Panophobia - First draft

This is the full first draft of our film opening, "Panophobia".
While I'm pleased with how it turned out overall, there a few things which we got negative feedback on, such as the photos being too dark and not being able to see them when turned around, and needing more footage as a group of friends hanging out, and not just at the arcade.

To improve this, we are creating another shooting schedule in order to re-film some parts, take more disposable camera photos and film them being burnt again.
During editing, I also plan to work more on the lighting and colour correction, and lower the music during some parts, as other feedback suggested it was too loud at some points and overpowered the voiceover.

Panophobia - Marketing

We decided the main methods of marketing we would go for is social media accounts promoting our film, and posters on the sides of buses.
Using social media rather than media such as newspapers or magazines to promote our film works best as it is a teen drama, and putting it online specifically promotes it towards our target audience of teenagers.
Additionally, most school buses have film posters on the side, which is effective in promoting films to students, so we decided this would be a good marketing method.

Film poster

The is the poster for our film opening, titled "Panophobia".
We decided to make the poster fairly simple in order to create a feeling of mystery, which ties in to the actual plot of the film.
Underneath the title is the definition of panophobia, which we decided to include as our tagline as not only does it add authenticity to the poster but it gives us a clue about what the film is about.
The image of a disposable camera shot of three friends also shows the plot of the film, as does the match next to it which also adds mystery and enigma.

Peer assessment

I assessed the film opening "Untamed", and provided a range of feedback for the group.

What elements of this sequence did you feel were successful? Give at least two elements, and explain why they were successful.

- The varying camera angles - provided a good range of shots (close-ups, wide shots)
- The music tied in nicely to the plot & shots, titles also went well with the beat.

Were there any aspects of the sequence which you felt were confusing/distracting/missing, etc?

- Felt a little rushed, could slow down the dialogue
- More context could be shown.

List 2 things which you feel would have improved this sequence and explain your opinion.

- Lighting/colour correction - would make the footage look a bit more polished.

Panophobia feedback

What elements of this sequence did you feel were successful? Give at least two elements, and explain why they were successful.

"I liked the end scene of the phone being filmed and Amara holding the lighter - large element of suspicion - want to carry on watching."

"Very inventive titles.
The music was appropriate.
Good sense of enigma at the end.
Well edited - I liked how it was slightly jumpy and fast."

"- Love the voiceover.
- Clear title.
- True expression.
- Love the titles.
- Plea involves audience."

"- nice twists at the end, keeps people interested
- Good acting which added to the drama"


Were there any aspects of the sequence which you felt were confusing/distracting/missing, etc?

"Maybe too many blank screens so people think its over."

"At times the voice overs were not very clear."

"Didn't understand music - feel like you needed something more upbeat."

"I couldn't see the pictures when they turned them around."


List 2 things which you feel would have improved this sequence and explain your opinion.

"Shorten black screens."

"Make ending more clear that she is watching."

"Make the picture showing part longer."

"The audio could be a bit clearer."

Coursework - "come home" plea filming

We filmed the "come home" plea in Amara's room - we decided to use this location as it was the largest and most unobstructed room out of all ours, and had good lighting.
Additionally, we decided to use a bedroom in general as the video we were filming had to look like it was completely homemade by two teenagers, so it wouldn't be in a professional setting.

Whilst filming, we had to think carefully about the shots we wanted, as the room we filmed has two large mirrors facing each other - so we didn't catch the camera reflection or any of our equipment in the footage, we decided to film it facing the bed. We also had Amara behind the camera, in case her or her reflection in the mirror was caught on tape, as this would be almost impossible to edit out, and take additional time to re-film.

We created realistic "MISSING" posters to show during this video, to add authenticity. I made the most accurate poster I could by looking at different, real life missing posters online and seeing what kind of details they would have on there, what kind of photos, and the general layout and colours.

The photo at the bottom shows Phoebe looking at the scripts we made for this video - we wrote out a general outline of what we wanted to say, and folded our scripts behind the missing posters we were holding up in order to be able to look at them whilst hiding them from the camera.

Coursework - camera setup

These photos show the setup of the camera we used to film part of our film opening - the "come home" plea from Amber and Isla, addressed to Erin, which we then posted to YouTube. We had to film this in order to create a later scene, where an anonymous person (revealed to be Erin) is shown watching the video on their phone.

Our setup included my Nikon Coolpix (we decided to use a lower quality camera than my Sony Cybershot in order to make the video look suitably homemade compared to the rest of the footage) attached to a tripod - however, we found that part of the tripod kept falling slightly to one side and making the angle wonky, so we had to improvise by pushing a quality street sweet under the loose part in order to keep the camera stable, so that the shot was completely horizontal.