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Monday, 28 April 2014
Killling Image
Here is an image of the picture that Sinead used to target her victims.
These victims are the popular girls that began to bully Sinead due to the fact that she is an outcast
Trailer Feedback positive
For our trailer feedback we wanted to see if our trailer was suitable for our was suitable for for our target audience and we also wanted have an idea of the things that they would expect from a trailer so that we could consider those aspects and incorporate them into our trailer.
From this feedback we managed to have an idea of what the audience thought about our trailer and the improvements that we needed to consider making.
Sunday, 27 April 2014
My view about my character
Our main character Sinead, is a young 17year old girl who has moved schools and is now known in her new school as an outcast and gets bullied by the popular group. This then drives Sinead to want her revenge on the popular group but takes it to dramatic levels.
I feel that we have created a realistic character as many girls go through these insecurities and this character we have created explores all levels of female insecurities and bullying. She also explores the different emotions that many females might go through i.e confusion, doubt, and loneliness all of these express our character.
We thought that it would be good idea to show the development of Sinead throughout the trailer and explore her transformation from outcast to popular girl into revenge seeker.
I feel that we have created a realistic character as many girls go through these insecurities and this character we have created explores all levels of female insecurities and bullying. She also explores the different emotions that many females might go through i.e confusion, doubt, and loneliness all of these express our character.
We thought that it would be good idea to show the development of Sinead throughout the trailer and explore her transformation from outcast to popular girl into revenge seeker.
Magazine Front Cover
Here is our final magazine front cover, here we have made a lot of changes. We started off by changing the colour of the background to black as it is a darker colour and it connotes the horror genre and we changed the colour of the typography to white so it stands out. We also added some prizes to catch the eye of our audience and barcodes and scanners so that the prices of our magazine. We also made this magazine cover a special horror edition in order for us to promote our magazine.
Magazine Front Cover (Draft)
Here is out first draft of our film poster, we were given some suggestions to place pictures in each section of the roll tape and to make it more sinister by using darker colours i.e black background. We also need to add a tag line and some prizes to catch the eye of our audience.
Three Point Lighting
Three Point Lighting
Today we learnt about three point lighting. Having three lights helps an image to look either 3D or 2D depending on the position of the lights and the colour. When filming the different positions and colours combine together to change the atmosphere of a scene e.g. red with dim lighting represents a sinister moment.
Today we learnt about three point lighting. Having three lights helps an image to look either 3D or 2D depending on the position of the lights and the colour. When filming the different positions and colours combine together to change the atmosphere of a scene e.g. red with dim lighting represents a sinister moment.
The aim of this lesson was to manipulate the positions and effect of lighting (Key Light)
The different types of lighting are:
-high key (key light)
-low key (fill light)
-back light
We used a red and blue gel light to create effects of a horror genre, the coloured gels helped to create the atmosphere of a scene.
Key light
Today, we were manipulating the position and effect of the key light by moving the key light around one person to get the perfect lighting for our trailer. we used three light in each corner at first so that we were able to capture each area of the person's body with the light so that there wasn't any shadow marks on their body.
Different types of lighting:
Key lights
Low key
High key
Paper reflection
Greece proof paper
Chiaroscuro effect
Using the different colour lighting helped us to change the mood and atmosphere of the shot, giving us more of a horror effect especially when we used the colour red,
In this image you see that we used a red lighting, behind the model we also has a white lighting to emphasise his body image and on the left and right side of him we place two more lights so that we could really bring out his body outline. using this lighting with the camera we got our model to walk backwards and forwards to see if we could get him looking like a dark figure, we found that the further away from the camera he was the more of a dark figure he would look. This really helped us with our horror trailer as it gives a sense of mystery to who the killer could be.
How to use a professional camera
Today we learnt how to use a professional camera, we started off by looking at all the different types of focus that we could have and what our intentions were for the different shot types.
It was explained to us that the bigger the hole is in the lenses the blurrier the picture becomes:
It was explained to us that the bigger the hole is in the lenses the blurrier the picture becomes:
We were learning how to use 3 point lighting to make the lighting in our trailers just right so that we don't get any grainy shots, we also learnt how to use different colour lighting to enhance the genre e.g. by using red lighting we are insinuating the sense of danger which is also one of the codes and conventions of a horror trailer.
