P9 - Production dates

Mon 4th	Tues 5th	Wed 6th	Thurs 7th	Fri 8th	Sat 9th	Sun 10th
Mon 11th Fahmida and Saleha (P3+P4 and Afterschool)	Tues 12th Fahmida and Saleha  (Afterschool)	Wed 13th Fahmida and Saleha (P1+P2)	Thurs 14th Fahmida and Saleha  (Afterschool)	Fri 15th Fahmida and Saleha (P3+P4)	Sat 16th	Sun 17th
Mon 18th Fahmida and Saleha (Afterschool)	Tues 19th	Wed 20th	Thurs 21st	Fri 22nd Fahmida and Saleha (P1+P2)	Sat 23rd Fahmida and Saleha	Sun 24th
Mon 25th Fahmida and Saleha (P3+P4 and Afterschool)	Tues 26th Fahmida and Saleha  (Afterschool)	Wed 27th Fahmida and Saleha (P1+P2)	Thurs 28th Fahmida and Saleha  (Afterschool)	Fri 29th	Sat 30th	Sun 31st
TRIAL EXAM WEEK – ALL WEEK FOR YEAR 12 AND 13
Mon 8th	Tues 9th	Wed 10th	Thurs 11th	Fri 12th

P8 - Experimenting camera movements and shots

Today we decided to practice using the cameras and experimented with them in order for us to gain a better understanding of camera use for our film.
We used a tripod along with the camera too which was very effective as it had helped enhance our picture quality and came very useful especially for making a smooth transition in the panning and trracking shots, which made it look more professional.

We used the cameras to see what kinds of shots we can use and apply in our horror film, and we mainly focused on wide shots and establishing shots, as well as panning and tracking. We also tried experimenting different and unusual camera use that are more conventional for horror films for example, a tracking shot which started off zoomed in where the camera moves forward and we started at the same time to zoom out. This created an unsusual camera work which I believe we can use in our psychological horror to enhance the horror effect in our film.

 The setting where we took picture was at the cemetery. We decided to use this location for our horror film because we wanted a location that is conventional to horror films so we decided to choose the cemetery to set the scary atmosphere.

P7 - Storyboard (SECOND HALF)

                                                                         

P6 - Storyboard - Animatic (FIRST HALF)

P8 - Recce

Recce from saleha_98

P6 - Pitch - Old narrative

Pitch from saleha_98

P5 - Logo for our production

 This is our logo for our production. We decided to name our horror film production 'obscure productions' because it means unknown and horror films are mainly about bringing out the unknown and hidden fears. We chose the colours red and black for our logo as red connotes danger and blood which represents our short horror film.

My old initial ideas before group discussions

My initial idea for a horror film would be a psychological theme combined with a paranormal theme. I would like the scenes to be located in an abandoned and scary building or room.

 I would like the horror film to include a character who is very popular and she meets a girl that is unpopular in a store room and she's never been seen or heard of in her school, she decides to become friends with the unpopular girl and she decides to introduce her new friend to her friends but every time she does the unpopular girl disappears and the popular girl's friends think she is going mad. 

Eventually the popular girl finds out that there is something seriously wrong with the other girl and she finds out the unpopular girl is not really a human being. The popular girl tries to tell her friends but no one believes her.

Later girl finds out that there is something seriously wrong with the other girl and she finds out the unpopular girl is not really a human being. The popular girl tries to tell her friends but no one believes her.

P4 - SCRIPT

Script

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P3 - TREATMENT

Treatment

Working title of film: Stereotypes

Tagline of film: Do you conform?

Production name: Obscure productions

Medium: Audio - Visual

Duration of product: 5 mins

Certification: 12A

Target audience: 12-17 year olds – both female and male, religion: any, level of education –
secondary/ sixth form, social class: all, social grade: E, our audience psychographic are a mixture of
explorers and succeeders. Hobbies – watch psychological horror films.

