Analysis Research Evaluation

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Location Recce

Shot List

Shot lists

Program: Final Cut Pro 7

Date:22^nd February 2012

Director: Jamie Roper

Camera Person:Tom Hodgson

Chief Editor: Matt Denham

Location: Havering college

Shot #	Description
1:	A high angle shot establishes Jade’s location of her on her way home, the high angle shot could show the weakness of the character.
2:	Cross-cut is used to cut the scene from Jade walking home to the mugging scene where two men are involved (Victor Clarke and John Eastmond).
3:	A two-shot is used which shows the two men approaching eachother.
4:	Shot reverse shot is then used showing the conversation/argument with short amounts of dialogue.
5:	A cross cut is then used again where we see Jade walking towards the alley where the two men are.
6:	A match-on Action is used to cut the movement of Jade walking around the corner into the alley.
7:	Close up is used to show a scared expression on Jades face as she looks down the alley.
8:	Eye-line match is used to show what Jades looking at which shows Victor stabbing John.
9:	A shot-reverse shot is used to show Victor Spotting Jade witnessing the stabbing with worried expressions on both faces.
10:	A match- action is used to show Jade running back around the corner of the alley and shows Victor chasing her.
11:	A jump cut is then used to cut some of Victor chasing Jade where Jade is heading back towards her college
12:	The chase continues into a two-shot of Victor chasing Jade in towards a building with very fast paced tense music.
13:	A sound bridge is used to continue the chase as Jade runs in the building towards a classroom not looking back.
14:	A cross cut is used to cut back to Victor as he walks sneakily around the outskirts of the building that Jade ran into hoping to find movement.
15:	A close-up is used on Jade as she hides in the corner of the room showing a very terrified expression her face.
16:	A two-shot is used which shows Jade still waiting in the corner and Victor looking through the window.
17:	A match on action is used to show Victor running round the corner of the building creating suspense for the audience.
18:	A match on action is used again where Jade runs out the room looking for Victor striding left to see if he’s there.
19:	A shot reverse shot is used to show Jade’s petrified facial expression and reversing too Victor’s vicious body language.
20:	A medium close up is used to show the impact of the axe towards Jade.
21:	A pan is used to follow the character’s movements outside of the buidling as he is alarmed by a mysterious noise.
22.	An eyeline match is finally used when Victor looks towards the window to notice the man witnessing the murder. As their eyes meet fear is potrayed through the worry in the characters eyes.

Media preliminary task - by Tom Hodgson, Matthew Denham and Jamie Roper

Equipment List

Equipment

Software

final cut 7 --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Cut_Pro

Apple I movie --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMovie

Adobe Photoshop --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop

Blog accounts --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogger_(service)

Research tools 

google --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google

Hardware 

Apple mac --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google

Still digital camera --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_camera

Hdv video camera --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_HDVS

Dv tapes --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DV

Tape deck --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_deck

External mike/boom mike --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_operator_(media)

Headphones --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headphones

Tripod --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripod

Props ( knife, fake blood ) --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatrical_property

Here is a list of other equipment lists I have found on other blogs, which I used to compare mine with:

 --> http://trioproductions.blogspot.com/2011/03/propsresources-list.html

 --> http://famediacoursework.blogspot.com/2011/02/equipment-and-props-list.html

 --> http://asmediastudiesnafisatgroup.blogspot.com/2010/11/prop-list_17.html



Also here is a video discussing what equipment is necessary to make a film:

Possible camera shots!

Here are a list of the types of camera shots we could possibly use for our opening sequence. Although this is not the actual shot list, it does help the group to decide which camera angles to use, especially for specific situations. The actual shot list is now being compiled using this list to help make decisions when the group is unsure.

Point-of-View Shot (POV)                                 <-- Click The Headings

To show a view from the subject's perspective. This will be used in order to make the audience feel like they are the victim in our movie and to feel afraid for them.

Two-Shot
A shot of two people, framed similarly to a mid shot. This will be used to show our protagonist and antagonist in the same shot. In the final part of our video the two charectors will be standing together and the protagonist will eventually be killed after a long build up in suspense before hand. 

(OSS) Over-the-Shoulder Shot
Looking from behind a person at the subject. 

ECU (Extreme Close Up)
The ECU gets right in and shows extreme detail. We will use this in our horror film by geting a ECU of the victims eyes to show worry and fear. Other props be shown in extreme detail for instance the knife and axe used to commit the murders.

CU (Close Up)
A certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame.

MS (Mid Shot)
Shows some part of the subject in more detail while still giving an impression of the whole subject

Audience Research Questionnaire

 We asked 30 students six questions to see what they liked in films. These are our results:

Question 1: What is your favourite genre?

Question 2: How often do you go to a cinema?

 The results from this questionnaire will help me and my group decide on how our opening sequence of our horror film will be displayed. 

Question 3: Do you watch Horror movies?

Question 4: Why do you watch Horrors?

Question 5: What is the best type of horror?

Question 6: Does watching a trailer make you want to watch the full film?

Location Recce Meeting

Our Group Met today to discuss porgress on the location recce, and it was decided that because of the amount of snow on the ground, it is difficult to view locations. Therefore what the group has decided to do is to take pictures of possible locations at a later date so that a decision on the best location can be made with better judgement. The group hopes to have the location recce completed after half term!

