Thursday 4 March 2010

Audio

The last part of editing was to add the audio soundtrack that would run throughout the bullying scenes as non diegetic sound. We experimented with sounds from the final cut pro editing software that we are using and then also looked for songs from horror films that were already ade such as Scream and thriller films such as Twilight before deciding on the final track and adding this to the sequence. We then edited this to make it fit in with the quick pace of sequence and also the codes and conventions of the genre.

Filming 4

The final filming session that we did was simply re filming the scripted scenes with Naomi and Becky on the computer and thier killings which we felt were not correct for the horror genre and did not incorporate the codes and conventions for the genre with the lighting.

So when re filming we ensured that all of the scenes were continues in the lighting used and that this lighting was appropriate to the horro genre. This meant that all lighting had to be dim and fitting with the scene but also allow for the characters faces to be easily seen and differenciated between which actor was Becky and which one was Naomi. In order to keep the continuity of the piece we ensured that they were always sitting in the same seats and that they did not change seats within the sequence.

Once these scenes were completed we were now finished with the filming section of the project.

Once all of these scenes had been recorded we then batched them onto the computer and began editing them into the correct order after the bullying scenes and also the credits of the film.

We firstly put them into order and cut them down into the correct time frame, we then added the correct effects and decided if they were in the correct order. Once the whole sequence was completed we added the credits by firstly stating the directors and producers and then the characters in order of apperance. The last shot we used for the title of the film and we made this the focal point of the sot by having a black abckground and red writting as the genre is horror and this colour is assosiated with murder. The screams from the last frame of Becky being dragged by the killer will then continue into this scene to add to the title.

Filming 3

For our third batch of filming we were simply capturing Simon on the ground crying and in pain from the earlier bullying that he had faced. We had the actor lie down on the floor and cry. We would then edit these scenes into short chopped up shots of the after effects of the bullying that he had endured. During this filming shoot we also filmed Simon being slammed against a wall with the camera concentrating on his face and the saddness that he felt from this act of bullying.

We then continued this fiming by re shooting the footage that we had done at my house earlier which we felt needed to be improved and changes that needed to be made in order for it to look better on the film in the editing process. During this we had the killer do his storyboarded scenes and also some extra scenes whcih could again be used and a link between one scene and the next. These were simple close up, zoom out to medium close up of his face within the mask.

We also filmed Dans conversations with the Naomi and Becky on the webcam and the images that he would be able to see when talking to them. From these we could then edit them to make the sequence very effective and fitting with the horror film codes and conventions.

Filming 2

The next scenes that we planned to film were the scripted conversations between the 2 females (Naomi and Becky) and the 2nd male (Dan) on the webcam, which eventually leads to them getting killed.

For this we used the location of my house and computer. Over the weekend we took home the nessersary equipment and started filming the scenes. They were all successful but the lighting that we used was not fitting for the horror film codes and conventions, they were too bright and well lighted. We needed them to be darker and more spooky for them to be fitting with the genre and effective. Due to this we refilmed these scenes.

We added in a match on action to the sequence and so it was very important that we filmed this correctly in order for it to work when edited and be recognised by the viewing audience. As the killer was not there for the filming of these scenes we improvised for the killing of Becky by simply putting on the killers costume of a big black coat and leather gloves and carrying on with the killing scene. We were able to do this effectivly because the scene did not consist of the killer being very visable to the audience and so it was done successfully.
Next we batched all of the recorded scenes onto the computer and started to edit them into the way that we wanted them to look. We did this by adding effects which would make the bullying scenes appropriate and also effective to the audience and the film sequence.

Filming

We started filming for our project by trying to film each scene in sequence order as this would ensure that none we missed out and that they would all be easier to locate when uploading them onto the editing software.

To stick to this plan we firstly filmed the bullying scenes. We gathered all of our actors and told them of the scene and what would be taking place in the corridor. At this point we realised that the actor that we had down as the victim (Simon) was not available and so we had tp recast another male to play this vital role. Once all of the actors were in place and the corridor empty we filmed one shot of the scene, which was very successful and we managed to capture the shot in the first take to our satisfaction.

From this we decided to take advantage of the snowy weather and add another element to the bullying scene by having the actor playing the role of Simon be the victim of a snow ball attack, which was him getting pelted with snow balls by a group of bullies. We captured this from 3 differant angles and at differant shot types to allow us the freedom to change the scene and chop it up using it in differant places wihtin the final

Locations

The locations that we are going to use for the opening of the film are going to be my dining room which as two doors and a computer in it, as we need all of these elements for our actions scenes to work.

The second location that we will use is my kitchen as this again has two doors and leads to the dining room. This is perfect for the final shots of the killer sneeking up upon the two female characters.

