Friday, 25 March 2016
Question 7
Reflecting back on the preliminary task, I've learned a lot more about using different technologies, such as I movie in order to construct a finished product. But before filming, I learnt a lot about the researching process and finding original ideas or ispiration from other films which we could manipulate and re create.
I aslo learned that story boarding and planning takes a lot of detail and has a massive thought process, because of how much understanding you need to have and ideas of what you want to create and what kind of product you want to achieve.
Working in a group was very different for me as I like working as an individual. It start with lots of ideas that flow and then you start to get on different pages and you compromise and small debates start to happen. It also can cause a lot of stress if a member in your group is ill or haven't completed their talks for the deadline as you agree to take on that extra work, and you worry about whether you have taken on too much or not done enough.
When it came to planning and shooting out opening, I found this to be the hardest part of the production in my opinion as everyone needed to be available all at the same time for a matter of hours for just seconds of quality footage. After you had footage and it came to looking at how much you had, pick up shots were need per if something could have been re done or look more effective.
editing however was the longest and the biggest process we had to go through. As we had to decide where to cut and where to match our angles and shots so it looked like one continuous movement throughout. Colours and print styles for what would attract our audience but stick to original horror conventions.
What I would change next time
Next time I would create my own edit. As I could base it purely just on my ideas instead of having to compromise yours to fit into how other members want it to look. I aslo think I would have managed my time differently by going into more depth instead of waiting for my group so we could move on.
I aslo learned that story boarding and planning takes a lot of detail and has a massive thought process, because of how much understanding you need to have and ideas of what you want to create and what kind of product you want to achieve.
Working in a group was very different for me as I like working as an individual. It start with lots of ideas that flow and then you start to get on different pages and you compromise and small debates start to happen. It also can cause a lot of stress if a member in your group is ill or haven't completed their talks for the deadline as you agree to take on that extra work, and you worry about whether you have taken on too much or not done enough.
When it came to planning and shooting out opening, I found this to be the hardest part of the production in my opinion as everyone needed to be available all at the same time for a matter of hours for just seconds of quality footage. After you had footage and it came to looking at how much you had, pick up shots were need per if something could have been re done or look more effective.
editing however was the longest and the biggest process we had to go through. As we had to decide where to cut and where to match our angles and shots so it looked like one continuous movement throughout. Colours and print styles for what would attract our audience but stick to original horror conventions.
What I would change next time
Next time I would create my own edit. As I could base it purely just on my ideas instead of having to compromise yours to fit into how other members want it to look. I aslo think I would have managed my time differently by going into more depth instead of waiting for my group so we could move on.
Thursday, 24 March 2016
question 1
Through my research i found The Genre horror is established through a series of conventions. These repeated conventions can help to set up an audience expectations. One convention i found to be key in communicating genre was the title and it's font. I found that in horror films such as: Saw, the title comes up at the beginning and immediately relates to the story, for example:
Saw has a black background with a sharp serif font and is in capital letters. The effect is quite stark and we focus on the simple word and it's connotations. The fact the title is blue creates a cold and clinical feeling. This links into the start of the film as it is set in a dingy bathroom. The cold colour helps to establish the unsettling tone of the film from the outset.
Saw has a black background with a sharp serif font and is in capital letters. The effect is quite stark and we focus on the simple word and it's connotations. The fact the title is blue creates a cold and clinical feeling. This links into the start of the film as it is set in a dingy bathroom. The cold colour helps to establish the unsettling tone of the film from the outset.
On the other hand with our film opening Viral Terror, we have a thick red font, giving our audience this idea of danger and violence. The font itself is also broken up as if it was digital, again this links into our plot and story by having it look like a form of technology, Which links nicely into our story of Viral Terror. Which suggests that our killer had a broken and distorted mind.
We have also used the colour Yellow for our credits. We decided to subvert the typical Blocky, red letters and go for a light yellow colour in an optima font. Which i found actually worked better than red. As yellow has generally positive connotations, such as being bright and energetic or soft and pastels. However the yellow we have used is quite sallow and it looks unhealthy. We took this inspiration from the Conjuring, where they use a yellow and it creates the same effects of sick and unhealthy.
From my research i found another convention of horror openings was the use of iconography. This applied to all films from slashers like Scream and Saw to psychological thrillers, like a Nightmare on ElmStreet and the Shining.
As you can see from these images- weapons are heavily featured. This helps to suggest to the audience, the idea of threat and danger.
