Production Report

Originally we worked on another production with which we were not happy. We came up with another idea and decided to film this and use it instead. It is more rushed because we spent some time on the previous production resulting in us having less time to produce our new idea.

Format:  

We have created a production with a film format because we are telling a story rather than conveying information as would be done in an advertisement format. Our format includes a two minute air spot with a twenty per cent tolerance, an appropriate choice of music, a title sequence and a range of different characters who were happy to be in our film.

Genre:

I think action/suspense is the best way to describe this production, the majority of the footage contains action e.g running and death scenes. It contains suspense as the audience will not know who the ‘killer’ is as we really only see a hand in the death scenes. The music I chose also add the effect of comedy.

Narrative structure:

We chose a linear narrative for this production to create a straight-through story that makes sense and to preserve the continuity of the edit. We wanted an open ending so that the whole story is not given away and so that there is still a bit of mystery to the story. The audience will not be entirely sure what could happen but they will have a good idea and this keeps the story interesting.

Technical equipment:

We used a camera with a tripod for most of the filming to get the right height and angle for the shots. We have captured some low-angled shots and shots of people ‘dying’ for which we did not use a tripod so that we could get better close-up shots and this also made the movement and control of the camera easier for the effect that we wanted; we wanted to follow the action and to move about with the camera in a way that is difficult with the use of a tripod. For all of the editing we have used the Mac computers as it has some good applications for editing footage and for adding effects.