For the bullying scenes we will use the college classrooms and corridoors as these look like the school that these scenes are based in.
For the scenes of Simon setting up his suicide we are going to be filming them in a males bedroom as it is not particular where this has to be filmed.

Outline of openning scene

The main credits of the film will appear on the screen in white font on a black background. They will be typed on a computer, to open up the sequence with the computer theme of the killings in the film.

The next next shot of the film will be a medium close up of a computers webcam, which wil then zoom into an extreme close up of the webcams lense, as though the viewer is looking at the person watching the video. This again adds to the webcam and computer theme of the film.
The killers masked face will then appear on the screen, as it wil shock the viewer and also intorduce the main character of the film.

From this point the next 4 shots are qucik snappy and sharpe images of webcam images, mobile phone and a person horrified reaction to something that they have just seen.

Following these images will be photos that are going to be one by one placed on a table as though someone is looking at them from the cameras point of view. They will all have one male in them and this will be Simon, they will all be differant showing him and his interests such as computers, and school studies. This introduces the second most important character in the film and the fact that he is missed and being thought about by someone.

The next 5 shots will be flashbacks of actions that took place in Simons life and are very important to the film. Him being bullied in school,him being sad and affected by this and finally him starting the process of hanging himself and finally his gravestone with the screen fading to black. These shots will be telling the audience the background story of Simons death and the fact that his death is very important for the storyline and what is going to happen.

The diegetic sound of the typing of a keyboard can then be heard with the image of fingers typing, the camera then tilts up to show the computer screen typing the remiang credits of the film that were not shown earlier on.

The following shots will all be the action that will take place in the first shots of action in the film.
Two females will be seen sitting at a computer desk typing on msn and also on webcam being watched by a male friend that was seen earlier on in the film when Simon was being bullied in the coridoor at school.

Some scripted conversation can then be heard between the three characters talking.
The audience and the male can then see the killer enter the room behind the two girls but when asked who else is in the house they reply by saying no-one except them.

Naomi then asks Becky to go into the kitchen to get her a drink. The camera does and match on acton as she enters the kitchen and starts looking through the differant cupboards.

The camera then changes into a steady hand cam and is from the killers point of view as he enters the room behind Naomi as she sits at the computer.
Sheis shown being dragged from behind and the male watching her on webcam can be seen wih a horrified reaction.

Becky then walks towars the comuter room and as she does the killer can be seen coming behind her. She is finally seen being dragged from behind and her screams can be heard.

The screen sharply goes black and blank. The tile of the film then appears being typed in white font. Her screams continue into this frame.

Characters relationships with each other

Simon- Secretly best friends with Kieran Kieran- Friends with Becky and Naomi.
Kierans ex girlfriend Naomi and Becky- used to bully Simon.
Reece- Kierans older brother and the detective on the case of the killings.

Characters for chosen production

Suidcide Victim- Simon Simon is a very geeky charcter. He wears glasses, dresses smartly all of the time, and always has a book in his hand. He is very smart, achieving top of the class in all exams that are taken, he enjoys playing world of wardcraft and blogging about how he feels on his internet blog site. He is the victim of very serious bullying at school and becuase of this suffers from a very string bout of depresssion, leading to him having theropy reguarly. During this theropy he is advised to blog about his feelings online allowing his bullies to see how they are making him feel. He also has a secret friendship with the most popular boy in the school Kieran and he tutors him on a regular basis.

Killer- Kieran Kieran is the most popular boy in the school. He is rich, good looking, sporty, well dressed and secretly very smart. He enjoys attending house parties, going out with multiple girls, appears to be very shallow and cocky but he is secretly very sensitive, enjoys reading novels, recieves tutoring and is Simon's only true friend.

Naomi- Kieran's Ex- Girlfriend (1st female victim)Naomi is a very good looking girl, well dressed, popular and the richest person in the school. She is well dressed, obsessed with boys, best friends with Becky, likes parties, clothes, money and her hobbies are social networking being shallow and coming across as very cocky.

Becky- Naomi's Best Friend Becky is and average looking girl, well dressed, very quite and always comes 2nd to Naomi in their friendship. Well of financially, popular, likes clothes, books, parties and secretly always fancied Kieran. Her hobbies are social networking and being friends with Naomi.