Synopsis of film:
Start: Two of the friends along with Goth girl go to media class and learn about stereotypes of
people. Three girls tease and pick on Goth girl;
Middle: after school the three friends take a shortcut home and go through the cemetery. Suddenly
something happens to girl 1 she is found dead unexpectedly and they blame it on Goth girl as she is
found at the scene of the murder.
End:
Main characters: 4
1) Girl 1 – leader of the group – bossy and talkative, first one to die
2) Girl 2 -  appears to be one of the friends
3) Girl 3 – annoying and also bossy
4) Girl 4 – Goth girl: mysterious character, doesn’t speak much, gets teased at school by the
first three girls

Key scenes:

Scene 1: Spilt screen of the four girls getting ready for school. An establishing panning shot of the
secondary school.  Three girls tease Goth girl at school.

Scene 2:
LONG SHOT and TRACKING backwards of the three out the four girls are walking to school. Three of
them are chatting. Girl 2 turns her head back and looks at girl 4 and gives a slight awkward smile to
girl 4. Then through THE OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT we see Goth girl returning back the slight
awkward smile and looks away. An ESTABLISHING PANNING SHOT of the secondary school. Scene
cuts to classroom

Scene 3: Girl 2 and Goth girl in Media lesson learning about stereotypes. Teacher handing out a
sheet with a list of stereotypes. The class chatting amongst themselves. Girl 2 looking at the sheet
quietly. Scene cuts to playground

Scene 4: A LOW ANGLE and LONG SHOT from the bottom of the stairs. We see the three girls coming
down the stairs. They go next to the walls and there is a MID LONG SHOT where they are talking
about her Goth girl and start pointing at her and making fun out of her. Over the shoulder shot from
behind the Goth girl, she realises that they are making fun of her.

Scene 5: Three girls are walking home, shown through a LONG SHOT they decide to take a short cut
through the cemetery.

Scene 6: An ESTABLISING SHOT in the cemetery where we see the gothic girl listening to her
headsets. LONG SHOT of three girls walking and talking to each other. Girl 1 gets a phone call,
through the CLOSE UP SHOT of the phone and see it’s her mum calling. Girl 1 walks towards the
bushes to receive the call, shown through a MID-CLOSE UP SHOT. Girl 2 and Girl 3 waits for her for
three minutes. CLOSE UP SHOT of Girl 3 worried and waiting, we hear a loud scream from Girl 2.
TRACKING SHOT of Girl 3 running towards the bushes and sees the Girl 2 standing next to Girl 1’s
body. Girl 2 looks back and sees Goth girl and points at her. Goth girl looks shocked whilst listening
to her headsets.

Scene 7: LONG SHOT of corridor, rumours are going around that Goth girl has murdered girl 1. CLOSE
UP shot of random girl 1. CLOSE UP SHOT of random girl 2

Scene 8: CLOSE UP SHOT of a piece of paper with the list of names and stereotypes, we see Girl 1
name crossed out and the next name (Girl 3) on the list being circled. 

Scene 9: WIDE SHOT of the house party. MID- CLOSE UP SHOT of Goth girl walking in the room.
Everyone looks at her and gives her stares and then they move on. Party goes on. We hear a loud
screaming coming from a room at the back of the house. MID-CLOSE UP SHOT of Random girl. Goth
girl is not present in the room, some run to see what happened.

Scene 10: In one of the bedrooms, Girl 3 is seen dead on the bed stabbed. Everyone was looking
around for Goth girl, as they suspected her again. MID CLOSE UP SHOT we see Goth girl coming out
of the bathroom. CLOSE UP SHOT of her looking shocked unaware of the situation
Scene 11: MID- CLOSE UP SHOT of Girl 2 dragging Goth girl into a dark room. BLANK SCREEN – hear a
chair being dragged. MID- CLOSE UP SHOT of Goth girl tied up to a chair in a dark room. LOW KEY
LIGHTING is used. Goth girl is struggling to get out of the chair

P2 - Proposals for poster

Proposal: Poster

Name of film: TBC

Tagline of Film: TBC

Production name: Obscure productions

Medium: Print advert – A1

Format: Print

Target audience: 12-17 year olds

Content of the advert: It would have the name of the film – this would be in large font and
bold. An image that symbolises our film – this image would be large enough for our
audience to see. The name of our production – this would be medium sized font and bold.
When the film would be released – this would be in bold so the audience would be able to
see it clearly.

