Shooting Schedule

Day/Date	Scene	Int/Ext Day/Night	Shot Description/Summary	Location	Characters	Props/Equipment
Shoot Day 1
Tuesday.	1.	Ext. Day.	Establishing shot.	Outside Pub. Market Place.	Sister and Brother.	Car. Tripod.
	1.	Ext. Day.	Shot reverse shot.	Outside Pub. Market Place.	Sister and Brother.
	1.	Ext. Day.	Close up / POV	Outside Pub. Market Place.	Sister.
	2.	Ext. Day.	POV of grave.	Graveyard.	Sister.
	2.	Ext. Day.	Medium Shot.	Graveyard.	Sister.	Flowers.
Shoot Day 2
Wednesday.	3.	Int. Night.	Handheld shot.	Cellar of Pub.	Sister and Friend.	Crates.
	3.	Int. Night.	Medium & Tracking shot.	Cellar of Pub.	Sister and Friend.	Crates.
	3.	Int. Night.	POVàArcàClose Up.	Cellar of Pub	Sister, Friend and Ghost.	Crates. Barrel.

We didn't really follow our shooting schedule to the exact tee due to actors not being available for certain dates or equipment not being at the right place for the right time. However even though we didn't follow the schedule we still managed to re-organise and get the shooting done.

Green Screen

For the ghost in our two minute opening, we was just going to get them to wear white old fashioned clothing. However, we think it will be better to use the green screen and then edit it into the opening later on in the editing stages. For the green screen to look good we must make sure that the camera angles match up so that when they get put together the scene looks like it goes together.
This means that we will have to change our storyboard, shot types and the script.

We may not be using the green screen now, but using the effect called 'ghosting' on Adobe première pro. This makes anything which moves in the scene have a ghost effect.

We have decided not to use the green screen due to the fact, that we like the modern look of the ghosting effect which we are going to use on all the scenes which the ghost are in, this will help set the mood and tone of the scene each time the ghost is there.

Preliminary Task & Evaluation.

Preliminary Task

Evaluation

For the prelim task we were to film someone walking down a corridor, opening a door and having a shot conversation with someone, we were then to edit it into a short clip. I found the filming, using the camera, easier once we knew how to use the cameras to film the scenes. I found the editing hard to understand at first but much better once I knew and got use to using the editing process.

3 things I learnt during the prelimiary task:-

How to string/edit a series of small clips into one longer clip.

How to do different camera shots and angles.

How to use a microphone (dead cat).

Three things that went well are:-

The filming of the scenes.

The editing to make continuity and match on action.

Editing- the transitions of fading from one part to another.

Three things that could of being improved are:-

The sounds of the chair being dragged across the floor could have being quieter and less sharp.

Getting the people acting not to speak until sat down- which would make it easier to edit.

Not wobble the camera when panning the room.

Ideas which the preliminary task has given for the 2-minute opening:-

Yes, the different transitions which could be used for opening at the beginning. It also gave a sense of match on action, so when filming I will know to film it in a way where continuity can be done easily through editing.    

Props, Costume and Location.

Locations.

We are going to set our film in a pub. The opening will be set outside the pub when we introduce the characters, we chose to set it here so it would give the audience an idea of the location of the film. We will then have a scene set in a grave yard to proceed the flashback. Then the flashback scene will be set in the cellar of the pub, this is where the killings will happen, we will also have text come up on the screen on the flashback so the audience know when and where it was set.

1. The first bit will be outside the pub in Market Rasen.
2. The second part will be in the pub cellar.
3. The third part will then be in the graveyard. 

Costume.

The characters will be wearing casual clothing for the opening and graveyard scenes. In the cellar scene they will be wearing 90's looking clothing and the ghost will be wearing white and old fashioned clothing. The ghost will be done by the green screen, this should make it more realistic than someone just wearing white clothing, we will then be able to edit it in later on. We must make sure that we get the angles right so when we put them together, they match up correctly. 

Props.

The car which the family get out of at the beginning of the opening.

The crates and barrels which will fall and roll during the scene down in the cellar.

The flowers which the older woman will put on the grave.
The rest will be part of the setting, such as the grave from the graveyard part, and the rest of the barrels which will be on the wall in the cellar so will class as part of the setting.

