Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Our film classification.
We have decided to classify our film as a 15 because it involves some violent images and the opening gives some violent suggestions of what's going to happen in the film.
Monday, 27 February 2012
Still shot picture ideas. (Collaboration with Laura Smith)
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We have chosen to edit still images that we took to use in our film opening. We have edited the photos and used a black & white effect and applied colour to the blood in the picture. This highlights the blood on the body and makes it stand out which makes the pictures more interesting and gives a more professional look.
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Location.
We chose our location as a horse yard (Woodfield Stables, Bristol) as it is the most suitable for our film opening and the actress we are using keeps her horse there which would make it really easy for us to use and get hold of everything that we needed. It also helps us to create a professional outcome for our completed film opening.
Monday, 20 February 2012
Rough shot list.
- Establishing shot- 30 shots (30 seconds long, 1 shot each second)
- Long shot- 30 shots (15 seconds long, 2 shots each second)
- Close up- 30 shots (15 seconds long, 2 shots each second)
- Extreme long shot- 4 shots (7 seconds long)
- Long shot (3 seconds)
- Mid shot (3 seconds)
- Close up (3 seconds)
This is just a rough idea of what different types of shots we will use in our film opening. It will assist us with the filming process and make it quicker and easier to work out how we're going to film what we need to the best ability. The different types of shots will make our film look more professional and will add lots of effect to the film.
Storyboard. (By Laura Smith)
We have decided on what our film opening is going to look like and we are now ready to start filming. We have decided on the timing of our shots and have also created a separate shot list to assist us with planning and filming.
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Costume ideas
Horse riding uniform:
- Helmet
- Whip
- Coat
- Boots
- Jodhpurs
This costume is a good idea as we will not have to purchase anything due to the fact that the our actress is actually a horse-rider, therefore we can use her costume and the horse that she owns to use in our film opening.
Analysis of the first two minutes of 'The Strangers'
The film begins with text appearing on the screen and a male voice reading out the text that appears. He is talking about how the film is inspired by true events and then goes on to mention how many violent crimes are commited in America each year, there is low non-diegetic music accompanying it which makes us focus on what is being said much more. This is a great way to add tension as we are told that what happens in the film has actually happened in real life, meaning that we understand that somehow it could happen to us which makes us more afraid of what we are about to see. It then cuts to a pan of an American street filled with houses, whilst this is happening we hear a 911 call being made and a woman explaining that there's strangers in her house and there's also blood on the wall and various weapons around the house, as this is being said we are shown on screen exactly what the woman is explaining. All of this together creates tension and fear within the audience as it is made to be extremely realistic.
Analysis of the first two minutes of 'Sweeney Todd'
The film starts with non-diegetic organ music and once the credits start rolling the music switches to low, tense non-diegetic music. The camera pans, showing the location which is 19th century London, this helps create tension as the music is tense and the lighting is low. The camera then zooms into one of the houses and we see a chair in the middle of the room by itself and blood drips down from above and also runs through some sort of machine. This again creates the horror/drama theme as it creates tension and gives us the idea that violence is going to be involved. The rest of the film opening involves the camera panning around the inside of the house that we're shown earlier with blood dripping down the walls. All of these generic conventions put together create the genre of horror/drama as the music and hints throughout the opening reveal to us that the film will involve lots of tension and something gory/violent will happen.
Questionnaire results (Collaboration with Laura Smith))
From our results, we can see that out of the ten people asked, horror/drama were the most popular genres. This is helpful to us as this is the genre that we have chosen for our film opening and the results can assist us in knowing what our audience want. Our results show that audience's prefer films that are filled with action/tension. We will attempt to include this in our film opening to make it seem more appealing.
Questionnaire results
Age: 17. Female.
What is your favourite film genre? Thriller
What is your preferred sub-genre? Drama
What do you enjoy the most about these genres? They aren't boring and they are interesting
What do you expect to see in these chosen genres? A freaky villain and music that adds suspense and surprises
Do you prefer a typical storyline or something with a twist? Something with a twist
What do you expect to see/find out in the first two minutes of the film? The main characters name, personality, background
Age: 48. Female.
What is your favourite film genre? Thriller
What is your preferred sub-genre? Crime
What do you enjoy the most about these genres? The suspense
What do you expect to see in these chosen genres? Crime solving, suspense
Do you prefer a typical storyline or something with a twist? Something with a twist
What do you expect to see/find out in the first two minutes of the film? Indication on what the rest of the film will be about
Age: 16. Female.
What is your favourite film genre? Action.
What is your preferred sub-genre? Horror
What do you enjoy the most about these genres? They build up tension
What do you expect to see in these chosen genres? Lots going on, filled with action and tension
Do you prefer a typical storyline or something with a twist? Twist
What do you expect to see/find out in the first two minutes of the film? Background info
Age: 35. Female.
What is your favourite film genre? Horror
What is your preferred sub-genre? Drama
What do you enjoy the most about these genres? There's always something going on/filled with action
What do you expect to see in these chosen genres? Tension building up
Do you prefer a typical storyline or something with a twist? Typical storyline
What do you expect to see/find out in the first two minutes of the film? Background info on characters. Indication on storyline.
Age: 17. Female.
What is your favourite film genre? Thriller
What is your preferred sub-genre? Horror
What do you enjoy the most about these genres? Unexpectedness of events
What do you expect to see in these chosen genres? Blood, gore
Do you prefer a typical storyline or something with a twist? Twist
What do you expect to see/find out in the first two minutes of the film? Storyline
Age: 32. Male
What is your favourite film genre? Action
What is your preferred sub-genre? Horror/comedy
What do you enjoy the most about these genres? Storyline/plot
What do you expect to see in these chosen genres?Something unexpected
Do you prefer a typical storyline or something with a twist? Twist
What do you expect to see/find out in the first two minutes of the film? Plot
Age: 18. Male
What is your favourite film genre? Disaster
What is your preferred sub-genre? Comedy
What do you enjoy the most about these genres? Exciting/humorous experience
What do you expect to see in these chosen genres? Filled with action/good CGI/good storyline/good actors
Do you prefer a typical storyline or something with a twist? Twist
What do you expect to see/find out in the first two minutes of the film? Flash-forward/building tension/background
Age: 48. Male
What is your favourite film genre? Thriller
What is your preferred sub-genre? Comedy
What do you enjoy the most about these genres? Enjoyable to watch
What do you expect to see in these chosen genres? Excitement
Do you prefer a typical storyline or something with a twist? Twist
What do you expect to see/find out in the first two minutes of the film? Background info, storyline.
Age: 17. Male.
What is your favourite film genre? Horror
What is your preferred sub-genre? Crime
What do you enjoy the most about these genres? Interesting
What do you expect to see in these chosen genres? Death, gore
Do you prefer a typical storyline or something with a twist? Twist
What do you expect to see/find out in the first two minutes of the film? Some sort of murder/death or indication of the murderer
Age: 30. Male.
What is your favourite film genre? Horror
What is your preferred sub-genre? Action
What do you enjoy the most about these genres? They're exciting, filled with tension
What do you expect to see in these chosen genres? Tension, action packed
Do you prefer a typical storyline or something with a twist? Typical storyline
What do you expect to see/find out in the first two minutes of the film? Character info, plot
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