Monday, 9 May 2011
Assessment 9 Screengrabs
This is a screen shot taken from the 2010 remake of the horror classic a nightmare on elm street. As shown here one of the main scenes is an abandoned warehouse as similar with ours we have used. We used this film as inspiration for locations.
As shown from here is a screen shot from the original horror classic The exorcist. What is shown here is the lighting that is used with the little girl possessed by the devil and this is something we had tried to incorporate within out footage when the cult leader is within our female characters bedroom.
The Wicker man remake screen shot is shown above and this is were our inspiration for our cult came from. As shown from this shot you can see the cult carrying the victim ready for the sacrifice as within our video.
Assessment 9 Software
Within our product we have used the editing Program Final Cut HD. This allowed us to improve upon editing skills and create a much more advanced product.
Assessment 8
Within our opening sequence we will only be having 3 different scenes.
The first scene that will be shown will be of our female character within her bedroom firstly sat upon the bed making a phone call discussing the dreams and headaches she keeps having.
From here the audience is taking to another scene that is a quiet street. It Is this scene where our female character is kidnapped and placed into the boot of the car which drives off to our final scene.
The final scene is within an abandoned factory outside of the rural area. This factory is the scene showing the cults place of worship. The female character will be taken inside the factor from outside and brought in by members of the cult until the cult leaders points them into where he wants her.
The audience is then taken back to the female characters bedroom where she awakes from her dream.
Logo
As shown here this is the logo that we have created for our company Z-Films. We have used an area of horror to create a logo for a company that seems to base itself with horror movie using some semiotics to relate to horror with the red and black colour scheme.
Thursday, 5 May 2011
Assessment 6
Actors
Matthew Pounder - The leader of the cult. He wears a black robe with a hood on so it covers his face. This makes his identity unknown to the victim and the viewers. Every-time he appears on camera the shot is blurred to mask his identity even further and to create a sense of hysteria.
Catherine Bacon - The victim in the video. Shes play the typical stereotypical woman in horror movies. She also fits in with the blonde femme fatal. Through-out the video she is unaware of why she is getting targeted and who the people are.
Jake Boarder, Lee Porritt and Craig Harman - Are members of the cult. They wear all black to match the leader with their hood up to try and hide some of their identity. There is a clear divide between the leader and the members.
Props:
Car
Candles
Cloak
Chalk
Dark Colour clothing
Costume for the dream- when the victim had a dream the cult members were all wearing black and the female was wear a dress.
Location
We filmed most of the video at a abandoned warehouse in Greatham. This was the scene for the the final location of the victim and were the summoning happened. Due to it being abandoned and run down it was a perfect place for something like this to happen. This created great mise en scene for us. We filmed the kidnapping at a place in South fens this was due to a isolated area for easy filming and better mise en scene. We filmed the victim in their bedroom because it matches the mise en scene of a typical female with a bedroom full of posters of male movie stars and picture of friends. We used this because most teenage girls find safety within their room and we wanted to create a sense of true fear.
Matthew Pounder - The leader of the cult. He wears a black robe with a hood on so it covers his face. This makes his identity unknown to the victim and the viewers. Every-time he appears on camera the shot is blurred to mask his identity even further and to create a sense of hysteria.
Catherine Bacon - The victim in the video. Shes play the typical stereotypical woman in horror movies. She also fits in with the blonde femme fatal. Through-out the video she is unaware of why she is getting targeted and who the people are.
Jake Boarder, Lee Porritt and Craig Harman - Are members of the cult. They wear all black to match the leader with their hood up to try and hide some of their identity. There is a clear divide between the leader and the members.
Props:
Car
Candles
Cloak
Chalk
Dark Colour clothing
Costume for the dream- when the victim had a dream the cult members were all wearing black and the female was wear a dress.
Location
We filmed most of the video at a abandoned warehouse in Greatham. This was the scene for the the final location of the victim and were the summoning happened. Due to it being abandoned and run down it was a perfect place for something like this to happen. This created great mise en scene for us. We filmed the kidnapping at a place in South fens this was due to a isolated area for easy filming and better mise en scene. We filmed the victim in their bedroom because it matches the mise en scene of a typical female with a bedroom full of posters of male movie stars and picture of friends. We used this because most teenage girls find safety within their room and we wanted to create a sense of true fear.