STORYBOARD

As long as we keep to our storyboard our filming should go to plan, it will make it much easier to film as we will know what we have to film and what comes after it so the continuity of our film will be good. It will also help at the editing stages as we will be able to edit the scenes in the correct order which will make things run much more smoothly than they would without a storyboard.

This storyboard ended up being changed as from the first day of filming we didn't have it with us at the time of filming therefore we had to improvise, however because we had already drawn up the storyboard and it had being done recently we were able to remember parts of it and get the shots in the right order and the correct way.

Survey

We decided to survey a number of people (20) to find out what our idea was best suited at and how best promote it. Here it is:-

Opening Titles and Credits.

This is a film with typical opening credits - this is good as it only gets the important information across - it tells you the:
Producer
The Main Actors - the main three are next to some sort of picture of themselves so the audience recognises them when the film begins.
Then some more actors...
Followed by the Executive producers...
Then who the film was Developed by...
And then 'Based on the series of graphic novels by...'
The title then fills the whole screen.

Questionaire.

This is another questionaire we did for someone from our target audience. This is so we had a better idea if our location and storyline would be suitable.

Gender: Female
Age: 15
Occupation: Student

What is your favorite film genre and why?
Horror, because it's funny to watch with other people when they start jumping up and down and hiding behind pillows.

What is your favorite horror film and why?
Hide and Seek, because it's one which links back to the beginning when you see the clock and the time on it. I also think the story line is good.

What is your least favorite horror film and why?
The Human Centipede, it's just too gory to actually be able to watch.

Where do you think a good place for a horror movie to be set and why?
Anywhere where public people are able to go, like a park.

Where do you think a not so good place for a horror movie to be set is and why?
Somewhere with sand, like a desert as it doesn't seem realistic.

Do you think a pub cellar would be a good place to set a horror and why?
Yes i suppose so as lots of people go there, but the story line would have to be good.

Script.

Script

By having a script, we will be more organised as we will know what the order is for the things to happen, by having this we will know what we have to do and when we have to do it. It will also be a reminder for what shots go where and from what angles etc.
In the end, we ended up not having a script as no dialogue would be used in our most recent idea. This was ideal as it made it better for the audience to follow the storyline rather than concentrating on the speech within the first opening two minutes.

Jobs

Danielle: will be a camera operator and the producer.

Charlie: will be a sound operator and the director. 


By having certain jobs for each person, we will be able to organise much better as each one of us will know what were meant to be doing, and how we are meant to do it. We will help each other will all of the bits if it needs more than one person to do so but both of us will concentrate on our certain areas to do. We have decided who does which job by seeing who did each thing best in the preliminary task, and then chose the person who did each thing best. 

Job Descriptions

Producer: A film producer oversees the production of the film, including integrity, voice and vision. They are in charge of everyone involved in the film. They can fund the film themselves or find a film sponsor.

Director: A film director is the person who instructs the actors and film crew in the film making. They are the people who come up with the creative parts of the film. They are under the producer.

Camera Operator: The person who operates the video camera, they are told by the director what it wants to look like. They use a variety of the equipment including a camera and moving tripod.

Sound Operator: The person who operates all the sound equipment, such as the boom operator and the production sound mixer. They are in charge of making the audio of the film good. 


We will decide who does what job in our group by seeing who does each job best. 

HP Order of the Phoenix Film Analysis

Interview

We decided to interview someone from our Target Audience so we knew what the people who favoured our genre would prefer to see in a new horror film, by doing this we are able to make sure our film including our two minute opening is appealing to our main Target Audience.

Gender: Female.

Age: 22.

Occupation: Work in a pub.

What is your favorite film genre? & Why?

Horror, because I like the suspense and the adrenaline you receive from watching them.

What's your favorite Horror film? & Why?

Insidious. It's my favorite because it seems like it could happen to anyone as it's set in a house with a

normal seeming family until the action starts.

What's your least favorite Horror film? & Why?

Paronormal Activity. It's my least favorite because it never show's you what's actually doing the haunting which make it seem less real. It also starts weird as it's not the beginning of the story but the 3rd film is.

Where do you think a good place for a Horror to be set is? & Why?

In a house or somewhere natural, as it make's you think it could happen to anyone which is part of the bit why it is a Horror.

Where do you think a not so good place for a Horror to be set is? & Why?

