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Thursday, 11 February 2010
Assessment 8
Shot No. | Shot Style | Duration | Location | Mise en scene |
1 | Medium long shot | 5 seconds | Room inside the church | Low key lighting, light only coming through the window |
2 | Establishment shot | 2 seconds | Main room in the church | Light through the windows, typical church statues and chairs |
3 | High Angle | 4 seconds | Room inside the church same room as the one in the first shot | Candle stick, low key lighting |
4 | Long shot | 5 seconds | Main room of the church | Same as shot 2 |
5 | Long shot-Zoom in | 3 seconds | Main room of he church | Candles stick rest is same as last shot |
6 | High Angles Shot | 6 seconds | Main room of the church leading to the back of the room | Low key lighting, |
7 | Medium Shot | 2 seconds | Room inside of the church | Low key lighting, Desk and candle stick |
8 | Establishment shot | 3 seconds | Main room of the church | Statues, pillars, natural lighting. |
9 | Tracking Shot | 4 seconds | Back of the church | Natural Light same interior of the church |
10 | Medium shot – Zoom in – zoom out | 2 seconds | Entering the room the where to body is at | Natural lighting |
11 | Medium Shot – Zoom in | 3 seconds | Same as above | Candle stick, costume and natural lighting |
12 | Close Up | 3 seconds | Priests bedroom | Dark lighting |
13 | Point of view shot | 4 seconds | Priests bedroom | Door, Costume of character entering the room |
14 | Long shot | 3 seconds | Priests bedroom | Same as above |
15 | Over Shoulder Shot | 4 seconds | Priests bedroom | Same as above apart from a bright light appears |
16 | Tracking shot | 4 seconds | Priests bedroom | Leaves the room |
17 | Extreme long shot | 5 seconds | Graveyard | Dark lighting, Natural light, streets and church lights, grave stones. |
18 | Point of view shot | 4 seconds | Main room of the church to where the bodies. | Empty Cub board. Natural Light |
19 | Close Up | 2 seconds | Church ( Church Door) | Door and lack of light |
Assessment 5
A priest haunted by the brutual murder of his wife decided to do God work and get rid of all ‘sinners’ and kill anyone he holds responsible for his wife’s death. The only problem is he blames everyone for his wife’s death. He also see’s everyone as being a sinner. His downfall is he is sloppy he starts killing people to close to his own church. He has flashbacks of his wife’s death that makes him worse every time he see’s her. His Wife begins appearing around the church and tries sending him messages telling him to stop but he interprets these messages wrong.
Opening Sequence
Opening titles begin to play with music in the background. There is a medium shot of the priest getting ready the audience do not get to see what he is doing. It then cuts to an establishment shot of a man praying in one of the stands, the priest is visible in the corner of the shot. The priest falls back against the wall and then he has a flash back. The flashbacks are in black and white. In the flash back there is a high angle of the priest walking in on his wife laying dead on the floor of the church when she was working late in the church, he notices that the silver has been stolen to he then realises that his wife was murdered by a petty thief. It then cuts back to the current time. There is a deep focus shot of the guy praying as the priest works over to him, he begging to talk to the priest, the priest is concealing a weapon behind him and he strikes the man with it killing him. He drags the body in to an old room this is viewed in a high angle. Then there is a long shot of him hiding the weapon. There is then an establishment shot as he begins to pray and a woman comes in looking for something and he tell her to go into the room there is a tracking shot as she walks over and into the room. There is a medium shot of the woman and we see her reaction to the dead body and we see the priest come up behind her and swing the weapon at her it then cuts out before he hits her. He then falls on to his bed to go to sleep this is to suggest the violence that happened of screen. As he is laying in his bed there is a point of view shot as something begins to open his bedroom door. As the door opens more we realise that it is the ghost of his dead wife.
Target Audience
The opening scene appeals to the target audience as it creates suspense and has aspects of horror films. It shows the plot of the film in the opening sequence and involves a lot of action. It shows violence which you would expect in a horror film.
Creative Techniques
High Angles
Concealing of Identity
SuspenseFlashbacks
Assessment 2
Opening Credits Of Halloween
The opening scene of Halloween starts by introducing the productions that have funded the film. It then goes on to introducing the film by first introducing the main start of the film. In the background the movies theme tune is playing over the credits. Next to the credits there is a glowing pumpkin this shows that the film is linking to Halloween and gives information about the movie. All the way through the credits the pumpkin is there and the music is playing in the background. As the credits go on the camera slowly zooms into the pumpkin on the screen this shows that the credits are getting closer to the end it also puts enthuses on the pumpkin making the audience think about the nature of the film. The music in the background is a high key piano this is a common theme in horror films, this type of music is used to create tension within the audience. The tittles are orange which also links to the film through the pumpkin and Halloween is usually represented through orange. These credits show to nature and give the audience an idea about the setting of the film. The credits come up in a usual manor ending with directed by. By the end of it we are fully zoomed on the pumpkin. It then enters the film, this is a black screen with titles on it. The titles on the screen give the location of the film and the time the film is set. In the background there are kids singing, children are a common theme with in horror films as children are used as a reversal of their nature, in the fact that we see kids as being innocent but when they are put into this type of frame they are seen as being evil and this helps to frighten the audience. It is also links to the film as Halloween is a children holiday and they children are singing a trick or treat song.