Publishing of the advert: The advert would be published near schools, social media sites
because young people use social network sites

What is your Unique Selling Point? It’s a short horror film – 5 mins.

Competitive market: The Conjuring/Insidious – they are a competition because their poster
and radio trailer is good and has a large audience due to their poster and trailer.

P1 - Proposal for trailer

PROPOSAL FOR RADIO TRAILER

Name of Film: TBC

Tagline of Film: TBC

Production Name:  Obscure productions

Medium: Radio – (approximately 2 minutes)

Format: Audio

Target Audience: 12-17 year olds

Content of the advert:  It would include hints of our actual film in it and will include release date and
title of our film and our tagline

Publishing of the advert: Social Media websites – as our target audience are young teenagers and
they like to use social media.
YouTube –

What is your unique selling point? It’s a short horror film – 5 mins.

Competitive market: The Conjuring/Insidious – they are a competition because their poster and
radio trailer is good and has a large audience due to their poster and trailer.

R33 - Job Roles in the TV and Film Industry

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/AmyLouisee94/media-understanding-industries-task-6

R32 - Camera Work - Understanding Exposure

Could be understand through using the example of filling up a cup with water. The cup represents your image and the water represents light. There are different ways of filling the cup up. You could turn the tap all the way so that it gushes into the cup or you can barely crack the tap so the water dribbles in and it takes a much longer time to fill up.

This describes the relationship between aperture and shutter speed. If you open your aperture all the way wide, light streams into your camera and fills up your image quickly giving you a short shutter. Changing your aperture smaller and it takes a while for that light to fill up the image resulting in a long shutter speed.

However, over filling your cup or over exposing your image means there is too much light let in for too long. On the other hand, you can also under fill your cup, which means that little light is let in to your image leaving it under exposed.

R31 - Camera Work - Shutter speed

It is often thought that when you click an image the image is taken at that click but what actually happens is when you take an image and when you press the button the shutter opens and light streams in and sometime later the shutter closes. What's different about the shutter speed is the amount of time the shutters open.

The longer your shutter speed the more the camera gets to move around and capture your motions whereas the shorter the shutter speed the less time the camera gets to move around making not much difference to your images as you move.

Overall, from this video I have learnt that shutter speed is used to control how much motion is captured in your photos. Also shutter speed is also used to add emotion to a photo. The less motion there is, the more tension in drama the photo has.

So a short shutter speed is used to capture the detail, tension, drama and power. Conversely, the more motion you have in an image the softer, more peaceful and serene an image is.

Using a tripod is better to take your image because if you use your hands you will add your own blur to the image.

R30 - Camera Work - White Balance

White balance - what we perceive as colour is actually light of a specific wavelength entering our eyes. The colour white reflects all wavelength of light so if you shine purple light on a white sheet of paper it'll look purple and same with other colours. This is important because in different conditions and lighting situations different colours of light dominate. For example shady light is a little bit blue, whereas sunny light has a yellow tint and indoor incandescent is orange.
Which is why a white piece of paper, for example, in those conditions would look either blue, yellow or orange.
A camera can only record the actual wavelengths of light hitting its sensor

White balance is how your camera compensates for those small colour shifts
If you're in a shady/ blue lighting by changing the setting to shady which adds warmth and amber tones which gets rid of the blueness.
If you're in a sunny area the camera will add blue shady tones to it so that the white stays white.

Sometimes you may want to emphasise certain colours in your image over other colours. So you can change your camera settings to certain white balances to alter and manipulate your image to make it look better. For example if you're shooting an image of glacier as mentioned in the video then adding blue tones helps to bring out the image more.

Tip: changing white balance in the field while shooting rather than changing it later is better because when you change the colours you see you'll often see the scene in a different way.

R29 - Camera Work - Depth of field

Definition of depth of field is the distance between the nearest and the farthest objects in a scene that appear sharp in an image.
when shooting a subject the depth of field refers to how much the shot seems to be in focus to the eye.
In an image both the subject and the background can be in focus which is known as deep depth of field or if its just the subject in focus it is known as a shallow depth of field.
Shallow depth of field is a valuable creative tool as it helps to draw attention to the subject.
The quality of an out of focus area is referred as 'bokeh'.

