Dad Reviewed my Blog!

 My dad is a big fan of me taking this AICE media class. He loved my first commercial film so much that he posted on all over social media. He even sent the film to a producer to try to get it aired on television. I know, he sounds crazy! I thought though, who would be a better person to critique my film than him. So, I played my dad my film and he had a lot of thoughts, both positive and negative. One thing he liked about the film was the intensity. He said that the opening scene would leave some people frightened. Many movies don’t fulfill this aspect of horror movies so it was definitely a high compliment. He also liked that the film followed the horror genre so well. He mentioned that the dark lighting contrast, the setting and acting that we did really helped create a scary tone. He did however also suggest I make some scenes a bit darker because it made scenes feel less scary then they should be. Another thing he critiqued about my film was the speed that the titles entered and left the screen. He thought that the titles were leaving the screen too fast. Luckily, I have time to lengthen the time of some of the titles. For others we will need to reshoot and make the scene a bit longer. He also critiqued a few of the lines in the scenes. He thought some were a bit too generic and didn’t fit the the theme or context of the film. So, he helped me re write them so that we could re film them and see if they better fit the film. He also told me to get rid of a few shots because he thought they were an unnecessary waist of the time. I agree that we needed to get rid of some as they were kind of used as a filler scene but I felt I should keep a few as they built suspense. Anyways that’s enough for today, peace out!