I am aiming my film trailer at 16- 25 year olds. Firslty because the cinema is a popular location to hang out at between these ages and are also the general ages that attened the cinema.
Secondly because a majority of my questionnaires given out between these ages groups had similar results. They all liked the idea of filming to be in the woods and have the typical innocent girl that gets hurt.
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Friday, 17 February 2012
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Health and Safety
I have chosen three central locations to film, which are relatively easy to access.
The first being a woods, as my questionnaires showed that people generally prefer horrors that contain woods and big open spaces. So my second place will be a large open field near a train track. My third my bedroom as its convient. I will now talk about the health and saftey of the locations.
Health & Safety
- Will need to carry an umbrella to cover camera in case it rains.
- Need to make sure I keep all of my equipment near me so the public don't fall over it.
- As its used as a walk way to get to and from school we need to not film until roughly 3:45pm to avoid the public as much as possible.
- Be carful not to trip over wires or fall of step ladders if used for filming.
The first being a woods, as my questionnaires showed that people generally prefer horrors that contain woods and big open spaces. So my second place will be a large open field near a train track. My third my bedroom as its convient. I will now talk about the health and saftey of the locations.
Health & Safety
- Will need to carry an umbrella to cover camera in case it rains.
- Need to make sure I keep all of my equipment near me so the public don't fall over it.
- As its used as a walk way to get to and from school we need to not film until roughly 3:45pm to avoid the public as much as possible.
- Be carful not to trip over wires or fall of step ladders if used for filming.
How to develop my magazine covers!
In regards to my magazine covers I got some very positive feedback. They said they really liked the eye on the first magazine cover and the words surrounding it. However they said to maybe include images of the other senses inside the eye so they are all included. Comments were also made at the banner at the bottom of the magazine, they found this interesting to see other relevant films.
On the second poster they said they preferred the style of the title but said the positioning should be at the top. They said they preferred the image on the first one as the second one didn't feel appropriate and they didn't feel as drawn to it, however they did like the pugs better on cover two as they we more eye catching.
On the second poster they said they preferred the style of the title but said the positioning should be at the top. They said they preferred the image on the first one as the second one didn't feel appropriate and they didn't feel as drawn to it, however they did like the pugs better on cover two as they we more eye catching.
How to develop my posters!
On asking 15 people which poster the thought had the potential, the popular one was the first one, with the eye. They immediately identified that it was of the horror genre, which I was hoping would happen. They said to improve I should research into my font choice as the font looks to innocent, another point they mentioned was to decided on how I am going to spell the title, as it's different on both posters and is confusing.
Another piece of advise I was given was to possibly add another slogan or re-phase/re-place my current ones as the positioning of one doesn't look like it is meant to be there.
However saying this they said the really likes the use of the red eye, they thought this was very effective and drew them in instantly.
Another piece of advise I was given was to possibly add another slogan or re-phase/re-place my current ones as the positioning of one doesn't look like it is meant to be there.
However saying this they said the really likes the use of the red eye, they thought this was very effective and drew them in instantly.
Questionnaire; Review of results
I made a questionnaire and handed it out to 15 people therefore having 15 questionnaires, My results from questionnaire showed me a number of things;
Within horror films people like the parts that make you jump, the parts where you don't know what is going to happen next and finally parts where tension builds.
Psychological and Supernatural horror are generally chosen. This is because people like to be excited and want something different to happen and would like a horror movie that didn't necessarily conform to the conventions.
The female character came out on top when asked 'Which character do you expect to get hurt?'. This is because they feel that the female comes across are the innocent character who always does something that she should do.
Filming late afternoon or early into the night was popular as it gives the movie a sense of mysteriousness and the fact that the dark stereotyped as being more dangerous and of course the sense of not knowing whats there, as it's to dark to see.
My chosen locations for filming are conventional of the horror genre, big open spaces, woods and creepy old houses. I believe this is because you never know whats going to happen and essentially there isn't anywhere to run or hide.
Within horror films people like the parts that make you jump, the parts where you don't know what is going to happen next and finally parts where tension builds.
Psychological and Supernatural horror are generally chosen. This is because people like to be excited and want something different to happen and would like a horror movie that didn't necessarily conform to the conventions.
The female character came out on top when asked 'Which character do you expect to get hurt?'. This is because they feel that the female comes across are the innocent character who always does something that she should do.
