the process of planning our preliminary task was a lot easier and faster than planning our actual horror sequence. we were given a set stroyboard which we then had to shoot, planning took a couple of days. with our horror it took six weeks of planning to finally be ready to do our production. a lot of this time was spent making an idea and storyboards. we first needed to learn how to use cameras and we did this by shooting our prelim task, we took two actors and put them in a brickwall set in the studio. we then shot them from different angles experimenting with different shot types. we started producing a storyboard first draft after we came up with an idea. the shot types are relativelly easy to do but we had difficulty planning the time on each shot. and where the credits would come in. we went through many drafts of our horror production and the final draft was far from the same as our first draft.
editing my final project took about 4 weeks and involved staying afterschool on some nights we chose CU shots and ECU shots to conform with the thriller horror genre. we decided to experiment with a focus pull in our prelim which we then used in our final product. we looked at other horror movies to see that tension and shock make a good movie and we tried to create this through our shots and sound. when we were editing our sequence we had to choose between the short, fast shots and the relativelly long timed shots. we used a mixture of both to create the tension and anticipation that we did. this made it seem like a real thriller/horror production.
for sound we used folleys from soundtrack pro and edited them in, we used an eerie background noise to create tension through the sequence and use a silence at the end to put the audience on the edge of their seats the use of sound in our horror created tension and made our production seem like a real horror movie. in our preliminary task we used no sound apart from the ones recorded. in this one we cut sound, used folleys and crosscut screams and sound transitions. we added titles and credits last after we had edited our horror sequence. we put the titles in as they come in order in a real movie. we used made up production names and distributers like 'a storm cunningham' film these titles as white on a black background as in other horror movies this effect is used. we used no titles at all in our prlim sequence and overall we have greatly improved in the planning and overall production of our film sequence since the prelim task.
Saturday, 20 March 2010
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Shooting day.
On Thursday, December 21st, my media group shot our horror/thriller movie, ‘Mind’, e met together at 9 am. and we started the day by assembling our set with the set designer, we tore bloody rags, and placed them on the floor and dirtied our actors white dress. We decided to set up a row of candles on screws through a piece of wood the piece of wood then went under the carpet and through it with the candles stuck on top, we did this to illuminate our female actor as she sat on the floor. I had the idea to wax candles to the desk around the tools. This casted light over his blood stained tools.
We needed something to cover the floor in our set so we took some carpeting from the theatre department in school and borrowed some fake blood to cover the tools and rags, we had brought some cloth for tearing from a member of our groups home,
When the actors arrived we briefed them on what we required that day. Alabama Jackson aged 12 and Berika Mindeli aged 18. Amy, one of my group members took Alabama to change into the dress we wanted and put some white makeup on to make it seem as if she had been there for a while and was tired from struggling, the dress was white to show her innocence as this is shown in many other horror movies like the sixth sense. Berika was made to looked clean and respectable as we wanted him this way to show that he was not a maniac but a calm and calculated murderer/paedophile and so that he looked like an average man.
When we shot the sequence we diverted from the storyboards at parts so that we had more material to work with when editing. We did experimental shots like focus pulls. This has helped with the editing process as we are using the focus pull and other shots that were not in the storyboard. These shots as well as the shots from the storyboard helped to create tension and conform to the thriller/horror genre.
We weren’t quite sure if our female actor could make it because she may not have been let out of school. We only found this out on the morning of the shoot day, we spoke to her father Ted Jackson again and he said that he would try and get her. We asked another girl to play the part in case Alabama Jackson didn’t turn up. She accepted but in the end Alabama arrived and we used her.
For lighting we used artificial moonlight coming through holes in our boarded up window. We used candles and a light bulb dangling from the ceiling. We also used studio lights which we controlled from the lighting board when we needed extra light in a scene.
We kept our actors in complete silence until the scream, this helped create tension and then shock our audience with a loud noise, this is typical of a thriller or horror movie as they build tension through jumpy actions.
Our shoot day went very well, as we had enough footage time. We had doubts about how easy it would be to work with Alabama but she turned out to work very well and listen to what we said.
On Thursday, December 21st, my media group shot our horror/thriller movie, ‘Mind’, e met together at 9 am. and we started the day by assembling our set with the set designer, we tore bloody rags, and placed them on the floor and dirtied our actors white dress. We decided to set up a row of candles on screws through a piece of wood the piece of wood then went under the carpet and through it with the candles stuck on top, we did this to illuminate our female actor as she sat on the floor. I had the idea to wax candles to the desk around the tools. This casted light over his blood stained tools.
