Wednesday, 18 November 2015
Research and Planning Feedback
An excellent effort so far and you should be very pleased with the level of analysis and focus you have evidenced. Continue to map your journey towards completion of your production tasks by including video diaries and reflections on every stage of the process.
Research and Planning Feedback
An excellent effort so far and you should be very pleased with the level of analysis and focus you have evidenced. Continue to map your journey towards completion of your production tasks by including video diaries and reflections on every stage of the process.
Monday, 16 November 2015
Representations shown in our trailer
Horror films started in the early 20th century , the roles and representations of women in the genre have hugely developed , with many films both traditional gender roles and contradicting them. As almost a century has passed, the way women are presented in Horror films has varied from the different stereotypical girl in need of rescuing, to women fighting back against the monsters plaguing them. Generally horror films women are seen as sexual objects to entertain the mostly male audience. Laura Mulvey’s ‘Male Gaze Theory’ shows that the camera is ‘male’ audience attention and used in such a way to present women and make their role in a film to being something to look at, not to be listened to, or taken seriously. This shows that the representation of women in Horror Genre has developed over the years since the ‘damsels in distress’ in the mid 20th century, presenting women as the ‘weaker’ and less powerful of the sexes, sometimes leading to their deaths.
Women were also presented as the victims, but a different kind of victim. They were targeted as victims of their own bodies. Films such as “The Omen” and “Rosemary’s Baby,” the female body portrayed as evil. "The Exorcist" are other examples. As women of shows the representations of their bodies as a source of power and beauty, horror movies showed they were still a source of guilt, shame, and evil. This shows that women are the ones who get possessed but shows an impact in there ordinary lives.
The representations that will be shown in our film will include a group of girls were discover that one of there friends will go missing and this will be a female who will get get killed, this adheres to the stereo types as women will be target as the ones to killed and will be possessed in order to be under control of the antagonist in the film. Women would be presented as innocent and gullible suggesting that they will be the main target for the film for the antagonist as it will seek revenge and will use women who are stereo typically presented as weaker so are easier to target. In our film it will be one of the girls who gets killed then another gets possessed as slowly, the friends will separate due to the control of the antagonist. However we will be showing at the beginning where the female protagonist being quite curious and will investigate into the past of the location of where they stay and will camp out in that area, as she will be doing video diaries to keep the audience updated about what they find. This shows that the female protagonist will show a curious side to know more about the past, which will trigger the antagonist to target her. Then we we will be having an old women talking about the past, educating the female protagonist and her friends, and alerts them not to do anything that would put them in danger. Which then the female protagonist and her friends will investigate further. This shows that they subvert some stereotypes as they will be more eager to find out and shows more confidence with in. Within our trailer there will be a lot of fast past scenes showing the antagonist being after them, suggesting there fear of knowing that the antagonist is around. This will show that women will be dependent on someone else to help them, adhering to the representations as women will be reliant on someone else for there safety.
Monday, 9 November 2015
Interview with cast: Member 3
We interviewed our second actress who will be starring in our film and these were her responses:
Why would you be good for this role?
It is a casual role and I can in cooperate my personality with the character role to bring the personality of my role to life and make it convincing for the audience.
What acting experience have you had that will help you with this role?
I have previously volunteered to play minor character roles in school plays.
Have you considered how you could show the character successfully through your body language and voice?
I would have to be casual and approachable, meaning my body language has to be open to show a kind, caring friend. I'd have to respond to the other characters, as though they are my real friends to create a realistic impact and effect for the audience to make it convincing.
Who is your favourite actor? Why?
Shailene Woodley and Jennifer Laurence are my favourite characters because they take on significant roles in the films "Divergent", "The fault in our stars" and The Hunger games series. Aside from acting, they are genuinely kind and inspiring people, who don't allow social media to impact their view of people and the media and social society.
In a Horror film, what characteristics would you expect from the protagonist?
You'd expect the protagonist to be: timid, afraid and curious.
From her response we can see that she will be a good role in our film trailer as she understands well about what the character she is playing is going to do, and how she would adhere to it. As the interview showed that she would would include some of her own personality into it to make the role more comfortable for her, but we may instruct her in different way to adapt this to make it suit our film trailer. she has past experience in acting, as she has volunteered in school plays, doing small parts. By this it will expand her acting experience as she will be given a much bigger role allowing her to develop her skill within it. As we have discussed about the film treatment with her she understands about her role and knows the key features to it which is important that they understand how to act in order to adhere to expectations of a horror film. We then asked about some of her interests and her favourite actors which include of Jennifer Laurence and Shailene Woodley as they are actresses that she aspires to through there films. One of the most important questions which we asked were about the characteristics are expected in horror films, she replied with timid, afraid and curious which shows that we will be showing some consideration when it comes to our film trailer as these are convention to the protagonist in a horror film.
