Soundtrack research

Soundtrack Research

This is a You Tube clip of various horror sound effects. These sound effects will come in extremely helpful in our film because we needs lots of sound effects to add emphasis to the particularly scary scenes. After carefully looking at what we need to do in order to make sure we can legally use this clip we had to follow a number of steps. We had to subscribe, like and favourite the clip. We also have to link to the users channel in the description of our film. This means that there is no charge for using the clips which is a good thing because we don't want to have to pay for any sort of background music in our film.
In particular, the good things about this You Tube clip are that it includes lots of various sound effects. They are of different volume and different speed. This is a good thing because it means we can fit the music to the speed of our film, also known as match on action. This will then make our film more scary for the audience because it means when the scary scenes are shown, the music will emphasise the scariness of it which will therefore have a greater effect on the audience.

Genre Research

Action:

The Codes and Conventions for Action are to have a discrete location like Indiana Jones. This is because it exites the audience as they could be on a long adventure coming across many tasks to do with killing. We can tell this as there are close up shots Of Indianas whip. There is normally a mysterious background noise in action films to keep the tension within the scrnr. As the scene moves on the music willnormally intensify to show that something dangerous might happen and so it keeps the audience glued to the screen.
In action films we normally see low angle shots on the villian at the start of the film to show that he is trying to be the leader of everyone and that he is in control. As the we move through the film, the camera angles will change and there will be low angle on the hero as he mormally saves the day and the villain loses.
The type of clothes that a villain would wear is smart as he wants to show that he is professiomnal in his job and that no one can knock him down. On the other hand the hero will have poorer conditioned clothes as he is trying so hard to get his goal that he cant keep on changing his clothes. We see this in Indiana Jones as he is always wearing an old ripped t-shirt until in the last few scenes where he had succeed, then he will change in to smarter clothes to show that he is now taken ober that control.

Horror:

The codes and conventitions of horror are that they contain scary scenes, murders and creepy background music.
By having these things involved within the film it makes the audience scared and the idea is to make them have their worst nightmare.
Throughtout the film there will be slow paced music to keep the tension within the audience as to what can happen next. As the characters become more scared the tempo of the background music will increase to giver the audience the idea that something bad is about to happen.
Also there are not fast paced shots which also increases tension.
Many close up shots are taken through out the film as it gives the audience a real idea of the characters facial expressions and what exactly they feel at that moment in time.
Sometimes longer shots can be used to show a location e.g. like a old church in the night time to keep the tension within the scenes.
Whenever the audience can see something that the characters cant like someone creeping up behind the main character, it build up the tension quickly and so the tempo and volume of the sound increases as well which brings dramatic irony.
The target audience for horror films are 16+ as it can be to frightening for a younger audience. The max age range is roughly up to 40 year old as it can be to frightening for the elderly aswell.
It is aimed at both boys and girl as normally they are both the main characters.

Practise titles created and uploaded

Practised Film Titles

In this post I will examine different types of film titles and analyse each one to see if they suit our film.

This font is the "Face your fears font" and it is quite simple but is my favourite at the moment as it does have a sinister look to it and it looks like the killer has written this with the victims blood. I used a red font to connote danger and give the audience an indication to what the film will include.

This font is the "You Murderer" font and is similar to the first font and offers the same sinister look. The font looks as if it is the victims blood smeared onto a wall and the choice of red again connotes danger. This is a great font that offers a "slasher" theme to our film but I think that the first font looks more realistic.

This font is called the "Lumos" font and it is different to the others as it's not red and it's very plain. This font is plain and simple which follows the codes and conventions of a horror films as it is similar to other horror film titles, such as "Texas Chainsaw". The font stands out and is very sharp which gives the audience the indication that the film will be sharp and straight to the point. 

This font is from the horror movie "Scream". It has all the letter aligned apart from the sharp "W" as it stretches down lower than the other letters. This font may make the audience associate our film with "Scream" which is good because "Scream" was a successful horror movie, however we would like our film to have it's own style of font instead of just copying one that has already been used. 

This font is from the horror movie "Friday the 13th" which was another very successful horror movie. The font is not too bad but is a bit simple and plain for our movie. 

Overall I believe the top two,"Face your fears" and the"You Murderer", fonts are the best fonts for our horror movie as they offer a sinister theme and look like the victims blood smeared across a wall, which is perfect for our horror film. They also do not look very sketchy and could be seen in a big blockbuster movie. 

Final version of Script

Final script


We see the victim (Rachel) making a cup of tea in her kitchen.
She then hears her home phone ring and so walks towards it and answers.
She speaks in to the phone saying "Hello" "Hello" but there is no answer on the other end of the line
As she walks away after hanging up the phone rings again. This time she pauses after answering and then says "Hello" again but there is no answer.
This time she hang  ups quickly and moves away.
There is suddenly a knock at the door, and Rachel opens it slowly and peaks outside.
We then see the killer walk up behind her while she is looking outside.
There is then a scream!!
the audience then see Rachels hand slip down the door window.

Mood Board

Dairy of filming/editing

Questionnaire results

Questionnaire Results

Question 1

This result shows us that our main audience prefers the horror genre compared to the other genres. This will be the genre we use as it is what the audience want.

Question 2

This result shows that our audience watch horror movies but not that regularly but it is still the most preferred genre so we will most likely create a horror movie.


Question 3

This result shows that our audience mainly associate a horror movie with a setting as our own home-this is a little formulaic and does not suit the idea of our film so we may use the woods as our location as it links more to our idea.

Question 4

 This result shows that our audience prefer a mix of gender so we will include 3 guys and 2 girls.


 Question 5

 This result shows that our audience expect many features from the codes and conventions of a horror movie.


Question 6

This shows that our audience will like to see an ending with the girl surviving which is the same as many horror movies.

Representation and Stereotyping

The usual stereotypes of a villain are male, sinister, mysterious, unknown identity, dangerous and powerful. In our film the villain will be mysterious and he will have an unknown identity. This means that the audience will feel eerie and it will put them on edge because they will not know who the killer is which creates even more suspense.  We will also represent the villain as sinister as the victims will not expect anything to happen to them. This, again, is conforming to the stereotype of villains being dangerous and mysterious. 
The female victim is conforming to the stereotype as women being weak and vulnerable. This is because she has no idea what is about to happen, it could represent her as quite ditsy and unaware. This then conforms to the stereotype of women being much more vulnerable and perhaps a bit clueless. We have not subverted the stereotype of women in any way as we have only conformed to the stereotype. We have not subverted the stereotype because in our trailer we needed to get straight to the point and allow the audience to understand and make a judgement as to who the victims are in the film. The point in this is it keeps the audience on the edge of their seats as they may try and guess what will happen. We have left an element of surprise because we are not showing whether all of the victims get murdered, we only show a few scenes in which two of the characters have come into contact with the murderer. This is so the audience will have something to continue watching it for- they will want to know who dies and who the murderer is.  However, we have two victims, one being a girl and the other being a boy. The boy victim is conforming to the stereotype of a victim but is also subverting the stereotype of a boy being strong and powerful. The boy is conforming to the stereotype of a victim because he was unaware of the events that were about to take place which shows he is very vulnerable and also perhaps a bit ditsy because he hasn't even realised that he is being watched by the murderer. However he is subverting the stereotype of boys being strong and powerful because he is the victim in all this and even though he had no idea that he was going to be murdered he could of perhaps tried to fight off the murderer.

Shot Lists

Documenting of influences on production

Documenting of influences

                                                            Documenting Of Influences


In our clip we used a vast amount of extreme (high and low) and dynamic camera angles because of the incitement it can bring to our target audience. There were many reasons which influenced us to make the decision to choose horror as the genre for our film. In our trailer we used a multitude of camera angles but primarily used angles such as wide angle and mid shots on a good quality go pro camera. Firstly you see the group walking towards the camera which is panning backwards which is one of the most acquired/generic shots in horror films. after distributing a questionnaire around , the results showed that the majority of the people wanted us to do a horror film, This influenced us to stick by our idea of the genre being horror. After looking in more detail at the codes and conventions of horror films we analysed what shots and atmosphere to create in our film trailer i.e. extensive use of long and mid shots to emphasise the sinisterism of our film, some film example used was cabin in the woods and Friday the 13th.We were influenced to use ideas from the horror films because using the correct sounds and music, you can Create a very effective film trailer as horror films have a very distinctive atmosphere which can be easily emphasised by sinister music and sounds.

Relevant online tutorial and Comment

Relevant Online Tutorials

These tutorials have taught me how to use the gadget "Chroma key" on adobe premiere elements 10. This will allow me to change the background of my trailer which would come in handy for the titles. At the moment my titles are on a white background but with the use of this new gadget I can make the title on a plain black background to help it stand out. 

Own Film Treatment

Own film treatment

Directed by Cory Nelson, Connor Moreton, Ryan Eastman and Rachel Herring

Synopsis

A group of friends take a trip and decide to go camping in the woods but then strange events occur and the characters find themselves being picked off one by one by an unknown killer. The group then have to stay calm and survive the terror they face while also trying to understand the events that are taking place.  We have many digetic noises to alert the characters and create the suspense for the audience. All the directors (Cory Nelson, Connor Moreton, Ryan Eastman and Rachel Herring) are also starring in this incredible horror film which is certain to get the audience gripping their seats with its terrifying scenes and tension filled suspense.

Codes and Conventions

The codes and conventions of our film include jump-scares, tension filled scenes and fast paced. The trailer involves many frightening scenes which will create many enigmas and keep the audience gripping onto their seats. It also involves the typical conventions of a horror film with the main characters in peril are going to be the weak, vulnerable girls, conforming to the stereotype that women are seen as weak and powerless. Another convention of our film is that we are going to have the characters running from the unknown in order to survive, but the trailer will end with every character being shown to be in danger-this will keep the audience hooked as they will not know who lives or dies until they see the full film. Lastly our trailer will end with a girl running, with no digetic or non digetic sound, through the woods, terrified and alone and then a scream will be heard and the titles will appear.

Own Film Brainstorm

Own Film Brainstorm

Magazine 5 The Amazing Spider Man

 

Magazine 4 Hobbit An Unexpected Journey

Magazine 3 Skyfall

Magazine 2 The Dark Knight

Magazine 1 Hellboy 2

Film Poster 5 King Kong

Film Poster 4 Oblivion

Film Poster 3 JAWS

Film poster 2 The Expendables 3

Film Poster 1 12 years a slave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trailer 15 12 Years a slave

Setting: The main setting for 12 years a slave is in eastern America (New York, Washington and the countryside where he is a slave). In the trailer we mainly see him being a slave but we do see glimpses of him in the main cities playing the violin.

Props: One of the main props which we see through out the trailer is the violin in which he plays. he plays it when he is in the city and when he is a slave. Other props include farming equipment and tools.

Costumes: We see the main character wear two totally different types of clothing. When he was in the city we see him wear suit/ smart clothing but when he became a slave that soon changed and so he wore dirty overalls.

Sounds: There is both diegetic and non diegetic sound in the trailer. We hear background music but this is only herd towards the end of the trailer. as his voice increase in sound the music also increase to make the audience feel sorry for him and be on his side. We also hear other characters singing when doing their slavery work to occupy themselves.

Representation: The way that the main character is represented suggests that he is fighting for black people to have rights and that only way this is going to happen is by him and so he comes across brave and powerful.

Supernatural themes: None

Trailer 14 The Rift

Setting: From we see in the trailer we can only suggest that the main setting is the Earth and that the moon is the other setting. This is because we see people talking in the trailer about how these creatures will affect the globe.

Props: We don't really get to see many props within the trailer except the young boy who seems to be holding some sort of weapon to defend himself. This could suggest that we see many more weapons through out the film as the humans are trying to defend themselves.

Costumes: It seems that everyone is wearing their day to day clothing whether it be smart or casual and so costumes isn't really a big part within the film.

Sounds: There is both diegetic and non diegetic sound herd in the trailer. There is a continuous background sound which intensifies through the trailer until the creatures arrive and then the music stops. From then on the music is played and paused. Right at the end their is silence which suggests that the characters are scared and nervous as they don't know what will happen next.

Representation: we don't get to see much of the creatures but can expect them to look powerful as they want to rule earth and take it over from the humans.

Supernatural themes: The main supernatural themes are the creatures themselves as they are not real and the weapon the boy was holding.

Trailer 13 Rush Hour

In Rush Hour the main characters are famous for making action films. They are Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. By the audience seeing these names appear on the trailer, they will want to see the film as they may like these actors from previous films.

Setting: There are a lot of different types of settings for the film judging by the trailer as we see them in different buildings and then we see them on public transport which suggests they are always moving from location to location.

Props: The main props used in the trailer is weapons which causes a few explosions but we mainly see punching instead. Some other props used are equipment in which the characters use to defend themselves or use to attack the opposition.

Costumes: We see the main characters (Lee and Carter) wear suits/ smart clothing for the duration of the trailer and so this suggests that they could be spy's or undercover in the film.

Sounds: We hear both diegetic and non diegetic sound. There is background music and this increases in tempo and volume as the fighting takes place. There is also explosions in which the characters can hear as well as the audience.

Representation: The way the main characters are represented (dressed in suits) suggests that they are trying to make a good impression for themselves and their side of the fight.

Supernatural themes: The only supernatural themes that we see from the trailer are explosions.

Trailer 12 Green street 2

Setting: There is really only one setting for this film and that is in prison. This is because the hooligans have been arrested and so there in prison for a while. We see that there is match taking place between the two main characters and so we can tell that there is going to be a fierce rivalry. other setting are a proffessional football ground, the pub and an alleyway.

Props: There not really any props seen in the trailer.

Costumes: All of the characters in prison have to wear the bright orange outfits but sometimes they take these off and wear old, dirty clothing which suggests that the prison and surrounding area isn't very nice. They also wear a footbal strip when playing against there opponents and there normal clothes when we see them get into the first fight and in the pub.

Sounds: Through out the trailer we constantly hear the sounds of punches beating on someone which gives us and idea that the whole film is going to be based around fighting and violence.

Representation: The characters are represented by being seen that each group of hooligans think they are the strongest and bravest and so they try to prove this. By prooving this they try to beat everyone up, especially the other main characters.

Supernatural themes: None

Trailer 11 Gravity

Setting: The main setting for the film gravity is in Space. this is because through the whole trailer all we see if the characters in space.

Props: There are not that many props in this trailer. The only props that we see are equipment inside the space shuttle and the shuttle itself.

Costumes: The only costumes that we see through out the clip is space suits which suggest that the whole film will be based around an astronaut or a group of astronauts.

Sounds: Right at the start of the clip we see the caption saying 'there is nothing to carry sound'. This means that through out the trailer we don't hear much background music and that all we hear is the characters voices or movements.

Representation: the representations of the characters that we see are that they are all very brave as they go through a lot of catastrophes but the audience will also feel sorry for the women mainly as we hear her screaming and shouting.

Super natural Themes: There are not that many supernatural themes within the clip as what we see could actually happen in real life.

Trailer 10 Transformares 4 Age of Extinction

Setting: There are many settings we see through out of the trailer. At the start we see many settings located in rural areas where the main family lives. as the trailer moves on the setting changes to urban areas e.g. main cities.

Props: The main props that we see are the different types of weapons that are used by both the humans and the transformers.

Costumes: When they go to the urban areas we can see that people are just wearing there day to day clothes whether they are going to work so they wear suits/ smart clothing or if there are just going out so casual clothing.

Sounds: There is both diegetic and non diegetic sound through out the trailer. we constantly hear a background noise. this sounds increases in sound and tempo and the trailer moves on. We also hear explosions and gun shots a lot in which the characters can also hear.

Representations: By looking through the trailer we get an idea that the transformers are made to represent that they are strong and powerful and that they make the humans look weak compared to them.

Super natural themes: There are many super natural themes e.g. explosions, the transformers themselves and the spaceship that we see. this is supernatural as we see this spaceship lift equipment and belongings off the ground which wouldn't really happen in day to day life.