. 

• The point of view shot from Slender.

First Edit

This is our first proper edit of The Following.

Even though this was our first edit we decided we could do a lot better so when we went and filmed again we tried to get more forest scenes rather than inside the house. Also we thought we could do more in the next filming to target our audience and make it more of a horror for teenagers.

Development of title

Over time our Title of The Following has changed dramatically and with great detail.

This is the first Ever Following logo made. We tried to base this around the original slender 8 pages game title.

This was the Second Developed logo for our film. The man as the L in Following was inspired from a lot of Saul Basses work.

This is our final Title which is used in our final edit of the film and as you can see has come a long way from the first edit.

Young Film Makers Award

We got the opportunity to send our opening sequence to the Zoom young film makers awards. We were very pleased to find our film was of a good standard to enter into the competition. Unfortunately we were not able to send the final edit of the film as we were still in the process of improving The following.

Film Age Rating

We decided that looking through other examples of film ratings that the typical rating is an 18 but is occasionally a 15 depending on the type of thriller it is. We thought it would be a good idea to make our film a 15 as its not very violent or disturbing enough to be an 18. Have a film rated as a 15 would be better for us as it targets a wider range of teenagers which is our target audience. An example of this this is the number 23 featuring Jim Carey

Mise-en-scene

This is a video analysis of the Mise-en-scene used in The Following by Sam and I.

Editing

This is a video analysis of the editing used in The Following made Sam and I.

Sound

This is a video analysis is of the Sound in The Following made by Sam and I.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmYLmKsOgfY

The Video could unfortunately could not be put on Blogger so is linked instead.

My Job

My job in the making of the following was to play the part of William. Also during the making of the film i gave many suggestions to how we should act out in each scene. 

Some scenes were quite difficult to act out as the lighting and slippery surfaces in the wooded area.

I also gave some ideas to the first edit of the film and where to cut some of the scenes.

Finally I took charge of doing the story board for the group to put on their bloggs.

Props

• Laptop/IPad
• Phone
• Light switch
• Door
• Milk

Plot

Plot outline/summary

Slender Man

The Slender Man is a creature or being with various nebulously defined characteristics and abilities. Slender Man was first mentioned in Something Awful Forum's "Create Paranormal Images". Slender Man generally appears as a tall man in a black or grey suit, red or black tie, and white shirt, with no eyes, mouth, or clearly defined facial features. It has no hair, and generally has normal-looking bare hands. Slenderman typically is depicted in imagery and literature as between 6 and 15 feet tall, depending on the situation, and in video as around 6-7 feet tall. Because of its inexact nature, and differences between series, no one has yet determined what it is.Currently, the two leading theories as to what the Slenderman may be are The Tupla Effect and Quantum Theory. The internet popularity of Slender Man has spawned a massive amount of interconnected ARGs, collectively known as the Slender Man Mythos.

Working title

Title (or working title)

The title we thought was the most appropriate out of the selection we had, which were Faceless, The Following, In the shadows. The one we chose was The Following as it fits with the opening sequence

Log line

Our opening sequence is a horror thriller about a teenage boy and a Faceless follower.

Still image Analysis

In this image there is not a wide range of colour. The Colours that are used are dark and dull this connotes a typical horror film as it makes the picture look terrifying. Also in this picture the child's silhouette and the backlight are the most important elements in this picture because if they were gone the picture would have no meaning. The atmosphere of this picture is very intense because of the dark colours and the silhouette. The child seem very vulnerable but also very sinister. The relationship in this image is that he is very lonely and isolated. The background is not noticeable and insignificant. The character is wearing very ragged and rough clothing to show he is a neglected, also he is wearing a mask to hide his identity making it more horrifying as you don't know who it is. The audience for this film would be directed at 18+ because of the psychological thriller side of the film and the fact of the child in the film.