Planning: Mise-en-Scene

Costume: 

For our first male character we decided to give him a smart look, which reflects his personality, he's the most sensible in the group. He likes the sensible look but hasn't realised that there going camping and his outfit really isn't suitable. He's the one who has the intelligence and is coming up with the ideas. As they have come from school he had no time to change. 

Here is a brief idea of what he will wear.

For the other 2 males they are both wearing more of a laid back outfit, yet is appropriate this will contain things like white shirt, trainers, and black jeans as this is more casual. One wears a jacket or an hoodie as its casual and its cold outside.  The other has their sleeves rolled up in a casual way. 

Here's what we think our  costume will look like.

For our girl character we decided to put her in a casual outfit and and will reflect her laid back personality. She's wearing more of a suitable outfit just jeans and a plain simple top, she doesn't go all dressed up as she knows it isn't appropriate. We used 3 boys and 1 girl as this is typical convention used in Horror films.  

This is what we imagine the girl will wear.

For our props we have decided to use the common the phone. We decided to use this as it is a common object in our times, it is typical for ever teenager to have a phone. It also allows us to portray the well used film convention of having no signal. We have chosen this phone as it is a very popular phone used in 2013 and again most teenagers have it. 

This is the phone we have chosen (iPhone 4s)

As our characters are going camping they will have to have some camping bags to store there supplies in them such as drink, food and the tent . This will help convince our audience that they are going camping as they have the suitable equipment. The bags are plain and simple nothing too inappropriate with sparkles and bight colours. 

This would be the ideal bag for the characters to use a s it can fit all their equipment.

For our villain we decided to give the skin tone a light grey colour as it shows to the audience that it is not a normal person. This could suggest that she has been dead for months. Although the audience will only see the hands of the villain so it leaves a sense of mystery to who the villain is and why they are in the woods.

This would be the ideal hand for our introduction

Research: The Proposal Screenplay

  INT. BOB'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

          Margaret and Richard enter Bob's office, which is decorated with
          beautiful antiques and first edition books.   But unlike
          Margaret's office, this one isn't in the corner.
          Margaret nods at Richard to shut the door.   BOB (42) wears a prim
          bow tie, circular tortoise shell glasses, and the air of
          superiority.

          MARGARET
          Hey, Bob.

          BOB
          Ah.   Our fearless leader and her liege.
          Margaret smiles.

          MARGARET
          I'm lettin' you go, Bob.

          BOB
          Pardon?

          MARGARET
          You're fired.

          BOB
          What?   What are you talking about?

          MARGARET
          This isn't working out.

          BOB
          You can't...

          MARGARET
          I asked you repeatedly to get Frank to do
          publicity.   You said it was impossible.

          BOB
          It is.   He doesn't do publicity.

          MARGARET
          I just talked to him.   He's in.

          BOB
          But...

          MARGARET
          No more buts, Bob.   I've been chief for a
          month and a half, and this is the third time
          you've dropped the ball.   You didn't even
          call to ask him.

This is part of The Proposal screenplay. 

Planning: Screenplay

Below is the screenplay of our opening sequence. I was in charge of making it. A screenplay is writing that is intended to be turned into film. It's an indication of what you want the audience to see and hear in that big dark room called a cinema should the film ever be made. Brian had taken control to up with the screenplay.

SCREENPLAY

“DORMEZ MES ENFANTS”

By

Brian Oblitey

Oliver Iarrobino

Nicole Storey

December 12, 2013

The scene will start with a black screen accompanied by non-diegetic sound of woodland.

The main conversation is going to occur on a deserted street.

Jay: Only a few miles away from it now.

Logan: At last, it’d better be worth it.

Jay: It will be, stop worrying man.

Sarah (whispering to Jay and laughing): Look at William, bless him. We’re not even there yet but he’s trembling like a leaf!

Jay (approaching William): Why aren’t ya talking?

William (continues staring at the ground, pauses): I do not have anything to say.

Logan: You definitely won’t have anything to say when you’ll “it”.

Jay: Shut up Logan.

Logan: I was joking calm down, banter innit?

*Long shot from the woods, watching the characters walking away*         

Sarah: Why is this street so quiet?

