11th February
Today we carried on editing our piece, again working with the speed of different clips. We watched through what we worked on last week and corrected anything we felt didn't fit, then begun to work on the end of the clip.
Because our last two clips were slightly dark for their purpose we had to change the brightness and contrast to make it possible to see. We are yet to see if this will work and so will continue with it next week.
The places where we had continuity editing problems, we went back and had a look at. We decided to try out different clips until one worked and so changed what we had previously done. Throughout we were concious of our time so that it did not exceed 2 minutes. We are to finalise the clips on friday, by this time we should be ready to think about our titles and over all audio. We have already looked at the font we need for our titles and will be figuring this out next week.
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Editing Part 1
We started editing, on friday 6th of february, by uploading our coursework onto Adope Premiere. We began to cut certain clips and put them in order. We played around with the speed of our one piece of audio, making the murderer's footsteps sound deeper and slower.
Throughout the time we had, we were concious about the time limit and how long our piece was lasting. As lesson began to finish, we left editing til next week.
Throughout the time we had, we were concious about the time limit and how long our piece was lasting. As lesson began to finish, we left editing til next week.
Thursday, 5 February 2009
Film Anaylsis for Boogeyman
Institutions: Ghost House Pictures are part of the film, much they are on 30 Days of Night, Gothika and Dreamcatcher, showing that this is film is part of the horror genre before it starts.
The establishing shot is of a suburbian house with a child's swing outside. The shot is very dark and the whole mise-en-scene gets accross the genre of horror. There is sinister music playing in the background, resembling that of a fair ground with a slowed tempo. The minor keys and slow tempo music are typical in horrors and sets the scene for the rest of the film, fitting perfectly with the set. The fact that the music is eerie, and resembling a fairground, connotes childhood. That, mixed with the setting and the swing, connotes to the audience that the theme is something to do with children, as does the title when it appears later. As we enter the house, there is wooden stair case, typical mise-en-scene for a horror film, that creeks as the camera moves up them. This makes the audience feel as though something is lurking and so puts them on edge from the beginning, as does the place of the camera behind the bushes in the establishing shot.
There is a horizontal tilt of the landing then a close up of a door. The camera then does a birds eye shot of the door handle, that zooms to a close up of it, this shot is key to creating a creeping effect - so the audience feels as though someone is trying to get in.
As the camera focuses on a young boy in bed, there are shots around his entire room. They show his window, which is open and his curtains being blown about by the wind, they also show his wardrobe. These shots are key to the plot, as they are later used to demonstrate characters whereabouts.
The young boy is trying to sleep but cannot and so i tossing and turning, it shows his nightstand, where he has figurines and a lamp. Within the first minute, the first character is introduced and the audience is already scared, and the mise-en-scene connotes that something bad is about to happen. As the camera travels back to the child, we see shots of his room from his perspective. It shows a bird hanging from his ceiling, that is flying around in the wind. There is then a close p of the figurine on his night stand. After a few seconds of the child urgently looking around, we see a hooded shadow sitting in a chair. The child panics and switches his lamp on. After he turns it off, the figure starts to walk towards him, so he turns his light on again and it falls to the floor. This time, he picks the robe up and puts it in a drawer, then returning to bed puts the light off. Now the bird starts to move and make noises and the figurine starts to scare the boy so he outs that in a drawer and hides under his duvey. The shot is from the kids persepective to show how affraid he is.
Eerie music is played in the background as a figure walks towards the bed and lifts the sheet. This shot is part of the creeping theme, so the audience is filled with tension as they await what will happen next. The tension is releaved as we see it is the childs dad. They talk about the 'Boogeyman' and the dad tells his son that he isnt real and so goes to check around the room to prove it. As he checks under the bed and around we can hear the enhanced sound of the child breathing, which rebuilds the tension. The father walks intot he cupboard and turns to face his son, to re-assure him. His speech is cut off as he is dragged backwards into the cupboard and the door slams shut behind him. This shot is done from the boys perspective to show the trauma he is facing. There is a quick shot of the boy to show his horrified reaction, then its back to the door as it flings open and his dad reappears on the floor, his face covered in blood. The mise-en-scene here is to show the audience that something bad is happening to the man, although it is not shown - its an ellipsis. There are multiple shots of the dad being pulled back through the door, and grabbing onto the door frame. These shots are key to the horror genre and adds to the audiences reaction of fear. The dad is screaming and being twisted around and lifted up and down in the door frame, a different series of shots are shown of this - which was really different, but worked really well to demonstrate to the audience the fear and horror of the scene.
As the door closes, there is a breif close up of the boy's face to show the fear in his eyes, and his eye colour is enhanced to furthur produce pathos for him from the audience.The camera then cuts to '15 years later'.
This is the opening 3 minutes of the film, which straight away connotes horror through the mise-en-scene and character reactions.
