Questionnaire Age Group: 18-25 (please only fill in if you are in this age group)
Q1) How often do you attend the cinema in year?
None 1-3 4-9 10-19 20+
Q2) Do you see many horror movies?
Yes No Not Often
Q3) If you had to see a different type of killer weapon other than knife or gun what would it be? _______________________
Q4) What type of music best suits horrors? (Tick more than one if preferable)
Lullaby Rock Fast Paced Hip Hop Other
Other: ________________
Q5) What type of person do you think would be the scariest as the killer and why? ____________________________________
Q6) What is your favourite horror movie of all time?
__________________________________________________
Q7) If you could have anything you could add to a horror what would it be? ________________________________________
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Ideas from the previous 'Product Research' post
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaVcJ9sAqqY
From the above link we are looking to incorporate the voices heard in the background. We will use a strange voice for the horror figure and a voice sounding senior for the authorative role. The slide transitions are quick flashy cuts which are good for building tension. We see viewings of newspaper cut-outs of killings at 36 seconds which Adam and I feel we should incorporate. Fast paced music that quiets when speaking also helps to build tension.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDlNH1c9XBU
The man goes mad and then we flash back to his history. During the trailer at 45seconds we see flashes of words that are relavent to the footage. A way of us adapting this idea is doing the same but with famous quotations. There is hardly any music in fast paced action then when taking a step back looking distant. Goes to more of a harmonic music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwcg18UduKg
Adam and I would like to include the lullaby music from this trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbdY3_vLc2k
This link has a weapon, wheel brace, that is used throughout as the weapon that killed someone and then the weapon used by the person killed to kill others.
Questionnaire
To find out what the audience will want to watch Adam and I have created a questionnaire which will be on our posting. We have decided to target the 18-25 year old audience as this age group has been proven to be the most likely to attend the cinema. As we are hopefully going to be producing this for the cinema then it would be sensible to get the ideas from people of this age group.
From the above link we are looking to incorporate the voices heard in the background. We will use a strange voice for the horror figure and a voice sounding senior for the authorative role. The slide transitions are quick flashy cuts which are good for building tension. We see viewings of newspaper cut-outs of killings at 36 seconds which Adam and I feel we should incorporate. Fast paced music that quiets when speaking also helps to build tension.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDlNH1c9XBU
The man goes mad and then we flash back to his history. During the trailer at 45seconds we see flashes of words that are relavent to the footage. A way of us adapting this idea is doing the same but with famous quotations. There is hardly any music in fast paced action then when taking a step back looking distant. Goes to more of a harmonic music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwcg18UduKg
Adam and I would like to include the lullaby music from this trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbdY3_vLc2k
This link has a weapon, wheel brace, that is used throughout as the weapon that killed someone and then the weapon used by the person killed to kill others.
Questionnaire
To find out what the audience will want to watch Adam and I have created a questionnaire which will be on our posting. We have decided to target the 18-25 year old audience as this age group has been proven to be the most likely to attend the cinema. As we are hopefully going to be producing this for the cinema then it would be sensible to get the ideas from people of this age group.
Monday, 6 September 2010
Product Research
First Youtube Links
These are the first Youtube links that we have found to use for ideas.
The genre that we are going to do is Horror/Thriller.
Me and my partner Adam Rustom agreed that filming a Horror would have most exciting prospects. A Horror would allow us to use different costumes, use darker locations and use any special effects that could be needed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaVcJ9sAqqY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDlNH1c9XBU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwcg18UduKg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBcoo8i33L0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbdY3_vLc2k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qacXgLYhi0
These are the first Youtube links that we have found to use for ideas.
The genre that we are going to do is Horror/Thriller.
Me and my partner Adam Rustom agreed that filming a Horror would have most exciting prospects. A Horror would allow us to use different costumes, use darker locations and use any special effects that could be needed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaVcJ9sAqqY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDlNH1c9XBU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwcg18UduKg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBcoo8i33L0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbdY3_vLc2k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qacXgLYhi0
Things we would not include from these videos:
· Scary killing at the start
· There is no background
· Flying shot (looking from helicopter)
· Public field game – lots of extras
· Too long between each shot
· The use of computers in our movie
· Ghostly dead people
· Partying teenagers
Specification
Due to working with Adam Rustom last year and knowing he has quite a few strengths I asked him to partner me in making this film. These are discussed in the comments section.
