Treatment For Teaser Trailer
The working title for the film we will be producing is called Through Her Eyes or Liminal Obsession. For the time being we are keeping an open mind therefore the working title may change in later stages of production as further ideas may come into place.
We are doing this production for our coursework which is going to contribute towards our final A2 grade.
We decided to name our production company Masked productions. Our teaser trailer will be of a horror genre and will include elements of horror sub genres of psychological and slashers coinciding with films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street.
As it is a teaser trailer we have decided that it will be no longer than 45seconds. We have chosen our tag line to be 'Your mind is the scene of a crime' as it sort of sums up our storyline in a few words. Our teaser trailer will be of video and film format.
The Intended audience for our teaser trailer include both males and females above the age of 15. We have created our trailer to be a product which both sexes can relate and enjoy with the use of suspense, female gaze type shooting and slasher gore elements.As we are creating a teaser trailer, we have decided not to include any dialogue as this may take up too much time.
Synopsis
The content Masked Productions present is a psychological slasher about a disturbed man with a psychological obsession with the hair of youg girls. He was tortured and stripped of all his clothes and hair from a gang of school kids when he was young. As he grown older he seems unable to leave the past in the past and begin torturing girls relating to his past attackers giving his victims a devlish nightmare in a manic torturing fest to get his own back.
For our production we will be using a range of equipment such as :
*Camera - Canon 5D and Canon 7D
* Tripod - Vinten pro5
* Kino flo: Diva lite 400x2 and Diva lite 800x2
For our shooting location we are thinking of shooting our teaser trailer in a abandoned building or a filming studio. We are also hoping that this location will be able to access some woods for a few of our shots we would like to shoot.
Monday, 31 October 2011
Friday, 28 October 2011
Textual Analysis: Film Magazine : Total Film
Total film : Max Payne
Total film the magazine is a British film magazine published 13 times a year every four weeks by future publishing. The magazine was launched in 1997 and offers films, DVDs and blu ray news, reviews and features. Guest editors have included Peter Jackson, Kevin Smith, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Each month total film provides a range of features, from a full length of interviews and photo shoots with well-known and up and coming actors and directors. Also major film previews and interesting pieces.
The denotation of this magazine front cover is that it has a masthead situated at the top centre of the page which is the normal convention of magazine front covers and the main subject the actor ‘Max Wahlberg’ in the middle of this front cover. The shot used of ‘Max Wahlberg’ is a medium long shot also the barcode is on the bottom left of the page and coverlines situating on both sides of this front cover. The background is of a dark misty place looks like the winter season is present in this magazine film cover. The masthead is in sans serif font covering most of the top half of the page; it is placed in big bold font ‘TOTAL FILM’, this masthead looks very strong and bold which corresponds to the main subject/focus in the magazine front cover ‘Max Wahlberg’ who looks in total control holding his two guns and commanding his position very strongly and boldly. Also the colour of the masthead as it is in black and white, these are standard bold colours used for many things this could connote the type of film this magazine front cover is trying to promote e.g. its going to be serious. If the masthead colours were in blue and yellow the film will most likely to be cheerful and less serious.
The main image in this film magazine is ‘Max Wahlberg’ he is dressed in all black which could tell the audience that this film is going to be very serious and dangerous and the black could connote what people wear at funerals, also the non verbal communication of his face having such concentration on it/seriousness and also his props of him holding two guns it tells the audience that this film is going to be action packed. On the main image there looks like there is high key lighting on the subject then on the rest of the front cover there is low key lighting; the low key lighting of the background shows the loneliness of ‘Max Wahlberg’ and how he looks very isolated like him against the world. The coverlines of this magazine front cover follows the conventions of normal magazine front covers with a subheadings and then information underneath it. The subheadings of the coverlines are in yellow they creators could have did this to brighten up this magazine front cover also to grab the audiences attention due to the fact the coverlines could contain important information.
Most film magazines want to make a bold statement to there audiences and attract many readers and total film is no exception this magazine is very clear and comes across and being very basic compared to other film magazines such as Empire or Fangoria. This total film magazine gets straight to the point in the statement they want to make which is the lonely figure Max Payne who is on a mission.
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Textual Analysis Of A Film Magazine: Empire
Film Magazine Textual Analysis: Empire Inception
Empire magazine is a British magazine published monthly by Bauer Consumer Media. It is the biggest selling film magazine in Britain to date. Empire is an iconic magazine featuring the biggest blockbusters regularly and famous actors and also inspiring directors and writers.