Why would you be good for this role?
It is a casual role and I can in cooperate my personality with the character role to bring the personality of my role to life and make it convincing for the audience.
What acting experience have you had that will help you with this role?
I have previously volunteered to play minor character roles in school plays.
Have you considered how you could show the character successfully through your body language and voice?
I would have to be casual and approachable, meaning my body language has to be open to show a kind, caring friend. I'd have to respond to the other characters, as though they are my real friends to create a realistic impact and effect for the audience to make it convincing.
Who is your favourite actor? Why?
Shailene Woodley and Jennifer Laurence are my favourite characters because they take on significant roles in the films "Divergent", "The fault in our stars" and The Hunger games series. Aside from acting, they are genuinely kind and inspiring people, who don't allow social media to impact their view of people and the media and social society.
In a Horror film, what characteristics would you expect from the protagonist?
You'd expect the protagonist to be: timid, afraid and curious.
From her response we can see that she will be a good role in our film trailer as she understands well about what the character she is playing is going to do, and how she would adhere to it. As the interview showed that she would would include some of her own personality into it to make the role more comfortable for her, but we may instruct her in different way to adapt this to make it suit our film trailer. she has past experience in acting, as she has volunteered in school plays, doing small parts. By this it will expand her acting experience as she will be given a much bigger role allowing her to develop her skill within it. As we have discussed about the film treatment with her she understands about her role and knows the key features to it which is important that they understand how to act in order to adhere to expectations of a horror film. We then asked about some of her interests and her favourite actors which include of Jennifer Laurence and Shailene Woodley as they are actresses that she aspires to through there films. One of the most important questions which we asked were about the characteristics are expected in horror films, she replied with timid, afraid and curious which shows that we will be showing some consideration when it comes to our film trailer as these are convention to the protagonist in a horror film.
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Change in cast
We have decided to slightly change our ideas as we were short of cast members, so we have though that we can still have the same idea, but instead of having four friends, we have changed it to two sisters who go go camping and start to explore about the antagonist which the old lady talks about at the beginning of the trailer. We also have our antagonist (Hayley) which her part will stay fair the same. but instead we will have one of the sisters being killed by the antagonist and photos have been taken of her to show to the protagonist, making her more eager to find out more about the past of the forest. In the trailer there will be a flashback scenes with both the sisters together exploring, and will show how they experience difficulties in finding out about the antagonist who tries to cause harm to them. So the protagonist will be looking at the phone through the pictures rather than three girls being worried about the girl who was killed by the antagonist. So after one of the sisters has been possessed by the antagonist it will leave the protagonist on her own, and we thought that this would be a better idea as the camera would be able to focus on her, allowing the audience to follow along with her as she will alone with the audience, which will create more tension for the audience.
Sunday, 1 November 2015
Shot listing
Shot 1: A long shot of the green screen introducing the filming ratings for the trailer. This is a convention to a trailer as this will inform the audience on who can watch the film.
Shot 2: A shot of the production credits are shown- This allows the audience to know who produced the film showing acknowledgement for it.
Shot 3: An establishing shot of the forest - to show the audience where the film's location is.
Shot 4: A medium shot of the protagonist is shown as she is putting away the camping equipment away - Gives the audience some hint on some context of what happens in the film
Shot 5/6: A close up shot of the phone as the protagonist is looking through the photos - This start to show some tension being build as it the protagonist sister being killed by the antagonist.
Shot 7: The camera blacks out to show another production credit.
Shot 8: (flashback) - A medium shot of of the back of the Old women's head - as the camera will pan around as she explains the past of the forest to the two sisters.
Shot 9: Close up shot of the newspaper being given to the girls - Allows the audience to be apart of film by finding out more about the past of the forest.
Shot 10: A long shot of the living room where the two girls are asleep- Starts to show the antagonist coming into action, by pulling one of the girls leg.
Shot 11: The camera blacks out.
Shot 12: A two shot is shown of the girls talking about camping out to find out more about the antagonist with the past of the forest.
Shot 13/14: (shot reverse shot) An over the shoulder shot (X3) of them discussing about them camping on the weekend.
Shot 15: The camera blacks out.