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Assessment 5
Plot Synopsis
The Femme fatal, played by Catherine Bacon, is having a nightmare linked with a cult in an abandoned warehouse with the devils summoning as the key focus. The Femme Fatal is the sacrifice as provided by the minions of what appear to be a cult leader. This cult is vastly growing as many people are going missing the ring leader appears with enigmas appearing throughout the entire plot using the leader in a cloak as a mystery with the warehouse and the ritual.
Opening Sequences
Our opening sequence will start with our female character dreaming about the current plot line in which this devil style cult is after her after her several hallucinations about them and their place or worship. This starts with the female character in her bedroom calling a friend telling her about these dreams and hallucinations. From here flashbacks are shown of the headache flashbacks the female character is receiving followed by a flashback of the dream she just had in which she is kidnapped forcing her eventually to wake up in a panic.
Audience
For our audience we are trying to aim for a an age group of 15-25 and this is due to the plot we are creating. We are using as an original plot line classic horror stereo types from the 1960's era for the film to create a much greater sense of fear. however we are also incorporating flashbacks and dreams that are seen from the 80's onwards within horror to also immerse the audience into a false sense of fear when they next dream. With the primary audience being 15-25 for horror we have decided to not challenge this to ensure popularity and keep with many appealing teen trends such as the many posters that are present within our female characters room in which many teen girls would relate to.
Creative Techniques
From our previous AS media work we had clearly been shown that we did not incorporate a wide variety of shot or much movement from the camera so we have planned this time to ensure that these are met. With our camera work we have developed and know now from any shot that we are filming we should also have multiple shot angles to ensure the audience can see a wide variety of camera movements. With this we are also ensuring that there will be a wider variety of shots from many different angles so that the audience is not bored of the same single shot being shown for too long. Previously we used iMovie to create a project but to ensure that we have a much more variety of shots we will be using Final Cut HD to allow for much more advanced editing for a much more advanced project.
The Femme fatal, played by Catherine Bacon, is having a nightmare linked with a cult in an abandoned warehouse with the devils summoning as the key focus. The Femme Fatal is the sacrifice as provided by the minions of what appear to be a cult leader. This cult is vastly growing as many people are going missing the ring leader appears with enigmas appearing throughout the entire plot using the leader in a cloak as a mystery with the warehouse and the ritual.
Opening Sequences
Our opening sequence will start with our female character dreaming about the current plot line in which this devil style cult is after her after her several hallucinations about them and their place or worship. This starts with the female character in her bedroom calling a friend telling her about these dreams and hallucinations. From here flashbacks are shown of the headache flashbacks the female character is receiving followed by a flashback of the dream she just had in which she is kidnapped forcing her eventually to wake up in a panic.
Audience
For our audience we are trying to aim for a an age group of 15-25 and this is due to the plot we are creating. We are using as an original plot line classic horror stereo types from the 1960's era for the film to create a much greater sense of fear. however we are also incorporating flashbacks and dreams that are seen from the 80's onwards within horror to also immerse the audience into a false sense of fear when they next dream. With the primary audience being 15-25 for horror we have decided to not challenge this to ensure popularity and keep with many appealing teen trends such as the many posters that are present within our female characters room in which many teen girls would relate to.
Creative Techniques
From our previous AS media work we had clearly been shown that we did not incorporate a wide variety of shot or much movement from the camera so we have planned this time to ensure that these are met. With our camera work we have developed and know now from any shot that we are filming we should also have multiple shot angles to ensure the audience can see a wide variety of camera movements. With this we are also ensuring that there will be a wider variety of shots from many different angles so that the audience is not bored of the same single shot being shown for too long. Previously we used iMovie to create a project but to ensure that we have a much more variety of shots we will be using Final Cut HD to allow for much more advanced editing for a much more advanced project.
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