Depth of field can controlled by:

1. Aperture
- This is the most popular one
- If you want a deep depth of field the smaller the aperture which is represented by a larger numerical number.
- If you want a shallow depth of field the wider the aperture which is represented by a smaller numerical number.















2. Focal length
- A longer focal length will demonstrate a shallower depth of field this can be changed by using different zoom lenses

3. Distance from camera to subject
- Moving the camera closer to the subject - shallower depth of field.
- Moving the camera away from the subject - deeper depth of field.

• You should make sure that you don't forget composition and whatever you're shooting you should think about composition in combination with the depth of field.

R28 - Basic composition - Rule of thirds

From this YouTube video I have learnt about photography composition and the rule of thirds.
Basic composition - Dividing frame into a three horizontally and vertically. simple way of making effective compositions.

Rule of third effectively accomplishes two things
1. Allows you to unambiguously direct attention towards your photos creating visual flow
If your subjects were more centered your eye wouldn't know which way to travel.

2.  Allows people to figure out the important and interesting part of the scene
- This is why the horizon is often placed on the top third telling us its about the landscape, giving it most of the weight of the photo and the sky is less important as it is only given a third of the frame. This is repeatedly seen in landscape photography.


Overall, from this video I have learnt that the rule of thirds is very important when considering an image as what you find most interesting and important in a frame should be given the most weight to emphasise that.
Rule of thirds is about balancing the proportions of interesting elements in your frame.

R27 - The Woman in Black trailer (Audio-Visual) Analysis (First 30 seconds)

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The first scenes are of titles they are promoting the companies involved so that the audience can look for these companies if they have enjoyed the text (media) and want to have a something to look for when researching into similar media. There is smoky or misty behind the text that moves across the screen this is keeping to the mood and genre. 

The establishing shot is showing the setting for the film and there is somewhere the horror is going to happen. This shot is also showing diegetic sound for that the character is possibly not form the area and will be the train in this vulnerable to the surroundings as he won’t have a clear scene for understanding of them - verisimilitude.

There is non-diegetic, contrapuntal music in This close up is and effective shot it is a harp playing and it is peaceful it is showing that the character is instrument but it being played with dark tired or fed up thus vulnerable scenes and enigmatic scenery. The music, the mirrored face is also eerie. It may be contrapuntal but it works well because it makes the scenes creepy which is good in the genre of horror. 

The establishing shot shows the building that the character will be staying in. The audience will pick up on the aesthetics and will judge the building on the conventional, stereotypical, perception of buildings like this one. Which will be it’s old and therefore will have history which would point towards the house being haunted. The trees surrounding the house would give dark areas, blind spots in the day and at night, making the setting enigmatic. The audience will pick all of this up and may feel uneasy and weary about the main characters safety. 

The over the shoulder shot shows that the main character is talking to an enigmatic character on the train, the main character looks worried. This shows to the audience that the main character is already having doubts and this will give the audience doubts about the safety of the protagonist characters. 

The over the shoulder shot shows that the character looks a little bit smug that he has scared the main character. This will make the audience question about what this enigmatic character knows about the building or setting. 

The establishing shots are showing how far out the building is and journey it takes to get to it. It is in an area where if you needed help nobody would be around to help this will be picked up by the audience and the characters will know how vulnerable the main character is. There also has to be a reason that it is the only property for miles and this will get the audience thinking about that. 

The close up of the cross emphasises the cross, the audience will wonder why. Then the close up on the main characters face shows worry. Finally the wide angle shot breaks the 180 degree rule and will freak the audience out it also makes sure that the cross is in the scene again to emphasis it This is weird because the audience haven't been told about the cross and will be wondering why it is being emphasised. 

The wide angle mid shot shows that main character seeing the building for the first time. We have already seen the house but this scene makes sure we know that the main character is arriving. Also the gates of the house have either been rusted off the hinges thus adding history and age making the building more enigmatic. Or they have been forced of the hinges meaning something powerful is present. Either way the audience may pick up on this and it will make them feel worried for the main character. 