The denotation of this magazine is a strong colour themed image of red black and blue with a medium long shot of Leonardo DiCaprio’s character Cobb from the Christopher Nolan Directed film “Inception”. The picture of Leonardo DiCaprio and the setting surrounding him is one of the main focuses as the release of “Inception” was the summer blockbuster of that year. Leonardo’s character is staring off camera with one hand wrapped firmly around a gun.
The masthead font is a sans serif font in block capitals. The trademark Empire masthead is positioned to fill most of the top third. The font is signature to the magazine unless they decide to change it to accompany the film which is being featured. The masthead is the traditional red which is usually used it is a colour that is bold and bright and grabs readers attention from the news stand and helps with the left third. A common convention among some film magazines is for some of the masthead letters to not be visible. The “P” in “Empire” is not shown due to it being covered by the main image, this composition connotes that this magazine is popular and known very well globally as it is obvious to the reader what the name of the magazine is called.The main image looks very 3D as if the reader is entering the magazine when looking. This relates to the whole concept of Inception as it’s as if were entering the dream world. High key lighting helps create this illusion, as the background settings behind the cover lines are very bright enhancing the illusion of entering a computer generated mind made up of tall buildings which are shown in the film. Leonardo as the main image is key, as it is his character that enforces the adventure of going into a dream within a dream. A mixture of high and low key lighting is used on Leonardo’s face to reveal some of his stern NVC, which connects to his character, and to create a sense of mystery with the shadowed parts on his face, as dreams can be a dangerous mystery.
The layout of the magazine is quite unusual as the cover lines are placed in a diagonal type degree turn to add to the 3D illusion. Although some of the magazines layout is quite simple with the main cover line it matches the Empire masthead font and colour showing the audience this is one of the main attractions as it is red and big, attention grabbing. Included within the main cover line is a quote “The Matrix meets 007 on steroids!” Empire has cleverly entwined this quote into their front cover as they have included two big well know high rated movies to compare inception to, encouraging readers to go see but by adding “on steroids” to the quote shows the reader it is a must see as by further comparing to steroids show is must be even more fast paced, powerful and exhilarating that “The Matrix” and 007 films. Below the main cover line is also a small puff which doesn’t fit the colour scheme to perhaps break up the brightness of the red on the reader’s eye. The puff includes a clever pun “Dream Access to the movie event of 2010” creating further the reader to read the article to have “Dream Access” which the movie revolves around. The magazine doesn’t just focus around Inception, some of the focus surrounds the director Christopher Nolan, as above the Inception cover line it has “Christopher Nolan’s”. It is further noticed that the magazine is partly centred on the director; an aspect Empire is known for, as above the masthead it has “The Dark Knight Returns…” this has nothing to do with the film but everything to do with the film’s director who wrote and directed the dark knight. By including this further get the audience keen on buying, as the selling line could relate to a third instalment of the batman series or it could refer to Christopher Nolan being “The Dark Knight” and returning with another major block buster.
Other films mentioned in this issue are: Batman 3, Toy story 3, Jonah Hex, Thor, Predators and Let me in. All films mentioned are all of different type genres showing the magazine is versatile and can appeal to all types of people who are into different films. The cover lines are positioned on both sides of the main image and are in black to not draw away attention from the main image but bold enough to be noticed. Certain film such as, Batman 3 and Toy Story 3 have been placed to the left as they are high profile films which had a lot of media coverage around them. Placing them in the left third could possibly be strategic to help sales where the magazine is not shown full-frontage.
The issue was released in July 2010, showing that it is a magazine which is released monthly. The date the magazine was released has been put in between the “M” in “EMPIRE” which is conventionally done in Empire issues along with the price the magazine is to be sold at, which has put the price depending where the magazine is sold connoting it is a global magazine. The web address of the magazine is a small font size opposite the magazines tag line “The world’s biggest movie magazine” in block capitals but with a white font which isn’t so easy to see. Other features within the front cover are the barcode positioned in the right lower corner to perhaps not disturb the overall layout of the cover. Further in the bottom left corner is edgy puff like box which includes “The complete Hitchcock part 1” further showing that the magazine appreciates the directors and creators as well as the movies and actors that feature in it. The font used also is very different from all the other fonts within the cover. The font is more playful contrasting the serious tone and NVC of Leonardo. The edgy puff box shows that it is “part 1” including different parts to be in different issues is a good selling point as it not only encourages the reader to buy this issue but also the next as it holds the 2nd part to the “complete Hitchcock”.
