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shared blog!
Here is a link to our shared blog. We thought it was important to have so that we can have all our information in one place. Our personal blogs will still run too.

http://finalcutproductionsmedia.blogspot.com/

Film techniques

Prop list

Phone
Pencil
Blank piece of paper
First drawn picture (party)
Second drawn picture (dead party)
Plate of food
2 brooms
Fake blood
Knife
Full bottle of wine
Half bottle
Quarter bottle

Soundtrack ideas

Soundtrack Ideas


We have downloaded three tracks (royalty free, non-copyrighted) that we might use in our film, but we will make final decisions about this during editing because we will be able to better judge what suits the scene. The tracks are:

Constancy Part 2 - for the opening credits
Interloper - for the clown's first appearance with Mark
The house of leaves - for when the clown is with Danielle

We won't use all of the tracks, but will take the most suspenseful part of each track to make our film scary.

Animatic

Final draft of the script

Friday, 16 December 2011Script Final Draft
Here it is... the wait is over!

“RELLIK”

by
Rebecca Kirkup
And
Jasmine Bridger

FINAL DRAFT

DECEMBER, 2011

FADE IN

ONE AFTERNOON:

EXT. OUTSIDE EMILY’S HOUSE

Slow zoom in on front door.
Creepy music begins to play (“Constancy Part 2”)
Credits appear in ghost like font either side of door.
Music stops. False jumping sound as door bursts open and DANIELLE runs out. She is 17 years old, with dark hair and is wearing fish net tights, a jean skirt, ugg boots and a black top with a logo on it.

DANIELLE
Bye!

Camera tracks into hallway.
Stairs on right.
Door on left.
Camera tracks through door into lounge.
Sofa on right.
T.V. on left.
EMILY is sat on the sofa looking angry. She is 13 years old, with dark hair and is wearing a white night gown.
Close up of Emily.
LIZZY, the mother, appears in the background talking on the phone. She is 42 years old, with dark hair and is wearing smart office wear.
Mother is blurred and camera focuses on Emily.

LIZZY
(on phone)
Yes I know. I’ll make sure to
have it on your desk by tomorrow.
Hang on a second.
(to Emily)
Emily! Don’t just be moping around.
Go and make yourself useful.

EMILY
(staring straight ahead)
Ever since Danni started dated that
guy she never has time for me.

LIZZY
(on phone)
No I’m still here.
(to Emily)
Your sister’s growing up. That’s
life. Now stop sulking!

Lizzy exits to the kitchen on the right.
Emily stands up suddenly and storms out to the hallway.

EXT. THE STREET

MARK is pacing in close up. He is 17 years old, with dark blonde hair and is wearing jeans and a logo t-shirt.
Danielle appears in two shot. Composition with Mark in the foreground. She approaches him.

DANIELLE
Hey!

Close up as they kiss.

INT. EMILY’S HOUSE

Close up of Emily’s feet as she storms up the stairs.

EXT. THE STREET

Mark puts his arm around Danielle and they begin to walk. Long shot.

MARK
You looking forward to the party?

DANIELLE
Yeah. It’s going to be awesome!

INT. EMILY’S HOUSE

Emily storms into her bedroom, grabs a piece of paper and a pencil and sits down with it.
She begins to draw.
Behind zooming shot of Emily.
Close up of her face.
Returning to the picture, she has drawn the party. In the background there is a clown looking through the window.
Close up of her eyes.
Fade to white.

LATER THAT EVENING:

INT. PARTY

The party is set in a hall.
Multiple shots of teenagers dancing, connected with flashes. Each shot is a different colour to suggest disco lights.
Heavy electric music.

LATER THAT EVENING:

EXT. OUTSIDE HALL

Point of view shot looking through trees at hall.
Two TEENAGERS leave.

INT. PARTY

Over the shoulder shot through conversation.
Mark is with his friend DOMINIC. He is 17 years old, with ginger hair and is wearing jeans and a chequered shirt.
They are sweeping up the mess from the party.

DOMINIC
Remind me again why I’m helping
tidy up your party?

MARK
Because you know I’d beat you to
a pulp if you didn’t.

DOMINIC
Oh, you think you can take me? Huh?
Come on then, try your best shot.

They begin to play fight.
Danielle appears at the door. She is drunk and is holding a bottle of wine. Close up on wine.
They notice her and stop.

MARK
Danielle. I thought you had gone home.

DANIELLE
I’m not interrupting anything am I?

DOMINIC
Um… I’m going to take the leftover
food to the kitchen. Leave you two
alone.

He picks up a tray of food and heads to the door.
As he passes Mark he playfully punches him.
He exits to the kitchen.
Danielle walks towards Mark.

INT. HALLWAY

Dominic opens the door to the kitchen and a broom falls out, making him jump and drop the food. He sighs and begins to pick it up.

INT. PARTY

Danielle kisses Mark seductively.

DANIELLE
Meet me in the bathroom.

She smiles at him and exits, taking a swig from the bottle as she does so.
Mark leans the broom against the wall and smiles.

INT. HALLWAY

Danielle stumbles into the bathroom and closes the door behind her.
A silhouette figure steps into and over-the-shoulder shot behind her.

INT. KITCHEN

There is a click of the door.
Dominic looks confused.

DOMINIC
Hello?

Point of view shot of Dominic.
He goes to the door and tries to open it but it is locked.

DOMINIC
Shit.

INT. PARTY

Mark goes to head to the bathroom to join Danielle.
A CLOWN is standing in the doorway. Music begins to play (“Interloper”)
Mark jumps.
MARK
Um… dude, the party’s over. Go
home.

