Thursday, 24 January 2013
Animatic Storyboard
This animatic storyboard is essentially is a short animation that we created in iMovie. Our group produced this storyboard to give us more ideas on on what shots we should use in our opening sequence and how we should incorporate sound into our product in post-production. Creating this storyboard in iMovie was useful for various reasons; it allowed our group to get a better idea of how to work with iMovie, gave us a better idea of how long our opening sequence will be and helped us to determine which sounds would and wouldn't be appropriate in our opening sequence.
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Casting
Firstly we have chosen Megan to be one of the main parts as she is a
drama student. She fits our idea of the character of the teenage girl.
Megan is stylish and takes pride in what she looks likes, which is
exactly what her character is like.
We also have Demi as the other main part in the opening sequence. Demi has the clothes to fit the stereotypical teenage girl. Demi also fits our idea of what a teenage girl should look like.
Charlie is going to be the antagonist of the film because he has an intimidating body structure. Charlie is 5ft11 which fits our idea of a man as he is quite tall. Also, Charlie has black clothing that he can wear so that when he gets filmed, he will have a mysterious look because of the black clothing he is wearing.
We also have Demi as the other main part in the opening sequence. Demi has the clothes to fit the stereotypical teenage girl. Demi also fits our idea of what a teenage girl should look like.
Charlie is going to be the antagonist of the film because he has an intimidating body structure. Charlie is 5ft11 which fits our idea of a man as he is quite tall. Also, Charlie has black clothing that he can wear so that when he gets filmed, he will have a mysterious look because of the black clothing he is wearing.
Titles
Titles used in our opening product:
- New Wonder Productions
- Working Title Films
- Casting by Demi Proud, Megan Harris and Charlie Price
- Edited by Mike Adams
- Music by David Laws
- Produced by Ann Lee
- Directed by Nikola Busonovic
These are the titles that will appear in order for our horror opening sequence. Our group chose not to include any more titles into the opening sequence because we wanted the audience to focus more on what happened in the opening sequence rather than looking at the titles that appeared on the bottom of the screen.
These are a few ideas of the fonts of titles we are going to use. We are unsure as to now of what one will be using.
- New Wonder Productions
- Working Title Films
- Casting by Demi Proud, Megan Harris and Charlie Price
- Edited by Mike Adams
- Music by David Laws
- Produced by Ann Lee
- Directed by Nikola Busonovic
These are the titles that will appear in order for our horror opening sequence. Our group chose not to include any more titles into the opening sequence because we wanted the audience to focus more on what happened in the opening sequence rather than looking at the titles that appeared on the bottom of the screen.
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Character Descriptions
Demi: A surprisingly mature fourteen year old girl. Demi has an older sister who she is inspired by. Despite the maturity she possesses, Demi isn't the epitome of smart, but she makes up for that with her bubbly charm and her love of sport. She likes to wear make-up as she feels better and enhances her confidence. It's through her bubbly charm that has gained her so many friends, and when she uses that bubbly charm, it's hard to say no to her. She often uses social media networks (specifically FaceBook and occasionally Twitter) to make more friends.
Megan: Even though they aren't related, Megan and Demi are very similar. Both incredibly mature for a fourteen year old girl and look up to their older sisters as role models. Megan, however, has common sense unlike Demi, so she is usually the more trustworthy of the two. Megan dreams of performing in the West End in a few years time, and will do everything she can to land herself in the main role of a West End musical. Even with the chaotic situations that revolve around Demi, Megan has enough trust in her friend to follow what she does, although bringing some sense and responsibility to the chaos.
John Slasher: Mysterious and unknown. There are very few facts known about John, but one of them includes that he is one of Britain's most intelligent and possibly most sadistic murderers in history. After the killing of over one hundred victims, John has somehow managed to emerge unscathed from authority. Whether or not the horrific slaughters of John's victims will come to an end or not is not known at this point in time, but one can only hope that the police eventually manage to provide justice to those that have been wronged by Slasher.
Megan: Even though they aren't related, Megan and Demi are very similar. Both incredibly mature for a fourteen year old girl and look up to their older sisters as role models. Megan, however, has common sense unlike Demi, so she is usually the more trustworthy of the two. Megan dreams of performing in the West End in a few years time, and will do everything she can to land herself in the main role of a West End musical. Even with the chaotic situations that revolve around Demi, Megan has enough trust in her friend to follow what she does, although bringing some sense and responsibility to the chaos.