Textual Analysis Of A Poster: A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street, Released April 30th 2010, Re-make, A part of the Nightmare on Elm Street Franchise, Distributed by New Line Cinema
The “A Nightmare on Elm Street” movies and Freddy Kruger characters are hugely popular and a part of a huge franchise. The 2010 re-make gained wide coverage as it was a re-boot for the Nightmare on elm street slasher franchise. A number of posters were made along with a teaser poster which revealed to what the new Freddy Kruger was to look like and the year in which the film was to be released. The main posters gave more of an insight into the story.This particular poster is one of the official main posters. It contains minimal writing about the actors or what any critiques are saying as the main focus is the image. Although like any other official poster it includes it includes the release date which is centred in clear sight of the audience and also a website address. Website addresses are common features on film posters in this day and age, as it is a promotional device in order to get the audience interested and excited. As well the usual taglines and name of the film are also shown.
The colours used are low key and dark but with some haunting type light. The dark red with parts of deep black creeping around the edges connotes a horror theme synopsis, but also adding to the slasher type genre with the red associating with the lot of bloodshed and death the movie has. The black adds to the mystery of the film, giving a chilly eerie feeling. However despite low key lighting being used throughout the image, some higher tones of light are used to reveal certain aspects of the image. Aspects such as the outline of Freddy Kruger and the infamous prop of his razor blade claw which is strongly seen glistening in the light. The highlighting lighting is also used to reveal some of the actress’s face and NVC, which is lost with a hint of fear of the unknown, her face is not completely revealed and you have to look quite close up to make out her distinctive features. This is done deliberately and is a good technique as it intrigues the audience to go and watch the film so the full identity of the actress and victim is revealed.
The posters main attention is the long shot image. The rule of third composition has totally been disregarded in the poster; instead everything is centred and is very symmetrical because of this. The lack of rule of thirds actually works to the film posters advantage as it shows the dominance of Freddy Kruger which the storyline entails. The low angle shot of Freddy Kruger shows his power and connotes to the audience the powerful effect he has over his victims. Him towering above a potential victim who seems to be half sinking into his shower shows that she is beneath him and highlights strongly that she is his prey as he is towering above her but seemingly unknowing to her. Placing the female actress at a lower level where it looks like she is sinking further helps relate to the storyline as her sinking in the image could relate to her sinking into a deep dream where Freddy Kruger releases his terror, thus making hints towards the tagline “He Knows Where You Sleep”.
The tagline is the first piece of centred text on the poster “He Knows Where You Sleep.” Direct language has been used to give a more personal frightening feel to the audience; it’s also a notion to the film that he knows where his victims in the film sleep. The anchorage of this text is in sans serif font often connoting a modern feel; perhaps due to it being a modern remake of the film this was chosen. The tagline does not necessarily stand out but it a catchy chilling line. Other anchorage used in the poster the film title name. A more traditional serif font is used perhaps contrasting the modern remake of the film to the content of the original Nightmare on Elm Street. The font and colour of the film title connotes death and torture as it is bright red colours with some patches missing as if it is spattered smeared type blood. Unusually all the anchorage is composed at the bottom and not spread and placed in different sections of the poster like other film posters.
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Textual Analysis of a Movie Magazine Front Cover: Fangoria
Magazine Front Cover Textual Analysis: Fangoria
The Masthead of the Magazine is positioned at the top of the magazine across it. It is in a sans serif Red font with a white outline around it.
Fangoria is an internationally distributed US film fan magazine. It specialises mainly on horror subgenres such as Slashers, Splatters and Exploitation films.
The Masthead of the Magazine is positioned at the top of the magazine across it. It is in a sans serif Red font with a white outline around it. The magazine denotes the main image which shows a midshot of the antagonist from The Texas Chainsaw of Massacre. This is an appropriate image to use for the front cover as the magazine is of a horror movie genre. Therefore it’s good to use an antagonist from a well known horror film as to attract the audience to read the magazine. We notice that his arms are covered in blood and he is holding his iconic weapon towards the bottom right hand corner of the page, suggesting he is about to kill someone with his chainsaw.
The antagonist’s Non-verbal-communication suggests that he is serious about what he is about to do. Also that he is strong and very masculine as he appears to be holding the chainsaw in a way that makes it look easy to hold and use.
He also has on a mask to cover his identity. As we cannot see any eye contact with the audience, this could suggest that the antagonist is reserved and does not like people prying on his business. It could also symbolise the mystery that is usually present in horror films. His hair is long and looks quite messy and sweaty, which is good as this compliments his costume and the fact he is a killer, therefore suggesting it takes a lot of strength to capture someone and kill them using a chainsaw.
His costume is a top and apron in a dark faded green colour. It covers him from just below his eyes all the way down to his feet. This could have been used as to put across that his “job” (to kill people) is quite messy and tricky that he needs to dress appropriately. The use of the prop is good as to allows the audience to see what the killer uses to attack his victims. The lighting used in the image is low key lighting; we can notice that it’s shone towards the antagonist from the left hand side of the page, making the right hand side of the page appear to be darker than the left. This lighting could have been used because it is a convention of horror films and to create a horror atmosphere. The setting of the main image used for the main image appears to be a basement as you can see a staircase behind the antagonist.