Title Order
Productions
Main star
Film Title
Cast
Screen play
Director of photography
Film Editors
Music
Associate producer
Production manager
Production design
Executive producer
Producer
Director
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Assessment 6
Organisation of props and costumes
Weapon – Candle Stick Found In The Church
Priest Costume – Cloak, Dog Collar, Robes
Location – St Hildas Church and Daniel Collins Bedroom
Actors:
Priest - Anthony Boagey
Male Victim - Daniel Collin
Female Victim - Jade Wharem
Priest Wife - Becky Cooper
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Assessment 3
Audiences of Horror
A third of horror films now mostly aimed at males aged 18-24 years of age. Approximately 48% of horror movie audiences are 18-24 years and only 14% of horror movie audiences are 14-17 years of age. 61% of the horror movie audiences are male viewers. Horror movie audiences proffer to see films now basing around blood and gore. The target audiences would proffer to see this. A selection of the target audience se how they like to see horror films because the like the fear that they present. They also like the idea of unrealism. Most horror films are aimed at 18 year olds because there excessive use of violence, strong language, sex and gore.
My Opening
I intend for my opening to be certified as 15. This means that no one under the age of 15 should be able to watch this. This allows me to use certain amounts of violence and explicit language with out going over the top. This also means that I do not eliminate my older audiences.
BBFC
BBFC stand for the British Board of Film Classification. The BBFC is an independent company and classify cinema films and have been doing so since 1912. They certify films that fit certain criteria such as the amount of violence and strong language.
Classifications
Discrimination
This means that the film must not have racist behaviour or language displayed on screen.
Drugs
Drug taking is acceptable as long as it is not shown in a way which will promote the misuse of drugs. Drugs such as solvents that are highly accessible and dangerous are not aloud to be shown.
Horror
A strong amount of menace and threat is acceptable as long as it is not sexualised or sadistic.
Imitable Behaviour
Weapons that are easy accessible should not be glamorised and dangerous behaviour should not go into detail so that audiences may not copy this behaviour.
Language
Strong language is aloud to be used as long as it is not used excessively. Words such as ‘cunt’ may only be used if it is justified by the context.
Nudity
Nudity is allowed in a sexual context as long as it does not go into great amounts of detail. If it is educational or non-sexual then there are no constraints.
Sex
If the primary aim is to cause sexual arousal or stimulation, then it will not be approved. Sexual activities may be shown as long as they don’t go into strong detail. Verbal references to sex are allowed as long as they are not too strong.
Theme
All themes are acceptable as long as they meat the guidelines for a 15.
Violence
Strong violence is allowed as long as it doesn’t focus on infliction of pain or injury. Strong gory images will are unlikely to be acceptable. Sexual violence can not be displayed but verbal references to sexual violence is okay.
If the material breaches the law then it is a criminal offence.
When the explicit images from sexual acts that cannot be justified by context. Such images may be confined to R 18 but some are in ordinary 18 films.
Where there are images that risk harm to individuals through behaviour. Such as violence or dangerous acts and harm public health morals.
Sex scenes in 18’s can be used in educational circumstances and can be prohibited in that situation.
Sex material containing certain images such as normal sex can be passed as 18. However films, which have strong fetish material or incredibly explicit images are also confirmed to R18 films. Material which is unacceptable for R18 films are also unacceptable for ordinary 18 films.
Genre
The first ever horror movie was The Devil's Castle (English title) created in 1896 by George Melies. Ever since then horror movies have slowly became bigger and bigger films. Horror films have been the longest lasting style of films. They range from serial killers to vampires and werewolves. In the 1930's Universal Studios where known as the king of horror movies from there success with the Frankenstein and Dracula movies. In the 1940's RKO studios became the horror movie central thanks to Val Lewton. Modern Horror movies have not moved far away from their roots apart fro their new style of gore, with modern technology and style horror movies are focusing more on violence and gore. These are now seen to be key factors in horror movies, there are still a few movies who believe that suggestive violence is still better than seeing the violence. It allows the audience to create their own visions of what is happening which can be more frightening that what is actually been showing on screen.