Evaluation 7

7) Looking back at the preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

I believe that I have progressed a lot since the preliminary task, I can now comfortably edit, film, and organise and plan the work that I have done. The preliminary task we put together was all a bit rushed at the end as we didn’t fully understand what it took the edit and film and get all our actors together at the right place and time. We underestimated the time it took to put everything together as a final product. Looking back we now know that we were quite naïve with the time we had allotted to complete the filming, and we were quite unorganised. In retrospect we now know that a clear plan would have made the organisation 100% better. The storyboards and scripts were crucial to our success so those should have been the first thing to focus on, as it gives us almost a step by step guide as to which shots we needed to make, the types of shots, and the angle from which we would shoot it. We also should have chosen our actors well before shooting rather than getting people together pretty last minute. This time when it came about there were no problems with these issues as we had already planned in advance for these issues to possible arise.

Camera work was very important in this section of the course, especially since we chose a gothic horror thriller genre which puts a lot of focus on the camera angles etc. I have come in leaps and bounds in relation my camera work skills. I now know what the different angles would look best in a particular scene and the reasons for it. We tried to in this film opening use low angle/ high angled shots and panning and tracking shots. As we pretty much ignore them in our preliminary. We wanted to show off the costumes and the effort we have made on setting and props etc so we especially chose shots that would highlight these- wide shots, long shots were not used that much however as they are not often seen in gothic horror, as you can see to much of the background which in turn, tells the audience that nothing is going to happen as obviously no one is near them; you can physically see the background rather than the suspense of not knowing what is there.  The camera shot we were most proud of coming up with was the end shot in the mirror reflection. This works so well as it is so unexpected. It isn’t jumpy particularly but is enough to make you want to watch more of the film. We purposely left the film opening on a slight cliff hanger rather than it being a mini movie in itself. We wanted to veer away from the prospect of it becoming too much like a short film, as it could easily have become that but we wanted to make sure we stuck to the brief.

Overall I am very proud of our progress as a group and of myself as an individual. Our knowledge and understanding of filming editing and camera work has improved so much as I hope you can tell through comparing our preliminary task and our recent film opening. Especially seeing as we chose quite a difficult genre to base our film opening on. I have learnt that to keep to a schedule and stick to timing is crucial, as something could go wrong later on down the line that needs time to be repaired.

Evaluation 6

6)What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product?
 

In this process I have learnt a lot about certain technology, and now feel comfortable if presented with a task that involves using one. I have learnt a lot about how to edit film and even how to set up a camera on a tripod. Our group had a slight advantage as we had already got a camera to use and a general alright understanding of cameras and filming. But most certainly I can now feel a lot more comfortable and not fazed by the prospect of Editing film on IMovie. The software itself seems quite simple to use now.

Editing on the Mac. The editing software used was iMovie.

Setting up the camera equipment.

 

Blogger-
 

Blogger was a website I was completely unfamiliar with before the beginning of this media studies course. Blogger has proven an invaluable source to post proof of my media work and to also act as a sort of coursework diary of sorts to constantly update information, or add new lesson work or things we've learnt .
 

YouTube-
 

Obviously I knew of YouTube and used it before this project but I never really understood how to upload or actually put up your own videos to the site. YouTube is also how we found the music we put over the top of the scenes, and was also the medium through which we got in touch with the composer to be granted access to the music.

Evaluation 5

Chapel Lane (our film opening) we chose to be aimed at all ages above 15 (due to reasons discussed in evaluation 4). We wanted our film to be similar in content of that like Perfume, and From Hell; however wanted it to be on less of a bigger scale while still remaining true to the codes and conventions of thrillers/horrors.

We made a voxpop aimed at our target audience to get a feel of what they would like to see in our film opening, and made sure whilst making it that we kept to their opinions and views of what they thought that we should do to make the film opening alot more realsiatic, and more exciting to watch specifically to them as a mere sample of out target audience. This knowledge proved valuable as they gave us hints as to what they are looking for in a successgul film opening of the genre. The link to the voxpop is already on my blog.

By using this technique to gather information we knew that we had to make our content as realistic as possible and not in anyway transparent. They also put alot of emphasis on the importance of costume to a gothic horror- so we took this on board and got together the outfits you can see on our finished product; the end results i beleive do work very well and are reflective of the time. This also allows the type and genre of film come across to the audience in an instant they immediately understand what to expect from the film.


