My ideas for our final task;


I have been thinking of some ideas for mine and Hannah's final task, for the setting of the final task I thought it should be based at the Fetcham splash. Fetcham splash is a calm river place surrounded by woodland, there is a woodland footpath that leads up to the Leatherhead Crem which will be an advantage because it gives off a spooky vibe.

Me and Hannah will be the camera workers of the production and we will be using Chris and Ellen in our video. The typical character costumes I was thinking of was, a typical teenage day to day costume for the innocent character just coming back from a school on their phone talking to a friend about a crush. Also for the bad guy in the production I was thinking the typical dark hooded villan with a hidden face but their chin covered in blood, holding a weapon.

I think the best time to produce the film will be between late afternoon/early night time because I thought it would be affective if the teenager was walking back from school and gets ambushed by the bad character. It will also be affective because it gets quite dark earlier, this will help give off a creepy vibe.

 My idea of the plot of the whole thing would be that the teenager has just left a detention after school and is walking home on the phone to a friend talking about their secret crush, the teenager wants to get home because they are going out with a group of friends so they decide to take the short way home. Whilst walking through the woods the villan follows the innocent teenager, teasing them whilst they walk and eventually kills them, they friend on the other side of the phone hears everything. Some of the effective camera shots I think that will work well in this production is point of view, this will make the audience feel like they are involved and are actually there. I also think close-ups will be pretty great to focus on the emotion shared between both characters. I think natural sounding will be best for this production, i.e. crunching leaves as each character walks and the only voice heard in the production is the people in the phonecall. The villan will be silent, making the villan be even more scary.

Scream Opening Scene(1996)
At the beginning of the scene there is a calm atmosphere being at home, the scene begins to speed up when the phone is loudly ringing and is focused into a extreme close up. Using the extreme close up to focus on the phone makes the audience realise that the phone is a big part to the film. Throughout the scene and film whenever the phone rings it is always shown in a extreme close up camera shot. They also use this method throughout the scene with the popcorn cooking on the stove, this could represent that the clock is ticking because popcorn does not take very long to cook.

The first scene of scream has a very typical horror setting, surrounded by fields and woods with no neighbours near by. This helps with the film because it gives off a very scary vibe. The fact that this scene is also set at night time also plays with the audience minds and fits well with the setting.

The murderer in Scream has a very odd costume, the costume that Ghostface wears is a typical halloween costume which kids wear every halloween. The costume comes across scary because you can not see Ghostface's face, you can only hear his very scary voice.

Joe Queenan's guide to horror filmsAll horror moves divide into several different categories: slasher, zombie, vampire, mainstream horror, Asian horror and revolting Eli Roth films. Indeed, horror is the one genre in which the absence of cliches would ruin everything.

In most typical horror films young children are often evil, If one hears children humming innocent nursery rhymes in the background it is often lead by a gory murder.

Most horror films are set in rural areas mainly because it is a deserted area and there are lots of weapens in farms.

Horror movies also contain lots of scenes in which the living dead or the living undead zip past an open door or window, but nobody sees them. This can easily make the audience feel uneasy and it plays with their minds, It also builds up suspense and the unknown.

Things not to do whilst watching a horror movie:
- It is always a bad idea to go to sleep in the middle of a horror film.
- It is even worse to get in an elevator, a popular hideout of the promiscuously dead.

Editing

When it came to editing our Primilinary Task things went downhill, part of our film was missing. It took a while for us to put our film onto the computer to edit, which meant we had less time to edit our film.


Me and Hannah came back after school to see if we could fix the problems but we found out we might have to upload our film all over again and start editing from scratch. I think we came across these problems because we were new to the equipment and didn't know how to use it all properly.


For our next task me and Hannah are going to make sure we spend more time editing the film and also learn how to use the equipment properly before rushing into things to make sure we can meet the deadline.

Primilinary Task

Me and Hannah used two of our friends for our Primilinary Task, we used Chris and Tara. We all came back after school hours to record the film, me and Hannah had a change of plan and based our film in a dark classroom with a light just outside the door to make the film look effective when Chris came through the door.


To make the convosation more interesting in the film we used different ways of saying things, I.E. for Tara we got Chris to talk to make her look more powerful. In our Primilinary Task we had to use methods such as the 180 degree rule, also to use the overview shot. When Chris and Tara were having their convosation we used the overview shot to make the convosation more effective.


Me and Hannah also used different angle shots such as low and high angle representing who is more powerful throughout the film Chris or Tara.

Camera lesson

For this lesson we got into groups to discuss what we were going to do for our Primilinary Task, In my group it is just me and Hannah F. After me and Hannah discussed what we had in mind for our Primilinary Task we were given a camera, a stand and a tape. We went around school to investigate how to use the camera and what techniques we were going to use.


For our Primilinary Task me and Hannah came up with a horror type of scene. We were going to base the film in a dark cupboard to make the film look for effective.

My third lesson

Lesson three we had to complete a task in groups, We were given a statement by Mrs.Martin such as
''A busy dentist waiting room'' also ''A romantic meal for two in a restaurant''. We had to change the setting of where we were going to take the picture from, we had to use props to make the picture look more realistic. We also had to think about the different camera shots and angles we were going to use. For this task I worked with Hannah F, Charley, Hannah E, Ana and Zoe.

My second lesson

We watched Kidulthood to see the different camera shots and camera angles that were used. We learnt about how a typical teenager is represented. I.E. hoodies, swearing, smoking, violence.
The beginning of Kidulthood

My first lesson

My first media lesson with Mrs.Martin, we learnt different definitions of different camera shots and angles such as..


Mid shot- Shows some part of the subject in more detail while still giving an impression of the whole subject.


Close up- A certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame.


Two shot- A shot of two people, framed similarly to a mid shot.


^these are only some of the camera shots I learnt. I also learnt some different camera angles such as..


High angle- The camera is elevated above the action using a crane to give a general overview.


Low angle- A camera positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eyeline, looking up.


^these are only some of the camera angles I learnt.