Film School
In Film's Cool today we began to edit our footage to stat creating our trailer.
Kyra and I began to edit the footage that we had already taken which was the killing scenes and we tried to edit them into a montage of killings, we decided to edit the ending as we felt that this would be the most challenging section to edit.
We found that trimming the clips in the right place and putting them together in an effective order the most challenging as it was hard to get the right timing of each clip that we had.
Kyra and I began to edit the footage that we had already taken which was the killing scenes and we tried to edit them into a montage of killings, we decided to edit the ending as we felt that this would be the most challenging section to edit.
We found that trimming the clips in the right place and putting them together in an effective order the most challenging as it was hard to get the right timing of each clip that we had.
During this session we also go the chance to work with Ross Curran who is an producer and director for Thumbs Up production. He spoke to us about filming, and the different camera angels you could shoot at to make our trailers more effective and realistic.
Finding Music
Today we were looking for music to finish off our trailer, as we have finished the editing process we wanted to find music that goes with the structure of our trailer and also pushes across the fact that our trailer is a horror trailer.
As our character has a development through the trailer we wanted the music to represent each change that she makes so looking on free music. com we decided at the beginning to go with a up tempo sound to show the happiness of our protagonist, as she starts to turn against her friends we then wanted to hear a more sinister piece of music and then at the end have a build up of the music and finish off with a bang leaving the audience wanting more. However the ending of the music does not represent what our character has transformed into:
Here is the link where we found our music:
http://freemusic.com/
As our character has a development through the trailer we wanted the music to represent each change that she makes so looking on free music. com we decided at the beginning to go with a up tempo sound to show the happiness of our protagonist, as she starts to turn against her friends we then wanted to hear a more sinister piece of music and then at the end have a build up of the music and finish off with a bang leaving the audience wanting more. However the ending of the music does not represent what our character has transformed into:
Here is the link where we found our music:
http://freemusic.com/
Film's Cool Kate hardie 2
During Today's Film school session my group had another chance to talk to Kate Hardie, she worked with us on developing our plot. She helped us to understand why certain things might happen and what could cause them to happen. this helped the group to have a clear understanding about why specific characters were included and why certain situations occurred. This then further developed our ideas and plot.
One thing that Kate couldn't understand was how a lonely/outcast girl wanted/became popular in the school?
Why would she (Sinead) suddenly want to become popular?
We explained to her that Sinead had just come from a Uniformed school to a Non-Uninformed school so she struggled to meet the fashion trends and standards of the other students, which is how they then isolated her as an outcast because had a different dress sense to them. As the people have judged her a made her an outcast this then reflects on the fact that she herself is an outcast. She doesn't want to be an outcast anymore and has had enough so she just wants to know what its like to be a popular girl with people surrounding her.
What is motivating her needing to be popular?
The fact that Sinead has been judged as a loser in her new school make her hungry for popularity as she doesn't fit in as the new girl so she wants to be apart of the popular girl group.
One thing that Kate couldn't understand was how a lonely/outcast girl wanted/became popular in the school?
Why would she (Sinead) suddenly want to become popular?
We explained to her that Sinead had just come from a Uniformed school to a Non-Uninformed school so she struggled to meet the fashion trends and standards of the other students, which is how they then isolated her as an outcast because had a different dress sense to them. As the people have judged her a made her an outcast this then reflects on the fact that she herself is an outcast. She doesn't want to be an outcast anymore and has had enough so she just wants to know what its like to be a popular girl with people surrounding her.
What is motivating her needing to be popular?
The fact that Sinead has been judged as a loser in her new school make her hungry for popularity as she doesn't fit in as the new girl so she wants to be apart of the popular girl group.
Film School / Case Studies
In order for us to get an idea of the type of horror film we wanted to go for we needed to look at a few other films so that we could have an understanding of how the structure of the films and trailers are going to be and look out for the different characters that we want to create.