Filming late afternoon or early into the night was popular as it gives the movie a sense of mysteriousness and the fact that the dark stereotyped as being more dangerous and of course the sense of not knowing whats there, as it's to dark to see.
My chosen locations for filming are conventional of the horror genre, big open spaces, woods and creepy old houses. I believe this is because you never know whats going to happen and essentially there isn't anywhere to run or hide.
Inital Ideas!
When I got given the task of making a horror movie trailer I was curious as to how I could successfully convey the themes of fear without it being completely obvious.
I had the idea of a young innocent girl, making her way home from ballet class and decided to take the shortcut through the woods. The woods her parents always tell her to stay away from. She makes the decision to go through them anyway and soon realises it was a bad decision.
I personally get scared at horror movies when I cannot see whats happening, I can just hear it, therefore this is something I wanted to imply in my work. The idea of the senses being engaged. I want to try as show leaves ruffling, people whistling and no one actually being there, to create the sense the girl is essentially hearing things.
I will conduct a questionnaire to see if my audience like my ideas for setting and to see what scares them so I can try and appeal to them throughout my trailer.
I had the idea of a young innocent girl, making her way home from ballet class and decided to take the shortcut through the woods. The woods her parents always tell her to stay away from. She makes the decision to go through them anyway and soon realises it was a bad decision.
I personally get scared at horror movies when I cannot see whats happening, I can just hear it, therefore this is something I wanted to imply in my work. The idea of the senses being engaged. I want to try as show leaves ruffling, people whistling and no one actually being there, to create the sense the girl is essentially hearing things.
I will conduct a questionnaire to see if my audience like my ideas for setting and to see what scares them so I can try and appeal to them throughout my trailer.
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Repertoire Of Elements
Characters; Typically in a horror movie there is generally three of characters; a victim, a killer, and a foolish type of person. Normally the female characters are stereotyped to be the foolish ones and the men the killers. Children appear very often in horror films as it gives the film a sense of innocence even though there is some form of murder/killing taking place.
Audience; Men seem to be one of the main audiences for horror as it's exciting and something of the unknown. Also young adults from 16 upwards would be interested possibly by the horror genre as it's not typically something you'd come across in everyday life, so it essentially takes you to a parallel universe.
Settings; For a majority of horror film the setting is quiet similar, there is generally always a creepy looking house in the middle of know-where, possibly near a graveyard. Popular settings also include woods, alleyways and dark streets.
Themes; For a horror film to be successful it needs to conform to some of the typical themes, themes such as;Sin vs Purity, Known vs Unknown, Alive vs Dead, and Light vs Dark.
Style; Conventional lighting for a horror film is quite low key, dark and gloomy with a smokey feel to it. They have allot of use of extreme close ups and high angles shots, to create tension. Another way of creating tension is through the use of sound, typically you'd get organs playing, or low key chords from a piano playing.
Iconography; An iconic item you'd find within a horror film would be some form of knife, and of course most defiantly blood.
Narrative;
Audience; Men seem to be one of the main audiences for horror as it's exciting and something of the unknown. Also young adults from 16 upwards would be interested possibly by the horror genre as it's not typically something you'd come across in everyday life, so it essentially takes you to a parallel universe.
Settings; For a majority of horror film the setting is quiet similar, there is generally always a creepy looking house in the middle of know-where, possibly near a graveyard. Popular settings also include woods, alleyways and dark streets.
Themes; For a horror film to be successful it needs to conform to some of the typical themes, themes such as;Sin vs Purity, Known vs Unknown, Alive vs Dead, and Light vs Dark.
Style; Conventional lighting for a horror film is quite low key, dark and gloomy with a smokey feel to it. They have allot of use of extreme close ups and high angles shots, to create tension. Another way of creating tension is through the use of sound, typically you'd get organs playing, or low key chords from a piano playing.
Iconography; An iconic item you'd find within a horror film would be some form of knife, and of course most defiantly blood.
Narrative;
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Understanding Genre
Genre is something that confines a film buy its conventions and Mise-En-Scene. It concludes what sort of film should fit into each category(genre) depending on it's content, for example if a film has cartoon characters with unrealistic features, and unrealistic story lines then we would categorise that as a family film or an animation.
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