Feedback and Preliminary Footage

Audience Feedback:

• We were given mainly positive feedback when we showed our trailer to a small group of students, they said that the story was told well and our footage was very good
• We were told although there was tension, it needs to be cleverly edited to create a huge climax at the end, this could be done by making the shots shorter and shorter as it came to an end
• We were told that our trailer was a good length and enough of the plot was revealed, just the ending needs to be refined to create an impact on the viewer so they will remember it
• An idea we were given was to try and make the trailer seem like less of a short film, and more like a conventional movie trailer, this could be done by removing/editing the opening scene, as that is a storytelling device which is used mainly in actual films as opposed to trailers

Script for filming

Scene 1: the chase. - Culkin is being chased by the demon, heavy breathing, running, panting.
- "What the hell is that?"
- Rustling in the trees, leaves rustling.
- "Hello who's there?"
- Demon appears suddenly, Culkin gasps and falls over trying to escape.
- Culkin's body lies still in the road, ravaged by the demon.

Scene 2; a new home.
-The family arrive at the new home, removal boxes in hands and full of excitement as they look for a new start, all characters are anticipating the looking round their new home. The scene opens with an establishing shot to set the scene followed by close-ups of each of the family members as they speak.
-Dad 1; "welcome to our new home everybody!"
-Summer sits down & has a look around the place.
-Summer; "I have a bad feeling about this place"
-Dad 2: "Summer, can you put this box in garage please?"
-Hands over a removal box to summer who turns and takes it out into the garage.
-As Summer is putting the box away she notices an old tattered book on the floor of the garage and picks it up, curious about what it is. She opens the book and reads from the first page. 
-Summer "Many will start, only few will finish, will you complete or will you diminish?"
-Dad 2: "Summer!"
-Summer suddenly jolts back to reality and flings the book to the side and goes back inside.

Scene 3; School.
-Summer walks into school then through door
-Freya: "Hey have you heard?"
-Summer: "What?"
-Freya look seriously at Summer
-Freya: "Somebody's killed Professor Culkin!"
-Summer looks confused and reacts saying nothing
-Summer opens her bag to reveal knife and runs off
-Freya: "Summer!"

Scene 4; The Haunting.
-Summer is getting ready in the bathroom when suddenly she hears loud banging sounds against the door, she goes out to check and there is no one there, suddenly all the utilities in the bathroom turn on and a scream resonates round the room. 
-Summer; "Dad? is that you?"
-Summer: "Dad??"
-As the haunting unfolds Summer is clearly afraid for her life and has no clue what is happening.

Scene 5; A chat with friends.
-After experiencing the haunting Summer opens up to Freya and Lola about what has been happening.
-Summer: "I think something is haunting me, I don't know why, but I think it's because of the book"
-Lola: "What do you mean?"
-Summer: "I think it may have something to do with me reading the book"
-Freya: "Are you serious? what's been going on?"
-At this point Summer summarizes what has been going on; the haunting, the discovery of the book and the knife being found in her bag at school.
-Lola: "What are you going to do?"
-Summer: "We'll have to fight it somehow whatever it is"
-Freya: "But what are we fighting against?"
-Summer: "I don't know we'll have to research everything we can and hopefully it'll be enough"
-Lola: "We'll help whatever way we can!"
-Freya: "Definitely"

Storyboard for Trailer

Film Exhibition

• The exhibition is the retail branch of the film industry- it involves the public screening of a film- not the production or distribution- the exhibitor sells the experience of the film- ‘theatrical’ refers to the experience of viewing a film at the cinema
• Other forms of film exhibition is known as non-theatrical- this is a shift to home viewing and more recently portable devices
• The early days- films were silent and it was usual to have a live musical accompaniment- going to the cinema became a new social craze
• Full synchronised sound arrived in 1927-1929-by the 1930s half the population of Britain went to the cinema at least once a week. Alongside the main film, audiences would also watch ‘B’ pictures and newsreels- there was also ‘live’ entertainment performed on stage- it lasted a total of 4 hours
• 1940s- Main source of mainstream news- in cinemas you’d have news reports
• By 1939 there were 5500 cienmas in Britain- the highest cinema attendance ever was in 1946
• Looking at the cinema admission rates in the UK, the number has slowly declined since the late 1940s- reasons for this: television sets had risen from 5 million to 11 million sets between 1955 to 1961, in 1945 there were only 15,000. Post war poverty- prices went up, cinemas not repaired, inner-city cinemas had less of an audience. US film distributors boycotted Britain because of an import duty, British films were of low quality. 1980s- Video hire became available
• The rise of multiplex cinemas- first opened in 1985, out of town sites with easy access by car, huge choice of 8, 9 or even 12 different screens- improvements in technologies like Dolby, surround sound, digital film, 3D- people were prepared to pay more
• Family ticket 2D- £29, Family ticket 3D- £37.20- ticket prices have steadily increased over the last 10 years. Cinema turnover has increased to £1300m in 2010 

10 Key Steps in our narative

1) The family move into a new house and begin unpacking, they are making themselves at home.

2) Summer discovers the book in the basement of the new house when she is storing away empty removal boxes.

3) Summer opens the book and reads a line- she is unknowingly summoned a demon which will torment her- the audience sees a faint figure of the demon but Summer does not.

4) The Demon kills Professor Culkin, he is gruesomely murdered- the body is covered in knife marks and strange writing ("admit it").

5) Summer finds out about the death at school the next day. In her bag she finds a bloody knife, she is confused. She opens her text book only to find "ADMIT IT" written boldly across the page as well as satanic symbols

6) Summer's friends see Summer's behaviour as suspicious, her friends begin to question her but her replies are blunt- later that night she has visions of professor Culkin, she also finds the knife throughout the house.

7) At home she wakes to find the book in bedroom, in a moment of panic, Summer tries to destroy the book, however the book reappears moments later. "JUST ADMIT IT" carved into her skin

8) Summer tells her twin sister and her friend of the book, they discuss and decide to find out more about the book, they begin to read it together, the book informs them that Summer has unleashed a demon and in order to ensure the safety of herself, her friends and her family, she must read the book cover to cover and throw it onto a fire.

9) As they read through the book, they face many difficulties, the demon hides the book in places, teleporting the trio apart. They must overcome challenges and solve riddles to complete the book, the only alternative is death.

10) The demon wants Summer to 'admit' to the murder of her teacher, begrudgingly, she accepts, knowing that the other option results in death for everyone. She gets taken to prison, where, on the first night the demon returns to finally possess her, resulting in a spectacular breakout. Freya and Lola are still scared of the demon, and as they sit together, Summer enters the room, the pair's ecstasy turns to horror as the realise summer has been possessed and the demon brutally kills them. The film ends with the Summer walking towards a door and putting the book through a family's mailbox

What Scenes will be used?

Within our trailer we will be using key scenes: 1,2,3,4,8 & 10

Audience Feedback

After presenting our film pitch, we asked three questions to our audience:
1.) What did you think of our narrative?
2.)  IS there anything we could improve upon?
3.) What did you think of the ending?

From this audience feedback we have decided to make the plot more dynamic and add in 'red herrings' to create more depth to the plot. Also make sure Summer's parents are brought into the plot more than we originally decided upon.

Film Pitch Presentation