We needed something to cover the floor in our set so we took some carpeting from the theatre department in school and borrowed some fake blood to cover the tools and rags, we had brought some cloth for tearing from a member of our groups home,
When the actors arrived we briefed them on what we required that day. Alabama Jackson aged 12 and Berika Mindeli aged 18. Amy, one of my group members took Alabama to change into the dress we wanted and put some white makeup on to make it seem as if she had been there for a while and was tired from struggling, the dress was white to show her innocence as this is shown in many other horror movies like the sixth sense. Berika was made to looked clean and respectable as we wanted him this way to show that he was not a maniac but a calm and calculated murderer/paedophile and so that he looked like an average man.
When we shot the sequence we diverted from the storyboards at parts so that we had more material to work with when editing. We did experimental shots like focus pulls. This has helped with the editing process as we are using the focus pull and other shots that were not in the storyboard. These shots as well as the shots from the storyboard helped to create tension and conform to the thriller/horror genre.
We weren’t quite sure if our female actor could make it because she may not have been let out of school. We only found this out on the morning of the shoot day, we spoke to her father Ted Jackson again and he said that he would try and get her. We asked another girl to play the part in case Alabama Jackson didn’t turn up. She accepted but in the end Alabama arrived and we used her.
For lighting we used artificial moonlight coming through holes in our boarded up window. We used candles and a light bulb dangling from the ceiling. We also used studio lights which we controlled from the lighting board when we needed extra light in a scene.
We kept our actors in complete silence until the scream, this helped create tension and then shock our audience with a loud noise, this is typical of a thriller or horror movie as they build tension through jumpy actions.
Our shoot day went very well, as we had enough footage time. We had doubts about how easy it would be to work with Alabama but she turned out to work very well and listen to what we said.
institutions
A media institution is an established, often profit based organisation like Warner-Bros. or Sony, that deals in the creation and distribution of advertising, entertainment and information services. Largely trans-national in nature but can exist in a smaller national form. While a media institution is similar to a media conglomerate, it differs in that it can be a non-commercial entity; whereas a media conglomerate is a commercial entity. For example the UK media regulatory body Ofcom can be considered a media institution but is not a Media conglomerate. Examples of Media Institutions include: News International, Time Warner, General Electric, Viacom, The Walt Disney Company. Not all media institutions are profit driven, for example the BBC (British broadcasting corporation) is a public service broadcaster which means that they must show educational programmes as well as entertainment this is because the BBC is funded by television license payers and the government.
The kind of media institution that would distribute my movie would be an independent. English institution such as film four because they have made relatively low budget films like slumdog millionaire which has been incredibly successful grossing $377,417,293 with a budget of $15.1 million. This would be the kind of budget I would hope to receive to make this movie. Film four have also made successful movies like ‘In Bruges’ which was made for $15 million and grossed $33 million and ‘sexy beast’ which was made on a budget of $3 million and grossed $7 million in the us alone. They have a well recognised name and good publicity which would boost the profile of the movie with a good marketing department. My film is a thriller/horror and film four has successfully produced films within the thriller genre like ‘In Bruges’ and ‘slumdog millionaire’.
My main target audience would be 16 to 25 year old males and females if taken there by their boyfriend or husband, there is also another group of people targeted which would be the devoted horror movie watchers. The main target audience would be 16 to 25 year old males because they have the most disposable income, free time and they enjoy horror and thriller genres the most. Films like ours would be ‘the orphanage’ ‘saw’ and ‘hostel’ which all are very successful movies with Saw, the budget was $1,200,000 and the gross revenue was $103,096,345. there would be a secondary audience of girlfriends of man who want to watch the movie as well.
The kind of media institution that would distribute my movie would be an independent. English institution such as film four because they have made relatively low budget films like slumdog millionaire which has been incredibly successful grossing $377,417,293 with a budget of $15.1 million. This would be the kind of budget I would hope to receive to make this movie. Film four have also made successful movies like ‘In Bruges’ which was made for $15 million and grossed $33 million and ‘sexy beast’ which was made on a budget of $3 million and grossed $7 million in the us alone. They have a well recognised name and good publicity which would boost the profile of the movie with a good marketing department. My film is a thriller/horror and film four has successfully produced films within the thriller genre like ‘In Bruges’ and ‘slumdog millionaire’.