Film Ideas

Cluedo
Six teenagers are staying over at house that they have rented for the night.
They decide to play a murder mystery game of cluedo.
Before they start playing one of them goes of to the kitchen to get some food whilst the other look noisily around the large mansion type house.
All of them return to the main room to play the game except for one.
So someone from the group goes to look for that person and finds them dead.
They return to tell the others who are mortified and question who could have done this as they were the only people in the house. They start to blame each other and get into an arguement.
They try to contact the police but the phoneline of the house is dead and non of them have any signal on their phones.
They decide to try and survive the night until the morning when the owner of the house returns.
The rational member of the group decides that they must all stick together and stay calm at all times.
As the night goes on this plan starts to fall apart as they each one by one leave the main group for the toilet, food and to move around the house.
The all start talking in their groups of who they think the killer could be within their group of friends.
The person that they think it could be is then found dead, ruling them out of the murder.
Another member of the group is also noticed missing from the room for a long time and they are now the target of blame for the killings.
This person does not return and their body cannot be found making everyone else believe that they are still in the house.
The three remaining survivors decide to all stick together to keep safe and so when one of them needs to got to the toilet they all go togther.
While this person is in the toilet the other two wait outside for them, but they start to argue and agree to walk away from a fight and return in 5 mins for their friend to come out of the toilet.
When they then return the door is smashed up and their friend is face down in the bath, they have been drowned.
The two remaining friends blame each other for this murder and decide to split up for the rest of the night as they dont trust each other.
They both survive the night untill the owner of the house returns and the police are called.
They both blame each other and are arrested, but as they are lead away one of them notices that the owner of the house has some spots of blood on their trousers and fresh scratches on their arm.
They then realise that this person is the only other person with a key to the house who knew that they would all be in their. They also know the layout of the mansion better than anyone.
Was he/ she the murdered

Peekaboo
Simon is the school geek, bullied by the popular group
This bullying leads to serious depression and he goes to see a therapist after mediaction does not help
This therapist suggests that he start to blog his feelings and emotions as a release from his mind and not talking to anyone
He does this, but finds that he is bullied more for this and is ridiculed at school
Eventually he cant take anymore and deciedes to end his own life
At his funeral we fins out that he did have one friend that nobody knew about, this was the most popular boy in the school called Kieran.
They both kept their friendship a secret as they were so opposite and didnt think that others would undertstant their friendship
Kieran feels guilty for this secrecy of thier friendhship and starts to analyse himself and his friends who bullied Simon, which lead to his death
From this he starts to justify to himself why they should die and how he will kill then all
He then picks his victims and one by one he kills the whole group of his own friends who all contributed to Simons death, recording eahc death and putting them on a blog site called Peekaboo.com.
Kierans own brother Reece is the dective on the case of these killings and he is worried for Kierans safety from becoming the next victim not knowing that he was commiting the murders himself
At the end of the film Reece finds out about what Kieran has been doing and asks him to explain himself
Once Kieran tells Reece what he was thinking and what they did to Simon, Reece decides that Kieran was right and does not arrest him
They go back to thier normal lives and live as though nothing has happened.
We decided as a group that Peekaboo would be the film that we will take forward as our main idea.

Film Ideas

Games at night
A teenage girl has a sleepover at her house with 4 friends
They all decide to play the Ouija board as a bit of fun
As they start to play the bad spirits start sending messages of death and murder and the way in which they would all die tonight.
They stop playing the game, dissmissing it as nonsense and not real. They start drinking and playing some music very loud.
1 of the girls decides to go downstairs to get some more food and drink alone. When she tries to return upstairs she looks into the mirror and see something behind her it appears suddenly.
The girls upstairs notice her missing from the group and 1 of them volenteers to go downstairs and get her.
When she walks into the kitchen she sees the body
They then spend the rest of the night trying to survive the group of demons who are passing through the house
1 by 1 they start to get killed as the demon continuously appears and then disappears throughout the film
The girl who's house it is survives the night to tell her parents of the demons.
When her parents return she tells them what has happened and they immediatly call the police
After their examinations they find that the girls all dies from knife wounds and so they blame the deaths on the girl who survived the night
She is arrested and put in a prison cell overnight while they continue their investigations
Her parenst go home and spend the night in their house, but they are both killed before the morning
The police don't know who killed them as she was in prison and so pass the killings of as an unsolved case

In the graveyard
A group of teenagers go to a Halloween house party and get drunk
Then they all decide to visit a graveyard
They start to vandalise the old grave stones by kicking them, throwing drinks at them etc.
They all start to walk away, when all of a sudden the ground starts to shake and the tombstones shatter
Then zombies start to appear out of the ground walking slowly towards the teenagers with their arms out in front of them making a groaning sound.
The teenagers try to run away from them and hit them off, but the zombies still attack.
The zombies start to eat the teenagers by pulling their limbs apart and taking big bites.
All of the teenagers are dead except for one who survives.
All of the zombies return to their graves accept for one.
The last girl standing walks home to tell her family what had happened. She enters her house and shouts for her family but nobody answers. The television is on and she can see the back of her mother, farther and also her younger brothers head
She runs in front of them to tell them what happened but only to find their throats bitten with big chunks of their neck's missing.
She turns to find the zombie standing in the corner of the room walking slowly towards her arms out making those grotesque groaning noises, with its arms out in front.
She screams!