Assignment #9 draft 2 (part 1)
- 1. A Key Code: Joanne: Abigail: Gledis: Vera: Group work:
- 2. B • For draft one, we all received a grade because parts of the presentation were missing. • My individual grade was an . • WWW: I put good detailed information on each of my slides. • EBI: I should put all of my slides onto the correct presentation.
- 3. • For draft one, we all received a grade because parts of the presentation were missing. • My individual grade was an . • WWW: My target audience slides were efficient and had relevant information. • EBI: I should include more detail in all aspects and include images with every point.
- 4. B Record of grade for draft one • For draft one, we all received a grade because parts of the presentation were missing. • My individual grade was an . • WWW: I gave a good range of conventions and different films that met these conventions. • EBI: I had realised that our opening sequence was actually a thriller and so I wasn’t required to also make a conventions chart for horror films.
- 5. B • For draft one, we all received a grade because I hadn’t put all of my slides onto the presentation. • My individual grade was an . • WWW: I had a good range of pictures on my slides. • EBI: I should put the slides that I was missing up onto the powerpoint.
- 6. c • From draft one to draft two, we made a few amendments to our opening sequence idea. • For this, we changed the ending as we received feedback that it wasn’t exciting and that there wasn’t a good climax.
- 7. c • This was a challenge, as we found it hard to recreate the ending of the opening sequence, but we managed to overcome this obstacle. • This change helped us to improve overall because it made our opening sequence more appealing to our target audience, and made them want to watch the whole film.
- 8. D Genre: Thriller • We have decided to use the genre Thriller. • We want to use this genre effectively by using a number of conventions such as crime, possession, haunting and revenge. We will use these conventions by using them in our opening sequence to thrill our audience which meets the conventions of a thriller.
- 9. Genre D Thriller • This has changed since our first draft, as in our first draft, we thought our opening sequence was Thriller/Horror. • We corrected this and using conventions, we found that in actuality, our opening sequence was a Thriller.
- 10. D Conventions of Thrillers... Conventions Example Image Use/Develop/ Challenge Fatal Use- Someone Attraction becoming obsessed after a relationship Challenge – using a female as the stalker instead of a male. Stalkers/ Obsession The Fan Develop – Instead of being obsessed with a woman and or a family, De Niro is obsessed with his favourite sports star and stalks him.
- 11. D Conventions of Thrillers... Conventions Example Image Use/Develop/ Challenge The Hand Challenge- it does it That Rocks through using a The Cradle women as the crazy killer stalker who seeks revenge instead of the normal use of a male Stalkers/ Obsession Stir of Develop – Its more echoes obsession as Kevin Bacon tries to find the answers to an ever haunting mystery
- 12. D Conventions of Thrillers... Conventions Example Image Use/Develop/ Challenge Eye For An Eye Develop – A woman is used as the person seeking revenge for the crime rather than the typical use of a male character. Crime The Ambulance Develop – Not giving the audience a clear understanding of what the crime actually is at first.
- 13. D (Possible) Conventions of Thrillers... Conventions Example Image Use/Challenge/ Develop The Others Challenge – In this film they made you aware of the wrong ghost, whereas in regular horrors, the ghostly figure is clear. Ghosts House On A Use/Challenge – They Haunted Hill used the ghost to create fear amongst the audience and for the characters. They challenged it by making the ghost physically scary.
- 14. Conventions of Thrillers... Conventions Example Image Use/Develop/ Challenge Use/Develop. The common feature of wrongful accusation was Primal used and it was developed because the Fear character accused was religious, young and didn’t fit the stereotype Misidentification of who would be or Wrongful accused. Accusation. Challenge – It seems to the audience like there has been a The wrongful accusation, Usual as the only survivor is Suspects then questioned about the incident that occurred and this typically doesn’t happen.
- 15. D Convention Explanation Use/Develop/ Challenge Our character is Using – We’re using haunted by a ghost this as we are doing Ghosts/Spirits in her home. possession which can be quite a typical feature. Mysterious things Using– We’re are keep on happening using this to the character, and convention by Mystery as she becomes included mystery all aware of this, these the way through the happenings get plot. worse. At the end of film, Developing – We’re our character is fully developing this possessed. But because our Possession during the opening character is sequence, the possessed slowly character has a close and is aware of this encounter with the possession. ghost.
- 16. Inspirational Films E What I found Inspirational about this scene is the kind of lighting they used through out the more dark scenes emphasises the emotions of the actor /actress
- 17. E Inspirational Films Black Swan What I found inspirational from this movie is the use of close up shots which was clearly present in this film It gives a clear picture of the characters emotions and helps the audience to connect with the character by seeing their emotions so closely.
- 18. E Inspirational Films – The Ring • The film that inspired me most is ‘The Ring’ • I want to use a similar long shot in our opening sequence. • It’s an effective way of keeping the audience’s attention to the puddle of water whilst showing the character come up the stairs. • I also want to use a fast zoom in our opening sequence.