Logan: It could be quieter if you shut up.

Sarah (gently pushes Logan in the arm, sarcastically): Aha, funny.

*Sarah holding her phone up in the air*

Sarah: There’s no signal either!

Jay: William?

William: Yes?

Jay: What is your biggest phobia?

*Sarah and Jay turn their heads to William*

William: Erm… I’d say ghosts, but since they don’t exist, I’d say loneliness.

*Jay, Logan and Sarah laugh but William does not notice* 

Logan: Wait, let me tie my laces *pushes William out of his way*

*Logan bends over and ties his laces*

Jay: Hurry up, it’s getting dark, we’ll miss it.

*A rustling sound is heard but the character does not notice*

Jay (suspiciously): Did you hear that noise?  

William (scared but trying to hide his fear): What noise?

 *Gravel sounds are heard as Logan finishes tying his laces up*

*Hands appear from behind and grab Logan*

*Logan disappears, the camera cuts*

Planning: Our Action Plan For The Rest Of The Tasks

As a group we came together to discuss what we needed to do to complete the planning stages of the task. We created a action plan to organise what we needed to do. We wrote down when the tasks will be done by and who will be in charge of each task.

Research: The Importance of Sound in Horror Films

Why is music used in Horror Films?

• Music is used to create suspense- Slow tune getting faster or louder builds up action. 
• Its used to make scenes dramatic
• Used to scare the audience- Loud bangs make the audience jump. 
• Used to add effect- Make the action seem scarier.
• To change the mood- Eg peaceful to jumpy.

http://youtu.be/wCfWHqrYUqo  This is the Jaws theme tune. In the tune it starts off slow and as the shark gets closers and closer to it's prey the tune gets louder and faster so the audience wonder if Jaws will catch its victim or not.

http://youtu.be/vqLXIQ8YrPc  This is a tune used in Nightmare on Elm Street. Its not got a lot of backing tune but the children voices '1,2 Freddy's coming for you' its said in a sinister way which is enough to scare the audience along. With the lyrics especially '9,10 Never sleep again' it scares the audience in their mind they wonder what it means, within the lyrics it gives away the film in the way the lyrics hint 'never sleep again' its a hint that they may die in their sleep.

http://youtu.be/Rjb8NXeAuq8 This is from Halloween. The one going tune creates a dark feeling with it being repeated again and again builds up suspension. The noise on top at the beginning sounds like a clock ticking quickly which adds to the scariness. The change in the tune creates different dark feelings towards the action, throughout the tune it build suspension by using different speeds and pitches.


Why does Horror music scare us?

• Unexpected change in the tune, or pitch or loudness
• A new study has found a connection between horror movie music and the screeches of young frightened animals. Researchers believe there are biologically-ingrained reasons why sudden, dissonant sounds and minor chords make us apprehensive.
• People find nursery rhymes, with a child singing really scary as it comes across as sinister and creepy. 

Similarities between theme songs in 10 Horror films

In class we watched 10 Horror movie theme tunes. I noticed that The Ring, Suspiria and the Poltergeist included quite nursery rhyme type, just like what would be heard in a child's music box. Halloween, Psycho, Saw and the Exorcist's tune was fast and quite dramatic. Halloween, Saw and the Exorcist had a repetitive tune.

Research: The Importance of Opening Titles

Film titles are important because:

It gives information on who the cast is and sometimes who they are playing. It may have the character in action the underneath it for instance it may say 'Channing Tatum' who is a cast member in the film. Usually the most seen or important cast member's name is all the top of the list of first name shown to show the importance of them.

   

This is Grease's first cast memeber John Travolta he's first as his one of the most important character and cast memeber in the film. It also says he plas Danny, so instead of watch the film and watch for the one of the characters to say 'Danny' to John we already know he plays Danny which is helpful.

They also give credit to the producer/ producers, the director so they have a mention and so also the audience knows who made them for instance if the name Nicholas Sparks came up on the screen in the Notebook the audience may go 'I remember him he did Dear John, Last Song and the Lucky One' again because his name was on other film titles the audience know what films he's produced.  

There's also the film company's title and logo in the opening credits it is important as it tells the audience what company made the film.

