Blood making

Realistic syrup blood - this method had the right consistency, fairly runny but not watery, however it came out as more of a brown colour than red. When it was dropped onto a surface it splattered out to give a realistic look. It mostly tasted of chocolate and syrup which would be good for my actors as it doesnt taste revolting.

Simple red blood - the second method looked a lot like blood as it was a simple water based style. It looked too runny to use in filming and probably too bright red, it needed to be darker and thicker. It tasted of water with food colouring in it.

 

Chocolate blood - the chocolate blood was a rather brown colour due to the cocoa and chocolate syrup being added, this meant that it tasted of chocolate a lot. The thickness was good as the powder thickened the water up, when dropped from a spoon it splatted nicely but could of spread more.

 

Tomato blood - this version was very good as it had a good viscosity and colour, however maybe slightly too bright. The drops parted well. It had a very strong ketchup flavour which would not be good if my actors don't like tomato ketchup.

 

Golden syrup - the last one we tried was this golden syrup one. It was very sticky and fairly thick as the syrup made everything stick together. It tasted good as it was mostly syrup, when dropped it didn't spread as much as i would of liked.

Costume

I chose these outfits for my characters as they are all very stereotypical and therefore the audience can immediately work out who they are, what they’re like and what they do. I felt that with my story line and characterisation that it was best not to turn the conventions of film on its head but rather to go with it and maybe even over exaggerate them.

Editing a work sheet

Props

 

Story board

 

Horror Location Shots

There are a few risks involved regarding filming in these locations.

Schedule for filming

Preliminary Storyboards

Story board 1:

Story board 2:

Preliminary Task

Match on action - is an editing technique for when one shot cuts to another shot portraying the action of the subject in the first shot.

Shot reverse/reaction shot - this shot is when you focus on a character, switch quickly to what they are looking at, and then back to the character to get their reaction.

180-degree rule - imagine a semi circle on one side of a conversation between two people, the camera stays on the line of that semi circle when filming.

My preliminary script;

Nick: Alright miss?

Sophie: Your essay is not good enough!

Nick: But miss, I tried my very hardest on that you don’t understand how long it took me.

Examination

What was my role?

I was the camera man within this task, so i had to make sure i was at the right angles and taking the right shots. I was also the director, therefore i had to tell the actors what to do in the film.

What worked well?

The task as a whole worked very well. My actors followed my instructions closely and did as they were meant to; the angles of the camera were done correctly, including the 3 shots we had to include; match on action, shot reverse shot and 180 degree rule.

What didn't work well?

We had to retake a few shots when the actors forgot their lines, or if i was not in the right place and the camera wasn't at the right angle.

What will you do differently in your main task?

I will take more care with the camera angles and steadiness to get a better picture, also i will make sure my actors are prepped with their roles and know their lines.

Presentation

 

Audience Profile

For my audience profile i ask a total of 32 people a number of questions relevant to horror films. Firstly i asked people from the age of 5 and over whether or not they watch horror films, then i decided to pose the same question but to people only within the top age group of 16-20 and split the results into gender. My next question was to define what horror topic people prefered to watch and then what killer they liked to see in such films. My fifth question was to find out the prefered victim of a film, and then finally the amount of murder people like to see within a horror film.

 

From this questionairre i found out a lot of the preferences people have with horror films. I will encorporate my results into my plan for my horror opening. Therefore i will aim my film at males within the age of 16-20; i will base it on the psycological theme; my killer will be a middle aged man who targets a young/middle aged female (the stereotypical victim) and finally i will only have one murder within my entire film.