Editing Schedule

Date:	What to do:	Who?	Completed?
8/2/2016 9/2/2016	Sort the clips to get the best ones that aren’t shaky and are of good quality and appropriate to use	Annabel and Jasmine	No Yes
12/2/2016 23/2/2016	Order the clips, so that the make sense to the audience	George and Anna	No Yes
29/2/2016 1/3/2016	Cutting clips to remove any unnecessary parts that make the final opening too long	George and Anna	No Yes
4/3/2016 7/3/2016	Making the transitions smooth, so they are not jumpy	George and Anna	No Yes
8/3/2016 11/3/2016	Choosing a suitable text and positioning the text	George Anna	No Yes

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.  

Final Storyboard

Test Audience Feedback

-The feedback from our audience survey gave us a number of ideas about what kind of things people would want to see in a horror film.
-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. 

 The majority of people who answered our survey were 16-17 year olds, which is still in the bracket of our target audience. Our certificate rating is a 12, so we only sent to the survey to ages 12 and above. This made it easier to get an idea of what this teenage audience liked/disliked about horror films.

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. 

A number of responses to the question 'What is your favourite horror film?' resulted in many psychological horror films such as 'The Shining', 'Silence of the Lambs' and 'Shutter Island'. This strengthened our motivation to create a psychological horror opening. 

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:	Effectiveness and what was done well:	Improvements:
Horror	Use of non-diegetic sound	Transitions Duller colour
Horror	The sound used; kettle and intense music The first appearance of masked lady	Transitions
Horror/thriller	Sound; kettle and phone call	Transition  Editing
Horror	Costume of masked figure Shot angles to show discomfort	Perhaps face on show instead of mask
Thriller/horror	The phone call voices Panning shot	Make it more jumpy Duller colour
Horror	The part where Evie is washing her face and the figure appears behind her	The sound; walking downstairs
Horror	Camera angles Sound effects	Abrupt ending Flow more Bit more jumpy

Scripting and Shooting Scripts

Scripting and Shooting Scripts

Scene/Content	Shots	Time
Waking up in bedroom	POV: Eyes open from black screen POV: Eyes close and production logo comes on POV: Eyes open again and film title appears on screen	3.0 secs 2.0 secs 1.5 secs
Getting dressed	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	1.7 secs 2.8 secs 1.8 secs 3.1 secs 2.9 secs
Bathroom	CU: Tap on CU: Face down to sink CU: Face back up, woman in mirror, turn around and leave	1.5 secs 0.7 secs 8.8 secs
Kitchen	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	2.5 secs 15 secs 3.1secs 0.7 secs 14.2 secs
Phone call	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	1.8 secs 12 secs 1.2 secs 2.8 secs 1.9 secs 4.7 secs
Outside	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	7.6 secs 11.3 secs 4.0 secs