Unit 54. Zero Hour

Survival of the Fittest

Research

Inspiration

    

Proposal

• ·      Quick Changing shots, always different from the shot previous never medium to medium a lot of close to body parts
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• ·      A lot of close ups especially to show expression i.e. fear
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• ·      Action and horror is the genre I am aiming to achieve
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• ·      Fast movement  and close ups of body parts and face shots
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• ·      Intense constant music to match the feel of the scene with flashing images and sometimes shaky camera work
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• ·      Constant movement unless adding a different feeling to the scene
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• ·      In similar locations not always geographically matching up but as long as it looks plausible and similar
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• ·      Dark scenes with eerie alleys and grotty scenes
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• ·      Props will be needed such as fake blood and weapons
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• ·      Clever plotting so its un predictable to give a jump factor
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• ·      Shots must really change rapidly in a chase scene to add a feeling of suspense, fear and make the audience react
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• ·      Even when standing still background music is need to get a real feeling or the area a minimum of background noise such as shuffling , scratching or animal noises
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• ·      The character will be a free runner of some sort or just physically fit to match the character bio
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• ·      He will wear casual clothing and talk relatively common
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• ·      The beginning involves a phone call going wrong shortly after followed by a zombie chasing him away from the scene leaving the phone behind
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• ·      The middle involves running, jumping and free running to out manoeuvre the zombies and the additional killing and surprise scenes
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• ·      The ending involves the character running or walking down into a dark ally and fading from sight
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  Target Audience
  
  
  The Target Audience is the selected highest percentage of viewers most likely to watch this film, being young males aged 15 to 25 predominantly student or part time worker usually in groups of three to seven with others of this type.  They will be sociable with each other but cut off from other groups of people up too date with the latest technology and social networks with a internet connection and mobile phone with a marital status of single.  Having at least one game console per household and one personal computer or laptop the selected audience will be lovers of film with a particular interest in horror, action and a keen interest in zombies.
  
  
  Definition
  
  
  Zombie apocalypse with multiple survivors striving for existence.

Time Table

Storyboard

Scene 1-2

 

Scene 2

Scene 3

 Scene 3 - 4

 Scene 4 - 5

Scene 5 - 6

Scouting

Church

Derelict Street

Freaky abandoned Court

Dark ally

Bins ally

looking for angles

Camera angle scouting

long alley

end ally

camera angle for long ally

further up the ally

 stairs out of ally

middle of ally

end of ally

looking backwards on the ally

 Water Front

 Shot across towards the M-Shed

 Container for climbing?

 helmet for cameo appearance

Make Up Tests

The Film

Zero Hour

Chapter 4: Survival of the Fittest

Evaluation Process 

Survey Template

5 of 30 complete surveys 

Evaluation

The film is Zero Hour it has a run time of 13minutes and 30 seconds divided into 4 between me (Michael Gregory), Hayden Read, Tristan Greenhill and Kassian Taylor my part Chapter 4: Survival of the Fittest it has a run time of  3m 35s of which mostly showing chase's and climbing. The shots and camera angles work well, but i would like to have more close ups and quicker cuts to build more suspense of the situation the music fits the scenes but given more time i would add a variation of sound effects music and tighten the dubbing. while using Finalcut Pro X I learned a couple of techniques such as the blade tool to cut down clips using copy and paste and trimming clips.  I can detach audio and edit it separately i used some of the audio in audacity to play with the levels and tweak it slightly given more time i would have played with the levels more and made the sound transitions clearer. after reading the comments the average rating given was 7 and with the comments it was clear that the zombies were unrealistic and the equipment could have been better quality and with more time it could have been something seriously amazing. Looking at the surveys most people would like to see a full version and the most they would pay is £5 this to me seems like a fair price considering a full version would have a lot more work in it and a hell of a lot more makeup work and good quality cameras, i would like to use a HD camera and have dedicated actors to the project if i had this along with good make up and time on my side i would be happy to put a lot more effort into this and have better quality finish. using Finalcut Pro X was hard at first but after about 10 minutes was easy to come to grips with its a simple software but gives a professional finish. the reason for this type of film was because it is "in" at the moment and seemed a challenging genre to go with although it wasn't scary in any way it was good practice and allowed us to experiment with these techniques the use of ketchup in the fight scene was quite effective and fun to do the sound effects were recorded separately in some scenes you can tell but in others you cant this was all valuable experience unfortunately i dont think its professional standard, but it has character and its for that i like it after the weeks of preparation and research the practical side of it was pushed into a short space of time doing it  in one day and filming for seven hours straight it was tiring at towards the end the quality slowly dropped. If i were to do it again i would give more time for the filming and acting, get better equipment and work with people that are willing to as much work and effort in as me.