John Slasher: Mysterious and unknown. There are very few facts known about John, but one of them includes that he is one of Britain's most intelligent and possibly most sadistic murderers in history. After the killing of over one hundred victims, John has somehow managed to emerge unscathed from authority. Whether or not the horrific slaughters of John's victims will come to an end or not is not known at this point in time, but one can only hope that the police eventually manage to provide justice to those that have been wronged by Slasher.
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Thursday, 10 January 2013
The Script
*Two girls are walking down a road, clear shot from the back of their heads*
Megan- So where are we meeting them again?
Demi- Let me just check.
*Demi scrolls down her phone to look at the previous messages between her and John*
Demi- Yeah, we are meeting them in the warehouse over there *looks to the left*.
*Panning/Point of View shot of the forest*
Megan- Are you joking?!
Demi- Does it look like I'm joking?
Megan- Look Demi, I've got so much homework to do and so many deadlines...
Demi- Oh come on! Don't chicken out! Come on...I set you up with his mate!
Megan- But I don't even know the guy!
Demi- Oh please Meg, it's going to be fun I promise!
Megan- ...Oh fine then.
*Walks into the forest*
*The two girls are walking through the forest, many different sounds occur, quiet music creeps in and is playing very quietly in the background. Demi secretly texts the boys typing in "where are you?"*
Demi- I think we're lost.
Megan- What do you mean we're lost?
Demi- Look don't panic. You go that way and look for the warehouse, I'll stay here in case the boys come out and look for us.
Megan- Okay.
*Megan departs to the left of the forest looking for the boys, Demi stays in the same place trying to call for the boys*
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End of script (as the rest of the scene focuses on the tragic demises of the two girls. The only sounds that will be made during that will be non-diegetic sounds to build suspense, as well as Demi and Megan screaming in pure horror)
Megan- So where are we meeting them again?
Demi- Let me just check.
*Demi scrolls down her phone to look at the previous messages between her and John*
Demi- Yeah, we are meeting them in the warehouse over there *looks to the left*.
*Panning/Point of View shot of the forest*
Megan- Are you joking?!
Demi- Does it look like I'm joking?
Megan- Look Demi, I've got so much homework to do and so many deadlines...
Demi- Oh come on! Don't chicken out! Come on...I set you up with his mate!
Megan- But I don't even know the guy!
Demi- Oh please Meg, it's going to be fun I promise!
Megan- ...Oh fine then.
*Walks into the forest*
*The two girls are walking through the forest, many different sounds occur, quiet music creeps in and is playing very quietly in the background. Demi secretly texts the boys typing in "where are you?"*
Demi- I think we're lost.
Megan- What do you mean we're lost?
Demi- Look don't panic. You go that way and look for the warehouse, I'll stay here in case the boys come out and look for us.
Megan- Okay.
*Megan departs to the left of the forest looking for the boys, Demi stays in the same place trying to call for the boys*
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End of script (as the rest of the scene focuses on the tragic demises of the two girls. The only sounds that will be made during that will be non-diegetic sounds to build suspense, as well as Demi and Megan screaming in pure horror)
Monday, 7 January 2013
Props, Costumes and Locations
Props
The second object we are using is an asthma pump/inhaler. We will be using this because the other female character (Megan) is asthmatic, and when she is running through the woods to find the boys, she drops her asthma pump in the woods through panic and doesn't realise this until later on in the sequence. We will use a close up to show the asthma pump on the ground to show that she has dropped it. Later on, she stops as she does suffer from an asthma attack which makes her unconscious on the floor as she cannot breath, so the prop is a crucial part for one of the characters.
This is the asthma pump that will be used as a prop:
This is the mobile phone that will be used as a prop:
Costumes
The two girls (Demi and Megan): The two female characters will be wearing articles of clothing that relates to the Winter season (meaning that leggings, blazers, boots, jeans and winter coats will be clothes expected to be featured in the opening sequence). This is to show that the film takes place into the Winter season, so the audience can feel a sense of normality from roughly knowing the time in which the opening sequence was filmed. Normal clothes would be worn to show the normality they are in from the beginning and show that the would be doing something that is considered to be a normal thing among a number of teenagers. In their eyes they wouldn't expect this horrific incident to happen, which garners even more sympathy from the audience as they too would know the two female characters are vulnerable and not expecting any tragic occurrences. Additionally, these normal clothes replicate that they are just innocent young teenagers who didn't realise they were doing something wrong, therefore contrasting with the killers clothes as the killer would intentionally wear clothing that is fully black.
