Thursday, 26 April 2012
Evaluation 1.) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Evaluation 1 Continued:
The speed of the shots was also similar to this, so we
decided to start with longer shots and gradually decrease the length and amount
of shots during the disequilibrium to less than a second which speeds up the
pace of the trailer, and follows the dramatic fast paced background music.
When selecting our characters and deciding on the character types to use in our plot, we considered Propp’s character types and carol clover’s final girl theory. Whilst watching other horror trailers, we realised that the most common character types in horror were the surviving final girl, the promiscuous blonde girl, the jock and an evident killer. Following the convention we chose to use these characters in the plot of our trailer. To portray each character type we made sure we used the correct costumes. The promiscuous girl wore skimpy, revealing clothing; the final girl was covered up more in casual wear, the jock in fashionable lounge wear and the killer in a hoodie, which helps to conceal his identity and plays on the common primal fear of hooded unknown figures. A prop we used during the filming of our trailer was a knife as this was a stereotypical prop paradigm and was most commonly used when watching horror trailers.
When selecting our characters and deciding on the character types to use in our plot, we considered Propp’s character types and carol clover’s final girl theory. Whilst watching other horror trailers, we realised that the most common character types in horror were the surviving final girl, the promiscuous blonde girl, the jock and an evident killer. Following the convention we chose to use these characters in the plot of our trailer. To portray each character type we made sure we used the correct costumes. The promiscuous girl wore skimpy, revealing clothing; the final girl was covered up more in casual wear, the jock in fashionable lounge wear and the killer in a hoodie, which helps to conceal his identity and plays on the common primal fear of hooded unknown figures. A prop we used during the filming of our trailer was a knife as this was a stereotypical prop paradigm and was most commonly used when watching horror trailers.
Friday, 13 April 2012
Cast List
First Scene
Second Scene
Fifth Scene
Sixth Scene
Seventh Scene
Eighth Scene
Ninth Scene
Cast list – Toni Maybank,Billy Morris, Melissa East, Martin Johnson
Location-Isolated lake
Costume-Toni-Tight revealing clothes, Melissa-Casualwear, Billy-Jeans and a shirt, Martin- Hoodie and Black Jeans
Cast list – Toni Maybank,Billy Morris, Melissa East, Martin Johnson
Location-Isolated lake
Costume-Melissa-Casualwear, Toni-Tight revealing clothes, Billy-Jeans and a shirt, Martin-Hoodie and Black Jeans
Cast list – Melissa East
Location-Isolated lake
Costume-Casualwear
Fourth Scene
Cast list- Toni Maybank
Location- Woods
Costume-Tight revealing clothes
Cast list – Melissa East
Location-woods
Costume-Casualwear
Cast List- Billy Morris
Location- Lake
Costume- Jeans and Shirt
Cast List- Martin Johnson
Location-Woods
Costume-Hoodie
Cast-Toni Maybank, Martin Johnson
Location-Woods
Costume- Toni-Tight revealing clothes, Martin-Hoodie and black jeans
Cast-Toni Maybank
Location- Woods
Costume- Tight revealing clothes
Scripting and Shot Types
First scene
Walking to lake:
Group of teens walking to the lake and there is a clear division between the bullied boy (Lewis) and the rest of the group.
Camera then pans rounds to the teenagers walking to the lake
Close up of Lewis’s face – longer than other close ups
Close up of all characters faces separately
Job Roles:
Camera – Zoe
Lewis (Bullied boy) – Martin
Billy (Jock), Toni (Promiscuous Blonde), Melissa (Geek Chic girl)
Director – Ashley
Risk Assessment
Make sure no one carelessly falls or drops the camera or anything valuable in the lake.
Second Scene
Camera Shots:
High angle medium shot of bottle spinning round in the circle
Medium shot of bottle pointing to Lewis
Close up canted angle on Jock nudging/kicking Lewis’ foot
Continuous long shot of Lewis walking into the dark words alone
Medium shot of him walking towards the camera and looking back at his ‘friends’
P.O.V shot from Lewis’ shoulder as he looks back at his ‘friends’
Job roles:
Camera– Zoe
Stage Directors – Ashley
Lewis (Bullied boy) – Martin
Billy (Jock), Toni (Promiscuous Blonde), Melissa (Geek Chic girl)
Risk Assessment:
Make sure no member of the public gets in any shots and to ensure that the woods are totally safe.
Third Scene
Confusion:
After inserting a tone card saying ‘Let the games begin…’ the action and cuts will be a lot quicker and will be supported by the increased tempo music.
