What do you most like about horror films?
7/10 people voted for complex story lines.
We've incorperated this information into our film and our opening sequence will involve an unknown killer which the audience will be left wondering who it is.
Who do you typically go to see a horror film with?
8/10 people voted for going to see a film with their friends
Therefore we've used a "typical" teenage girl as our main character which makes it more relatable to a teenage audience who go to see films with their friends.
What do you least like about horror films?
Majority of votes were for an unrealistic monster/killer
Our killer is left annonymous but it's made obvious that he's an "ordinary" man.
What's your favorite type of horror film?
6/10 of the votes were for slasher films
Our film genre is a slasher/thriller film.
How old are you?
9/10 of the votes were under 18
From this information we are using a teenage character which will make it more relatable to the audience.
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Production Ideas
Setting: Alley (At night)
Location: Romford
costume: Typical teenage casual day-to-day wear ect jeans, converses, tshirt. (no further props i.e bags/ except mobile phone).
Hair + Make-up: subtle to refference teenage persona (young + youthful + innocent)- increase audience experience. Ponytail (typical young casual style)
Location: Romford
costume: Typical teenage casual day-to-day wear ect jeans, converses, tshirt. (no further props i.e bags/ except mobile phone).
Hair + Make-up: subtle to refference teenage persona (young + youthful + innocent)- increase audience experience. Ponytail (typical young casual style)
Shot List (SHOT - ANGLE - MOVEMENT)
1. WS- Opening of romford highstreet exit - (facing towards the entrance - back to exit), straight angle shot, reverse tracking away from entrance). [Georgia walking into the exit]
2. MCU- Side view of Georgia holding mobile phone talking/laughing(acknowledging same background aswell as costume), high angle shot (presenting subject as vunreable + victimized, camera static, [Georgia walks in and out of shot whilst camera continues static]
3. CU- The mobile phone [Still acknowledging Georgia's hands holding it but not face], straight angle shot, camera static.
4. WS- Entrance to 'dead mans alley'[Georgias back to camera, high angle shot, tracking towards entrance as georgia walks in.
5. MU- Georgia walking inside alley, side shot, tracking.
6. CU- [Stopped] Georgias face as if looking behind her confused[After hearing footsteps], straight angle shot, camera static.
7. P.O.V shot [as georgia turns camera turns also][exposing metal fencing]towards alley entrance.
8. WS- Alley way [nothing there], camera static.
9. MCU - Georgias face looking puzzled [looking back towards camera but not directly at camera, static camera.
10. WS- Georgia walking towards exit of alley [facing camera] [looking down whilst talking still on the phone, high angle shot, reverse tracking.
11. CU- Georgias face looking scared, straight angle, static camera.
12. P.O.V shot WS- [LEFT], camera handheld.
13. P.O.V shot WS- [RIGHT], camera handheld.
14. WU- Georgia dropping mobile phone, high angle, camera static.
15.CU- Georgias hands moving [as if looking for the mobile], high angle, camera handheld.
16. MCU- Georgias face panicking, still looking around
2. MCU- Side view of Georgia holding mobile phone talking/laughing(acknowledging same background aswell as costume), high angle shot (presenting subject as vunreable + victimized, camera static, [Georgia walks in and out of shot whilst camera continues static]
3. CU- The mobile phone [Still acknowledging Georgia's hands holding it but not face], straight angle shot, camera static.
4. WS- Entrance to 'dead mans alley'[Georgias back to camera, high angle shot, tracking towards entrance as georgia walks in.
5. MU- Georgia walking inside alley, side shot, tracking.
6. CU- [Stopped] Georgias face as if looking behind her confused[After hearing footsteps], straight angle shot, camera static.
7. P.O.V shot [as georgia turns camera turns also][exposing metal fencing]towards alley entrance.
8. WS- Alley way [nothing there], camera static.
9. MCU - Georgias face looking puzzled [looking back towards camera but not directly at camera, static camera.
10. WS- Georgia walking towards exit of alley [facing camera] [looking down whilst talking still on the phone, high angle shot, reverse tracking.
11. CU- Georgias face looking scared, straight angle, static camera.
12. P.O.V shot WS- [LEFT], camera handheld.
13. P.O.V shot WS- [RIGHT], camera handheld.
14. WU- Georgia dropping mobile phone, high angle, camera static.
15.CU- Georgias hands moving [as if looking for the mobile], high angle, camera handheld.
