Creativity

As a group we came up with ideas by brainstorming around the genre that we wanted to do which we instantly knew would be horror. However, as we were quite unorganised and so we did not give the project as much thought at the beginning and so when it came to getting a final product to work with, it was just a couple of ideas thrown together that did not make sense at the time. We had influence for our final film from the film ‘The Ward’. We then built up a mind map and a storyboard to show what was going to happen at each stage, however, we had to redo them as they did not show individuality in our film. When it came to editing our film, we used Adobe Premiere elements to edit our film, however the transitions we used were quite basic and when we cut down our film, we did not add fades in and out of each shot and so it seemed jumpy and just cut from one shot to another. This made the final outcome appear unprofessional and it did not run as smoothly as we intended to do. We included a couple of different shots in our film at AS such as long shots and close up shots to try and make the production more professional. We had intended for our opening film to be a lot more shocking and catching for the audience to watch but when watching the final opening scene together, it did not meet any of these standards. Our opening film mainly consisted of a girl walking around the woods and suddenly killed someone. This was not effective at all as it did not necessarily meet the codes and conventions of a horror film as we intended. 

One of the main advantages that I think I have this year at A2 is the fact that I am working in a group of people who good friends with already which was beneficial when it came to coming up with ideas and acting out the different parts. This is because we are all comfortable with each other and so we were not fazed by any ideas that anyone came up with. Although I was unsure if I was going to continue into A2 or retake the AS year, I found that I would be better to go into A2 and work harder to improve my grade overall. In A2 I have found that I have been a lot more organised and I knew what I was going to do at each stage, resulting in me achieving a higher standard of work. At A2 I used Premiere Pro to create my film trailer rather than premiere elements as it gave me a better opportunity to expand my editing skills and make everything look more realistic as it is has more up-to-date tools that would help to make our final trailer more effective. This year at A2, we have met clear codes and conventions of a horror film in our final trailer such as the upbeat and dramatic music and the dark, bold titles which flash up throughout the film trailer. Also, our film trailer builds suspicions for the target audience mainly through the music and how we use premiere pro to layer over the top of each other. When looking at my work from last year, although I incorporated far too many titles in my opening two minutes to tell the story, however, this year I feel that by having someone play a child and showing how she grew up in the trailer, helps the audience get a better understanding of the characters and what their role is.