My main target audience would be 16 to 25 year old males and females if taken there by their boyfriend or husband, there is also another group of people targeted which would be the devoted horror movie watchers. The main target audience would be 16 to 25 year old males because they have the most disposable income, free time and they enjoy horror and thriller genres the most. Films like ours would be ‘the orphanage’ ‘saw’ and ‘hostel’ which all are very successful movies with Saw, the budget was $1,200,000 and the gross revenue was $103,096,345. there would be a secondary audience of girlfriends of man who want to watch the movie as well.
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
group roles
cast list
Sounds list
Ext. building sequence:
Car engine.
Footsteps.
Nature sound.
Interior workshop:
Sound of bolts being pulled back
Locks being unlocked.
Ripping of sheets noise.
Chink of knife.
Slice through sheets noise.
Stitching.
Body movement of actor.
Heavy breathing.
Sound from int. workshop.
High pitch piercing noise.
Hallway:
Footsteps.
Deep ominous sound.
Trap door creaking.
Int. dungeon:
Stepping noise.
Lighting of match, flaring.
Trickle of urine, shaking of legs.
Whimpering.
Sound of mask being pulled roughly down on face.
Ext. building sequence:
Car engine.
Footsteps.
Nature sound.
Interior workshop:
Sound of bolts being pulled back
Locks being unlocked.
Ripping of sheets noise.
Chink of knife.
Slice through sheets noise.
Stitching.
Body movement of actor.
Heavy breathing.
Sound from int. workshop.
High pitch piercing noise.
Hallway:
Footsteps.
Deep ominous sound.
Trap door creaking.
Int. dungeon:
Stepping noise.
Lighting of match, flaring.
Trickle of urine, shaking of legs.
Whimpering.
Sound of mask being pulled roughly down on face.
costumes
Milano Productions
Amy Milan – Producer
Storm C-W – Director Steph K – Assistant Director
Tom C – Editor
Equipment List –
This is a list of the equipment that we need to take with us on the day of shooting.
· 1x Sony PDR 170 Min DV Cam (Plus 2x Batteries)
· 2X Mini DV Cam Tape Stock
· 1X XLR Lead
· 1X Boom Pole
· 1X Sennheiser Directional Microphone
· 2X Red Head Video Lights and Tripods
· 1x Fluid Head Tripod (Inc Horseshoe)
· 2x AA Batteries
· 1X Suspension Unit
· 1x Rycote Softie
MILANO PRODUCTIONS
Amy Milan – Producer
Storm C-W – Director Steph K – Assistant Director
Tom C – Editor
Cast & Crew Call Sheet - For production File
Shooting Day:
Crew Arrival at Location: 9:30
Man (Main Protagonist(berika mindelli)) Arrival 9:45 – Depart 6:00
Children (Other Main Protagonist(alabama jackson) – Arrival 10:30 – Depart 6:00
Brief Synopsis –
The Film Sequence will be about a man who is schizophrenic and gets out of his car in front of a house. He goes into the cellar but we don’t see his face and when he is in the cellar he starts his work which is ripping bed linen, cutting masks with a knife and stitching the eyes of the mask. During this sequence the titles will flash in. Then he suddenly hears child laughter and stands up, takes his lamb and walks to see what is going on. The lamp light hits the feet of a child and then the light goes up and we have a close up of a face in a mask breathing heavily. The cold breath comes out of the mouth and builds the title.
Amy Milan – Producer
Storm C-W – Director Steph K – Assistant Director
Tom C – Editor
Cast & Crew Call Sheet - For production File
Shooting Day:
Crew Arrival at Location: 9:30
Man (Main Protagonist(berika mindelli)) Arrival 9:45 – Depart 6:00
Children (Other Main Protagonist(alabama jackson) – Arrival 10:30 – Depart 6:00
Brief Synopsis –
The Film Sequence will be about a man who is schizophrenic and gets out of his car in front of a house. He goes into the cellar but we don’t see his face and when he is in the cellar he starts his work which is ripping bed linen, cutting masks with a knife and stitching the eyes of the mask. During this sequence the titles will flash in. Then he suddenly hears child laughter and stands up, takes his lamb and walks to see what is going on. The lamp light hits the feet of a child and then the light goes up and we have a close up of a face in a mask breathing heavily. The cold breath comes out of the mouth and builds the title.
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