16. MCU- Georgias face panicking, still looking around
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Equipment List
- Camera
- Tripod
- Clothing - casual
- Leather glove
- Mobile Phone
- Hand
- Recordings of breathing and cat screeching
Codes and Conventions of Horror films.
Codes and conventions which are typically found to be used in horror films.
-Ominous mise-en-scene e.g dark nights, isolated location, emphasis on noises such a wind, dogs barking swing creaking, people walking/breathing, bad weather e.g storms lighting blackouts is used to manipulate the characters so then they can't escape.
-Killer has to have an iconic method or weapon of killing. Scream - Ghost face & knife, Saw - Jigsaw & the mask. Nightmare on elm street - Clothings and knife glove.
-Disorientation/disturbance of the audience - can do this through many ways; digetic and non-digetic sounds, un-natural camera movements can make the audience feel disorientated and absorb them into the film.
- Horror films usually target teenagers and young adults as it can play on their vulnerability and naivety.
- First to be killed is usually a teenage girl stereotypical - blonde hair a bit dumb plays off the "rules" of a horror film e.g don't inspect a noise from outside, don't go off on your own, don't ask who's there?
- The main character whom survives being killed until the end usually has problems with themselves, relationships, family, etc this is used to progress the story and make them feel more relateable which in tale makes the film more scary as the audience can be placed in the film easier.
-Horror film settings can differ from either a secluded isolated location, or they can use a location which is more seemingly "safe" e.g a characters home, school this is used to scare the audience further as it breaks their safety and can make the film seem more relatable.
- Some films use plots where they remove any trust or aid from things that people usually go to for help e.g parents, the police, and our friends as this makes not only the characters in the film but the audience feel no sense of protection and safety thus again making it scarier.
-POV (point of view) shots from the killer are a must in a horror film as they place the audience into the film emphasising the thrill and the make the victim seem more vulnerable and defenceless.
-Surprise twists within the plot, e.g a person whom was seemingly safe is suddendly killed, a killer is revealed to be somebody who was presented as harmless character throughout the film.
-Ominous mise-en-scene e.g dark nights, isolated location, emphasis on noises such a wind, dogs barking swing creaking, people walking/breathing, bad weather e.g storms lighting blackouts is used to manipulate the characters so then they can't escape.
-Disorientation/disturbance of the audience - can do this through many ways; digetic and non-digetic sounds, un-natural camera movements can make the audience feel disorientated and absorb them into the film.
- Horror films usually target teenagers and young adults as it can play on their vulnerability and naivety.
- The main character whom survives being killed until the end usually has problems with themselves, relationships, family, etc this is used to progress the story and make them feel more relateable which in tale makes the film more scary as the audience can be placed in the film easier.
- Some films use plots where they remove any trust or aid from things that people usually go to for help e.g parents, the police, and our friends as this makes not only the characters in the film but the audience feel no sense of protection and safety thus again making it scarier.
-Surprise twists within the plot, e.g a person whom was seemingly safe is suddendly killed, a killer is revealed to be somebody who was presented as harmless character throughout the film.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Opening film sequence plan
Title: Dead Man's Alley
Storyline: Its a dark cold, gloomy night and a girl is walking through an alley shes distracted by her phone when suddenly she hears the noise of a cat screeching and she panics and drops her phone.
It is dark so she looks around for her phone when she discovers a hand, she is in shock to she backs away into something.
Camera movements: at the beginning of the film, the camera is at the front of the alley watching the protagonists character walking down the alley, then we have a jump cut to the oppposite end of the alley to show her walking down the alley from the killer perspective, it jumps back to the front of the character as a mid-shot to establish that she is distracted on her phone. Then we return to the point of view shot of the killer from over the girls shoulder.
The camera will then track the main character from this point on showing, the killers point of view and also what the girl can see aswell, this allows us to see her dropping her phone, going further in to finding it and and then a close-up of the hand and also the girls hand going coming into shot with it, we then go back to the killers point of view where we see the girl stand up in shock and backing into the killer. This scene then ends with a gloved hand covering the girls mouth.
Throughout this opening sequence the titles of the film will be running along the bottom.
Mise-en-scene: Gloves, Mobile phone, hand
-( modern day british horror, clothing choice optional)
Storyline: Its a dark cold, gloomy night and a girl is walking through an alley shes distracted by her phone when suddenly she hears the noise of a cat screeching and she panics and drops her phone.
It is dark so she looks around for her phone when she discovers a hand, she is in shock to she backs away into something.
Camera movements: at the beginning of the film, the camera is at the front of the alley watching the protagonists character walking down the alley, then we have a jump cut to the oppposite end of the alley to show her walking down the alley from the killer perspective, it jumps back to the front of the character as a mid-shot to establish that she is distracted on her phone. Then we return to the point of view shot of the killer from over the girls shoulder.
The camera will then track the main character from this point on showing, the killers point of view and also what the girl can see aswell, this allows us to see her dropping her phone, going further in to finding it and and then a close-up of the hand and also the girls hand going coming into shot with it, we then go back to the killers point of view where we see the girl stand up in shock and backing into the killer. This scene then ends with a gloved hand covering the girls mouth.
Throughout this opening sequence the titles of the film will be running along the bottom.
Mise-en-scene: Gloves, Mobile phone, hand
-( modern day british horror, clothing choice optional)
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Opening Titles
Donnie Darko opening credits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWEBdA7swM4
0:04-0:06 - New market film
0:19-0:21 - Pandora logo & name
0:21-0:27 - Newmarket name presents the film. Newmarket in text font used for move title.
0:30-0:32 - Associated with Pandora. Pandora in same text font as movie title.
0:34-0:36 - A flower films production. Flower films again in same font used for the title. Flower films is a film production company which is funded by Drew Barrymore whom plays one of the characters in the movie.
0:39-0:41 - A richard kelly film, Richard Kelly again in the same font used for the movie title.
2:14-2:17 - Donnie Darko movie title, can now establish the previous titles have been in the same font used for the move title.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWEBdA7swM4
0:04-0:06 - New market film
0:21-0:27 - Newmarket name presents the film. Newmarket in text font used for move title.
0:30-0:32 - Associated with Pandora. Pandora in same text font as movie title.
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Analysis of 'Scream' Opening sequence
Establish some of the key characters:
The opening scene shows the protagonist who is a women, she seems vulnerable and friendly, we are able to hear the voice of the antagonist throughout this opening scene, his voice sounds like a middle aged man who is calm, the man over the phone comes across as friendly as he is trying to make a casual conversation.
Plot/Enigma
The opening scene tells us what the whole story may be about, ‘Scream’ has a slight thriller aspect
it shows High school student who receives a flirtatious phone call from an unknown person, who continues to ask question about the girl. The situation quickly escalates out of control as the caller turns aggressive and threatens her life. He reveals that her boyfriend Steve is being held hostage. After failing to answer a question correctly about horror films, Steve is murdered. When Casey refuses to cooperate with the caller, she is attacked and murdered by a masked killer, and her body is hung from a tree, the unkown caller then goes on to kill other people.
Location and setting
The opening scene is set in the girls house which is supposidly based in the middle of nowhere, the first part of the opening scene is shot in the girls house and then towards the end it escalates to the garden, where we see the girls boyfriend being killed.
Mise-en-scene
In ‘Scream’ the director uses a establishing shot, this sets the scene and shows the audience where the character is.
The Dolly shot shows the audience the garden and then Kacy’s house, this gives off tghe impression that it is a horror movie as the house is miles away from the town, it is isolated and therefore Kacy is also, this shows us that the unknown caller as the antagonist is looking in on her and so is the audience.
The clothes that aare worn in scream rep;resent the time period in which this film was made in which is 1996, the girl is shown in a cardigan and her boyfriend is shown in a football bomber jacket which the american footballers would wear.
‘Scream’ uses sound to scare the audience and character for example at the beginning of th efilm before the opening scene begins we cn hear screansw alos during the film, while kacy was on the phone to the unkown caller she realises she’s being watched so she locks all the doors and looks out the front window she then walks into the other room and then straight after that the door bell rings this scares her and the audience as its unexpected.
The Mise En Scene also shows a horror element in the film an example of this is when Kacy plays with a knife whilst on the phone creating a horror element, she mentions another horror movie where the killer used a kitchen knife as the murder weapon, and this shows us dramatic irony
The opening scene shows the protagonist who is a women, she seems vulnerable and friendly, we are able to hear the voice of the antagonist throughout this opening scene, his voice sounds like a middle aged man who is calm, the man over the phone comes across as friendly as he is trying to make a casual conversation.