- 19. E Use of costume and make-up in ‘The Ring’ • Quite frightening to look at and an effective way of scaring the audience. • The lighting throughout the whole movie is kept more or less the same. • This creates a very eerie and creepy atmosphere in the movie, common in most horrors and thrillers. • I want to use dark lighting in our opening sequences .
- 20. E Inspirational Films - The Haunting In Connecticut. • Another film that inspired me was ‘The Haunting in Connecticut ’ • Its paranormal theme has inspired me to make my opening sequence about a haunting. • Slamming doors… • It especially inspired me to set my opening sequence in a building that’s haunted. E.g. a haunted house. • I would like to use old newspaper articles such as this to briefly show the history of the area.
- 21. E Inspirational Films – Rosemary’s Baby • A scene from ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ also inspired me. Close up of hand reaching into crib Draws the audiences attention to what she's doing. . Allows imagination to run Close up of Rosemary’s face It never shows what emphasises her shock, and wild making the audience she sees, only her reaction. uneasy. horror at what she sees.
- 22. E Inspirational Films - Gothika The particular scene I found inspirational about this film, where the scenes where the ghost interacts with the characters by leaving scratched out messages on their arms saying ‘Not Alone’. I thought that a similar idea would be a good addition to our idea, as the ghost tries to communicate with our character whilst she sleeps. I also took inspiration from the non-diegetic sounds, because they were creepy and added to what was already a tense film.
- 23. E Inspirational Films – Paranormal Activity Throughout the whole of Paranormal Activity, the characters use their own camera to document what is happening to them. I liked the idea of this as it makes the viewing experience more personal for the viewer as they literally see what the characters see. I want to use this in our opening sequence as the camera shots made it more exciting for the viewer, and we want to add tense excitement too.
- 24. E Inspirational Films – The Grudge • The inspiration that I took from this film was part of the plot – that the ghost was trying to get revenge over her death. • I also felt that the setting added to the creepiness of the film, and so I hope we can re-create this when we make our opening sequence.
- 25. E Inspirational Films – Cabin Fever The camera shot for this scene The props of this is a mini close up shot of his movie is very face to demonstrate disturbing for the fear, disgust and anxiety to the audience as it has audience. disgusting images of blood everywhere.
- 26. E Inspirational Films – Cabin Fever The movie has some kind of old fashioned humour to it which makes it more entertaining and interesting to the audience. In this scene the lighting was very dim which makes it more scary because it emphasis death, danger and fear. It creates suspense to the audience as they don’t know what is going to happen next.
- 27. E Inspirational Films – The Village A scene where a character This scene has a mid shot of discovers about the a character who is supernatural things happening illustrating fear and also of in the village in order to prove the monster destroying to the people that there is things in the village. something going on.
- 28. F Theme/Concept • An idea we had for the theme was Revenge and the concept was Possession. Injustice Ghosts Grievance Twists & Turns Victims Enigma Revenge & Hidden identities Possession! Vicious Ghouls Suspicious circumstances Unsuspecting Mysterious Shocking Someone who has revelations been wronged
- 29. F Theme/Concept Another idea we had for the theme was Justice and concept was Death Murder & Manslaughter Righteousness Revenge Moral Rightness. Vendetta Justice & Death! A Cause Mystery Decay Supernatural Life After Death
- 30. F Theme/ Concept • These were our previous themes and concepts. • WWW: We had a range of different words which helped us when thinking of our opening sequence. • EBI: We could have thought of more themes and concepts.
- 31. F Theme/Concept • We did not change our themes or concepts because it was suitable for what we wanted to do. • We kept the theme revenge and the concept possession because the keywords on that brainstorm helped to provoke new ideas regarding our opening sequence.
- 32. F Theme/Concept • The way in which we came down to one idea is as we like Gledis’s idea but had problems with the choice of set being the school • We later added elements from Abigail's opening sequence and developed on that • There were some bumps in the road as to the ending of the sequence but after meetings we came up with solutions
- 33. G Research Of Topic • http://fspp.net/warn%20poss.htm • On this website, I found all of the believed warning signs of demonic possession and this all linked in with what we had originally decided on for our opening sequence. • The warning signs were things like self mutilation, changes in personality and attitude and blackouts in memory.
- 34. G Research Of Topic • On this website, I also found that the outward manifestations of ghosts also linked in with our opening sequence. The manifestations that we had already chosen were listed on this website, and it included things such as: • Knocking, banging or pounding being heard in one room. • Electrical appliances turning on by themselves. • A feeling of being watched. • Scratching sounds being heard without an obvious source. • And objects seemingly moving by themselves.
- 35. G Research Of Topic • http://www.yourghoststories.com/real-ghost- story.php?story=2298 • On this site I found out that a girl who had been possessed by a demonic creature at the age of 12, was seeing shadows appearing from walls, covering all over her, hearing mocking noises and could see a white round ball rolling towards her mother’s room and also hear noises when she is alone at home. • She was possessed until the age of 22yrs but still had a strange feeling that someone was watching her when she went to her night shift at the mental home.
