Organisation
-The film set we chose may be privately owned.
-Equipment may be misplace on set after filming.
-Rented equipment may be lost which would result in fines.
-We may not meet our filming schedule and may return to school with a lack of footage.
-Actors or crew members may be absent at the last moment.
-unexpected weather could cause numerous problems on set.
Communication
-My instructions may not be clear enough to understand.
-Me and other students may not contribute ideas to the rest of the group.
-Often with things like this, it is easy to loose patience with members.
-May be difficult to contact crew/cast members via mobile phone at essential moments.
-Unannounced changes can cause issues for members.
-Basic human needs such as rest/hunger may not be met resulting in a sap of mood.
-A lack of communication with teaching staff.
Technical Issues
-Equipment may not be charged and could die on set.
-A lack of knowledge about equipment may result in poor footage.
-Equipment may be put in the right settings.
-the lighting or sound quality may not be to a sufficient standard.
-an unstable landscape or wind may cause the camera to shake .
-Health and safety issues may not be understood by the equipment user.
-Attempting to force appliances into the camera could result in damage.
Group work issues
-Individuals negligence effecting the entire group effort.
-mixed opinions may lead to division in the group.
-distribution of jobs may be biased against some.
-lack of listening skills.
-The group being unwilling to compromise.
-Procrastination.
-Lack of support in the group.
-Being insensitive /rude to members of the group.
-allowing personal problems to effect filming.
Monday, 24 November 2014
Treatment
Our opening will be based around the stereotypically used idea in slasher films, that is a group of young people enter an ominous location (old train tunnel in this case) and they encounter something out of the ordinary (train whistle) and one member (in this case the "jock") goes of in search of the source, and the others later discover his body and also encounter the killer and it turns into a pursuit in which they all inevitably perish as well.
This should make the audience feel terror, terror at the horror faced by the characters and terror for the scenario, the killer's Mise En Scene will also cause terror to the audience as he will look intimidating and merciless (will go into greater detail on prop post).
The opening will also make the audience feel empathy, empathy for the hopelessness of the situation and sorrow for the unfortunate events occurring to these young people.
The narrative will have to sound natural, as if it was an ordinary conversation between three young people, this can range from talking about celebrities, news of the time and currant life events, while taking into account that some things may seem offensive to certain audiences.
The narrative could also be related to anecdotes from the characters, something that gives the audience an idea about their personalities, maybe even to give the audience an emotional attachment to the character that further increases their shock when they are murdered.
The dialogue will always be diagetic as the camera will track the characters.
We will be featuring 4 characters, a group of 3 young teenagers comprising of the stereotypical casting in a slasher film; a jock (a physically fit sporty man, over confident and often arrogant), a "geek" (a skinny physically weak, intellectual character, who would be the first to suspect danger and will be over analytical of the situation much to the annoyance of the jock) and lastly the "Drama queen" (a young girl who often exaggerates the situation and is the most potent to being easily scared, will scream often and will rely on the prowess of others for protection).
And of course the killer, the entire film will revolve around this character so it would be wise not to release too much information about him in the opening and to leave the audience in suspense to his identity as is commonly done in Slasher films.
The killers role will be to create the feeling of threat for the audience and move the plot forward, the killer will the be main variable that keeps the film going.
The film is set firstly in a open country field environment, in which we will do an establishing shot of the area, and introduce the characters, and then for a certain circumstance they are forcing to walk down a dark, long, over grown train tunnel (pictured in location post).
The lighting of the scene will have to be dimmed at certain points during filming, and a filter may be used to dim the scene in order to create a gloomy atmosphere, despite the colourful Mise En Scene of the characters, they should appear more grey and hopeless to create tension.
We want to use the camera to emphasise the panic of the event, as the plot escalates the camera angles will change more quickly, this is to exaggerate the panic and confusion and increase tension for the audience, this also highlights the emotions shown by the actors.
