Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Filming and Editing
I have finally finished my filming, so now i must upload my clips to final cut pro and edit them to ,make my psychological horror trailer. Whilst doing this i will also be editing pictures for the poster and magazine ancillary tasks.
Friday, 23 November 2012
Practice with IMovie
Here are some practice clips i took wand edited with I movie, i was taking shots of how best to shot certain scenes i will use in my trailer for example the running up the stairs shot i took several shots of this one where the camera stayed still at the bottom of the stairs and one at the top of the stairs and one following the actor and making the footage look amateur, out of all of them the amateur footage had the best affect and gave the idea that they were actually running away from something and conveyed the most fear.
I also practiced with effects, and seeing as there is a spirit involved i thought it would be best to use some light and dreamy effects on some parts.
However with I movie there are limited resources such as effects and transitions, so i will be using final cut pro which hopefully has much more to offer and benefit my trailer.
Friday, 16 November 2012
Title and Tagline Results
After asking my many people on what they think my title and tagline should be for my psychological horror trailer i now have found the two that were the most popular.
And so the title of my trailer will be ...
'Sins of the father'
and my tagline will be...
'Do You Know Your Family Secrets?'
And so the title of my trailer will be ...
'Sins of the father'
and my tagline will be...
'Do You Know Your Family Secrets?'
Ideas for my poster
Having looked at some of the psychological horror posters for some of the most popular films in general and with my target audience. I have taken in certain aspects i like from them. For my poster i will be using a glowing effect on someone's face in order to portray horror and follow the trope which is found in these types of posters. One poster in particular i liked was the Woman in Black and is looks very professional and looks like a horror poster. I also like the ghost in the background as it links to my idea of the spirit in the window and watching them.
I also like the writing on this poster it looks like a spiritual and ghostly font. It can reminds me of an illusion picture a its blurry and if you look at it for a while it tends to mess with your eyes.
When it comes to my poster i will be using a tagline to intrigue people into watching the film. In a previous post i have mentioned various tagline ideas and i shall be making a decision on which one i will use after asking various people and picking the one that was liked the most. This also applies to my film title.
I also quite like the fact that there is a colour scheme of blue white and black. The blue from his eyes which are lit up is a similar blue to the writing. So it all links and essentially look professional and so when i am doing my poster i will be using a colour scheme. with simple and minimal colours.
In my poster as i have two main characters and then a spirit i will have to have to fit them all in, and because this is my main inspiration i am thinking that i could have half there faces on either side and then the spirit behind them.
Another idea Is the two characters in front of the front door with the spirits face molded and faded into it.
When it comes to my poster i will be using a tagline to intrigue people into watching the film. In a previous post i have mentioned various tagline ideas and i shall be making a decision on which one i will use after asking various people and picking the one that was liked the most. This also applies to my film title.
I also quite like the fact that there is a colour scheme of blue white and black. The blue from his eyes which are lit up is a similar blue to the writing. So it all links and essentially look professional and so when i am doing my poster i will be using a colour scheme. with simple and minimal colours.
In my poster as i have two main characters and then a spirit i will have to have to fit them all in, and because this is my main inspiration i am thinking that i could have half there faces on either side and then the spirit behind them.
Another idea Is the two characters in front of the front door with the spirits face molded and faded into it.
Shooting Schedule
When i start filming i need a shooting schedule
Tuesday 13th November
Establishing shot of the location Outside and Inside in the dark.
Saturday 17th November
Today i will film the Window and spirit scene where Pebz sees the spirit for the first time. I will also be able to get pictures taken for my poster so this way i will be able to get two tasks done at once.
Tuesday 20th November
Today i will be filming the school shot.
Thursday 22nd November
Today i will be filming most of the clips for the trailer as this is the day where both of my actors are free for a long amount of time in the evening.
Tuesday 13th November
Establishing shot of the location Outside and Inside in the dark.
Saturday 17th November
Today i will film the Window and spirit scene where Pebz sees the spirit for the first time. I will also be able to get pictures taken for my poster so this way i will be able to get two tasks done at once.
Tuesday 20th November
Today i will be filming the school shot.
Thursday 22nd November
Today i will be filming most of the clips for the trailer as this is the day where both of my actors are free for a long amount of time in the evening.
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Poster Research
Another part of my task is to create a poster for my trailer. And so to give me an idea of what mine should look like and the tropes that are associated with my particular genre i have researched some of the most famous psychological horrors and found the posters that promoted it. Doing this can give me ideas on how to make mine, in order for it to belong to the genre, convey the right message about the trailer and appeal to my target audience by using the correct promotion techniques.