From this Film's School session we looked at how to make a good plot for our trailers, we looked at a technique that was called 3P's which stood for 'Profession, Personality and Problem'. This technique helped us to understand that our trailer needs this in order for our story to make sense an for people to be able to relate to. We especially wanted young female girls to relate to this so we came up with a plot the expressed how young girls are so insecure with themselves that they then try to make others feel bad due to their insecurities. As we are young females who also have insecurities about ourself we were able to enhance the emotional side of this plot to emphasise the fact that these girls don't appreciate each other or even themselves.
Here are some of the films we looked at to get some inspiration on plot lines and characters:
From this Film's School session we looked at how to make a good plot for our trailers, we looked at a technique that was called 3P's which stood for 'Profession, Personality and Problem'. This technique helped us to understand that our trailer needs this in order for our story to make sense an for people to be able to relate to. We especially wanted young female girls to relate to this so we came up with a plot the expressed how young girls are so insecure with themselves that they then try to make others feel bad due to their insecurities. As we are young females who also have insecurities about ourself we were able to enhance the emotional side of this plot to emphasise the fact that these girls don't appreciate each other or even themselves.
Here are some of the films we looked at to get some inspiration on plot lines and characters:
· Cabin in the woods
· Scream
· Never been kissed
· Mean Girls
All of these films have a range of different aspects that we want to consider in our film e.g. we want the outcast girl from Never Been Kissed, the popular girl group from Mean Girls and the slasher effects from Scream and Cabin In The Woods.
Monday, 21 April 2014
Friday, 4 April 2014
Questionnaire
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V56YQVN
Here is a link to the questionaire that we created to get some feedback from out viewers about our trailer to see if they were drawn in by the footage to go and watch the film.
Here is a link to the questionaire that we created to get some feedback from out viewers about our trailer to see if they were drawn in by the footage to go and watch the film.
Monday, 31 March 2014
Sunday, 23 February 2014
Filming session killing (Stitched Mouth)
During Today's filming session we decided to film the next killing which was going to be the stitched mouth. We all agreed that we should use some make up effects that we learnt from the Make Up Academy for this scene. Talia used string, PVA Glue and fake blood to create the effect of our actress having her lips sown.
<----- Here is Talia in the process of creating the 'stitched face' look that we were going for.
Filming Session Killing (Drowning Scene)
Today we managed to film our drowning scene.
I feel that this is a good shot type however the shot is too grainy and too bright for the effect that we are trying to create.
Target: I would suggest that we re-film this in the same place just in a darker setting to really emphasise the horror aspect of our trailer. I would also suggest that we use more camera angles and camera movement e.g. have a point of view shot of the killer approaching the victim
Saturday, 22 February 2014
Typography For Our Poster
Here are a few of the different typography ideas that we are considering to use for our Masthead for our poster. we are trying to narrow it down to just two so that we can really pick which is best suited for our poster.
Editing opening
During Todays session I began to editing the opening for our trailer. I wanted to have an establishing shot of the area so the audience could get an idea about the setting and where the film is set. When editing this section I realised that the shots we had taken had too much dialogue within each shot making our trailer to be more like a short film rather than the trailer we want it to be. Having a lot of dialogue wouldn't engage our audience at all as we would be telling the whole story which we don't want.
With this in mind I suggested that we retake the footage but only with the killings as there will only be screaming and shouting within each shot, rather than having a lot of dialogue.
Trailer analysis
Media questions:
2) why are we told who is staring in film? How is this information given to us? Why?
In a trailer we are usually told who is staring in the film when the person is a celebrity, this is used as a marketing tool for distributors to grab the attention of their target audience so they will be more likely to watch the film as they know the person who is the main character in the film.
In this particular trailer (The Roommate) we see the person who is starring in this film as they don't specifically say there name but we are introduced to the main character by a close up shot. There is also a co-star who is well and is on a tv show (Gilmore girls), she is we'll know for this tv show who is likely to get this film a lot of publicity due to the fact that she is already well known. this is one of the ways they present the information of the people who are starring in the film.
4) what clues does the music give us to what type of film the trailer is advertising?
