Thursday, 25 November 2010
Weekly Report - 24/11/2010
This week me and my team have started filming. We have shot various shots and we are now on track of our production. Whilst filming we encountered various problems , one of the major problems were that we were not organized hence we did not do as much as we could have done. We decided that we needed to be structured when we were shooting in the future hence i have been given the role of director. We confirmed our location as the graveyard and it is where we will continue to film. Our actors are Joe Gorman and Curtis Meredith, filming will be done by Josh Clarke and finally the i will be director.
Friday, 19 November 2010
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Monday, 15 November 2010
Treatment
Our film is called 'feast of flesh' which is about a psychopathic killer who has resulted to cannabilism due to his past.
The opening scene will be set in the graveyard, a man will be walking down a path casually in dark. He hears noises behind him as if somebody is following him hence he gets suspicious to what is going on, the shot will be from the killers point of view as if the man is being watched. He suddenly starts walking at a fast pace due to his suspicions of danger and reveals a camcorder from his jacket to record whatever happens. The footsteps seem to get closer to him so he decides to run and as he is running he looks over his shoulder and soon runs into a object and tumbles on the floor. as he ragains consiousness he looks into the distance and spots a figure staring at him, a white mask is on the figures face. The figure and mask dissapears and the man is on the floor helpless and very nervous because he does not no where the pychopathic is. The man is panting and saying 'who's there' and 'what do you want' he stands up and finds a safe place to hide. All is quiet when he is in his hiding spot until the pychos mask is shown behind the killer gradually. The camera then drops and goes blank and only screams can be heard. After the screams stop, the camcorder is picked up by the pycho and he stares into the camera at which point the camera is switched off.
The opening scene will be set in the graveyard, a man will be walking down a path casually in dark. He hears noises behind him as if somebody is following him hence he gets suspicious to what is going on, the shot will be from the killers point of view as if the man is being watched. He suddenly starts walking at a fast pace due to his suspicions of danger and reveals a camcorder from his jacket to record whatever happens. The footsteps seem to get closer to him so he decides to run and as he is running he looks over his shoulder and soon runs into a object and tumbles on the floor. as he ragains consiousness he looks into the distance and spots a figure staring at him, a white mask is on the figures face. The figure and mask dissapears and the man is on the floor helpless and very nervous because he does not no where the pychopathic is. The man is panting and saying 'who's there' and 'what do you want' he stands up and finds a safe place to hide. All is quiet when he is in his hiding spot until the pychos mask is shown behind the killer gradually. The camera then drops and goes blank and only screams can be heard. After the screams stop, the camcorder is picked up by the pycho and he stares into the camera at which point the camera is switched off.
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Preliminary Research Task
Editing :
All shots follow each other in the following order :
Jump out/dissolve - 2 images/clips overlap
Overlapping editing is a common charecteristics of the frenzied king kong addition films in the 80's + 90's
Temporal editing - Plays with time
Spatial editing - 180 degree rule.
- Changing
- Adding special effects
- slow down + speed up
- films made up of 100's of cuts
All shots follow each other in the following order :
- Establish
- Set scene
- Over shoulder
- Close up
Jump out/dissolve - 2 images/clips overlap
Overlapping editing is a common charecteristics of the frenzied king kong addition films in the 80's + 90's
Temporal editing - Plays with time
Spatial editing - 180 degree rule.
Monday, 11 October 2010
Final Decisions
Soundtrack
We were thinking of having a mix of both fast-paced music and standard atmospheric music. For instance, fast-paced Drum and Bass would make a chase scene seem faster, and it would make the scene seem tense and it get your heart beating fast.
Sound effects
For sound effects we would need things like , blood splatters, screams, sliceing sounds, footsteps and heavey footsteps. As we are doing a horror, this would seem rather appropriate. these are all sound you expect from a horror film.
Costumes
For costumes, the character being chased would need normal clothing, as he is just a normal person. The killer would possibly need a mask and a hood. This makes the killer seem like he is isolated, like you know nothing about him, and not seeing his face makes it more of a mystery. You feel like you don't know the killer, so you can't feel sorry for him because of his background. This forces you to empathis with the victim. Below is a image of a mask we may use:
Props
We would need a mask and an object to be used as a weapon. This is fairly simple as we only need two minutes of footage, so props aren't a major issue. But we were looking at using a weapon that hasn't been seem in a horror movie. This could give a feeling of authenticity.
Lighting
For lighting, we will proably use night vision and spotlights, this is because we are going to be filming in the dark.
We were thinking of having a mix of both fast-paced music and standard atmospheric music. For instance, fast-paced Drum and Bass would make a chase scene seem faster, and it would make the scene seem tense and it get your heart beating fast.
Sound effects
For sound effects we would need things like , blood splatters, screams, sliceing sounds, footsteps and heavey footsteps. As we are doing a horror, this would seem rather appropriate. these are all sound you expect from a horror film.
Costumes
For costumes, the character being chased would need normal clothing, as he is just a normal person. The killer would possibly need a mask and a hood. This makes the killer seem like he is isolated, like you know nothing about him, and not seeing his face makes it more of a mystery. You feel like you don't know the killer, so you can't feel sorry for him because of his background. This forces you to empathis with the victim. Below is a image of a mask we may use:
Props
We would need a mask and an object to be used as a weapon. This is fairly simple as we only need two minutes of footage, so props aren't a major issue. But we were looking at using a weapon that hasn't been seem in a horror movie. This could give a feeling of authenticity.
Lighting
For lighting, we will proably use night vision and spotlights, this is because we are going to be filming in the dark.
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