9155 - Danielle Booker

Final Opening Sequence



Preliminary Task




Primary Research
D.B: Supernatural Horror Research
D.B: Psychological Horror Research
D.B: Why are we Afraid of Zombies
Group: Wilderness Woods Sequence
Group: Location Reccie - Wilderness Woods
D.B: Distribution of Horror Films
D.B: Technical Analysis - The Ward
D.B: Opening Sequence Analysis - Dawn of the Dead
D.B: Opening Sequence Analysis - Shutter Island
Group: Ideas so Far
Group: Inspiration Mood Board
Group: Inspirational Shot
D.B: Title Research - Six Feet Under
D.B: Title Research 2
D.B: Shot Ideas
Group: Fonts
Group: Title Research

Secondary Research
Group: Rough Cut and Feedback
Group: Survey Research
Group: Preliminary Task Feedback

Logistical Planning
Group: Pitch
Group: USP
Group: Treatment
Group: Storyline
Group: Concept Development 1
Group: Concept Development 2
Group: Concept Development 3

Shoot Preparation
Group: Sunday 26th Jan Call Sheet
Group: Tuesday 28th Jan Call Sheet
Group: 17th Jan Call Sheet
Group: Make-Up
Group: Props
Group: Set Design
Group: Storyboard Animation

Evaluation
D.B: Evaluation

9241- Laurel Parfitt

Final Opening Sequence



Preliminary task



Primary Research
LP: Girl Power: the Politics of the Slasher Movie
LP: Conventions of Zombie Horror
LP: Donnie Darko Opening Sequence
Group: Horror Opening Ideas so far
LP: The Women in Black Opening Sequence

Secondary Research
Group: Preliminary Task feedback



Evaluation

Reflecting on practical process

Animatic

Planning of shoots

9224 - Alex McDowell

Primary Research

Secondary Reaseach

Logisitical Planning

Story boarding + Concept Development



Evaluation

titles research

survey feedback

rough cut feedback

call sheet

title analysis

shoot evaluation

font research

Storyboard animatic

Set design evaluation

Practice shots

Filming Schedule

Pitch-Concept development

Concept Development

Concept Development

Treatment

Inspirational shots and Frame ideas

Production and distribution of Horror Films

Testing out shooting for Horror

Location Recce and Risk Assessment

Technical Analysis

Expermenting with shots for title

Location evaluation

Analysis of Horror opening

Analysis of Horror Opening- Nightmare on Elms Street

Conventions and iconography of Slasher Films

History Of Horror

L.P. 9241 Evaluation

Question 3 media evaluation from AlexMcDowell

D.B 9155: Evaluation

 
Q1,2 and 6 for media evaluation
 

 
Question 3 media evaluation 
 

Question 4/5 media evaluation



Question 7 media evaluation

A.M 9224 Evaluation

Questions 1,2,6 complete from AlexMcDowell

Question 3 media evaluation from AlexMcDowell

Group: Possessed

Group: Title research

Our plan for whom we would like to include in our credits during the opening sequence, we need to change the order of them but this is who we will credit:

·      A [insert sponsor here] Film – We have chosen to have the film be made by Anchor Bay Films.

·      Directed By: James Wan 

·      Screenplay By: Diane Johnson,Scott Spiegel

·      Produced By: Alex McDowell, Laurel Parfitt, Danielle Booker

·      Executive Producer: Scott Spiegel

·      Co-Producer:Robert Shaye

·      Line Producer: Jeanette Brill 

·      Director of Photography: John. R. Leonetti 

·      Production Designer: Kave Quinn

·      Film Editor: Kirk. M. Morri

·      Costume Designer: Keith Madden- Women in Black costume designer

·      Hair & Make-up Designer:Shaun Smith- worked on Cabin In The Woods

·      Make-up & Prosthetic Design By:Rich Krussell- Worked on Sinister

·      Visual Effects Supervisor: John MacGillivray 

·      Casting: Stephanie Holbrook

·      Key actors: Eloise Martin, Saoirse Ronan, Ty Simpkins, Brian White, Anna Hutchinson, Hannah Rayner

On re-evaluation we have realised that there are too many people to credit so we have shortened it to:

·       Anchor Bay Films Presents

·      Key actors: Eloise Martin, Hannah Rayner, Brian White

·      Produced By: Alex McDowell, Laurel Parfitt, Danielle Booker

·      Film Editor: Kirk. M. Morri

·      Directed By: James Wan 

·      TITLE OF FILM: Possessed

Group: Survey Feedback

We conducted a survey to find out what our target audience thought of our opening sequence plan and the supernatural horror genre itself. We created the questionnaire on www.surveymonkey.com, sending a few to people online and handing the majority out on paper. We managed to receive 50 replies from the survey and here are our results:

Question 1:

The majority of people thought that our opening was scary. No one thought it was boring which was good feedback. It meant that me managed to engage out audience and keep them interested.

