First Shoot and first edit

We think we could have done a lot better on our first shoot, by shooting more shots such as close ups.

question 3- Chariss Lee- Film poster ideas

Here are a number of posters/dvd covers from horror films, this is to give me many ideas when it come to creating my poster for my film.

These posters give you a sense that they are out to get someone/everyone and shows their is a particular victim. The images shown, show the genre of the film and also the colours used help you identify the genre.

These posters show death of people and a sense of mystery is given out by a head that is no longer attached to the body and teeth that are no longer attached to someone's gums- How did they get like this? These sum up a little about the film but with a image that makes people question what the film may be about.

This is a poster made for the film 'Let Me In' it shows the to main characters and the title of the film and many taglines. The title of the film is written in white to go with there theme colours in the poster, the title is also in capital letters and placed in the middle of the poster. This is what you see straight away. Below the title are many taglines which give you a rough idea of what the film may intail.

This poster has a number of images in it which staright away shows the audience what it is about. The title of the film is written in capitals and the colour red. The colour red relates to the title of the film 'Blood' (the colour of blood).

This poster draws you straight to the title and image as they both blend in together. The title is written in a bold font and the colours match the theme running through the poster.

question 3- chariss lee- part 1

This film was distributed by the production company 'Lions Gate'. Lion Gate is a major company and these are the ways they distribute their films.




In the clip shown above, it uses a lot of natural lighting, which lightens up the old grim rooms and puts a bit of life into them. By the look of the rooms, its a releif to have natural light in them because it must be a horrible experience to be in them alone at night with no light.
In the clip there is a shot showing a variety of tools and them being put to use, but on a humans toe, which shows the audience the film will be quite disturbing to many human beings.

It may be unusual to use orange, yellow and gold on the front cover of 'Hostel' because these kind of colours represent wealth, joy, happiness, attraction, warmth of the sun, however black represents death, power and evil. But when looking at the cover you know straight away its not some kind of fairytale and that it is a horror/thriller by the image shown but also the colours create a dark threatening effect on the viewer.

The font is very rough around the edges and with it being in capitals it makes it title clear and make sures it stands out by the font and colour used.

Chariss Lee- Question 3- Part 1

 Black and blue are a Independent Film production and below are some examples of how they distribute their films.



Trailers are common when wanting to advertise a film and their aim is to draw people in and make them want to see the film.

Here is the dvd cover of 'Stalker' the colours used are similar to the colours used in the advertisement of 'Hostel' (orange, yellows and blacks) this gives off the effect that the film is not a happy romantic comedy and the colours shows the film is some kind of horror/thriller and the images shown also identify it is that kind of genre. 

With the colours being quite dull it does not draw me in but it creates a great understanding of what type of film it is. 

Chariss Lee- Question Three

Distribution means when you are ready to get your film out there (its ready to be seen by the public). For example when distributing your film you will create posters and trailers that will then be shown via youtube etc and posters/billboards will be put up around cities/busy areas to make sure it is seen.

When distributing my film, trailers will be shown in cinema's, via youtube and on TV also posters would put up in Media stores such as HMV etc and billboards will be put up in busy Cities.

Above is a example of a way of distributing a film- Billboards.

Trailer distributed on Youtube.

Other ways of distributing films: you may show your trailer at film festivals. Interviews that may be put on the radio, in magazines and on television. Trailer/posters advertised on Facebook (big social sites).

Youtube offers many opportunities for students to let their projects go to use and the prize at the end of this opens up many more opportunities for students. 

Hammer Film Productions is a film production company based in the United Kingdom. Hammer is a independent company and below is a example of how they distribute their films.



Trailers are very popular when it come to distributing films. It gives the audience a rough idea of what the film is about and if they are intrigued and are drawn in by this trailer they are more likely to go see the film in cinemas or buy it on dvd.
This trailer shows the female being the victim and the male being the villain and how easily fooled she is by him because she thinks he is a nice genuine guy. With the voice over being a male with a deep clear understanding voice it helps sum up the film and creates a sense that the film is packed full of drama.

The image on this poster gives a rough idea of the film/location and shows it is a thriller. 

The colours of this poster give out the impression that there may be a mystery, death, some sort of evil in the film.

The font of the title is bold and one of the main things that stand out in the poster.

Posters are made to advertise and draw you in to see the film. 

This poster wouldn't catch my eye but the trailer does.

Evaluation update

Chariss:
Question 1
Question 2
Question 4
Question 5

To be done- Question 3

Katie:
Question 1
Question 5

skills recap

Shot reverse shots: Many shot reverse shots are used throughout this clip, this is to create a clear understanding towards the audience and also to build/create fear.

