Feedback from Matt and Luke

Feedback

Overall, Matt and Luke did not like the concept of our idea, as they thought it was based too much around a horror, rather than a thriller. Matt started out by stating one of worst ways to end a thriller is on that end beat of it all being a dream as it is too predictable to do as an opening sequence. However, they thought our ideas were cool and thoroughly thought out, as they were admiring the imagery we created, the props picked, and the location of a maze. They also pleasingly said they liked the idea with an arc and Cassandra complex, of the idea of being able to see into the future and can’t do anything about it and no ones listening to you; but we need to draw close attention to what are trying to show and what we want to do.

So therefore, Matt considered ways of approaching this, for example, he said maybe its better to progress forward by moving on wholesale with the idea as the practicality is going to be hard, for instance filming in a maze and they said a maze is a film cliché. By filming in a maze, only you can personally experience it and not the viewer, so after we’ve filmed opening shot/ establishing shot, the maze could just be three hedges as audience wouldn’t know. However they stated three key problems, getting our equipment there, fear of getting lost and the risk of no leaves on the hedges due to the weather or season. Also, they said shooting mirrors are really difficult to film and work with.

Therefore, they said we’ve got good opening salver of ideas and it is all really well thought, for instance, as we tracked down the maze and considered using a drone and they also appreciated the thought of the lantern as this is sticking to a different time era and portrays aspects of Victorian times. But, they concluded that its time to start thinking of next set of ideas by considering what’s around us, what we’ve got access to, what we’ve got abundance of and also remembering when film making, one could either go massive or really small but we don’t loose the concept of the idea as its still the same level of effectiveness.

One of the main problems was the practicality within filming in a maze, however my group and I were fully prepared by saying we have contacted different mazes, for example, Heaver Castle, Hampton Court, Tulleys farm and we had also contacted Denbies vineyard as a back up and alternative. From coming prepared with contacted information, Matt and Luke were very impressed and fell more engaged into what we were saying, but there were still obstacles in the way.

Overall, they concluded we’ve gone too big, and found problems within practicality of the maze, and they found it hard to connect to our character. So therefore, we need to start thinking of something small and tight and move past what is scary and go find something, which is thrilling.