We did well and explained our points and all equally had chance to speak. I was a tiny by nervous at the beginning, however did well once i got in to it.
(***presentation slides, soon to be added***)
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
Presentation of Evaluation for OldBury High
We had to create a powerpoint presentation of an evaluation of our OldBury High as a group work. We included things such as audience feedback, codes and conventions, how we engaged the audience, using new technology and more. We had to perform this in-front of the class and teachers, which was recored.
Final Evaluation
The Main Task was successful in the end, even though as a group we felt wasn't able to get it finished in time, how ever we did, with allot of hard work.
Doing the main task was fun because we had a chance to experiment doing our own 2 minute opening of the horror film we thought off. The sypnosis of the film is very cleverly thought out, which is why i feel that the beginning was engaging because it had a good plot to it. Most horrors have very gripping starts, so our main focus was to do that.
Individually, i don't think we worked well as a group because many off us wasn't focus and determined as overs. I personally felt let down by others and always felt was giving the main role as organizing and leading. I put allot off effort in the main task by coming out of my frees and staying after school to get it completed. I did allot of the editing and found the non-diegetic sound and filmed the opening almost on my own and put it together on the imovies.
It was very stressful keeping to the deadlines near the end, however near the end we worked well as a group to complete the task because we knew it was important
I think if i could re-do the main task, with the knowledge i now know, i think it would be improved allot, however we did our best and look from the audience feedback we had great comments and they enjoyed it. They understood it because the felt we followed the codes and conventions of a typical horror and they felt it was suited well for our target audience
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Main Task
The main task as been a challenge filming. It has a caused difficulties organizing it becayse having a group means people will let you down. As a group we spent too long filming and planning and not enough action which i feel was the reason why we where so behind and struggled
however some did pull their weight in trying to meet the deadline by spending free time and after school complete.
i think if we could re-do it, it would be better, just like the priminaly task.
weve got one more lesson to get in on a disk, the main and priminaly and get audience feedback, evualtion of the main task and hand in time sheets
Friday, 20 March 2009
Filming and Editing
Today i managed to do as much as i could before i left
i filmed the title sequence of our horror film...OldBury High. Edited together and found some Erie music on red-box on itunes
its going well, its getting better. weve edited most of it, just need to complete one more scene and then it should be done
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Casting list andf time schedule
Casting List:
Jessica: Amy Meredith
Masked Murderer: Alice Bunting
Rachel: Elizabeth Millar
Vicky: Rosie Swan
Editing/Director: Rosie Swan, Amy Meredith, Elizabeth Millar and Alice Bunting
Filming Schedule
16th March: Film opening of walking down the corridors’ (Rachel, Vicky, Jessica) Location: by the library
Wednesday 18th March: Film Jessica leaving her friends and working in the library
Friday 20th March: After School film the murder scene with Jessica and the Masked Murder
Monday 23rd March- Wednesday 25th -Friday 27th: editing the film together
Jessica: Amy Meredith
Masked Murderer: Alice Bunting
Rachel: Elizabeth Millar
Vicky: Rosie Swan
Editing/Director: Rosie Swan, Amy Meredith, Elizabeth Millar and Alice Bunting
Filming Schedule
16th March: Film opening of walking down the corridors’ (Rachel, Vicky, Jessica) Location: by the library
Wednesday 18th March: Film Jessica leaving her friends and working in the library
Friday 20th March: After School film the murder scene with Jessica and the Masked Murder
Monday 23rd March- Wednesday 25th -Friday 27th: editing the film together
Monday, 9 March 2009
Oldbury High
Synopsis
• Young girls chatting walking down corridor – one girl (Jessica) splits off from group to complete work and falls asleep.
• Jessica startles awake and is tied to a chair in the library, looks around dazed and confused. After attempting to escape a masked character enters room yielding a weapon and murders her for unknown reasons.
• Two years later on the anniversary of Jessica’s death a group of girls discuss the death and how the murderer was never caught. Strange events begin to occur of which only these girls notice. They’re made to stay behind after being accused of being the ones behind it all. All in detention, teacher hears a noise an goes to investigate.
• An hour later the friends question his disappearance. One girl leaves to go to the toilet and finds teachers tie stained with blood. She’s then murdered by same masked character.• Other students still wonder where teacher & student have gone. They go to investigate then start to panic when they realise it’s the anniversary of Jessica's death. Power cut & silence is broken by a crazed laughter.
• They hide & murderer turns library desks over in order to find them. Grabs one girl and friend pushed bookshelf on top of him as he releases girl. All doors of school are locked so no exit. Grabs fire extinguisher and hides, hears slow loud footsteps and murders him with her weapon.