Hostility Script

“HOSTILITY”

FADE IN
EXT. ALL SAINTS ROAD
Late night with a dark and sinister setting while JADE GRAHAM is walking down the road on her way home.

CUT TO

EXT. BOND STREET
Late at night while a mugging is taking place

VICTOR CLARKE

Give me your money!

JOHN EASTMOND

F**k Off

VICTOR CLARKE

I said give me your money, or ill f***ing kill ya!

JOHN EASTMOND

Listen mate, jog on

CUT TO

EXT. ALL SAINTS ROAD
JADE GRAHAM turns into an alley way leading onto ALL SAINTS ROAD

CUT TO

EXT. BOND STREET
VICTOR stabs JOHN as JADE walks round the corner into the alley way.

JOHN EASTMOND

Ahhhhh...

JADE GRAHAM

Oh my god!!!

EXT. ALL SAINTS ROAD
JADE is running and VICTOR starts chasing her.

CUT TO

EXT. GABLE OFFICES CAR PARK
JADE running through the car park to hide from VICTOR

CUT TO


INT. GABLE OFFICES CORRIDOR
JADE finds her way into the building and hides in one of the open rooms.

CUT TO

EXT. GABLE OFFICE
VITCOR walks around the outside of the building and notices movement in one of the rooms

CUT TO

INT. GABLE OFFICE ROOM
JADE looks around to see if the coast is clear and sees VICTOR outside the window, she hides under the window ledge thinking he will go away.

CUT TO

EXT. GABLE OFFICE
VICTOR then runs around the other side of the building hoping to catch her before she runs out.

CUT TO

INT. GABLE OFFICE ROOM
After a few minutes of waiting she hears someone outside making noise and decides to make a run for it and upon opening the door is struck by VICTOR with an axe

CUT TO

EXT. GABLE OFFICE
Someone passing by heard noises from the building and checks it out. Falls over a bin making lots of noise. Looks Through the window to see JADE getting killed.

CUT TO

INT. GABLE OFFICE CORRIDOR
JADE drops to the floor leaving VICTOR looking through the doorway and he sees the person looking through the window. VICTOR starts to run to get outside to chase him.

FADE OUT

Group meeting 10-2-12

Our group met up today to discuss further ideas, we decided that further to our interview we are also going to create a questionnaire based on statistics of what people like. We will each come up with 2 questions to contribute to this. Also, we assigned job roles so that me and Tom take pictures of the locations and come up with shot lists while Matt starts working on the script and equipment list so that the group is pulling together for our deadline.

Storyboard

Audience Research - interview video

Audiance Research

My group yesterday filmed our first audiance research on films, relating to horror and we conducted it as an interview. The footage will be uploaded as soon as the clip has been edited. As the director/producer i chose the room in which we filmed and the people that we interviewed.

Research into generic codes and conventions

A fierce creature is the first typical element found in horror films. A lot of movies in this genre use a fierce animal to make a plot. Making that animal huge, savage and intelligent can absolutely horrify people. Using characters who are frightened all the time and are running away from the fierce creature also excites people. These characters always succeed in escaping from some danger, but they sometimes fail to escape from other dangers. For example, in Jaws (1975), the white shark is a typical horror element. Steven Spielberg uses the huge and fearful shark to thrill people. When some people get killed as they’re swimming in the sea, the cinematography shows only the shark’s fin and the bloody sea, but the audience is very scared because they realize how big and fierce the white shark is.

The supernatural is the second thing which is used as a typical horror. Ghosts are supernatural elements that are found in horror films. In many movies, directors use ghosts which always haunt a particular old place as elements to horrify people. The camera work is often simple shots of catching moving objects. The time set in the film would often be very late at night as this creates a darker scarier feeling. Having ghost movies during the day would not be as effective at scaring an audience because the dark creates the feeling of not knowing what is there, also horrors tend to be watched more during the evening therefore the audience may feel like this could happen to them, which is a big part of creating a successful horror. Non diagetic music used is often a shaky violin sound that is used to create dramatic suspense before something terrifying happens.

Murderers are typical story plots for horrors. Filmmakers often use a scary human character to be a typical element. In some movies characters wear scary clothes and masks while committing the murders. This creates the idea of not knowing who the murderer is and usually horrors take a twist of the victims knowing the murderer very well sometimes even being their friend. A typical plot would be about a group of teenagers getting killed by a murderer one by one. These films create suspense because you are not sure who is going to survive and the idea of the characters being teenagers suits the target audience of around 15-25. Sounds used would consist of lots of screaming to emphasise how scared the characters are and also loud dramatic music leading up to their deaths.  POV shots are often used in this type of film to show the perspective from both the murderer and victim, Often from the victim because this draws the audience’s attention and makes them feel the same worry that the character does.

Here are some other people's takes on Generic codes and Conventions:

--> http://prezi.com/crpxkprccmqa/generic-codes-conventions/

--> http://www.slideshare.net/Mediawork100/codes-and-conventions-of-a-horror-1372916

--> http://www.slideshare.net/HigginsPlumb/codes-and-conventions-of-horror-by-holliejade-higgins

--> http://mqayum-suttonmediaas.blogspot.com/2009/01/generic-codes-and-conventions.html