Research and Planning

We spent the first few lessons getting the hang of the cameras that we had to use, and got a few clips, which we had to eventually turn into a mini-teaser kind of thing, and add some effects to it, that were the ones we had to personally find out for the task.

Please view my Video Task below:

After I created the video, I was asked to produce a reflection on it, speaking of the video, and how it was created, and the effects that were used, and how I used them, or how I got to them.

Please right-click here, and click 'Open link in new tab' to view my Reflection on this task.

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I have been researching with Luqman, about our short video opening that we are going to do, and we have come up with some different ideas. We chose to do a horror opening video, so we researched a few horror films, to get some ideas.

Title: The Grudge

Release Date: October 22, 2004

Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, KaDee Strickland, Clea DuVall, Bill Pullman

Directors: Takashi Shimizu

Title: The Cabin In The Woods

Release Date: March 9, 2012

Starring: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford

Directors: Drew Goddard

Title: Grave Encounters 2

Release Date: October 2, 2012

Starring: Richard Harmon, Leanne Lapp, Sean Rogerson, Dylan Playfair, Stephanie Bennet, Howie Lai

Directors: John Poliquin

Title: The Woman In Black

Release Date: February 10, 2012

Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Liz White

Directors: James Watkins


Planning Plot:
1. Family at father's grave.
2. Back home.
3. Relaxation time.
4. Daughter on computer.
5. Unexpected e-mail from supposedly deceased father.
6. Cliffhanger.

After the break-heartedly death of a father, the family continue to strive for a good life. Until, a few years later, an unexpected e-mail, coming from the supposedly deceased father. Is it just some joker hassling? Or was this all a joke, and the death was played?
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Pre-Production - Characters:

If I were to make the entire film (Approx. 1hr 20mins), I would have at least 5 main character. But since I'm just creating an opening scene, only 4 of these characters were used.

Characters:
Name: Patricia (Mother)
Age: 34
Stereotyped: Active

Name: Clary (Katy)
Age: 16
Stereotyped: Depressed

Name: Isabella (Chelsea)
Age: 15
Stereotyped: Entertaining

Name: Murderer (Flavio)
Age: 36
Stereotyped: Smart

Name: Martin (Inspector/Detective)
Age: 25
Stereotyped: Problem-Solver
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Below, is the script that I created for the sequence that we're going to make.

  

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Pre-Planning: I came across this website, where I can present my work/plan much faster to you, in a presentation way, so I don't have to type out paragraphs.

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Is this Genre popular with Audience today?:
Horror films are becoming more popular than ever with a new film to add to the squeal, which is Paranormal Activity 4. It was released on 17 October 2013, worldwide box office was £94,199,811.14.
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Some of the work we have produced in class, for example, is the Film Opening Sequence Analyses.

We had to look at 2-3 Film Opening Sequences, and analyse every single bit of detail from it.

I created a Word Document, with the produced work.

Below, is my Analysis for them.