Date:
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What to do:
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Who?
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Completed?
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8/2/2016
9/2/2016
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Sort the clips to get the best ones that aren’t shaky and are of good quality and appropriate to
use
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Annabel and Jasmine
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No
Yes
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12/2/2016
23/2/2016
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Order the clips, so
that the make sense to the audience
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George and Anna
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No
Yes
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29/2/2016
1/3/2016
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Cutting clips to
remove any unnecessary parts that make the final opening too long
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George and Anna
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No
Yes
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4/3/2016
7/3/2016
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Making the
transitions smooth, so they are not jumpy
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George and Anna
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No
Yes
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8/3/2016
11/3/2016
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Choosing a suitable
text and positioning the text
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George
Anna
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No
Yes
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Friday, 25 March 2016
Editing Schedule
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Test Shots and Initial Filming
George took test shots of her house as this was the location we picked for our filming. This gave us an idea of the shots and angles we wanted to use in order to enhance our psychological horror genre.
We wanted to use the lake as we felt this added a sense of eeriness. This shot also allowed us a good view of the tree which would be able to hang a noose from.
We planned to use the gate as the point where the protagonist would turn round and see the masked woman, as well as watch the main character run away from the house. This high angle also gives the idea of a sense of superiority from the point of view of the masked woman.
We felt this would be a good shot to use as it incorporated the interior of the house with the exterior of the lake and possibly the glitching of the masked woman and the noose.
This was another possible angle we could use to show the masked woman appearing behind the door, which would create the common convention of home invasion.
This shot would be good to use in order to create a close up of the masked woman as a point of view shot, as well as creating an unnerving feeling from the use of shadows.
This shot gave us an idea of the points around the house that we could use to film from which would give us both a view of the lake and the noose.
We experimented with various different shots and angles around and outside the house. We tried filming a shot which framed both the protagonist and the masked woman outside, however this made the lighting difficult to control. We then changed this to filming point of view and reaction shots.
We found that filming outside was easier as the lighting was incredibly bright, making it easier to see the masked woman and shadows. Various outside noises sometimes made it more difficult to film, but also added to the natural mise-en-scene.
We experimented with various different shots and angles around and outside the house. We tried filming a shot which framed both the protagonist and the masked woman outside, however this made the lighting difficult to control. We then changed this to filming point of view and reaction shots.
We found that filming outside was easier as the lighting was incredibly bright, making it easier to see the masked woman and shadows. Various outside noises sometimes made it more difficult to film, but also added to the natural mise-en-scene.
Thursday, 10 March 2016
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Test Audience Feedback
-Subsequently, we adapted our opening to this feedback, making sure to include certain elements, but not to conform to other conventions that would reduce the credibiity of our film.
Although more people who answered this survey preferred not to watch horror films, they would still be useful in telling us what they disliked about them and what could be done to make them more appealing.
The people in our survey watch horror films fairly regularly, giving us a good idea of the variety of these films they had watched, so as to pick out the kind of things that drew them to them.
When asked 'What interests you about the horror genre?', the top two answers were suspense and clever plots. We also thought these were essential to have in our opening, prior to even developing a storyline.The supernatural and blood/gore were lower down on the list, and since we had decided to create a psychological horror film we were not planning on including these elements.
We found that 71% of people who answered our survey preferred the psychological horror genre to the paranormal or graphical type. This was ideal as we wanted to create our opening fitted to this subgenre as it was the one that intrigued us the most.
When asked 'What do you like about this particular film?', many people referred to 'twisted plots', 'tension' and relating to 'reality'. We tried to incorpoate these elements in our opening, giving it an edge when compared to graphic films.
73% of our surveyers thought that a 15 certificate would be best for a typical. However, we felt as our film does not contain anything violent or gory, and is more focused on psychological aspects, that a 12 would be more appropriate.
The majority of people expected 'suspense', 'tension' and 'well thought out jumpscares'. Again, we made sure to include this in our opening. We created suspense and tension through long, drawn out silences with the faint murmur of eerie music over the top where nothing sinister happens, paired with unpredictable jump scares, created with glitches.
When asked what they disliked about horror films, the response of our audience was 'bad story lines', 'predictable elements', 'tacky jump scares' and 'excessive gore'. We tried our best to avoid all of these elements, keeping the jumpscares to a minimum, and not including any gore as it did not fit in with our genre.
We found this survey incredibly useful with helping us to create our opening. We adapted many aspects from the audience's answers in order to help us achieve a successful and well-liked clip.
LUNCHTIME SHOWING
We showed our opening to a group of people that were aged
16-18. They completed a sheet that slowed us to understand what was considered
effective and any areas that need improvement.
Genre:
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Effectiveness and what was done well:
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Improvements:
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Horror
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Scripting and Shooting Scripts
Scripting and Shooting Scripts
Scene/Content
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Shots
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Time
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Waking up in bedroom
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POV: Eyes open from black screen
POV: Eyes close and production logo
comes on
POV: Eyes open again and film title
appears on screen
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3.0 secs
2.0 secs
1.5 secs
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Getting dressed
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CU: Feet coming down from bed
MS: Shirt put on from behind
CU: Skirt zipped up
CU: Buttons done up
CU: Feet walking to bathroom
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1.7 secs
2.8 secs
1.8 secs
3.1 secs
2.9 secs
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Bathroom
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CU: Tap on
CU: Face down to sink
CU: Face back up, woman in mirror,
turn around and leave
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1.5 secs
0.7 secs
8.8 secs
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Kitchen
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CU: Comes down stairs
Tracking: Enters kitchen and puts
kettle on
Mid-CU/SRS: Eating breakfast
LS/SRS: Masked woman
MC/SRS: Reaction, phone rings and
answer
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2.5 secs
15 secs
3.1secs
0.7 secs
14.2 secs
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Phone call
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ECU: Mouth shot (psycho)
Mid-CU: Conversation with mum
SRS/LS: Masked woman
SRS/MS/DA: Gets up and picks up bag
SRS/LS: No woman, noose
DA: Opens door
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1.8 secs
12 secs
1.2 secs
2.8 secs
1.9 secs
4.7 secs
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Outside
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ECU: Door close and lock
LS: Walks to gate, opens as door
opens with Masked Woman in house, turns and runs
Establishing: Running to camera
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7.6 secs
11.3 secs
4.0 secs
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