Monday, 19 October 2015
PLANNING - groups initial ideas
We thought that this genre was a fun and interesting path to follow and has many branches that we can work from.
For example it allows us to be as creative as we want and create a good plot line.
When thinking of ideas we thought we could initiate a characters fear onto the screen and that in theory would help get the horror side across.
We thought of someone running in a desolate place, like a forest, making it dark and eery. We could then also make the most of dietetic sounds and use props already there.
We also imagined introducing a bit of a villain but not the full picture and we want to leave mystery and unknown by the end.
RESEARCH - Blogging health check
RESEARCH- Analysing codes and conventions -BLOG POST
Codes and Conventions
For our opening scene we decided that we would do horror so this is based on the codes and conventions of horror movies.
As a group, we looked at three different horrors films; The conjuring, Nightmare on Elm Street and The Shinning (Micro & Marco Analysis can be found on blog post 13) and we looked at the camera angles they used, the shots, the music and overall similarities.
overall, They all had eerie music playing in the background and gave context of the setting away in the title sequence. the music they used created a creepy and sinister vibe which is often a cliché in horror movies.
Some codes & conventions can be clichés (i.e. psychos knife sound is instantly recognizable and establishes its genre) and most just help emphasize the genre.
Something else that was similar in all is that they tease the narrative by only show a minimal amount, my opinion is that they do this to interest the audience and to make the ending unexpected or shocking. Also it helps create a sense of mystery throughout which is important when doing a horror movie as when most of the narrative is given away the film itself is no longer as scary as it would of been.
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