The clown is non-responsive. Over the shoulder shots throughout.

MARK
Hey are you deaf? I said go home.

He walks towards the clown.

MARK
What’s with the costume anyway?
Anyone would think it was Halloween.

He reaches the clown.

MARK
Hello?

INT. KITCHEN

Dominic is desperately trying to get out of the kitchen.

DOMINIC
Hello? This isn’t funny Mark! Open
the door! You know I get
claustrophobic! Stop being an ass
hole!

INT. PARTY

Blood splatters across the window.
A shot of the knife.
Blood splatters across the floor.
A shot of Mark’s eyes.
Blood splatters across the wall.
A shot of the clown’s face.
Wide shot of the hall. Blood is everywhere. Mark lays dead on the floor. He has been slashed with the knife.
The clown cleans the blood off the knife and leaves.

INT. BATHROOM

Danielle is facing away from the door.
She takes a swig of wine.
She looks bored.
The door opens and the clown walks in.
She doesn’t turn around.

DANIELLE
I thought you’d never get here.

The clown approaches her and puts its arms around her. Music starts (“The House of Leaves”)
Close up of the clown smelling her perfume.

DANIELLE
I’m very drunk so you’re perfectly
free to take advantage.

The clown turns her around and lays her on the counter.
Point of view shot of Danielle. Her vision is blurred because of the alcohol, so she can only vaguely make out its face.

DANIELLE
What’s with your face?

The clown grabs the bottle and shoves it into her mouth.
She begins to scream.
The clown slams its hand on the bottle to push it in further.
She screams even more.
The clown slams its hand down one more time and blood spurts into the bottle.
Danielle is dead.
Close up of Danielle’s lifeless eyes.
Fade to white.

INT. EMILY’S HOUSE

Slow zoom out of the picture that Emily drew. This time all the people in the picture are dead.
The title flashes across.

Cast picture for character: mum

Final choice for font colour

The final choice for our font colour is white because it is not cliched and it contrasts with the black background. It is also more effective as it is a more striking colour, being pure white it attracts the attention of the audience and they remember it more.

Font colour

Ideas for font colours:

Rellik


Choices for our font colour are: White, light blue, purple, red and turqouise.

analysis of horror font

Scream was made in 1996 so it uses the more up to date font. It is bold and white, it stands out and immediatly screams horror to the audience. It contrasts really well with the black background and you can tell the grenre because all recent horror films have this font type. By having a bold white font you are not cliching the old films by copying a red font. However now so many horror films are choosing a white bold font, soon it will become a cliche for all horror films.

Poster of Psycho : In the film Psycho they have used a bold red font to contrast with the black background. This shows that it is a horror because the red indicates blood and the black indicates death. Psycho was made in 1960 and at that point in time the red colour font was a brilliant effect in the title sequence however over the years the red font has become very cliched in horror films and so more horror films now use a bold font and it is generally white.

FONT TYPES

Final cast members

Alistair: playing Dominic their is no picture yet.








Sonny : Playing the role of Mark who is the first to die.







Beccy : Playing Danielle who abandons the sister and dies by a bottle being pushed down her throat.







Matt : Playing the clown who kills Danielle and mark





Michelle : Camera woman





Me : Playing the role of Emily the young girl who feels abandoned by her sister and draws the angry picture

Cast ideas - Emily

I do drama A level so i would be ideal in terms of acting. I can also be made to look young enough to play the part of Emily.




Michelle, for me, has the ideal look.
She can be made to look young enough and to look quite creepy.
But she is the least confident actress of my three choices





Molly looks slightly younger than she is so could be made to look even younger to suit the character of Emily. She is not a very confident actress however, so although she has the look she may not be able to pull off the harder to act scenes.

Cast ideas - Danielle

Since Danielle is only in it for a tiny bit, Beccy thought she could play her. She looks old enough and loves acting (She is doing drama A level). If she did play her Beccy would need a second cameraman for the scenes she was in and a detailed shot list so that we can film it how we want even without being the one to film it.






Jasmine does drama A level and I have seen her be very good at emotional roles,
so she is an ideal actress for the part of Danielle.
However she is very tall, so I would need an equally
tall boy to play the part of Mark or it might look strange.




Kelly looks old enough to play the part of Danielle, but she is not the most confident of actresses. She is more comfortable behind the camera.

Cast ideas - Mark

Sonny does A level drama and looks old enough to play the part of Mark. He does go to a different school though, so I would need to organise getting him to the locations carefully.





Guy looks old enough but his
acting is a bit shaky.





Matthew does GCSE drama, so the acting is fine,
but he possibly doesn't look old enough to play Mark,
especially if we end up casting Jasmine Williams as Danielle.

What makes a good horror killer

Leatherface :

What makes him well loved: He might be a mentally retarded, slow moving, disfigured, in-bred hick, but put a chainsaw in his hands and he'll wipeout a van full of teenagers before the sun sets. There's no more frightening scene in horror than Leatherface's first appearance, in which he slam his victim on the head with his mallet, drags him into his meat locker, and slams the metal door closed.



Hannibal Lecter :

"I ate his liver with fava beans and a nice chianti."



What makes him well loved: He is brilliant, sadistic, and a complete mad man. Unlike many killers he is also a genius. He doesn't need to wield a chainsaw or a pickaxe. A deadly stare or the tone of his voice is enough to send shivers down your spine.


Freddie Krueger:

"One, two, Feddy's coming for you. Three, four, better lock the door."



What makes him well loved: You can stay out of the water or away from the woods, but you can't stop sleeping. That's what makes demon Freddy such a formidable killer. Freddy plagues the dreams of teens, and what happens in their dreams becomes realityu as the clawed-glove Freddy uses their deepest fears to torture and kill his victims.