This magazine front cover has a dark background, which is mainly of the colour black. This is a good colour to use for a horror movie magazine front cover as the colour black is a convention horror films, also because it allows the other colours such as yellow, red and white to stand out. All the colours that are used on the front cover are quite bright and can be easily related to a horror genre film. For example the colour red which could symbolise the danger and death associated with horror films.
The main Cover-line of this horror movie magazine is ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning’. This is just below the masthead beside the main image. It is in a Greyish/Faint greenish colour. Unlike most of the types of fonts used on the front cover, this cover-line uses a serif font, this could connote the fact this version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is the old fashioned version as it is the original version of the film. The colour of the text used for the main cover-line goes with the costume of the antagonist as well as the colour of the chainsaw. The other cover-lines are on the left hand side of the magazine indicating the front cover of this movie magazine follows the left third rule, which allows the audience to see some of the cover-lines that this magazine issue has when displayed in the shop. The layout of the cover-lines is not exactly neat, but in terms of being positioned in the same column it is. It is quite eye catching due to the different kinds of colours that are used. As this magazine is a horror movie magazine, the cover-lines all relate to films of the horror genre. For instance one of the cover-lines is about ‘The grudge 2’, which is a horror film. Just above the text is a picture of someone’s eye looking through what looks like a box. We notice that the eye has a black iris and pupil and has a blood shot on the right hand side. This is not really a nice picture, but has the word horror written all over it. This allows the audience to feel good about buying the movie magazine as it does include pictures that are quite scary and unsettling. The fact that this front cover has quite a few cover-lines is good as it does not detract the attention from the main image.
A convention of a front cover magazine is the dateline of this magazine, for this movie magazine, it is found on the right hand corner of the magazine. It is positioned next to the title in a small white sans serif font. The dateline of this magazine, allows the readers to see that it’s published monthly. Throughout the whole front cover, we can also notice that the main font that is used is used is a sans serif, connoting a more modern feel of the magazine.
This movie front cover also has a puff to help attract the audience to buy it. In this case it’s to ‘Win Nightmare on Elm Street DVD’s’ which are likely to attract the audience as this is also a well known horror film many people like.
Like many magazines that try and attract more readers, Fangoria also does this by having an image of a suffering victim on the top left hand corner of the magazine. This may attract the audience because all people that love watching horror film like to see people suffering or in pain, as this is what the whole point of horror genre is. The barcode is found on the bottom left hand corner of the page.
Textual Analysis of a Movie Poster: The Eye
Textual Analysis of a Movie Poster: The Eye
The eye is a Remake of a Hong Kong film named “Jian Gui” and is citified a 15. It was produced by Peter Chan, Roy Lee and Doug Division and released in 2008. It features Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey, Tamlyn Tomita and Chloe Grace Moretz. The Eye was directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud.
Synopsis: Since a childhood tragedy, Sydney has become blind; she decides to go through a Cornea transplantation (eye transplant) to restore her vision. Little did she know her new set of eyes will cause her to have strange visions, Sydney now has to look for the donor of her eyes and try and find out the truth behind her unexplained visions.
After producing a film, one/more posters can be made to attract the audience to go and see the film. Film posters are used in cinemas, on the internet, on billboards and magazines and even the side on buses.In the poster of The Eye we can see a extreme close up of eye. The eye is of a woman who is of a white complexion and from the eye we can also see a hand holding onto the eyelid from the inside of the eye. At the bottom of the poster is the written information about the film.
In terms of Mise-en-scene, we notice that High key lighting is used in this image as we can see the brightness shone onto the eye with a bit of a shadow just above the eyelid. The fact that the poster does not have a prop which is usually used to show the iconic weapon of the film, this suggest that the antagonist does not have a prop that he uses in order to attack/kill his victims. As the main image is of a extreme close up of an eye, this does not allow the audience to see the setting of the model used. This could connote that the film is more centred on the victim(s) and what their feeling or going through, other than what is happening around them and where.
In terms of Non-verbal-communication, the way the image of the eye looks suggests to the audience that the model used is frightened as her eye is wide open, giving the impression she just uncovered something or is frightened of something she has seen or possibly even heard. The hand that is holding onto the eye from the inside of the eye could also symbolise how the victim is trying to escape from the world she has been made to live because of her new eyes. It could also suggest that because of her new eyes, someone else is trapped inside her and is trying to escape.
