CAMERA MOVEMENT
We will need to consider different cuts between scenes, going from one shot to another one or to move the camera with an action when filming our horror opening this will allow us to add different affects and to make our horror opening look proffesional, there are six different camera shots that we could use when filming these are:
PANS - This is a moovement that allows the camera to moove horizontally, this moovements would be used to film a mooving object
TILTS - This is a moovement that mooves vertically
TRACKING SHOTS - This is when a camera is placed on a moving vehicle and moves alongside the action, generally following a moving figure or object.
HAND - HELD SHOTS - This moovement can make the audience feel as though they are part of a scene, rather than viewing it from a detached, frozen position.
CRANE SHOT - This is when a camera is placed on a crane and is a useful way of moving a camera - it can move up, down, left, right, swooping in on action or moving diagonally out of it.
ARIEL SHOT - This moovment is usually from an helicopter and is usually at the start of to film to show the setting, a helicopter can go anywhere, keep up with anything, move in and out of a scene, and convey real drama.
Thursday, 22 March 2012
Camera Angles
CAMERA ANGLES
we will have to consider different camera angles when filming our horror opening to demonstrate different aspects of the setting, theme and the charachters, we will have to make sure that the angle that we film from is the right one for the pirtucular scene.
BIRDS EYE ANGLE - This angle is often used as an establishing angle, along with an extreme long shot, this shows the setting.
HIGHT ANGLE - This angle demonstrates a perspective of a particular character, and a feeling of power.
EYE LINE MATCH - This angle allows viewers to feel comfortable with the charachters
LOW ANGLE - The angle and makes a character look more powerful. This can make the audience feel vulnerable and small by looking up at the character.
we will have to consider different camera angles when filming our horror opening to demonstrate different aspects of the setting, theme and the charachters, we will have to make sure that the angle that we film from is the right one for the pirtucular scene.
BIRDS EYE ANGLE - This angle is often used as an establishing angle, along with an extreme long shot, this shows the setting.
HIGHT ANGLE - This angle demonstrates a perspective of a particular character, and a feeling of power.
EYE LINE MATCH - This angle allows viewers to feel comfortable with the charachters
LOW ANGLE - The angle and makes a character look more powerful. This can make the audience feel vulnerable and small by looking up at the character.
Camera Shots
CAMERA SHOTS - A camera shot is the amount of space that is seen in one shot or frame, this demonstrates different aspects of a films setting, charachters and themes.
we will have to consider different camera shots when filming our horror moovie.
EXTREME LONG SHOT - is often used at the beginning of a scene or a film to establish general location
LONG SHOT - shows the viewers the building where the action will take place.
FULL SHOT - Allows viewers to see what charachters are wearing and to help demonstrate the relationship betweet charachters.
MID SHOT- allows viewers t see the characters' faces more clearly as well as their interaction with other characters.
CLOSE UP - shows charachters expressions andenables viewers to understand the actor's emotions
EXTREME CLOSE UP - this creates an intense mood and provides interaction between the audience and the viewer.
we will have to consider different camera shots when filming our horror moovie.
EXTREME LONG SHOT - is often used at the beginning of a scene or a film to establish general location
LONG SHOT - shows the viewers the building where the action will take place.
FULL SHOT - Allows viewers to see what charachters are wearing and to help demonstrate the relationship betweet charachters.
MID SHOT- allows viewers t see the characters' faces more clearly as well as their interaction with other characters.
CLOSE UP - shows charachters expressions andenables viewers to understand the actor's emotions
EXTREME CLOSE UP - this creates an intense mood and provides interaction between the audience and the viewer.
Filming
2nd DAY OF FILMING
Today we will be filming in stains again. As we have changed our initial idea we will be filming inside rather than outside as it would be easiar. we will be filming in five different areas in and around the house, the bedroom, the living room,kitchen,attic and the garage.
Today we will be filming in stains again. As we have changed our initial idea we will be filming inside rather than outside as it would be easiar. we will be filming in five different areas in and around the house, the bedroom, the living room,kitchen,attic and the garage.
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
New Idea
New film idea
Characters:
Riess
Bilal
Ollie
We decided to use less people in our film opening as it will be easier to interact with each other as there will be less lines to write and learn. By using less people i think that we can do our filming without every one mucking around and laughing.