The two bold bullets points below are the two that we will pursue. This decision was a toss up between this and making a music video. We felt that both of these would stretch our filming and scripting skills added to the fact that we had already made a film production in the previous year for our coursework. The only problem with making a music video was the lack of original music that we have to hand and the problem with acquiring some.
This is the part of the specification that I have decided to follow:
Specification
A promotion package for a new film, to include a teaser trailer, together with two of the following three options:
Website homepage - no real knowledge of HTML, hard to maintain
Film Magazine front cover - doesn't require huge computer knowledge of programs, easy to research good ones, easier to keep a common theme between main tasks and ancillary tasks
Poster for the film - same reasons as Film Magazine front cover
The two bold bullets points below are the two that we will pursue. This decision was a toss up between this and making a music video. We felt that both of these would stretch our filming and scripting skills added to the fact that we had already made a film production in the previous year for our coursework. The only problem with making a music video was the lack of original music that we have to hand and the problem with acquiring some.
This is the part of the specification that I have decided to follow:
Specification
A promotion package for a new film, to include a teaser trailer, together with two of the following three options:
- a website homepage for the film;
- a film magazine front cover, featuring the film;
- a poster for the film.
Website homepage - no real knowledge of HTML, hard to maintain
Film Magazine front cover - doesn't require huge computer knowledge of programs, easy to research good ones, easier to keep a common theme between main tasks and ancillary tasks
Poster for the film - same reasons as Film Magazine front cover
Sunday, 5 September 2010
Discussion of group, specification and genre
Discussion starts from the top
Summary of Email Discussion and added Points
We have both discussed our strengths and weakness so that we may be able to adapt so these do not show in our production:
Strengths
- Dan - vast knowledge of computer programs such as Microsoft Publisher
- Good timekeeping - more time spent filming than waiting about
- Adams house - slight historical feel which could give a good twist
- Good equipment available to hand
Weaknesses
- Adam lack of knowledge in IT
- Amount of props available at this current moment of time
- Dans house - very plain. Neither too modern or historical
Foundation Work
Foundation Project
Last years Media Coursework consisting of making the opening of a film. I was working with Tom Homewood, Adam Rustom and Grant Coull. Last year we decided on taking up the thriller genre as we felt it would not require too many special effects. This proved a slightly mistake as in the shooting scene it looked slightly unprofessional as we could not have any bullet holes. Our group managed to get around this by changing the shot so we didn't actually look down the barrell at the victim when the gun was shot. Instead we used a mid shot looking at the killers face shooting and then a point of view shot of the victim being shot. This turned out to be quite effective.
The movie did not go all to plan as I found out. Due to the lack of professional equipment our moving shot was very wobbly. Also other members of the group as it was large were not always available to do it in there own time due to personal reasons. Our bags were left in the background for one of the shots which had to be refilmed. It was also hard to do it in public places as members of public were always walking past which would make the production look unprofessional. Cars were also included in this problem.
Doing foundation helped me build some knowledge on different types of camera angles and shots that are used. I feel if we can incorporate lots of different types of shots it will keep the viewer interested in our production. Our match on action was generally good for a first production so this will be a major strength of our group.
Last years Media Coursework consisting of making the opening of a film. I was working with Tom Homewood, Adam Rustom and Grant Coull. Last year we decided on taking up the thriller genre as we felt it would not require too many special effects. This proved a slightly mistake as in the shooting scene it looked slightly unprofessional as we could not have any bullet holes. Our group managed to get around this by changing the shot so we didn't actually look down the barrell at the victim when the gun was shot. Instead we used a mid shot looking at the killers face shooting and then a point of view shot of the victim being shot. This turned out to be quite effective.
The movie did not go all to plan as I found out. Due to the lack of professional equipment our moving shot was very wobbly. Also other members of the group as it was large were not always available to do it in there own time due to personal reasons. Our bags were left in the background for one of the shots which had to be refilmed. It was also hard to do it in public places as members of public were always walking past which would make the production look unprofessional. Cars were also included in this problem.
Doing foundation helped me build some knowledge on different types of camera angles and shots that are used. I feel if we can incorporate lots of different types of shots it will keep the viewer interested in our production. Our match on action was generally good for a first production so this will be a major strength of our group.
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