Step outline reflective analysis

Step outline  reflective analysis James Fawcett
I produced a step outline featuring six different scenes and sequences, I did this work on my own and I used many different micro features within my work. I used sound to help create tension and make the scene more intense, the non-diegetic sound added to the horror aspect of the story board which helped to unnerve the audience. I enjoyed choosing when and where to put non-diegetic sound in my sequence I believed it worked well because it did everything I want it to do and worked successfully within the step outline. I tried to use lighting towards the end of my story board, I struggled to find the right places to use it so if i was to do a step outline again I would learn to put lighting in with more affect.
I added a lot of camera angles and shots throughout all of the scenes in the step outline, I believed I used the camera angles well to show characters power or vulnerability in certain scenes and shots. I also used close ups to signify importance of objects and items which could link to the mise en scene of the story. The mise en scene could have been used a lot more I think but again I found it hard to find the right places and times to add mise en scene to the story I would definitely go back and re-do this if I had chance. I didn't involve editing in my step outline which I would definitely like to do if i were to do another step outline as Its a different approach to the work and can change the perception of the scene completely.
The narrative I chosen was based off of a mix of previous horror films I had watched in the past, I added aspects of lots of them to put together my own narrative to use for my work. The narrative wasn't the best, it could have been more detailed and thought over more but making a narrative is not my strong point in Film, but I did try to the best of my ability. The audience I believe would follow the early parts of the narrative quite easily, but towards the end of the story it becomes slightly hard to understand and there are many questions left unanswered during the climatic point of the story. This would make an audience confused and not understand alot if the story were to continue from where It left off.
In my narrative I had only one proper character Zoey, I tried to keep it as one character because I wanted to really show the influence of isolation in my narrative I wanted it to be a big aspect of the story as it is a good convention of the horror genre. Choosing a young female character I think adds to the vulnerability of the character, as most audience members would be more caring and concerned for a young girl rather than an older man, this is all adds to the audience feelings and emotions. I could of maybe made two different characters and maybe have them become separated during part of the story which would keep the isolated convention fresh in the narrative and give a larger character list to work with.
The plot wasn't very planned I wrote it as the ideas came, which isn't a particularly good way to plan a narrative so if I were to do it again I would definitely plan out a narrative with key scenes to help build tension then big action scenes to execute all the tension that's been building up through the story.
My initial role was to create a narrative and add key micro features to the plot and plan it all out in the form of a step outline, the strengths of a step outline is that it is easily changeable and if you don't like a certain shot or scene you can edit it very easily. I changed my mind multiple times about the narrative and I found it easy to change everything I had already done to fit the new narrative. Disadvantages are that the step outline has to be heavily detailed else it is hard to get your idea across to someone who is reading it, you have to explain what type of shot is being used, what angle the shot is at, if there is any non-diegetic sound taking place. It has to be detailed and if it isn't as detailed as it should be then the narrative or image you have may not be perceived as clearly as you would hope.
Consequently I believe I did a good job at creating a step outline, If I were to do it again i would try to focus on adding other aspects to the work which I didn't add this time round.