During filming we tried to keep strictly to conventional camera angles and editing afterward; so none of the work we did looked at all out of place, or as if it didnt belong there. Close ups and the odd extreme close up were valuable as they have a profoud effect on the audience and enduce an uneasy atmosphere and make the audience almost uncomfortable being that close to the character despite the fact that physically they arent actually there. We also used the classic over the shoulder shot alot to give off that something is going to happen and like she is aware of his presence near her. It creates a dramatic irony as if the audience knows something the character doesnt.

To draw in the audience we changed all the film opening to a black and white saturation during the editing process. Thsi is the first thing that the audience would recognise as being ' old fashioned' or at least the hint that the film isnt going to be 'modern'.. We also slowed the pace to add suspence and also added in diagetic sound to increase the emotion in the scene to draw the audience into and invest in the characters (mostly the victim). This also worked well as not much speech is in the film opening if any at all, so the music diffused the awkwardness of the lack of speech.

Evaluation 4

The genre of  thriller/ horror and also set in Victorian era leaves alot of ground covered when it comes to target audience. However we have decided that our main age range for an audience target would be late teens or early twenties. But would probably be suitable for 15+; from this age they usually do like to be scared when it comes to movies, and are also all in charge of their own decisions- Parents wouldnt be involved in their movie choices. Any people younger would probably have to get parental consent, and could prossibly get frightened by the consent. Especially as many of the themes covered are quite brutal. And i can't imagine older people being interested in a period type film.

An example of our target audience-

Profile;
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Likes to shop: Topshop, HandM, Missguided
Musical Preferences: Acoustic, RnB, Alternative
Favourite TV programme: Sherlock Holmes or The Vampire Diaries


We would aim our film at this age group and class, because they could possibly relate with other characters in the film; the emotional connections they create is also easier as they are younger. Especially with female viewers, they might associate themselves with some of the victims, therefore becoming attached to the chararcters. They could also be interested in the time period and want to see something a bit different to the movies set in modern day.

Evaluation 3

What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why?
What does a production company do?

They assist in the making process of a film; they overlook the whole process from the beginnings and idea, to the final completion. They also handle the money coming in and out of the film, and the scripts they will use for the project, and finding the directore, actors, producers etc. Importantly they also work on the marketing and advertising of the finished product. The institutions also hold the role involving legal responsibilities.

What is a distributor and what does their role entail?

A distributor is an individual or organisation who  represents films at festivals and markets around the world and who will attempt to sell it to television (including terrestrial, cable and satellite), airlines and other companies that could be interested in showing it.

Our production company name and logo;

Our production company name is 'Cobble Productions'. We simply named it this as it went with the theme of our Victorian style film opening. It also is not a very outlandish name, and does sound more modest which suits the scale of the company. We incorporated a simple style to the logo so it doesn't look too 'busy', the golden colour we chose and the contrasting grey/silver both denote an upper class nobility and wealth which does suit the film opening we had created; it also contrasts well so it does draw the eye.

We also knew that our film would not have been picked up by major companies like, MGM or Warner Bros as it is an independent British movie, made in England, with British actors all of whom anonymous. Working Title although a British company I believe also wouldn't want to invest in our film as they are best known for their romantic comedy genre films and very popular through them. And to take on a gothic horror thriller genre, would be too much of a leap and too much of a risk to waste quite a decent amount of money.

So I believe that our film would most likely be picked up by a company such as Film4. They are small and independant but still are building a good reputation for themselves. They are not specifically catering to one audience like Working Title so that would work well as our genre of choice is not that common.

To get the money for our film we would go to the UK Film Council as on their website it states that: "We give audiences more choice by awarding Lottery funding to widen the release of films in the UK. We also develop the export oppurtunities for British films by providing funding to promote them at major international festivals". With the support of the BFI on our project the film distribution could be successful. The BFI have £15 million,  to invest in feature and short films- so as our film wouldnt cost that much compared to some due to the lack of special effects, funding and promoting could definitely be possible.

