Horror Movies Trailer- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.

Horror Movies Trailer- The Amityville Curse

Many films have been released on the mystery of 112 Ocean Avenue and whether the events even actually happened.

One of the early making's of the film: Five people spend the night in an abandoned house, the Amityville haunted house, and soon find themselves terrorised by assorted ghosts, venomous insects and ghostly apparitions.

Horror Movie Traliers- Freddy vs Jason

 It's been nearly ten years since Freddy Krueger terrorized people in the dreams, and the towns folk want to keep him erased from their memory. Freddy still has one more plan on getting back to Elm Street. He resurrects Jason Voorhees and sends him off to kill. The more bodies which fall to the ground, the stronger in which Freddy becomes. This is until, Freddy realizes that Jason isn't going to step aside easily, and must be taken down himself.          


   

Thinking About Fear

Nicole- Green 
Grey- Brian
Blue- Jack 
Pink- Katie 

The purpose of the task is to research the fears people may have and how the fears may have developed    and why. This gives me an idea of the fears people have and how these fears can used in the 2 minute film opening for instance something appearing in the dark following someone as this is a fear a lot of people may have. Blood and the dark are 2 of the most common fears and both are used in horror films because in every horror film theres nearly always blood involved and a large amount, also most murders take place at night in the dark which people after watching films have gained a fear from it and are now scared of the dark.

Horror films are designed to elicit strong emotional reactions from viewers, including fear and dread; and they achieve this as people when watching a horror film do get scared and fear whats going to happen. Nearly everyone who has watched a horror film has been disturbed or scared while watching it. When the viewer feels like something scary is going to happen they are most likely going to hide or cover their face with their hands but very likely to watch the scary part any way no matter how much they try not to watch it and usually react after the scary bit where they jumped they react by laughing as they feel silly for jumping as the film isn't real and in fact the viewer is actually safe. 

Main Task: Set Brief

Here is your set brief:

The titles and opening of a new teen horror film, to last a maximum of two minutes.

All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source

Preliminary Task Evaluation

Q:        What did you learn from the experience of filming the footage required for your preliminary task? What went well and what could have been done better?     
                                                                                      
I've learnt a lot from the experience iv learnt to do many films of each scene and to film a range of different angles i also learnt that i should try to avoid background noise as it does interfere with my film and not to film portrait as it makes editing a lot harder. I should have got the cast to slow down there speaking as when it can to editing it was a lot harder to edit together. I think that id got a range of footage to use but one thing I should have done is refer to my storyboard as I didn't when I began to film.  
                                 

Q:       What is the difference between pre-production, production and post-production?                                            

Pre- production is the storyboard, the casting and the location planning. Production is the filming footage for the film. Post- production is the editing of the film.    

 
Q:       How easy did you find editing in iMovie? Explain at least 4 different skills or techniques that you learnt during this process. 

I found the beginning of the editing quite easy as I could pick out the footage it'd use however i found it hard to put the footage together to make it flow smoothly. I'v learnt to add credits at the end to make it look more like a film. I'v learnt to add music and have it fade out I learnt that music changes the mood of the film how how it makes a difference to my film. I learnt how to take out background noise which helped make my film look more affective. I learnt how to speed up and slow down scenes which had a effect on my film. 


Q:       What is continuity editing?

Continuity editing means that everything flows in a consistent, orderly, smooth, sequential manner. It means it is edited so that it makes sense to the audience. 


Q:       What do the following terms mean; a) match on action, and b) shot / reverse shot

Match on action is where if something is happening it flows into the next scene and doesn't jump and miss a part out. Shot reverse shot is where theres a conversation between 2 characters and there over the shoulder shots of the other character talking without breaking the 180 degree rule.


Q:       Analyse your preliminary task as a piece of continuity editing. What are its strengths and what are its weaknesses. You may find it useful to include targetted screen shots (cmd+shift+4)to illustrate the points that you make.

I think that the continuity went well for instance this scene it was a smooth flow from one clip to another its Rebecca going to pick up the phone, then the next clip she's picking it up i managed to edit the scene so theres no continuity errors. 

The cast remembered their lines which is helpful but the editing was really hard as the scenes happen way to quick and don't flow smoothly, I should have got the lines said slowly to make editing easier. 

 

A continuity error was as Evie sits down there is a piece of paper next to her but in the rest of the scenes go on the piece of paper isn't there so i should have taken the paper out before i filmed the scene. 

Completed Preliminary task

The Notebook- Identifying Camera Angles and Movements

This is an other the shoulder shot from 2 characters having a convosation.

This is a close up of a character talking to another character.

This is a crane shot of the characters in a boat and the camera is above them giving an birds eye view of what is happening.

This is a long shot of the characters walking down the street towards the camera. 

This is an establishing shot it sets the scene, so the audience knows that the scene which is next is in the building or on the lake.

Test Edit

I've learnt how to edit a video in such detail that everything fits how I want it to. I have learnt how to add text and sounds and how they affect the theme of the film. I have learnt how not to make continuity mistakes and take unneeded sound away. I need to not slow down speech as it doesn't make the film flow and is hard to get back to it's original speed. Also I need to learn more advanced techniques and how to make my film smooth and not stop start. I now know not to slow down the speech as it makes my film look really bad and also not to put in transitions they don't make my film look effective only a mess and they are unneeded. I now know not to add certain sounds as they are not needed now I know this I can just get on with the task as I know what to include and not to change.

Planning: Casting

Casting is important as the right person needs to get the roles the person needs to be able to learn lines and be trust worthy and reliable so casting is needed to find those people. The person will have to be able to put time aside to do the filming so casting is needed so the right person who is able to that is cast. The filming will need to be planned so the people can both be their to film.

 This is Nico Yazdi, he would be an approraite person to use in my film as he as free lessons when I have mine so this is useful he is also very good at learning lines and is a confident person who listens to instructions so he would be good to work with. He is also reliable so I can trust him to be able to do the filming. 

Cameron Tassel is also a good person to cast as he has frees when I have them, he's good at learning lines however he can be shy so it may be hard, but he's reliable which is helpful.