Editing will be used to combine all the different camera angle shots into one sequence that will seem very fast pace and to give the audience a better view of the Mise En Scene of the surroundings and scenery, for this Shot Reverse Shot will be crucial to set the scene and add the feeling of panic, along with an added incidental non diagetic sound track.
This should make the audience feel terror, terror at the horror faced by the characters and terror for the scenario, the killer's Mise En Scene will also cause terror to the audience as he will look intimidating and merciless (will go into greater detail on prop post).
The opening will also make the audience feel empathy, empathy for the hopelessness of the situation and sorrow for the unfortunate events occurring to these young people.
The narrative will have to sound natural, as if it was an ordinary conversation between three young people, this can range from talking about celebrities, news of the time and currant life events, while taking into account that some things may seem offensive to certain audiences.
The narrative could also be related to anecdotes from the characters, something that gives the audience an idea about their personalities, maybe even to give the audience an emotional attachment to the character that further increases their shock when they are murdered.
The dialogue will always be diagetic as the camera will track the characters.
We will be featuring 4 characters, a group of 3 young teenagers comprising of the stereotypical casting in a slasher film; a jock (a physically fit sporty man, over confident and often arrogant), a "geek" (a skinny physically weak, intellectual character, who would be the first to suspect danger and will be over analytical of the situation much to the annoyance of the jock) and lastly the "Drama queen" (a young girl who often exaggerates the situation and is the most potent to being easily scared, will scream often and will rely on the prowess of others for protection).
And of course the killer, the entire film will revolve around this character so it would be wise not to release too much information about him in the opening and to leave the audience in suspense to his identity as is commonly done in Slasher films.
The killers role will be to create the feeling of threat for the audience and move the plot forward, the killer will the be main variable that keeps the film going.
The film is set firstly in a open country field environment, in which we will do an establishing shot of the area, and introduce the characters, and then for a certain circumstance they are forcing to walk down a dark, long, over grown train tunnel (pictured in location post).
The lighting of the scene will have to be dimmed at certain points during filming, and a filter may be used to dim the scene in order to create a gloomy atmosphere, despite the colourful Mise En Scene of the characters, they should appear more grey and hopeless to create tension.
We want to use the camera to emphasise the panic of the event, as the plot escalates the camera angles will change more quickly, this is to exaggerate the panic and confusion and increase tension for the audience, this also highlights the emotions shown by the actors.
Editing will be used to combine all the different camera angle shots into one sequence that will seem very fast pace and to give the audience a better view of the Mise En Scene of the surroundings and scenery, for this Shot Reverse Shot will be crucial to set the scene and add the feeling of panic, along with an added incidental non diagetic sound track.
Monday, 17 November 2014
Location overview
For our chosen shooting location we chose an abandoned train track located in Chacombe a quiet and rural village, which will perfect as cars rarely pass by and there is little chance people will pass by causing interference during filming.
we took images of the location and possible shots, the area is fairly bright and may need a filter to darken the area to make it appear more ominous.
In order to test these shots we took small clips of possible takes in order to test how it looked on camera.
we firstly took a clip of the characters walking down a path, but the camera was inside a hedge to achieve the effect that somebody was watching them through a hedge, the shot was taken at a low angle and panned left to follow the characters.
Afterwards we took a shot from a low angle at the bottom of a slope, it panned to the right to follow the characters as they walk down the slope.
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In order to test these shots we took small clips of possible takes in order to test how it looked on camera.
we firstly took a clip of the characters walking down a path, but the camera was inside a hedge to achieve the effect that somebody was watching them through a hedge, the shot was taken at a low angle and panned left to follow the characters.
Afterwards we took a shot from a low angle at the bottom of a slope, it panned to the right to follow the characters as they walk down the slope.
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Sunday, 9 November 2014
Monday, 3 November 2014
Genre analysis - Jeepers Creepers
Film name - Jeepers Creepers
Age certificate - 15
Production studio - United Artists
Distribution company - Capitol Films, United Artists
Director - Victor Salva
Box office takings - $513,292
This opening started like the majority of Slasher films, with 2 young people unaware of the horror that they about the face, in this case the brother and sister are casually driving down an empty road, the emptiness and tranquillity of the scene would leave the audience uncomfortable as they would be aware of the events that may occur in this genre of film, the 2 are shown from a close up eye level view from the driver side of the car, in order to easily present the 2 characters in dialogue.
