Monday, April 7, 2014

Evaluation - Question 7

Comparison: Preliminary V Main Task



VS.
 
 


When we created the Prelimiary Task it was our first experience of using the software Adobe Pemier Elements and using the camera. This ment our editing was very basic, although we did use match on match action and the 180 degree rule. Our camera shots were also very basic as we only used shots such as mid-shots, long shot, close up ect.
Also because this was the first time of using Adobe Premier Elements we wasnt too sure on how to increase the sound of the clips and fade in and out the music. Therefore the the music just stopped quite abruptly and the sound of the characters speaking wa very quite. However in our main task we played around with the adobe software and learnt how to fade in music and have music playing in the background.
We struggled using the portable microphone, for our preliminary task, as the first time we recorded it recorded with no sound. So we recorded it a second time but with the camera microphone. We had learnt from this and when it came to the main task, we made sure there was sound when using both microphones.

Evaluation - Question6

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

During the time i've been planning, filming and editing, i've come across many different programs and equipment. I've learnt how to use Adobe Premiere Elements with little help, mainly from my own research. I am now more confident with editing and have learnt lot of useful skills. I've learnt how to create titles, editing the colouring of the clip and with continuity editing.
One of the main pieces of equipment i had to learn to use was the camera. I had to learn how to position the camera, focus and zoom. I have also learnt the 180-degree rule and the effect of this.

When filiming the clown jumping infront of the window we had to think about the positioning of the camera because the reflecion of the class ment we could see the camera in the shot. However we got around this by having the camera at a certain angle so it did not appear in the reflection.
Skills i have developed are how to edit clips, cut them and make the speed up/slowdown. I've also learnt how to use a camera and zoom in and out on the camera, while using a variety of different shots. I have developed editing skills on the Adobe Premier Elements software. Ive learnt how to insert music into the clips and to fade the music. However i do need to practice editing more as i still could improve on my editing skills. I ave also learnt how to use a camera and where to place the camera to get the best shot.

Evaluation - Question5


How did you attract/address your audience?



Genre Conventions

Genre Conventions attracts our audience. There are several genre conventions we have used in our film, our clip focuses mainly on a clown which are commonly known as innocent and playful but are represented as dark and twisted in our opening titles. This would attract our audience (15+) because they're intrigued what happens and perhaps if the clown had a motive to kill.

Use of Music

Our use of music and sound is sadistic which links to the Production Company of our film, 'Sadistic Studios'. The sounds/music in our opening titles attracts our audience as it sets up the atmosphere of the film and makes them want to know more. Also the sounds we used, like the clowns laugh, came across as very creepy and sinister, emphasizing the horror genre.

Similarities with other movies

A main part of our film is the ending when the clown pops the balloon, with a knife, near he girls face. In the film ‘IT’, which is focused on a clown, have a scene where the clown pops balloons in front of people and when he pops them blood squirts all over the persons face.



I think all of these points contribute to the Unique Selling Point.

Evaluation - Question4

Who would be the audience for your media product?
Age

We have put our age rating as 15+ which means that the target audience is no one less than 15 years old, but anyone aged 15 and over can watch it. The target audience age is older teenagers and young adults that enjoy the horror genre. I would enjoy this sort of film, as i am 17 and like watching horror films. However i would tend to wach horrors with a group of friends.
Gender
The target gender for this product isnt specifically aimed at a certain gender as it's meant for both. Males could find this film more interesting than girls might because of the gore in the film. Its also very jumpy so boys would be more likely to watch with a group of mates, compared to a group of girls.
 
 
 
Class

John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett in the Class Sketch The class that i think this product is focused on is the C/D/E social class category and it would attract occupations such as builders, shop workers etc. The 'lower-class' may be more attracted to this type of film as the characters in the film have similar social status as the viewers. Also'upper-class' may find the film to have a lack of intellectual design.
 


 
As you can see from my questionnaire the younger ages seem to all watch horror films often.

Sunday, April 6, 2014

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Friday, March 21, 2014

Talking about Horror



I watched a video of a man talking about the horror genre to understand the horror genre more and how horror movies are edited to make them more scary. He talks about the different camera angles used in horror films to make then seem alot scarier. I got inspiration from this video for my opening titles to see ways in which I could use camera angles to make it like a 'real' horror film.

