Thursday, 5 May 2016
Evaluation: Question 3 and 4
What kind of media institution might distribute your film and why?
We decided the kind of media institution that would distribute our film would be an independent company like Curzon Artificial Eye as they are very good at distributing smaller budget films to a wide range of audiences particularly audiences who like independent movies.
Who would be the audience for your film?
Our chosen demographic is 18-24 year olds as they our the age range which seem to enjoy horror movies most as they are old enough to be exposed to sensitive areas like blood and violence but also young enough to enjoy the adrenaline rush of jump-cares and the shock value in horror movies.
We decided the kind of media institution that would distribute our film would be an independent company like Curzon Artificial Eye as they are very good at distributing smaller budget films to a wide range of audiences particularly audiences who like independent movies.
Who would be the audience for your film?
Our chosen demographic is 18-24 year olds as they our the age range which seem to enjoy horror movies most as they are old enough to be exposed to sensitive areas like blood and violence but also young enough to enjoy the adrenaline rush of jump-cares and the shock value in horror movies.
We want to aim our our horror opening at more "film buffs" who are quite sophisticated as they would enjoy the psychological sub-genre of our opening more. Therefore our film would be aimed at 18-24 year old film fans, typically attending university, who would be more likely to go see independent horror movies like ours.
Soundtrack evaluation
I made the soundtrack for our group's opening horror sequence
This is the first draft for the soundtrack I made. I started with the organ playing a simple four chord sequence in a minor key as that would add to the creepy atmosphere. Then I added the violin and cello sounds over it, composing the violin melody myself. After that I recorded and edited an extract from an ebook of the Bible as that would fit with the religious connotations in our title sequence. I used a passage from deuteronomy as the line about "purge out wickedness" fitted the themes of evil.
I sent this draft to the rest of my group for feedback and they said it wasn't creepy enough which I agreed with and I needed to make it longer - so I took these into consideration for my second draft.
For the second draft I changed the soundtrack quite dramatically. Firstly, I scrapped the violin melody I had made before and exchanged it for the strings which I added at the end. I like the new string section better as it's a lot more lamentable. Additionally, I added drums/percussion, starting with a simple kick drum at the start to a more intense beat as the other instruments kick in. One of the instruments in particular I used was my glockenspiel which I recorded a simple melody on and edited it to make it sound really creepy - I'm very happy with the sound I produced as it adds to the atmosphere a lot. I also layered a myriad of samples from the internet like sounds of scratches and screams which really makes the soundtrack quite jaunting and scary.
In the final version I added the finishing touches by making all the sounds build up to a crescendo at the end of the song to build tension for the audience and added samples of a man praying and layered his voice so he kept repeating the words "forgive" and "deliver us from evil" which is a key theme in the film and made the soundtrack a lot scarier
This is the first draft for the soundtrack I made. I started with the organ playing a simple four chord sequence in a minor key as that would add to the creepy atmosphere. Then I added the violin and cello sounds over it, composing the violin melody myself. After that I recorded and edited an extract from an ebook of the Bible as that would fit with the religious connotations in our title sequence. I used a passage from deuteronomy as the line about "purge out wickedness" fitted the themes of evil.
I sent this draft to the rest of my group for feedback and they said it wasn't creepy enough which I agreed with and I needed to make it longer - so I took these into consideration for my second draft.
For the second draft I changed the soundtrack quite dramatically. Firstly, I scrapped the violin melody I had made before and exchanged it for the strings which I added at the end. I like the new string section better as it's a lot more lamentable. Additionally, I added drums/percussion, starting with a simple kick drum at the start to a more intense beat as the other instruments kick in. One of the instruments in particular I used was my glockenspiel which I recorded a simple melody on and edited it to make it sound really creepy - I'm very happy with the sound I produced as it adds to the atmosphere a lot. I also layered a myriad of samples from the internet like sounds of scratches and screams which really makes the soundtrack quite jaunting and scary.
In the final version I added the finishing touches by making all the sounds build up to a crescendo at the end of the song to build tension for the audience and added samples of a man praying and layered his voice so he kept repeating the words "forgive" and "deliver us from evil" which is a key theme in the film and made the soundtrack a lot scarier
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