Dark clothes.
Whitemasks.
Possible daunting/ intimidating make up.
Masks may bev painted on
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Monday, 22 November 2010
woods
we will be taking photos of various woodlands and come to a conclusion of which scene we are going to use for filming.
HORROR FILM PLANNING
Wer are going to use masks or hooded clothing in our filming as these add a creepy aspect into the footage much like the strangers, this makes the charecters annonymous to a certain extent and makes the viewer unable to see their identity making it more surreal due to not being able to identify the,, or even know if they are human underneath.
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Editing
I think for this task we need to make sure we film wha is nessercary and more in order so it easier to edit it and when the software lags there will not be so much of a problem. Also i think the maximum time of footage we should have is about 8 minutes so its not to diffucuilt to sort out and so there isnt too much to decide what is good and what is not.
Horror vs romance
Often in horror there are the leading charecters who often have another part or rtelation within the film who is the one who becomes a target to demons, for example in paranormal activity 2 the baby and wife are the focus iof the demopns wants, yet by the end all of the family except the daughter are killed representing the common concept of, the lead or demon, wins at everything unless defeated.
Haunting in conneticuit follows a similar concept with the leading boy having cancer and dying momentarily within the film before being okay. Within horrors it is usually only if the horror within the film is defeated which the loved ones all survive. Paranormal activity the demon is left to continue having not been defeated.
This is the same in the stranger where both leads who are ibn love result in death with the evil having not been defeated. To continue the cyccle of madness. This also happens in blaire witch were all the friends die, with the evil still being present.
It goes without saying.
Haunting in conneticuit follows a similar concept with the leading boy having cancer and dying momentarily within the film before being okay. Within horrors it is usually only if the horror within the film is defeated which the loved ones all survive. Paranormal activity the demon is left to continue having not been defeated.
This is the same in the stranger where both leads who are ibn love result in death with the evil having not been defeated. To continue the cyccle of madness. This also happens in blaire witch were all the friends die, with the evil still being present.
It goes without saying.
Soundtracks
A possible soundtrack for the backing of our filming could be a theme tune from the video game zelda ocarina of time, shadow temple because it is dark music, and is for a ghost themed section of the game. It is quite daunting and would add to a tense atmosphere so would be quite useful.
Also as i have the music on cd it would be easy to rip it tooo the school computers for our personal use.
Also as i have the music on cd it would be easy to rip it tooo the school computers for our personal use.
Horror films.
For our preliminary task we are going to create a horror film worked similar to the way that blair witch was created. We will do handhelf filming mainly, and create a surreal atmosphere that are the main providers of tension in such films.
We will be using soundtracks quite possibly from video games as they can be quite offputting at times.
And would help create a tense feel, making the viewer not know when the shocking is going to happen.
Charecter i think will be opurselves but we will have to be quite dramatic, possibly seemingly stupid as these are main concepts of horror films, one of us will also have to be the typical hero/ heroin who is on an ego trip.
We will be using soundtracks quite possibly from video games as they can be quite offputting at times.
And would help create a tense feel, making the viewer not know when the shocking is going to happen.
Charecter i think will be opurselves but we will have to be quite dramatic, possibly seemingly stupid as these are main concepts of horror films, one of us will also have to be the typical hero/ heroin who is on an ego trip.
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
Horror films being studied
IT
Evil dead
Blair witch project
Haunting in conneticuit
The strangers.
Each of these have been filmed at different times and each use different techniques and structure to how they scare the viewers, evil dead and it play on the idea of possesion and use alot of make up and props to create atmospheres and concentrate heavily on soundtrack. The haunting in conneticuit used sharp moments which slowly build up so that the viewer continuously feels tense and at unese. The blair witch projecty plays on the idea of reality with home filming included much like recent films paranormal activity. And the sterangers focuses on surrealism techniques, to play with the viewers mind. And question all that happens. The film Is also very vague which means the viewer is not really aware of what is happening. Creating confusion and suspense.
Evil dead
Blair witch project
Haunting in conneticuit
The strangers.
Each of these have been filmed at different times and each use different techniques and structure to how they scare the viewers, evil dead and it play on the idea of possesion and use alot of make up and props to create atmospheres and concentrate heavily on soundtrack. The haunting in conneticuit used sharp moments which slowly build up so that the viewer continuously feels tense and at unese. The blair witch projecty plays on the idea of reality with home filming included much like recent films paranormal activity. And the sterangers focuses on surrealism techniques, to play with the viewers mind. And question all that happens. The film Is also very vague which means the viewer is not really aware of what is happening. Creating confusion and suspense.