Shot 16: An extreme close up is shown of the protagonist searching around the house (video camera), looking for her sister.
Shot 17: The camera black.
Shot 18: (Match on action) A medium shot of the protagonist coming up the stairs
Shot 19: The camera blacks out
Shot 20: A close up of the protagonist holding the handle of the door - as she starts to open the door to go into the room to find out where the noise is coming from.
Shot 21: The camera blacks out.
Shot 22: A medium shot of the protagonist walking into the room
Shot 23: Close up of the wardrobe door being opened
Shot 24: A high angle shot of the one of girls being possessed and being placed in the wardrobe.
Shot 25: Camera blacks out and shows the director names - allows the audience to be familiar with the directors from a previous film.
Shot 26: A high angle of the protagonist running down the stairs.
Shot 2: A shot of the production credits are shown- This allows the audience to know who produced the film showing acknowledgement for it.
Shot 3: An establishing shot of the forest - to show the audience where the film's location is.
Shot 4: A medium shot of the protagonist is shown as she is putting away the camping equipment away - Gives the audience some hint on some context of what happens in the film
Shot 5/6: A close up shot of the phone as the protagonist is looking through the photos - This start to show some tension being build as it the protagonist sister being killed by the antagonist.
Shot 7: The camera blacks out to show another production credit.
Shot 8: (flashback) - A medium shot of of the back of the Old women's head - as the camera will pan around as she explains the past of the forest to the two sisters.
Shot 9: Close up shot of the newspaper being given to the girls - Allows the audience to be apart of film by finding out more about the past of the forest.
Shot 10: A long shot of the living room where the two girls are asleep- Starts to show the antagonist coming into action, by pulling one of the girls leg.
Shot 11: The camera blacks out.
Shot 12: A two shot is shown of the girls talking about camping out to find out more about the antagonist with the past of the forest.
Shot 13/14: (shot reverse shot) An over the shoulder shot (X3) of them discussing about them camping on the weekend.
Shot 15: The camera blacks out.
Shot 16: An extreme close up is shown of the protagonist searching around the house (video camera), looking for her sister.
Shot 17: The camera black.
Shot 18: (Match on action) A medium shot of the protagonist coming up the stairs
Shot 19: The camera blacks out
Shot 20: A close up of the protagonist holding the handle of the door - as she starts to open the door to go into the room to find out where the noise is coming from.
Shot 21: The camera blacks out.
Shot 22: A medium shot of the protagonist walking into the room
Shot 23: Close up of the wardrobe door being opened
Shot 24: A high angle shot of the one of girls being possessed and being placed in the wardrobe.
Shot 25: Camera blacks out and shows the director names - allows the audience to be familiar with the directors from a previous film.
Shot 26: A high angle of the protagonist running down the stairs.
Shot 27: The camera cuts out to a black screen
Shot 28: A low angle shot is shown of the antagonist at the top of stairs - then immediately cuts- making these shot quick and memorable.
Shot 29: The camera cuts to a black.
Shot 30: An extreme close up of the protagonist with the video camera running outside.
Shot 31: The camera blacks out.
Shot 32: A long shot of her running into back to the camping site.
Shot 33: The camera blacks out.
Shot 34: A close up of the protagonist looking inside of the forest.
Shot 35: A long shot is shown of the antagonist hidden behind a tree - spying on protagonist.
Shot 36: The camera blacks out.
Shot 37: A Close up of the protagonist with the video camera going further into the forest.
Shot 38: A close up of the antagonist's hand grabbing the protagonist
Shot 39: A quick close up of the antagonist as it reveal it identity to the audience.
Shot 40: The camera blacks out.
Shot 41: A long shot of the title of the film is shown. This is a convention of a trailer as its important that audience know what the film is called.
Shot 42: Another long shot of of the release date of the film along with the website of the film. These are all conventions of a trailer as it informs the audience about the relevant information about the film which will intrigue them to go and watch it.
Shot 28: A low angle shot is shown of the antagonist at the top of stairs - then immediately cuts- making these shot quick and memorable.
Shot 29: The camera cuts to a black.
Shot 30: An extreme close up of the protagonist with the video camera running outside.
Shot 31: The camera blacks out.
Shot 32: A long shot of her running into back to the camping site.
Shot 33: The camera blacks out.
Shot 34: A close up of the protagonist looking inside of the forest.
Shot 35: A long shot is shown of the antagonist hidden behind a tree - spying on protagonist.
Shot 36: The camera blacks out.