A woods, it can get boring just running through the woods, unless it's set in the woods because of the things which happen. Such as in "Dog Soldiers".

Do you think a pub cellar would be a good place to set a Horror? & Why?

Yes i do, as most people go to a pub so it makes them think it could happen to them LIKE ME! or to someone who they know.

Target Audience

After considering who we wished to target our film at we decided it would be best to consult data on film audiences from the UK Film Council. Through this data, we found that there is a potentially grand market for us to target. Just under a third of cinema goers enjoy Horror films, with 15% saying it's their all time favorite genre. We then looked at the demographic data and it showed that we should mainly be aiming our product at females under the age of 35, however it is also rather popular with males around the same age as well.

Therefore our target market is female, under the age of 35, and in the C2 social class.

The best places for us to market our product is obviously places where females under the age of 35 and in the C2 social class will see it most. The places we could market this film in is after certain programs on TV, such as "Trueblood" "Vampire diaries" or "The only way is Essex", this is because this is what these type of people stereotypically watch. We could also advertise on youtube when they are watching Horror movie trailers, as they will be Horror film 'fanatics' and our film could appeal to them. However I also think it would be a good idea to advertise this Horror film in the cinema's before a Horror movie, this is because they will be people that like Horror films and our's could appeal to them as well.

New Idea

We have had a new idea for our two minute opening, our idea would change the whole story-line of the film and not just the beginning two minutes.
Instead of teenager's being the one's who get killed throughout the film by the ghost, it will be a family. We think this would be more appealing to the target audience, as it will have more emotion behind the idea which stereo-typically is more appealing to females under the age of 35.
It will also be easier for us to get reliable actors for it, as we will have a wider range of people who will be able to spare their time to be a part of our film.
We shall have to think this through thoroughly so we don't loose the main plot of our two minute opening.

BBFC

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is an independent, non governmental body funded through the fees it charges to those who submit films and video works for classification. Video works are taken to include video games, films, and programmes released on DVD and Blu-ray.


Things they take into consideration are discrimination, drugs, horror, imitable behaviour, language, nudity, sex, theme, titles and photo or pattern sensitivity, motion sickness and reactions to low frequency sound.


The last house on the left was banned until 2002, and then was released cut, it was then later released uncut in 2008.
The human centipede II was originally banned due to sexual violence and potential obscenity. This film was given an official Age Certificate of 18 by the BBFC on 6th October 2011 while the distributors agreed to make 32 cuts before its release.


The certificate our film would get is a 15

It would get this certificate because it does not contain any discrimination, drugs, nudity or sex. It also does not contain much language, if it did contain any of these things then the certificate would have to be an 18. The reason we made it 15 is because it contains violence which may not be suitable for under 15's. 

Other films from our genre:

The Omen (2006) - 15

The Exorcism of Emily Rose - 15

Wolf Creek - 18

The Ring Two (2005) - 15

We also based the certificate of our film on film certificates for films like ours in our genre. This way we would know what the general age range for our film should be. By knowing our film certificate we will know if we have to leave certain parts of the film out because they are from a higher certificate. We will also know what were allowed to put in, so we are able to get the best effects in within reason. 

Blurb

'Ever wonder what's lurking right beneath your nose during your evening pint? No its not your bear belly! How about a nostalgic, cadaverous, incorporeal being out for revenge.
The best things come in small packages... well, so they say.
It goes from bad to brutal for the new tenants when their son Fabian is vigorously murdered in the cellar.
Join them on their enthralling race to preserve their lives.'

We decided this would be our blurb as it is not too long but gets the idea of the film across well. It gives people an idea of what is going to happen in the film, but leaves a lot of questions unanswered creating enigma.

Underworld 3 Analysis

Mise-en-scene
Costume:- Armour to show authority, Man wearing a coat with beads to show his importance and power, The boy is wearing trousers and arm selves as he is fighting, and the men fighting him are wearing rags as they are unimportant. The women are wearing dresses.
Lighting:- The lighting is very low key, this helps set the tone of the rest of the movie. It makes the movie seem like it had a 'darker' tone to it.
Actors: There is a mix of ages and genders in the film.
Make-up:- There is dirt on some of the fighters faces, but that's all.
Setting:- The film is set in a castle with dungeons.

