Title sequence

Storyboarding

Dividing the storyboarding is as follows:

Joely: Titles up until Jazmine leaves the room.
Elliot: Leaving room up until opens curtains.
Louise: Curtain up until operating theater.
Charlie: Operating theater until end.

Archive clips: We have decided to use the following archive clips from Youtube.

mental part 1 (9:06-9:12) (10:06-10:14) (9:30-9:34) (10:01-10:03)
hospitalclip (00:05-00:10 - this clip should be first in editing)

The hospital clip should be shown first because it is normal, then the mental clips should be added because they are creepy and may unnerve the audience before the films even started!

Evaluation Question 9- louise

In my group, we all distributed tasks fairly and tried to encourage everyone to do work as best we could. Therefore we all did a storyboard consisting of 6 shots and filmed that certain page of the storyline so that we all got our fair share at filming. I managed to film many different types of shots and was able to use all the equipment including lighting, a tripod and a dolly in order to create the effects and shots i wanted.

I also completed the second half of the script with Charlotte and we both worked together by contributing towards how we think each shot should take place and what we could do to improve a certain shot.

 I also contributed to the initail ideas of the film to which we all expanded upon on the shot list and the sound list and gave many ideas to which i thought may be effective and encouraged my groups ideas so that we could all agree and expand upon. 
   

 I also filled in the film outline and made sure the accurate timings fit in order to make sure the film flowed properly and enabled enough time for each initial shot.

 I completed a textual analysis and researched into 'The sixth sense' in order to gain ideas for our film. This meant i was able to feed back initail ideas for our film and how we could incorporate ideas from the 'Sixth Sense' into our movie.











However unfortunatly one of our team member was ill during a re-shoot so we all shot the page that they would have been shooting and distributed them to eachother and all managed to film different shots. I contributed to all of the planning and scanned in the sheets onto the blog. I have also edited the parts that I filmed which meant that we all had an effective session at editing in order to improve continuity and the flow of the film during my parts. I also helped my fellow team members if they needed help with editing. We all have done an equal amount with editing and together managed to cut down the film to the alotted time. However I had no involvement with the creation of the music but I gave my opinion into where I think each part that certain sound or music would sound good whilst it was being created.

Evaluation question part 2 - Louise

8. Looking be back at your perliminary task, what do you feel do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full project?

As I changed groups due to filming locations and difficulties with distance I had a different perliminary film to the rest of my group. However it is clear to see that there are many more angles and shot types used throughout our full film and the continuity flows much more smoothly.

Also the shots are longer in order to add pace and tension throughout the film. Music has also been added to our final film where as my perliminary task was silent, apart from surrounding noises, and therefore was not as exciting and suspensful as it should be.

However from the perliminary task i learnt that a tripod is very useful in order to get a stready and therefore accurate shot. An example of this was when we used a canted angle and found a tripod extremely useful when enabling the camera to move freely and smoothly creating the shot.

 I have further learnt that the use of shot reverse shot creates much needed depth and tension in order to keep the film interesting and effective to watch. I have also learnt that music is very important in order to build the tension and enable the film to appear more scary and exciting thus why we have added music to our film. Also a wider range in shots is used in our horror film in order to increase a smooth flow and effective continuity as we tended to us the same mid and long shots throughout the preliminary which made it seem uninteresting and not very scary. The only variety we used was over the shoulder and one close up, therefore  I learnt that a range or shots is vital in creating excitement and tension but also that headroom is a very important factor to consider when filming to make sure the subject is fully focused on when the film is watched in order to draw the audience in.

If i was was to do the production again i would possibly make sure that there is more still and less moving shots as it camera shake is easily done which can ruin the films tension whereas some stillness encourages the audeince to engage and watch what is about to happen. Although a shaky camera is brilliant for point of view, I think less point of view shots could be more effective as it can get quite repetative.

Foundation Portfolio Evaluation Question Part 2- Joely

9. What was your contribution to the process during the planning, production stages?

I have contributed to all areas of planning of the horror film, while we had to plan the different areas to create the final ideas for the film. First we had to look at other horror films and to I did a textual analysis, which gave us ideas when creating out own film. Later on in the planning I did the audience and certificate research where I was able to see which age group best suited our Psychological horror film. When we started filming we all took parts of the storyboard we had drawn and we filmed that area of the movie each. When one the members of our group was ill, on the re-shoot of the film after I camera fault on first shoot me and the other two members then filmed the other members part of the film. After shooting everything we needed for our film as a group we then decided to then edit the parts the movie we had filmed together and then after we had edited everything then edit it together to be able cut down the length of the film to around 2 minutes. I have had no involvement with creating the soundtracks on GarageBand but I have heard at the tracks that have been created and have responded and helped improve the soundtracks.

