Question Seven

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? 

Looking back at our preliminary task you can see instantly that the pace between bot has changed a lot. The original task was slow and dragging whereas with Gasmask we now have a storyline that flows. This I believe is because we now have more understanding of the editing techniques and shots that can be used to make the film more fluid. This can be shown by the close ups, panning and other shots that won't really been seen in our preliminary task. By using fades it made changes between scenes easier and flow better without throwing off the audiences attention In all this shows the evolution between the task and the final.

Question Six

Question Five

How did you attract/address your audience?

In all I believe that we have successfully reached our target audience. Even with some confusion with our opening sequence it would seem the people who have seen it would want to watch on to find out what happens as the film continues through the story line and so shows an interest from a possible audience. As horror itself has a rather large following it would have plenty of interest, with the sub-genre being teen slasher/gore there would be a slightly smaller following due to more squeamish people probably not having much of an interest in the film. Also, given the sub-genre of teen slasher there is already a target audience along with it as such horrors tend to be targeted towards the younger generations of teenagers. This is useful as during production we didn't really think of a target audience as much as we should have but in all our product and it's target audience seems to have worked out well.

Question Four

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Our audience should be teenagers and young adults, probably ranging from 15 to mid/late twenties. As we have chosen to rate out product a 15 it would also mean that our audience would be unlikely to be younger than that on the certificate. The majority of people to watch it I would assume would be male as it is horror and would have some rather violent and graphic scenes but given horrors have recently gained a large female following then the amount of male and female to watch it may be rather similar.

Due to our genre of horror, fans of the genre may want to watch it to see if it is as good as some of it's predecessors. Due to the story line being fairly original it may make people interested and make them want to watch it and see what may happen.

Though our opening sequence may be hard to follow all would be made clear through watching the rest of the project and so making the audience want to watch the film even more building anticipation about the film and possibly creating more of an audience for for our film. Also, when asking people about our film it was 16-17 year olds that showed the most interested in our film idea and what they had already seen from our opening sequence.

Question Three

Question Two

Question One

Cinematography created in our film.

In the production process of making our film we decided to largely focus on the cinematography side.

Costume 

 

For Jess' costume we decided she needed something bright that would stand out but not too bright like pink. We decided on a dark blue colours that could be enhanced later on in the editing stages. However we also decided she needed black to portray her introverted characteristics.

 

For Chloe's costume we decided she needed to be in all black or just about that with only a little bit of colour. We decided on black jeans and a black top or black coat, with possibly some white it. This would display Chloe's depression and personality. It also would show how it didn't take her long to change from the clothes she wore with the gas mask (she changed her coat).

 

The gas mask person needed to be in all black to show they are a villain. We also decided on the Gas mask from Millie's original story, we also added gloves to show how Chloe had planned the escapade.

 

 

Lighting

 

We decided on almost all natural lighting to suggest realism throughout our film. We felt like this would transfer to our audience as they would notice the verisimilitude. However in the kitchen scene we use un-naturalistic lighting to symbolize how homely it is, but also this symbolizes the falseness of Chloe's character.

 

Camera Shots 

 

We used a lot of medium shots and long Shots. However we also used a crane shot to show the chase scene. These gave us variation in our shots and also makes the audience more aware of what is happening, furthermore making them enjoy it more.   

Feedback on our film

Matthew Lister
Very nicely done. The shot at 0:39 sent a shiver down my spine.

Ross Walker
It fits with the genre. I like the fast editing during the chase. I like the hand held shot from behind. Kettle shot. The abrupt cut off at the end fits the genre.

Emily Spawton
Awesome short film, really well acted and filmed.

Michael White
well filmed and acted

Danny Gruff

Awesome! Well shot as well :-) 

Mark Pestell

Excellent short scary film, I will never look at a gas mask in the same way again.

Hand Tutorial

We decided to make a tutorial of how we created the dead look for the hand in our film.

Gasmask Final Film

Pre-Raphaelite Effect

By putting on this effect we can  make it look like some parts are more fairytale than other. This not only enhances the colour but also brings out the colours of the woodland.
This will also engage the audience as they want to know why some parts look different.
By enhancing the woodland features it also gives a sense of foreboading and danger as an audience wont know what is round the corner.

Saturday shooting pack

For Saturday we need:

Script

Gasmask

Camera

Tripod

Rucksack

Phone

Jeans (For both)

Girly top

Band top

Hoodie

Boots (For both)

Coat

Umbrella 

Location Photos

 These are the photographs of the location we're going to use. We will use different parts of the location for different scenes in the film.


Scene one: This is the scene in which the first girl to be murdered is walking down a footpath before getting lost in the woods. We will use these parts of the location for this scene to resemble a footpath, but with it being quiet we will not have to worry about getting in people's way.

These parts of the location will be used to show Jess getting lost in the woods. This is because there is a large woodland are and it will be easy to make her look isolated and scared.

This part of the location will be used to show how close the masked character is. Jess will run up the stairs past the camera and the masked character and the masked person will be stood at the other end of the bridge.

Dead Arm

The first shot of our film will be that of a rotten dead arm with etched words into the skin.

 

This is a basic drawn idea of what this arm could possibly look like with a view of the palm which will have etched insults in the skin.

 

 

Another example of how the dead, rotten arm could look was created with a view from the back of the hand. This works as a good example of how we wish our arm to look when we film.

 

Preliminary Exercise

Questionnaire

Questionnaire 

(1) What genre do you think it is?

(2) Who do you think it's aimed at?

(3) Do you understand the story line?

(4) where do you watch films the most?

(5) where do you expect to see such a film?

(6) What kind of music would you expect to see in the film?

(7) What would you call our film?

(8) How often do you watch horror films?

Risk assesment

Sound

Sound In Horror Films

As well as music the sound in horror films can be a large factor to creating fear and terror throughout the audience or whoever may hear it. Whether the sound be a simple dripping tap or the unearthly sound coming from a sinister creature, when done right the sound can invoke fear in even the least phased of us all.

The Babadook

Sound Of The Babadook

Poltergeist

TV Static

Music

Music

Music in Horror films should be capable of building tension and fear within the film. This can be done in multiple ways including creating fear when the film itself fails to do so, playing music along with something scary on screen or to make something innocent and peaceful seem more sinister. The music in films tends to play before or cause a "jump scare" this can be due to something happening on screen or because of the music drastically escalating in volume. At other times the music may be slow and quiet giving the music an eerie quality which may lull the audience in to false sense of security.
Besides the music you would expect to find on the soundtrack of an horror film, there are some films where Rock and Metal music fit well with the horror aspect and the storyline. 

The Omen

Ave Satani 

A Nightmare On Elm Street

1, 2, Freddie's Coming For You

Zombieland

For Whom The Bell Tolls- Metallica

Trick Or Treat

Fastway- Trick Or Treat