Props research

We did some research of props we would need in a mystery murder film opening and there wasn't many. So we came up with our own props that we knew we were going to need. These were:

• Blood


• School uniform


• Dog

^{The dog was the main prop because in the film opening the dog was the one that found the body, with the owner. We used the dog because in many real cases it is always the dog that finds the body.}

^{We used blood as a main prop because it made the death look real, so that the audience can observe and see that she is injured and that this girl is dead. Without the blood the audience would not really be able to physically see that she is dead, because there is no sign of injury.}
 

^{We used the school uniform as a prop because it gives the girl identity, and makes her look more vulnerable to the audience. If she wasn't wearing school uniform then the audience wouldn't know she is a school girl and it was a normal typical day for her.}

Location shots

These are all the different shots and an explanation about them.

Timeline of opening

This is the shot timeline of our film opening. This plan helps us to plan for the timings, so that the 2 minute mark is met. It gives details about the titles presentations like when things are presented and how long for. It also gives how long each of our scenes last in the film opening, doing all this helps us to plan out our time and how we will present the it.

Institutions

Here I have explained why we picked Paramount and Lionsgate as our film production companies. In this video the reasons have been explained.

Representations

In this presentation that I made using youtube, you can see everything about the characters in the film opening including what they wear, and how they are supposed to be seen to the audience. This can be the costumes and how they are presented.

First draft film opening feedback

In our feedback there was good shots like panning and close ups. People thought the narration was good because then people knew the plot. People liked the diegetic sounds, like the crunching of leaves, as it made it more interesting and realistic. The atmosphere matched the music that was played lightly in the background and there was an intriguing story line.

We was told that some shots were blurry and shaky, but we will re film some of these. Everyone said that our narrating was too fast and no clear, so we then went and re filmed the voice over, and made it slower and more understandable. People thought that the women that found the body, should have had some close ups of her reaction. The feedback we got was for the reaction of the women to be more realistic. We found that people was quite confused, as there was 2 dogs and you hardly saw the other dog and you didn't know where it came from.