Research and planning - sinister film poster analyse

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- Sinister is a 2012 supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson and written by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill. It follows true-crime writer Ellison Oswalt Ethan Hawke as he discovers a box of home movies that puts his family in danger
- This film poster links exactly with the film. It shows the title in a way where its been written like someones controlled the person who written it. As its in black and it looks as if water has smudged it out which gives the impression of people being controlled by a main person. Which links to the girl dragging her hand across the wall with blood going across it.The way the body language of the girl is protayed links with the title as it looks like the girl is being controlled. Like shes in a dream or sleep walking. Like a zoombie.

Research and planning - brief analyse of our opening two minutes

 

The film made by Bryony, James, Jordan and I, will be carefully structured and thought out before put into film as we don't want to rush and make mistakes and errors. We decided on a horror purely because I find it the most exciting out of all genres and it really grips the audience the most aimed at an age group which would be more likely to watch more films in their spare time. We have analysed and done background research on horror films which we have also done a few blogs on to give a few ideas on what features our film will contain. There are certain skills and techniques used in horror films to give off effects to scare the audience and intrigue them more into what the plot is. I will give an example as to the camera angles, shots, and techniques we'll be using in our short video clip to the film.

These skills would be:
Zoom- This is used when they want the audience to see something specific about what is on camera, it could be emotion on the characters face or it could be an object of some sort.
Two shot- Commonly used when two people are having either a casual conversation giving vital information or they are interacting about what has happened previously when they want the audience to pay attention to what they're saying.
Long shot- This will be used to give someone a view of the surroundings and the character involved. This will be effective in the scary parts in our small horror film clip as it is commonly used in most other horror films.
Extreme long shot- This will be the shot that we use mostly and this is because you can see a slight outline of the character but not details, it also focuses more on the setting so that the audience don't know too much about the character and it adds suspense.

Research and planning - genres

Research and planning - film title analyse

- This film title is from the 1980s. The use of the colour red infers many things. Examples of this could be that the colour red resembles to death and danger. Which shows that the film is going to be mysterious and gruesome. Which shall make the audeince question about whats going to go on in the film as they might have an idea of whats going to happen. The title comes across as clever as we can interpret and infer as the colour of the writing is red and the letter 'o' has been shaped in a heart with a knife going through which infers that theres going to be a heartache and a murder of a mother.

Research and planning - including text within our opening two minutes

- The reason why we are going to use text in our opening two minutes is because its more effective and it shall give the film and real feel to it and make it look more professional which is what the film industry mainly do.
- We are going to include
- The music producer
- The editing producer
- The cast and producer
- The person who made the film
- The film company that produces our film
-This gives it more of an impact on the film and more information about it.


-Its good to use text in the opening of the two minutes of a film because it makes it more effective and gives more information about the film so the audience can feel like they know the film and who made and produced it. It gives a sense of engagement and involvement within the film.
-By showing the cast and the characters makes it more interesting and so that people know whoes going to be included in the film. For instance, if people liked an actor or an actress whoes involved in the film it shall make them more interested and it shall make the film more popular. Which would be good for the film producer and the money towards the film and the filming industry.
-By saying whoes the music producer, the editing producer and who made the film gives it more input as it shows that not just one person has made the film but more than one has been involved in making the film which shows that it was hard work and you had to do more than one thing to make the film good. By using text just gives it that little bit extra and makes it more effective and goes well with the film itself.

Research and planning - order of text included in opening two minute films

- A waverly film production, is the first thing included in the opening two minutes.
- The second thing is the person who made the film which was nancy meyers.
- Furthermore, we see the names of the characters and actors invovled within the film, from the main character.
-Then it says 'the holiday' which infers that the film is about to start. By introducing things about the film to begin with makes it more effective and gives more information about the film before it starts.
- Then it indroduces the people who casted the film and about who does the music and then the costume desginer then who its editied by and the production desgin and then the direction of photography and then the executive producer and who the film is prodcued by
- Overall, the order of the text included about the music, editing, and the cast of the film makes it more effective and goes well with whats going on in the opening two minutes of the film. Which gets the audeince more invloled and engaged within the film.


- Order of text
- The first to appear is the production company
- Followed by a large pause
- Director
- Gap
- 4 main characters appear after eachother with short gaps inbetween
- Pause
- Supporting characters
- Cast
- Composer
- Gap
- Costume desinger
- Editor
- Production designer
- Director of photography
- Exectutive producer
-  Producer

Research and planning - elements

Research and planning - horror mood board

Research and planning - ideas for our opening two minutes

-For the opening two minutes of our horror film. We have chosen for the beginning of the scene is the main character- Emma. Walking down a path with wet hair to give the impression that she's vulnerable, alone and innocent. I shall be wearing basic casual wear which contradicts the look of my wet hair and gives the sense of foreboding, Bryony as the camera person shall use effects to scare the audience and to make it more tense- shaking the camera, long shots and close up shots.
-Example of a long shot.

