Script

In the opening sequence we didn't have much of a script and therefore most of it was improvised. 

The line from the dealer to the murderer was just said on the spot.

Dealer: You didn't f*cking get this from me, alright!

The Narrator's lines were written by Rob and the group decided that it would fit in with the film. Karl says the line in a cocky gangster accent.

Narrator: In this business it's about respect. Respect is earned, respect is to admire, respect is f*cking golden. People confuse fear with respect, but in this business we don't fear, we make it! People get hurt thats part of the f*cking game, people get killed thats part of the business, thats f*cking respect. On this day some business was going down, some nasty business, we call it revenge. Killing the killer of a respected earns respect, and giving that respect to a bird, well we aint used to that round here!

Rob Maclean

Group Evaluation

Our film worked well as a whole although there was a few things we thought we could have done to improve it. The music works well with the film as it is a beaty and adds tension to the film. The voiceover we used fits in well with the theme of the film as it adds character. The beginning part of the film is not to our liking because you can see that it is a female when that is meant to be the twist at the end. The next part we like is when the killer meets the dealer, the angles we used were to a good standard and the transition we used was good. The only thing we could of improved here was that we could of added a close up of when the dealer grabs the killers arm. This was because it didn't look right and we wanted to get the bit where the dealer speaks which we wouldn't have got all of the conversation if we had added the close up. the graffiti in the background adds character to this scene and gives it the street feel that we wanted to get. The next seen is where the killer goes on his way to find the persons house. We like the free hand camera as its shaky and it is more edgy and gritty and just gives the film that feel of intenseness. When the killer arrives at the persons house, we have a close up shot of the gate and the killer opening it. It makes it look better as you get the transition of the push open of the gate and the knock of the door.  Our original intention from the next scene when the gun shots were being fired was to film a tree with birds flying out, to get that more shocking feel to what has happened, but we didn't have time to wait around so decided to film a bit of environment around us to show for each gun shot being fired, so we filmed three scenes, one of a tree, one of the church and another one of some trees. The last scene is when the killer runs away from the killing, the ending is good as it shows the killer is actually a woman and as a medium shot, reveals it.

The enigmas created make the film really good as you don't know what is happening at the beginning, who the killer is, why the killer has killed someone, who has been killed. This is just in the opening two minutes of the film, so over a period of time all these enigmas will be found out and others created. 

Audience and Certificate

For our film, we would be expecting the audience to be teenagers, mostly the male population as they wouldn't know that the female is a killer, but once the audience know what happens, maybe more female members would be inclined to watch it.

The certificate for this is a 15, as it has heavy swearing in it and a killing, so it wouldn't be appropriate to give it a certificate of 12, or 12A as the parents of these children wouldn't want them watching tis sort of film at such an early age.

Sarah Fowler 

Changes to story board

The 1st shot was meant to be the gun exchange from across the road. This was changed so the film would be longer and gives the audience more time to find out what is going on.

The 2nd shot is then a close up of the killer approaching the person with the gun, which then turns into a medium shot of the man.

We decided to take out the shot where the man describes the gun to the killer, and the close up of the unknown man grabbing the killers arm as the killer then has to run away quickly straight after it.

On the second page of the storyboard only one item remains the same, the "inspired by a true story" page. All the rest changed because it was too long and we didn't want to show anyone go into the house. This is because if we cut from the knocking on the door to the gun shots and the three scenes we added, it means we don't know who's been killed which adds many enigmas so the audience would want to watch the rest to find out what has happened. 

The ending is near enough what we planned it to be. The killer runs to a wall, heavy breathing and stops, pulls the hood down and has a close up to her face. Then she smiles to show she has got away with what she has done.

Sarah Fowler

The Finished Piece

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