More Location Shots

These are photos of the inside of the fence (where the beast will

be lurking). As you can see it's a residential zone, with quite damaged and rough terrain. It is also a fairly large area, therefore there is a lot of scope for movement.

Opening Sequence Research

1. Genre Characteristics

Chosen Genre: Action-Horror - although it isn't a mainstream and widely used genre, it appeals to our target audience

Typical Theme: A battle between humans and 'monsters' of some form - this is the theme for our film also. However, we intend to produce our sequence in a more suspenseful and cinematic way than most bloodbaths

Character Types: Strong male hero, beautiful love interest, 'monster' creator/ leader, team/friends who help the hero achieve his goal

Influential Films: I Am Legend - this film is also an Action-Horror film. The 'monsters' in our film were based on the antagonists in I Am Legend, as they hide in the shadows and try to kill the humans in the film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsUjrZtDmA8
(7:30)

2. Target Audiences

Our primary target audience is 15-25 year old males.

Our secondary target audience is 15-25 year old females and 25-40 year old males who have an interest in the genre.

48% of Horror movie viewers are aged 18-24, and 24% aged 14-17. This means that our target audience are the main watchers of our movie genre.



Example of primary target audience member



3. Opening Sequences

Character: Protagonist and antagonist for the film are usually introduced. In our film the protagonist for the opening sequence is not the protagonist for the film overall, they play the role of the false hero.

Editing Styles: Our opening sequence will stick to continuity rules, be quite fast paced and may also use parallel editing between the protagonist and the two forensic scientists.

Graphic and Font styles: Our font will tie in with the genre, so will probably be quite a scary looking font. Any graphics or text effects we use will also be scary to tie in with the feel and genre of the film as a whole.

Use of credits: We will use very few credits in our opening sequence, so that we do not draw the viewer's attention away from the narrative shown on the screen. The credits we do use will inform the audience of the main actor/actress and the director(s)/writer(s).

Music: We will use non-diegetic ominous music in our opening sequence (possibly drums) to create and build tension for the audience. We will use some diegetic sounds of footsteps and doors shutting etc. which will also build tension.

Rhythm and Pace: Our opening sequence will start slowly, so the audience can be introduced to the character and his location. The pace will then gradually get faster and this will create tension up until the climax of the opening sequence just before the film title appears.





Group Meeting #4

All present.
Meeting start: 10:00 Wednesday 26th 2011
Meet end: 10:50 Wednesday 26th 2011
Agenda - Prepare for our presentation by distributing roles and needed information for the presentation

We sat down and distributed the roles for the presentation:-

• Matt: Complete A4 Handout (Containing: Film Synopsis, Opening Sequence, Inspiration, Target Audience, Visuals, Practicalities, Cast/Crew, Possible Locations)
• Alex: Put our idea against the theories and come up with antagonist, protagonist, binary opposites.
• James: Answer the 8 Practicalities questions and the 4 Research questions.

After these have been completed, we came together, and discussed if there was anything else we wish to include in our presentation. The clips and visuals we wish to use are in the next blog post.

Group Meeting #3

All present.
Meeting start: 12:35 Tuesday 25th 2011
Meeting end: 13:45 Tuesday 25th 2011
Agenda - Put forward each of our individual ideas, finalise film idea, distribute and organise the roles for the presentation.

Alex and James put forward ideas. Each of them explained their synopsis. After explaining and introducing these to Ms Blackborow, along with the initial idea, we have decided to use Matt's initial idea, containing elements of both of Alex's and James' ideas aswell. We also discussed inspirational films and techniques that we have seen which we would like to put into our film.

We have organised who is going to be gathering what information needed for the presentation.

Group Meeting #1

ll present.

Meeting start: 12:30 Friday 21st 2011

Meeting End 12:48 Friday 21st 2011
Agenda - Location finding and discussion.

Looking for possible locations for our movie, locations need to be accessible and suitable for our genre and storyline. RAF Thurleigh is a possible, Whittingham is too far to get to.

After some information gathering, location is not possible. Location search still continuing.

Possibility of using a house instead, shots need to be correctly framed for it to work, back-up option.