Camera Shots:
Extreme close up of blood on Lewis’ hand
Canted angle shots of bloody knife on the ground in the woods, with quick jump cuts between shots to disorientate the audience
Over the shoulder shot panning around the final, geek chic girl holding bloody knife and aiming it at an ‘unknown person’
Job roles:
Camera – Zoe
Stage Director – Ashley
Lewis (Bullied boy) – Martin
Billy (Jock), Toni (Promiscuous Blonde), Melissa (Geek Chic girl)
Be wary when filming in woods, be careful of hidden objects that camera operator could trip over.
Fourth Scene
Chase sequence:
A chase between the killer and a blonde promiscuous girl, when the blonde girl trips over a log
Camera Shots:
P.O.V shot from ‘killer’ walking swiftly towards a running promiscuous victim, before she trips and falls to the floor, as the camera tracks towards her and shows a high angle shot looking over her.
Job Roles:
Camera – Zoe
Stage Director – Ashley
Lewis (Bullied boy) – Martin
Billy (Jock), Toni (Promiscuous Blonde), Melissa (Geek Chic girl)
Risk Assessment:
Screaming could cause the public to panic and think somebody is really in danger.
Sixth Scene
Hand Scene:
A quick shot of one of the characters’ bloodstained hand.
Camera Shots:
Close up shot of the hand draping into the lake.
Job Roles:
Camera – Zoe
Stage director – Ashley
Risk Assessment:
Make sure hands are washed after being placed in the lake, as there could be harmful chemicals in the water of the lake.
Seventh Scene
Woods Scene
A quick reveal of a character in the distance, but the hooded clothing keep their identity concealed.
Risk Assessment:
The public may think that someone is actually being stabbed. Make sure we tell people we are filming a horror film to counteract this problem.
Ninth Scene
After Tone Card
One last shot comes up of promiscuous girl tied to a tree with rope and blood dripping down her. She is also in an unconscious state.
Camera Shot:
Long shot of the blonde girl tied to a tree.
Jump cut to a close up shot of her hands tied up in the rope wriggling.
Job Roles:
Camera – Zoe
Stage director – Ashley
Lewis (Bullied boy) – Martin
Billy (Jock), Toni (Promiscuous Blonde), Melissa (Geek Chic girl)
Risk Assessment:
In case of a real emergency make sure the actress is able to get out of the rope quickly and easily.
Walking to lake:
Group of teens walking to the lake and there is a clear division between the bullied boy (Lewis) and the rest of the group.
Camera Shots:
Establishing shot of the lakeCamera then pans rounds to the teenagers walking to the lake
Close up of Lewis’s face – longer than other close ups
Close up of all characters faces separately
Camera – Zoe
Lewis (Bullied boy) – Martin
Billy (Jock), Toni (Promiscuous Blonde), Melissa (Geek Chic girl)
Director – Ashley
Make sure no one carelessly falls or drops the camera or anything valuable in the lake.
Second Scene
The Game:
At the lake and the entertainment turns to truth or dare between the group and further bullying towards LewisCamera Shots:
High angle medium shot of bottle spinning round in the circle
Medium shot of bottle pointing to Lewis
Close up canted angle on Jock nudging/kicking Lewis’ foot
Continuous long shot of Lewis walking into the dark words alone
Medium shot of him walking towards the camera and looking back at his ‘friends’
P.O.V shot from Lewis’ shoulder as he looks back at his ‘friends’
Job roles:
Camera– Zoe
Stage Directors – Ashley
Lewis (Bullied boy) – Martin
Billy (Jock), Toni (Promiscuous Blonde), Melissa (Geek Chic girl)
Risk Assessment:
Make sure no member of the public gets in any shots and to ensure that the woods are totally safe.
Third Scene
Confusion:
After inserting a tone card saying ‘Let the games begin…’ the action and cuts will be a lot quicker and will be supported by the increased tempo music.
Camera Shots:
Extreme close up of blood on Lewis’ hand
Canted angle shots of bloody knife on the ground in the woods, with quick jump cuts between shots to disorientate the audience
Over the shoulder shot panning around the final, geek chic girl holding bloody knife and aiming it at an ‘unknown person’
Job roles:
Camera – Zoe
Stage Director – Ashley
Lewis (Bullied boy) – Martin
Billy (Jock), Toni (Promiscuous Blonde), Melissa (Geek Chic girl)
Be wary when filming in woods, be careful of hidden objects that camera operator could trip over.
