Research And Planning: Half Term

The things in which I shall be doing over the half term holiday are the things in which I am missing from my blogger such as the production schedule and WordItOut, I shall also be adding a few more post such as possible logos and possible production company logos that I could use.

Reasearch And Planning: WordItOut

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This is what I created using WordItOut.com it allowed me to put names and possible production companies into a text box where it would then create the above picture.

Research And Planning: Film Poster Analysis 2

 

 This is the second poster in which I have looked at Paranormal Activity 2, the genre of the film through the poster is represented as a horror due to the baby in the picture not being shown in the reflection in the bedroom mirror, the dog also seems to be barking at something which is not being shown along with the baby also looking in the same direction, the dark colours used also indicate the genre of the film to be a horror with the blue tinge that with also see. A high angle wide shot has been used to show the bedroom that the dog and the child are in, this shows the film to be horror for two reasons given that they are being looked down upon by something we cannot see and also that we can see the child and the dog looking at the door which something could be behind, we are also able to see the baby not being shown in the reflection showing that the poster is representing horror. The narrative that is being represented in the poster is that the house has something in there and we get the sense of this through the dog and the baby looking at a half opened door and the dog appearing to be barking, this makes you want to watch the film as you want to see what is behind the door. We are able to see that the poster is aimed at people aged 15-30 as this is an appropriate age for people to watch horrors. The mise-en-scene show that it is a childs bedroom through the cot in the left hand corner and the toys that are scattered around the room

Research And Planning: Film Poster Analysis

 

From the poster, I am able to see straight away through the image used that the genre of the movie is horror given that the colours in which have been used are very dark indicating the film to be very dark aswell, the title of the film also may indicate that the genre of the film is horror has The Grudge sounds very sinister. The dark grey tone over the face and the very bleak colours add to the effect that the genre is horror. The audience in which I believe this film to be aimed at is 15-30 years due to horror films tending to attract this type of audience. The extreme close up of the eye on the poster this shows us that the character may be very dark due to the hair we see covering the face giving it the spooky effect and there is mystery to this character showing the darkness behind the character. The narrative shown through the poster is that the girl is possessed and haunts people and 'It never forgives, It never forgets' tagline indicates that the character will be there to haunt you for the rest of your life clarifying more to the audience it is a horror film.

Research and Planning: Prop and Costume list

The costumes I shall be using are as follows:

- Smart casual clothing, given that they have just come from a party and have no gone onto college given that they have just finished there two year course and feel like doing something bad to the college.

Similar clothing to this shall be worn by the males.

 
Similar clothing to this shall be worn by the females.


The props that shall be used are as follows:

- Speaker Dock
- Bags
- Phones

Research and Planning: Equipment and Software list

This is the final cut software, and this is where we shall be doing all of our editing for our trailer.

This is iMovie, I shall be adding all of the filming in which I have done on here so that I can put them all together in one.

Photoshop will be used because I will have to make a poster and also a magazine cover to go with the trailer.

The SLR camera will be used to take pictures of our actors and also the other things like where we will be filmed etc.

I shall use this primarily in the filming.

I shall be using this to film some of the trailer given that is easy and small to use.

Here I shall be making the music for the trailer, this shall be entirely made by me

This is where I shall be adding all of the photos and then going on to editing them.

Reasearch and Planning: Treatment

We had to make the decision on which plot that we wanted to use, we decided to use our first one because we both believe that it is better than the other plot that we thought of, and so did our class mates once we asked their opinion.

The clip starts off with a close up of a beer bottle, the camera then zooms out and and there are several students enjoying themselves with their friends on a Friday night (natural sounds)

It then straight cuts to a long shot from behind the students of them climbing over the college gates that they go to. From that, it jump cuts to another long shot of them with a metal bar breaking into the college through a window (loud breaking noise).

Once they are inside of the college, they notice that most of the doors are unlocked (close up of door handle) and when they are inside of the rooms they see that one of the rooms has the tables turned and other things in the room.

It jump cuts to one of the student who is wondering where some of his friends are, as they have gone missing and haven't been since they broke into the college. Long shot of them wandering around college shouting out their names looking for them (dialogue).

From a distance they notice that there is blood coming from under the door and they start to think that there friend is playing a prank on them, they enter the room (high angle close up of him entering the room) and they see their friends are dead.

They turn and go to run away and notice that the lights are turned off from where they came from (long shot of corridor) and weird things starts happening to them all as they see something which they can not make out what it is.

Jump cuts to the students families crying at the college while the bodies are checked to see if it is their children who is dead.

Research And Planning: Proposals

Plot 1 - Set in college late at night where a group of 5 students have been out on the booze earlier and they are on the way home when the decide to break into college after they have just finished the term and are looking for something daring to do. Filmed in a classroom that they are able to get into where they begin to play music very loud and continue to drink more alcohol when suddenly the lights go off and the group begin to panic wondering what is happening, at first they think its just a power cut but when they begin to hear loud noises and one of the group sees a shadow they begin to realise it not just a power cut that has taken place.

Mise-en-Scene-

•  Classroom
•  College 
•  Beer Bottles
•  Clothing- Smart casual because they have been out partying earlier.
•  Speakers
•  Rubbish

Editing-

• Straight cuts
• Jump cuts
• Dissolves
• Fades

Sound-

• Loud bangs
• Doors Slamming
• Creaks
• Voices
• Music
• Talking

Cinematography-

• Close ups
• Long shots
• Wide Angle Shots
• High Angle Shots 
• POV

Plot 2 - Set in a house where there is a 15 year old teenager who is home alone after his parents have gone away for the night. The house has a power cut when the teenager is home and he starts seeing some sort of ghostly figure. The paranormal being causes pain to the teenager and possesses him and he acts strange and when the parents come home in the night they notice that their child is possessed and acting very strange and has cuts and looks different and then he kills his parents.

Mise-En-Scen

- Normal family home
- TV
- Laptop
- Regular clothing

Editing

- Fast straight cuts
- Dissolves
- Fades
- Parallel editing

Sound

- Loud Bangs
- Doors Opening/closing
- Creaks

Cinematography

- Close ups
- Long shots
- High angle shots
- Wide angle shots 

Research And Planning: Garage Band

Here is a horror sound that I have put together on garage band as an example of the sort of music that I shall be including when I come to make my teaser trailer. This sound fits in well with the genre of the film I shall be making.

Research And Planning: Prop Ideas

The props in which I could use in the making of my trailer shall be things such as alcohol due to the people in the trailer are going to be seen having a party, balloons could also be used along with other party items. A handheld camera could also be a prop in which I am to use given that the shots are coming from the perspective of the people and also the filmer themselves to give you their point of view also.

Beer shall be present in the trailer.

A hand held camera shall also be used.

Balloons could also be seen in the shot to give you the impression a party is taking place.

Research And Planning: Audience Research

This is the audience feedback in which I received when I asked to name the best horror films in their opinion