Audience research

Our film would appeal to a mass audience as anyone who is interested in the genre horror can watch this. We handed out questionnaires and from these we were able to interpret and analyse the different ideas put forward from an audience. one question we asked was 'What is your favourite genre?' Most of people answered horror but was closely followed by comedy. As we wanted to do this it was good that most people had this as there preffered choice of genre. From the other questions we asked we were able to gain other ideas for weapons and places for locations with the woods being the most favoured place from the questions we asked. Another thing we picked up was that the audience said that they preffered the build up of tension and suspense more than the more bloody approach of just violence and gore.

Location shots

These are the location shots of where we hope to film our short film, we chose this location because we think it has all the things to offer which can aid us in filming. The wood itself is dull, dark and gloomy, which will help us when the killer is following and watching as it will add to the horror effect. Thus far we haven't decided where we will be filming individual scenes but we hope to do this from our shooting script.

Paranormal activity trailer

This is the trailer for Paranormal activity, from this we can take alot of ideas and hopefully generate our own. This film has the best sound effects in relation to what happens. There is not much non-diegetic sounds so it is clear when the diegetic sound comes in it is clear and tense and gives the viewer quite a fright, However there are a few problems with this film the majority of it is just bogged down and drowned under the sheer amount of speech which could bore the viewer into not finding the film interesting.

Short film horror- Wireless

After watching this short film I believe there are only a good few points to say about it. 

Firstly the story line was just stupid and unbelievable and didn't really have and ending. 

On the other hand they had a good actor who made her character believable

but the story line was so bad it didn't work. 

They used some ok sounds which made some of it tense 

but overall they were pretty poor. 

There is alot of Non-diegetic sound used compared to diegetic. 

I think they need to use more to create more of a scary effect and to frighten the viewer.

They also don't use a variety of shots most of it is close up and doesn't give you feeing that she is alone, 

only with a couple of different shots does this happen.

Overall it was a poor film and i believe it could improve in all areas.

Written Proposal

Name(s):Sean MurdenJordan DaviesMatthew Loft

Current outline of plot and ideas:There were two best friends called llyod and peter at school, planning to go on a camping trip and the end of term for a weekend. Yet during the week in which they have decided they wanted to go mysterious goings on have been going on with the local farmers animals, there animals have been turning up dead and mawled yet each case if different from the last. So the best friends don’t believe these rumor’s so they decide it will be a fun idea to go camp right in the middle of the misterious goings on. Once they have made tents they decide a make a fire. So they decide to split up and collect fire wood together so Lloyd thinks this is the perfect time to play a practical joke on peter and dresses up and cloaked man with a knife and follows peter into the woods. And with perfect timing jumps on peter and scares him, after the tension has been decreased between them, around the camp fire, peter notices the fire is dying down and decides to get more fire wood, when Lloyd comes out of the tent to find peter isn’t there he laughs and says “ ok jokes over peter “ but there is no reply so after time has gone by Lloyd really starts to worry and goes in search for Peter. After wondering the woods he still cant find Peter so he returns to the camp to find the camp in a mess and the tents are ripped out and the fire is dying down, he shouts Peter where are you?? This isn’t funny now? Come out? Jokes over?. Waits around the camp fire worrying until he hears rustling in the woods, and footprints of breaking sticks underneath foots, so he decides to look with his flashlight equipped, he walks and walks but his light runs out of battery, hits it and flashes on the floor and shines upon and sees the murderer infront of him and he slashes his neck……

Practicalities:Own camera(s) or school’s?Own Camera
Where will you be filming? Does this involve permissions – whose?We will be filming in the local woods that we fill will fit in with the story line

How many people and who, including the named above “team”, will be involved e.g. actors? 3 actors
2 actors = Jordan Davies as Peter and Matthew Loft as Esteban1 actors =
The Murderer Camera Man = Sean Murdern

Outline your three major expected problems on planning / shooting.
Time to film it when we are all free Disagreement on the story line at a certain point

Location and Time

Down in the woods plot

The Plot

 

There were two best friends called llyod and peter at school, planning to go on a camping trip and the end of term for a weekend. Yet during the week in which they have decided they wanted to go mysterious goings on have been going on with the local farmers animals, there animals have been turning up dead and mawled yet each case if different from the last. So the best friends don’t believe these rumor’s so they decide it will be a fun idea to go camp right in the middle of the misterious goings on. Once they have made tents they decide a make a fire. So they decide to split up and collect fire wood together so Lloyd thinks this is the perfect time to play a practical joke on peter and dresses up and cloaked man with a knife and follows peter into the woods. And with perfect timing jumps on peter and scares him, after the tension has been decreased between them, around the camp fire, peter notices the fire is dying down and decides to get more fire wood, when Lloyd comes out of the tent to find peter isn’t there he laughs and says “ ok jokes over peter “ but there is no reply so after time has gone by Lloyd really starts to worry and goes in search for Peter. After wondering the woods he still cant find Peter so he returns to the camp to find the camp in a mess and the tents are ripped out and the fire is dying down, he shouts Peter where are you?? This isn’t funny now? Come out? Jokes over?. Waits around the camp fire worrying until he hears rustling in the woods, and footprints of breaking sticks underneath foots, so he decides to look with his flashlight equipped, he walks and walks but his light runs out of battery, hits it and flashes on the floor and shines upon and sees the murderer infront of him and he slashes his neck……

 

First A2 post

This is my first A2 post.