Rough Cut 1- Nitisha, Shivani & Krishan

Rough Cut 1- Nitisha, Shivani & Krishan
 
This is our first rough cut. In this we added in nearly all our scenes, we were just missing the killing scene at the end. We also needed to add in sound as we were told we didn't know what was really going on because there was missing sounds. We received a lot of feedback from our audience in order to make the film opening sequence the best.

How women and men are represented in Horror- Nitisha

How women and men are represented in horror movies.

Over time the representation of women have changed, this is shown as back in the days women were stereotyped as being the weak and powerless ones and always relied on men to save them in difficult environments. In movies women were shown as fragile and princess which meant they were meant to be protected by men at all times.

Whereas, now women have become non stereotypical and have started to fight back and show the audience that women are as masculine as men are. They've started to show their brave and smart sides in movies. Women have started to show their powerful sides which has given women major roles in the movie industry. In movies when women are the only protagonist, they always tend to to the last ones alive by the end of the film, this was shown in the movies 'Friday the 13th', 'Halloween', 'Scream' etc. A reason to why women have been shown as masculine and powerful in horror movies is due to the equality of men and women in present days which horror movies are trying to show to the audience. There is also an example in the movie 'Panic Room', this is where the women is scared and doesn't know what to do, she thought her being in the room would be a safe place for her but she was wrong. When she escaped was when she started to show her brave side and became masculine and started to fight the men that were in the scene.

Men are stereotypically seen as more tough and less motional in horror movies, they are seen as the ones that would fight back without thinking about what they're doing. Men are typically known as the heroes in horror movies as they were brave and shown as being more active.

Call Sheet - Shivani

Call Sheet- Shivani

 Call Sheet 

Shooting Schedule - Krishan

Shooting Schedule- Krishan

This is our shooting schedule, these were the three days we used to shoot our film opening sequence. We needed all three days because on the second day of our shooting it started to rain, therefore we used our third day which was our back-up in case something like this did happen.

Shooting Schedule Overview

Shot List - Nitisha

Shot List- Nitisha

This is the first draft for the shot list.

Shot List

Health & Safety Form - Shivani

Health and Safety Form- Shivani

Health and Safety Form

Casting Interviews- Nitisha and Krishan

Cast Interview- Nitisha and Krishan


The person we interviewed in the first interview did not get the role because we didn't think they suited the role well and also because they didn't have past experience in anything that's got to do with acting in a film. 


The reason to why we chose this person to be in our film was because she was a social person and she had past experience in acting because she acted in other peoples films and we thought she suited the role well.



The reason why we chose this person to act in our opening sequence is because we thought he suited the role really well and he also had past experience which also showed his courage and shows he is not shy or a bad actor.



The reason why we chose this person to be in our opening sequence was firstly, because he is a guy and mostly guys are the antagonist in the films also because he has had past experience in the acting industry so we know that he is not brand new in the acting therefore we thought he fitted the role really well. 

Location Recce- Nitisha

Location Recce- Nitisha

Location:

The location we are going to use is Barham Park, the reason we're going to use this location is because we think it will fit well with what we are planning to do and also with our genre. The reason we specifically chose this Park was because it has swings and also has a deeper walking place which is where we can show the running scenes.

We looked at another park which was Horsenden Hill, we were not so keen on this location, one because there was no small tree area where we could do a running scene, secondly because there wasn't a way we could link the swing scene with the running through a tree place because they were not close to the swings and lastly because we were thinking about risk assessments as we
will be filming this part of the scene in the evening.

We also looked into One Tree Hill. The reason to why we didn't like this location was similar to Horsenden Hill except One Tree Hill doesn't have a good enough cramped tree area to where we can do the running scene. Also, the park is an open area which won't go to well with our running scene cause we want it to be around loads of trees.

Production Roles

Production Roles 

Director:
Shivani
Producer:
Krishan
Editor:
Nitisha
Cinematographer:
Shivani
Sound:
Krishan
Costume Designer:
Nitisha
Make-Up:
Nitisha
Props:
Krishan

Mise-en-scene- Nitisha

Mise-en-scene

Location:

Horror movies are usually set in fearful places. Most events in horror movies happen in the night. There are loads of different places a horror movie can we set, for example, isolated places, small communities, parks, forests, haunted houses etc. In teen horror the settings would include places that teenagers would hang out every day or most days.

The reason we never used a dark setting was because we didn’t have the right equipment to show the scenes properly as the quality of the movie wouldn’t come out correctly due to less lighting in the park and tree walkways. It still counts as an opening sequence as not all horror movies have to be set in dark places.  

We chose our setting to be a park; this was because teenagers love to hang out with their friends at the park. We also used a tree walk way, this is a place that can be walked through but it’s also surrounded with loads of trees.

Characters:

In teen horror movies usually there is at least one girl in the film. There is also an antagonist who is the bad guy/girl and the protagonist who is the good guy/girl. In teen horror movies there’s usually a group of friends and the main characters are shown in the movie often.

We used two guys as protagonists and one girl as the protagonist because we thought that many people fitted well in an opening sequence. There was one antagonist who was going after only one person.

Before we chose our characters we interviewed them to see if they fitted the role for each character and if they would be good at acting. The three protagonists we chose were good for the role because they had past experience in films.

Props:

There is a range of props that can be used in horror films, such as, masks, knives, saws, blood, axe, blades etc. These are used to signify horror movies. These connotate fear, violence, murder, terror, danger etc. 

Storyboard - Nitisha & Shivani

Script for 'Dark Nights' - Nitisha

Script for 'Dark Nights' - Nitisha

Throughout the different drafts I have not only changed the way our opening sequence is going to be but I have also developed the way a scrip looks and the way it is layed out and the type of font to use in order to notice it's a script.

Scripting- First Draft

Scripting- Second Draft

Scripting- Third Draft

Iconography - Krishan

Iconography- Krishan

What to include:

·         Knives

·         Blood

·         Chasing scene

·         Darkness

·         Woods

·         Trees

·         Victims – wearing bright colours (symbolising)

·         Main chaser –wearing all blacked (symbolising)

What’s happening in our opening sequence?

The camera will face the victims and there will be a an antagonist dressed fully in black running past. The victims get scared and look around to see who it is and what is going on. The chaser pops out and looks at the victims, the victims look back at him. The victims start to run and the antagonist antagonist them with a knife. Victims get chased for a while and one gets caught and injured as the antagonist stabs them with the knife.

Target Audience Profile- Krishan

Target Audience profile- Krishan

In a horror movie people tend to look for jumping scenes. Scenes that will make them get off their seats. They also look for scenes of blood and either someone getting murdered. Majority of horror movies contain action in it, this action is mainly on people getting chased as they are about to be killed. Most times people cover themselves so they do not see the next seen but also peak at times to know what is happening. However for a teen horror it is less horrific as the target audience are teens, so it needs to be age appropriate. As it is a teen there will not be scenes which have a bad influence on teens.

Demographics:

·       Class: Educational class

·       Location: Harrow

·       Education: A-Levels

·       Age: 12-20

·       Race: White

·       Sex: Female

Psychographics:

Hi my name is Emma. I am 16 years old and currently doing my A-Levels. I am a socialised girl and I love going to cinema with my friends. My favourite genre is horror. I have seen majority of all the horror movies that have recently come out. My favourite movie so far is conjuring, I love the scenes, I love when blood is splattered everywhere and there is a lot of action which makes me jump off my seat. The movies are even better when a child is possessed; it seems scarier as an innocent child like that can do so much.