my Final film

After shooting

After shooting all the shots that we needed, we then went to the editing suite and tried putting them together. Whilst editing, we realised that not all of the shots were very useful, and so we cut some of them out. We noticed that every shot had to explain or tell the audience something about the film or the main character within the film, ie. the girl, in our case.
We edited all the pictures together first before we started on the sound. We put in additional credits at the beginning and also our main title, The Missing. Also, as we filmed outside in patchy cloud weather, we found out that we had slight problem with lighting continuity that we needed to sort out whilst editing.
After this, we could then go on to editing together the sound with the picture. Our music, which i found off limewire by typing in Horror, is a classic horror tune; starting off dark and slow, then with the addition of high violins over the top. After adding this to the picture edit, I found that it really brought the opening to life and gave it that tension that all horror films should have.

shooting and preparation

Here are some photographs of our chosen location...



In order to start shooting our final task, we had to write up a Shot list so that it made it easier for us to film.
Shotlist
shot 1: out of focus in trees, then moving down to empty track (gradually becoming more focussed.)
shot 2: following girl using steady camera.
shot 3: camera on right side of girl, Medium still shot.
shot 4: low angle close up of girl's feet.
shot 5: low angle wid shot of girl walking towards camera.
shot 6: close up zoom of missing sign on ground.
shot 7: camera on right side of girl walking towards gate.
shot 8: wide shot straight on of girl walking towards camera, stopping and looking. (close up of her face.)
shot 9: mid shot of road sign (girl looking at it in mid shot)
shot 10: camera on left side of girl, mid shot, still camera, girl walking past and trying to get into gates.
In filming, We each had our different parts to play. I was the camera "man" and had to try and keep it steady, when necessary, which is harder than it looks!

We also had to make our main character(emma) look like something horrible had happened to her. We put her in a coat, much to big for her, ripped up tights and she was only wearing socks with mud all over them. Her hair was messy and we made her make up look as though she'd been crying. we also gave her some brouses and cuts on her face. This really added to the tension in our film.

The Hole - our inspiration

As soon as we see the titles of the film we can sense it is a horror because when you see them, you see them as if by a flashlight or flame. There is also a dark background behind the titles. Before you see the names and titles they are slightly blurred. There is intense music over the top of the titles which adds suspense and makes the audience think something bad is about the happen. There is also breathing over the top of the titles before you see the opening scene, also adding to the suspence.
Fast paced music is played throughout which adds suspense to the film.

The first shot we see is a point of view shot through some trees of a girl walking down a long, empty country road. The hair and makeup that is used on the girl also indicates to us that something bad has happened, and that we are looking at her after the majority of the film has taken place. She wears a coat, much too big for her (possibly a man's) and is only wearing socks.
For our final piece, we got a lot of inspiration from this film. We used a similar area to shoot our opening, but we also changed bits of it. Instead of having a school which the girl walks into at the end, we have a shot of her trying to get into some gates at a house.

slasher horror

After researching into the genre horror, we have decided to follow the hybrid genre slasher horror with our final piece. We have looked at some films with the genre, including The Hole, and this has given us some inspiration on what to do. The start of The Hole is actually what happens right at the end of the film, and so it leaves the audience in suspense for a while.

Horror - jeepers creepers 2 - opening scene

Camera Angles: Low angle from the field - makes boy looks small and vulnerable.
Close up of boy and landscape behind boy (danger)
Low angle looking up at scarecrow (to make him look big and powerful)
Editing: classic editing
Mise en scene: Scarecrow in black (symbolising death)contrasting with the golden colours of the field.
Non - realistic colours
Sound: silent but with birds(isolation)
Dog barking (sensing danger)
As the camera is zoomed up on the scarecrow, the music gets louder and more intense.
It goes from silent to its loudest.

Preliminary task - final video