completed storyboards

Above, are me and my groups updated storyboards; the ones that we used for our final footage. We changed our storyboards to fit our new idea, the reasons given in other posts on this blog. We feel we will be able to edit our footage together more easily with these storyboards, and that it will fit the horror genre better. Also, we have cut out the dialogue. In our previous storyboards (shown below), we had a lot of dialogue planned. However, the camera's sound recording isn't of a very high quality, therefore we would not be able to make it sound professional. We are confident with working with our new storyboards now we have all the footage, so we think that it will work in the editting stages of production.
Below, is me and my groups original storyboards which we are not using anymore. We did start to film our footage based on these storyboards, however after discussing our ideas, we decided it would easily go over our time limit of two minutes, and would not have enough time to emphasise the horror genre in the opening

opening titles

In today lesson we discussed how to use the opening titles of a film effectively. We looked at 3 famous film openings on the website 'www.artofthetitles.com' and i've written notes to these. We also discussed how effective it is to put opening credits on top of video or slotted inbetween clips. Whilst watching the openings i noted down what information is given to the audience;
director
editor
main casting role actors/actresses
screenplay
production company
film title
and some openings had a few other less important roles shown.

British Board Of Film Classification

As our film has a target audience of teenagers and the certificate of 15, i completed this research on the british board of film classification:


These are the official restrictions that our group will have to abide by during filming tasks:
Suitable only for 15 years and over
No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.
Discrimination
The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.
Drugs
Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.
Horror
Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.
Imitable behaviour
Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.
Language
There may be frequent use of strong language. The strongest terms may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.
Nudity
Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.
Sex
Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by context. .
Theme
No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.
Violence
Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.

location idea three

This is our third loaction idea.

Advantages: large open space
:large back doors leading onto a concrete surface which works with our opening

Disadvantages: not yet decorated
: the continuity will not flow as the room becomes decorated

location idea two (our groups prefered choice)

This is our second idea and overall; our favoured choice for our horror film opening task.

Advantages: large area
: good layout of furniture to menuver around
: back double doors with decking

Disadvantages: none

location idea one

These are images of my front room which could be a possible location for our film idea.

Advantages: large surrounding area (easy camera access points can be set up)

:open space for many angles
:double back door which occurs in our horror opening

Disadvantages: no decking which we thought could create a good sound effect
:layout of the room isn't as planned on our story boards

character descriptions

Name: Roxanne Bright
Age: 17
Character Name: Emma Galloway
Character Age: 17
Part Description: Teenage girl looking forward to a weekend with her best friend whilst her parents are away. Emma is an only child and she finds this isolating, she now sees Claire as a sisterly figure to look after. Emma’s strong mind sometimes gets the better of her and often leads to her being seen as quite a controlling, spoilt and stubborn teen, but this is just a fraction of her personality. She manages to control her emotions to put on a front for Claire in her tough times.


Name: Hannah George
Age: 16
Character Name: Claire Clayton
Character Age: 16
Part Description: Teenage girl staying at her best friends house for the weekend, as Emma’s parents are away. Claire is seen as a bit of a flirt and is currently single. However she gets emotional easily and scares herself. Her family have been through a tough time due to the death of a relative. Emma has been very supportive and invited her over for a chance to get away from the idea of death.


Name: Connor Tullett
Age: 17
Character Name: Unknown
Character Age: Guessed around 40
Part Description: This character is unknown and mysterious, and only seen using glances. They go by the name of “James Colden” on a false Facebook account, in which they use to chat to the two teenage girls.


Name: Karen Osborne
Age: 42
Character Name: Karen Galloway
Character Age: 38
Part Description: Parent of Emma Galloway, going away for the weekend with her husband.


Name: David Osborne
Age: 46
Character Name: David Galloway
Character Age: 41
Part Description: Parent of Emma Galloway, going away for the weekend with his wife.

storyboards

As a group, we decided that our first idea would be the most practical and work the best. We have decided on our cast and which characters they will play in our opening. The Hitchcock group have now completed the storyboarding for our film 'Inbox(1)'. We feel asthough we've used lots of different camera angles and movements with this. I will be taking pictures of them shortly.

horror film opening ideas for: Inbox(1)

Idea 1
Two teenage girls, Roxie and Hannah, are on their own for a weekend whilst their parents are away. In the evening they are on the laptop and set a facebook status saying that they have a house to themselves for a weekend. They then get a friend request (apparently being a teenager) from someone they don’t know. They then start to talk to the person on facebook chat and they act friendly; but seem to want to know why they are on their own. When Roxie goes to draw the curtains in the front, she sees a dark figure standing on the street opposite her house, talking on the phone. She thinks nothing of it, but suddenly there is a knock at the door. They don’t answer as they weren’t expecting anyone so just choose to leave it. However just a few moments later they hear slow footsteps on the outside decking at the back of the house, and glimpse a figure through the gap in the curtains. There is a loud repeated knock at the glass patio doors, so the girls go to a different room to get the house phone. When they come back to the room, the doors are slightly open, and a breeze is moving the curtains; but nobody is there.

Idea 2
Two men are in an isolated old building a few miles away from civilisation. Surrounding them inside the building are dead bodies and severed body parts and many different tools covered in blood. One of them seems to be on the phone giving details of two teenage girls being on their own, and gives an address. There is a laptop in the corner where the other man is using the social networking site facebook. There is a flashback of girls screaming and being tortured, and panicking whilst a dark figure is standing over them – the flashback from the figures point of view. After the flashback, back in reality, is the two men putting huge sacks into the back of a van, and getting into the front; leaving a hand print in blood on the white van door. They then start to drive down a long country road towards a town where the lights of buildings can be seen in the distance.

Idea 3
Two teenage girls are seen on the floor of a kitchen, both covered in blood. One of the girls is dead, the other is sitting up staring straight ahead of her breathing heavily. Lying on the kitchen floor, also covered in blood is a birth certificate; with a death date written over the top in the dead girls blood. The objects in the kitchen are all smashed, the windows broken, the doors off their hinges and everything is wrecked. The girl picks up a smashed photograph which is on the kitchen floor, of the two girls which was taken earlier that month. She cuts her finger on the shattered glass and more blood drips over the photo, dripping down the half with the girl who is now dead. As she is looking at it, it goes into a flashback which will then show the whole story behind what happened, and why they are left like this.

Our group (Hannah George, Matthew Tyler and I) have now presented our teen horror film pitch. We feel asthough it went well and we gave all sufficiant information, this was proved as our idea has been accepted and we can now move onto pre-production tasks.