In our film we use many reverse shots for example she is shown waking up and looking around the room, we then have a shot of the room and what she is looking at, this is to show the audience what is happening/what she is looking at. Further on in the film we then show her looking at her hands, then we show her hands and how they have changed then there is a following shot after that showing her expression to what has just seen.

Position of the tripod: The tripod may be at a high angle or a low angle or just average- this is to keep the camera steady (no camera shake) and the tripod can be adjusted for the height needed.

In the clip above, their is a shot of her feet walking towards the camera so the postion of the tripod will be lower to the ground.

In our film, the postion of the tripod is used in a variety of ways. Throughout we have the postion at a high, medium and low angle. We have a shot of the vampire crawling across the floor so we will set the postion of the tripod to be really low to the ground and use a canted angle by adjusting the tripod.

Shot Length:

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Lighting:

Chariss Lee- Question 5- Part 1

The Lost Boys

This film has a certificate of 15.

The target audience of this film are males aged 18-29- this may be because of the genre of the film being a comedy horror. When it comes to horrors both female and male may not like horror films full of gore, but here it is proven that males are more likely to watch/like horrors. 

Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1

This has a certificate of 12A.

the target audience in this film are males aged 18-29. I thought because of the genre of the film being a romantic horror it will draw females aged between 15-25. However because of the genre being a horror it automatically draws males because they are more into the gore side of things a lot more then women, however in this case because of the certificate being a 12A you instantly no that their will be no gore- so this is puzzling that the ratings here show that males ages 19-29 are the target audience. 

Dracula 2000

This has a certificate of 15.

The target audience here are also males aged 18-29. This being the 3rd vampire film having a target audience of males aged 18-29 i am realising that this may be who we should aim at to get the most ratings for our film. Although in a class discussion when wanting to make our certificate a 15, we had a debate that the film certificate should be risen to 18 so our target audience will come to see our films and do not choose not to only because it is rated at a 15 certificate, however in this case it shows that because of it being a 15 certificate does not mean a older generation will not come to see the film.

Let the Right One In

This had a certificate of 15.

The target audience in this film are males aged 18-29. This gender and age are proven to be a very popular target audience for vampire horror films. Also in this film with the vampire being female it shows that which ever gender the vampire is, males aged 18-29 are still going to see these films and are not bothered about the gender of the vampire. 

Let Me In

This has a certifiacate of 15.

Let Me In is the english version of Let The Right One In and males aged 18-29 are still the main target audience and this film has a dash of romance in the film and even making it a romantic horror the target audience are still 18-29 year olds.

Overall the majority of these films have a certificate of 15, however we are making our certificate a 18 because there will be constant swearing and a lot of gore throughout the film.

Our target audience are males aged 18-29, seeing these results have shown us what males aged 18-29 would like to see, so by watching each film we can get a great understanding of what our target audience are wanting. 

After researching into many vampire films on IMDB and looking at there target audience we made a decision to make or certificate a 18 and aim our film at 18-29 year olds. After seeing the majority of films above having a target audience of 18-29 we decided to watch a number of them each and get ideas of what our target audience may like. Our film to begin with starts with a number of female vampires, this is because we wanted to make our film a little different from others because in most vampire films, there is always a male vampire that is the leader. However making our main vampire a female will still draw males to the cinema. After asking a number of males aged 19, 20, 25 what they like to see in a horror vampire film they repsonded by saying 'a lot of gore', 'death', 'baddy and a goody', 'a hot vampire', 'blood', 'something different, like vampires may organise a dance club full of girls, but at the end of it, end up killing them all, apart from one girl and one boy'. This feedback gave us plenty of ideas what we could do with our film.

When planning our film we thought a main location such as a graveyard straight away relates to a vampire film and gives a great understanding what the genre of the film is to the target audience.

We didnt choose to have a lot of props in our film, this is because we wanted to show the power of the vampires just by using their body strengh. Men that like horror vampire films, like to see a lot of gore and action in their films.

In our title sequence we wanted to create fear and a tense feeling by doing a 'chase scene'. Building up tension by our female victim visting a graveyard but then hearing a number of creepy noises and deciding to leave, to then find out she is being followed by a number of female vampires and becoming trapped.

Vampire following victim.

Victim hearing noises.

 

Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups? - Van Helsing

Here is my question 2, where i will be answering the question: how does your media product represent particular social groups? I will be analysing 2 video's i have up loaded and a test shot of my actor in relation to age/race and genre.