Roles in a production company

Producer

A Film Producer creates the conditions for making movies. The Producer initiates, coordinates, supervises, and controls matters such as raising funding, hiring key personnel, and arranging for distributors. The producer is involved throughout all phases of the film making process from development to completion of a project.

Line Producer
The Line Producer is the liaison between the Studio or Producer and the Production Manager.

Production Manager
The Production Manager supervises the physical aspects of the production (not the creative aspects) including personnel, technology, budget, and scheduling. It is the Production Manager's responsibility to make sure the filming stays on schedule and within its budget. The PM also helps manage the day-to-day budget by managing operating costs such as salaries, production costs, and everyday equipment rental costs. The PM often works under the supervision of a Line Producer and directly supervises the Production Coordinator.

Unit Manager
The Unit Manager fulfills the same role as the production manager but for secondary "unit" shooting. In some functional structures, the Unit Manager subsumes the role of the Transport Coordinator.

Production Coordinator
The Production Coordinator is the information nexus of the production, responsible for organizing all the logistics from hiring crew, renting equipment, and booking talent. The PC is an integral part of film production.
Post-production Supervisor
Post-production Supervisors are responsible for the post-production process, during which they maintain clarity of information and good channels of communication between the Producer, Editor, Supervising Sound Editor, the Facilities Companies (such as film labs, CGI studios and Negative Cutters) and the Production Accountant. Although this is not a creative role, it is pivotal in ensuring that the film's post-production budget is manageable and achievable, and that all deadlines are met. Because large amounts of money are involved, and most of a film's budget is spent during production, the post-production period can often be difficult and challenging.

Production Assistant
Production Assistants, referred to as PAs, assist in the production office or in various departments with general tasks, such as assisting the First Assistant Director with set operations.

Screenwriter
The Screenwriter, or Scriptwriter, may pitch a finished script to potential Producers, or may write a script under contract to a Producer. A Writer may be involved, to varied degrees, with creative aspects of production.

Script Supervisor
Also known as the continuity person, the Script Supervisor keeps track of what parts of the script have been filmed and makes notes of any deviations between what was actually filmed and what appeared in the script. They make notes on every shot, and keep track of props, blocking, and other details to ensure continuity from shot to shot and scene to scene. The Script Supervisor's notes are given to the Editor to expedite the editing process. The Script Supervisor works very closely with the Director on set.

Stunt Coordinator
Where the film requires a stunt, and involves the use of stunt performers, the Stunt Coordinator will arrange the casting and performance of the stunt, working closely with the Director.

Casting Director
The Casting Director chooses the Actors for the characters of the film. This usually involves by inviting potential Actors to read an excerpt from the script for an audition.

Director
The Director is responsible for overseeing the creative aspects of a film, including controlling the content and flow of the film's plot, directing the performances of Actors, organizing and selecting the locations in which the film will be shot, and managing technical details such as the positioning of cameras, the use of lighting, and the timing and content of the film's soundtrack. Though the director wields a great deal of power, they are ultimately subordinate to the film's Producer or Producers. Some Directors, especially more established ones, take on many of the roles of a Producer, and the distinction between the two roles is sometimes blurred.

Location Manager
Oversees the Locations Department and its staff, typically reporting directly to the Production Manager and/or Assistant Director (or even Director and/or Executive Producer). Location Manager is responsible for final clearing (or guaranteeing permission to use) a location for filming and must often assist Production/Finance Dept(s) in maintaining budget management regarding actual location/permit fees as well as labor costs to production for himself and the Locations Department at large

Production Designer
Also known as the Creative Director, the Production Designer is responsible for creating the physical, visual appearance of the film - settings, costumes, character makeup, all taken as a unit. The Production Designer works closely with the Director and the Cinematographer to achieve the look of the film

Art Director
The Art Director reports to the Production Designer, and more directly oversees artists and craftspeople, such as the Set Designers, Graphic Artists, and Illustrators who give form to the production design as it develops. The Art Director works closely with the Construction Coordinator to oversee the aesthetic and textural details of sets as they are realized.

Set Designer
The Set Designer is the Draftsman, often an Architect, who realizes the structures or interior spaces called for by the Production Designer

Props Master
The Property Master is in charge of finding and managing all the props that appear in the film. The Props Maste

Costume designer
The Costume Designer is responsible for all the clothing and costumes worn by all the actors that appear on screen. They are also responsible for designing, planning, and organizing the construction of the garments down to the fabric, colors, and sizes. The Costume Designer works closely with the Director to understand and interpret "character", and counsels with the Production Designer to achieve an overall tone of the film. In large productions, the Costume Designer will usually have one or more Assistant Costume Designers usually has several assistants

Make-up Artist
Make-up Artists work with makeup, hair and special effects to create the characters look for anyone appearing on screen. Their role is to manipulate an Actor's on-screen appearance whether it makes them look more youthful, larger, older, or in some cases monstrous. There are also Body Makeup Artists who concentrate their abilities on the body rather than the head.

Hairdresser
The Hairdresser, or Hair Stylist, is responsible for maintaining and styling the hair of anyone appearing on screen. They work in conjunction with the Makeup Artist.

Special Effects Supervisor
The Special Effects Supervisor instructs the Special effects crew on how to design moving set elements and props that will safely break, explode, burn, collapse and implode without destroying the film set. S/he is also responsible for reproducing weather conditions and other on-camera magic.

Cinematographer
The term Cinematographer has been a point of contention for some time now. It is usually synonymous with Director of Photography, though some professionals insist this only applies when the Director of Photography and Camera Operator are the same person.

