We tried our best to include these to a good standard. As the camera man I tried to make sure that the camera shots were added correctly.
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Preliminary Task
This what the preliminary task had to include:
We tried our best to include these to a good standard. As the camera man I tried to make sure that the camera shots were added correctly.
We tried our best to include these to a good standard. As the camera man I tried to make sure that the camera shots were added correctly.
Preliminary Task
This was the preliminary task that we filmed and edited on Tuesday 21st February. I filmed it myself as I am the camera man, and Takura edited it because Josh was unavailable at that date to participate. Takura also took on his own role as the director. This task was to help us become familiar with the camera, different types of shots, the editing and working successfully within the group.
Monday, 13 February 2012
Eqiupment List
Takura and I came together to discuss the equipment list and got images to illustrate what we will need throughout production. Some of the equipment is to help film to the sequence and some are props, such as phone and headphones that will be used as props during filming.
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| Sony HVR-V1U pro HDV 1080p |
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| Phone |
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| Glidecam |
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| Tripod |
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8mm Hi8 120min Video Camera Cassette Tape |
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| Headphones |
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| Long black gloves |
Brainstorm
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| Takura created this brainstorm, we will follow this through production. This will help us be more organised and have ideas all in one place. |
Story Ideas
Josh, Takura and I all made individual story ideas then came together to discuss them. These photos is proof for our ideas.
Takura's
Josh's
Mine (Sophie)
Sunday, 12 February 2012
Shot List
This shot list was created by the editor. Josh.
There was a slight problem that I had done my story board before Josh had completed the shot list, therefore my story board does not include some of the same information as this shot list. However we had discussed the shot types before hand and we knew what shots I would include.
There was a slight problem that I had done my story board before Josh had completed the shot list, therefore my story board does not include some of the same information as this shot list. However we had discussed the shot types before hand and we knew what shots I would include.
LOCATION | SCENE# | SHOT | CAMERA POV | ACTION/DIALOGUE |
| Ext. Woodland in Gidea Park | # 1 | Wide Shot of girl walking into the woods (Front View) | Audience Point of view | She walks down a lane nodding alongside the loud music. *A Non-diegetic soundtrack of the musician will be heard by the audience |
| | | Medium Close up shot to show her go past a certain point. (side view) | Audience point of view | As she passes through this point, a figure moves quickly directly in front of the camera. Then the soundtrack goes a bit quiet, replaced by quick shuffling of leaves. (Demonstrating that she had paused the music for a bit). |
| | | Close up shot of the girl’s face prying into the woods. Camera stays behind a couple of leaves. | Audience point of view | She plays back the music and yet again the audience can hear the non-diegetic soundtrack, then she walks off quickly , constantly looking over her shoulder |
| | | Wide shot to show her turn into her street lane | Audience point of view | She does a few skips and seems excited about something, maybe a message on her phone. |
| Shadow Street in Gidea Park | # 2 | Close up shot of the road path ahead | Audience point of view | The killer is moving down the same path the girl took. The audience can hear very deep breathing. He moves in quick successive strides. |
| | | Medium close up shot of girl (back view) | Audience point of view | The girl is about getting to her gate. |
| | | Medium shot of girl turn back swiftly, then a quick pan to show side of a car at a low-angle. | Audience point of view | Killer disappears behind parked cars. The cameraman also does the same. |
| | | Close up shot of the girl | Audience point of view | She looks around her expecting to see someone. But then she becomes scared and shows it in her face. She then turns around and walks very fast to her house. |
| | | Close up shot of the road path | Audience point of view | Killer moves very quickly, breathing heavily. |
| | | Extreme close up shot to show the killer’s hands | Audience point of view | The killer moves after her very quickly catching up to her as she is scrambling for her house keys |
| | | Close up shot of her hands shaking out of her bag and holding on to her keys. Then a further pan to show her try to fit keys in the door | Audience point of view | She shakily brings out her keys and tries to make them fit into the door. |
| | | Close up shot to show her (back view) | Audience point of view | The killer has caught up with her and moves quickly to her |
| | | Medium shot to show her being dragged from the front steps. The camera only shows her face on the killer’s chest with his hand around her mouth. | Audience point of view | The girl is trying to scream and trying to fight him off but he’s too strong for her |
| Int. Bedroom | #3 | Extreme close up shot zooming out of her face | Audience point of view | She wakes up from a dream with her mouth open in scared gasps. The sound of an alarm goes off at the same time. Loud. |
Script
Takura the director of the group made the script, however it was a non dialouge script as we have chosen to have no dialouge in our opening sequence.
Saturday, 11 February 2012
Location
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Audience Research
On Friday 3rd February my group and I went around our college premises and asked our target audience to participate in being filmed whilst answering the questions we had previously formed for our target audience research. I think it went really well, most students we asked were happy to co-operate. We tried to not be bias in any way and have a group of students of both gender and any ethnicity.