Most importantly it gives away the film the audience should be told the name of the film. Sometimes the film can give away what the film will be about for instance 'Harry Potter' in the title the audience should get the idea the film will be about someone named Harry Potter before even watching it.


What is the difference between opening and closing titles?

1. The opening credits are the one that give out the important information like the film name, the cast and director. The end credits is everyone from the person doing the make up to the person who was the sound editor.
2. The opening credits has the title in bold and see able font, the end credits doesn't have the title in it, and if it does its not bold and big like the opening credits.
3. The end titles very likely has a song played in it, yes the film titles do but not as often.
4. The end titles sometimes have bloopers in it and after the credits has a sequence like at the end of the Iron Man 3 there is a trailer of the next Marvel film.
5. The opening credits can be on top of the action in the corner of next to the character they play. But the end credits roll upwards with a blank background behind sometimes there are animations to make them more interesting but there not for example fighting scene with end credits rolling over the top of it.


What else can opening titles do?

It can give hints to what genre the film is, if the title is pink and red with hearts all around it then it's most likely a romance film. If the title has blood dripping off of it then its a horror.


This is the film title for Scream. The title is distorted which makes it look eerie. The font is red which associated with blood, with the black background the title stand out and looks quite scary. Before I even what the film I know its a Horror by the way the title looks.





The title is pink which hints the film is quite a girly film. Behind is a picture of the 2 characters dancing. The font is quite plain and joined up looking quite sophisticated but causal with the font and readable.

Planning: Plan timeline of our opening

On this task Oliver took charge and put together all other our ideas for the 2 mintue opening to come up with a timeline of what the audience would see and hear in the opening.


We as a group put our ideas of the opening together useing the audience feedback to come up with a timeline of the film opening we may use. We added details of the sound the audience will hear while watching the opening and what the audience will visuallly see in the opening. This gives us a outline of the opening so when we come to filming the opening we had an idea of how the 2 minutes will be used and what will be included in it. 

Research: A Timeline and Analysis of the Opening of 'Se7en'

 

 

On this task Brian had completed this so we could even out the tasks and get the tasks done quicker.

We watched the opening credits of Se7en, and wrote out a timeline of the credits and the visual and sound that could be heard on the credits. The each title was written down and explained what was written on the title and the visual was what was the audience saw while the titles were playing. 

 This gives us an idea on how long titles take to come up and what kind of titles we can chose to include. The task gave us ideas on what would make the titles effective. After watching the titles again with the sound on mute we saw how much the sound affected the titles and the atmosphere of the opening.

Planning: Treatment

Opening:

  Note: All of three members of the group were involved in the treatment. But to save time, we did it on one computer together.

 The first thing the audience will see is a black screen accompanied by the non-dietetic sound of woodland such as birds. This will show the audience the scene is set outside, before even seeing any action or pictures. This is then shortly followed by our production company name which is "Sub-Zero" this is so the audience knows who the film is by. This will tell the audience that it is set in a woodland area before they see a visual image.

 This is followed by a close-up of a puddle with a title that states: 'based on a true event'. This title then fades away when a character steps on the puddle, creating a  non-dietetic sound of a splash. There is then a low angle of the characters walking away, which is accompanied by a title saying: 'starring', which is also accompanied by a diegetic sound of the characters walking on gravel. As the characters speak, their names appear on the screen so the audience knows who is who without trying to guess each one. There is long shot from the woods, watching the characters walking away. Accompanied by a strange rustling noise, from within the woods. One character suddenly stops to tie his laces, he bends down to tie them, the rest of the group walks off without him up the abandoned road as he quickly ties them. A rustling noise from the bushes is heard but the character does not notice it and carries on tying it. The recurring unknown sound is heard to symbolise that something is wrong and he is not alone. The character finishes tying his laces up, gravel sounds are heard from behind which the boy is oblivious to, then out of nowhere a hand grabs his mouth from behind. The camera cuts.

 Titles: All titles will be in bold red writing so they stand out and are easy to read, while the red signals death so the audience can see by the red colour the film involves death. The titles can then fade out to make the writing look more eerily. 'Based on a true event' in bold red writing creates an uneasy feeling as the audience straight away wonders what is going to happen with the puddle behind creates an atmosphere.