However in psychological horrors we see close ups of the killers sinister expression is seen. This gives the audience a disturbing insight into the killers mindset. For example we have applied this to our opening, as we see charlie's sinister facial expression when he approaches the camera.
Thursday, 25 February 2016
Target Audience
Target Audience
The Target audience for our film are young children/ Teenagers aged 12-18, demographic E ( students and the unemployed). Both Genders. After consideration and previous research into other films and mainstream and niche audiences.
We have decided that VIRAL TERROR is a Mainstream film. and would be suided to a Mianstream audience, who like well branded things. From this point we also discussed the type of Distributors that we would need to reach a mainstream audience.
From this discussion, we decided we would want Lionsgate to produce and distribute our film. Lionsgate have previously done the film Cabin in the Woods. Which came with a unique production title, as they changed the colour palette to fit the films nature. This ade it stand out and made it more unique for a target audience to recognise.
In this image Lionsgate have changed the colours of there original logo, to dark red to show its a horror film. When my group was deciding how w would show we were producing a horror film, we changed the back ground colours to dark purples, blacks and greys.
We also changed the name of the production company to DARKARTS. This is so the audience can recognise that we produce dark films, which are Horrors.
Summary: our target audience is E (students) aged 12-18. We have met our target audience by using teenagers like themselves and having something exciting and mainstream, which would be distributed by a well known branded company, which would draw them in and make them want to watch
The Target audience for our film are young children/ Teenagers aged 12-18, demographic E ( students and the unemployed). Both Genders. After consideration and previous research into other films and mainstream and niche audiences.
We have decided that VIRAL TERROR is a Mainstream film. and would be suided to a Mianstream audience, who like well branded things. From this point we also discussed the type of Distributors that we would need to reach a mainstream audience.
From this discussion, we decided we would want Lionsgate to produce and distribute our film. Lionsgate have previously done the film Cabin in the Woods. Which came with a unique production title, as they changed the colour palette to fit the films nature. This ade it stand out and made it more unique for a target audience to recognise.
In this image Lionsgate have changed the colours of there original logo, to dark red to show its a horror film. When my group was deciding how w would show we were producing a horror film, we changed the back ground colours to dark purples, blacks and greys.
Summary: our target audience is E (students) aged 12-18. We have met our target audience by using teenagers like themselves and having something exciting and mainstream, which would be distributed by a well known branded company, which would draw them in and make them want to watch
Wednesday, 6 January 2016
shot influence
This shot particularly served well in drawing me into the movie, creating a level of engagement and audience participation akin to voyeurism. The skill and execution of the shot engendered a negative response which had me hooked. I had to keep watching to find out what happened next.
The characters speak directly to the camera, almost initmately, as if they are having a conversation with only one person, me! This mid shot was so impactful that my group tried to replicate this as part of our opening video scene in Viral Terror.
The shot above is from the first filming and shot from a high angle to give the appearance of CCTV footage. The aim was to impress upon the audience that they were watching someone who was unaware that they were watched. Although the original intention was to emulate the scene from Unfrended, it was decided to shoot from multiple angles using different shots to deliver a less personal engagement.
group discussions
Group Discussion
After our group discussion, have have decided that our work is currently sitting at a MID 2
moving forward, need to re film some parts of our opening.
- Emily's scene we need to re film with Match on action, and change the way we have positioned the bucket of blood and put in in a different location.
- Film in one fluid movement instead of breaking into into different parts and have fluid action.
- we need to re film Kim's scene, where charlie kills her, as the kicking and lighting doesn't fit the material we were looking for. It looks a bit like a comedy. So we are going to change the lighting and re film it and make it look more like a Horror.
- Finally we need to re film Sam death and switch the positioning so it looks more realistic, and we can add in more angles, close ups and splice cuts. Add in credits and we should be finished.
ideally at the end we are aiming to be in a 3 HIGH
After our group discussion, have have decided that our work is currently sitting at a MID 2
moving forward, need to re film some parts of our opening.
- Emily's scene we need to re film with Match on action, and change the way we have positioned the bucket of blood and put in in a different location.
- Film in one fluid movement instead of breaking into into different parts and have fluid action.
- we need to re film Kim's scene, where charlie kills her, as the kicking and lighting doesn't fit the material we were looking for. It looks a bit like a comedy. So we are going to change the lighting and re film it and make it look more like a Horror.
- Finally we need to re film Sam death and switch the positioning so it looks more realistic, and we can add in more angles, close ups and splice cuts. Add in credits and we should be finished.
ideally at the end we are aiming to be in a 3 HIGH
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