Thursday 3 November 2011

Self Evalutation

Self Evaluation on work I have done so far:

What has gone badly?

I could have been better with time. I fell behind in work due to DOFE, Rocky Horror and being ill. This is no excuse as I should have planned better.

What has gone well?

However, I have caught up with my work and am now on top of everything which is pleasing. I’m very happy with my group and the research we have conducted, and I’m looking forward to making a successful teaser.

Animatic Storyboard Video

Vox Pop

This is my Groups Vox Pop into research about Horror Films.

Move Inspiration.

The Following films are inspiration in the fact that they are similar Genre and film style. They have the use of a handeld documentry style which my group is going for. They also appeal to the same target audience as my group.






General Inspiration regarding, Costume, Actor Style and Locataion.

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The reason i included the star wars Cloack is because my group hopes to have our villian in a cloack esque costume. This is also why i used the Scream costume as inspiration.

Mask Inspiration: I used Scream as well for that alongside V for Vendetta and Strangers because we want our main villian to wear a mask.

I used Sarah Michelle Gellar for inspiration as she optimizes the typical heronie in both look and performance style.

Finally the location shot was of Eden Lake woods, this was inspiration because we want our teaser to be in a similar place.

Wednesday 2 November 2011

My Role regarding Presentation Research

My Role was to complete the BBFC rating, Research into Directors, Influences, Locations.

Jessica was continuing with the Vox Pop.

Penny was doing the Soundtract reasearch for our Teaser, and Animatic storyboard.

Presentation on Locations BBFC rating, Inspiration and Directors/Influence.

My Video Presentation. I had to present my research part by myself as Jessica and Penny were ill at the time. However, they were confident and happy with the work i had done! :)



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Planning and Research Presentation by Anthony, Jessica and Penny

Planning And Research Powerpoint

My Role in Making The Research and Planning Video.

My Role in making the Planning and Research Trailer:
Sadly I’ve uploaded this work late, as I was on DOFE, and then having Rocky Horror Production meaning a lot of my time was consumed. Then sadly I was ill and missed more school.
My role in making the presentation and presenting it was.
Location, Props and actors.
Teaser plan.
And generally helping develop the presentation.

A c t o r s / L o c a t i o n s / C o s t u m e / P r o p s

We will be filming in Penny’s Bathroom and Corridor for the opening Scenes.
We will also be filming in Highgate woods for the main footage.
Actors will be Amy Cotter alongside Maya Ellis.
There will be Minor Roles to Seth Tonkn, and Clarence Adej-Attah Etc and other extras.



Location for our Teaser.



Inspiration for the style of our Teaser.

Costume, the main two girls will be in standard clothes such as:
Casual Tank Top/ blouse
Jeans
Trainers
Hoodies.
Boys:
Shirt
Jeans
Trainers
Hoodies.
For the main evil Guy a mask, and dressed in all black.
Will carry a Knife.
In black shoes.

Key Questions? That have been raised?

Key questions we expect from our audience would be:

Who are these girls?

Where are they off to?

How did they get there?

Where is everyone else?

Who’s dead body it is/ is there a connection?

Who is the stalker?
Is the stalker the reason behind the death? Why is he doing this?

Do they survive?

Why them?

How did the dead body get there?

Rough Storyboard.


Teaser Plan/Shot List

Opening shot a close up of the girls getting ready.

Fade out – fade back in to them leaving the house- To a long shot of the Girls leaving their house in the corridor.

Fade out again to them getting to the party. An establishing shot of the party in full throttle.

Lots of Mid Shots and Close ups of people’s faces having a good time at the party. Maybe a few longer shots, of people ‘partying’. Quick camera movement.

Blackout 3 seconds lots of panting, Camera is on the floor, sees girl running to help her sister. Long Shot of this.

Close up of girls being filmed and being confused.

Lot’s of long shots, and deep panting of girls walking and being tired. Trying to find anyone.

Girls rest look back at footage, see a dark person on the camera get scared. Close up of this.

Lot’s of long shots, and deep panting of girls running.

Close up of a dead arms body. From Long shot of Girl falling and tripping herself up.

Long shot of Evil Man walking across the trees with his knife.

Long shot of the evil man behind the girl, while the two girls are talking. GIRL SCREAMS.

Synosis for my Teaser

Two sisters Amy (Amy Cotter) and Maya (Maya Ellis) decide to go and party in the woods with their close friends. But was it really worth it when they find that it wasn’t what they expect? They find themselves in a life-death situation with all means of trying to escape this uninvited stranger with them. Their friends have disappeared and all they are left with is their video camera to try and unravel the truth of what happened. Will they survive to tell their tale, or will the memory of Amy and Maya only be left with their video camera?

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MoodBoard Presentation.

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My Role In My Teaser Production

My Group consists of Jessica, Penny and I. We had our meeting where we decided who would do what where and when.
I did the following:
Actors/Location/Costume and target audience, Teaser Plan.
The tasks Jessica did were:
Storyboard, Synopsis, Genre conventions:
Penny did,
Moodboard and Genre Conventions:
However, before we presented we went over all the week we did as it was vital to be on even playing ground, to do a successful presentation.

Inital Planning for my Teaser:

Initial Planning for my Trailer:
What film Genre am I going for?
Horror, my reasons being it’s the easiest to pull off, without looking tacky or fake. Also Horror is generally my preferred genre, and it’s something I will enjoy to make/Director.
Horror-equipment, style, clothes, props, location:
Clothing:
Mask, knife, clock, for the Killer.
Two Girls: Standard clothing, for a typical teenager. So jeans tank top, nothing extraordinary.
Props: Knife, fake alcohol.
Location: Forest, suburban area. Highgate woods/Queens park woods.
Actors: Amy and Maya Ellis.
Story line:
Girls wake up in the middle of nowhere, scared and confused after partying hard’ Gradually discover the footage of last night, and realise that they are in danger for their lives, and the fight for survival begins.
Teaser:
Quick snappy shots, with fade in and out effect. Mad camera movement to show confusion and distress.

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Offical Trailer:




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Offical Trailer:



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