Evaluation 2

Our film opening, i believe does efficiently meet the needs of the target audience we were aiming to create the film for , and who we think would enjoy the horror/thriller mixed genre. This film could be ejoyed by people who are simly looking for a thrill or a slightly 'jumpy' film but as we didnt incorporated bloody, or gorish scenes those interested in that type of horror would be dissapointed.

 

John Whitlock (the killer character in our film) *above

 

Jean Baptiste Grenouille is a similar character in the film 'Perfume: The Story Of a Murderer' below*

 
 Perfume had been a silmilar film we have focused of from the very beginning of production as the main characters share many of the same characteristics and role i the films.

Similarities-

- They both are infatuated with women which eventually causes them to commit brutal crimea (although we dont see it the attacks in our film opening)

- Both are set in an old fashioned era so the settings are similar

-They are physically similar; eye colour/hair colour

- They have the same role as a main character in the films

 

Difference-

 

-Diffenet classes so they have a different manner about themselves, and how they hold themselves.

-This is also prominent through costume choice- John is upper class so wears a suit and top hat whereas Jean is lower class so wears dirty ripped material.

-Perfume is set in France, and our film opening is set in England; so accents are different

Evaluation 1: part 2

GENRE AND HOW THE OPENING SUGGESTS IT

The genre of our film opening is a horror thriller hybrid however could also be seen as a gothic variation. We wanted the era and genre of the film to be obvious from the very beginning so we made the choice to edit the colour of the film to a simplistic black and white this creates an image of less advanced technology so would automatically be associated with an old fashioned style, and the setting to be a long time ago. We also made sure that the costumes seemed as authentic as possible so the genre and era can be reflected in costume choice, as compared to modern  clothing the itching we chose  for our characters to wear are not usually seen in everyday society, whereas during the Victorian period the style of clothing we chose would have been what most wore.

HOW CHARACTERS ARE INTRODUCED

The characters are introduced pretty much straight away, and we see them physically; we do not hear about their character beforehand. The main male character is the first character we are introduced to  and  we are focused on his character for a long while before the  female character is introduced. The woman is in fact seen passing through the frame only infusing the male. So the fact that we see him as a priority and she is only a by product almost of our focus being on him shows the hierarchy of character a. We can tell that he is the main character whereas she will just be a fleeting character.

SPECIAL EFFECTS

 In this film opening we didn't include many special effects as the genre doesn't call for it, and it would have looked completely unrealistic and ridiculous, in what is meant to be a gritty gothic thriller set in the Victorian era. However  if we were to have used them, possibly  better lighting would have worked well to get a better stark contrast between dark and light.

Evaluation 1

L1)

In what ways does your media product use, developor challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)

In our film opening we have tried to be as simplistic as possible with certain aspects as the genre of our film is gothic horror, and in a Victorian era. We didn’t want much to distract from the plot.
 

THE TITLE.

 

We chose to call our film opening ‘Chapel Lane’. We did this as it is a common theme with Victorian based media to call it after the place it is set or something of the sort. Eg The popular Victorian crime drama- ‘Ripper Street’.  We liked the title as it incorporates the setting also as it is set in front of a chapel/church. Also the Victorian era was known as a very religious time so it fits in with the conventions of the era as well. And in general horror/thriller films do have some elements of religion; the exorcist, the devil inside… 
 

SETTING/LOCATION.

Our opening is set in a graveyard/church environment. This created an eerie atmosphere, as a lot of other movies of a similar genre also take place in a churchyard. However this did come with some troubles filming as it is a public place, so we had to stop and start filming, to allow passers-by to walk in our shot frame. Specifically, our opening shot is of a church door. We decided to film against an old decrepit church as it fits very well with the conventions of our film. It looks very authentic also as if it were filmed in that era. The door luckily was a heavy oak door, so that slowed down the pace of the shot as it took longer to open etc. The door also had meticulous detail, including a pattern, and many dots on it.This created a darker atmosphere so was a lot easier to film, and also look very good on camera. The style itself is very gothic, and it is not often you come across such a detailed door- so to the audience it is unusual and unfamiliar.

THE COSTUME AND PROPS.