Director of Photography
The Director of Photography, DoP or DP, is the chief of the camera and lighting crew of the film. The DoP makes decisions on lighting and framing of scenes in conjunction with the film's director. Typically, the Director tells the DoP how they want a shot to look, and the DoP chooses the correct aperture, filter, and lighting to achieve the desired effect as per the Directors requirements.

Camera Operator
The Camera Operator uses the camera at the direction of the Cinematographer, Director of Photography, or the film Director to capture the scenes on film. Generally, a Cinematographer or Director of Photography does not operate the camera, but sometimes these jobs may be combined.

First Assistant Camera
The First Assistant Camera, 1st AC or Focus Puller, is responsible for keeping the camera in focus as it is shooting, as well as building the camera at the beginning of the day and taking it apart at the end. They also thread the film when a new magazine is loaded.

Second Assistant Camera
The Second Assistant Camera, 2nd AC or Clapper/Loader, operates the clapperboard at the beginning of each take and loads the raw film stock into the camera magazines between takes, if there is no additional specifically designated Film Loader. The 2nd AC is also in charge of overseeing the meticulously kept notebooks that record when the film stock is received, used, and sent to the lab for processing. Additionally, the 2nd AC oversees organization of camera equipment and transport of the equipment from one shooting location to another.

Digital Imaging Technician
On digital photography productions the Digital Imaging Technician, or DIT, is responsible for the coordination of the internal workings of the digital camera. Under the direction of the Cinematographer or Director of Photography, the DIT will make adjustments to the multitude of variables available in most professional digital cameras to creatively or technically manipulate the resulting image. It may also be the responsibility of the DIT to archive and manage the digital data, create compressed dailies from raw footage and prepare all digital images for post-production

Production Sound Mixer
The Production Sound Mixer is head of the sound department on set, responsible for recording all sound during filming. This involves the choice and deployment of microphones, operation of a sound recording device, and sometimes the mixing of audio signals in real time.

Boom Operator
The Boom Operator is an assistant to the Production Sound Mixer, responsible for microphone placement and movement during filming. The Boom Operator uses a boom pole, a long pole made of light aluminum or carbon fiber that allows precise positioning of the microphone above or below the Actors, just out of the camera's frame. The Boom Operator may also place radio microphones and hidden set microphones. In France, the Boom Operator is called the Perchman.

Utility Sound Technician
The utility Sound Technician has a dynamic role in the Sound Department, most typically pulling cables, but often acting as an additional Boom Operator or Mixer when required by complex filming circumstances. Not all films employ a Utility Sound Technician, but the increasing complexities of location sound recording in modern film have made the job more prevalent. This role is sometimes credited as Cable Puller or Python Wrangler

Key grip
The Key Grip is the chief Grip on a set, and is the head of the Set Operations Department. The Key Grip works with the Director of Photography to help set up the set and to achieve correct lighting and blocking.

Best boy (Grip)
The Best Boy is chief assistant to the Key Grip. They are also responsible for organizing the grip truck throughout the day.

Dolly grip
The Grip in charge of operating the camera dollies and camera cranes is called the Dolly Grip. They place, level, and move the dolly track, then push and pull the dolly, and usually a Camera Operator and Camera Assistant as riders.

Grips
Grips report to the Key Grip and are responsible for lifting heavy things and setting rigging points for lights

Gaffer
The gaffer is the head of the Electrical Department, responsible for the design and execution of the electrical distribution and lighting plan for a production. Sometimes the Gaffer is credited as Chief Lighting Technician.

Best boy (Electrical)
The Best Boy is the chief assistant to the Gaffer. He or she is not usually on set, but dealing with the electric truck, rentals, manpower, and other logistics.

Lighting Technician
Lighting Technicians are involved with setting up and controlling lighting equipment.

Film Editor
The Film Editor is the person who assembles the various shots into a coherent film, with the help of the Director. There are usually several Assistant Editors

Visual Effects Creative Director
VFX Creative Directors are very much like Production Designers, except they direct and supervise the creative side of the film's visual effects. The position is particularly in demand for films with massive amounts of computer generated imagery and scenes.

Visual Effects Supervisor
The Visual Effects Supervisor is in charge of the VFX crew, working with production and the film's Director to achieve the desired in-camera optical effects of the film.

Sound Designer
The Sound Designer, or Supervising Sound Editor, is in charge of the post-production sound of a movie. Sometimes this may involve great creative license, and other times it may simply mean working with the Director and Editor to balance the sound to their liking.

Dialogue Editor
The Dialogue Editor is responsible for assembling and editing all the dialog in the soundtrack.

Sound Editor
The Sound Editor is responsible for assembling and editing all the sound effects in the soundtrack.

Re-recording Mixer
The Re-recording Mixer balances all of the sounds prepared by the dialogue, music and effects editors, and finalizes the films audio track.

Music Supervisor
The Music Supervisor, or Music Director, works with the Composer, Mixers and Editors to create and integrate the film's music. In Hollywood a Music Supervisor's primary responsibility is to act as liaison between the film production and the recording industry, negotiating the use rights for all source music used in a film.

Composer
The Composer is responsible for writing the musical score for a film.

Foley Artist
The Foley Artist is the person who creates many of the ambient or routine sound effects for a film.


we am going to be doing all of these roles, with a little bit of help from some friends. That's a lot of work!

Budget

For our film we have a very low budget (like non existant), so beccy thought we would take a look at some low budget films that were succesful. Granted, even the low budget films would have had a bigger budget than us, but if we were a real production company making a full length film to try to make a profit, we would find some way to gather up a better budget. This could be through investors and sponsors or even fundraising.