The target audience is over 15s, due to its certificate, yet is not for a much older audience as it is quite intence for violence and horror. It connotes the genre horror really well, through its characters, mise-en-scene, and the camera angles, although different, are key to creating a tense audience.
The establishing shot is of a suburbian house with a child's swing outside. The shot is very dark and the whole mise-en-scene gets accross the genre of horror. There is sinister music playing in the background, resembling that of a fair ground with a slowed tempo. The minor keys and slow tempo music are typical in horrors and sets the scene for the rest of the film, fitting perfectly with the set. The fact that the music is eerie, and resembling a fairground, connotes childhood. That, mixed with the setting and the swing, connotes to the audience that the theme is something to do with children, as does the title when it appears later. As we enter the house, there is wooden stair case, typical mise-en-scene for a horror film, that creeks as the camera moves up them. This makes the audience feel as though something is lurking and so puts them on edge from the beginning, as does the place of the camera behind the bushes in the establishing shot.
There is a horizontal tilt of the landing then a close up of a door. The camera then does a birds eye shot of the door handle, that zooms to a close up of it, this shot is key to creating a creeping effect - so the audience feels as though someone is trying to get in.
As the camera focuses on a young boy in bed, there are shots around his entire room. They show his window, which is open and his curtains being blown about by the wind, they also show his wardrobe. These shots are key to the plot, as they are later used to demonstrate characters whereabouts.
The young boy is trying to sleep but cannot and so i tossing and turning, it shows his nightstand, where he has figurines and a lamp. Within the first minute, the first character is introduced and the audience is already scared, and the mise-en-scene connotes that something bad is about to happen. As the camera travels back to the child, we see shots of his room from his perspective. It shows a bird hanging from his ceiling, that is flying around in the wind. There is then a close p of the figurine on his night stand. After a few seconds of the child urgently looking around, we see a hooded shadow sitting in a chair. The child panics and switches his lamp on. After he turns it off, the figure starts to walk towards him, so he turns his light on again and it falls to the floor. This time, he picks the robe up and puts it in a drawer, then returning to bed puts the light off. Now the bird starts to move and make noises and the figurine starts to scare the boy so he outs that in a drawer and hides under his duvey. The shot is from the kids persepective to show how affraid he is.
Eerie music is played in the background as a figure walks towards the bed and lifts the sheet. This shot is part of the creeping theme, so the audience is filled with tension as they await what will happen next. The tension is releaved as we see it is the childs dad. They talk about the 'Boogeyman' and the dad tells his son that he isnt real and so goes to check around the room to prove it. As he checks under the bed and around we can hear the enhanced sound of the child breathing, which rebuilds the tension. The father walks intot he cupboard and turns to face his son, to re-assure him. His speech is cut off as he is dragged backwards into the cupboard and the door slams shut behind him. This shot is done from the boys perspective to show the trauma he is facing. There is a quick shot of the boy to show his horrified reaction, then its back to the door as it flings open and his dad reappears on the floor, his face covered in blood. The mise-en-scene here is to show the audience that something bad is happening to the man, although it is not shown - its an ellipsis. There are multiple shots of the dad being pulled back through the door, and grabbing onto the door frame. These shots are key to the horror genre and adds to the audiences reaction of fear. The dad is screaming and being twisted around and lifted up and down in the door frame, a different series of shots are shown of this - which was really different, but worked really well to demonstrate to the audience the fear and horror of the scene.
As the door closes, there is a breif close up of the boy's face to show the fear in his eyes, and his eye colour is enhanced to furthur produce pathos for him from the audience.The camera then cuts to '15 years later'.
This is the opening 3 minutes of the film, which straight away connotes horror through the mise-en-scene and character reactions.
The target audience is over 15s, due to its certificate, yet is not for a much older audience as it is quite intence for violence and horror. It connotes the genre horror really well, through its characters, mise-en-scene, and the camera angles, although different, are key to creating a tense audience.
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Filming :)
Me & Eve started filming, to our schedule, on the 31st of January.
We followed our shot list, so we included every shot in order. However, by the end of filming, we realised that some of our shots would not fit with continuity editing and so we had to go back a record the shot again.
We made sure, throughout, that nothing made any excess noise to what was needed. Also, that our costume etc was the same throughout. If there is any istakes that can not be fixed in editing, we plan to re-shoot certain parts one evening.
We have ulterier shots, as we were undecided about which would look best. Therefore, during editing, will chose the best and cut the rest.
Filming was fun and we now look forward to producing the opening sequence.
We followed our shot list, so we included every shot in order. However, by the end of filming, we realised that some of our shots would not fit with continuity editing and so we had to go back a record the shot again.
We made sure, throughout, that nothing made any excess noise to what was needed. Also, that our costume etc was the same throughout. If there is any istakes that can not be fixed in editing, we plan to re-shoot certain parts one evening.
We have ulterier shots, as we were undecided about which would look best. Therefore, during editing, will chose the best and cut the rest.
Filming was fun and we now look forward to producing the opening sequence.
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