Evaluation

Question 2:

In our production we tried to portray the classic good/ justice, the innocent and the bad. For the justice aspect of our production we decided that there are one group of people who are commonly seen as protectors and good doers; the police. We asked Ed’s dad to play the role because we felt an adult as a police officer makes the character more realistic. Costume was a big part of this. After watching TV series such as Luther, we decided that the attire that would further the authenticity would be a suit worn slightly scruffy and a long coat. We feel that this worked quite well to portray him as a detective.

Barry also had quite a stern look about him which helped, and when discovering the body he did a face that made it look like he was thinking “here is another one, seen it before but it is still a shame”. This shows him as being an experienced detective because the idea of him going through the same tragedies again and again means that he has been in the business maybe too long. His eyes really concrete this because they look aged, tired but still sharp.

 We tried to make his car look like a detective’s car by installing a strobe, but unfortunately this wasn’t as effective as we thought it would be. This is because the daylight was stronger than the strobe light. Although it is still visible, it didn’t give such a big impact or give away who he was.

For the victim we tried to dress and give him the behaviourisms of somebody that is a nobody and clearly has something wrong with him. For this we used the shots of playing with the coin as a way of making the character seem like he was trying to keep his mind off things.

We tried to get Niall to act like he was on edge a lot of the time. This was done by subtle facial impressions and when he runs his hand through his hair like he is stressed or anxious.

By dressing him slightly scruffy and in ordinary clothes we aimed to make it seem like he could be anyone that you would see on the street and wouldn’t think twice about them being murdered.

The police tape was added as a serial killer calling card.

For the murderer we didn’t attempt to make him (me) look like a crazy serial killer and really obvious. We did subtle things such as a sinister facial expression and rubbing of the hands. To stick to the convention of turning the normal into the extraordinary we dressed me in normal but clothes that concealed the killer’s intentions, making it seem like someone you wouldn’t look twice at.

We used the golden mean when we filmed the killer entering the scene, picking out key things.

The lighting in the chip shop worked well because it gave a yellow, warm glow. This softened features and gave a false sense of safety. It is protecting the victim from the cold, but not the killer. The softness the light gave helped us because it helped give the subtle feel of flash back which meant that in editing we didn’t have to go over the top with trying to make it look like a flash back. The sound in this part was quite important. We kept the monotonous, tense music running through the scene but added in sound over the top. We wanted to give the feel of the character being in a busy place but isolated and left to his own troubles. To do this we looked at making the sounds appear as if he was listening to something under water or with his ears covered. We took the natural sound from the chip shop and opened it on Garage Band where Niall added an effected on it. The final result was good because you can vaguely hear the sound of people talking, plates and cutlery crashing together but it is all flat and echoed.