The Blaire Witch Project is probably the most successful low budget film. It had a budget of around $60,000 but grossed at almost $249 million worldwide. Other successul low budget films are Deep Throat, Sholay, Enter the Dragon, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Rocky, Halloween, Napolean Dynamite, Juno, Slumdog Millionaire and Marianne.

A microbudget is films with even smaller budgets (still not as small as ours), and a few of these have been successful. These include El Mariachi, The Apu Trilogy, Pather Panchali, The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha, The Chess Players, The Zombie Diaries and, most famously, Paranormal Activity.

Final cut productions

Beccy had the idea for our name for our production company as it was her original idea and so that everything is slightly more professional, and after choosing the name 'Final Cut Productions' She found a website that did company logos, and made this one. I am going to put this logo on my blog design too so that it is always visible.

Updated production schedule

Now I know what I am doing I thought it might be a good idea to write myself a checklist of things I need to plan and do in chronological order so that I am organised and working within my time set.

By 2nd December -
Flesh out plot idea - done
Decide on characters
Start to think about casting
Start to think about locations

By 9th December -
Finalize cast
Finalize locations
Start writing the script
Start to think about costumes

By 16th December -
Start looking for a soundtrack to use
Write a film treatment and plot synopsis
Look at edits and camera angles associated with horrors
Research 3 production companies

By 23rd December -
Finalize script
Draw up storyboard
Research titles
Write up a prop list

By 30th December -
Make and upload animatic
Give out scripts

By 6th January -
Write out shot lists
Start getting props
Start getting costumes
Begin filming

By 27th January -
Finish filming
Begin editing

By 30th March -
Finish editing
Make title sequence
Finish and evaluate film

Major update

Me and Beccy (who is also doing media) were discussing our projects when we came to the decision that we should mix our two ideas and work together to make our film. As of today we are both part of Final Ct Productions and are both directing this film. We had our first meeting today to discuss how we are going to effectively mix our ideas so that we both have equal input and are happy with how the story goes. We also assigned jobs and re-wrote the production schedule.

Here is our new and improved ideas:

A little girl (Emily) is upset that her sister (Sanielle) is not spending time with her since she got a boyfriend. When Danielle abandons her to go to a party it is the last straw and she storms upstairs grabs out a piece of paper and a pencil and angrily begins to draw. Her imagination begins to take over until she has no control over what she is drawing. She looks down to see the finished picture. She has drawn the party... with a killer clown looking un through the window. We cut to the end of the party where two boys (Mark and Dominic) are cleaning up. Dominic goes to wash up in the kitchen leaving Mark alone. Danielle enters drunk and begins flirting with him and tells him to meet her in the bathroom. She goes to wait for him, meanwhile Sominic gets locked in the kitchen and as Mark goes to meet Danielle, he is suprised to see the clown he hired for the party still there. He tells him to go home, but the clown merely stares back. Suddenly it attacks him, slashing him with a knife and leaving him dead on the floor. cut to Danielle in the bathroom she is drinking from a bottle ofwine. She hears the door open and think it's Mark come to have sex with her she allows him to put his arms around her when she turns round she can't quite see his face because her vision is blurred due to the alchol. But by the time she realises somthing is not quite right the clown grabs the bottle and pushes it down her throat killing her. At this point the title of the film flashes up.

Font research

Gypsy curse font is perfect for a horror it is bold and when it is in pure white it looks creepy and would go well with the clip i am doing. I may have it in pure white or dark red because i want to be different to other people who will most likely use white, i may also decide to have it in black if i have a bright background.



Arial is easy to read but it is not really used much in horror as it is a plain font. Horrors have more weird lettering and font type to make it more creepy.

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Gothic font is very creepy and goes along with the horror concept however sometimes it can be hard to read if the font is small so i woul;d have to make the writing big so it becomes readable.

Horror Title sequence

This is effective because it uses a variety of clips of different horror situations such as a hand sticking out of the ground moving his hadn vigurously, it then sinks into the soil disappearing slowly. It has a clowns which is my worst phobia just looking at the camera with a sinister smile. They have used red as their main colour for the background with different pictures of symbols and killers to represent blood and they correspond with the genre of horror. At the beginning it transforms from a white background with Showtime presents to the red colour slowly dripping down the screen to represent blood oozing. The font is pure white, in capitals and looks like Bernard MT condensed (which is a word font). The red colour looks like blood in water all discoloured, and some parts darker then others this is effective as it adds more detail to the opening sequence. Halfway through in Bold capitals it says the title ' Masters of Horror', it is in the same pure white lettering but because it is in a big size font it stands out compared to the others.

Horror title sequence

This is the opening for Psycho by Universal pictures. It is very good and effective.

Good effects : good fonts, relevant to clip.
Gives an idea of what's to come
Flashes of the title
Swapping between titles and footage adds creepiness.
Shot of bloody hand prints on the wall represents horror
Builds suspense and atmposhere.

Bad effetcs : None

Horror title sequences that students have made badly

This is an average opening sequence it has some good effects and some bad effects.

The good effetcs: You don't see the face of the character so it leaves interpretation for the audience.

- You can clearly see the weapon of chose by the killer when he picks it up, their is blood on the end indicating that he may have previously killed soemone and is looking for the enxt victim.

- The woods create a tense and dramatic atmposhere making the audience anticipate a scare or killing to take place.

Bad effects : Nothing scary happens no jumps or killings, this shows that although you can tell it is a horror it does not intrigue you into watching the rest of the film because most offers get you hooked straight away.




This is another average opening for a horror.

