Recce Shots

By Alex Jones

Risk Assessment

By Alex Jones

Storyboard

Shot Length - 7 seconds - panning to close up

Dialogue - None

Shot Length - 5 seconds - close up

The character opens their eyes suddenly

Shot Length - 5 seconds - long shot from the distance that shows the character as they awake

Mid shot at eye level as they slowly sit up - duration - 5 seconds

Long shot from across the car park of the character as they get up. Antagonist character can be seen in the distance approaching.Duration - 10 Seconds.

Shot over the shoulder of the main character as the antagonist approaches. The protagonist asks "Hey, where am I?" Duration - 6 seconds

Full body shot of the antagonist as they pull out a machete while they walk. Duration - 3 Seconds

Mid shot of the character as they are scared, then turn and run off into the distance. The camera stays where it is and at the end of the shot the antagonist can be seen walking past. Duration - 7 seconds.

Static shot showing the protagonist meeting a dead end  then turning and running past all the cars and around the side of the car park. Duration - 10 seconds

High angle shot showing the antagonist walking slowly across the car park. Duration - 4 seconds.

Shot of the protagonist running across the second section of the car park towards the exit. Tracking mid shot, duration 12 seconds.

Shot of the protagonist running across the road towards the traffic lights. Tracking mid shot, duration 7 seconds.

Static shot from behind the character as they stop, leaning against the bars next to the traffic lights to rest. Duration - 4 seconds

Shot over the shoulder that zooms in on their hand as they look at it. Duration - 6 seconds

Extreme close up of their face as they appear shocked by what they read on their hand. Duration - 4 seconds.

By Reece Hack

Audience - Focus Group Questions Data

Focus Group Questions:

1. Would you watch a film with this premise?

2. Do you like the idea as a whole? What do you like about it?

3. Would you feel disorientated when watching a shaky-cam?

4. Have you seen something like this before? If so, what?

5. Would you continue watching to find out what is happening?

6. Would you need to be enticed in by a big-name actor? Any specific actor?

7. Would you watch a low budget film? Can you name one you liked?

8. Who would you watch this film with? What audiences do you think it's for?

9. What ratio between storytelling and action do you prefer?

10. Do you like dynamic action scenes or stative scenes?

Graphs Showing the Results of the Questionnaires:

Analysing our data shows that the majority of people like our idea and the features we plan to use. Our audience see this film as aimed at 15s and up as a majority, and so we should try to look at the themes used in 15 rated films of this genre to get a better idea of what to add to our film opening.

A majority of the people we asked liked dynamic scenes with lots going on rather than static scenes where characters linger in a single location not doing much in terms of activity. This correlates with our film opening idea as lots of action and running about is involved, and so our character(s) aren't standing around in one place very much.

People we asked seemed to prefer a balanced between the depth of the narrative and storytelling, and actions, with the second highest response was preference of action, which is good because our idea contains lots of action. Hopefully through use of the enigma code we can portray a narrative and keep the interest of an audience who enjoys storytelling. 

Our participants said that they would watch a low budget film, and could name ones they have seen previously. This is good as for our film we only have limited resources in terms of spending and equipment, and it is good to know that the majority of our audience shouldn't mind that the film comes from humble beginnings. Equally, most of our audience said they wouldn't need to be enticed by a famous actor, which is good, as being a low budget film we cannot afford nor do we have the means to contact famous actors to star in our film.

By Jack Nicholls