Editing our Opening Titles

This is a screenshot we took when we was moving all our clips around to put in the right place before we edited them.



We wanted to make this shot so it was sped up, so the pouring of the liquid could all fit in. We did this by right clicking on the clip and clicking on 'Time Stretch' then changing the percentage to a lower number than 100% to slow the speed. To make a clip faster you had to increase the percentage.



In this screenshot we was trimming the shot to make it cut off before she screamed, so we could then add the title of the film and have a non-diagetic scream over the top.




 

Here are some pictures of us editing our Opening Titles.

Sound

These were all the sound files we used in our opening titles.


The website we used to get these sounds (they were copyright free) is https://www.freesound.org/ 

Filming Schedule


Thursday, March 20, 2014

Iconic Horror Directors

George Romero
George Romero is an American-Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter and editor. He is best known for his series of gruesome and humorous horror films about a hypothetical zombie apocalypse, beginning with Night of the Living Dead.


Sam Raimi
Samuel Raimi is an American film director, producer, writer and actor, famous for directing the cult horror comedy Evil Dead series, the superhero film Darkman, and the Spider-Man trilogy.

Tobe Hooper
William Tobe Hooper is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work in the horror film genre. His 1974 film, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, was described as "one of the most influential films ever made".


































 


History of Horrors

New horror films always get ideas from old films all the time but just use a mix of subgenres and new techniques to make something for the culture of today.

Horror Films in the Silent Era

Silent films became very popular around the 1930's. It was from Gothic literature that the first horror films found inspiration. The genre was popular in both books and theater at the time. The term horror did not come into use for film until the 1930s but filmmakers and film goers showed an interest in the macabre which is shown in this clip of a “Spook Tale” from 1895 created by the Lumiere brothers.




In 1896 Georges Méliès created what is considered to be the first horror film ever made..
The Manor of the Devil” – with bats, castles, trolls, ghosts, and a demon







I found this information and videos from this website:
http://filmmakeriq.com/lessons/a-brief-history-of-horror/


When horror started to get scary





The late 1900's




Raw Footage



This is our raw footage. This was before we added effects, sound and text.

Filming

 
Here is me filming kayleigh, while joe is recording us explaining what is going on.

Monday, February 3, 2014

Production Company Logo

 
This is the logo of the production company we have created. The colours we used for our logo is red and black, to show danger . The use of these colours is interesting as black is a very dull and dark colour, whereas red is a bright colour. Also these are colours a clown would wear. The name sadistic studios is to emphasise the fact its to do with horror, as sadistic means getting pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.

Filming Our Opening Tiles

When we starting filming the first night, after a few hours of recording the camera battery ran out so we couldnt continue. When we then watched the clips we recorded, when we were back at school, they wasnt very good and what we expecting. The shots outside were too dark and the sound wasnt very loud on some of the clips. So we then decided to re film it all again, as the continuity wasnt good either as we moved things in different places while recorded and it didnt run smoothly.
This was us filming outside. We had trouble with the lighting as the first time we recorded, when we played it back to ourselfs we noticed that we couldnt see the shot very clearly. Because of this we re-recorded the outside shots and used torches and phone flash lights to brighten the shot, so we could see more clearly.
 
 


 
This was us recording the inside shots of kayleigh washing up. We took various different types of shots at different angles. We noticed in a few of the shots we could see the camera and us recording in the reflection of the window, so we had to record the shots again making sure we culd ot see us in the reflection with the camera.



We had to keep everything the same in the shots so the continuity was the same throughout. However we made a mistake of leaving the microphone in one of the shots, so we had to re-record these shots.
 

 
Me ad Joe took it in turns to record kayleigh for the inside shots.

 
So we could get the microphone near kayleigh to pick up her speaking on the phone clearly, we had to improvise and put the microphone on the end of a stick to get quality sound.




Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Our Font For Our Title Sequence

This titles is the font we have chosen to use for our opening.





We have chosen this font because it looks like a circus kind of font and its unusual. We also put it in red as it represents blood and gives a mysterious feel for the audience.