The image used for this poster was taken from a straight forward angle. The image has a asymmetrical composition which connotes a senses of imbalance. From the poster we can see that the outline and inside of the eye is defined and has a sharp focus, this could have been done as to direct the attention of the audience to the eye itself and not its surroundings.
The layout of the poster is quite simple, we have the eye on the middle of the page and all the words/captions that anchor the poster positioned at the bottom of the poster. All the words and captions included on the poster are all written in the same font. The text ‘Jessica Alba’ is written in a sans serif font and positioned at the bottom of the poster in the middle just above the title of the film. This is the only actor that is mentioned on the poster, which could have been done to attract the audience to go and watch the film as she is a well known actor. Below her name is the title of the film in a larger font size however the word ‘The’ is not bold whereas the word ‘Eye’ is. This could have been done as to highlight the importance of the eye in the film. After the title of the film we notice that the production companies and websites are all written in a smaller font size.
Overall I like the poster as it is simple and does attract the audience by making them want to go and watch the film. The poster does this in a simple way by just putting across through the image used. Even though it is simple idea it does give the audience a sense of confusion as to why there is a hand coming out of an eye as this is bizarre, which is good as ‘The Eye is a horror film.
Movie Trailer Textual Analysis: The Eye
Movie Trailer Textual Analysis: The Eye
LINK TO THE EYE TEASER TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaVjs1OAvRs
The eye is a Remake of a Hong Kong film named “Jian Gui” and is citified a 15. It was produced by Peter Chan, Roy Lee and Doug Division and released in 2008. It features Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey, Tamlyn Tomita and Chloe Grace Moretz. The Eye was directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud.
Synopsis: Since a childhood tragedy, Sydney has become blind; she decides to go through a Cornea transplantation (eye transplant) to restore her vision. Little did she know her new set of eyes will cause her to have strange visions, Sydney now has to look for the donor of her eyes and try and find out the truth behind her unexplained visions.
The next shot is a high angle shot showing a view of the streets and houses at night. This shot does a fade transition in to a close up shot of the main actor looking a window. This shot gives an odd feeling to the audience because the first things they are attracted to are her eyes, which are of a grey colour. From this shot we can still see the rain drops on the window; giving us the impression these emotions are still present in her life. As the camera zooms out of her and shows a midshot of her at the window with one hand raised up touching the window like she is trying to escape we get the impression she is trapped. The non diegetic sound that anchors this also makes the audience feel quite unsettled as it builds from a mellow tone to one that sets the atmosphere. The window and blinds could also symbolise some sort of trap.
This shot goes into a wash (fade to black) which shows a close up shot of her getting the bandages removed then her looking through some sort of eye machine that examines her eyes. Which then dissolves into an extreme close up of her eye from the machine’s POV. This part creates tension as it leaves the audience thinking what is about to happen to her eye due to the effects the eye machine makes her eye ball seem to have.
The Eye falls under the psychological/Supernatural horror subgenre. The teaser trailer for this film is 72 seconds in length. The Eye’s teaser trailer follows some of the conventions of horror film teaser trailers, for instance it does not give too much away and it follows a non-linear structure.
The teaser opens up with a straightforward angel shot of an ancient looking door opening then showing the title of Production Company of The Eye (Lionsgate). The shot is accompanied by some non-diegetic sound as to create a bit of tension. The editor may have decided to put their production company first as to allow the audience to know who produced it as the audience are more likely to be alert and paying attention to the trailer at the beginning of it.
This shot then fades into a shot that shows what looks like a point of view shot looking at people walking in the rain with black umbrellas. Black umbrellas may have been used as to symbolise the darkness present at that moment. The rain may have been used in the opening part of the teaser as to put across the darkness and certain emotions such as depression, misery and frustration that the main character may be feeling as we see her straight after this shot. The next shot that shows her is an eye level shot which also seems like a POV shot from someone behind her. This gives the impression there is someone watching or following her as the shot fades into a long shot that shows the main actor walking past a book store using a walking stick. This could make the audience make a link between the emotions the rain may be trying to convey with the fact she is blind. At this point the use of non diegetic sound is still present however this time the audience can also hear some rain and what seems like thunder with other ambient sounds. This creates some tension as it makes the audience wonder what’s going to happen next.
The next shot shows quick cuts of bright lights in circles which then goes into showing a straight forward midshot of the main actor in a hospital bed with bandages around her eyes. This kind of gives away the narrative of the film as the audience use these quick cuts to fill in the gaps about what might have happened to her. This shot uses low key lighting and is also accompanied by non diegetic sound which is not quite scary. This sound plays throughout the rest of the trailer however changes it’s tempo at some parts of the trailer.
