Thursday, 18 October 2012
Intertextuality
I thought it would be a cool idea for our film to contain some references to other horror or slasher films. The music that will be used is the theam song to the original SAW film, the graveyard in our film is called Myers Graveyard - after the killer, Michael Myers, from "Halloween". Our film is set in a quiet suburban are like "Halloween" and "Scream" and we used symbolic color like "The Shining".
Locations:
Filming will take place in four key locations in my local area:
Hillsborough Cemetery - We are filming in the older section of the cemetery with really old grave. It has this long gravel path that goes up the middle between these two raised banks that are both covered in old graves. there are no trees so the light is very bright. It looks haunting and creepy, the perfect place for the ghosts of our monsters victims to hang out in :) . As i said before the section we are using is old and no one ever really goes there so there wont be any foot traffic to worry about.
Little-John St - This street looks like your everyday suburban street, so it fits the setting very well. Also people from our school will know it and be able to identify with our film easily. The lighting in the street is nothing special but it will be featuring in a part of the film where the characters are more important. Traffic and pedestrians could be a problem but we will just have to deal with that.
Keith-Hay Cycle Track - This setting looks so good on camera because of its long path that stretches on into the distance and the contrasting bushed and fences on either side on the track. the lighting is vibrant and will be good for the earlier stages of our film. The path gets crowded during the afternoon due to the schools so we will have to time our filming for more quiet moments
West Park - This is another setting that may be well known to school members as it is local. It has long stretches of grassy bank that are perfect for running scenes and a alley way down the back which looks dark and gloomy. This place will be good for filming just as long as it is not when the kindergarten (which is in it) is open.
Hillsborough Cemetery - We are filming in the older section of the cemetery with really old grave. It has this long gravel path that goes up the middle between these two raised banks that are both covered in old graves. there are no trees so the light is very bright. It looks haunting and creepy, the perfect place for the ghosts of our monsters victims to hang out in :) . As i said before the section we are using is old and no one ever really goes there so there wont be any foot traffic to worry about.
Little-John St - This street looks like your everyday suburban street, so it fits the setting very well. Also people from our school will know it and be able to identify with our film easily. The lighting in the street is nothing special but it will be featuring in a part of the film where the characters are more important. Traffic and pedestrians could be a problem but we will just have to deal with that.
Keith-Hay Cycle Track - This setting looks so good on camera because of its long path that stretches on into the distance and the contrasting bushed and fences on either side on the track. the lighting is vibrant and will be good for the earlier stages of our film. The path gets crowded during the afternoon due to the schools so we will have to time our filming for more quiet moments
West Park - This is another setting that may be well known to school members as it is local. It has long stretches of grassy bank that are perfect for running scenes and a alley way down the back which looks dark and gloomy. This place will be good for filming just as long as it is not when the kindergarten (which is in it) is open.
Now or Never
So i have many posts that i have written down that i have never got around to putting up. As the assignment is due tomorrow i guess now might be a good time...
Now or Never
So i have many posts that i have written down that i have never got around to putting up. As the assignment is due tomorrow i guess now might be a good time...