The costume is essential to our film opening. We needed to get the costume right or it would have undermined the whole film opening. In our voxpop we found that our target audience focus on the costume as a main part of a gothic horror. We chose dark colours and old fashioned style. The man wore a top hat and smart suit whereas the girl wore a dress and hooded cloak.. Some props we used were the hand mirror for the end  scene, and we also used cigarettes to shoot a certain scene of him smoking. Smoking was very popular at the time so links to the era, and also is generally seen as quit e a mysterious/ moody thing to  do. But we couldn't get any cigars which would have been preferable as the ones we used were a lot more modern that what would have been available at the time. 
 

CAMERA WORK/EDITING.
 

In general I believe that our camera work was very good, but we did have to allow for some interference as we were again,filming in a public place, and also had the wind to deal with.This cause some of the shots to be slightly shaky, but in the point of view shots we incorporated I think that was a happy coincidence and looked quite good not completely still. We also took into consideration how it is going to look to the audience; who don’t know the plot at all for example: At the beginning we have the main character come through the door; this adds a sense of mystery, as we don’t know what to expect of him yet, we haven’t got a feel of his character. From a completely objective point of view we don’t know if he will be the protagonist of victim. When it came to editing we changed the saturation and colour of the film to make it black and white- we thought that this made the film opening more old fashioned and believable as if it were filmed at the time. We also had to edit  some non-diegetic sound over the top. We did this as it is commonly seen in thrillers, and adds to thesuspense of the moment. Although this was previously planned it proved to be a good idea because we didn’t account for background noise, especially in a busy high street. So by muting the diegetic sound to put music over it, we had also stopped any prominent signs of modern life being brought into the frame eg. Cars revving, children screaming, general chatter form church goers…
 

TITLE FONT/STYLE
 

We wanted the title of our film to be a reflection more of the era in which it was set, than the typical thrillers and horrors conventions and codes in relation to titles. As it is set in the Victorian days, we wanted to use beige-y colours to make it seem more ‘vintage like’, and as if it has changed colour due to aging. We also chose a silvery colour to ‘pop’ off the background. This silver colour denotes aspects of class, and a rich life (which our characters have).The font also look like writing on a letter, especially as the writing itself looks hand written, this adds a personal touch so it can draw the audience in as if it were a letter to them especially. We didn’t want to choose such stereotypical colours as black and red because our film isn’t a typical horror/ thriller; there isn’t much gore so the red would be pointless to use as a connotation for blood. And despite the fact that black would have worked, we went against it as it seemed almost too dark to fit in with our film opening.

STORY AND HOW THE OPENING SETS IT UP

In this opening we can immediately tell that it is not set in modern day times and that it is of a different era. We know this through the characters costumes, and the obvious fact that it is in black and white tells the audience that it is meant to be in a time that coloured filming simply did not exist. We also get a feel for the characters and what they are like, and their roles in the plot. We learn that the main male is the ‘baddy’ in the situation and is going to be the one that is crucial to the storyline; the audience follows what he does. The audience also have preconceived ideas of him due to his suit and his high class status, but as the plot goes against what you would expect of this type of character. Any expectations of the plot past the end point are destroyed. The audience knows that he is obsessive, violent, and has obviously ‘stalker-ish’ tendencies.


 

Our Finished Film Opening

This is the end result of our editing. Enjoy our film opening!

Cobble Productions Presents Chapel Lane - 

http://marthaelizahills.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/cobble-productions-presents-chapel-lane.html

 

Billing

In our opening we wanted to incorporate some type of production billing. Maybe of the producing company, and of course of the name of the film. Although we have not yet decided on the names of these, we have been doing alot of research on the types of billing usually found in a film of this type of genre. For example;
From Hell
Perfume,
Sherlock Holmes.

Music- Final Choice

During the editing process we also found the music that we are going to use to go over he top of our film. One of the problems we had with finding music was that it was either too dark and gothic or it's too sad sounding or fairytale like. The music we have now is an orchestral piece, using mostly string instruments which adds to the codes and conventions of thrillers- so worked very well. However begins with a single piano to create atmosphere and an eerie feeling.

To obtain the music off of youtube; we had to message the composer of the piece. This was crucial as we had to get permission because of  copyright issues.