-Example of close up shots.

-The reason why we've chosen to use there shot types is because we want to get more of an effect towards the audience and we want them to engage with the horror film and to feel involved so they feel tense and there anxiety builds up.
-We won't just be using long shots and close ups shots, we shall also be using extreme close ups, and camera shots which link with whats going on with the scene at the time.
-For the opening two minutes we won't be using that many shot types as its only for two minutes and if we did use more it shall just make the opening two minutes look like a mess and that it hasn't been organised properly which won't look professional. Which isn't a good for the opening two minutes.

-The scene is set at night down a path which runs through the woods to a clearing bridge over a river. By using this setting for the opening two minutes shall already give an impression on the audience about what the film is going to be about and whats going to be involved which shall make the audience question it which makes them more engaged and involved with the horror film.
-As the camera follows me - Emma whilst I'm walking down the path till I reach the bridge over the river.
-We use jump cuts of the camera getting closer and closer to me and through this all we are going to see is the back of my head. By doing this and not showing my face shall make the audience want to see my face and it shall make the audience question the facial expressions and the look on my face.

-Once on the bridge i shall look down at the water as if I'm going to jump. The camera shall pan to the side keeping me in the shot to show the black figure behind me in the woods. Then the camera cuts to the view of me from the perspective of the figure concealed in the darkness and approaches me until directly behind me as we can hear the heavy rugged breathing.
-I spin around and scream and the screen goes black. When we see my face it shall be made to look pale and i have black rings around my eyes, when I scream we distort my face for the added effect which is always good for a horror film as they are usually effective.
-The next scene shows James and Jordan as we don't see Jordan's face in the first scene we can use him as a different character watching the news report the next day. The reporter shall reveal the disappearance of a teenage girl which I me. Which makes the 1,2,3,4 and 5 year anniversary to the day of the disappearances in the same place. This makes it more of a mysterious and the person has got a way with it which makes it more scary for the audience and makes it more tense towards the audience.

Research and planning - location and makeup ideas

- The use of mise-en scene for our location we chose woods and a dark pathway which links with the narrative of the film and the genre of horror. Its a good location as it shall make the film more mysterious. Especially the part when we show a figure of a person behind a tree. Which makes it have more tension.

-By using a dark location makes the setting more mysterious and has more of a secret to whats going to happen and it shall enhance the dark shadow figure in the trees for the first two minutes of our horror film. Its a typical location for a horror film. The lighting of the effects is a low lighting which has a decrease in the lighting which creates more of an effect which emphasises the figure of the antagonist behind the tree within our opening two minutes.


                        

- By using this has more of an effect to the character and the audience and gives me of an impression that shes been outside and its been raining. So it shall link with the rest of the narrative and storyline  And it shows that it's not just staged but the main character has been out in the woods all night and that it's been raining and it makes and creates more of an effect of on the opening two minutes and narrative and the horror genre.

Research and planning - opening two minutes ideas

Research and planning - audience profiling

     -From this comparable profile of the ring i can infer that the age range of 15-24 has a higher percentage of watching the ring than the other age generation. From the table i can infer that more female watch the ring with a percentage of 54% and the percentage of male is 46%. The percenatge of class range from 16-45% which is a difference. The largest percentage of viewers come from the middle upper class. This shows and infers that the main audeince that watch this film range from 15-24year olds which are females and are the middle upper class this is because its a gorry film and it shows that the older generation dont like gorry films.The reason why more females watch this is because they relate to whats going on in the film and using a child appeals to a matunral instinct. From this for our opening two minutes we are going to include a younger cast which shall make it appeal to a younger audience.

The orphan

- From this comparable profile of the orphan i can infer that the age range of 15-24 has a higher percentage of watching the ring than the other age generation. Furthermore, its an even split between male and female and who watches it the most and its more seen by middle upper class. This is similar to the ring.





Research and planning - audience profiling

Scream 3.

- In this comparable profile the age rate of people who watch this film is people aged between 15-24 which has a percentage of 57% and ages 4-6, 7-11 and 12-14 have the lowest percentage of people that watch the film. Both male and females like to watch this film there equal percentages with the male with 52% and women with 48%. Middle- class watch this film. The films i have done a comparable profile for are similar types of films to our film which has the same audiences we want our film to appeal to both male and female and middle- class.

Research and planning - film idea presentation