At the start of the trailer the music is rather deceiving as it starts of nice and slow and then there is a clock chime and the music becomes sinister with the same tone going through the trailer under the dialogue. Over the music we then start to hear continuous screaming informing us that this is a horror film.
6) how does the speed if what we see compare to watching a clip from a film? Why is this? Does the speed alter through the trailer or stay the same?
In this trailer the speed of which we see different clips is very different to the clips we see in a film. In a film the clips will be longer with a range of different shot types at a range of angles whereas in a trailer the speed changes as in the beginning of a (specifically) horror trailer they usually start off slow and the as we get to the disruption section of the trailer the clips become smaller and the paste of the trailer gradually builds up and would usually become a fast montage of clips.
8) which is more effective in making you want to see the film, the poster or a trailer?
In my opinion I would say that the trailer is more likely to attract me to see the film because with the trailer its like a pre experience before you decide whether you want to watch the film or not, with the trailer it gives you a chance to see the visuals of a film and understand what it is about, and then you can decide whether you want to see it or not.
9) Choose and compare the trailers of the same length and count how many cuts and edits there are ?
In trailer one (the roommate) there are 105 cuts in this piece, the cuts started off slow at the beginning of the trailer then towards the end they suddenly got faster, this was to excite the audience and build up there adrenalin levels exciting them for what the film contained.
In trailer two (step father) there were 125 cuts, this is because compared to The Roommate there were a lot more uses of montage to again excite the audience whilst they are watching the trailer, so they are excited and feel to come and watch the film.
2) why are we told who is staring in film? How is this information given to us? Why?
In a trailer we are usually told who is staring in the film when the person is a celebrity, this is used as a marketing tool for distributors to grab the attention of their target audience so they will be more likely to watch the film as they know the person who is the main character in the film.
In this particular trailer (The Roommate) we see the person who is starring in this film as they don't specifically say there name but we are introduced to the main character by a close up shot. There is also a co-star who is well and is on a tv show (Gilmore girls), she is we'll know for this tv show who is likely to get this film a lot of publicity due to the fact that she is already well known. this is one of the ways they present the information of the people who are starring in the film.
4) what clues does the music give us to what type of film the trailer is advertising?
At the start of the trailer the music is rather deceiving as it starts of nice and slow and then there is a clock chime and the music becomes sinister with the same tone going through the trailer under the dialogue. Over the music we then start to hear continuous screaming informing us that this is a horror film.
6) how does the speed if what we see compare to watching a clip from a film? Why is this? Does the speed alter through the trailer or stay the same?
In this trailer the speed of which we see different clips is very different to the clips we see in a film. In a film the clips will be longer with a range of different shot types at a range of angles whereas in a trailer the speed changes as in the beginning of a (specifically) horror trailer they usually start off slow and the as we get to the disruption section of the trailer the clips become smaller and the paste of the trailer gradually builds up and would usually become a fast montage of clips.
8) which is more effective in making you want to see the film, the poster or a trailer?
In my opinion I would say that the trailer is more likely to attract me to see the film because with the trailer its like a pre experience before you decide whether you want to watch the film or not, with the trailer it gives you a chance to see the visuals of a film and understand what it is about, and then you can decide whether you want to see it or not.
9) Choose and compare the trailers of the same length and count how many cuts and edits there are ?
In trailer one (the roommate) there are 105 cuts in this piece, the cuts started off slow at the beginning of the trailer then towards the end they suddenly got faster, this was to excite the audience and build up there adrenalin levels exciting them for what the film contained.
In trailer two (step father) there were 125 cuts, this is because compared to The Roommate there were a lot more uses of montage to again excite the audience whilst they are watching the trailer, so they are excited and feel to come and watch the film.
Friday, 21 February 2014
Classification- Rating Our Film
A film can be categorised into seven different age ratings suitable for different age groups here are the six main ones:
:
U
The U symbol stands for Universal, meaning that any film that has been rated a U should be suitable to watch for audiences over the age of four years old. When a film has been classified as a U it usually means that they will allow very mild language such as 'damn and hell'.
