Filming Session 1

The first set of filming I did was in a household. I planned that in my movie i wanted to have flashbacks, at this time I was still brainstorming ideas for my opening. I wanted to have some scary action in it, such as a knife attack.


Idea: When Zac was confronted with Carla he would have a memory flashback of when she tried attacking him in the kitchen. (This way i get to show action in my movie).


Although Carla was brought back to have a 'fun night' with Zac, I decided that adding a good piece of footage to my movie, would make the audience question what is going on and hopfully find it really interesting and want to watch more of the movie to figure out why in the wold she would want to do that.


So Filming....


I filmed a scene with a knife fight in the kitchen, with Carla trying to stab Ben. This will be used as a flackback nearer to the end of my film. I also filmed footage of Carla standing outside of the home with a knife watching Zac ready to make him her next victom.


Camera Shots.


For the kitchen scene I did many shots from all angles so when it come to editing the footage i can make it fast and up temp. This allowing it to look more action packed too.


Long Angle Shot- I started off with a long shot from the lobby looking in on the kitchen. This shot also will give the audience a clearer understanding on where the characters are and what they are doing. It also helps when sticking to the natralistic idea. This shot shows Zac coming from the back of the door (pushes the door back - gives it more action and shows the audience the other character) with Carla comming at him with a knife trying to stab him.


Close Angle Shot - This again is the same actions from both Rhiannon and Ben (Behind the door) - This was a close up on the characters to show there facial reactions.


High Angle Shot - This was taken from above the two characters, i found it also shown aggression and how powerful i wanted the scene to be.


Low Angle Shot - This showed filmed below the waist on both of my charactors, it helped symbolise the struggle between the two characters of wanting to stab and defend themselves.


With the scene outside of Rhiannons character Standing outside getting ready to invade Zacs home to kill him. The camera angles i used here were,


Long/Mid Angle Shot - This was taken from behind Rhiannon. It showed Zac standing in the window (allowing the audience to understand her where abouts). It also showed you her dark clothing ans weapon in her Left hand. I asked her to hold it in her left hand as she lead against a lamp post on her right side. Also i got Ben shot on the left side, so both him and the knife were on the left side, therefore showing Carlas intentions of using the knife.


Close up shot - I used this shot on Carlas face, it showed her anger and evilness and hatrid for Zac. It also shows the audience the way she looks, and she is no 'ordinary' person anymore. It deffinatly gives the audience a clear understanding that she is the villan and giving them a creepy feeling. 

Chosen idea

So after doing some research and pondering ideas, After being creative and thinking about all my ideas i have decided to go along with 'Idea 1' therefore i will be filming in a forest. However, i have come up with a new suggesten for the amount of people in my opening sequence and plot.
New idea:


Cast
. Jasmine Hartly
. Rhiannon Preston
. Ben Garner


Location
. House - living room, kitchen
. Forrest - Hurstwood


Plot
There will be a couple, Zac Corly and Allysia Preston (Ben Garner and Jamine Hartly) Who were just casually spending quality time walking through the forest enjoying time together, however unknown to them, they are being followed by a female sychopath Carla (Rhiannon Preston). Carla once had a secret night with Zac and she loved him dearly. Unfortunatly jellousy taken over therefore she believed revenge needed to take place therefore resulted into wanting to kill them both. Carla killed Allysia whilst Zac managed to run away. Unfortunaly for Zac, Carla finds him home and comes back to finnish off he business.








Equipment:
.Tripod
.Camera
.Tape

I found it simple to work with the Camera as i own one myself. Most Camcorders are the same, therefore i did not have any problems using the one that we got given. The Tripod itself was also simple to use, i had no problems with any of the equipment when given it. Some things i were uncertain of, but after a little play around, i encounted no problems.


My Story Boards

Research

I came up with the idea that I want to do the theme of a Horror. To help me understand the camera work and techniques of a horror film I am going to check out some movies with the genre Horror. I then did further research and watched the first 2-3 minute openings of Horror movies.


The ring 2


 This is a snapshot of the opening scene to The Ring 2. It is showing the waves coming ferociously into shaw. This is a high birds eye view giving the shot more power. It's dark and blue screened. This automatically shows you that the movie is going to have a dark mood to it and the uneasy awkward feeling for the viewer.


During the Two minutes of the opening of the movie. It again shows a long shot but this time its showing mise-en-scene. Its showing the whole settting of it being a dark mysterious city surrounding.


Im going to use this when i begin my movie showing the mise-en-scene to help indicate the genre of movie im doing.








The Forrest Of The Damned


This is the beggining of the movie 'The Forrest Of The Damned'. It shows you a bird view of the setting. This is the forrest and it shows the Location at the bottom of the screen. 'Greenbrier Backcountry, West Virginia'. I could use this in my movie opening to set the location and give the audience a clearer understanding about the movie.




Vodoo Moon


This movie is the same again with the title showing along the bottom of the screen, showing where is it and the time period.

I myself is planning on doing a few scenes including flashbacks, therefore i could perhaps include text as well.




To give me idea's I have also been researching other pupils 'A' Grade work and identifying what techniques they have used to get there grade. I searched for 'AS Media horror opening sequence' here are a few examples...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tODtjmGzo7k&feature=channel_video_title


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuBfK2oqTFs&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMuWVK1befI&feature=related




According to wikki ...


''Horror films are unsettling movies that strive to elicit the emotions of fear, discust and horror from viewers. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, therefore frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres. Horrors also frequently overlap with the thriller genre. Horror films deal with the viewer's nightmares, hidden worst fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Although a good deal of it is about the supernatural, if some films contain a plot about morbidity, serial killers, a disease/virus outbreak and surrealism, they may be termed "horror."

Idea 3

Visual Style:
                 Dull, gloomy and dark. Mysterious.

Characters:
                  A group of young teenages.
Location:
             A old home.
Plot:
       A group of young teenages, all walking and come across a old empty house. One charater will go into the home, hear screams and loud bangs. The other teenages go into the home after them.

Idea 2

Visual Style:
                 Exiting, fun and happy, bringht lights. Nice mood set
Characters:
              Carla - Woman . Ben - Man

Location:
             The location will be in a local park. Towneley hall.

Plot:
        Two people meet in the park. Begin to talk. Start to unreveal there family history. Turns out that they are actually related however there are lots of secrets to be told.

Idea 1

Visual Style:
                 Exiting, fun and happy, bringht light going to forest. Then the setting goes more gloomy and grey as the frightening things begin to happen.

Characters:
              Allysia, Carla, Jackson ...approx 7-8 other campers.

Location:
             The location will be in Hurstwood forest. The flashbacks however will be in a bedroom and kitchen.

Plot:
      There are a gang of teenages off camping. There is a rival charactor named Carla. There will be a tent already set up for the rival charactor. She is an ex lover of Jackson, who is also camping. The campers play truth or dare. The new girlfriend Allysia gets the dare and never returns. Carla then appears holding a wepon whilst everyone runs from her.

Preliminary

Below is the first experience of making a movie and editing the filmed footage. This was just a practice at the editing techniques and different camera techniques. This was rushed footage and was hard to edit due to the poor camera work. We also included an instrument within our footage therefore when cutting the footage the sound was messed up and time consuming.