Editing Our Film

We have began to edit the film we have done so far- we used a setting of a decrepit church background to add to the Mise en scene. It also goes with the codes and conventions of a gothic thriller.  Our actor wore a top hat and a black suit jacket to create a sense of mystery about his character which is needed to keep to the plot unambiguous and rather obvious to the audience. To edit this we used iMovie as we already had some previous experience with the software and knew how to use it.

We had changed the saturation of the images to back them black and white to make the film look more authentic as it was set back when coloured film would not have been possible.

We also in some parts had changed the pace to slow down the rate of movement. This added to the tension and increased the level of atmosphere. the audience would be anticipating something bad to happen.

Character Profile #1

Stalker

Name: John Whitlock
Age: 35


Physical Appearance-

• Tall, well built.

• Wears black

• Looks intimidating, and 'creepy'

• Wears suit, and seems respectable 

Role-

This is the main character in the film. He is a mysterious character who has an infatuation with a pretty women he sees. In the opening it shows a piece of paper with women's face on it, suggesting he has either killed or done something to each of these women.

Notes:
-Dont see much of his face
-Mysterious character

Character Profile #2

Victim-

Name: Elizabeth

Age: 20-ish

 

Physical Appearance:

- Dark hair, tied up

-  Pretty, sweet seeming

- Petite frame

- Wealthy, but not vindictive

- Unlike Lady Penelope

Role-

Elizabeth is the victim in the opening. She is the main female character and also the target of John. 

Notes:

• Dark green dress, long and pretty.
• The centre of attention, although not aware of this.
• Naïve, and innocent
• Recieves alot of male attention, and jealous attention from other females there.

Character Profile #3

Lady-

Name: Lady Penelope

Age: 26

Physical Appearance:

- Dark hair, worn up.

- Not particularly attractive, but her upper class background is blatant.

-Seems quite a bit older than 'Maggie'

-Plump, and pompous

Role-

This woman is the accomplice of the main character John. In the opening she gives John a look and a nod of her head across the room at the party towards John to indicate that Elizabeth is his next victim.

Notes:

• She has a really over the top costume, big dress, typical of the victorian era.

• Pearls around neck to show off her obvious wealthy background.

• Hair piled on top of her head.

Character Profile #4

Servant-

Name: Maggie
Age: 24

Physical Appearance:

- Blonde, long hair
-Blue eyes
-Attractive, innocent looking

Role-

Used for mise en scene mostly but is seen moving in background catering to guests. Has an altercation with John.

Notes:

• Carrying a silver tray for guest
• Costume- white shirt backwards, black skirt, pinafore, black shoes and tights, hair tied back. Simple makeup. 

Roles and Responsibility

Roles and reponsiblities during production:

When we first began our research we made sure that we each knew what our roles would be, to avoid confusion or conflict with in the group. We had decided that Issy and I, would take more of a role in the editing side, Martha would work the camera, and Sophie would focus on pre-production. However, we have all mixed roles and helped out with different sections of the production, so responsibilities were evenly spread.

Storyboard

This is the story board that Issy created using help from the group. We did this by first writing out the order of events that were going to be put into the storyboard, and as Issy was assigned this job within the group, she drew it up.

Camera Shots By Genre

This should have been uploaded weeks ago but was still on my drafts..

Thrillers:

• Commonly used a lot of close up shots to allow the audience to purely focus on the face of the (mostly) protagonist, to recognise their facial expressions and maybe even a specific detail about their character?
• Another frequently used shot is an over-the-shoulder shot. This is usually used to create dramatic irony, when we as an audience can see that there is the killer/'baddy' character stood directly behind the protagonist, which they themselves are unaware of.
• This isnt so common but is still used in thrillers to create a dramiatic effect. Extreme closeups of the face (usually on the eyes or mouth) add a sense of mystery if we dont know who the character is, but also makes the audience feel uneasy in a way as to get too close into their 'personal space'.Extreme clos ups can also be used on a particular prop thats important to the story line to highlight its importance, even if the audience dont know it yet. 

 

Social Realism:

• Establishing shot or long shots are used to set a particular scene or to introduce the characters in a less invasive way. .
• -Social realism is soley dependant on the setting to make the film convincing ior otherwise. So many shots do highlight the surroundings to make the audience aware of the characters background and therefore, the way the live their life.
• Point of view shots, allows us to see through the characters eyes, and so makes the audience feel more comfortable with the character and maybe even warm to the character.It allows the audience to feel as if they are there in the scene with the character
• Finally, close ups are often used to focus on the emotion of the characters, especially if they are angry or upset. 