We got ideas about representation from the video below in terms of how they use stereotypes to engage the audience.  We have been directly influenced as we have included in our film a female victim.  This  follows the stereotype as females are seen as more weak and vulnerable.


Here is another video i have uploaded from my sub genre, which i will analyse in relation to age/gender and race.
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Here all off the threats you can see are mainly males such as Dracula, the werewolves, and frankinstein, these follow sterotypes, as it is normally males seen as the threats, however it does challenge it as there are 3 woman vampires, however you could see it as it doesn't as they aren't the main vampire, as the main vampire is male (Dracula). Van Helsing who is male also follow the stereotype as he is the one that kills them and hunts them as a strong man, and men are normally seen as the ones that kill the threat, however he does have help who is a women and she kills a vampire which challenges the stereotype as she is strong and such. They are all adults, which are normally used in a vampire film. Also The cast is pretty much all white, so that doesn't challenge the stereotype of having the main characters as white.

We chose her as our actor, as she will be the main character as a victim and the main vampire throughout of film, which challenges existing conventions, as usually the main vampire character is male, such as Dracula in van helsing and the film dracula and edward in twilight, so we wanted to be different and challenge it and have a female as our main character. Also she will be a good victim as is a woman and seen as more vulnerable, which follows existing conventions, as otherwise, people won't be as scared for her when they watch it, so won't crete enough fear. She also has an innocent look which will soon change once she becomes a vampire.

Audience feedback 

The audience feedback was good they thought we represented age/gender and race well. 

Here are some screen grabs that establishes social group representations, which in ours is a normal teenages girl on her phone walking along the street and also her just walking down a normal jiti(path) that a lot of teenagers normally use on a day to day bases. This is similar to twilight where bella is a normal teenager as seen in the picture below, as she is in high school with her friend.  

questions 4: who would be the audience for your media product? and question 5: how did you attract/address your audience?

Here i have have researched who would be the audience to our media product as it is important to know, such as their age and gender, so that we can make our film interesting to them, so they will want to watch it and like it. 

28 days later is an 18, we want ours to be an 18 to like this, as our target audience is 18 - 29 year olds as most viewers of vampire films from our imdb rating are 18 - 29 years olds, so we are aiming it at them.

Dracula is an 18, like we have decided ours to be as we want ours scary like this and to be violent with lots of blood.

 This is a 15, an ours will be like this but more scary and gory and violent, so won't be suitables for 15 or anyone under 18.

Twilight is a 12a and hows will be a lot more gory and violent so ours will be not suitable for a 12A, and will be a lot scaryer so we are going to have our at 18.

This is also a 12A, and ours will have more strong language and violent and too gory for anyone under the age of 18, as in van helsing, it doesn't have that much strong language and ors will be way goryer.

We will be aiming ours at 18 as will have a lot of violence and guryness and such which isn't suitable for anyone under that ages, also our target is 18 - 29 year olds, and they will be more appealed if it is 18 as if it was a 12 or 15, they may think it won't interest them as much, and other films that are 15 that i have researched won't be as gory and as violent and scary as ours. 

One horrorfilm i have watched is van helsing, this film represents issues such as age/gender/race and such. In it all off the threats you can see are mainly males such as Dracula, the werewolves, and frankinstein, these follow sterotypes, as it is normally males seen as the threats, however it does challenge it as there are 3 woman vampires, however you could see it as it doesn't as they aren't the main vampire, as the main vampire is male (Dracula). Van Helsing who is male also follow the stereotype as he is the one that kills them and hunts them as a strong man, and men are normally seen as the ones that kill the threat, however he does have help who is a women and she kills a vampire which challenges the stereotype as she is strong and such. They are all adults, which are normally used in a vampire film. Also The cast is pretty much all white, so that doesn't challenge the stereotype of having the main characters as white.

No-one younger than 18 may see an ‘18’ film in a cinema or buy or rent and 18 rated film.

Sex education at ‘18’

Where sex material genuinely seeks to inform and educate in matters such as human sexuality, safer sex and health, explicit images of sexual activity may be permitted.

Sex works at ‘18’

Sex works are works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation. Sex works containing only material which may be simulated are generally passed ‘18’. Sex works containing clear images of real sex, strong fetish material, sexually explicit animated images, or other very strong sexual images will be confined to the ‘R18’ category. Material which is unacceptable in a sex work at ‘R18’ is also unacceptable in a sex work at ‘18’

We will be aiming ours at 18 as will have a lot of violence and guryness and such which isn't suitable for anyone under that ages, also our target is 18 - 29 year olds, and they will be more appealed if it is 18 as if it was a 12 or 15, they may think it won;t interest them as much.