Crime Cliches
In crime cliches no one is really the good the, the police are as bad as the good guys no one is ever a one dimensional charecter. The films are usually set within america, typically by the sea miami etc. Or sometimes within dodge casino sets such as Las vegas. If the crime film does not folow any of these steps for the basis it will not be successful within the film industry.
Thursday, 4 November 2010
Movie Cliches Action
Action films follow a very stereotypical boys dream of how to live. It usually revolves around a group of charecters, usually males, embariking on increadibly dangerous journeys (missions) with big guns and army costumes.
There is mostly always the coward in the film, who is very reluctant to take part within the assigment and occasionally the "mole" who turns out to be a traitor for the opposition.
There is always the dominant memmber, who apppears to use this as an ego boost, saying it is his mission and the others don't have to come..
However they always remain, seemingly loyal to their captain.
The charecters usually always follow a similar appearance of big muscles and look not disimilar to an action man doll.
The villains within the films are usually sinister charecters with heavy accents, either regional or completely foreign and usually embark on a ego boost to rule the country, or in some cases the enitre world...
Any female charecters seen within the film are usually provocative 'babes' who any man would desire, they usually end up leaping into bed with the main leader, or at least share a romantic moment.
Action films always cotnain some massive medical downfall, where a charecter may have a painful injury which unables him to continue, however this is usually resolved pretty quick with a decision to continue, or may include the lead charecter getting cold feet or making a sacrifice. This occurs in pirates of the carribean where captain jack sparrow often tries to negotiate with enemies to avoid confrontation, or is all to willing to sacrifice members of his own crew to save his own skin.,
The typical action scene everyone has been waiting for, features completely ott stunts which no one in real life could ever think to participate in, they often have charecter jumping from ridiculous heights, explosions that would destroy buildings....
the lead charecters always have one liners which the audience will remember
for example the vilain in terminators line
'i'll be back'
Most action films always come in a series for exaple potc terminator starwars.
It's never just a one off despite the lead charecters decision to retire.
They are usually always left on a cliffhanger of somesort.
There is mostly always the coward in the film, who is very reluctant to take part within the assigment and occasionally the "mole" who turns out to be a traitor for the opposition.
There is always the dominant memmber, who apppears to use this as an ego boost, saying it is his mission and the others don't have to come..
However they always remain, seemingly loyal to their captain.
The charecters usually always follow a similar appearance of big muscles and look not disimilar to an action man doll.
The villains within the films are usually sinister charecters with heavy accents, either regional or completely foreign and usually embark on a ego boost to rule the country, or in some cases the enitre world...
Any female charecters seen within the film are usually provocative 'babes' who any man would desire, they usually end up leaping into bed with the main leader, or at least share a romantic moment.
Action films always cotnain some massive medical downfall, where a charecter may have a painful injury which unables him to continue, however this is usually resolved pretty quick with a decision to continue, or may include the lead charecter getting cold feet or making a sacrifice. This occurs in pirates of the carribean where captain jack sparrow often tries to negotiate with enemies to avoid confrontation, or is all to willing to sacrifice members of his own crew to save his own skin.,
The typical action scene everyone has been waiting for, features completely ott stunts which no one in real life could ever think to participate in, they often have charecter jumping from ridiculous heights, explosions that would destroy buildings....
the lead charecters always have one liners which the audience will remember
for example the vilain in terminators line
'i'll be back'
Most action films always come in a series for exaple potc terminator starwars.
It's never just a one off despite the lead charecters decision to retire.
They are usually always left on a cliffhanger of somesort.
Monday, 18 October 2010
Thursday, 14 October 2010
For filming Research
currently i am looking at the horror genre:
so far i have looked at paranormal activity 2 which is filmed on a low budget by amerture actors with a handheld camera so that it looks realistic.
I am also looking at the human centepide which is a disturbed horror focusing on adaptation of the human species.
It is a higher budget film done by proffesionals
so far i have looked at paranormal activity 2 which is filmed on a low budget by amerture actors with a handheld camera so that it looks realistic.
I am also looking at the human centepide which is a disturbed horror focusing on adaptation of the human species.
It is a higher budget film done by proffesionals
FILMING
The filming for a piece was actually quite succesful, we mangaged to film all the sections we wanted to it's just we had alot of footage which is now causing a problem in the editing.
The main reason it is diffucuilt is because we have way more footag then is really nessercary and we have seen that a majority of it is unuseable because people are talking over it or the angling is off etc.
Also in total time length wer have over 10 minutes of filming. JOY.
The software is also relatively annoying becuase being network computers they are already relatively slow. But having a adobe program on them makes them even slower, there is also highly irritating occurance when using adobe elements which makes it lag and so when you are trying to edit the footage it jumps making it nearly impossible to see what you have actually done.
