The week

The week researchChanging our ideaAfter receiving negative feedback from our focus group and watching back our film we decided we wasnt happy with the direction it was going, and we came to the conclusion that we should change our idea. Although we didnt like aspects of Aboretum we wanted to keep the supernatural feel, and this led us to researching it further. SupernaturalWe began looking at short films with an element of supernatural, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItnNFEKiMt4 Virushttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bellFbnnlBc The Cursehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4OuxjgknHQ The Angel

SupernaturALAlthough we liked films such as Virus and The Angel, we found that we didnt want the element of supernatural to be obvious. We didnt like the idea of our film being dark and gloomy and decided that although our film was to have a supernatural element to it, it wasnt going to be known until the end of the film. Like The Angel, we wanted the audience to be shocked and surprised at the conclusion, and not to expect what is going to happen.Ennis Roadhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G-6A7qkCRM&list=WL517AA6898821C29DOut of the numerous short films we watched, we really enjoyed the simplicity of Ennis Road and we felt the repetitive action created an realistic view of passing time. We liked the idea that over time things were revealed to be going wrong. This was shown through the change in routine and the pace of the shots increasingly becoming faster. We therefore wanted to incorporate the idea of passing of time, and we began to look into this idea further.

Passing of timeWhen looking into how short films/films portray the passing of time Ennis Road reminded us of films such as Shaun Of the dead and Hot Fuzz. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YY6mymW4oA (Shaun Of The Dead Quick cuts) We liked the idea of portraying the passing of time through this technique as we believed it was simplistic but effective in showing routine. We therefore shot a preliminary to practice this technique (see blog under preliminary task)