The high angle, long shot is the first time that the audience and the main character have seen the inside of the building. The angle of the shot gives the feeling of something watching the main character entering the house. Also it gives of the sense of the main character being vulnerable and as if he is being looked down on. The audience will sense this as they are also looking down at the main character and they can feel the sense of power as they do. This will mean they will worry about the safety of this character. This shot is showing the audience the age of the building and the history in one shot. The interior is dusty and the furniture etc. Is antique old and untouched. This all gives of an enigmatic feeling because the building has therefore had plenty of time to receive history and the are cloths over furniture meaning that it hasn’t been touched or lived in for a while and the audience will then wonder why it hasn’t been lived in and what has kept people from buying the building.

R26 - Canon Camera analysis

Benefits

• Record life’s special moments with high quality photos and movies

• Capture detail and ambience, even in dark conditions
• Allows you to shoot with the right settings using Scene Intelligent Auto mode
• Simple step-by-step Feature Guide and EOS Companion app
• Allows you to enhance your memories and be artistic with Creative filters
• Capture memories even as it gets dark
  
  • Allows your to keep subjects looking sharp by placing them underneath one of the EOS 1200D’s nine focusing points.

 

 http://www.canon.co.uk/for_home/product_finder/cameras/digital_slr/eos_1200d/#features

R25 - Trailer analysis - Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)

Paranormal Activity 3 Movie Teaser Trailer - Textual Analysis

The Film Title: Paranormal Activity 3

Year of release: 2011

Directors: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman

Production/Financing Company: Paramount Pictures

Synopsis:
In 1988, strange things start to
  happen, a young Katie and Kristi live with their mother, Julie, and her
  boyfriend, Dennis, a wedding videographer, who decides to use his camera to
  discover the strange occurrences. Kristi begins interacting with an invisible
  friend named Toby.


Paranormal activity is a horror that gives out a sense of mystery, as it deals with the origin of demonic presence.

Textual Analysis

The trailer begins with slow pace clips; this is to set the narrative and draw us in to the story, the slow clips are separated by fades into no signals. This is an effective way to start the trailer as it allows us to know what the movie is about, as slow camera movements hold more information than quick ones. The narrative in the trailer is in chronological order this is evident as the camera displays the date and time, and as the trailer moves forward so does the date. However, as the trailer continues the shots become disorderly as the dates start to appear in different order; this easily creates suspense and mystery, leaving the viewer with the want to see the film.

This film is set in a house; this is a feature in many horror films. Various shots like the bathroom and the garden can indicate that the characters live comfortably; the family seem to be happy yet isolated (e.g. Sisters celebrating birthday alone), typical of American horrors, distrusting the equilibrium.

In terms of characters, the main ones are shown the attention, making us warm to them. Revealed characters include the mother, who can be represented as a damsel in distress which supports this particular genre and also the victim as she is thrown back in the trailer and trapped in the bedroom. Another character shown is the Dennis (the mother’s boyfriend) who is the videographer, he is represented as a hero that is daring as the mother and girls turn to him in their times of need, he is also a type of character normally represented in this genre. The girls are a major part of the storyline as one of them is in contact with the demonic presence, which she calls her friend; she can be represented as a helper. A man who seems to be an advisor is represented as a victim as he is targeted first. Lastly, we have the demonic presence which is a mystery and appears in various shapes and is also invisible, it is represented as the villain as it disturbs the peace.

There is no voice over present in the movie teaser trailer, but this is not needed as the diegetic sound of dialogue pretty much sums up the narrative as it is in a documentary style.

Captions are revealed in the featured trailer to give us information about the film; ‘October’ gives us the month the film come out this is to make the audience more eager on the release of the film as it is official coming, the font of the text is very documentary like, giving us an insight to the type of film. ‘Discover’ is the first caption that is written in white connoting a ghost, this connotation can be brought about by the caption, as we may have to find out what is haunting the family, which may in fact be a ghost. The following captions read ‘How the activity’ and ‘began’ which follow through from the previous caption, meaning that the audience have to watch the whole trailer to get the information. The name of the film is revealed at the end ‘Paranormal Activity 3’, which seems to be a convention of a trailer as they try to make the name of the film stick in our heads as it is at the end. The colour of the text is like the colour seen through night vision goggles, which connotes a white ghostly text.

http://mindblownproductions.weebly.com/horror-movie-trailer-textual-analysis.html