Mise-en-scene

 

                                       

 

The fact that the girl is lying shows that that she is vulnerable. Also her red duvet  that she is lying on might be a foreshadowing that she is lying in her own blood and that she may die. The boy in the background is all shadows and no decipherable features and blurred out shows that he is mysterious and evil and not human because he does not have clear features. Dark lighting shows danger and that something bad is there. This scene is effective because it is set in a bedroom which is supposed to be a safe place and also it is relatable to everyone which makes it even more scary.     

History of Horror

                   

                        

video from: http://filmmakeriq.com/lessons/a-brief-history-of-horror/

From this video I have learned that horror genre is unique because of its recognisable pattern. All of the horror films made go through Horror Cycles such as remakes, reboots, sequels, etc. The first horror ideas came from monsters, demons, beasts and murderers and the genre was an extension of literature and was named Gothic Horror because of its medieval settings of old creepy castles and dark forests. 

The first horror film ever made is considered to the 1896 'The Manor of the Devil' 
In the 1900's and 1920's they were still exploring the Gothic horror genre with Thomas Edison's 'Frankenstein' in 1910. After World War 1 Germany started exploring expressionism over real world. one example of this is 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and was thought to be the grandfather of all films.                                                      
In late 1920's the film industry made a great leap when sound was developed.


Post World War 2 to 1950's was the most difficult time for the film industry due to the end of Classic Studio System and Battle with Television. During this time there was a great boom of pulp science fiction such as 'The Thing from Another World' in 1951 and the famous 'Godzilla' in 1954. 

In the 1960's and on the was a great freedom in making movies due to the elimination of the restrictive Production Code in 1964 and so nudity, gore and psychology was introduced. One result of this explosion of freedom was the iconic 'Psycho' made in 1960 directed by Alfred Hitchcock who was the master of this cycle. Hammer Gothic Horror cycle was being rebooted in the UK in colour. 'The Curse of Frankenstein' made in 1957 showed nudity and blood on screen in its true colour. 1959-64 was the Edgar Allen Poe cycle with films like 'House of Usher' 1960 and 'Tales of Terror' 1962.

After this came the occult cycle with films such as 'Rosemary's Baby' 1968 and one of the most well known 'The Exorcist' made in 1973 and 'The Omen' made in 1976. 1980's 'The Shining has defied any category or imitation with its uniqueness. 'The Evil Dead' made in 1981 a blood soaked horror never intended for cinema.

Throughout the 1990's and 2000's psychological and thriller were very popular alongside torturous violence such as the film 'Saw' 2004. Furthermore, 'The Blair Witch Project; made in 1999 was the first in its sub genre of 'found footage' 



In the modern day zombies have become a popular sub genre and films were made such as '28 Days Later' 2002 and 'World War Z' 2013. However, this genre is starting to fade out as comedic versions of this genre are being made such as 'Zombieland' 2010. 

  

Preliminary Task

                                          Evaluation

During this exercise I have learnt how important lighting is when you are filming outside. Also I have learnt the importance of communication between people that work on set. During filming i have also learned how to use different angles to create certain emotions such as: close ups helped us to create more tension and to show how characters felt through facial expressions. However, we edited our shot reverse shot incorrectly so we did not have a coherent and continuous sequence.

One skill that i have developed is how important it is to project my voice to be heard in the audio and how important it is that both actors project in a similar volume because if they sound very different then it sound awkward in the final piece. Also I have learned how important it is to take time planning and drawing a storyboard and not to rush it so that when we actually film we are not confused and have to change multiple scenes. Also I have improved my communication skills because when we did have to change some scenes we were able to do it clearly because of good communication. It was fairly difficult to do at the beginning because we all had different ideas of how our final piece should look, but as the filming progressed and the final outcome became clearer we were and to communicate better and come to a conclusion of how our work should look calmly.

We have received some positive feedback from others:

 




I could improve my preliminary task by re-editing some of our scenes (which we did) and make sure that the rules that we used such as shot reverse shot are clear and understandable. Also we could improve by taking time making our plan for shooting and storyboard, so that it makes sense. And write down scenes in an order that is more convenient to shoot rather than to just write the scenes in order of the story. 

Preliminary Task

                                

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Most of our filming is going to be done outside. 

Script

Storyboard

Filming Schedule

 

Rules of Filming

                                      

180 Degree Shot:

 A basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene.  An imaginary line called the axis connects the characters, and by keeping the camera on one side of this axis for every shot in the scene, the first character is always frame right of the second character, who is then always frame left of the first. This is mainly used in a dialogue scene between two characters. 

Shot Reverse Shot:

 a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character, and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.

Match on Action:

A film editing and video editing techniques where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot's action. A common example is a man walking up to a door and reaching for the knob. 

Continuity Editing: 

The predominant style of film editing and video editing in the post-production process of film making of narrative films and television programs. The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots.