As a group we decided that we would split the presentation into sections, and then we could individualy research and present those sections. I have done some research on target audeince of horror films and I wrote the following for the presentation:
Usually the target audience for mainstream horror is people aged 16 – 24. This is mainly due to the fact the most horror films are certificate 15 or 18. They are certified this way because the content of these films often contain explicit content and scenes that could disturb younger viewers. Another reason for this targeted age group is that film production companies will often advertise using adverts in teen magazines and music channels, which are also aimed at people of ages between 16 – 24. More related to psychological thrillers, the age range of audience would tend to be slightly older. This is because the plot and story lines are often a lot more intricate and complicated, and therefore require more knowledge and concentration.
With concern to gender, horror films are stereotyped to be aimed at men, this is because of the idea that men will feel more manly after watching a horror film. However, more recently the audience has spread more out to females as well. This shows both men and women both enjoy watching horror films for the adrenaline rush that comes with watching one.
The Shining Hallway Scene Re-make
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
As a group we filmed the shots necessary to complete our horror film remake. As I did not get a chance to contribute to the final edit, I created my own which is the video seen above. I think this will help me greatly when it comes to creating our final project as it is horror, like the final piece will be. Making this allowed me to use the different conventions for horror films and get a feel for how to edit them to meet the expected standards. This included things such as, filming at angles expected in horror films and using appropriate transitions.
Creating this re make will help me greatly when it comes to creating our final product as it has let me get a good feel of how to edit a film to give the typical horror conventions. It has allowed me to get good practice with using the equipment and editing software which will all contribute towards the final piece.
Research into Setting etc.
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
I done some research into the setting of our project. I went on to the internet to search for relevant images that could help us with setting our film.
First of all I looked at pictures of an empty swing and found the following:
I chose this image as it shows the swing still in motion, I thought this was good as it would make it look like the action was all of a sudden and unexpected. I think making a clip similar to this for our project would work well as the idea would fit.
I also liked the lighting in this image, as it is quite dull, there are no real bright colours as such. This would also work well for our project as we will be trying to make it look eerie and suspicious.
I then found this image. I selected it because I think it shows a similar surrounding to what we will try to acheive in the filming of our project.
It shows a swing set in a forest surrounding, it is very desolate and isolated from anything else. This will help to show the character is helpless if we used a scene like this.
The lighting in the clip is very light and sunny, as we want our scene to look quite suspicious we could film in the evening to solve this problem.
I thought if I looked at pictures of nurses and doctors, it would help us to choose the cast more appropriatly. By this I mean we can see what a typical nurse and a typical looks like.
It can also help us to choose relevant costumes for our cast, so it looks as authentic as possible.
I found these two pictures which show a letter with the 'CONFIDENTIAL' stamp and a 'PRIVATE' stamp. I looked at these images as in our film we will show documents with some kind of private or confidential stamp on them. Looking at these images will help to find the most effective way of showinig that the documents are confidentail.
First of all I looked at pictures of an empty swing and found the following:
I chose this image as it shows the swing still in motion, I thought this was good as it would make it look like the action was all of a sudden and unexpected. I think making a clip similar to this for our project would work well as the idea would fit.
I also liked the lighting in this image, as it is quite dull, there are no real bright colours as such. This would also work well for our project as we will be trying to make it look eerie and suspicious.
I then found this image. I selected it because I think it shows a similar surrounding to what we will try to acheive in the filming of our project.It shows a swing set in a forest surrounding, it is very desolate and isolated from anything else. This will help to show the character is helpless if we used a scene like this.
The lighting in the clip is very light and sunny, as we want our scene to look quite suspicious we could film in the evening to solve this problem.
I thought if I looked at pictures of nurses and doctors, it would help us to choose the cast more appropriatly. By this I mean we can see what a typical nurse and a typical looks like.It can also help us to choose relevant costumes for our cast, so it looks as authentic as possible.
I found these two pictures which show a letter with the 'CONFIDENTIAL' stamp and a 'PRIVATE' stamp. I looked at these images as in our film we will show documents with some kind of private or confidential stamp on them. Looking at these images will help to find the most effective way of showinig that the documents are confidentail.Progress
Today the group had a meeting were the other three members of the group went off to take pictures for the final copy of the story board. While they were doing this I worked on my own copy of The Shinning re-make scene. I worked on my own copy as I was not able to be involved in the editing on the original. I believe this could help the group though because we can compare the two remakes and use the comparisons for our final product. For example we can see which transitions work best. I completed most of the editing but there is still a little to do, I will continue to work on this as time progresses.
I also done some research for the similar media works presentation. I looked into target audience of horror films and thriller films. This will be greatly helpful to the presentation as what I found out clearly explains the typical target audiences.
I also done some research for the similar media works presentation. I looked into target audience of horror films and thriller films. This will be greatly helpful to the presentation as what I found out clearly explains the typical target audiences.
Mise-En Scene: The Shining 1980
To begin with the diagetic sound is very quiet, the only extra diagetic sound that can be heard is music /sound outside of the scene. The sound of music is very high pitched which creates tension for the audience. You can hear the surroundings but there is not much noise happening. This makes a bigger impact when the character Jonny starts to talk. It makes his voice sound very clear and could be seen as threatening. The next thing we hear after the character speaking is the axe going through the door, followed by a scream. The sound of the axe hitting the wood is very loud, which gives it a lot of impact as it could make the audience jump or feel fear. The scream is very sudden and high pitched, showing utter fear which shows the audience the emotion and feelings of the woman. As the screams are sudden and continuous, it puts the viewer on edge. At the point of the speech ‘Here’s Jonny’ the music becomes louder as it crescendo’s and also becomes higher in pitch, the lets the audience know something is about to happen. The way the words ‘Here’s Jonny’ are spoken in such a way which adds more fear, as he sounds very confident, like he does not care what he is doing. The screams become louder and more desperate, and as she cuts Jonny’s hand his shriek shows his pain.
The costume of the character Jonny consists of a red coat and the rest of his clothing is all very dark, this connotes a few things including: death, blood, danger, warning, darkness etc. This could show the audience that someone is about to be killed, or bleed, or be in danger, along with him being a bad person. Jonny is also very under groomed, showing that he does not take any care in his appearance and making him look rough, like he is not phased by doing anything which he should not do. It also shows that he is probably the one who is going to inflict one of these things. The woman is wearing very bland and plain clothing which could symbolise her simplicity, and that she is helpless and innocent. This is also shown in the colour of the walls of the bathroom which the woman is in, they are bright white, which symbolises innocence and purity, making the audience know that the victim is not deserving of what is about to happen. Along with the woman’s make up, it is very natural, which makes her look younger, again showing innocence.
The lighting in the room is coming from lights, a lamp in the bedroom, and ceiling lights in the bathroom, it is not coming from outside of the set so it looks very natural. The room in which Jonny is in contains a lot of dark and heavy shadows, it makes the room appear more eerie, creating suspense and making the audience think that something bad is about to happen. The room in which the woman is, is very brightly lit, which could symbolise heaven, showing she is a good and innocent person. It again, also symbolises innocence. The bathroom also looks very sterile and clean, almost like a hospital room, and the fact that it is so clean looking will make the impact of her being murdered (if she is murdered) even stronger, as the colour of the blood would stand out a lot on the bright white walls and floor.
There is a big contrast in the lighting of the two rooms, as the bedroom looks very warm and calm, whereas the bathroom looks cold and uninviting. This is to show the bathroom as the place where something bad will happen, and by setting up this contrast, the audience can get an idea of what is going to happen in this situation before it happens.
The camera angle to begin with is a mid shot to close up. This clearly shows Jonny’s face and his expression, it is used so the audience can see his confidence in what he is about to do. When the woman picks up the knife, there is a mid shot of her holding it, the camera angle is high which makes her look small, showing her to be little and scared. The camera shakes as she picks up the knife, maybe to show how nervous and uncomfortable she is in this situation. There is a close up of the axe coming through the door which also adds to the fear for the woman and for the viewer, as the seriousness of the situation is realisable. As well as a close up of the axe, again, the camera also shakes as it hits the door, this shows the real impact of the door being broken. As the woman screams a mid shot/close up is used to show her expression, and her desperation. This really helps the viewer to see what she is feeling, as her facial expression is very clear, and you can see all her movement. The use of a mid shot on her also shows that she is trying to huddle up to herself, the shot is used so the viewer can see both her expression and body language. There is a low angle shot of Jonny as he has almost broken through the door, this shows him to be powerful, bigger and taller than the woman, adding more fear. A close up is then used to show Jonny’s hand being cut, this allows the audience to see the blood, informing them that he is actually cut.
The costume of the character Jonny consists of a red coat and the rest of his clothing is all very dark, this connotes a few things including: death, blood, danger, warning, darkness etc. This could show the audience that someone is about to be killed, or bleed, or be in danger, along with him being a bad person. Jonny is also very under groomed, showing that he does not take any care in his appearance and making him look rough, like he is not phased by doing anything which he should not do. It also shows that he is probably the one who is going to inflict one of these things. The woman is wearing very bland and plain clothing which could symbolise her simplicity, and that she is helpless and innocent. This is also shown in the colour of the walls of the bathroom which the woman is in, they are bright white, which symbolises innocence and purity, making the audience know that the victim is not deserving of what is about to happen. Along with the woman’s make up, it is very natural, which makes her look younger, again showing innocence.