Good effects : You never saw the killer face, audience can interpret what he looks like.
Clip was relevant to title of film
suitable font for text went well with clip

Bad effects : She could escape easily wasn't very effective.
Camera jolted as she screamed
No jumps/ scares
Wasn't long enough

Locations for my movie

For my movie i would like to film at my house using my living room as the interogation scene at the beginning having the lights dim. I would also like to use the hall down my road to host the party scene as it is bigger and i have more room and hiding places to create scares.

Pictures will be added soon along with the cast list.

Other ares that i could movie : My friends house for the party as it is more realistic for the film use the basement adds more tension, mysterious and pitch black so would have a few lights down their.

What my opening two minutes should achieve

In the opening two minutes of my film i hope to achieve ;

o Clarify the genre of my movie

o introduce the main characters

o set the time and location

o intrigue the audience to carry on watching

o title sequence that will relate to the genre and the clip

o music that will make the audience anticipate a scare or something to happen

o show a cliche of horror

o show that i have used a variety of camera shots

o give a hint of what will happen later on if i continued to progress with the movie

Ideas for characters

characters:

Two police man - asking the questions to the woman. calm and composed when asking questions and does not tolerate her behaviour

Cary - Woman who is the suspect and the ex wife to the man who was murdered, attractive, deny's that she committed the murder is innocent. Very aggressive towards the police but remains in control of the situation when explaining.

Party people - Lots of people having a good time drinkning, people getting together, others fighting. They are the witnesses to the murder even though they don't really see it.

Steve - the man who gets murdered is drinking and singing along to songs having a good time with a girl who is trying to come onto him.

Clown - Main killer of the party, secretive don't know who he is. The clown frames other people so that he can carry on killing the people that he does not like.

A thought

Idea :

Scene starts with police questioning a woman (camera shot- zoomed in on the woman's face - suspect) about her ex husbands murder that took place in his house during a party. ( Screen dissolves and the Flash back of her at the party drinking and having a good time scene is partly Blury and dark ) shows her vision is poor and she is drunk. Wide shot of everyone at the party.

Flshback - routine

- Lights off ( people jumping out of places )
-camera shot of clown holding a weapon entering the building with an evil laugh - the clown has a special power that when you look at him you freeze until he leaves the room. (zoom in on the clown entering through the back door) ( Pan/Dolly shot of him walking through the people) (Eary music in the background build up tension)
- Screaming as someone gets attacked ( might be a Spot light on clown as he approaches the victim)
- Clown puts weapon in the womans hand leaving her fingerprints on the weapon. (Close-up of the weapon)
- Lights on clown has dissapeared and blood is sprayed everywhere and the people come back everyone panics that the woman has killed him as no one remebers freezing.
- People call the police and the woman gets arrested for suspicion of murder.

Powerpoint of audiences

Sound and mise -en -scene

Diegetic and non -diegetic sound

voive over - someone thinking with their thoughts being played for the audience so the character does not actually speak out loud.

sound track - background music that fits the scene and a theme song to intorduce the movie.

Direct address - actor talking as if communicating with the audience rather than another character can be used in a monologue.

Sound effects - they go with the action of a scene (e.g someone slamming a door and the sound effect of a door slamming) In time with the response of the characters action.

Mise -en -scene

Production design - location, studio,set design,costume and make-up and properties.

Lighting and colour design.

All of these are key elements that make the film / scene and create atmosphere to fit.

Editing / other transitions

Cutting :

shot reverse shot - Film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen) then the other character looking back.

Eyeline match - Editing technique, the audience will want to see what the character is seeing, looking at something off screen, cut to the object or person which is being looked at.

Graphic match - Cut between either two different objects, spaces or characters helps establish a strong continuity of action.

action match - Also called continuity of action, emphazies smooth transition of time and space.

jump cut - Two sequential shots of the same subject are taken from camera positions that vary slightly.

Crosscutting - To establish action occuring at the same time in two different locations.

Parallel editing - used to cover a jump in time alternating two or more scenes.

Cutaway ; insert - A shot part of a scene filmed from a different angle, cover action already covered in the master shot.

Other transitions :

Dissolve - gradual transition from one image to another

fade in - where an image slowly appears on screen

fade out - an image that slowly goes out of focus

Wipe - where a scene moves across the screen

superimposition - scenes or shots are combined

Long take - where theperiod of time camera stays on a character or subject for a long

Short take - where the camera quickly moves from one thing to another

slow motion - used to emphasize a specific scene, the action is slowed down.

Composition

Framing - Process of creating composition between characters (e.g Love or hate relationship)

Rule of thirds - Concept in film production, in which a frame is divided into nine imaginary sections, reference points and guides for framing the image.

Depth of field/deep focus - Front to back range of focus on an image how much it appears sharp and clear.

Focus pulls - Creative camera technique in which you can change focus during a shot. adjusting focus from one subject to another.

Camera angle / Movement

Camera Angle

Low angle shot - Increase height, gives a sense of speeded motion and confusion to the viewer, makes someone seem more powerfull as you feel like you are looking up at them.

High angle shot - Camera is elevated above the action to get a general overview. Makes actors look vunerable and small. However in a crowded setting it is used to make the actor or object less scary as they get blended into the backgound.

Canted angle - Sometimes camera is tilted to suggest imbalance, transition and instability. Popular in horror movies used to suggest danger and a hand held camera is used for this shot.

Movement

Pan - Movement which scans a scene horrizontally, camera is placed on a tripod and follows the action with the actor in view.

Tilt - Scans vertically, similar to a pan shot, shows actor moving up or down (e.g walking up stairs)

Dolly - Also called tracking or trucking placed on a moving vehicle, moves alongside the action following a certain object or person.

