Evaluation 7 - Succubus - Sophie and Natalie.

By Natalie Grant and Sophie Tinkler.

Final Storyboard.

During filming we made numerous changes to our storyboard due to time issues and certain things seemed to suit the film better than the original idea. This is the final version of our storyboard of how we had it in the end.

Our Final Films Rating

We have chosen the rating of our final film to be a 15. This is because there is no use of bad language but there is violence shown. In our film you do not see the killing take place as we feel if you saw the killing it would take away the killing of Sophie’s character being an enigma, this is because she turned into a demon it makes the audience think the killer must have done something to her for this to happen. We also have a knife shown in a lot in our film and there is lots of blood. ‘Jennifer’s Body’ was a massive influence to our film, and this film is also rated 15 along with many other films in this genre, therefore the audience for this genre would know what to expect. As a group we felt that all of these reasons made our film unsuitable to be a 12 or 12A, however we also thought that all of these reasons were not gruesome enough to be an 18. Another reason it is not an 18 is because there is no nudity or sexual content as well as no bad language.

By Alex Parker

First cut of Succubus.

This is the first cut of our Thriller.

By Natalie Grant.

Our film poster.

Sophie and I went to the abandoned house during a double lesson to take pictures for the poster. We took allot of pictures using different rooms and different angles so we would have a wider variety of pictures to choose from, this also helped prevent us from having to revisit the house so we could spend more time on other areas. We put the black paint on the walls as the colour black is a typical thriller colour, and we had it 'leaking' from the wall to give a more twisted affect. The colour black is also bold so it promotes the name of the film without being too overpowering as its part of the original picture and not written on, covering other things. Also in the film 'Jennifer's Body' there's a scene where she vomits black liquid so we thought this would link the two films. Also we had to work with the blood stains which were already on the dress, although this wasn't too bad as it fitted the picture well and it could also represent to the audience how there is violence featured in the film. This is supported by the fact that i have a knife in my hand. The writing on Sophie's arms 'they took over me' also helps create enigma within the audience as it makes them question who 'they' are, this would help with making the audience want to watch and/or buy our film.

By Natalie Grant and Sophie Tinkler

Editing the thriller.

In editing our thriller we had to consider many things such as music, lighting, cuts and consistency. In putting music to out thriller we had to carefully consider which song to use as in the party seen we had to use party music which was copyright free. We decided to use 'all my chicks' as it had a party beat to it, was copyright free and fitted in with the thriller genre. Lighting was difficult when editing as the house scene would have looked better if it was filmed at night and dark but it would be hard to see anything, so we had to film in the day which was too bright, as this was the case we had to use the lighting tools in editing to make the scene look a little darker. In the start of our thriller we used quick cross-cutting to illustrate the speed and pace of the party and also the tension of the demon at the house. In our film we used many cross-cuts as we wanted the audience to see as much as possible because this would make them want to see the whole film. In editing we had to consider consistency and cut out anything that changed from the first time we filmed to the second, so if there was something in the picture that wasn't there before it had to be cut out as it would look unprofessional and fake.

By Alex Parker

Difficulties Encountered Whilst Filming

In filming our group encountered a few problems due to lack of organisation. One of the first problems we had was that our group were relying on others, at the first attempt of the party scene the turnout was low and therefore we had to re-schedule for another day. Also at the first attempt, the lights were not working properly and if we had filmed on this day it would have taken away the look that this scene was a party. Another problem the group had, is that on filming the party scene, I (Alex) could not be there for part of it due to an exam so we had to have someone else around helping in my place. When filming in the house, we had not decided which room we were going to film in, so when we arrived at the house we were looking around for a while trying to decide and wasting valuable time. We also cleared up the filming area to avoid risk of debris and broken glass however there were bits that could not be disposed off such as sharp edges on the smashed windows. The last problem we encountered was not getting enough footage which made the group have to keep refilming and caused problems as we had to make sure all the costumes and props were consistent in where they were positioned.

By Alex Parker