Suitable only for 15 years and over

No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema or rent or buy a film that is a 15.

Discrimination

The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour, this would be ok so out film as we follow this..

Drugs

Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable. There aren't any drugs in our film so is ok.

Horror

Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised, in our horror its going to be really scare, so could be ok for 15 but is that suitable enough, so will have it as an 18.

Language

There may be frequent use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’). The strongest  terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable. In our, we will have it as an 18 as we will not have suitable strong language for anyone under 18.

Violence

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification. Ours has to be an 18 as will have a lot of violence that isn't suitable for 15 as will dwell on the infliction of pain and will be extremely gory.

Suitable for 12 years and over

Exactly the same criteria are used to classify works at ‘12A’ and ‘12’. The ‘12A’ category exists only for cinema films. No one younger than 12 may see a ‘12A’ film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult. The ‘12’ category exists only for dvd works. No one younger than 12 may rent or buy a ‘12’ rated video work..

Horror

Moderate physical and psychological threat may be permitted, provided disturbing sequences are not frequent or sustained. Ours will be very scary so not suitable.

Language

Moderate language is allowed. The use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’) must be infrequent. We will be having strong language used throughout the film which isn't suitable for people 12 and under.

Violence

Moderate violence is allowed but should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by the context. Sexual violence may only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated, and must have a strong contextual justification. We can't have our film at a 12 as we will have a lot of unsuitable violence for this age.

how did you attract/address your audience?


We planed to make it gory and and scary so older people above the 18 would want to watch it.  Since we were targeting it at males, they would probably be more interested in seeing a film with more females in that males and with a lot of blood and violence as there older, as if they were younger it wouldn't be suitabe to be to gory and violent, so we added blood and we had all female characters. We chose to shoot it at a graveyard as it will engage the audience as its spooky and creepy and the atmosphere where you know something bad it going to happen so it will build suspense. We didn't think many props were needed as there wasn't a murder weapon or anything like that as she was bitten. It follows most conventions as most vampire films are set in a graveyard and with a bite scene however we have female vampires  which you don't see often as the main vampires which challenge existing conventions. I think our casting of the threat engages the audience, as it is first seen when they walk past the camera when it is on the victim, which shows something is there as it passes but the audience doesn't know what, but they know it will be scary and probably kill the victim which builds suspence and fear for the audience, and which will make them fear for the victim more, so our casting of the victim of being unaware engages the audience as they will be scared for them. 
The title sequence will engage the audience as we thought we would jump straight in with the bite seen in the titles, so it is interesting a scary and is in the graveyard, which will engage the audience as it isn't boring at the begining with just boring titles.

The music will engage the audience, as it works really well with the background noise from when filming, to create a spooky, scary atmosphere, and builds suspense well, and fits in really well with the film. 

I think we feedback we got was really good, as they said how they would like to continue watching the film so it must have had engaged the audience as they want to continue watching it.  We listened to what they said and what they said that wasn't so good but most of it was just the end which we hadn't finished editing, also they said it need sound which we had but the mac we were on sounds wasn't working properly.

Here is a wordle from the audience feed back: 

This image below is specifically designed to reach your target audience as it is gory so more for 18's and around that ages, so especially not children should be able to see this image:

Chariss Lee- Question 4- Part 2

Discrimination- 

Discriminatory language or behaviour must not be endorsed by the work as a whole. Aggressive discriminatory language or behaviour is unlikely to be acceptable unless clearly condemned.

Horror- 

Moderate physical and psychological threat may be permitted, provided disturbing sequences are not frequent or sustained.

Imitable behavior-

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied, or appear pain or harm free.  Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorized.

Language-

Moderate language is allowed. The use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’) must be infrequent.

Theme-

Mature themes are acceptable, but their treatment must be suitable for young teenagers.

Violence-

Moderate violence is allowed but should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by the context. Sexual violence may only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated, and must have a strong contextual justification.

Our film will not be able to be a 12 as there is to much gore, swearing and violence so it will not be able to be viewed to anyone under 12. 

Discrimination-

The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.

Horror-

Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

Imitable behaviour-

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Language-

There may be frequent use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’). The strongest  terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.

Theme-

No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.

Violence-

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.

Our film will not be able to be a 15 as the attacking scenes are more brutal and are in great detail, also swearing will be used throughout the film.

The 18 certificate is suitable for adults because they are at that mature stage and can understand more things than anyone below this age. Our film will be a 18 certificate because brutal attacks will be shown in great detail.