A fade transition showing her point of view of people walking past her shows the setting she’s in is still the hospital as it shows people wearing white and greenish uniforms. This shot is also blurred as to emphasize the fact she has just had an eye surgery and is still recovering from it. After this we get to see a cut into a over the shoulder shot of her squinting her eyes, her NVC in this shot gives the impression her eyes are hurting or she is trying to improve her eye sight by squinting and blinking repeatedly.
The shot of her in the car shows her removing her sun glasses then a blank white screen. This could suggest to the audience that her vision is not yet good and it is still unclear about whether the eye surgery went well or not. Later on we then see another over the shoulder shot of her holding a woman’s cheek. This gives the impression she can now see and is trying to come to terms with her new found eyesight. This shot uses low key lighting which darkens the room and gives the impression there are dark forces around them.
The shot that shows her dressing table is unsettling as it shows something that looks like a teddy bear, appearing and disappearing. The darkness surrounding the room could connote the feeling of fear. The teaser starts get even more paces at this part as to build up more tension. This starts especially after the high angle shot of her looking as if she is trying to grab something in the air then a quick cut into her sitting on the kitchen floor and next thing we see a medium close up shot of her face catching fire. The fire at this point could be used to symbolise the danger in which she is about to encounter. This shot is quite good as it is the first part to show something awful happening to the main actor. This is because these are the kind of things horror audiences are will be looking forward to seeing in a trailer as to be encouraged to want to watch the film.
The non diegetic sound is still present at this point but is however more paced as to build up the tension. The close up shot that shows half of her face and then cuts into a shot of a blurred old woman dressed in a night dress gives the audience the impression that her eyes are playing tricks on her. Especially when it then cuts to an extreme long shot showing a little child standing in the middle of the hospital corridor with a shadow approaching him from the other end of the corridor. At this point the audience may be left contemplating on whether she was just seeing things, whether they were real or whether she was dreaming.
The next medium close up shot of her in the bathroom with her head leaning against the wall could depict her vulnerability. Also her NVC could emphasise she is hopeless and has got to a point where she doesn’t know what to do. The non diegetic sound at this point begins to get quite mellow as to anchor the moving image.
The long shot of the two police cars facing each other looking as if their blocking a car from going past could symbolise there is no one that can help the victim as it drives through them and destroys them. The glasses that break from the two cars could symbolise how her life may be shattered and destroyed due to the damage the eye surgery may have done to her eyes.
The long shot of the two police cars facing each other looking as if their blocking a car from going past could symbolise there is no one that can help the victim as it drives through them and destroys them. The glasses that break from the two cars could symbolise how her life may be shattered and destroyed due to the damage the eye surgery may have done to her eyes.
The close up shot of her eyes could suggest she is worn out and her eyes are causing her to deteriorate as they look drained due to the colour and some signs of blood shots. We can also see emotions of fear and sadness by looking at her eyes and facial expressions.
Throughout the trailer we are also shown other characters that appear, which in a way kind of gives the audience a chance to try and guess who might be the person haunting or watching her. For instance the close up shot of a man’s feet in the elevator she enters makes the audience quite anxious about what happened for him for him to end up in there looking like he was hanged and whether he will attack the girl as she’s seen entering that elevator. This therefore shows how the teaser trailer doesn’t give away too much about the characters and what is happening to them or why it is happening. This is a way of trying to get the audience to actually go out and watch the film so they find out for themselves.
We also notice that the teaser uses captions near the end. One is letters of the title of the film being shown using quick cuts. The next caption is of the main actor’s name ‘Jessica Alba’ .This is in both white and red. These are good colours to use as they are related to the horror genre. This caption may have been used as to try and attract the audience to watch the film as Jessica Alba is a famous actor.
Near the end of the teaser the close up shot showing the main actor widely holding her eye open is quite frightening as it comes across like she wants to remove her eye due to the events that have been taking place in her life because of her surgery. The zoom in shot into her eyes is quite effective as it kind of gives the impression it’s all in her eyes, also because it makes the audience wonder what is about to happen as it quickly cuts into a fade to blank transition that then shows flames of fire. The use of the fire is also anther way in which the audience can get anxious as it can be used to make them want to watch more so they find out why there is a consistency in the use of fire throughout the film.
The end of the teaser is effective as the non diegetic sound fades as the main actor approaches the door and looks through the eye hole to see who’s on the other side. This medium close up shot taken from a view angle uses low key lighting and creates tension as it makes the audience wonder what she is about to see next.
The teaser ends with her looking through the eye hole and all she can see is some smoke and then a body of a person/monster that’s covered in blood and looks as if it has been burnt is thrown towards the door. After we then see quick cuts of an eye ball, hand through a white coloured glass and a bandaged man then back to the eyeball with the title of the film beside it.