Tracking shot - A camera mounted on a camera dolly a wheeled platform, pushed on rails to move witht the character.

Crane - A camera shot taken from a crane to view the characters from above or to move up and away from them.

Steadicam - Isolates operator's from moving the camera allowing a smooth shot.

Hand-held - This is where the operator is holding the camera and has free range of movement.

Zoom - where the camera zooms into a character or a specific object.

Camera Shots

Establishing shot - A long or extreme -long shot at the beginning of a scene indicating where it is set, when and some of the characters.

Master shot - A camera shot that keeps everything in view, characters and the rest of the setting.

Close-up - Zoomed into the character speaking mostly used on monologues, also used in certain scenes.

Mid shot - Contains a figure from Knees / waist up normally used for dialogue scenes, shows some detail of action and variations on this include two shot.

Long shot - Shows the image as approxiametly 'Life' sizw corresponding to the real distance.

Aerial shot - Variation of a crane shot, taken from a helicopter often used at the beginning to establish setting and movement.

Point of view (P.O.V) - This shows the audience what the actor is eeing, shows a view from the subjects perspective.

Over the shoulder shot - Following an actor looking over their shoulder showing the audience what's in front of them.

Momentum Pictures

Momentum Pictures is also known as Alliance Films Uk, it is one of the most leading independent motion pictures distributer in the UK. On average the company produces around 20 films a year and has won 8 BAFTA awards this year. 7 of these awards went to the KING'S SPEECH inlcuding best film and best actor. The 8th award went to The girl with the dragon tattoo winning best film not in the English language. A few of their upcoming releases are

- 13th January 2012 : Shame
- 20th January 2012 : Haywire
- 10th February 2012 : The woman in black

Some of the films released this year are : The King's Speech, Chalet girl, Red hill and Justice.


Industry :

Film distribution

Founded :

London, England (2000)

Products :

Motion pictures

Owner(s):

Alliance Films

Website :

www.momentumpictures.co.uk

Lions Gate

LionsGgate entertainment Corporation is a North American entertainment company. In North America it is the the most successful independent film and television distribution company. Lions Gate have produced many new films such as ; Drive Angry, The Expendables and Blitz.

Info about Lions Gate :


Audience: Public

Industry :

Motion pictures, television programming, home video, family entertainment, Video on demand, digital distribution, music, & music publishing

Predecessor :

Lions Gate Films

Founded :

June 6, 1997 (Vancouver, British Columbia as Lionsgate Films)
October 8, 2005 (split as Lionsgate Entertainment and Maple Pictures)

Founder(s):

Frank Giustra

Headquarters :

Santa Monica, California, United States

Area :
North America

Key people :

Jon Feltheimer
(Co-Chairman and CEO)
Michael Burns
(Vice chairman)
Steve Beeks
(President)


Revenue :

US$1,584,000,000 (FY 2010)[1]

Operating income :

US$10,311,000 (FY 2010)[1]

Net income :

US$19,478,000 (FY 2010)[1]

Total assets :

US$1,704,000,000 (FY 2010)[2]

Total equity :

US$53,922,000 (FY 2010)[2]


Subsidiaries :

Family Home Entertainment
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Lionsgate Music & Publishing
Lionsgate Television
Roadside Attractions
Sterling Home Entertainment
Trimark Pictures
TV Guide Network
Vestron Video

Universal pictures

Universal pictures have some films that coming soon in cinema they are ; The thing, Tower Heist, Johnny English and Immortals.

Industry Film
Founded New York, NY US
(April 30, 1912) (99 years ago)
Headquarters Universal City, California, US<
Area served Worldwide
Key people Carl Laemmle, Founder
Ronald Meyer, President / Chief Operating Officer
Products Motion pictures
Owner(s) NBCUniversal
Website universalstudios.com


Universal pictures started in 1914 with a film called By the sun's rays, they are still continuing to make films now. Last year they made 15 films and this year they have increased by two, they have already planned to produce films in the years 2012,2013 and 2014.

20th century Fox

20th Century Fox have produced many films such as Avatar and Titanic. Avatar was known as the first 3d film ever made and it has remained by far the biggest hit in 3d, 80% of the film's revenue was from the 3d version. Avatar took 4 years to produce as it used hi-tech techniques such as ; Real time performance capture and prototype which lasted 37 seconds, it is the longest and complex film ever made. Avatar is the highest grossing film in today's Box office.

Info about Avatar ;

Directed by James Cameron
Produced by James Cameron
Jon Landau

Written by James Cameron
Starring Sam Worthington
Zoe Saldana
Stephen Lang
Michelle Rodriguez
Sigourney Weaver
Joel David Moore
Giovanni Ribisi

Music by James Horner
Cinematography Mauro Fiore
Editing by James Cameron
John Refoua
Stephen E. Rivkin

Studio Lightstorm Entertainment
Dune Entertainment
Ingenious Film Partners

Distributed by 20th Century Fox

Release date(s) December 10, 2009 (2009-12-10) (London premiere)
December 18, 2009 (2009-12-18) (United States)
Country United States
Language English
Budget $237 million[3]
$9 million+ (Re-release)[2]
Box office $2,782,275,172[4][5]

Warner Bros pictures

The Warner Bros don't just create films they also produce t.v programmes like Looney Tunes and Smallville. Some of the films they have made recently are : Hangover 2, Final Destination 5, harry potter and the deathly hallowes part 1/2. They have also done a theatre play called New years eve that comes out December 9th.

All of these products have been a big hit in the Uk they are still shown on t.v and DVD some have even made it onto Blu-ray. The Warner Bros are a massive company that continue to produce major Box office films.

