kieran coutinho reflective analysis

Reflective analysis

Genre- paranormal horror
Title- After twilight
Synopsis- Two new sixth form students are in an art twilight (detention) one day after school, while doing their work one of the students asks the other if he had heard the rumour about the old art teacher who ended up killing all of his students and then himself and apparently the ghost now haunts the art block, the students think that the rumour is made up but as they go to leave a series of spooky things start happening, to begin with when they go to leave they can’t get out as the door is locked, they then try to phone someone for help but the phone has no signal, the two students take it as an unfortunate coincidence and split up to find an exit but when one of the students goes missing the other realises something is wrong, the missing student is later found passed out in the snow the other student tries frantically to try to go and help his friend but ends up getting his head slammed into the door by some mysterious force.
Characters- Kieran Coutinho, Matt Clarke
Storyboard designer- Kieran Coutinho
Script writer- Kieran Coutinho
Director- William Taylor
Editor- William Taylor
Cinematographer- William Taylor
One of the problems we faced when making this film is the location because as we were doing the filming in the art block we could not do some of the scenes that we wanted to do in the beginning this is because they were too noisy and interrupted the teachers, we did manage to film some of the noisier scenes to begin with but when we went to go and find our work from the camcorder we realised it was gone, we was unable to re film the noisy scenes as in our first filming we was kicked out of the block after shooting the final scenes.
I believe that the final film was better as the day that we filmed for the final piece there was snow outside this worked well in our final piece as it made the film more like a horror film from the start, i also think that we made good compromises for the loud scenes that came out as good or if not better, for example our original ending was meant to be that one of the characters is found unconscious in a cupboard and when the character finds him ends up getting pushed in by the ghost of the teacher that was hunting the block.
When filming we shot each part of the film from different angles to follow the characters around the art block aswell as showing their reactions, we also used canted angels at some stages of the film to show that something isn’t how it should be.
When the characters go to leave they find that the door is locked, they then try to call someone but the phone had no signal, the characters then split up to try an exit but when one of the characters goes missing, the other character realises that it’s not a coincidence, he then finds his friend lying down on the snow outside of the lock door the character frantically tries to get out but fails, there is then a camera shot as his head is forced into a door.
I feel that this film came out well and I believe that camera work is reminiscent or other horror films, I also think that although it’s only a short film we managed to get allot of information into the time slot.
I enjoyed making the film as i believe that it helped me understand the features that have to be done to make a film even if it is only a short film.
I think that our group worked well together and that we all did our jobs well.
In the film we used canted angels to show that something was wrong, we used this angel at various points for example when the characters came out of the door to try and get out of the art block and also when the door slammed shut. We also used high angel shots to get a good view onto the characters and their actions at that time in the film, we used the zoom at different points in the film to follow to characters movements when they was walking in a straight line like when they was walking down the corridors.
Overall I think that the film was a success and i fully enjoyed being a part of it.