Camera
To start with there is an establishing shot, followed by a mid to long shot of the men in armour, there is then a close up through the bars to show the emotion then a medium shot of the same man. There is then another close up to show the emotion of the man. There is a long shot later followed by tracking establishing medium shots from different angles due to the speed of the fighting.

Editing
To start there is a little animation bit and after this the establishing shot of the setting fades in. It is normal speed with slow editing. The editing then gets quicker in the fight scene, this also has slow motion bits including the jump and hit followed later by the boy catching the arrow. It also has jump cuts. The titles appear at the beginning, and follow one after the other. The werewolves are also edited in.

Sounds

Diagetic:- The growling and roar of the werewolf, the door clicking followed by the shot of the arrow this is then followed by a growl and then a baby crying, and the crossbow click but no shot. Then the door smashing shut. It then jumps to the boy landing on all fours with a small noise, there is then the fighting sounds such as "argh" and "ourgh". Finally there is an arrow shot and then dialogue. The dialogue creates enigma to what is going to happen next.
Non-Diagetic:- Quiet music which creates suspense. Then you can hear the men and their army sounds. Narration at the beginning to set the storyline. Lightening also helps set the mood and tone of the movie. There is then a windy sound followed by a build up of sound which adds suspense.

PRIEST Analysis

  

Mise-en-scene

Costume: They are wearing long black cloaks.

Lighting: Low key lighting to make it more intense.

Actors: Approximately aged 20-30, one woman who gets killed in the first minute to show weakness of        women.

Make-up: Crosses on their foreheads.

Props: The little metal cross thing and daggers hanging from their pockets.

Setting: Set in a cave, this is the main setting through out the film except the animated bit.

Camera

To start with there is an establishing shot which sets the scene of the exterior.

There is a pan of the cave which again sets the scene of the interior.

Close up of two people which shows emotion and their speech.

POV of tunnels and then zooms a little, makes you ask what's down there, creates enigma.

Hand-held shot when running to show panic.

Close up of hands, shows relationship.

-Animation part-

At title zooms out a little.

Editing.
Normal cuts, you can focus on the film and storyline.

The cuts get quicker when the vampires attack.

Goes white to show time has passed with jump shots.

Blacks out between shots.

Animated bit.

Vampire creatures are edited in.

Sound

Diagetic: Thunder, Dialogue, walking and their feet on the floor. Weird breathing sound, dripping, clink of cross when he take it out his belt, screech, scream, screech of vampire's, a man falling on the cave floor "huh", grunting then "arghhhr".

Non-diagetic: Drums, quiet music --> echo sounding. Music quite fast paced but low sounding, music  gets more intense and louder, music changes to deep. Narration of animation. Sounds that go with the animation (roar's ect.).

Target Audience

After analysing data on film audiences from the UK Film Council, it is clear there is a potentially large market for us to target. Almost a third of cinema goers enjoy Horror films. with 15% saying it's their favourite genre.
Looking at demographic data it appears that we should be mainly aiming our product at females under the age of 35, although it is popular with males as well.


By knowing this information we will be able to base our film by keeping these in mind so we are able to appeal to the largest possible target market open to us. By doing this we will be able to get the most views of our film. Due to the fact that we know this information we will also be able to find out when the best times to advertise are and also where the best places to do so are. 

Conventions of a Horror....

Horror conventions tend to create a lot of enigma, this is one of the most important things to have in a horror movie with out it the suspense drops dramatically and therefore isn't as scary, so the viewer isn't kept as hooked as they could be.
Mise-en-scene...
Costume:- victims tend to have causual clothing, murderers wearing black or dark clothing, stained with blood? Ghosts or paranormal subjects tend to be foggy, not scene or done through editing/special effects.
Lighting:- it is usually low key lighting and normally takes place at night.
Actors:- there is normally a 'bad' guy and a 'vunerable' woman.
Make-up:- usually fake blood used or masks to cover the 'bad' guys face.
Props:- there tends to be some sort of murder weapon or an object which connotes scariness.
Setting:- locations are spooky, such as a woods or haunted mansion.
Editing...
The editing is normally fast and pacy which adds to the suspense and jumpiness of the horror film.
Sound...
There are lots of sounds related to horror movies, such as deep breathing, screaming or heavy footsteps. Or if set in a woods the snapping of branches.
Camera...
Lots of handheld shots to add to the mood of the horror.