From doing this research, it has shown me an insight to other teenagers similar to my age and their take on horror films. My research showed that my audience of 17 - 19 went to the cinema 1 - 3 times a month, or hardly went. The results that came back from the question ''if given a choice of genres what would you prefer and why?'' The answers that came back showed that 2 people preferred horror, one preferred psychological thrillers and one preferred thriller, the others preferred comedy, romance, action or science fiction. The fact that more people preferred horror over any other type of horror movie showed this was more popular within my target audience. I shall keep this in mind when I make my storyboard.
When asked 'What interests you in a horror movie' the most popular answer was the costume or what they wear. This shows that this is key when it comes to grabbing the attention of my target audience. Therefore I will try to make sure that my characters shall have interesting clothes that follow a typical convention for a horror costume. Other answers included 'tension', 'realistic setting' and 'the plot'. I will use these answers to create a good storyboard and an interesting opening sequence that my target audience will enjoy. I have the idea of the location being in a forest and a normal street, this helps the setting to be realistic as one of the students suggested.
The majority of my target audience said that the opening sequence was important, therefore I shall try my best to help make the opening sequence enjoyable and interesting so that my target audience will want to carry on watching it and be intrigued.
My target audience gave a mixed answer to 'should the main characters be introduced in the opening sequence in a horror'. The results did not give me a concluded answer so as the reaction was so mixed, introducing some but not all main characters would be a good idea.
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Planning for Questionnaie
My group and I got together on Thursday 2nd February to discuss what questions we were going to put into our questionnaire for audience research. The video shows proof to our discussion and agreements. I thought that the discussion went well and it didn’t take too long, we all got our ideas across and took others into consideration to produce a suitable and successful questionnaire.
Saturday, 4 February 2012
Key Conventions Of A Horror
The genre of my opening sequence is horror, there are many typical conventions that follow though each horror film. A typical storyline of a horror is a murder or numerous murders by one particular character, which are continuous throughout the film, or one significant murder at the ending of the film that the film has been building up to. Saw 1 – 7, Devil, and Chainsaw Texas Massacre all illustrate this typical storyline of the genre horror where the murders are all performed by one character throughout the duration of the film. Another popular storyline is psychological interference with the characters. This is where the murderer or spirit/demon plays with the victims mind and makes them fear their life, often creating side effects such as paranoia or possession of the victim. Films such as paranormal activity, the ring and the exorcism of Emily Rose illustrate psychological horrors and an element of possession.
A horror always includes a character that is to blame for the mysterious happenings of the film, they are normally a murderer, animal or a spirit/demon.
Depending on the type of film there will be either one particular victim, as illustrated in paranormal activity or a group of victims as illustrated in house of wax and severance. The majority of the time the victim will be female, this is to emphasize the vulnerability and sometimes the hopelessness of the victim.
The films usually have a scene or are completely shot in a forest or a house within a forest. This is used to emphasize the fear full atmosphere and apprehension of what is lying within the darkness of the big forest. Severance starring Danny Dyer is an example of a horror that is located in a forest for the majority of the film. Many horror films have a dark mise-en-scene with low lighting, this is used to create more of a tense and scary scene to watch. Saw, house of wax and Texas chainsaw massacre are examples films that have a dark mise-en-scene for the majority of the film.
This image has been taken from the exorcism of Emily Rose, this shows the typical convention of a dark mise-en-scene of a horror.
Victims in a horror typically wear casual everyday clothes, as they don’t expect to be a victim. However a murderer or the ‘evil’ one typically wears dark clothes and make up. This connotes the evil personality and intentions that they may have. The evil character that intends to murder in The Orphan illustrates a dark costume that connotes the personality within. Dark clothes have been a typical convention for many years as many old horror films were very gothic and wore dark clothes as a preference. Therefore dark clothes have trended in films since.
In most horrors there are many dangerous tools used as props such as a chainsaw, hammer and knifes. These props allow graphic imagery to be created though the gruesome nature they are usually used. Saw is a key example of a film that uses many tools and props to torture the victims and create graphic imagery. Another convention that is very typical of a horror is excessive amounts of blood, especially within zombie type of films. The blood is significant to a horror because many people associate blood with pain and torture, and as many horrors include pain and torture, blood is an essential asset.
This photo is taken from The Orphan, this shows the typical convention of dark costume for the murderer, a tool used to torture their victim and in the setting of a forest. This shot is a perfect illustration of what a horror film will typically include.
In a horror there are many extreme close up shots used, this is usually to show detail of the graphic imagery to shock the audience and make the film seem real. To capture the fright in the characters and their facial expressions as they are experiencing fear, a close up camera shot is normally used. This also helps the audience feel some kind of care for the victim and want them to be saved. Over the shoulder shots are also used to place the audience in either the victim or murders point of view to make the audience feel more involved and captured in the moment.
A popular camera angle is low angled or high angled, this is to show which character has authority over the other, typically the victim is shot from a high angles shot showing that the murder has authority and supremacy over the victim. These camera shots and angles are the most typical conventions used though out the genre horror.