Foundation Portfolio Evaluation Question Part 2- Joely

7. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

While creating the and producing the film, we have used different technologies. The first technology was Blogger, we created an account as a group so we could upload our planning onto the blog and document everything we have done through the planning process. While using blogger it helped our group remain organized with the work we had done so far through the planning process. Also we have carried on using blogger after all of our planning was finished as we are now using it to show our progress while editing and producing our music track on GarageBand and to show our evaluation of our film.

We also used GrarageBand, is a programme that helped us as a group create the soundtrack for the film that would be synced in with the final edited film. We first started creating the backing tracks and using different instruments like reflective strings and the organs to create tension in the film.

Here we have used both  lunar and reflective strings at the opening scene of the film.

These are the instruments we used tho create the soundtrack for the film as we needed to create the tension for the film.

Also we created our own sounds by screaming, scratching and shouting and them being recorded  and then them being distorted by using different vocal effects. After we created the different sound we added them to the soundtrack of the film.










We also used Imovie and after we had filmed we uploaded our shots from the camera and started to edit the movie together. After using Imovie for our preliminary project earlier in the year we already knew how to work with it, and found editing very easy and quick to do.


Below are arrange of photographs of Imovie.

Here is a picture of the clip board which helped us organize our clips and then put them in order and also put the clips that we didn't want to use. Also it helped as we could bring the different clips in and out when we were editing the film.

 Imovie also helped us as it allowed us to play with our clips and also correct any mistakes we had in our film.

 

Here is where with Imovie we have synced the music together with the film and changed the volume of the different effects and music, so they fit perfectly with the story line of the film.

In this shot we have darkened it as it needed to fit in with the rest of the darker shot before and afterwards and also to give this scene a creepier effect.






These technologies we have used have helped use be more creative when planning as we have known what we would be able to do when editing on Imovie or when think of the music we needed to create on GarageBand. On Imovie it has many different effects we can add on to the film, also when we knew what we wanted to film we knew we would be able to edit it on Imovie to the way we want the clips to look like in the film. Also when wondering what kind of soundtrack we wanted to be able to produce we knew there was a wide range of instruments on GarageBand would allow us to create it.

Foundation Portfolio Evaluation Questions Part 2 - Elliot

9. What was your contribution to the process during the planning, production and post-production stages?
In the planning, I directed and storyboarded a section of our film. I also developed some initial ideas on how our film could be effective and creepy (such as the silhouette behind the curtain). I also filmed a part of the initial shoot (which was scrapped due to camera issues). However, due to illness, I couldn't film my part on the re-shoot. This made me feel like I had to make up for being absent. So I took on the job of providing the film's soundtrack and sound-effects. I made the music using Garageband, while also incorporating voices recorded by my fellow team-members. I used music which I feel was suited to the particular situation the film is showing. In the title sequence I originally used a short smooth jazz song, to give a contrapuntal feel to the film, however my teacher thought this was inappropriate. So I decided to replace this with a sinister organ track, as the title sequence shows archive footage from the 1930s/40s, so I fit the soundtrack to sound like a song from a 1930s horror film. The rest of the films' music is standard horror film soundtrack, with emphasis on strings. These are mainly used in the walking scene and also when Jasmine runs away from "herself".

Title Sequence: Organ Music Used

Walking sequence: slow strings used

Running Sequence: Fast strings and heartbeat used.

Foundation Portfolio Evaluation Questions Part 2 - Elliot

6. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
-  Pathe Distribution is a major distribution company that not only distributes major films on both sides of the Atlantic, but also low budget indie films especially British horror/thrillers such as Creep, Severance and Outlaw.
- Dan Films is a production company that also deals in low-budget horror/thrillers, including Creep and Severance.
-Hammer is another production company dealing specifically in the horror genre. While the height of their success was in the 50's and 60's, they still make lower-budget horrors today.
- These companies would help us fund the film, and supervise the making of it, improving where needed. Distributors get the film into cinemas. They also promote the film and make sure people know about it.

Creep is one of the films that Film4 has funded.

28 Days Later is a UK Film Council funded British horror film

- Big British companies such as Film4 and the failing UK Film Council fund British films of all genres, including some horrors. They could fund and distribute our film. There are also several small film festivals around the country that we could show our film to.