The killer: The male killer would be wearing all black clothes to essentially tell the audience that he is an evil character. Black signifies evil as that is what the colour is known to connote, as well as also connoting death and mystery, which are a further two elements that will be featured in some way in the opening sequence. Also it shows a type of camouflage as the sequence is being shot in the dark, which allows the killer to gain a chance of hiding and produce mysterious noises to frighten these young and innocent adolescent girls. Also, especially as it would be dark, the two females can't see him, so it would be much easier for him to stalk them without getting caught whilst doing so.
Location
My group decided to film in Malmesbury Park (the location of the three images above) due to the eerie vibes that we feel are exuded from this park. Considering the genre of our product will be horror, eerie vibes are exactly what our group wanted in order to scare the viewer, which is typically the aim of all horror movies. The only difference, however, is that my group has decided to film the footage for our opening sequence in daylight rather than at night, since our footage will most likely be more visible if shot in daylight than if shot at night.
Friday, 4 January 2013
Sound
http://www.freesfx.co.uk/sfx/snapping?p=1 - Horror Small Bone Or Finger Snap 003
This sound has been chosen because it is something I feel represents a twig snapping the best. will be used to show twigs snapping, which will be used by our group to build on the anxiety of the two female characters in the horror sequence, which will assist in producing suspense as a result. This sound effect will be used when the girls are hurriedly moving away from the forest, when a twig unexpectedly snaps, showing that the two girls are not alone in the dark location.
http://www.freesfx.co.uk/soundeffects/horror/ - Is it safe out
This piece of music has been chosen because it is something I feel captures moments of tenseness as well as making the viewer anxious due to how slow and deep the beats of the music are, which shows less of an indication as to what may happen at a further point in the film, giving the audience more of a reason to worry as they have less of an idea on how the action on-screen will unfold. This music will be used throughout the whole of the opening sequence as the scene progresses closer and closer until it reaches the dramatic climax that leads to the main plot of the film.
http://www.freesfx.co.uk/sfx/scream?p=2 - Scream, High, Female
http://www.freesfx.co.uk/sfx/scream?p=3 - Person Screaming With Fear
These two sounds have been chosen to represent our two female characters screaming with fear as they are the most believable sounds of women screaming in fear. These sounds will be used when the women meet their tragic demises, to highlight exactly how much horror they are in (which is fitting, as the opening sequence my group will be making is in the horror genre) and also to manipulate the viewer into feeling more scared as they will hopefully like the two female characters, and feel shocked (yet also terrified) that they have died so early on in the film.
This sound has been chosen because it is something I feel represents a twig snapping the best. will be used to show twigs snapping, which will be used by our group to build on the anxiety of the two female characters in the horror sequence, which will assist in producing suspense as a result. This sound effect will be used when the girls are hurriedly moving away from the forest, when a twig unexpectedly snaps, showing that the two girls are not alone in the dark location.
http://www.freesfx.co.uk/soundeffects/horror/ - Is it safe out
This piece of music has been chosen because it is something I feel captures moments of tenseness as well as making the viewer anxious due to how slow and deep the beats of the music are, which shows less of an indication as to what may happen at a further point in the film, giving the audience more of a reason to worry as they have less of an idea on how the action on-screen will unfold. This music will be used throughout the whole of the opening sequence as the scene progresses closer and closer until it reaches the dramatic climax that leads to the main plot of the film.
http://www.freesfx.co.uk/sfx/scream?p=2 - Scream, High, Female
http://www.freesfx.co.uk/sfx/scream?p=3 - Person Screaming With Fear
These two sounds have been chosen to represent our two female characters screaming with fear as they are the most believable sounds of women screaming in fear. These sounds will be used when the women meet their tragic demises, to highlight exactly how much horror they are in (which is fitting, as the opening sequence my group will be making is in the horror genre) and also to manipulate the viewer into feeling more scared as they will hopefully like the two female characters, and feel shocked (yet also terrified) that they have died so early on in the film.
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