Location:
We are still going to film in my house but we are going to film in my house.
When we tried to film in the garden in the night the camera was not picking up light very well and we didn't think that it would be a wise to film at night outside.
New Plot:
We have changed our film opening, we are going to start the filming in my room, the first shot will show the three characters in a room watching TV and on the computer, after a short while the front door will bang, One of the characters will go down stairs to checkout who it is, they will go to the front door and open it but there wont be any one there.
He goes back up stairs and the other actors will ask him who it was and as he about to reply the door will bang again, the door will continue to bang as he is walking down the stairs and he will see a silhouette of a man standing by the door, when he opens the door there is no one there.
He then goes into the kitchen to check the back door is locked and when he turns around one of his friends are standing behind him and he gets scared and jumps. All three of the friends are standing in the kitchen when they hear creaking up stairs. they go to check it out when they hear the door in the back room is banging and open, they then realise that something is happening. they slowly walk up stairs into the room where the creaking was and there is no one in there.
The front door then slams shut and they run into the bedroom at the front of the house and they look outside of the window and they see a man standing in front of the house and they don't know how to react.
Characters:
Riess
Bilal
Ollie
We decided to use less people in our film opening as it will be easier to interact with each other as there will be less lines to write and learn. By using less people i think that we can do our filming without every one mucking around and laughing.
Location:
We are still going to film in my house but we are going to film in my house.
When we tried to film in the garden in the night the camera was not picking up light very well and we didn't think that it would be a wise to film at night outside.
New Plot:
We have changed our film opening, we are going to start the filming in my room, the first shot will show the three characters in a room watching TV and on the computer, after a short while the front door will bang, One of the characters will go down stairs to checkout who it is, they will go to the front door and open it but there wont be any one there.
He goes back up stairs and the other actors will ask him who it was and as he about to reply the door will bang again, the door will continue to bang as he is walking down the stairs and he will see a silhouette of a man standing by the door, when he opens the door there is no one there.
He then goes into the kitchen to check the back door is locked and when he turns around one of his friends are standing behind him and he gets scared and jumps. All three of the friends are standing in the kitchen when they hear creaking up stairs. they go to check it out when they hear the door in the back room is banging and open, they then realise that something is happening. they slowly walk up stairs into the room where the creaking was and there is no one in there.
The front door then slams shut and they run into the bedroom at the front of the house and they look outside of the window and they see a man standing in front of the house and they don't know how to react.
Monday, 19 March 2012
actors in our horror movie
actors in our horror movie
There will be 5 actors in our horror movie, who are all the main characters, we chose people from our school who are generally good at acting. the actors we chose are:
Kyle Urbanski
Haroon Awan
Ollie pipper
we chose these people to act in our movie, as they live nearby and it would be easiar to film outside school hours.
There will be 5 actors in our horror movie, who are all the main characters, we chose people from our school who are generally good at acting. the actors we chose are:
Kyle Urbanski
Haroon Awan
Ollie pipper
we chose these people to act in our movie, as they live nearby and it would be easiar to film outside school hours.
pitch presentation feedback
PITCH PRESENTATION FEEDBACK
FEEDBACK
1) Initinail idea is good and well explained
2) need to make sure that filming in the dark will be okay
3) interactions with dog, to make it listen when needed
FEEDBACK
1) Initinail idea is good and well explained
2) need to make sure that filming in the dark will be okay
3) interactions with dog, to make it listen when needed
Filming
1ST DAY OF FILMING
We will be filming in stains, at night time we will be filming the 4 main shots for our short film.
We need to make sure that it is not to dark to be able to film and we also need to use lighing in order to film during night.
We will be filming in stains, at night time we will be filming the 4 main shots for our short film.
We need to make sure that it is not to dark to be able to film and we also need to use lighing in order to film during night.
Friday, 16 March 2012
Midnight Production Logo
This is our production logo, we chose Midnight Productions as our production name as it suited our horror theme. We came up with the logo design linking wolfs with midnight and the moon.
On the moon in the background i used two effects, colour overlay and gradient overlay, we also added text to sit on top of the moon and we used the warp text tool and used the arc style to get the text to follow the shape of the moon.
Saturday, 10 March 2012
Audience Profile
AUDIENCE PROFILE
Research
What is their age group? Age - 15-24
Secondary Research
For our secondary research, in order to find out more about who our target audience is we used Pearl and Dean,this is a website that shows who the target audience was for different movies and different genres. We wanted to know the target audience for a horror. The first movie we looked at is 'The Wolfman', we found out that horror movie was most popular by people aged 15-24, we also found out that the horror films are mainly watched by males and that they where mainly students. The second film that we looked at is 'Paranormal Activity, We found out that the age group was the same as 'The Wolfman', and also that males watch horror films more and that they where mainly students. This shows us that the main target audience for our horror movie would be males who are aged between 15-24.
Research
What is their age group? Age - 15-24
What is the gender ratio? Male
What are their hobbies/interests? Parties,
socialising,fashion,sports,music, (rap,grime,dustup
Which area do they live? near busy town (windsor/slough)
socialising,fashion,sports,music, (rap,grime,dustup
Which area do they live? near busy town (windsor/slough)
What is their occupation? School,College,work part time
What is their social status? Enjoy going out with mates,
partying, going to raves
What is their economic status?Getting money from parents,or have part time job(minimum wage)
partying, going to raves
What is their economic status?Getting money from parents,or have part time job(minimum wage)
Primary Research
For our primary research, to find out what type of people would best suit the audience of our horror film we did various questionnaires and surveys to people of different ages. From our results we found out that mainly young people aged 15+ enjoyed watching horror films, we found out that these people where mainly males who either where still in school or had jobs.
Secondary Research
For our secondary research, in order to find out more about who our target audience is we used Pearl and Dean,this is a website that shows who the target audience was for different movies and different genres. We wanted to know the target audience for a horror. The first movie we looked at is 'The Wolfman', we found out that horror movie was most popular by people aged 15-24, we also found out that the horror films are mainly watched by males and that they where mainly students. The second film that we looked at is 'Paranormal Activity, We found out that the age group was the same as 'The Wolfman', and also that males watch horror films more and that they where mainly students. This shows us that the main target audience for our horror movie would be males who are aged between 15-24.
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Comparing Two Thriller Openings
Comparing Two Thriller Opening Sequences - Inception, Memento
Conventions used in Memento opening -
The opening has a crime being that, the main character of the film has just commited a murder but then forgotten that he has. This gives the audience an idea of what the film will be about. (his memory problems) This opening makes the audience question why the main character murdered the person and also why one of the supporting characters lied to him. (they said that they didn't know them when they did.) The protagonist is dis-empowered being that he has a memory problem and so other characters can take advantage of him.This also means that the antagonist can exploit this.
Conventions used in Inception opening -
There is a crime at the core of the narrative being that the protagonist and his friend are trying to steal (exract) information from another character. The opening makes the audience ask questions such as, 'how are they in a dream?' or 'how are they going to steal information from a person whilst in a dream?' There are extaordinary events happening in an ordinary situation. I.e. having a dream is normal but being able to go into and control a dream is extraordinary. The protagonist has a flaw, which dis-empowers him, of not being able to control his own sub-conscience from entering the dream and so it sabotages the situation when the protagonist is trying to steal the information.
Comparing the two sequences similarities and differences -
Both of the films start with a crime being commited. This is ery common in thriller films. But both of the crimes are different. in Inception the character is only stealing something, which helps to set up the plot of why he needs to be able to and can enter dreams. Ane in Memento the protagonist commits murder, which makes the audience question why he has done it. So the crimes at the beggining of both of the films make the audience ask questions, which will help to maintain the audiences attention on the film. Both of the protagonists have a flaw which dis-empowers them. In Inception the protagonist can't stop his own mind from sabotaging him. and in Memento the protagonist can't keep his memories and forgets things very easily. This is a similarity between the two films because both of the protagonists are fighting with their minds to try and finish their jobs. Both of the protagonists have a flaw which the antagonist can exploit. In Memento there is a complex narrative structure but in Inception there isn't. The introduction to Memento uses effects such as black and white in the introduction to show this.
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