The lighting in the room is coming from lights, a lamp in the bedroom, and ceiling lights in the bathroom, it is not coming from outside of the set so it looks very natural. The room in which Jonny is in contains a lot of dark and heavy shadows, it makes the room appear more eerie, creating suspense and making the audience think that something bad is about to happen. The room in which the woman is, is very brightly lit, which could symbolise heaven, showing she is a good and innocent person. It again, also symbolises innocence. The bathroom also looks very sterile and clean, almost like a hospital room, and the fact that it is so clean looking will make the impact of her being murdered (if she is murdered) even stronger, as the colour of the blood would stand out a lot on the bright white walls and floor.
There is a big contrast in the lighting of the two rooms, as the bedroom looks very warm and calm, whereas the bathroom looks cold and uninviting. This is to show the bathroom as the place where something bad will happen, and by setting up this contrast, the audience can get an idea of what is going to happen in this situation before it happens.
The camera angle to begin with is a mid shot to close up. This clearly shows Jonny’s face and his expression, it is used so the audience can see his confidence in what he is about to do. When the woman picks up the knife, there is a mid shot of her holding it, the camera angle is high which makes her look small, showing her to be little and scared. The camera shakes as she picks up the knife, maybe to show how nervous and uncomfortable she is in this situation. There is a close up of the axe coming through the door which also adds to the fear for the woman and for the viewer, as the seriousness of the situation is realisable. As well as a close up of the axe, again, the camera also shakes as it hits the door, this shows the real impact of the door being broken. As the woman screams a mid shot/close up is used to show her expression, and her desperation. This really helps the viewer to see what she is feeling, as her facial expression is very clear, and you can see all her movement. The use of a mid shot on her also shows that she is trying to huddle up to herself, the shot is used so the viewer can see both her expression and body language. There is a low angle shot of Jonny as he has almost broken through the door, this shows him to be powerful, bigger and taller than the woman, adding more fear. A close up is then used to show Jonny’s hand being cut, this allows the audience to see the blood, informing them that he is actually cut.
Peliminary Task Evaluation
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Over all our film worked well. However, the continuity was not of a very good quality. Some parts of our film did not flow very well, objects filmed in one scene did not appear in another. For example, during the establishing shot we had a table full of people, and then when the film goes to the next scene the people sitting at the table are gone. Also there is a point were one of the actors is in a shot which they shouldn’t be, and in the next shot they have moved. Other than these mistakes the continuity shown in our film is good.
I think we demonstrated very good shot reverse shot in our film. This is shown in the conversation section, where as one actor is talking the camera is on them, and when the other actor makes a response, the camera shot goes to them. We did this by setting up two cameras and editing the clips.
Our group worked very well together during the filming of the video, everyone took part and we shared turns of doing the actual filming. As it took several takes everyone in the group got at least one. However I think the work done during the editing stage could have been shared more efficiently.
If we were to re make or do this piece again, we would ensure that continuity was a lot better, so that the film ran more smoothly. Also, we could improve on the mise en scene, by having better props, and a better setting for the filming.
I think our film was planned very well, before we started we had a script, which we produced a storyboard from. Whilst doing the filming we stuck to the ideas on the story boards we created.
The transitions we used in our film worked very well, we used them to move between clips, but only the clips which had a change of scene. For example between the establishing shot and then the door scene. We did not use transitions during the conversation shot reverse shot as we thought it worked well as it was.
From doing this exercise I learnt the basics of suing the editing program, I had never used it before so I learnt quite a lot. It was complicated but not too hard to pick up, there are still things to learn about but things that were not required to make this film.
I think we demonstrated very good shot reverse shot in our film. This is shown in the conversation section, where as one actor is talking the camera is on them, and when the other actor makes a response, the camera shot goes to them. We did this by setting up two cameras and editing the clips.
Our group worked very well together during the filming of the video, everyone took part and we shared turns of doing the actual filming. As it took several takes everyone in the group got at least one. However I think the work done during the editing stage could have been shared more efficiently.
If we were to re make or do this piece again, we would ensure that continuity was a lot better, so that the film ran more smoothly. Also, we could improve on the mise en scene, by having better props, and a better setting for the filming.
I think our film was planned very well, before we started we had a script, which we produced a storyboard from. Whilst doing the filming we stuck to the ideas on the story boards we created.
The transitions we used in our film worked very well, we used them to move between clips, but only the clips which had a change of scene. For example between the establishing shot and then the door scene. We did not use transitions during the conversation shot reverse shot as we thought it worked well as it was.
From doing this exercise I learnt the basics of suing the editing program, I had never used it before so I learnt quite a lot. It was complicated but not too hard to pick up, there are still things to learn about but things that were not required to make this film.
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