Monday, 24 September 2012
"Paranoia" - everything you will ever need to know
So now i am going to go through the entire production now that out filming is done and everything has gone to plan:
Our film opens with several shot types of a mysterouse ghostly girl in a graveyard, contrasted with many other frightening images such as abandoned playgrounds, blood and knives. Then the title of out film, "Paranoia" is displayed. This then fades into a newspaper clipping about the mysterious death of local girl, Eliza Dent, this is supposed to be the ghost we saw in the grave yard. Then we fade into the first scene of our film. Tilly, our protagonist, is walking home from soccer training with her friend Kate. As they walk they talk about the death. In this scene we use color to foreshadow because Tilly wears a bright red singlet and holds a red bag. Red represents danger. As they walk you see that they are being watched from the bushes. As the two part ways we follow Tilly. Suddenly the long shot from behind changes to P.O.V tracking of someone or something chasing her. it gets faster and faster until it almost appears to collide with her. In fact, the thing that was following her was a invisible monster that goes inside the minds of its victims and festers, causing deadly paranoia. Tilly then continues her walk home, suddenly tense, as she feels she is being watched. Soon you see the figure of a dark character stalking Tilly. This dark "Shadow" character is actually not real. It is a dollusion created by the monster inside her mind. Knowing she is being watched and followed Tilly suddenly turns to find the Shadow behind her. Terrified Tilly runs. She reached the bridge where she tries to calm herself. Soothed slightly she continues her walk. but turning suddenly she sees the dead body of Kate and then the shadow, once again, right on her tail. This is where we will enter a series of montage shots. These will have jump cuts and will be very fast in order to bring up the pace of our film. Then as the monster in her mind is really killing her, Tilly collapses in a alley-way. The shadow creature comes upon her and chokes her. Then a passer by approaches. seeing Tilly, she asks if she is alright. This girl cannot see the shadow and is confused. Choked by her own mind, Tilly abruptly dies. The passer by then slowly approaches then begins to freak-out over the dead body of Tilly. Our film end with the fast final shot of a P.O.V that starts from where Tilly is lying on the ground and goes up towards the passer-bys face. This is supposed to show the Monster inside Tilly's mind going into a new person. This is followed by our end credits and finally a closing shot of Eliza and Tilly (who is now a ghost) holding hands in the grave yard.
Our film opens with several shot types of a mysterouse ghostly girl in a graveyard, contrasted with many other frightening images such as abandoned playgrounds, blood and knives. Then the title of out film, "Paranoia" is displayed. This then fades into a newspaper clipping about the mysterious death of local girl, Eliza Dent, this is supposed to be the ghost we saw in the grave yard. Then we fade into the first scene of our film. Tilly, our protagonist, is walking home from soccer training with her friend Kate. As they walk they talk about the death. In this scene we use color to foreshadow because Tilly wears a bright red singlet and holds a red bag. Red represents danger. As they walk you see that they are being watched from the bushes. As the two part ways we follow Tilly. Suddenly the long shot from behind changes to P.O.V tracking of someone or something chasing her. it gets faster and faster until it almost appears to collide with her. In fact, the thing that was following her was a invisible monster that goes inside the minds of its victims and festers, causing deadly paranoia. Tilly then continues her walk home, suddenly tense, as she feels she is being watched. Soon you see the figure of a dark character stalking Tilly. This dark "Shadow" character is actually not real. It is a dollusion created by the monster inside her mind. Knowing she is being watched and followed Tilly suddenly turns to find the Shadow behind her. Terrified Tilly runs. She reached the bridge where she tries to calm herself. Soothed slightly she continues her walk. but turning suddenly she sees the dead body of Kate and then the shadow, once again, right on her tail. This is where we will enter a series of montage shots. These will have jump cuts and will be very fast in order to bring up the pace of our film. Then as the monster in her mind is really killing her, Tilly collapses in a alley-way. The shadow creature comes upon her and chokes her. Then a passer by approaches. seeing Tilly, she asks if she is alright. This girl cannot see the shadow and is confused. Choked by her own mind, Tilly abruptly dies. The passer by then slowly approaches then begins to freak-out over the dead body of Tilly. Our film end with the fast final shot of a P.O.V that starts from where Tilly is lying on the ground and goes up towards the passer-bys face. This is supposed to show the Monster inside Tilly's mind going into a new person. This is followed by our end credits and finally a closing shot of Eliza and Tilly (who is now a ghost) holding hands in the grave yard.
Filming down
After weeks we finally finished our filming. We had a little bit of a rush, seaming that two of our actors were apart of the french exchange trip that left last Friday, so we've had to get everything together. But we did. we have all our footage and we now are entering our editing phase.
wee problems
In a series of unfortunate events i have been unable to update my blog, so I've been writing all my stuff down in books. Over the next few days I'll post all the stuff that should have been put up weeks ago...
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