Thursday 27 January 2011

Sound So Far


To improve our sound so far we should listen and adapt the flat line at the end. Also finish and link all of our appropriate music.

Thursday 20 January 2011

Storyboard part 2 and 3, recee sheet,Production schedule,time and location sheet, Sound outline

 Production Schedule - This was used to make sure we had contact with our actors and make sure they were kept up to date with any information.
 Recee sheet 1- This was used to plan our filing and if the building was suitable for what we needed it for. It also helped us plan all the things we needed to take with us that wouldn't be there. 
 Recee sheet 2
 Shot list- The shot list was used to help plan out  of different shots and effects that would be used. That way when were filming we can just look at the sheet and know what were doing. This again would help the filming process be much quicker and organised.  
 Sound outline- This step outline for our sound helped us plan out what specific sounds/ sound effects we needed at certain points in the film. That way we know exactly what we need and where to apply it to the film.  
 Storyboard- This is the titles of the film and establishing all the characters and the journey they took to get to the location. 
 Storyboard - This storyboard establishes the location of where the threat lives and reveals the purpose of the film with the boy climbing into the window. 
 Storyboard- This part establishes parts of the threat but you don't actually see him. shows how it all goes wrong in the clip.  
 Storyboard- This part is where the threat takes a victim and all is dark and quiet, this creates tension in the clip and builds the horror. 
 Storyboard- This is the ending off the clip. In this you only see the eyes of the threat and then it cuts to a black frame and ends the clip. 
Time and location schedule- The schedule planned out the locations that will be used and equipment needed.

Thursday 13 January 2011

Script.


FILM TITLE!

-- Old, burning photo of man. Man wearing a suit. FADES TO BLACK

INT. (BOYS BEDROOM)

-- A boy of 16 years of age in his bedroom, sitting on his bed, talking on the phone. Wearing a simple T-shirt, no jacket. A little excitement is in his voice.

JACK
‘Yh I’ll be out in a sec, u got the camera?.... Good inabit’

-- Boy gets up of bed and walks to the door picking up his black jacket on the way and sliding it on as he walks.

-- Another angle, boy is now outside walking over a field that leads up to a fence with of group of his friends standing nearby. There will be four friends waiting two boys and two girls. (Inaudible) They will be chatting about what their plans are for that day. All will be of a similar age.

-- Burning newspaper with headline of a man who has died in a fire. The edges of the paper will be burnt and charred. Under the story and photo, the names of the producers and actors are there.

--Foot treads onto newspaper and tilts up to see the group walking away.

-- The group are walking down the path with trees on either side; the music fades to natural sounds.

--Main character Jack unravels a little bit of the back-story of the house.

JACK
‘Yh, I heard he got trapped in his burning house trying to save his kid’

-- They get to the bottom of the path that gets to the opening to the house. There are no windows; it is evident that the house is now abandoned. As they get to the house, Jack is the only one who is brave enough to go in. Jack climbs through the space that the windows are meant to be.

-- As both of his feet touch the ground on the inside, he pretends to be dragged away into the shadows screaming. After a short pause and a buzz of scaredom over the others, he then jumps out to scare them.

-- Just after he reappears a burnt, charred arm appears from the bottom right corner of the window frame and takes him round the neck and properly drags him into the darkness.
Ryan
(rushes towards the window frame, turns back to see no one is following him)
‘Come, on!’

-- (Angle from inside the house) Group shows expressions of fear, confusion and doubt they then rush in over the window frame.

--Group cautiously walks through the charred room, too spot Jack’s body in the doorway.

--As they approach they hear Jack moaning. Blood on his face Ryan leans towards Jack with his hand towards him. Jack looks up eyes wide and fearful.   

Wednesday 12 January 2011

Ryan Webster Textual Analysis





Ryan Webster StoryBoard


This is my story board for the first part of our media horror film. It shows the picture and a man and child burning, then the main character receiving a phone call and meeting up with his friends.

Thursday 6 January 2011

Pitching Our Film

Audience Research

Review of genre demographic.

The Grudge : ratings


 30,220
 5.7
 6,486
 5.7
 478
 6.1
 327
 6.1
 151
 6.1
 22,321
 5.6
 17,989
 5.6
 4,251
 5.6
 11,838
 5.8
 10,036
 5.8
 1,691
 5.8
 2,023
 5.9
 1,653
 5.9
 347
 5.4
 6
 6.4
 550
 5.6
 11,549
 5.5
 22,715
 5.8



IMDb users
 44,736
 5.7







What lies beneath: ratings


Votes
Average
 28,229
 6.5
 6,237
 6.7
 149
 6.6
 105
 7.1
 43
 5.1
 15,634
 6.6
 12,376
 6.5
 3,185
 6.9
 15,073
 6.5
 12,706
 6.5
 2,219
 6.7
 3,523
 6.5
 2,765
 6.4
 715
 6.6
 11
 6.8
 668
 6.4
 12,189
 6.5
 20,459
 6.6



IMDb users
 46,835
 6.5







The polteriguiest: ratings



Votes
Average
 22,226
 7.4
 3,584
 7.6
 279
 8.0
 225
 7.9
 53
 8.1
 11,203
 7.4
 9,446
 7.4
 1,707
 7.5
 11,387
 7.5
 9,935
 7.5
 1,345
 7.6
 2,877
 7.4
 2,408
 7.4
 441
 7.6
 6
 7.6
 713
 7.4
 10,779
 7.6
 13,346
 7.3



IMDb users
 34,334
 7.4











Votes
Average

 57,304
 7.2

 11,444
 7.3

 841
 7.5

 582
 7.4

 256
 7.4

 41,417
 7.2

 33,694
 7.2

 7,514
 7.3

 22,502
 7.2

 19,293
 7.2

 2,946
 7.3

 3,864
 7.0

 3,221
 7.0

 586
 6.8





 12
 7.4

 740
 6.9

 21,995
 7.2

 41,914
 7.2





IMDb users
 86,954
 7.2
The Ring:user ratings..




The Haunting:ratings


Votes
Average
 19,332
 4.6
 4,662
 5.1
 131
 4.8
 87
 5.0
 44
 4.4
 11,734
 4.7
 9,110
 4.6
 2,559
 5.2
 9,823
 4.5
 8,152
 4.5
 1,572
 4.9
 2,217
 4.9
 1,772
 4.9
 418
 5.3
 633
 4.4
 9,564
 4.6
 13,180
 4.7



IMDb users
 32,444
 4.6

Evaluation:

The key demographic is males aged 18-29 for the majority of reviews on IMDb for the ghost genre. This means these are the age we’ll roughly aim our film at.