Horror:

• Wide shots are used in horrors more often than in other genres, as the character is often not the main thing happening in the scene for example in the Paranormal Activity series.
• The setting is introduced to us to make use feel more comfortable with the environment, so it is even more effective when something unusual or strange happens.
• It could also highlight the stillness or isolation of a setting; creats a foreboding feel, or suspension. And as noone is in sight the inevitable feeling of helplessness or uselessness is intoduced.
• Wide shots are useful in horrors so the audience can recognise a strange figure but cannot see the face of the intruder- this may be crucial to the plot of the film.
• On the otherhand, close ups are used on the protagonists as it allows us to empathise with them, and see the emotions on their faces. It also builds suspense as we (the audience) cannot see and are not aware of the surroundings.
• Also in some horrors hand held cameras may be used, to give the effect of reality, which therefore makes it more frightening for the viewer as it 'could happen to them'. An example of this would be in the Blair Witch Project.

 

 

 

Similar Films

Our opening we have decided is going to be of a thriller horror genre. We have researched similar films of the same genre and also with similar characters or even of the same time period, to help us with our film opening.
We have found many of these including:

• From Hell
• Jack the Ripper documentaries
• Perfume
• Pride and Prejudice- to help us with costume and makeup
• Sherlock Holmes (same era)

We will use these as a source for the types of costumes to provide for our actors, typical camera shots/effects we could use, and the type of setting we need to make sure we follow the conventions of the genre.

Costume, Hair and Makeup

Due to the voxpop we had created, we felt alot more certain with what we should do with means to costume and hair/makeup. As our film opening is in a gothic era, we ahve to make the costume/ make up mise en scene as realistic as possible, but still within the brief of gothic/victorian. It is crucial that the audience believe in the story and we get the miss en scene spot on. So we researched the kind of hairstyles and dresses, and makeup that they would have worn in that era. We researched by watching some clips of movies from the same era and took down notes on the costumes, and also simple searched the internet for ideas.

HAIRSTYLES-

The actor we are using for the role of the girl in our opening has quit short hair, so this in turn affected the desicions we made on hairstyles. We thought that we should have her hair in an undo, as it would be eaiser to handle with her hair length, and was also very popular at the time we are trying to portray.
We will try and mimic the hairstyles below as we agreed that these would look the best.

MAKEUP-

As in the victorian era, make up wasn't so common, we thought that simple makeup was the way to go. Also if we did use dark makeup, her feature wouldn't  have picked up as well on camera. Because the girl is the victim in the opening, we wanted her to seem pure and innocent so that the audience would empathise with her even more. And again, examples below..

COSTUME-

The character is the film opening are both upper class, and we needed to portray this through the outfits as there is limited speech in the script. We wanted them to look as authentic as possible as use quite dark colours, as it would seem more 'gothic-y'

Woman:


Man:

Film Schedule

 This is the film schedule we created, and will had to all involved before filming to let them know the timings we are following during the day of filming.

Script

KEY:-   DS - diegetic sound                    
            POV - point of view                   
            SRS - shot reverse shot            
            LS - long shot
            MS - mid-shot
            WS - wide shot
            CU - close-up
            ECU - extreme close-up
            TS - tracking shot
 (DS) Music begins to play - fades in from titles to the man opening doors - view of party scene in the background. The time of day is at dusk.
MAN:- (POV) he opens doors.
          - (SRS / LS) party scene in background - man walks through the doors.
          - (MS) he continues walking outside then stops.
          - (WS) he reaches into his pocket and takes out his cigarettes.
          - (CU) he brings cigarette up to his mouth.
          - (ECU / CU) he lights cigarette then inhales.
          - (MS) he exhales and the billing shows up, emerging from the smoke.
(DS) footsteps of the girl is heard by the man.
          - (CU) side of his face looks up and the eyes are fixed on the girl.
GIRL:- (MS) from the waist down the girls skirt is seen walking around the corner of a street.
MAN:- (LS) he drops his cigarette on the floor.
          - (CU) cigarette falls into shot and his feet slowly stubs out the ciggerette and he turns to walk away.
      