When you do make the desired effect it is nice but still t here is the thing with the timing being just slightly off which is very anooying to edit as it is like a split second or so that is wrong.
The main reason it is diffucuilt is because we have way more footag then is really nessercary and we have seen that a majority of it is unuseable because people are talking over it or the angling is off etc.
Also in total time length wer have over 10 minutes of filming. JOY.
The software is also relatively annoying becuase being network computers they are already relatively slow. But having a adobe program on them makes them even slower, there is also highly irritating occurance when using adobe elements which makes it lag and so when you are trying to edit the footage it jumps making it nearly impossible to see what you have actually done.
When you do make the desired effect it is nice but still t here is the thing with the timing being just slightly off which is very anooying to edit as it is like a split second or so that is wrong.
Sunday, 26 September 2010
Films
I have begun to notice actually, withing the television series, films etc that their is a band trend at certain times of the year. For example there are often horror films released around the times of holidays, and in autumn time.
As the target audience is generally, teenagers or people going in large groups, so by being released in autmn there is the scare element as it is when the overal weather etc gets more gloomy, and by being released in holidays larger groups who are generally the target audiences are more likely to occur.
Also romantic film generally seem to come out around christmas time, or in the summer, with the idea of a summer or winter rommance in mind. It is also the time of years when relationships tend to bloom so it could be seen as a representation of this.
As the target audience is generally, teenagers or people going in large groups, so by being released in autmn there is the scare element as it is when the overal weather etc gets more gloomy, and by being released in holidays larger groups who are generally the target audiences are more likely to occur.
Also romantic film generally seem to come out around christmas time, or in the summer, with the idea of a summer or winter rommance in mind. It is also the time of years when relationships tend to bloom so it could be seen as a representation of this.
Film making and Music videos
I think it would be quite intresting to do a music video, style filming piece.
Like a musical. But i think it has to be a film of some sort.
Maybe we get to do this another time i am not actually sure.
I should probably ask.
There are lots of shots in music videos, often from lower angles looking up, or close ups, advertising the singer in away.
The low angles also give them their status aswell, and a sense of domination over the audience.
The focus on the facial shots often show the emotions, and how the artist appears, possibly for inspiration resons?
Like a musical. But i think it has to be a film of some sort.
Maybe we get to do this another time i am not actually sure.
I should probably ask.
There are lots of shots in music videos, often from lower angles looking up, or close ups, advertising the singer in away.
The low angles also give them their status aswell, and a sense of domination over the audience.
The focus on the facial shots often show the emotions, and how the artist appears, possibly for inspiration resons?
The Filming
I don't think our piece of filming should be to overtop, like in the mese en scene lessons, we didn't go to over the top with out set ups and got praised for them, so i think our film making will benefit from the same kind of thing.
Hopefully we will be looking at how to make sound effects etc, as they are quite and important concept of it.
Hopefully we will be looking at how to make sound effects etc, as they are quite and important concept of it.
Note Taking
In media we have been looking at the note taking and annotating, side which we have been warned may change how we watch films and other media.
There are a majority of different shots to take note on and explain the concept of why they have been used and what they imply.
For example the high angle shot creates a sense of vunerability for example in spooks, the street is shown in a high angle, which later is the target for an explosion.
You have to make these annotations quite fast. Something which i am actually getting quite good at, i find it very easy to pinpoint the effects used and why. I'm guessing taking art has something to do with this because of effects and messages being given to users in that.
It will be a good idea for me and my firends to discuss the types of shots we are going to use in our own filming.
There are a majority of different shots to take note on and explain the concept of why they have been used and what they imply.
For example the high angle shot creates a sense of vunerability for example in spooks, the street is shown in a high angle, which later is the target for an explosion.
You have to make these annotations quite fast. Something which i am actually getting quite good at, i find it very easy to pinpoint the effects used and why. I'm guessing taking art has something to do with this because of effects and messages being given to users in that.
It will be a good idea for me and my firends to discuss the types of shots we are going to use in our own filming.
Monday, 20 September 2010
Mese en scene
OKAY
so today we did our own mise en scenes, it was really good, my group worked well, we are all friends so you would expect us to get distracted but we didn't we liked setting up the scenes and took some pretty good images i thought.
I am deffinatly looking forward to when we get the video cameras and start filming :O
xx
so today we did our own mise en scenes, it was really good, my group worked well, we are all friends so you would expect us to get distracted but we didn't we liked setting up the scenes and took some pretty good images i thought.
I am deffinatly looking forward to when we get the video cameras and start filming :O
xx
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