- 36. H Idea Development Option – Our Previous Ideas. (the whole film) • It starts with the opening sequence, where strange ghostly things are happening to the main character. • The main character slowly begins to find out information about who lived in her home before her. She attempts to tell her family and friends but they dismiss it. • The main character has a series of close encounters with the ghost. Whilst sleeping she dreams of its life in the home she now inhabits. • The ghost possess the main character slowly. Thinking she is on drugs, her family hosts an intervention for her. At this intervention, she is fully possessed. • Her family and friends, whilst trying to restrain her, collectively kill the main character and burn her body. The cycle continues, with the audience being shown a family moving into a newly built home where the main characters house used to be.
- 37. H What Went Well/ Even Better If • WWW: Our teacher said that she would happily watch this film if it was an actual film due for release. This showed us that our idea’s were good. • EBI: The ending was less drastic, as it seemed unlikely that the characters family would burn her body after accidentally killing her.
- 38. Idea Development Option – Our H Previous Ideas. (the opening sequence) • The character is at her desk typing and researching ghosts, hauntings and the history behind where her house is situated. • Suddenly, her television turns on by itself, she grabs her camera to document this strange experience. • After turning off the television, she walks back to her desk, and the another person’s reflection is seen by the audience as they walk past her television. • She hears another a noise coming from the drawer behind her, she scrambles to find out what it is. She finds an old photograph in the drawer that clearly doesn’t belong to her of a young girl wearing a similar necklace to the character. • She hears a scream or thump coming from downstairs, she rushes to find the source of it and ends up in the bathroom. She sees the tap dripping and as she turns it off, she finds that the sink is full of blood.
- 39. H What Went Well/ Even Better If • WWW: Our opening sequence idea has good pace, and the tension builds throughout the two minutes. • EBI: The ending didn’t let the rest of the two minutes down as the rest of the opening sequence built tension and then the final moments made it all slump.
- 40. H Idea Development Option • We decided to keep the majority of our idea the same, and so we only edited the final part of our opening sequence to make it more thrilling.
- 41. H Idea Development Option – Our New Ideas (the whole film) • It starts with the opening sequence, where strange ghostly things are happening to the main character. • The main character slowly begins to find out information about who lived in her home before her. She attempts to tell her family and friends but they dismiss it. • The main character has a series of close encounters with the ghost. Whilst sleeping she dreams of its life in the home she now inhabits. • The ghost possess the main character slowly. Thinking she is on drugs, her family hosts an intervention for her. At this intervention, she is fully possessed. • Her family and friends, whilst trying to restrain her, collectively kill the main character and dispose of her body in a house fire. The cycle continues, with the audience being shown a family moving into a newly built home where the main characters house used to be.
- 42. H Idea Development Option – Our New Ideas (The opening sequence) • The character is at her desk typing and researching ghosts, hauntings and the history behind where her house is situated. • Suddenly, her television turns on by itself, she grabs her camera to document this strange experience and this is seen from her point of view. • After turning off the television, she walks back to her desk, and the another person’s reflection is seen by the audience as they walk past her television. • She hears another a noise coming from the drawer behind her, she scrambles to find out what it is. She finds an old photograph in the drawer that clearly doesn’t belong to her of a young girl wearing a similar necklace to the character. • She hears a thump coming from downstairs, she rushes to find the source of it, running through the corridors in her house she tracks the noise down to the bathroom and she listens outside the door. As she slowly reaches for the handle, someone else’s hand slams on the glass door from the inside.
- 43. Idea Development Option H • From draft one to this current draft, we discussed a number of alternate endings for our opening sequence. We decided that the ending we have chosen: “She hears a thump coming from downstairs, she rushes to find the source of it, running through the corridors in her house she tracks the noise down to the bathroom and she listens outside the door. As she slowly reaches for the ” gives the best handle, someone else’s hand slams on the glass door from the inside. climax out of all of our discussed options. Alternate ending
- 44. Long Shot, Slow motions zoom Close up shot, Ariel Close up of website research 2 Keyboard 3 1 Camera swished around The room fast 4 Whispers are heard 5 Mid-shot view of character 6
- 45. Ariel shot of room Extreme close up of Camera screen 7 8 Close up of camera in hand 9 Close up of TV 10 Long shot 11 12 Mid shot
- 46. Close up shot Close up shot of side of the Long shot face 13 14 15 Close up of photo Close up shot of 16 camera in hand 17 Ariel shot 18
- 47. Close up of face to capture emotions Over the shoulder shot Mid shot 19 20 21 Long shot of hall way Ariel shot drop to Over the shoulder shot 22 23 24
- 48. Wide shot Then fast zoom In to Extreme close up to hand Close up shot 25 26