Info about Harry potter and the dealthy Hallows Part 2:

Directed by David Yates
Produced by David Heyman
David Barron
J. K. Rowling
Screenplay by Steve Kloves
Based on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by
J. K. Rowling
Starring Daniel Radcliffe
Rupert Grint
Emma Watson
(See below)
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Themes:
John Williams
Nicholas Hooper
Cinematography Eduardo Serra
Editing by Mark Day
Studio Warner Bros. Pictures
Heyday Films
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s) 13 July 2011 (2011-07-13) (International)
15 July 2011 (2011-07-15) (United Kingdom &
United States)
Running time 130 minutes[1]
Country United Kingdom
United States
Language English
Budget $250 million
(Shared with Part 1)[2]
Box office $1,328,100,185[3]

Paramount Pictures

Paramount pictures are famous for producing films such as : Paranormal Activity, The fighter and Iron man. They have produced many films and are a succesful institution creating a variety of films from romance to horror/ thriller. They have recently produced Super 8 which is soon to be released on DVD and Blu-ray.

Paramount Pictures Corporation is a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. Paramount consists of several film labels including, the legendary Paramount Pictures; leading youth brand,family entertainment label, Nickelodeon Movies; and specialty film labels.In addition,Paramount also established distribution deals with iconic comice book creator, MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT and renowned animated film producer Dreamworks Animation.

opening to Saw

This film is rated an 18 because of the content, this shows that some of the deaths will be gory and their will be swearing. Also the film is based on torture so it maybe disturbing to teenagers/ children under 18.


In the opening minutes of Saw you immediatly know that it is a horror genre by the colours of the opening title screens and when the first scene appears it is dark and eeary. When the titles appear on screen their is the sound of a storm in the background and then they flash on screen. In the opening scene a little blue light goes across the screen and the audience can just about see a person with their eyes clothes laying down, it then quickly dissappears to show that he is underwater and just woken up. He wakes up gasping for air and choking on the water, the audience figure out that he is in a bathroom, but not in his own home. The blue light vanished down the drain and the screen goes pitch black. You start to hear him asking for help and you get the sense that he is walking around even though you can't see hi. This is very effective as it adds more impact to the fact that he is trapped and has no clue where he is, the audience will sympathise for him as they can imagine from hearing him what emotions must be running through his mind.

As it continues to remain dark you get an eeary feeling of danger and that he is not alone, this leaves the audience in anticipation as they want their to be light so they can see who is with him, however when you start to hear the other person's voive it is still dark so the audience have to imagine who is their and why. The man says i think i found something and suddenly all the lights flash on and the man is stunned by the immediate display of light, as he was in the dark for ages. The audiecne can now see the room and therefore they get the setting and the emotion goes with what the man is feeling. The bathroom looks cold, damp and gloomy these portray the man's feelings as he is feeling cold from being in water for a while, damp because he is wet and scared because of where he is.

You then get a P.O.V ( POINT OF VIEW ) shot of his vision being blurred from the lights and him feeling dizzy, this gives the impression that the man is more vunderable as he doesn't have good vision for a small moment. This makes the audience think that soemthing is going to happen next, it then pans around to show another man also trapped holding onto a pipe. The other characters vision is also blurred and he tries to make out the image of the man walking towards him. The next clip shows them trying to connect with one another wanting to feel safe by being near one another, however the screen goes fuzzy and things spin around. This shows that they are not fully recovered from what happened to them, the camera then zooms in on a body that is covered in blood laying on the floor. The audience now get the impression that their maybe more than just those people and that either the killer is in the room or nearby watching.

After looking at the body they turn to each other and scream, panic across their face wondering what will happen to them. The man turns to run and realises that he is chained to a pipe by his foot, this is a good effect because the audience never realised that he was chained and neither did he, this means that they can't escape without torturing themselves. This adds more drama and questions for the audience as they now think of how they could escape and who is behind this. The end of the opening minutes is the other man saying 'calm down', this shows the audience that because he isn't chained to anything and isn't showing any sign of fear that he maybe the killer or he is trying to block out what is happening, this makes the audience wonder what will happen next.

Mind map of recent plot ideas

Prezi - Mood board

Mood board Horror on Prezi

The Orphan

The evil side of children and why some can't be trusted in Horror's.

Childs play

This shows the evil side of toys.

Questionaire on Horror

Name : Michelle
Age : 16
Favourite Horror film : Childs play
Why is it your favourite : It shows the evil side of childrens toys that we all know is there but ignore.
What do you expect from a Horror : That once it has finished you are scared and paranoid about everything around you.
What was the first Horror film you saw : Gothika


Name : Bekky
Age : 16
Favourite Horror film : The Orphan
Why is it your favourite : Because it's a real edge of your seat film, you get really into the story and begin to hate the girl. I also like it because it focuses more on psychological scares than gore.
Favourite memorable quote from a Horror : You break the rules and you end up dead. Ok i'll see you in the kitchen with a knife - Scream
What do you expect from a Horror : To actually be scared than jusst grossed out.
What was the first Horror film you saw : Wrong turn

Trailer to Descent

Camera shots

This is a Youtube clip of camera shots that are used in many films that we see in cinema. By uploading this i can see what camera shots will work well in my film and what the shot should look like.

Characters and costume ideas for film

Ratings for films :

U - suitable for children under 4
PG - Parental guidnace may not be suitable for children under 8
12A - Children 12 and under are only allowed to watch with parents
12 - Nobody under 12 can watch
15 - Over 15's as content may include - sex scences, drugs and sewaring
18 - over 18's as content may include gory scenes, sex scenes, drugs, strong violence and swearing.