Showcase

Today each group presented their current copy (working or finished) of their opening sequences to the rest of the class in order to gain relevant feedback to better our O.S'. Agreed compliments from our audience consisted of our variety of camera angles, believeable acting and steady shooting, although I  more so looking for criticism as I thought this would be immensely useful. Below are some of the points and suggestions critques highlighted along with what I plan to do to improve if not rid of these;

• Credit font did not match the main Title and was too girly therefore looked odd - change font of credits, to suit genre of film and create more tension and texture
• Following footsteps scene was too short - lengthen amount of time feet are shown for and how many times it flashes from one character back to the other, cleaner cuts
• Black out was random - show a close up shot of the light switch and a black gloved hand switching it off to make more sense
• Whimpers Shauna makes are weird and not needed - mute sound for this clip or cut it out
• Ending shot of screaming face kind of ruins it, makes it cheesy type horrow instead of scary type horror - delete this and have scream in blackout as ending instead, also creeping more towards a trailer with this clip
• Few bad cuts/ jumps spotted - not obvious on mac but are when blown up on big screen so must correct this
• Follows Shauna in house for too long - not sure I agree with this, I think it enables the audience to build a relationship up with her and feel for her when they sense something is going to happen to her
• Couldnt' understand what 'boyfriend' was saying in second phone call - perhaps re-shoot

Testing Fonts

My initial thoughts when trying to decide which Font to use for our opening credits were size and colour but actually there is much more theory behind the final product. Possibles are previewed below stating my opinion beside them.