Friday, 20 December 2013
Research and Planning Provisional Marks
Well done so far Bryony. I would like to see more evidence of your time management and of dates and times of production. A storyboard animatic would show exceptional skills in your use of ICT in the planning stage and include shots your have taken for the poster and magazine productions - what are their strengths and weaknesses? Add some extra comments to recent posts and spend some time looking over your research posts - there may be more room for analysis of the following: mise en scene, camera, editing, sound, location, target audience, unique selling points, branding, narrative, representation, genre indicators, ket moments. Show me that you are an expert when it comes to your genre! 16/20
Thursday, 19 December 2013
Planning: Copyright credits
We should link the copyright credits of our film into its
theme, to round off our trailer and maintain continuity, and keep it scary. The
aim of a horror film is to scare the audience by making the scenes appear real,
so we need to make sure we don’t ruin this by reminding the audience that they
are watching a fictional film.
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
Planning: Location justification
The house looks very dated and old which links to the idea
of a haunting, the area seems left behind and not up to date with technology
making the case of the teenagers seem even more helpless.
Planning: Title and credit fonts

We wanted to create a font that would combine the
conventions of horror but keep it simple so it didn’t look too cliché and
dated. We picked black and white because it is simplistic yet chilling and effective;
it also stands out making it memorable. The font is designed to look a bit like
handwriting, as if our antagonist as scribbled it down. The idea of this
child-like handwriting further links to the idea of the contrast of her
character with innocence.
We chose a font that would be bold and clear to make sure
the audience know the date of the release. This font however still links to the
genre as the sinister simplicity of the text connotes contemporary horror
themes.
Friday, 6 December 2013
Planning: Shot completion list
Key
Red- Filming to be done at Bryony’s house
Green-Filming we have done
Orange-Filming we’re not doing
Blue-To be done on the computer (Title etc.)
Purple-Can be filmed in the drama studio
Pink-Can’t do as we didn’t have time to do it at Shanie’s
Shot list
1. Long shot- the teens come out of the house towards the car, with suitcases looking excited
2. Medium shot- putting the cases in the boot, shutting the boot (dialogue)
38. Close up- as the character spins round the camera follows her showing fear on their face, giving the effect that the character is about to faint
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