• Police arrive – they find out dead man was just the janitor finding the source of black out – realising that he was not their man. We see camera then on a back door of the school as the real masked murderer runs free.• Leaving reasons to believe there will be a sequel to this.
Character Profiles
Jessica Jones· 17 years old· Female· Blonde hair, blue eyes· Student· Enjoys socialising & usual teen hobbies· Attends Oldbury High’s Sixth Form – studying maths, biology and chemistry. Intending on having a fortunate future and becoming a veterinary nurseJessica's friends· Between the ages of 16-17· Female· Students at Oldbury High· Typical British female teenagers, chatty and friendlyThe ‘masked’ murderer· Mid 40’s· Male· Retired Caretaker of Oldbury High· Was fired from job after forming a ‘close relationship’ with an under aged student· Never gave his keys back to the school· Often re-visited school as his keys opened his old abandoned office located next to the library in the school· Grew an obsession with Jessica as she has similar features to his past obsession, luckily for him she often located in the library to study where he could see her· After enjoying the sensation of taking someone’s life, he decided to murder the other group of sixth formers as they were becoming suspicious.
The Script
Our script didn’t consist of much dialogue, as in horror films we don’t think the most important and relevant aspect is the dialogue.From our research of the five horror film openings we all had to analyse, almost all of the films’ first two minutes didn’t consist of any dialogue whatsoever.The only things that we did actually script for our opening is the girls chatting at the beginning with small talk, trying to convince Jessica to go with them instead of studying - which realistically teenagers would do. Then from Jessica entering the library onwards the only sounds we hear is the diegetic muffled screams as our opening draws to a close
Detailed Opening
Young girls chatting walking down the corridorstereotyping how teenagers are most vulnerable to murderers, especially young femalesGeeky girl separates herself from group to studyIsolating herself and becoming an easy target, completely oblivious to her fateFalls asleepJessica lets down her guard by sitting in the dark corner of the library out of sightwhere the librarian wouldn’t see herWakes up distortedsome interesting camera shots could be used to express that she is confused to where she isRealises she’s tied up and attempts to escapeHelpless and exaggerated to express that she has no way in hell of getting outTypical horror movie scene – being tied up in a bright lit roomMasked character enters room yielding a weapon screams from Jessica and blackoutOnce again, the typical ‘slasher’ character with a weapon making him looks threateningMuffled off screen screams are spine chilling but we the audience know straight away the fate of the character.The mask is involved to create the ‘clown fear’ that children get from a young age, and even as adults it is seen as scary because it’s turning something innocent into the complete opposite, as seen in films such as Friday 13th and Saw.
How will we conform to the codes and conventions of a horror?
Costume: We will dress the villain in a mask and dark clothing which hides identity and the black connotes bad and mystery for this character.Props: The villain will be holding a knife which is iconic to the horror genre and the audience will recognise that this is a horror film. The knife isn’t as threatening to the audience as other weapons and we chose this weapon because the age classification is only a 15.
Lighting: We will use low key lighting to create shadow and create a dark creepy atmosphere, making the audience on edge and tense.
Camera shots, angles and movement: We will have a lot of medium close ups to show facial expressions and body language of the characters. We will use mostly straight cuts because these create links between shots and characters. Extreme long shots will also be used to show setting.Camera shots, angles and movement: We will have a lot of medium close ups to show facial expressions and body language of the characters. We will use mostly straight cuts because these create links between shots and characters. Extreme long shots will also be used to show setting.
Sound: We will use slow and eery non-diegetic music at the beginning to build suspense and introduce the film. This music is typical of a horror film because it creates an eery atmosphere. We will also use this music when the villain is present to let the audience know something bad will happen in his presence. We will also exaggerate the diegetic sound of screams and heavy breathing to make the audience frightened and uncomfortable.
Setting: We have decided to have the victim in a library in an isolated corner so that she is on her own and gives the sense of loneliness. The library will be dark and deserted so that the audience know the victim has nobody to help her if anything bad happens.
• Young girls chatting walking down corridor – one girl (Jessica) splits off from group to complete work and falls asleep.
• Jessica startles awake and is tied to a chair in the library, looks around dazed and confused. After attempting to escape a masked character enters room yielding a weapon and murders her for unknown reasons.
• Two years later on the anniversary of Jessica’s death a group of girls discuss the death and how the murderer was never caught. Strange events begin to occur of which only these girls notice. They’re made to stay behind after being accused of being the ones behind it all. All in detention, teacher hears a noise an goes to investigate.
• An hour later the friends question his disappearance. One girl leaves to go to the toilet and finds teachers tie stained with blood. She’s then murdered by same masked character.• Other students still wonder where teacher & student have gone. They go to investigate then start to panic when they realise it’s the anniversary of Jessica's death. Power cut & silence is broken by a crazed laughter.