GIRL:- (LS / TS from side) she walks down the street and stands under a street lamp, leanig against it.
          - (MS) she starts to warm herself up by rubbing both her arms, whilst looking around impatiently at the clock.
MAN:- (LS) he starts to walk down the street then suddenly stops and reaches into his pocket and pulls out a piece of rough paper.
          - (CU) on the paper that has pictures of girls faces on it, each crossed out apart from one, which he gently puts his finger on.
          - (LS) he puts the paper back in his pocket and continues walking.
          - (TS from front) he continues walking and reaches the corner of the street.
          - (CU) half of his face is behind he  corner of the wall and the other half is shown, looking towards the girl.
GIRL:- (MS) she looks into her hand-mirror to powder her nose.
          - (CU) she tilts the mirror slightly to one side and sees the man behind her.
          - (MS) out of fright she drops the mirror.
(CU / TS) mirror falls to the ground. (slow motion)
(BLACKOUT)
(FADES IN)

*This is an extra section in preparation for if after editing the script above comes up short of time*

MAN 2:  - (LS) he is on a horse and is looking for his wife and calling her name, 'Beatrice'.
             - (CU) of his face looking worried.
             - (LS) he looks over and sees the mirror lying on the floor, then suddenly jumps off the horse.
             - (CU) of mirror on the floor, then his hand moves into shot to pick it up.
             - (CU) of his face in the broken mirror.
             - (LS) of him jumping back on his horse and galloping into the distance.
(BLACKOUT)

Music

 We have been searching for some non-diagetic sound to place on top of the scene to create tension, and emphasise the conventions of the genre.
We firstly searched copy right free sources mostly eg. freeplaymusic.com

From this source we have found many potential music choices to use in our film opening.
Such as: Abandoned Infirmary.
http://www.freeplaymusic.com/search.aspx?q=horror

We have also looked at classical/romantic pieces and symphonies to use as they were of the era we have set our film opening. However we decided that these were almost too well known, so could be off putting to the audience, and become a more focal part of the scenes rather than a subconcious way to create an atmosphere.

We also discussed using more modern sounding music instead- but as this music was not played at the same time as in the film opening we decided against it as they are of two completely different genres.

We decided we wanted our music to be collective of proper intruments (no synth or effects eg. reverb), and as if they were of the time set. We decided that we liked the eerie-ness and mystery of the violin, so are still looking for a hopefully copyright clip we could use that fufils these needs.

Filming Times

In our groups we have decided the timing and order that we we film in. They run as;

4:30-5:00    Costume/Hair/Make-up

5:00-5:30    Rough run through of scene (as to get actors comfortable with positioning, and to finalise            

 camera angles etc.

5:30-6:30   Filming commences

*A filming schedule to follow
               

Voxpop

After deciding in our group that we wanted to create a horror/thriller. We put together a voxpop, asking questions based around the genre of horror/thriller. This voxpop has helped us with the creation of our film opening, and we have taken the answers given to us into account whilst planning the plot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQxS1reAgPA - This is our finished voxpop we had created, and has proved very useful with our ideas for the film opening.

Horror- Film opening

• Uses mystery
• Harsh lighting/little lighting (dark)
• Suspence/tension
• Jumpy/'edge of seat' feel
• Dark and mysterious music added
• Background such as the 'Exorcist'

Analysis of film openings

Title-

• What font is used?
• What colours are used? Do these follow our expectations of the genre? or subvert them?
• How long/short are the titles?
• Do they use billing? If so/not, why?

Codes and conventions-

• Does the mise en scene reveal the era of the film? the plot?characters? the genre?..
• Does the sound add to the film? Does the music reveal the mood or tone?
• Is it diagetic or not?
• How does the lighting add to the atmosphere?
• Characters; their facial expression? body language? their costume?

Camera Angles-

• Establishing shot
• Close up
• Medium shot
• Wide shot
• Over the shoulder shot
• Extreme close up
• What effect do these have on the audience?
• Why and when are they used?

Script-

• Does it use foreshadowing?
• Is there alot of dialogue?or little?
• What do we learn about the characters?