Family Ties (AS Media Project)

This is a completed version of our 2-minute Media project, Family Ties. Some things were changed from the original script, in fact it was altered a lot, but the story remains the same. One man in a terrible struggle, for his life.

Evaluation - James Swann

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Evaluation - Connor Jackson

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Kieran Charlesworth Evaluation

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Fifteen Minute Analysis - Connor Jackson

On the last sheet, I said two of the shots were 'low-angle shots' when they were really high-angle shots.

Research: Similar Films and Audiences

Individual analysis

Individual Analysis Saw These similarities include people waking up in places that have something dangerous about them. This is one of several similarities, which include the how much you want to live. Our film has a similar sort of trend with Saw as they both have some important and key points. Our film has a man waking up in shed with tape round his mouth this is very similar to Saw as in Saw two men wake up in a bathroom. In Saw the two men don’t know why they are in that position same as Chris doesn’t know where he is in our film. In our two minute film Chris wakes up to find himself in a garden shed alone. He then has flashbacks to remember why he is there. Then the shed door opens and there is a man with his hood on stood there. Chris is our main character in the first two minutes unlike in Saw where there are two main characters. In Saw the two main characters are mainly seen in the bathroom and nowhere else in the first fifteen minutes of the film. I think that Saws first fifteen minutes are mainly used to set the scene of the film, this is done by the men speaking about how they got there and who has put them there. The film then goes onto how the men will try to escape the bathroom as they are chained to some pipes. The film then flashes back to the men’s last movements before they got to the bathroom. This is a rough view of what happens in the first fifteen minutes of the film. I think that there are differences in our film and Saw. In this shot one of the men is looking around in the bathroom at how he got there. He goes on talk to the other man about how they both could escape from the chains. This will happen in our film because when Chris wakes he will start panicking and wondering where he is, just like the man in this shot.

This is a mid close up shot of the other man in the bathroom in this shot. The man is trying to work out where he is and what is going on. This again is very similar to what will happen to Chris in our film.

The film then flashes back to see a girl who managed to escape her fate by doing as she was told on a tape given. The girl escaped by finding the key in her friend’s body. In our film Chris will have a flashback to how he got there similar to this shot, however in Saw the police were quizzing this women on what she knew before it went to a flashback.

Continuity

We've viewed our film many times, checking that everything fits together, piece by piece. the continuity of our film is possibly its strongest factor. There are many match-on-action shots that fit well, and by cutting bits that seem sloppy, we've ensured the film runs smoothly and is good on the eye. I am genuinly proud of what we've done.

The Hills Have Eyes Poster Analysis

This poster is reloevent to our film because it is a man kidnapping a person to take some wear. The poster shows a desserted waste land with lots of mountains in the distance. This adds to the effect of no one being there to help. This is similair to our film because Chris is alone in the shed in our film. The poster also shows the persons grabbing the ground and trying to hold on for dear life.

Group 13 Title Sequence Story Board

Paranormal Activity 3 15 minute Analysis

Amityville Horror Poster Analysis

I think that this poster is relevent to our film because the house is shown as the real villian in the film and the poster. However in our film the villian is a human but if we were to create a poster we would probably show the shed in the poster as it is a big part of our film. The House in the poster is shown to be alive as the houses windows and doors make the house look like a living persons face. This makes the audience want to watch the film as a murderus house is not normally shown in most horror films.