Section five of the evaluation
- 1. SECTION FIVE OF THE EVALUATION
- 2. WHAT DID WE INCLUDE IN THE FILM WHICH WOULD INTRIGUE OUR AUDIENCE? • Some post-apocalyptic films such as 28 Days later, which is a very popular post-apocalyptic film, does include a ‘flash back’. At the beginning of 28 Days Later there is a scene of rioting which is then shown to be playing on a TV screen showing that that is what has already happened. This is similar to our film as we have included a news report declaring that there is now a law for DNA samples to be mandatory. This is initially a flashback as most of the film is about how the survivors are fighting to survive after the law had been passed. (Photographs from our film on the next slide). The transition to show that it is a flashback is a dissolve. The dissolve also highlights a passage of time. • Additionally, we included point of view shots from the killer clone which tries to kill Boris and seems to have succeeded. We intended to make the audience feel quite on edge as they can see how close the clone is to Boris, Jim and Nicola. Therefore, the audience will also feel scared for the survivors as the audience knows where the clone is, but the survivors don’t. This breaks the linear plot of the film for a few seconds, however the rest of the plot is linear.
- 3. Point of view from the clone
- 4. AT WHICH PARTS WERE THE AUDIENCE MEANT TO MAKE A SERIOUS EMOTIONAL CHANGE? • At the news report scene we wanted to grip the audience as they soon realise that the law is real and it has been confirmed, making the situation seem more real. However, when the news reporter on the right , Chris, get rugby tackled, we wanted the audience to find that part quite funny, as Chris seems un-professional whereas Morgan , the news reporter to the left, seems professional. This results in the situation’s formality being debatable, meaning that when Chris gets attacked, the audience just might find it funny as it is surprising. When we showed some of our target audience the clip, here were how the audience responded to Chris getting attacked. • Most of the audience found the surprise attack funny, which was our intended response. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 funny scary dramatic confusing Series 1
- 5. OVERALL RESPONSE BY THE AUDIENCE • Overall, the audience stated that the film was quite confusing but once they had watched it and once we gave them the plot to read, they understood what was happening.