Things start to escalate when the protagonists notice something that they should not have, in this case a figure disposing of a body, shown from a extreme long shot panning from the left to make the impression the car is passing, the dialogue of the protagonists shows their realisation and panic as the scene begins to escalate, an incidental non diagetic classic slasher screeching sound track is played to raise suspense.
an extreme long shot of the killer panning to the right of him is shown, but the angle of the killer does not change as it rotates, this shows that he is staring directly at the protagonists and therefore straight at the audience, the Mis En Scene of the killer is rugged dark scarecrow style clothing which reveals no form of expression or emotion, which makes the killer seem dark and heartless to the audience, the van he is stood next to is a classic style van which is rusted all over and dark, this looks like some form of stereotypical murder vehicle, the brother and sister's Mis En Scene is that of a modern look, the girl wearing a modern sleeveless top, the boy in a t-shirt, the way they behave is stereotype of siblings which is bickering, even in the sight of the danger.
The mobile phone fails to work, technology failing to work or any device that could assist the victims is a common effect used in a Slasher film, often in a time of crisis where it would be desperately needed, this leaves a feeling of hopelessness to the audience.
The view switches to an extreme long shot of the van starting to pull out, at this point it is clear that there is danger present and a form of chase is imminent, along with the escalated incidental sound track this creates a great feeling of suspense for the audience.
The camera angle switches to a low angle stationary camera which shows the protagonist's car starting to travel at great speed, then to a similar angle but instead of the killer's car, this is to emphasise the idea that the killer is starting to gain and increases the suspense, which is a tool used in Slashers but more often on foot rather then a vehicle chase.
A front angle, eye level close up of the driver is shown as he grabs the wheel in assurance with a great level of fear in his eyes, this is to try and express the pressure put on the driver at this moment, and also show the killer starting to catch up.
Age certificate - 15
Production studio - United Artists
Distribution company - Capitol Films, United Artists
Director - Victor Salva
Box office takings - $513,292
Things start to escalate when the protagonists notice something that they should not have, in this case a figure disposing of a body, shown from a extreme long shot panning from the left to make the impression the car is passing, the dialogue of the protagonists shows their realisation and panic as the scene begins to escalate, an incidental non diagetic classic slasher screeching sound track is played to raise suspense.
an extreme long shot of the killer panning to the right of him is shown, but the angle of the killer does not change as it rotates, this shows that he is staring directly at the protagonists and therefore straight at the audience, the Mis En Scene of the killer is rugged dark scarecrow style clothing which reveals no form of expression or emotion, which makes the killer seem dark and heartless to the audience, the van he is stood next to is a classic style van which is rusted all over and dark, this looks like some form of stereotypical murder vehicle, the brother and sister's Mis En Scene is that of a modern look, the girl wearing a modern sleeveless top, the boy in a t-shirt, the way they behave is stereotype of siblings which is bickering, even in the sight of the danger.
The mobile phone fails to work, technology failing to work or any device that could assist the victims is a common effect used in a Slasher film, often in a time of crisis where it would be desperately needed, this leaves a feeling of hopelessness to the audience.
The view switches to an extreme long shot of the van starting to pull out, at this point it is clear that there is danger present and a form of chase is imminent, along with the escalated incidental sound track this creates a great feeling of suspense for the audience.
The camera angle switches to a low angle stationary camera which shows the protagonist's car starting to travel at great speed, then to a similar angle but instead of the killer's car, this is to emphasise the idea that the killer is starting to gain and increases the suspense, which is a tool used in Slashers but more often on foot rather then a vehicle chase.
A front angle, eye level close up of the driver is shown as he grabs the wheel in assurance with a great level of fear in his eyes, this is to try and express the pressure put on the driver at this moment, and also show the killer starting to catch up.
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