We had to postpone filming for Sunday 29th November due to very bad weather. It was very windy and also heavy rain. We had to take into consideration the safety of the cast and crew and also the camera equipment, it could have been damaged due to the rain.
Our other filming date is Tuesday 1st December, the weather is supposed to be dry and sunny so therefore another reason we could not film on Sunday the 29th as the scene would be changed, we need similar days and therefore cannot have one day sunny and sry and the other day windy and heavy raining. The weather is a big factor for our filming, hopefully the weather will be good this weekend, fingers crossed :)
Monday, 30 November 2009
Sunday, 29 November 2009
Cast
Little Alex played by Hanan
Big Alex played by Sarah
Lucas (villain) played by Matt
Alex's friend no. 1 played by Serina
Alex's friend no.2 played by Mariam
Any others (tbc)
Friday, 27 November 2009
Name Change For Production Company
We have had to change the name for our production company (death wish productions) as there is a production company that already exsists under the name of death wish production.
We are now going to call the production company 'Hauntsville Productions' the logo has not yet been decided but will be shortly.
We are now going to call the production company 'Hauntsville Productions' the logo has not yet been decided but will be shortly.
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Prelim Trailer Task
In this task. we were supposed to create our own clips from famous horror films. The films we chose to do were Carrie, Scream and Drag Me To Hell. This task helped us to get familiar with how to shoot a trailer, this will help us when shooting for our main product trailer.
Props
Doll that makes sound
A mask for the villain
Empty bottles of alcohol for the teenagers
Villain must wear all black
Victim as a child must wear a dress
Trailer Genre Conventions
Short extracts from the film
Voice over- explain the context
Introduce the start/plot/characters
Production logo
Release date
Title appears at the end
Music- to create atmosphere
Trailer builds to a climax where it ends
Show cases the star of the film
Production Company Name Ideas
Death wish
Kill Joy
Voyeur
Deadly
Toxic
Crisis
Frank ‘N’ Stein
Blood pool
Lethal
Fatal
Venom
Brief
To produce a promotion package for a new film, to include a teaser trailer together with a poster for a film and a film magazine front cover.
What Is Horror?
The aim of a horror film is to frighten its viewers. This can be done through using conventions; these are mise-en-scene, camera work and editing, characters, narrative based on issues/themes emerging, narrative structure, icons, music and sound.
- isolated settings
- domestic settings often at night time
- dark atmosphere
- shadowy lighting
- cross cutting for suspense
- fast cutting for violent action
- point of view shots (p.o.v) for those being watched
- hand held shots
- hedonistic teenagers
- innocent girls (final girls)
- victim becomes hero
- monsters
- psychologically damaged adults
Narrative based on issues/themes:
- good triumphs evil
- conflict between good and evil
- supernatural haunting an individual
- unfinished business with the villain
- confusion with identity
- unsolved murders
- unexplained events
Narrative Structure
- conform to Todorov’s equilibrium, disruption, restoration of equilibrium
- Propp’s character theory: the villain, the hero, the donor of something magical, the helper, the princess, the princess’ father, the dispatcher who send the hero and the false hero.
- Victims using their skills to solve the crime
- Binary oppositions between good and evil, life and death, supernatural and natural- leading to resolution of those conflicts but often with a twist at the end.
Icon
- Blood
- Gore
- Knives
- Shadows
- Darkness
- Masks
- Ghosts
- Deformities
- Heartbeats
- Atmospheric suspence music
- Bangs and crashes
- Screams
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