Schedule

Location

We looked at multipul different locations before chosing which one we wanted to use.

The first location we found was quite sucluded but it did not have the right mese en sene for our film, so we did not chosse this one.

This was the second location that we found, it looked quite good untill we realised that the road did not have the types of corners that we needed for our film.

Once we found location #3, we decided that we were going to use it, it was secluded, dark and there were trees surrounded the road to create the feeling of being small and vulnerable.

We also found this location, we thought that it would look good for other shots that we needed, so we used this location as well.

So, after talking it over, we finally decided to use location #3 and location #4.

Horror film-Plot & title

After having a discussion with the group, we decided on the pot of our horror film. We then created a brief outline of the plot and what we were going to film. After we had completed the brief plan of our film plot, we collectively decided on the name "A Schools Nightmare". We chose that name because the majority of the film is orientated around a crazy school teacher.

Story/plot outline:
As a teacher at a school is driving home, a group of 13 year boys are walking down a road after a party, after they split up, one gets hit buy the teaches car. He then panics and drives off after not finding a body.

The story then follows the teacher as he becomes more and more paranoid about all of the people around him. A sub story then starts following the remaining teens from the start and how they slowly find out what the teacher is up too.
The teacher finally loses it and goes on a killing spree, including students and teachers. This rampage continues until the police turn up: the teacher then takes hostages and locks him self in a room.

After some time, a sniper up on a roof shoots the teacher in the head (bullet time).

Production company

We came up with the name "Digital media". During the planing process of making a logo, we went through a few different designs.

But, we eventual can up with a logo:

We then decided that that we would put a red background on it because it was for a horror movie:

Target Audience

The stereotypical audience of a horror film: Male and Female

Male Aged 16-24

Middle class

 Dislikes nature (gardening), classical music and shopping for clothes

Likes gaming, partying , alcohol and the Internet

Music: Chart music, high tempo, loud music

Part time work while still in non-compulsory

Not a lot of expendable money

Female Aged 16-24

Not the stereotypical audience

Middle class

Enjoys comedy and horror films

In non-compulsory education

Shops at places like Primark, Boots, New look

Uses social networking

Low income, they do not have a lot of spendable income

With these stereotypical views on people and what they like, we can aim our film at them more directly.

The Italian Job (2003) Title sequence evaluatin

Today, we looked at the opening title sequence of the film 'The Italian Job'. The first thing we see in the sequenec is the production company "Paramount".


The title sequence contains no dialog and only two shots of a charcter, belived to be the main character.The sound efects and music within the title sequence is mysterious and that links in well with the theme of the film. The cuts used in the sequence match the beats of the music.

During all of the multiple clips of a map in this sequence, at no point the whole screen filled, it is mostly just a small section of the screen with the video in it, whilst the rest of the screen is black, this increases the scence of mysteriousness.

The title sequence in 'The Italian job' is very good at gaining the atention of the audience.

Horror film reserch

People like to watch horror films for the same reson that children like to watch, for instance to warn of evil in familiar places. Poeple like the adrenaline rush that happens while watching a horror movie. It is for the same reason people like roller coaster rides Horror films are designed to elicit strong emotional reactions from viewers, including fear and dread. The reason why it is so important to know your target audience is because it will help when deciding what content is to be included. 48% of horror film consumers are aged between 18 - 24. Horror film produces will tend to aim there film at this age range, because of this horror films gerneraly create less revenue and profit then other films.

Top-Grossing Horror Films:

1. What Lies Beneath (2000) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161081/
2. Gremlins (1984) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087363/
3. The Blair Witch Project (1999) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185937/
4. A Christmas Carol (2009) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1067106/
5. Godzilla (1998) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120685/
6. The Ring (2002) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298130/
7. The Grudge (2004) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0391198/
8. Paranormal Activity (2007) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179904/
9. Scream (1996) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117571/
10. Scream 2 (1997) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120082/

This is my finished short film that we created to show our understanding of the 180 degree rule, action match and shot reverse shot. Unfortunately the intro of the video was cut out by 'Movie maker'. The first shot was also made longer for an unknown reson.

This is my 'Adobe Premiere' timeline.

From this task, I learned how to edit video and sound, add in fade to blacks and input titles using Adobe Premiere Pro.