Monday, 2 April 2012
Evaluation Question 6
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Evaluation Question 2
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
The female character who is being stalked is clearly young, this is used a lot throughout thrillers as they are seen as more vulnerable characters and less intelligent. Our actor resembles young females in other thriller where they are average teenagers but in our production like many others, we used the setting of the college to make the social group more obvious.
The image of the two girls is from Scream2 and the other is from our film Secured. The both show young girls looking scared but the difference is our character is alone throughout the clip which could possibly suggest she is an unsocial character and therefore an easier target for the stalker.
Another key element is the gender roles in our production. In films males are nearly always the leading stalker roles due to there stereotypical masculine attitudes. For example they are seen as more dominant and violent and therefore women are not usually the type to stalk people, hence why we used a male teacher. Females are always see as feminine and more fragile which is exaggerated within films and creates them to be extremely easy targets who do not usually have much power to fight back and survive.
Sunday, 1 April 2012
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Preliminary Task
Below is the first chance we had at getting used to the equipment used in our opening sequence. we had to get to grips with;
- The Hd camera (Sony HDVS)
- The editing software ( Final cut 7, Apple i movie)
- The time frames needed to film and edit.
Equipment List
Location Recce
This is where the stalker will follow the students out of college while making his selection of girls.
This is where the stalker will kill the girl
This is where the body is dumped
Shot List
Program: Secured
Director: Sam
Date: 5/3/2012
Camera Person: Kyle
Location: Havering
Shot Angle Movement Notes | ||
1. Establishing shot | Dolly | Of the college to show the setting |
2. Medium long shot | Downwards tilt | In the classroom shows location of characters |
3. POV shot | Left to right pan | Of teacher and board, main characters POV |
4. Long shot | No movement | Students leaving the class |
5. Medium shot | Right to left pan | Teacher rushing |
6. Mid shot/POV shot | Upwards tilt | Teacher watching student walking down the corridor |
7. Two shot | No movement | Character walking down corridor |
8. Long Shot | Right to left pan | Leaving college |
9. POV Close up | High angle shot | Characters POV watching surroundings |
10. Medium shot | Tracking | Following character |
11. Over the shoulder shot | Eye level | Character checking behind |
12. Medium shot | Tracking | Watching girl |
13. Close up shot | Tilt downwards | Stalker watching the girl |
14. Extreme close up | Pan right to left | Enhance characters emotions, scared |
15. Medium shot | Tilt | Stalkers POV |
16. Extreme close up shot | High Angle | Girl on the floor |
Script
"SECURED"
FADE IN
Starts with classroom scene, of students and the teacher/stalker.
Grant Clarke
“Ok guys, your free to leave.”
“Enjoy your weekend”
CUTS TO
girls leaving the classroom.(Calming music is played here.)
CUTS TO
the girl leaving the college premises.
CUTS TO
the girl nearing the college exit.
CUT TO
The next scene is the girl being grabbed by Grant (teacher)
Grant Clarke
"Stop moving, or i'll kill you."
CUT TO
The girl is then dragged to the pond, where she is killed.(Here is where high tempo, thriller music shall be installed.)
FADE TO
The last scene shows a newspaper with the missing girl onit. (slow dramatic music)
CUT TO
film title "secured"
Audience Research
Questionnaire
Questionnaire
What would you prefer to watch?
Horror Thriller
What’s your favorite horror movie?
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What scares you the most?
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If a new film was to be made what would u like it to be based on?
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Your favorite character from your favorite film and why?
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Do you watch horror films in high volume?
Yes No
On Off
Yes No
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Do you watch the trailer before the film and does it make you want to watch the full film?
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Most memorable moment of a Horror/Thriller?
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How would you expect death to occur?
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Would it put you off the film if the main character died before the plot happens?
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For our audience research we set a quiz, as previously posted. We asked 15 people to fill the quiz out and here are some of the results.
What would you prefer to watch?
Horror Thriller
Out of the 15 people we asked, 9 said that their preferred genre of film was horror to the 6 people who chose thriller.
Do you watch horror films in high volume?
Yes No
Do you keep the light on or off?
On Off
The answers to these two questions were less varied. With all people asked saying both yes to the first question and no to the second. This assumes most people in general watch scary films in low light with high volume. This meant not only does a horror film have to comply with low lighting, but also have good input when it comes to sound as this will play a big part in setting the right mood.
If a film had a bad review , would you watch it?(if no why)
Yes No
Of the multiple choice questions, the last asked was whether someone would see a film if it had bad reviews. This gave a very mixed outcome with results nearly 50/50. 8 saying yes and 7 saying no. the biggest reason for not watching the movie was “me and my friends/family have the same taste in movies and therefore I probably wouldn’t like it either.” And critics get paid to review films, so if they say something isn’t good they’re normally right”
Of the non-multiple choice questions many films kept being referenced to. These included Saw, Scream, Hostel and Freddy Krueger movies.
This shows that depending on what happens in the film, this can appeal and stick to the audience as considering how many horror films are out their many of the responses revolved around the same films.
