storyboard bloody fishing

Preliminary task

Activity 2

In horror films the characters that are affected are normally teenagers.  This is because the target audience tends to be a young audience.  In our film we have a group of teenagers who are going to a lake to go fishing,  the killer in are group has anger problems and loses his temper easily, his friend ferg is a normal teenager but his mums friend has a son who is a bit odd and the killer (Robbie) hates him and ends up killing him because  how clumsy and stupid he is.

Activity 6

To make our project, the main part of it was using a computer and a editing package called adobe premiere 10. It allowed us to use adobe premier elements 10 to edit and make our opening. Within adobe elements  to make our opening more professional we focused on production credits and used additive flash to make them most effective. Also we edited our initial clips that needed shortening and put them all in the right order. Adobe elements also allowed us the insert sound effects for example the gun sounds when the shot is fired in our film as well as music over the top which helped to conform to the horror movie. On the computer we also used blogger and our research to try and get our task done to the best of our ability and to update our progress.

Activity 7

From our preliminary task we learnt many things which enabled as to improve and make a good opening for our film. One thing being match on action, we experimented with this and got use to how it works, this meant we could use it effectively in our final project.














Another thing we learnt from our preliminary task was how to use shot reverse shot, this is commonly used when two characters are having a conversation. Our preliminary task allowed us to get used to this and meant we could put it to good use in our opening.

screengrabs

In our production we used white writing on a black background. We did this because this is very common in this genre of film. Lots of Horror movies us it as its very simple easy to do. Also the simplicity of the whole shot with some creepy music can make it very effective as a scary point of the opening two minutes.





This screenshot from our production is to show the scenery/setting. As you can see there is a pond and lots of woods. We did this as often films are made in the woods so this was a great place to set our production. In the woods it is very remote and potentially quite scary. However the pond is a twist as their isn't usually so we have something different.

This is my screen grab of an example of special effects in our production. It is a typical example of a production credit. As the when it plays it has additive dissolve, this effect makes the production look and feel more dynamic, as they do in multi-million pound movie's.  

This screen grab of the bag is to show camerawork. This show our camerawork is good   as i am searching looking through the bag for hot chocolate, the camera has the angle i would have myself. Therefore so it looks like the audience will be looking through my eyes from my perspective.






This screen grab introduces the characters. It introduces them as typical teenagers. The shot we used gives all the characters equal standing.The positioning stops everyone from knowing who will be killed, and who will be the murderer.

The genre of our film is horror. We chose horror as we were told it was one of the easiest to make ,however it was a very difficult film to make, as we had to create tension and suspense. Also an atmosphere needed to be present otherwise the horror is not effective.

Bloody Fishing- Media G321 2015

Opening 2 minutes

opening two minutes of our Horror film Bloody Fishing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBCtXQob0H8

Evaluation activity 1

 In our production we challenged stereotypes of typical horror films as we decided to use different murder weapons.
For example instead of using bloody rusty knives, we used a gun and then my character strangled toms character to dead. Also we filmed our production next to a pond, whereas usually they are made in a distant cabins or the middle of the woods.

target audience

Target audience 

                                          

Our target audience is the people pictured above, this is because they are the stereotypical horror film viewers. Also these people are the most likely group to want to watch it usually together. Today teenagers wear jeans, hoodies and trainers, this means when they see our film they can relate to it.

Also they watch things like breaking bad, dexter, prison break and Sherlock they watch these because they are series’ which are blood pumping and mind stimulating and have been proven to be popular with this group of people. This means that this same crowd will be drawn to our film as it includes many of the same things e.g crime, horror and thriller.

Our opening also includes scary eary music, also includes a character with a weird ora.    

Representation of social groups in our production.

In our production youths/ teenagers are represented as reckless and dangerous. My character is showed to be care free and dangerous as he is seen to kill/ attempt to kill Tom, without thinking about it.
The camera angles in our production generally are lower angles to show the characters as big as many people wish for the youth of their lives back.

Our production begins with an establishing low angle shot of the four characters.  They are wearing typical teenage clothes and appear to be middle class.The first thing that is said by a character is "who brought the fishing rods" and this makes the audience realize  that teenagers are un-organised and reckless as they didn't bring the main tool for fishing.
The setting of our films is a local woods and this suggests that our characters are good friends as they go on trips all together

In the opening of thriller and horror films the conventional opening scenes involve someone dying or being killed by the antagonist. Because the audience expects a death early on in the film they don't want to completely relate to the characters.  We don't find out a lot about the back story of the characters.  We only find out that they aren't all close friends through the production when i ask why Tom h has to come.

Bloody fishing script

Script : Bloody fishing

(Robbie and fearg walk through the doors)
Robbie: what you doing this weekend?
Fearg: Nothing man, why?
Robbie: wait!
Fearg: what?
Robbie: we could go fishing, we haven't been in time?
Fearg: sick idea!

(Robbie and fearg leave)

(high angle of the pond)

Robbie: does Tom have to come?
Fearg: he's my mum's mates son, she made me!
Robbie: ahhhhh, he's a neek! FINE.

(Tom enters carrying all the fishing equipment)

Tom:hi guys, this stuffs great, thanks for inviting me.
Robbie: yeah invited...
Fearg: its cool man dont worry.
Robbie: lets set up over here.
Fearg looks good to me.
Tom: looks perfect <3

(Robbie looks through the bag for a flask)

Robbie: im cold where's the flask with the hot chocolate in it?
Tom: what flask?
Robbie: the one on the side i told u to bring?...
Tom: i must have left it behind.
Robbie: you're a fu___ng idiot, i never wanted you here, go home!!

(Robbie exists)

(Becomes dark)

Tom: where did he go?
Fearg: I don't know he'll be back soon.
Tom: I'm going to the toilet.
Fearg: ok man.

(Tom exits)

(Tom doing a toilet)

(Robbie enters)

Robbie: Why are you here?
Tom: what are you doing im weeing.
Robbie: i never wanted you here leave!
Tom: i cant right now im weeing
Robbie: leave now!
Tom: i cant

(Robbie shoots tom in the leg)

(Tom crys and falls to the ground)

(Robbie jumps on him and begins to strangle him)

"Please, please dont!" Tommy squealed and begged.
Robbie: I told you to leave
Tom: I'll go! I'll go!
Robbie: It's to late for that!!

(scene fades outs as Robbie laughs)

(final credits begins)

(End music starts)

diary of filming pt 2 after lunch

On our first day of filming, two of the three characters are talking about where they are going to go. The place described in the scene is where the main setting of the film will occur.

diary of film 2

On our first day of filming we used a few camera tricks to show the characters and to show the audience what they look like and how they will act

soundtrack

my group and i have concluded that this piece of non copyright music is fitting and most appropriate for our opening two minutes as it builds tension and creates suspense for the audience. as our genre is horror, is is a vital part of the construction of our film as all good horrors have an enticing beginning.

Attachments area

dae productions

sdc productions credits

Our preliminary task(short film)

target audience profile

Dawn Of The dead

	Age:	%:	Gender:	%:	Class	%:

	4-6	0%	Male:	67%	AB	30%

	7-11	0%	Female:	33%	C1	29%

	12-14	0%			C2	23%

	15-24	42%			DE	18%

	25-34	22%

	35-44	21%

	45+	15%

The typical target audience of a horror film is male as the table shows 67% of the audience were male who watched dawn of the dead. The typical age range was 15-24 and 42% of the audience watched dawn of the dead. However the age range of the audience was from 15-45 plus.Therefore we are aiming our film at a male audience who our in their late teens.