PRODUCTION - Evaluating the Rough Cut

PRODUCTION - Blog SWOT analysis

This is my SWOT analysis on my blog posts as a whole.

PRODUCTION - Blog audit

This is my Blog audit and producing this made me realise that i have completed a variety of all of these areas but an area i think i need to work on is the drafting's and layouts as there is less of that kind of planning so i will make more of those blogs.

PLANNING - More inspirations (Lara)

For the news report we could also take inspiration from the fake news report that is shown when you are waiting in the cue for Swarm the ride in Thorpe Park. It was created to place fear in those waiting in the cue and to pretend that deadly creatures were around and the public was in danger. The sound the use in the background and the panicked look on the reporters face could be something we take inspiration from as that's the feeling that we want to get across about the children going missing.

PRODUCTION - evidence of editing rough cut

These are screenshots of our screen whilst we did the editing of our rough cut. We used premier pro to be able to put the video in order and create our rough cut.

PRODUCTION - Roughcut 1

PRODUCTION - filming lab scenes

PRODUCTION - filming news report

PLANNING - Shot list

1. Close up of girl running
2. 'Scientists' running through trees
3. Girl tripping and cornered into a tree
4. Match-cuts of girl running
5. 'Scientists' walk slowly towards camera
6. Mid shot of girl running
7. Mid shot of news reporter
8. Close ups of laboratory equipment

PRODUCTION - Filming

We went to Highgate forest to film our main parts of our opening. We did lots of running scenes in the middle of all the trees

PRODUCTION - getting props ready

For our movie we needed black masks and so we decided to paint some masks we already had. This was we could make them look how we wanted.

PRODUCTION - Buying props

We have ordered 3 of these aprons for the evil scientists to wear to represent the scientists.

PRODUCTION - inspiration and ideas

For our news reporting scene, we took inspiration from the Fox News studio and setting. We used the idea of an image on the right and the news reader on the left. This is because its the conventions of a news report.

PLANNING - Pitch feedback

       

FEEDBACK:

               

Good feedback:

• Well thought through plans 
• Lots of detail including locations and settings
• good analysing of title credits 
• Well organised and confident 
• Clear plot
• Understandable  
• Good film idea

Things to improve on:

• More pictures
• Audience detail (give reasons why) 
• Use screen shots from other horror movies
• Costumes

Storyboard: updated version (Hiba)

PLANNING- Mise-En-Scene, COSTUME, MAKE-UP & PROPS (Marina)

Costume, Make-up & Props:


This is our presentation on our costume ideas for the main characters shown through the title sequence.

 

PLANNING- Sound Design (Marina)

Sound Design

at the beginning of our title sequence, we will have mostly diegetic sound (door creak, harsh breathing and loud footsteps) and then we will had a heartbeat that will eventually get louder. Once it gets louder it will go along with a soundtrack we will design (non-diegetic) that will go along the rest of the title sequence until the end . For this we decided it was going to be a tense and eerie sound that will go along with the style and genre of opening we have chosen. We also decided that we were going to add motifs to the titles to create a more realistic horror scheme (it is also a cliche in most horrors) .Towards the end there is a scene where the main character falls over, at this point the sound will go completely silent which will build up tension and will make the film more scary.

The title credits that have inspired us are Se7en, Dawn of the dead (motifs) and American Horror Story.

pace

Production schedule (denya)

PLANNING: Storyboard (Hiba)

PLANNING - Locations (Lara)

PLANNING - Our film and type of sequence (Lara & Marina)

PLANNING - Representation (Lara)

Technology skills audit (by Denya)

Technology skills audit:

Technology (hardware or software) we have learnt to use consists of:

 

The camera which is obviously needed when creating a film of some sort. We learnt how to correctly zoom in/out, put memory cards or the battery in, we leant when to put the n/r filter on (which is very rarely needed as it should only be used when very sunny). Learning how to use the camera correctly is very handy as it insures you know when things need to be in focus, need zooming in/out etc. it has also helped develop our project slightly as when we did our prelim we forgot to turn the n/r filter off which caused some scenes to look a little off.

 

The portable light  which is very useful when creating shadows and finding the right amount of light. The portable light is very simply to use you just simply have to turn the dial to get the right amount of light you are looking for. This has helped develop our project as when doing our remake it allowed as it create shadows and get light round different angles etc.

 

The tripod which helps when keeping the camera steady and at the right angle when filming.Using a tripod has helped making our filming looking a little more polished and clear as there are no shaky movements from your hands.

 

Affect effects allows you to put music and several effects over your film. Affect effects allows you to make your film more interesting. 

