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Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Filming and Camera Equipment
Canon XL-2 Camera
Rough Shooting Schedule
20/12/11- Shooting for the 'loving family' scene and the 'bed room scene' and a few shots of joely walking around
This shall be shot in josh's house in the christmas holidays, this will help us as decorations will already be set up, and therefore it will save us time and money regarding props.
04/01/12- Shooting the 'darkroom' scene and the 'corridor' scene
As Paige and I are photography students, we have access to the photography darkroom, it was after realizing this we decided that it would be a good idea to shoot in these conditions, as the red lights create an extremely eery feel to the surroundings, we shall be shooting Joely developing images of a young boy which has been shot behind bushes, as though he is stalking him, this therefore, adds to the creepy effect which we are trying to achieve in our film.
06/01/12- Shooting the 'high street' scene
This is where we shall be shooting a section from our trailer where joely chirstmas is walking down a run down, dingy alley way with a sack. The sack shall be dripping blood in order to give the audience the impression that something bad has taken place. We have created our own blood using:
This shall be shot in josh's house in the christmas holidays, this will help us as decorations will already be set up, and therefore it will save us time and money regarding props.
04/01/12- Shooting the 'darkroom' scene and the 'corridor' scene
As Paige and I are photography students, we have access to the photography darkroom, it was after realizing this we decided that it would be a good idea to shoot in these conditions, as the red lights create an extremely eery feel to the surroundings, we shall be shooting Joely developing images of a young boy which has been shot behind bushes, as though he is stalking him, this therefore, adds to the creepy effect which we are trying to achieve in our film.
06/01/12- Shooting the 'high street' scene
This is where we shall be shooting a section from our trailer where joely chirstmas is walking down a run down, dingy alley way with a sack. The sack shall be dripping blood in order to give the audience the impression that something bad has taken place. We have created our own blood using:
- Red food colouring
- Golden Syrup
- Water
We have carried out several tests in order to create a liquid with the perfect consistency of blood in order to make sure that it looks as realistic as possible.
Plot - You Better Watch Out
http://apjmedia.blogspot.com/2011/12/plot-of-entire-film.html
Above is a link to our plot outline.
We shall be using this plot outline as almost a 'teaser' although it has been written with some detail, we have made sure that, particularly the ending, has been left vague in order to not give away the whole storyline, however after we have produced our trailer, we shall upload an updated plot outline in order to make the story behind the trailer clearer.
Above is a link to our plot outline.
We shall be using this plot outline as almost a 'teaser' although it has been written with some detail, we have made sure that, particularly the ending, has been left vague in order to not give away the whole storyline, however after we have produced our trailer, we shall upload an updated plot outline in order to make the story behind the trailer clearer.
Genre/Target Audience
Below is the link to our pre production blog and what we have decided to rate our film.
http://apjmedia.blogspot.com/2011/12/genretarget-audience.html
We wanted our film to be accessible to a wide audience, however as we wanted to stay strictly within our genre of horror this made things difficult. We took into account the kind of audience that would be draw to our film, and refined our idea in order for it to have a stronger attraction, this way we would be able to ensure a fan base with the film. By ensuring a fan base, by word of mouth (alongside advertisements) we would be able to create an intriguing atmosphere around our film, in turn attracting a wider audience.
Our film will be rated a 15, this is because there are many younger people aged 15 and upwards that enjoy watching horror films, and therefore we would be broadening our audience as compared to having the film rated at an 18. However, after researching amongst many young people, if a film that was meant to be of the horror genre was rated at a 12, they would be put off of seeing it as it was made for a younger audience and may not have the maturity in which they were looking for.
http://apjmedia.blogspot.com/2011/12/genretarget-audience.html
We wanted our film to be accessible to a wide audience, however as we wanted to stay strictly within our genre of horror this made things difficult. We took into account the kind of audience that would be draw to our film, and refined our idea in order for it to have a stronger attraction, this way we would be able to ensure a fan base with the film. By ensuring a fan base, by word of mouth (alongside advertisements) we would be able to create an intriguing atmosphere around our film, in turn attracting a wider audience.
Our film will be rated a 15, this is because there are many younger people aged 15 and upwards that enjoy watching horror films, and therefore we would be broadening our audience as compared to having the film rated at an 18. However, after researching amongst many young people, if a film that was meant to be of the horror genre was rated at a 12, they would be put off of seeing it as it was made for a younger audience and may not have the maturity in which they were looking for.
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Pre production
My groups pre production will be uploaded on to a separate, joint blog so that we was are all able to access our content with ease, however on my own personal blog I shall also be following the development of the pre production with evaluations of our work in order for us to be able to go back and refine our work.
The link to our joint preproduction blog is below:
http://apjmedia.blogspot.com/
The link to our joint preproduction blog is below:
http://apjmedia.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Trailer Ideas
After considering different approaches we would attack our trailer with, we looked through different concepts in which our film could be based upon. As it is coming up to christmas and living in the south east, the chances of snow are high, my group are thinking about shooting a horror film to do with christmas, in order to contrast the family orientated season.
We have already drawn up a draft on what will be featured in the trailer, however this shall be uploaded with several different copies at a later date to enable use to refine our work and show the strong comparison between our starting point and final idea.
We have already drawn up a draft on what will be featured in the trailer, however this shall be uploaded with several different copies at a later date to enable use to refine our work and show the strong comparison between our starting point and final idea.
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Camera shots
Looking in and researching Into the different camera shots has made me realise how important it is to use the right shot in the right place as it can change the whole feel of the footage if the wrong shot it used. This is because it engages the audience in the wrong way or not at all, which then affects their view on the film. For our trailer we are aiming to use as many shots as we can, in the correct way in order to broaden our skills. We also think this will make our trailer more interesting as by making it more choppy and quick moving it will grab the audiences attention more as they would not want to miss it. One of the main shots we will be focusing on using is the close up, as a trailer is meant to advertise the film, key events or ideas that draw the audiences in are featured, one shot that appears to be the most common in film trailers is the close up, this could be because close ups are used when showing detail and to highlight the current emotions.
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