Pitch of Ideas

Feedback

Idea 1
        They said it was quite a good idea, these are some of the questions asked...

• Where will it be set? - We decided that it would be set in a quarry. this is because it will give us the desired effect of the sand, it is the best ground which we could use that will suit our setting.
• Is it practical? - It can be done but some changes might have to be made, such as the building bursting in to fire, this could be hard to do because it would be impossible to set buildings on fire with health and safety regulations, and it would be rather difficult to do it all through special effects.
• Do you have reliable actors? - Some but were looking for a few more, we will make sure that they are reliable so they act for all of the time that we need them to act for. They will also have to be reliable so that they turn up for all of the shooting days/times which they are needed for.

Idea 2      
         They said this idea sounded quite exciting and original, they wondered how practical it was...

• Will it all get into two minutes? - Yes we should do because it will use fast editing, however we may have to cut down some of the dialogue used in it, as usually there isn't much dialogue in opening scenes.
• Will it meet opening conventions - Yes it will meet the opening conventions of a horror film, this is because it will include titles, music and lighting these will help set the tone of the whole film.
• Name? - We haven't decided on a name yet, we will have to think of this and make sure the name ins't already taken by a already made film.

Out of the two, the one they preffered was idea 2, this is our favourite as well and it is the one we have decided to go with. However we have decided to edit our idea so it can be the best it can possibly be, this is by cutting some of the dialogue out to make the scene more interesting so people don't have to concentrate too much in the beginning as they would find this boring and not watch the remaining of the film. We will also make sure that it meets all the conventions which will make it a better horror, we will also think of a name which will relate to the storyline of the film.

Presentation of Idea's

On Friday we presented our media class with two idea's which we may use for our two minute opening. They were presented as follows:

One of our ideas was a...
Western movie.
Opening.
Chilling’ in the saloon, hear a gun shot, turn round and see barman dead on the bar, they run outside and find the town is on fire, see Indians running off with the sheriffs wife, Canyon Cash the sherriff has a showdown with an Indian who shoots himself to let the others get away.
Synopsis
A small town in Texas gets attacked by apaches, and they run off with the sheriff’s wife, they go on a journey to rescue her but find the camp abandoned with her dead, hung in the middle of the camp, they chase down the Indians and kill them.
Target audience: People who like westerns
Films its like: Pretty much all western films with Indians
USP: Tragic not romantic – unexpected, not typical story line
Credits come when they are talking in the bar
Country music
Natural lighting
Establishing shot of town on fire
Slow editing until the gun shot
On showdown, there will be an extreme close-up on Indians face, then he smiles and is shot, then it zooms out to reveal he shot himself and then he tells the Indians to run while the cowboys are all stunned.

Our second idea was...
Horror movie -
A bunch of teenagers hear stories about a haunted cellar and go down there, they see scratches in the wall and get killed off one by one by a ghost who was murdered there in 1812. When there are a couple left they investigate and go back to the cellar, one of them dies there, and the last one gets out and burns the girl’s bones and think its over, then she is killed in the grave yard.
Opening
Starts of in 1986 (black and white), two different people go down there they fall into crates as their drunk, then see the scratches, flashbacks of the girl being murdered, they hear a girl say “hello” dolly shot round to her, she smiles but then lunges at camera, screen blacks out, shot of them dead on the floor, Barrel roles. Titles (preferably in blood). In 2011 people start to tell stories about it being haunted..a bunch of teenagers dare each other to go down there, then different views of things moving about in the cellar, they walk down the stairs, the girl is stood in the corner but they don’t see her, camera focuses on her, she grins, door slams shut, focuses back on people looking freaked out, they see the girl, screen blacks out. She says her trademark “hello” lights up on her face, she looks into the camera. The end.
Target audience
People who like horrors, no-one with heart conditions because its jumpy
USP
Original setting, it has flashbacks and shows how it all started.
Films its like
Final destination because they all die one by one and theres no-one left alive at the end.
Low key lighting in the cellar
Natural lighting in the pub
Black and white for old fashioned bits


These were the ideas which we presented to the class, they gave us some feedback which meant we would adapt our idea so it would be the best it possibly could be.