This image is taken from Friday The 13th, it shows the typical conventions of the over the shoulder shot and high angled shot, this is to put the audience in the position of the murderer where they have authority over victim, causing the audience to see the vulnerability of the victim. It also allows the audience to see the face expressions and fear in the victim.
Within a horror the soundtracks tend to be string instruments that increasingly become high pitched this is used to build tension, anxiety and fear for what might happen or if it will make the audience jump. To make the audience jump the soundtrack normally includes a quick, loud sudden combination of instruments that come to a quick holt, this is usually worked along side a character being surprised or an introduction to a new, bad character. Many non-diegetic sounds are added, this is to enhance the audience experiences, for example sounds of animals like a werewolf howling in a forest or a voice over.
Screams of the victim can be non-diegetic and diegetic, it is a typical sound to show the reaction of something scary happening. It usually comes from the victim.
The Grudge sound track, like many horror film have a sound track or theme song like this one. It increases in tempo and pitch for the effect of building up tension.
A horror always includes a character that is to blame for the mysterious happenings of the film, they are normally a murderer, animal or a spirit/demon.
Depending on the type of film there will be either one particular victim, as illustrated in paranormal activity or a group of victims as illustrated in house of wax and severance. The majority of the time the victim will be female, this is to emphasize the vulnerability and sometimes the hopelessness of the victim.
The films usually have a scene or are completely shot in a forest or a house within a forest. This is used to emphasize the fear full atmosphere and apprehension of what is lying within the darkness of the big forest. Severance starring Danny Dyer is an example of a horror that is located in a forest for the majority of the film. Many horror films have a dark mise-en-scene with low lighting, this is used to create more of a tense and scary scene to watch. Saw, house of wax and Texas chainsaw massacre are examples films that have a dark mise-en-scene for the majority of the film.
This image has been taken from the exorcism of Emily Rose, this shows the typical convention of a dark mise-en-scene of a horror.
Victims in a horror typically wear casual everyday clothes, as they don’t expect to be a victim. However a murderer or the ‘evil’ one typically wears dark clothes and make up. This connotes the evil personality and intentions that they may have. The evil character that intends to murder in The Orphan illustrates a dark costume that connotes the personality within. Dark clothes have been a typical convention for many years as many old horror films were very gothic and wore dark clothes as a preference. Therefore dark clothes have trended in films since.
In most horrors there are many dangerous tools used as props such as a chainsaw, hammer and knifes. These props allow graphic imagery to be created though the gruesome nature they are usually used. Saw is a key example of a film that uses many tools and props to torture the victims and create graphic imagery. Another convention that is very typical of a horror is excessive amounts of blood, especially within zombie type of films. The blood is significant to a horror because many people associate blood with pain and torture, and as many horrors include pain and torture, blood is an essential asset.
This photo is taken from The Orphan, this shows the typical convention of dark costume for the murderer, a tool used to torture their victim and in the setting of a forest. This shot is a perfect illustration of what a horror film will typically include.
In a horror there are many extreme close up shots used, this is usually to show detail of the graphic imagery to shock the audience and make the film seem real. To capture the fright in the characters and their facial expressions as they are experiencing fear, a close up camera shot is normally used. This also helps the audience feel some kind of care for the victim and want them to be saved. Over the shoulder shots are also used to place the audience in either the victim or murders point of view to make the audience feel more involved and captured in the moment.
A popular camera angle is low angled or high angled, this is to show which character has authority over the other, typically the victim is shot from a high angles shot showing that the murder has authority and supremacy over the victim. These camera shots and angles are the most typical conventions used though out the genre horror.
Within a horror the soundtracks tend to be string instruments that increasingly become high pitched this is used to build tension, anxiety and fear for what might happen or if it will make the audience jump. To make the audience jump the soundtrack normally includes a quick, loud sudden combination of instruments that come to a quick holt, this is usually worked along side a character being surprised or an introduction to a new, bad character. Many non-diegetic sounds are added, this is to enhance the audience experiences, for example sounds of animals like a werewolf howling in a forest or a voice over.
Screams of the victim can be non-diegetic and diegetic, it is a typical sound to show the reaction of something scary happening. It usually comes from the victim.
The Grudge sound track, like many horror film have a sound track or theme song like this one. It increases in tempo and pitch for the effect of building up tension.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
I have made these printscreens to show what titles are shown in a typical horror film which was Shaun of the Dead. The titles that came up were:
Director at 14 seconds
Producer at 21 seconds
The stars at 25 seconds
Director of Photography at 41 seconds
Sound designer at 48 seconds
Editor at 62 seconds
Writers at 85 seconds
Music Producer at 88 seconds
These have given me an idea what I shall include in the opening sequence.
Though out the animated opening credits there were animated
Director at 14 seconds
Producer at 21 seconds
The stars at 25 seconds
Director of Photography at 41 seconds
Sound designer at 48 seconds
Editor at 62 seconds
Writers at 85 seconds
Music Producer at 88 seconds
These have given me an idea what I shall include in the opening sequence.
Though out the animated opening credits there were animated
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