 

 

 

 

Question 2:

 

It was essential that our narrative was understandable. Luckily majority of our audience clearly understood the plot and found it engaging.

 

Question 3:
DOES THE NARRATIVE MAKE YOU WANT TO WATCH ON?

Every person we asked said that they were captivated enough to continue watching.

Question 4:

Question 5:

Question 6:
WHAT WHERE THE LAST 2 HORROR FILMS THAT YOU WATCHED?

Our mistake was that we asked quite a few people who didn't enjoy horror films meaning that quite a lot of people couldn't remember what the last two films were. Those who did, supernatural horror was the most common and popular sub-genre choice.

Group: Make-Up

Laurel created Eloise's make-up reading for the shoot, with white and black face paint. It was influenced by The Sinister make-Up by Rich Krussell.

Group: Rough Cut and Feedback

FEEDBACK:
-The props used are very effective. For example the cranes create a very eerie and creepy atmosphere. The blood used looked very realistic and gory.
-The suicide section with blood was shot and edited very well. The fast cutting rate is very effective and the distorted and blurry shots make the blood appeal very realistic.
-ECU shot tear very effective makes audience feel sympathetic towards girl
-The swish pan transition revealing the supernatural girl was very fluent and effective
-The overlays make the opening unique and adds

Improvements
-Change the order of shots when Hannah is reading the article. They don't flow as well as they could.
-Jane the dark figure needs to be more shocking. Sometimes she is just in the shot so it isn't surprising. Try to create more scare factor.
-Continuity editing needs to be improved. For example she picks up the knife at the wrong.
-Organise and include titles.
- Make sure the lights are seen turning off.

Group: Sunday 26th January Filming Call sheet

TWGSB Media Studies Film Production

Call Sheet & Shot list 

Date: Sunday 26^th January   Location: Alex’s Aunt’s Garage
Meeting Time: 16:15         Group: 4        

Crew & Cast Contact details:

Alex McDowell                 Phone: ____

Laurel Parfitt                Phone: ____

Danielle Booker               Phone: ____

Hannah Rayner                 Phone: ____

Props & Equipment:                             Crew responsible:

Camera, Tri-pod & steady-cam frame              Alex

Fake Blood                                      Alex

Knife                                           Alex

Lighting                                        Alex

Extension Cord                                  Danielle

Matches & Lighter                               Alex and Danielle

Location	Shot number (on storyboard)	Cast	Technical notes
Bedroom	4	-	CU of the music box shutting with a crane inside. A shadow of the box is seen on the wall behind.
Alleyway	15	Hannah	Tracking of Hannah walking down the alleyway and then stop as Hannah continues walking.
Garage	41	Hannah	CU Hannah picking up the knife.
Garage	42	Hannah	LS Hannah placing the knife up to her kneck.
Garage	43	Hannah	ECU of a tear falling from Hannah’s eyes.
Garage	45	Hannah	MS Silhouette of Hannah slicing the knife across her neck.
Garage	46	Hannah	CU of Hannah’s collar bone as the blood drips down.
Garage	47	Hannah	MCU of Hannah falling to the ground
Garage	48	Hannah	LS of Hannah lying dead on the ground with blood coming from her neck.

Group:28th January Call Sheet

TWGSB Media Studies Film Production

Call Sheet & Shot list 

Date:28^th January        Location: Alex’s Aunts house/garage

Meeting Time:16:30       Group: 4      

Crew & Cast Contact details:

Alex McDowell           Phone: ____

Laurel Parfitt          Phone: ____

Danielle Booker         Phone: ____

Props & Equipment                          crew responsible

Camera + tri-pod +steady-cam                    Alex

Fake blood                                      Danielle

Lighting                                        Alex

Location	Shot number (on storyboard)	Cast	Technical notes
Outside house	1	-	Slow LS pan L to R
garage	20	-	CU Cranes swing slowly across shot
garage	30	-	Prop-blood. Dripping onto cranes
garage	44	-	Newspaper crane drenched in blood

Group:28th January

On Tuesday 28th January we filmed the remaining footage for our opening.
When we arrived we filmed the establishing shot which was a slow pan across the front of the house. We also filmed some more shots of the cranes swinging and did a few shots of the cranes dripping with blood. Alex did the filming and Laurel and Danielle manipulated the cranes and dripped the blood onto the cranes.

On  Tuesday it kept raining at different intervals. So as soon as it stopped raining and it was dry we filmed the establishing shot.

When filming the establishing shot we noticed that the light was on in the garage, so we went into the garage and turned the light off before filming to ensure continuity.

Inspirational Shot: Donnie Darko

This shot is from the film Donnie Darko, we are going to try and film a shot like this in our piece because it creates a sense of uneasiness and almost places us in the confused mind of the character themselves. We showed it to a few people to see what they thought and there immediate reaction was to say that it created a sense of discomfort adding the genre of psychological supernatural.