• They hide & murderer turns library desks over in order to find them. Grabs one girl and friend pushed bookshelf on top of him as he releases girl. All doors of school are locked so no exit. Grabs fire extinguisher and hides, hears slow loud footsteps and murders him with her weapon.
• Police arrive – they find out dead man was just the janitor finding the source of black out – realising that he was not their man. We see camera then on a back door of the school as the real masked murderer runs free.• Leaving reasons to believe there will be a sequel to this.
Character Profiles
Jessica Jones· 17 years old· Female· Blonde hair, blue eyes· Student· Enjoys socialising & usual teen hobbies· Attends Oldbury High’s Sixth Form – studying maths, biology and chemistry. Intending on having a fortunate future and becoming a veterinary nurseJessica's friends· Between the ages of 16-17· Female· Students at Oldbury High· Typical British female teenagers, chatty and friendlyThe ‘masked’ murderer· Mid 40’s· Male· Retired Caretaker of Oldbury High· Was fired from job after forming a ‘close relationship’ with an under aged student· Never gave his keys back to the school· Often re-visited school as his keys opened his old abandoned office located next to the library in the school· Grew an obsession with Jessica as she has similar features to his past obsession, luckily for him she often located in the library to study where he could see her· After enjoying the sensation of taking someone’s life, he decided to murder the other group of sixth formers as they were becoming suspicious.
The Script
Our script didn’t consist of much dialogue, as in horror films we don’t think the most important and relevant aspect is the dialogue.From our research of the five horror film openings we all had to analyse, almost all of the films’ first two minutes didn’t consist of any dialogue whatsoever.The only things that we did actually script for our opening is the girls chatting at the beginning with small talk, trying to convince Jessica to go with them instead of studying - which realistically teenagers would do. Then from Jessica entering the library onwards the only sounds we hear is the diegetic muffled screams as our opening draws to a close
Detailed Opening
Young girls chatting walking down the corridorstereotyping how teenagers are most vulnerable to murderers, especially young femalesGeeky girl separates herself from group to studyIsolating herself and becoming an easy target, completely oblivious to her fateFalls asleepJessica lets down her guard by sitting in the dark corner of the library out of sightwhere the librarian wouldn’t see herWakes up distortedsome interesting camera shots could be used to express that she is confused to where she isRealises she’s tied up and attempts to escapeHelpless and exaggerated to express that she has no way in hell of getting outTypical horror movie scene – being tied up in a bright lit roomMasked character enters room yielding a weapon screams from Jessica and blackoutOnce again, the typical ‘slasher’ character with a weapon making him looks threateningMuffled off screen screams are spine chilling but we the audience know straight away the fate of the character.The mask is involved to create the ‘clown fear’ that children get from a young age, and even as adults it is seen as scary because it’s turning something innocent into the complete opposite, as seen in films such as Friday 13th and Saw.
How will we conform to the codes and conventions of a horror?
Costume: We will dress the villain in a mask and dark clothing which hides identity and the black connotes bad and mystery for this character.Props: The villain will be holding a knife which is iconic to the horror genre and the audience will recognise that this is a horror film. The knife isn’t as threatening to the audience as other weapons and we chose this weapon because the age classification is only a 15.
Lighting: We will use low key lighting to create shadow and create a dark creepy atmosphere, making the audience on edge and tense.
Camera shots, angles and movement: We will have a lot of medium close ups to show facial expressions and body language of the characters. We will use mostly straight cuts because these create links between shots and characters. Extreme long shots will also be used to show setting.Camera shots, angles and movement: We will have a lot of medium close ups to show facial expressions and body language of the characters. We will use mostly straight cuts because these create links between shots and characters. Extreme long shots will also be used to show setting.
Sound: We will use slow and eery non-diegetic music at the beginning to build suspense and introduce the film. This music is typical of a horror film because it creates an eery atmosphere. We will also use this music when the villain is present to let the audience know something bad will happen in his presence. We will also exaggerate the diegetic sound of screams and heavy breathing to make the audience frightened and uncomfortable.
Setting: We have decided to have the victim in a library in an isolated corner so that she is on her own and gives the sense of loneliness. The library will be dark and deserted so that the audience know the victim has nobody to help her if anything bad happens.
Friday, 6 March 2009
Pitching our ideas
We did a presentation off our main idea for our task and then pitch it towards the class.
In the presentation we gave the
*sypnosis of the film
*sypnosis of the film
*Detailed Version of opening
*Script for opening
*How we are going to conform to the typical horror throuugh codes and conventions
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