Chloe's A2 Media Blog

The opening scene of our short film is the setting of the location where we will be filming for our short film. The location is abandoned & abides by the conventions of a horror film. The overgrown weeds and trees also show that the land hasn't been looked after, meaning that the location is defiantly abandoned. The windowless frames show a sense of no security meaning that anything could be inside. Darkness within the building infers that this building is not in use. The panning shot allows the audience to understand that layout and to see where the short film is going to be filmed. The log shed and bins shown at the beginning of the shot suggests that someone used to live here.  Surrounding the building stand trees covering its location

I have been experimenting different effects using Final Cut Pro. I watched different videos on youtube of how to include different effects onto videos like the one above. I found a video that shown how to create a distorted ghost effect, I experimented using this because the short film that I will be producing is going to be about the sub-genre supernatural which includes ghostly figures in normal places such as a room/house. This then relates to where the short film is going to be filmed. The set up above was the way that I produced the video. I bladed the  beginning  of the video of the background and layered it so then that background would continue throughout the whole video. I added on the whole video the 'ghost' effect which created a very ghosty and distorted effect, this was due to the fact that I moved accidentally when I filmed which meant that the background behind didn't duplicate perfectly. Ways in which i can reduce this...

Level 4 - Excellent (32-40 marks) Shooting material -  Sophisticated idea which works; shows an excellent understanding of the genre; every shot and angle has been planned; artistic framing; variety of shot, movement and angles. Mise - En - Scene -  A well selected location(s); use of signifiers which are apparent to the viewer. Editing - Excellent & professional techniques applied; a wide variety used but these are always purposeful. The narrative is clear to the viewer - it may be ambiguous but it is clear this is the case. Sound - Appropriate; well planned and may even help tell the story. Possibly experiemental in some way. Level 3 - Proficient (24-31 marks) Shooting material -  Good, simple idea which works; good understanding of genre; a variety of shots and angles; some purposeful framing Mise - En - Scene -  Location appropriate for film, costume, colours & props work well. Editing -  Meaning and narrative is clear to the viewer...

WORKING LATE SHOOTING MATERIAL The use of the varety of shots as well as the variety of different angles used within different themes are really good at the beginning to make the audience understand the place in which the film is being filmed. Merged shots were used (2.50) - made it seem as if it was all a dream. EDITING Use of distorted editing effects (1.37) suggested that the film was supernatural because this editing made it seem as if the boy was a ghost. The red filters used when showing the demonic/supernatural character as evil because red signifies danger towards others.(2.27) SOUND Increased volume of sound & intensity (1.40) The use of the overlapping sound track with loops, it created an increase in exiety levels for the viewers watching. The use of the non-diegetic sounds of footsteps overlapped with an increased anxiety sound track. This added uncertaintly as well as it created a dramatic feel to the audience. This increase pace of sound i...

SOUNDS USED IN HORROR FILMS Diegetic sound  These are sounds that are naturally within the setting/scene of movies that characters can hear. These are used to make scenes within films much more dramatic and allows the level of realism to increase. Examples of these are... Footsteps Laughing Doors opening and closing Verbal communication Dropping of objects Creaking floorboards Sound effects Sounds that are accompanied within an action scene within films (eg: Psycho). A specific example of this is within the slasher scenes, the use of a sharp violin noise is used every time the knife is stabbed into Marion Crane within the well known major scene called the 'shower scene'. Ambient Sounds These sounds are used as background sounds, these are present in a scene to increase the realism of a certain location. The most common ambient sounds that are used include wind, water, birds, crowds, office noises, traffic, etc. Wi...

As my selected horror sub genre is supernatural, I want to try and create a ghostly figure, this is to portray the overall sub genre well. By taking a video of someone in front of a green screen, I want to try and manipulate this into my filming production. This will make my film much more realistic and abide by the conventions of a supernatural horror film. To try and include this, I will experiment using the app Final Cut Pro. This app will allow me to pick and chose which scenes I want to incorporate this into. By using editing skills just like this, it will make my film seem such more professional and wont make it stand out as 'novice'. By using Final Cut Pro, I will be able to add and take away the ghostly figure within scenes, as well as making the supernatural character move towards and way from the character to then create effect as well as jump scares which will be complimented with sound effects and music tracks to increase the atmosphere. This Y...