PG
PG stands for Parental Guidance. This means that the film will be suitable for general viewing however some scenes might not be suitable for younger children. Parents are responsible to decide weather the film content is suitable for their child to watch. PG films should not be disturbing to children over the age of eight.
12 and 12A
12a means that anyone over the age of 12 can go to watch a film unaccompanied. The 'A' stands for accompanied and advisory. Anyone under the age of 12 is able to watch and 12a as long as they are accompanied by a Parent or Guardian. The 12 certificate is only for DVD, Videos and Blue-rays, 12A is only for cinema due to the fact that parents can accompany a child to the cinema but cant necessarily accompany their child when watching a DVD.
15
A 15 means that o-one under the age of 15 is allowed to see a film rated 15. 15 will usually consist of:
Frequent Strong Language
Sexual Activity
Strong violence
Drug Taking
18
18 is a rating for Adults. No one under 18 is allowed to see a 18 rated film. An 18 film would usually consist of:
Very Strong Language
Strong Violence
String Portrayals of Sexual Content
Strong horror
Strong Blood and Gore
Real Sex
Discriminative language and violence
:U
The U symbol stands for Universal, meaning that any film that has been rated a U should be suitable to watch for audiences over the age of four years old. When a film has been classified as a U it usually means that they will allow very mild language such as 'damn and hell'.
PG
PG stands for Parental Guidance. This means that the film will be suitable for general viewing however some scenes might not be suitable for younger children. Parents are responsible to decide weather the film content is suitable for their child to watch. PG films should not be disturbing to children over the age of eight.
12 and 12A12a means that anyone over the age of 12 can go to watch a film unaccompanied. The 'A' stands for accompanied and advisory. Anyone under the age of 12 is able to watch and 12a as long as they are accompanied by a Parent or Guardian. The 12 certificate is only for DVD, Videos and Blue-rays, 12A is only for cinema due to the fact that parents can accompany a child to the cinema but cant necessarily accompany their child when watching a DVD.
15
A 15 means that o-one under the age of 15 is allowed to see a film rated 15. 15 will usually consist of:
Frequent Strong Language
Sexual Activity
Strong violence
Drug Taking
1818 is a rating for Adults. No one under 18 is allowed to see a 18 rated film. An 18 film would usually consist of:
Very Strong Language
Strong Violence
String Portrayals of Sexual Content
Strong horror
Strong Blood and Gore
Real Sex
Discriminative language and violence
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Our Facebook Page (digital strategy)
Today I decided to create a facebook page for our film trailer, so that we could start to build up an audience for our film and establish who our target audience is.
As a team we have decided to go for the age range of 15+ giving our film the classification of a 15 due to the bloody and types of killing that will be included.
We also want to use this page to receive feedback about our ideas for our trailer. For us to use this popular social network site shows that we want to connect with our audience as they will regularly be using these networking sites
As a team we have decided to go for the age range of 15+ giving our film the classification of a 15 due to the bloody and types of killing that will be included.
We also want to use this page to receive feedback about our ideas for our trailer. For us to use this popular social network site shows that we want to connect with our audience as they will regularly be using these networking sites
This also enhances our digital strategy technique for our trailer. I personally feel that this is a good way of promoting our trailer and getting it seen by the public. I believe this is a good technique as I researched other films and found that this was the most common way that they promoted there films and ideas creating synergy around the target audience.
This Facebook page will be used to show off our production ideas giving our audience an insight on what things are like when filming, so that they feel as though they are a part of the creation of our trailer and also enjoy some of our bloopers whilst we were filming. This will be called 'Behind the Scene of Top Ten'.
Saturday, 8 February 2014
Murder make-up Techniques (questions)
We're going to Christene Blondell's make up academy to learn some horror make-up techniques so that we can make our horror trailer look more realistic. For this we needed to be prepared with some questions to ask her so we could make the most of our visit to the make up academy.
we asked:
1. What make-up would we need to create bruises and grazes?
Answer: Using a sponge, get some red paint and dab it onto the area you want to look bruised, to make it more realistic add some paint of a similar skin tone to your actor.
