Pitch Feedback

In this video, i am given feedback on my pitch "The Hunt". From the feedback given from the audience, i will take these on board and change a couple of things to my trailer to make it better. There was quite a lot of things to take on board that hadn't crossed my mind before. The feedback that i got was that when it comes around to actually filming and producing it- it probably is worth filming a few times and using a vast range of shots as New Forest is quite a long drive away from home and it may not be possible to re-visit in future just for the sake of a few shots.

Lighting is one of the big issues with filming at night time, especially within the winter months due to later sunrises and earlier sunsets as the sun tends to set around 4:30pm to 5pm usually. My intentions were to film as the day becomes darker and darker, going into sunset but this doesn't give me a huge time frame to film what needs to be filmed- even though i am going for a few days it'll be tough to fit absolutely everything in. However from getting this feedback i will make sure to test appropriate lighting conditions and if needs be, appropriate camera attachments (such as lights) before hand in a similar time frame to the hours of which i plan to film my main task in. This will help me determine if i need to think of an alternative or to film at an earlier point during the day.

There was a suggestion from one of the members of the audience to perhaps change my film a slight bit and make it so some of the scenes are shot during the day, and at night time turn the film into a slight 'vlog' where characters hold the camera and record events as they see them- this can be quite effective

(Needs to be completed)

• Get everything done on that occasion
• Could refilm in another woods
• Loads of different shots so dont have to go back even if dont use them
• Get loads of establishing shots if not enough action in trailer, not too many to make it dull
• Production companies etc at start, titles through out
• Could use car headlights to light the surrounding area
• Daytime- film it properly, night time as if the characters are filming it themselves- change in the trailer
• Could use torches/fire.
• Research into shooting into low light conditions
• Safety Assessment on car/weapons/fire- for the examiner (health and safety issues)
• Sitting round camp fire telling scary stories
• POV/ someone holding camera on way to camp site
• Music that builds up climax that goes to blank screen, weird voiceover and ends.
• Have jumpscares in it, hatchet hits the tree, big sting and goes to a black screen
• If in tent, have a light and see shadow from outside the tent, tent moves, person checks, nothing
• Fainting noise
• Someone telling a story that happens before guy appears, voice appears over whole trailer and see things that are happening that link in with the story "did you hear what happened in this wood about ten years ago?" Cut between people round fire and their faces listening and things that happen after that.

• Easy to film- been done before, not bad, a lot of places to run, dark, good setting
• Gopro camera can come to good use
• New Forest- going down there with friends, one time filming- has to capture a lot of shots
• If needed to reshoot- do it in another woods
• Try get as many different shots as possible even if i dont use them
• Get some establishing shots to take up time if not enough action
• Lighting is an issue- filming between 3-7 as getting dark/sunset
• During day can film like properly/professionaly when it turns dark it tends to turn into handheld- like vlogging style. Show it from their prospective
• Research to shooting in low light conditions- needs to be thought through thoroughly 
• Health & safety issues- risk assessed.
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