Chase sequence:
A chase between the killer and a blonde promiscuous girl, when the blonde girl trips over a log
Camera Shots:
P.O.V shot from ‘killer’ walking swiftly towards a running promiscuous victim, before she trips and falls to the floor, as the camera tracks towards her and shows a high angle shot looking over her.
Job Roles:
Camera – Zoe
Stage Director – Ashley
Lewis (Bullied boy) – Martin
Billy (Jock), Toni (Promiscuous Blonde), Melissa (Geek Chic girl)
Risk Assessment:
Be careful when the actress trips over, that she doesn’t fall too hard and hit her head. Fifth Scene
Body Scene
Geek Chic girl kneels down in front of a tree looking scared when she discovers her dead friend’s body, and then a hand from behind grabs her by the mouth to silence her screams. Body Scene
Camera Shots:
Mid shot of the geek girl by the tree.
Close up shot of hand covering her mouth.
Job Roles:
Camera – Zoe
Stage directors – Ashley
Lewis (Bullied boy) – Martin
Billy (Jock), Toni (Promiscuous Blonde), Melissa (Geek Chic girl)Mid shot of the geek girl by the tree.
Close up shot of hand covering her mouth.
Job Roles:
Camera – Zoe
Stage directors – Ashley
Lewis (Bullied boy) – Martin
Risk Assessment:
Screaming could cause the public to panic and think somebody is really in danger.
Sixth Scene
Hand Scene:
A quick shot of one of the characters’ bloodstained hand.
Camera Shots:
Close up shot of the hand draping into the lake.
Job Roles:
Camera – Zoe
Stage director – Ashley
Risk Assessment:
Make sure hands are washed after being placed in the lake, as there could be harmful chemicals in the water of the lake.
Seventh Scene
Woods Scene
A quick reveal of a character in the distance, but the hooded clothing keep their identity concealed.
Camera Shots:
Extreme long shot of hooded figure (the killer) in the far distance in the woods.
Job Roles:
Camera – Zoe
Stage director – Ashley
Lewis (Bullied boy) – Martin
Billy (Jock), Toni (Promiscuous Blonde), Melissa (Geek Chic girl)Extreme long shot of hooded figure (the killer) in the far distance in the woods.
Job Roles:
Camera – Zoe
Stage director – Ashley
Lewis (Bullied boy) – Martin
Risk Assessment:
Be wary of public in the woods, as they could get in the shots.
Eighth Scene
Stabbing:
One of the characters gets stabbed in the stomach, but the identity of the killer and the victim is not shown.
Camera Shots:
Mid shot of the victims’ stomach being stabbed with a retractable knife.
Job Roles:
Camera – Zoe
Stage director – Ashley
Lewis (Bullied boy) – Martin
Billy (Jock), Toni (Promiscuous Blonde), Melissa (Geek Chic girl)Be wary of public in the woods, as they could get in the shots.
Eighth Scene
Stabbing:
One of the characters gets stabbed in the stomach, but the identity of the killer and the victim is not shown.
Camera Shots:
Mid shot of the victims’ stomach being stabbed with a retractable knife.
Job Roles:
Camera – Zoe
Stage director – Ashley
Lewis (Bullied boy) – Martin
Risk Assessment:
The public may think that someone is actually being stabbed. Make sure we tell people we are filming a horror film to counteract this problem.
Ninth Scene
After Tone Card
One last shot comes up of promiscuous girl tied to a tree with rope and blood dripping down her. She is also in an unconscious state.
Camera Shot:
Long shot of the blonde girl tied to a tree.
Jump cut to a close up shot of her hands tied up in the rope wriggling.
Job Roles:
Camera – Zoe
Stage director – Ashley
Lewis (Bullied boy) – Martin
Billy (Jock), Toni (Promiscuous Blonde), Melissa (Geek Chic girl)
Risk Assessment:
In case of a real emergency make sure the actress is able to get out of the rope quickly and easily.
Prop List
Second Scene
Empty beer bottle
Third Scene
Retractable dagger knife
Fake blood
Fourth Scene
Log
Sixth Scene
Fake Blood
Eighth Scene
Retractable dagger knife
Ninth Scene
Rope
Fake Blood
Empty beer bottle
Third Scene
Retractable dagger knife
Fake blood
Fourth Scene
Log
Sixth Scene
Fake Blood
Eighth Scene
Retractable dagger knife
Ninth Scene
Rope
Fake Blood
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