For a graze you will need PVA glue and skin toned paint with some fake blood. Mix the skin toned paint and the glue together then apply to the actors skin. wait for it to dry and then start to peal of some of the glue but not all the way off. Apply some fake blood underneath the parts of blood that you have peeled.
2. How can we create the effect of someone's face looking washed out as though they have been drowned?
Answer: You wont require make-up for this, that is mainly in the acting
we asked:
1. What make-up would we need to create bruises and grazes?
Answer: Using a sponge, get some red paint and dab it onto the area you want to look bruised, to make it more realistic add some paint of a similar skin tone to your actor.
For a graze you will need PVA glue and skin toned paint with some fake blood. Mix the skin toned paint and the glue together then apply to the actors skin. wait for it to dry and then start to peal of some of the glue but not all the way off. Apply some fake blood underneath the parts of blood that you have peeled.
2. How can we create the effect of someone's face looking washed out as though they have been drowned?
Answer: You wont require make-up for this, that is mainly in the acting
Monday, 3 February 2014
Filming Session 1 behind the scenes
Today we went to get some footage for our trailer so we could begin to edit our trailer as soon as possible. We started off by filming the opening of our trailer so we made sure that we were in a lighter area as the beginning starts off in a positive way.
Our filming process went well, in our group we worked well as a team and communicated well with each other. I decided to take the role of the Director as I have had previous experience being behind the camera and know the different shot types and angels that we would need to film in so thought it would be appropriate that I start off the filming process.
I felt that we were all organised and had planned everything properly and knew what location we were going to film in. However our time-keeping wasn't good as we left our first location late which then left us with a limited amount of time to film in the second location but because we worked as a team we managed to film all of the footage that we would need for the opening of our trailer.
Today we were trying to introduce the protagonist of our narrative, showing her at the peak point of her popularity, introducing her character, revealing her biter personality and showing how she craves popularity. We used the dialogue in this section to show how important she is in her old school, so that went the time comes we can show her the transformation of her in her new school.
Our filming process went well, in our group we worked well as a team and communicated well with each other. I decided to take the role of the Director as I have had previous experience being behind the camera and know the different shot types and angels that we would need to film in so thought it would be appropriate that I start off the filming process.
I felt that we were all organised and had planned everything properly and knew what location we were going to film in. However our time-keeping wasn't good as we left our first location late which then left us with a limited amount of time to film in the second location but because we worked as a team we managed to film all of the footage that we would need for the opening of our trailer.
I believe that the footage we took outside we will be able to use because the lighting isn't grainy, but the lighting inside kept changing due to the camera focus.
For the next filming session I think we need to re-film the in-door section and then move onto getting footage for our middle section and our killings so that we are still keeping our filming process within the timeframe that we have been given and can begin to edit our trailer.
Synopsis 1
This is our first draft for our synopsis explaining who our character is and why she is the way she is:
Synopsis:
Sinead is 18 years old, daughter of retail manager and accountant Helen and Bob from gospel oak, Sinead is one of 3 children (older brother & younger sister) making her the middle child, as she is the middle child she feels insecure, neglected and invisible causing her to not participate in family events unless told to by her father as she has a close relationship with him, her being a loner at home forces he to create an identity of miss popular at her secondary school (parliament hill) she is loved by everyone there. Until one day her parents reveal to her that they are going to be moving to a more urban area (hackney village). Sinead is saddened by this remark.Entering her new school Sinead is introduced to the new cliques and the popular girls 'The A Team'. Sinead try's to befriend the a team as she was popular in her previous school but looking at Sinead The A Team reject her and laugh at her, triggering a rage and anger in Sinead that she has bee holding back for years. When Sinead gets home that night she goes on google and searches for 'top ten tips on how to be popular in a new school'. Using these tips Sinead try's to impress the A team by using tip 1, but the first tip goes terribly wrong for Sinead causing her to be humiliated rather than get her popularity status high. This humiliation then activates a rage for revenge in Sinead's mind, with this anger in her mind she uses the 10 top tip and reverses them into killing techniques and kills everyone linked to and in The A Team
Synopsis:
