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Evaluation Six&Seven

Evaluation Question 4&5

Evaluation Question 3

Evaluation Question 2

Evaluation Question 1

Props

In our opening we wanted to play on society fears. Therefore by using props such as a wedding ring and a family photo, people usually feel safer when in a cab. However what we have done is used those aspects to illustrate that it doesn't always mean your safe. As in each shot we slowly show more and more about the character, the audience is lead to believe that they are safe.
This is a short clip illustrating some of the props we filmed, we did not use all the shots we filmed as some of these did not flow or fit in the one of the opening.

Showcase Feedback

The audiences freeback after the screening of our opening at the media showcase. Overall we had very positive reaction to our opening and we are extremly pleased.

Script - Dialogue

Our actor/driver was a Stefs dad. Joe isn't a cab driver in everyday therefore he didn't really know what to say. We wanted the conversation to be casual and to flow well, therefore we decided to have Ciara to sit in the back of the cab and to talk to Joe, and then later we could edit her voice out. This way we created a very authentic feel to our opening. This is the full scene of the dialogue and what we used and when.

Costume in Our Opening

Stefs dad was our actor in our opening. He wore a striped tracksuit with nike trainers. We though this was effective as it created this causal vibe. Making the audience less suspicions of the character and his intention when he was driving around as drivers usually wear something comfortable as they are sitting driving for the whole day. 

Taken and Our Film

Another film that we were inspired by and thought was targeted at the same potential target audience that our film i would be is TAKEN. This psychological thriller would share a similar story line to MAC4's 'When the Bough Breaks', if it were to be turned into a feature length film. Both story line have the same factors of kidnap and a hero character coming to the rescue.
Similarly to our opening, Taken was rated a age certificate of 15years. This was due to the strong violence and scenes of torture. If our film were to become into a feature length film if would also include strong scenes of violence, torture and may contain sexual and drug abuse. However these scenes would not been shown explicitly. These scene would also not condone or glamourise violence or any of abuse, therefore it would be classed as 15age rating from the BBFC. All factors of the film would be appropriate for 15age rating as if classifying the film as a 18 there would be a smaller target audience and therefore a lower sale. Taken was first rated an 18 age rating before the final cuts of the film was made, therefore to create a wider target audience Canal+ and EuropaCrop made changes to the film to be able to pass the age rating of 15.

ShotList

Before filming our opening our group made a list of all the different shots we wanted, as we wanted certain shots to emphasis the feeling that the 'customer' would be safe. Playing on stereotypes that what people usually lookout for when getting into cabs. This was the list we made, since then we have made some adjustments  to help the opening flow better or because the shots didn't look right. As no one in our group cant draw we thought this was a better alternative to a storyboard which is drawn.