Font Analysis


http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-evil-dead-trilogy/


The font for the title sequence of this horror film is linked well with the theme of horror. The font is very rough and jagged, asif bits of the letters are missing (as letters are normally blocked letters). This is mysterious and could be represtenting how people can go missing and dissapear, which is scary and unpleasant. The colour used, which is red, is associated with blood and anger, these are negative and create a negative feel for the audience. The font also looks like it has been written in blood which is unusual and makes people think of death/murder.

Font Analysis


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We have been looking at different fonts, for ideas for the title for our opening. These fonts are a very unusual shape. The lettering goes from fat to thin on both and its very odd as normal text is normally neat and inproportion. I analysed different types of fonts I thought would be suitable to use in a horror film, and from this research I have started to produce a film title for our opening scene. These fonts i chose look creepy and distorted and that's what we were looking for for our opening titles, something scary and eye catching. We could have added sound effects to make it sound like a child was writing it on a chalkboard. We didnt end up choosing any of these fonts as we found a font that suited our movie a lot better.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Casting photos

Location Shots

Script For Our Title Opening


 “Dead Funny Part i & ii”
By
Joe Gamble, Jemma Johnson
And Kayleigh Rudland
 
 
 
FAde In:
EXT. night scene 1
TRUNCO THE CLOWN approaches the house, walking down road, whilst the young woman is washing up. Until she receives a phone call from Trunco the Clown.
 
EXT. street - night scene 1
Trunco the Clown’s feet are walking at a fast pace through puddles on the pavement with a distinct walk. (5 steps)
EXT. House - night scene 1
THE YOUNG WOMAN is washing up in the sink casually with no urgency or fright.
EXT. street - night scene 1
Trunco the Clown’s feet are walking at a fast pace through puddles on the pavement with a distinct walk. (4 steps)
EXT. House - night scene 1
The camera has zoomed out to the woman washing up and putting away dishes, casually and with no knowing of the clown.
EXT. street - night scene 1
Trunco the Clown’s feet are walking at a fast pace through puddles on the pavement with a distinct walk. (3 steps)
EXT. House - night scene 1
The young woman is still washing dishes casually, looking at herself in the window and possibly whistling or singing/humming.
EXT. street - night scene 1
Trunco the Clown’s feet are walking at a fast pace through puddles on the pavement with a distinct walk. (2 steps)
EXT. House - night scene 1
The young woman is putting dishes in the drawer.
EXT. street - night scene 1
Trunco The Clown’s feet are walking at a fast pace through puddles on the pavement with a distinct walk. (1 steps)
EXT. House - night scene 1
The woman’s mobile phone starts ringing.
 
scene 2   
INT. THe womans house. night.          
THE CLOWN rings THE WOMAN and THE WOMAN puts the phone down. The radio then turns on and is playing an old song which is saying ‘send in the clowns’. THE WOMAN is getting more and more on edge, then the doorbell rings.
Voice- THE clown
(Over the phone)
          Do you want a balloon?
 
THE WOMAN
Umm..no?
 
Voice- THE clown
*chuckles*
I know you want a balloon.
 
the woman
No, I do not want a balloon. Leave me alone.
          (puts down the phone)
 
EXT. House - night scene 4
The radio begins to falter and turns to the song ‘Send in the Clowns’. The woman tries to fix the radio, bending down struggling. The clown appears at the window suddenly, yet the woman doesn’t see.
 
SCENE 5  
INT. THE WOMANS HOUSE. NIGHT.
THE CLOWN rings the doorbell and THE WOMAN opens it, but when she looks no one is there. She then goes out of the door to look around to see if she can see anyone.
THE WOMAN
(opens door, looks around to see who knocked)
THE WOMEN
(goes outside to see if she can see anyone)
EXT. OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE. NIGHT.
After doing this she sees a red balloon that THE CLOWN has left outside (but she doesn’t know who it was left by). THE WOMAN goes over to get the balloon, after she has got it the balloon then pops, and it is filled with blood, after the balloon has popped THE CLOWN then pops up suddenly behind THE WOMAN, without her realizing.
THE WOMAN
(picks up balloon, looks mysteriously at it)(the balloon pops)
The Woman
(screams)
VOICE- CLOWN
(laughs)
 
FAde Out:
The End