Sinead is 18 years old, daughter of retail manager and accountant Helen and Bob from gospel oak, Sinead is one of 3 children (older brother & younger sister) making her the middle child, as she is the middle child she feels insecure, neglected and invisible causing her to not participate in family events unless told to by her father as she has a close relationship with him, her being a loner at home forces he to create an identity of miss popular at her secondary school (parliament hill) she is loved by everyone there. Until one day her parents reveal to her that they are going to be moving to a more urban area (hackney village). Sinead is saddened by this remark.Entering her new school Sinead is introduced to the new cliques and the popular girls 'The A Team'. Sinead try's to befriend the a team as she was popular in her previous school but looking at Sinead The A Team reject her and laugh at her, triggering a rage and anger in Sinead that she has bee holding back for years. When Sinead gets home that night she goes on google and searches for 'top ten tips on how to be popular in a new school'. Using these tips Sinead try's to impress the A team by using tip 1, but the first tip goes terribly wrong for Sinead causing her to be humiliated rather than get her popularity status high. This humiliation then activates a rage for revenge in Sinead's mind, with this anger in her mind she uses the 10 top tip and reverses them into killing techniques and kills everyone linked to and in The A Team
Filming Schedule
Here is our filming schedule which was created through celtx showing when and what time we will be filming and the section of trailer that we will be filming. This is to help us get more organised with our filming so we don't fall behind.
Saturday, 25 January 2014
Make up Academy
Today we went to ... make up academy to learn some techniques on how to make our killings look realistic using make-up. We started off by telling the make up artist what killings we were going to be showing in our trailer, she then gave us advice on the different ways to create the looks of our killings. She started off by giving us a tutorial on how to create the look of someone grazing their knuckles.
Here she told us that in order for someone's hands to look as though they had been grazed severely we could us PVA glue mixed with paint of the same skin complexion (in our case brown) and paste it onto our hand, we should then let it dry and peel of specific areas to make it look as though the skin has been peeled off and then use some red paint to show the blood coming through.
all of these skills helped us with the reality of our killings so we now want to be able to put them onto our actors and so that the killings with our trailer look realistic. As Talia is a make-up Artist in our group she will be to do the special make-up effects.
Feedback
We then pitched our idea to the professional Kate Hardie. We told her what our teacher had told us previously about our trailer sounding more like a teen slasher than a horror trailer.
Kate advised us to firstly really think about the protagonist that we were creating, as we would want the audience to connect with the character and not hate her when they are first introduced to her. After hearing this information we began to think deeper about our protagonist and how we wanted her to be portrayed in our trailer.
We then told her our narrative behind the trailer. She explained to us that we need to think of our narrative more as it wasn't making sense.
So we went away as a group and thought deeply about our synopsis, so that it would relate to the horror genre and make sense to the audience.
Research on character
Looking at our character we knew that she has an obsession with being popular, we all agreed on this point.
I thought that maybe it would be a good idea for her to be the middle child in her family, when I researched how a middle child might feel. I found that they are constantly trying to get the attention of there parents and making them feel invisible I though that this would make our character feel isolated and also making her crave the attention of her parents forcing her to create this personality of a popular girl who is loved by everyone as she isn't that loved at home.
Using this information helped us to get an idea of how we could associate these characteristics and turn our protagonist into a killer.
I thought that maybe it would be a good idea for her to be the middle child in her family, when I researched how a middle child might feel. I found that they are constantly trying to get the attention of there parents and making them feel invisible I though that this would make our character feel isolated and also making her crave the attention of her parents forcing her to create this personality of a popular girl who is loved by everyone as she isn't that loved at home.
Using this information helped us to get an idea of how we could associate these characteristics and turn our protagonist into a killer.
Friday, 10 January 2014
TOP TEN research
This is the research that my group done for us to find different ways for our protagonist to be popular. We all felt that these techniques were good but didn't seem suitable for a horror film, so I came up with the idea that our protagonist (Sinead) has such a craving to be popular that she uses these techniques as they are written, however they go terribly wrong and everyone mocks her so she then uses these popularity techniques as killing techniques which then brings the horror genre into our narrative.
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