In conclusion from analysing The Eye I have come to realise that teaser trailers are not to give away the whole storyline of a film but are just like a taster to the audience that leave them wanting more. The Eye follows most of the typical horror teaser trailer conventions, therefore making it quite successful in achieving it’s aim of tempting the audience to want to go and watch more.
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Update- 19/10/2011
The production of our trailer is nearly in sight! Today the team starting discusiing props and costumes and in one of our lunch hours we will be visiting a local prop store and hopefully be able to take some pictures of things we could possibly buy and include in our torture chamber.
Watch this space!
Watch this space!
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Research into Danilio Restivo
Danilo Restivo is an Italian man who was under investigation for the murder of Heather Barnett and was finally convicted. Danilo Restivo was convicted of killing his neighbour, Heather Barnett, at her Bournemouth flat and mutilating her body before placing a hank of someone else's hair in her right hand and a clump of her own beneath her left. The other lock of hair which was placed in Heathers hand was a piece of hair of a woman he had murdered years before. Danilo was known for having a hair fetish and many woman had often complained of their hair being cut whilst on buses in his local area. His trademark in his killings was to place the victims own hair in their hands.
This investigation inspired some of our ideas in what our storyline should be. As our trailer was focused on obsessions and this murder investigation linked to that. We also felt by also using hair as our obsession and our killer having some type of hair fetish would add an eerie and more scary feeling as we would have a realistic element as many people know about this case, which would cause them to be more fearful as this type of obsessive killing can really happen.
By adding in ideas from the case, Masked Productions realises we have to be sensitive to the issues that arise as some parts of our trailer people may deem as to similar. We are aware that criticisms might arise as some people might not like that some ideas were inspired by a brutal murder case.
Although we are not the first horror movie to be inspired but real life events as many of the greatest horrors to date were so it is almost a norm for some horror's to have real life elements such as:
Alfred Hitcocks Psycho- The character Norman Bates was inspired by Ed Gein, a Wisconsin man who was arrested in 1957 for committing two murders and digging up the corpses of countless other women who reminded him of his dead mother. He skinned the bodies to make lamp shades, socks and a "woman suit" in hopes of becoming a woman. He was found to be insane and spent the rest of his life in a mental institution.
The Hills Have Eyes- The movie was inspired by the legend of Alexander "Sawney" Bean, a Scottsman of the 15th or 16th century who reportedly headed a 40-person clan that killed and ate over 1,000 people, living in caves for 25 years.
Wolf Creek- Greg McLean originally wrote the script as fiction, but upon learning of two real-life Australian killers who attacked travellers, he edited the story to reflect the real cases –- namely, Bradley John Murdoch, who killed a British tourist and tried to abduct another in July 2001, and Ivan Milat, who picked up hitchhikers and took them into the woods to torture and kill them during the '90s.
Saturday, 15 October 2011
Update- 15/10/2011
Our storyboard has been successfully made and uploaded. The storyboard detailed with out shotlist has helped a great deal. We begin filming in the next few weeks so having a detailed storyboard will help allot.
By having a visual image Ashley a member of the production team will now have a clear idea for our treatment.
By having a visual image Ashley a member of the production team will now have a clear idea for our treatment.
Lekan's Textual Analysis Of Final Destination 5 Poster
The film final destination 5 is about a group of survivors of a suspension-bridge that collapses and they later on in the film find out there’s no way you can cheat death. The director of this film is Steven Quale and stars actors such as Emma bell. The denotation of this film poster consists of a cracking skull in the centre of the poster; the background of the film poster is all in black. The masthead is situated in the bottom centre of the page and there are a variety of coverlines underneath it to provide the audience with some information of the film. The vocal point of this film poster is the main image which is of the cracking skull with big screws coming in and out of it. This image captures and connotes the whole concept of this film that it is going to be frightening and gruesome to the audience, it lets them know exactly what they are in for. This cracking skull also promotes the target audience this film will appeal to because it this film poster presents the film as being not very pleasant and suitable for young people. The background colour consist of low key lighting the colour black which connotes of a dark lonely evil place of a scary prospect and could be telling the audience that when watching this film there is no where to hide. Also the creators of this poster has thought about the background colour being black because by it being black it brings out the attention of the cracking skull which is meant to be the main attraction of the poster and this background colour will make the audience pay close attention to detail to it. Moving on to the masthead it is not very appealing it is all in capital letters to stand out and look big and the font used was son’s serif font due to the no flick ups it has and the colour of the masthead is sliver. However the ‘5’ in the masthead is not in a normal font the tip and end of the 5 is very point and looks very sharp this could connote of danger that might be present in this film also show the audience that this film is going to be far from pretty. This horror film poster has one main goal which is to scare us hence the slogan at the top centre of the poster "DEATH HAS NEVER BEEN CLOSER" also at the bottom centre of the page it has "COMING SOON" in capital letters with red font, this red font connotes of blood and terror desgined to catch the audiences attention.