Plot/Enigma
The opening scene tells us what the whole story may be about, ‘Scream’ has a slight thriller aspect
it shows High school student who receives a flirtatious phone call from an unknown person, who continues to ask question about the girl. The situation quickly escalates out of control as the caller turns aggressive and threatens her life. He reveals that her boyfriend Steve is being held hostage. After failing to answer a question correctly about horror films, Steve is murdered. When Casey refuses to cooperate with the caller, she is attacked and murdered by a masked killer, and her body is hung from a tree, the unkown caller then goes on to kill other people.
Location and setting
The opening scene is set in the girls house which is supposidly based in the middle of nowhere, the first part of the opening scene is shot in the girls house and then towards the end it escalates to the garden, where we see the girls boyfriend being killed.
Mise-en-scene
In ‘Scream’ the director uses a establishing shot, this sets the scene and shows the audience where the character is.
The Dolly shot shows the audience the garden and then Kacy’s house, this gives off tghe impression that it is a horror movie as the house is miles away from the town, it is isolated and therefore Kacy is also, this shows us that the unknown caller as the antagonist is looking in on her and so is the audience.
The clothes that aare worn in scream rep;resent the time period in which this film was made in which is 1996, the girl is shown in a cardigan and her boyfriend is shown in a football bomber jacket which the american footballers would wear.
‘Scream’ uses sound to scare the audience and character for example at the beginning of th efilm before the opening scene begins we cn hear screansw alos during the film, while kacy was on the phone to the unkown caller she realises she’s being watched so she locks all the doors and looks out the front window she then walks into the other room and then straight after that the door bell rings this scares her and the audience as its unexpected.
The Mise En Scene also shows a horror element in the film an example of this is when Kacy plays with a knife whilst on the phone creating a horror element, she mentions another horror movie where the killer used a kitchen knife as the murder weapon, and this shows us dramatic irony
Opening sequence analysis
Scream - opening sequence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a_1T4tBWoE
Establishing shot we find out shes alone in a house in the middle of no where at night.
Wind through trees and swing typical way to set the scene for a horror movie.
Tracking shot follows her around the house when she's on the phone makes audience feel like they are watching/following her.
Reaction shot, zooms to her face to show her reaction to the phone call
Sharp camera movements to put you in the womans perspective of looking outside
Camera stays still while the woman walks off then the camera focuses on background, often used in horror films to create suspense usually shows the killer before the victim see's them so the auidence is involved.
Camera reverts back to popcorn its begining to burn which could signify her life being in danger
Camera shots from behind collums in the house adds to the perspective of the killer
Camera has been relatively far away from her face but when he gets move aggressive on the phone the camera zooms into to show her fear.
The camera tracks forwards towards her as she walks backwards emphasizing her fear and vulnerability and that the killer is approaching her and she can't stop it.
Camera follows her around as she runs puts the audience in the perspective of the killer
Camera from outside which makes us feel like were looking in on her killers perspective again
When she runs from the killer the camera is far away with her running to it gives the auidence anticipation if she's going to get away or not
After she's stabbed the camera is at her eye level and tilts to distort the audience and put them in the victims place.
When shes finally killed the camera is from her perspective again.
The camera move forward in a jaggered motion towards her hanging body again disorts the audience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a_1T4tBWoE
Wind through trees and swing typical way to set the scene for a horror movie.
Tracking shot follows her around the house when she's on the phone makes audience feel like they are watching/following her.
Reaction shot, zooms to her face to show her reaction to the phone call
Camera stays still while the woman walks off then the camera focuses on background, often used in horror films to create suspense usually shows the killer before the victim see's them so the auidence is involved.
Camera reverts back to popcorn its begining to burn which could signify her life being in danger
Camera shots from behind collums in the house adds to the perspective of the killer
Camera has been relatively far away from her face but when he gets move aggressive on the phone the camera zooms into to show her fear.
The camera tracks forwards towards her as she walks backwards emphasizing her fear and vulnerability and that the killer is approaching her and she can't stop it.
Camera follows her around as she runs puts the audience in the perspective of the killer
Camera from outside which makes us feel like were looking in on her killers perspective again
After she's stabbed the camera is at her eye level and tilts to distort the audience and put them in the victims place.
When shes finally killed the camera is from her perspective again.
The camera move forward in a jaggered motion towards her hanging body again disorts the audience.
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