What genre or (sub-genre) of film is it? (by Denya)

PLANNING: Final mise-en-scene desicions (Hiba)

PLANNING - The order of our titles (Lara)

This is the order and names of of our titles:

Ident

                                                                              Ident

Denya Jane Emblow Production

Star; Jess Silva

Star; Max Padalecki

Star; Dilan Patel

Star; Ijaz Ackles

Casting by Marina Simmons

Director of photography Catherine Jones

Production designer Alice Carson

Special effects designer Paul Davidson

Film Editor Lara Henriques Eyre

Music by Collin Marks

Co-producer Marina Simmons

Executive producers Shia Finn and Casey Soloman

Produced by Denya Jane Emblow

Written and Directed by Hiba Gharsane

Film title: Involuntary

PLANNING - Our title sequence (Lara)

Our titles

PLANNING - Evaluating title sequences (Lara)

Name of film	Saw	A Nightmare On Elm Street
Typeface/font used	Thin, white writing, names look handwritten. Clear and easy to read. All in capital letters and medium size	Simple, clear, white writing. Medium size and names in capitals.
Use of transitions and/ or effects	Jiggy effect No transitions	No effects No transitions
Use of colour	Grey, green, white and black	White, grey and black
Pace and movement of titles	Fast pace and jiggy movement	Fast paced and no movement
Background and how they integrate	Contrasting colours, background usually dark colours. Titles placed on blank areas and over moving images. Discrete title sequence	Titles over moving images, dark setting and on the sides or corners of the screen. A narrative sequence
Why I like it	Its simple, clear and it allows more things to happen in the background.	Easy to read and understand, a lot happens behind the tiles meaning its more than just titles.

PLANNING - Distribution companies

PLANNING - Title sequence order (By Lara and Denya)

We looked at two horror films with similar plots and characters to see the title sequence orders. This is a power point showing the orders for Saw and Halloween.

Sequences from Lara243

Character costume (planning)

Character name:

Emily Mccall

Emily Mccall is one of the 'doctors' victims. Mccall had managed to escape the torture and experiments the doctors has inflicted on her but the idea of freedom slowly fades away as when she is running away from the abandoned building she hears foot steps not to close behind her these footsteps happen to belong to the doctors who soon catch up to her as she trips allowing them to be face to face with the terrified teenage girl, her clothes are worn, dirty and covered in blood to show the struggle that she has occurred. She is in normal casual clothing showing she is just a regular teenager as she was kidnapped while taking a walk through the forest after seeing friends. She has dark circles from the lack of sleep and blood running down her neck and face from the brutal treatment the doctors had given her.

Emily represents this idea that it is mostly teenage girls who are in danger and face the most risk of being taken.

PLANNING: Use of sound in student title sequences

31. Pharez Vitalis, Eray Kara, Yuksel Yilmaz, Jakub Jozefowicz from 283goswell on Vimeo.


This was my favourite video. This is because the sound used within the video is very professional and goes well with the clips and how the people are reacting/acting. This helps show the genre but also doesn't give away a lot of the plot away to the audience.

PLANNING: Own target audience profile

Male target audience profile:

Name: Steve Matterson

Location: Surrey (Rural area)

Age: 22 years old

Class Middle/Working class 

Occupation: Phone operator (Call center) 

Personality: A left wing man with some reserved/unpopular opinions. A bit of a 'Lad'

Hobbies and interests: Sports (mainly football and rugby) a Cheeky Nandos with the lads and military practice 

Brands they consume:  Topman, Sainsbury's, Nandos, Amazon



Media they consume:Netflix, YouTube, Television, Horror movies   

Female target audience profile:

Name: Rosie Wright

Location:London (City/urban area)

Age: 26

Class:Working class

Occupation: Retail worker

Personality:Quirky, slightly emo, introvert 

Hobbies and Interests:Shopping, watching horror movies and going to gigs

Brands they consume: H&M, Hot Topic, Urban Outfitters 

Media they consume: Kerrang magazine, American Horror Story, Doctor Who, Rolling                                              Stones Magazine

PLANNING: Audience profile (part 2)

The Exorcist:

                                     

PLANNING: Audience profile (part 1)

Paranormal activity

Demographic

Lifestyle

Personality

Brands

 Entertainment

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Media

PLANNING: Who is my target and what do they think?

My target audience is mainly male aged between 22-26 although the target audience can be female too but the female audience would typically be around 24+. This is because many people used in horror films are young females in their early 20's but because the female target audience is older they wouldn't feel as if they are the victim, which in turn would make them feel much more comfortable while watching.

TBC

PLANNING: Head on activity

PLANNING: Individual idea for title sequence

The genre we will be focusing on is horror. The initial ideas were the young teenage girl running away from something that is yet unknown to the audience.

 Although many of the group ideas where not mine, I came up with the idea of heart beating getting faster as the unknown get closer to the girl. I also thought about using Paranormal activity as a reference to this because in the movies we never actual see the paranormal things, we only see what they do to the people.

Lastly the main characters are the girl and the three things that we don't fully see, as we only see parts of their face.