Shot 37: A Close up of the protagonist with the video camera going further into the forest.
Shot 38: A close up of the antagonist's hand grabbing the protagonist
Shot 39: A quick close up of the antagonist as it reveal it identity to the audience.
Shot 40: The camera blacks out.
Shot 41: A long shot of the title of the film is shown. This is a convention of a trailer as its important that audience know what the film is called.
Shot 42: Another long shot of of the release date of the film along with the website of the film. These are all conventions of a trailer as it informs the audience about the relevant information about the film which will intrigue them to go and watch it.
Costume
The 4 main characters will be females who will be wearing casual outfits for the majority of the trailer. These four pictures show some ideas which we might put together to make the characters look like teens. All characters will be wearing either jeans or leggings because these are known for being casual. All tops will be baggy for a more casual effect. We may have to add coats to these looks because some filming will be done outside and therefore will be cold. All these outfits still look feminine which is what we are after so that they seem more innocent. Each of these outfits also seem a different style as the one with glasses seems like geeky and the one with pearl earrings seems girly. These will be comfortable for filming in for the actors because we are keeping them casual. Each of these outfits may be altered so that we do not have to buy any more clothes, which will therefore mean the cost of this trailer will become more expensive.
Interview with cast: Member 2
Why would you be good for this role?Past experience in acting- involved in school production
What acting experience have you had that will help you with this role?
Been in many school productions
Have you considered how you could show the character successfully through your body language and voice?
From what I have read from the pitch, I will be able to adapt to the character it is quite casual and I am familiar with this area, as horror film are my favourite types of films to watch, so I am able to know how to act in order to help adhere to the conventions.
Who is favourite actor? Why?
Leoenardo dicapro – main influence able to hold different emotions which fit the genre. The great gatsby- jay gatsby is able to show different hidden emotions, which creates enigma for the audience.
In a horror film, what characteristics would you expect from the protagonist?
From what I've read from the pitch, I would expect the protagonist to the dominant, confident and fearless character. As she will be the one who faces problems with the antagonist.
Summary:
Fahmida will be good for this role because she has had past experience with acting in which she has been involved with drama for some time. The acting experience which Fahmida has had is she was in a school production where she maintained the role very well. She has thought well about the character who she will be playing as she will portray her natural characteristics showing a casual role in the film trailer.If there is a problem then we will go over the script and do a practice run through so that she will know what we are asking her. she says "Leonardo Di Caprio is her favourite actor because he is one of her main influences. He is able to put himself in character which all demand different characteristics which fits within the genre. In 'The Great Gatsby' his role as 'Jay Gatsby' was played well in my opinion as he was able to hold different emotions and be able to hide some to create and enigma for the audience in the beginning of the film." Fahmida expects the protagonist to be very dominant and confident as she is fully aware that the antagonist will be after for her. This shows her awareness of the characteristic expected by the protagonist as her favourite genre is a horror so she knows well about the conventions.
What acting experience have you had that will help you with this role?
Been in many school productions
Have you considered how you could show the character successfully through your body language and voice?
From what I have read from the pitch, I will be able to adapt to the character it is quite casual and I am familiar with this area, as horror film are my favourite types of films to watch, so I am able to know how to act in order to help adhere to the conventions.
Who is favourite actor? Why?
Leoenardo dicapro – main influence able to hold different emotions which fit the genre. The great gatsby- jay gatsby is able to show different hidden emotions, which creates enigma for the audience.
In a horror film, what characteristics would you expect from the protagonist?
From what I've read from the pitch, I would expect the protagonist to the dominant, confident and fearless character. As she will be the one who faces problems with the antagonist.
Summary:
Fahmida will be good for this role because she has had past experience with acting in which she has been involved with drama for some time. The acting experience which Fahmida has had is she was in a school production where she maintained the role very well. She has thought well about the character who she will be playing as she will portray her natural characteristics showing a casual role in the film trailer.If there is a problem then we will go over the script and do a practice run through so that she will know what we are asking her. she says "Leonardo Di Caprio is her favourite actor because he is one of her main influences. He is able to put himself in character which all demand different characteristics which fits within the genre. In 'The Great Gatsby' his role as 'Jay Gatsby' was played well in my opinion as he was able to hold different emotions and be able to hide some to create and enigma for the audience in the beginning of the film." Fahmida expects the protagonist to be very dominant and confident as she is fully aware that the antagonist will be after for her. This shows her awareness of the characteristic expected by the protagonist as her favourite genre is a horror so she knows well about the conventions.
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