These are all posters form psychological horror films. By just looking at these posters i can already see that there is a convention and that is focus what i mean by this is that in all of these posters something is illuminated. In the first for Woman in black Daniel, Radciffe's face is light up along with the writing next to him, In the second for The Exorcist the light is shining on the silhouette of a man, in the third for The Grudge the triangle of face and eye that is shown is lighter, in the forth for The Ring The ring is lit up, in the poster for The Others The lamp illuminates the woman's face and for The Orphan there is a line of light around the girl. The light in each of these posters brings focus to the thing that is a major player in the film itself. The fact that the rest of the posters are usually dark really conveys fear and gives the impression of horror. In my opinion when i think of how illumination on faces and are used is reminds me on the action where people place a torch under there face when telling a scary story.
In posters 1, 4 and 6 tag lines are used such as:
"Do You believe in ghosts"-this piece of text being on the ghosts face
"Before you die you see...(title)"-It acts as an introduction for the title.
"Theres something wrong with Esther"-the most significant line in the film
1 2 3
4 5 6
These are all posters form psychological horror films. By just looking at these posters i can already see that there is a convention and that is focus what i mean by this is that in all of these posters something is illuminated. In the first for Woman in black Daniel, Radciffe's face is light up along with the writing next to him, In the second for The Exorcist the light is shining on the silhouette of a man, in the third for The Grudge the triangle of face and eye that is shown is lighter, in the forth for The Ring The ring is lit up, in the poster for The Others The lamp illuminates the woman's face and for The Orphan there is a line of light around the girl. The light in each of these posters brings focus to the thing that is a major player in the film itself. The fact that the rest of the posters are usually dark really conveys fear and gives the impression of horror. In my opinion when i think of how illumination on faces and are used is reminds me on the action where people place a torch under there face when telling a scary story.
In posters 1, 4 and 6 tag lines are used such as:
"Do You believe in ghosts"-this piece of text being on the ghosts face
"Before you die you see...(title)"-It acts as an introduction for the title.
"Theres something wrong with Esther"-the most significant line in the film
I can also from these posters that they are quite simplistic which i like because the psychological horrors are set in simple locations with average people, it completely supports the genre. Whereas a love film poster could be quite busy and colourful.
Aditional ideas for the trailer
Title
'Sins of the father'
Reason-Mainly because it is part of the main quote within the trailer, but also has very appropriate connotations for a psychological horror such as the words ''sins'' as it suggests something bad.
'Last Words'
Reason- Again this links in with the main quote as they are the spirits last words before she dies, it also connotes death and horror as it is the last of something.
'The Project'
Reason-The whole storyline starts with a character researching her ancestry for a school project and so i thought would be a fitting name.
When i came up with the titles i just gave i could not think of anymore that would link with my film so i instead found a where you can generate horror movie names: http://horror.phils-blog.de/
'Bloody Sins'
Reason-Using the website i typed in 'Sins' and this was the first one that came up that appealed to me and blood suggests death and horror and sins link in with the quote, and i think that it does sound like a psychological horror film title
'Living Sins'
Reason again it is from the website originally it was the return of the living sins but i felt this was too long especially for a psychological horror as i find they aren't long and stick to few words. so i only took the last to words which i thought was brilliant as it fits with the storyline and how the the person who is related to the ancestor in question kind of acts as a living and breathing sin.
I will be using a tag line on my poster and in my trailer and here are my ideas:
Tag lines
''Who says ghosts don't exist?''
''Do you know your family secrets?''
''Never repeat her last words!''
''Do you believe now?''
''You haven't seen evil yet''
'Sins of the father'
Reason-Mainly because it is part of the main quote within the trailer, but also has very appropriate connotations for a psychological horror such as the words ''sins'' as it suggests something bad.
'Last Words'
Reason- Again this links in with the main quote as they are the spirits last words before she dies, it also connotes death and horror as it is the last of something.
'The Project'
Reason-The whole storyline starts with a character researching her ancestry for a school project and so i thought would be a fitting name.
When i came up with the titles i just gave i could not think of anymore that would link with my film so i instead found a where you can generate horror movie names: http://horror.phils-blog.de/
'Bloody Sins'
Reason-Using the website i typed in 'Sins' and this was the first one that came up that appealed to me and blood suggests death and horror and sins link in with the quote, and i think that it does sound like a psychological horror film title
'Living Sins'
Reason again it is from the website originally it was the return of the living sins but i felt this was too long especially for a psychological horror as i find they aren't long and stick to few words. so i only took the last to words which i thought was brilliant as it fits with the storyline and how the the person who is related to the ancestor in question kind of acts as a living and breathing sin.
I will be using a tag line on my poster and in my trailer and here are my ideas:
Tag lines
''Who says ghosts don't exist?''
''Do you know your family secrets?''
''Never repeat her last words!''
''Do you believe now?''
''You haven't seen evil yet''
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