Research Into Generic Codes & Conventions
Thriller movies create response through provoking the audience through the psychological experiences of the protagonist.
The first initial thing which creates an atmosphere is usually the credits which are also enhanced with sound, they are usually appropriate to the genre by being a particular colour or scary style. However some are normal but have a suggestive background.
The setting of the scenes enable the audience to sometimes b aware when something will happen and provokes a response to be more significant as they are already scared by the setting.
Sound is a huge factor for thriller films as it can be daunting which creates an atmosphere which is appropriate and enhances the terror within the audience. Loud sudden sounds are usually used to provoke response along with the mysterious/creepy soft sounds which indicates a lurking nature.
Characters are usually young teenagers who are vulnerable and somewhat considered less wise. Many teenagers are interested in thrillers and enjoy watching them for the thrills, this makes the films more scary as they can identify themselves within the characters.
Cinematography is used intelligently and usually creates lots of background space to enable room for unexpected happenings. However, extreme close ups are also used to limit the audiences view and allow a sense of an unknown surrounding. Establishing shots are also advantageous as they identify isolation in many thrillers.
We are going to focus on the teenage girls and the terror they face whilst being followed instead of the teacher for our opening sequence. This will make it a thriller and enhance the effect of it onto the audience because the victims emotions and reactions will be centralised through extreme close ups whilst intimidating non-diegetic music is playing. The characters will be casually dressed to show they are normal and makes the audience feel endangered as it could be them. Camera shots from both the girls and the teacher will give the audience a heads up for all situations and make them feel more involved but also create more suspense as they know what may happen. This is used in Final Destination (2000) where the director (James Wong) focuses on the victims and there deaths are centralised throughout. This creates tension within the audience and puts them in suspense as they are waiting for something to do but not sure who, what, where or when it will happen.
The first initial thing which creates an atmosphere is usually the credits which are also enhanced with sound, they are usually appropriate to the genre by being a particular colour or scary style. However some are normal but have a suggestive background.
The setting of the scenes enable the audience to sometimes b aware when something will happen and provokes a response to be more significant as they are already scared by the setting.
Sound is a huge factor for thriller films as it can be daunting which creates an atmosphere which is appropriate and enhances the terror within the audience. Loud sudden sounds are usually used to provoke response along with the mysterious/creepy soft sounds which indicates a lurking nature.
Characters are usually young teenagers who are vulnerable and somewhat considered less wise. Many teenagers are interested in thrillers and enjoy watching them for the thrills, this makes the films more scary as they can identify themselves within the characters.
Cinematography is used intelligently and usually creates lots of background space to enable room for unexpected happenings. However, extreme close ups are also used to limit the audiences view and allow a sense of an unknown surrounding. Establishing shots are also advantageous as they identify isolation in many thrillers.
We are going to focus on the teenage girls and the terror they face whilst being followed instead of the teacher for our opening sequence. This will make it a thriller and enhance the effect of it onto the audience because the victims emotions and reactions will be centralised through extreme close ups whilst intimidating non-diegetic music is playing. The characters will be casually dressed to show they are normal and makes the audience feel endangered as it could be them. Camera shots from both the girls and the teacher will give the audience a heads up for all situations and make them feel more involved but also create more suspense as they know what may happen. This is used in Final Destination (2000) where the director (James Wong) focuses on the victims and there deaths are centralised throughout. This creates tension within the audience and puts them in suspense as they are waiting for something to do but not sure who, what, where or when it will happen.
Group Roles & Responsibilities
- I am going to be the editor within the group. My main task includes assembling the camera footage, dialogue, sound effects, graphics and special effects into a presentable film opening and making sure it is to a high standard. I will work closely with the director in order to produce the preferred finishing results which satisfy the whole group whilst using the cinematographers camera footage.
Opening Sequence Analysis - TITLES
0.08 Twentieth Century Fox (fades in)
0.10 In Association With (fades in below above title)
((0.12 Both titles fade out))
0.13 Cross Creek Pictures (fades in)
0.15 Presents (fades in below above title)
((0.16 Both titles fade out))
0.18 A Darren Aronofsky Film (slides in from left to right, from red split in black screen)
((0.20 Title flies to the right of the screen, onto white blank page))
0.21 Starring Natalie Portman (fades in)
((0.22 Black feathers start falling from top of the screen))
0.26 Vincent Cassel (fades in as previous name fades out)
0.30 AND Mila Kunis (fades in as previous name fades out)
0.36 Music By Clint Mansell (fades in after last name has faded out)
((0.45 Black feathers cover the screen totally))
((0.46 White feathers fade in to whole screen to be background))
((0.51 Screen blacks out))
0.54 Idea Original
Eduardo Sandoval
Araceli Gomez
(All names quickly fade in one below the other)
0.56 Animacion
Eduardo Sandoval
( All names quickly fade in one below the other)
0.58 Graficos
Araceli Gomez
((0.58 First titles of ‘idea original’ begin to fade out, followed by the one directly below until all titles gone))
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