Location Photo's

We took this picture and believed it would be a good location to film, we thought it would be good because it seems desserted and like most horrors have them, along with that we thought it would be a good place to hide weapons or even bodies.

we chose this palce because we thought this would be a good place to throw a dead victim, or any weapons.

we took this picture because we thought that we could possibly use this as a way to murder someone, along with that, because its in a desserted area, that made it seem more ideal.

we chose to take this picture because we thought it would be a good idea to burn any weapons, or dead bodies.

In this post there are pictures of petention locations to do some filming in our horror film, and they all link in with what happens in the film.

Target audience

Our target audience for our horrow film is aged 18-25, this is because of the numerous amount of murders, and graphic scenes. along with that we have aimed it that age group because we didnt think it would be suitable for people under that age of 18, and we didnt think that people over the age of 25 would like it either becuase of the brutal murders and very bad language. we believed that the age group was suitable for the film because adults of that age tend to of heard the bad language, and because they are interested in the horror films, especially now the technology in the past few years has dramtically changed and because increasingly better, so the special effects and editing is better, which will make people want to watch the film even more.

Production Companies

This is a world wide production company producing over thousands of movies, and has created some of the most famous movies around. The logo is big and bold to make it stand out towards the audience, and also gold, as if to say its good quality, along with that it is above the clouds to show how high it is in the world. it's also presented as a statue, to show its there for a reason. It also it has the flashing lights round the edge to show all of the attention is on them.

DreamWorks

These are known world wide for producing top quality animated films. Some of the well known films they have produced are Kung Fu Panda, Shrek, Madagascar, Wallace and Gromit. the company logo suggests that it is abover everyone as its in the sky. also the character on the moon is showing him fishing, as if to say he is fishing for the best movies to bring them to the top along with there production company, also the name itself 'Dreamworks' it suggests that any dream can wrok with a film.

Paramount

This production company is also known well wide for the films they have produced. The logog suggests that paramount are a very good business, and they think they are higher than everyone else, as they have shown themselves on top of mountain tops, and the stars around the name show quality and class, and to show they put that amount of effort into every film that they make, examples of the films paramount have been involved in; Transformers, paranormal activity, The Fighter and many more.

Horror film questionnaire

Horror film questionnaire.

Name:
Age:
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What is your favourite genre of film?(please tick)
Comedy...   Horror...   Romance...  Other...

Do you have a favourite Horror movie? if so what is it?

How many times a month do you watch films?

Do you prefer to watch films at home or at the cinema?

If you prefer to watch films at the cinema, how often a month do you go?(please tick)
1-2 times...   3-4times... 5+...

What influences your choice when your picking a movie to watch? (please tick)
Cost...   Actors...   Genre...   other(explain)...

Se7en

As a group we watched se7en as part of our research for our horror films that we are soon to be making, we chose this because we though the title sequence was clever, throughout the title sequence it reveals bits of the film to the audience, and clues to whats going to happen, the mise-en-scene in the film connotes that the film is horror, and in one of the scenes it goes from a black background to an autopsy scene to connote someone has died, and also to help show that the film is horror

2 Seconds - A Book opens and all the pages flick, as if to say here comes the story
6 Seconds - The words 'New line cinema presents' appears
9 Seconds - Distorted black and white photo of hands
13 Seconds - Close up of machinery
17 Seconds - Close up of fingers holding a piece of metal
20 Seconds - Black background with 'Morgan Freeman', which is one of the actors in the film
24 Seconds - The title 'SE7EN' is revealed on a black background
29 Seconds - Close up of the front cover of the book
33 Seconds - Close up of the book with writing
36 Seconds - Close up of someone writing upside down
38 Seconds - Close up with red filter of a black and white photo
42 Seconds - Black background with 'John C. McGinly', another one of the actors in the film
45 Seconds - Paper and some photos. Two fingers touching the photo on the top of the file
49 Seconds - Close up of a black and white photo of a face
56 Seconds - Black background with cast names written in white writing that randomly flashes
1 Minute, 1 Second - Close up of someone writing in black ink and then smudging with their finger
1 Minute, 7 Seconds - Writing that's been printed, word crossed out with black marker
1 Minute, 12 Seconds - Cast names edited in over black and white photo of male face with the eyes crossed out with a marker pen
1 Minute, 19 Seconds - Negative film's with a finger holding them and placing them in between pages
1 Minute, 26 Seconds - 'Production Designed' written in white writing over a close up of dirty and bandaged fingers
1 Minute, 31 Seconds - Close up of a black and white photo of male and female's faces
1 Minute, 38 Seconds - Close up of the tips of dirty finger's with a needle between them

1 Minute, 47 Seconds - Finger tips binding paper with thread

1 Minute, 54 Seconds - 'Written by Andrew Kevin Walker' written in white writing with books in the background

1 Minute, 57 Seconds - Black and white photos in the book

2 Minutes, 8 Seconds - Film begins - buildings and inter-title 'Monday' written in white writing

1408

In this post i will be talking about the title sequence for the film '1408'
-0-14 seconds - Film opens with the film production logo with a dark background, and the opens with a dark screen and non diagetic sounds to connote a horror film and evil.
-At 28 seconds we get our first shot, it is a sort of establishing shot with and extreme long shot to show the whole road and what surrounds it. it shows it is deserted, surrounded by streets and low key lighting due to a building on the side of the road, it is a stereo typical location of an horror film; pathetic fallacy, the weather represents the mood of the whole piece, and it is raining alot.
-30 seconds - the name of the first actor appears whilst a car is coming closer to the camera.
-31 seconds, the camera pans across in line with the front of the vehicle coming its way.
-33 seconds, the next actor appears, same shot.
-40 seconds, the car stops and then the title appears, very bright and white and seems very ghostly, connotes horror and death, very scary.
-43 seconds, the shot changes to a very high angle shot and the car starts reversing, it seems that he is lost and very vulnerable.
-48 seconds, diagetic sounds coming from the radio, saying 'open the gates of hell' connotes evil, and actors still coming up on the screen.
-56 seconds, POV (point of view shot), he has stopped and shines the torch onto a sign that tells him he is leaving that area once passed, and on the sign it says please come back, almost to say if you stay here you will be safe.
-1min, 2 secs, Mid-shot of him using a map to show he is lost, and trying to find out where he is, seems very lonely and isolated, credits still appearing.
-1 min, 9 seconds, close-up of tyre as if something is going to happen the car like it will get stuck or the tyre would get a puncture.
-1min, 15 seconds, shot fades into another shot, credits still coming up, the car pulls up to the house, low key lighting, very isolated and dark.
-1 min, 25 seconds, on the bridge walking towards the hotel, very slim bridge, and it shows there is only one way in, and one way out, its as if he is moving away from safety, and the only way out.
-1min, 30 seconds, POV shot through a gap in the tree's, sort of as if someone is spying on him, and watching what he is doing, very low key lighting from old fashioned street lights.
-1 min, 35 seconds, mise-en-scene changes, the whole lighting changes, becomes quite bright, it is an old house, calming colours on the walls, its a dramatic change, and there is a POV shot from a person behind the check-in desk, shows what he can see when the man walks through the door.
- 1 min, 52 seconds, shot cuts to the owners, they are an old couple very welcoming and friendly, so releases the tension a bit, and it has a bit of comedy in it to help release the tention, they act strangely as if to say they dont have many customers, makes the audience think he is safe.
-2 mins, mid close up wehn the man says ''the house is haunted'' so it shows to the audience that the rest of the film is going to be scary