Friday, 14 October 2011
Storyboard
From the shot lists each of us produced we were able to select different shots from all our ideas, combining which ideas worked and which ones didn't. Due to this process we were able to create this storyboard which has out final list of shots. The storyboard will make filming so much more easier as it will be clear to the director what shots will be used, where the actors need to be placed and what actions they will need to do. Making filming quicker and efficient.
By Nadine, Ashley & Lekan
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Update- 5/10/2011
Today Masked Production met and discussed the shots each of us would like to see in the teaser trailer. We all went away and produced our own set lists of shots we would like to see within the trailer. After we re-grouped selected shots from the two set lists produced before hand and combined them together for our final list of shots to be filmed.
We are now well on our way to complete a storyboard !
We are now well on our way to complete a storyboard !
Shot Ideas
Type of shots to consider featuring in our Horror Movie Trailer
As we are a group and want all our ideas to be heard and considered, we decided to individually do a list of the type of shots we think we should include in our trailer. We then sat as a group and discussed each of our ideas, chose the ones we felt we good and put them in narrative order. It was important for us to decide on shot early on, so that when it came to filming it would be easier to direct as we knew exactly what shots would be included and when. It also helped creating our storyboard quickly and efficiently.
Ashley: These are my ideas of the shots that relate to our final concept for our horror teaser trailer:
Birds eye view of the victim sleeping/laying down
Midshot of the girl struggling in her sleep/while she is dreaming
Track in shot into her eye (zoom shot).When she gets up and stares in space:
When running away/ trying to escape from the antagonist:
Steady cam – which follows subject’s movement.
High angle shot of the victim running.
Canted shot of the Antagonist scraping wall with the iconic weapon (Crowbar).
Point of view shot/ over the shoulder of the Antagonist watching the victim trying to escape.
Close up shot Antagonist pulling the girl’s hair .
Over the shoulder of antagonist attacking the girl or using the Crowbar to pick out her hair
Medium close up Point of view/over the shoulder of a bloody hand
Long shot showing the wall with hair strands spelling out a short message
Nadine: These are my ideas of the shots that I think would work well in our horror teaser trailer. I found it very important to make sure i included a variety as it makes a teaser trailer much more interesting and work well with editing.
Crabbing shot- Medium close-up/ closeup: view of crowbar scraping along wall
Over the shoulder shot: antagonist watching a potential victim with long hair with crowbar over back
Medium close up, high angle/birds eye view shot: victim struggling in sleep
Extreme close up: Eye opening in a chance (zooms in)?
Longshot: Torture type chamber with a barber/hairdresser type chair in middle with clippings of hair surrounding
Eye level, Mid shot: Of killer (lighting will only reveal from nose downwards)
Mid shot: potential victim struggling in sleep
Steady cam, match of action: victim running away constantly looking back hair swishing (make-up blood stained face) ?
Two shot: potential victim brushing hair in front of mirror see's antagonist in reflection who then disappears
High angle medium close up: antagonist hand dragging head back towards chair crowbar comes into shot about to swing down into shot (edit will quickly cut this out to show suspense)
Medium close-up: victim sitting up screaming with marks on face (steady zoom out to quickly reveal what has been done to her)
Lekan: Here are some ideas I thought of
Pan shot: this shot will help establish the surroundings of the room which consists of a girl lying in a bed right in the middle of the room.
Close up: this shot will help the audience get the concept of our trailer because this shot will show her face before going into the dream and this close up will show the detail of her face.
Extreme Close Up: this shot will consist of the camera moving onto the female actors BIG eyes, to show the audiene that the trailer is now in the dream and at dream.
Over The Shoulder Shot: this shot will consist of our pyscho antagonist as we would not want to reveal who the killer is we will have many over shoulder shot so we can show the audience glimpses.
High Angle Shot: This shot will show the victim running away from the antagonist.
Cut shots: Having a vairety of cut shots will make the audience always be on the edge of their seats of this trailer as having cut shots anything can happen within a blink of an eye.
Match on action: this will be very important and this shot will be where the proagonist and antagonist make contact with each other, on this match on action this will consist of a vairety of shots:
Medium close up
Close up
Extreme close up
Low angle
over the shoulder
Medium close up: show the girl waking up and sitting up on her bed.
Close Up: Girl wakes up from the dream with having this close up shot it will show the audience the blood coming from her eyes and scars on her face.
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