Ruth Harris Media AS

Planning: Casting

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Planning: Choosing locations/Still settings

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Panning: Horror/Thriller Mood Boards

Horror/Thriller Film Mood Boards

The mood board above shows the different stereotypical ideas of a horror film. The fonts and colors of the titled films help to create the feel of a horror film. The titles have to be enticing and bold so as to stand out and encourage the viewers to want to watch the film. For the color scheme I chose black because it’s a strong color and when I use it, I intend to mainly use it for the background of the film. Black is a color we know to signify fear and death. Another color I have chosen is red, red is a sign of danger, blood, death, excitement and passion, I mainly want to use this for blood and persona color. I chose blue because it means peace, color of the sky and ocean, good will, calm and justice. I chose grey because it’s a neutral color that doesn’t make a character good or bad, dullness, gloom and fog. I have white because the ghost girl’s skin in pale and I will add a title with the same color to fit with the black background. It’s a color of good, will, peace and hope. The color also helps to signify the loss of the characters that were forgotten a long the course of the film.

This is my mood board for the thriller genre in which I have tried to convey the conventions of the genre and what it means to most thriller film viewers. I firstly started out by thinking of the films/trailers that have influenced me and then went on to think about the things they have in common.I thought about characters mostly- thinking about heroes/villains/victims and what they all seem to have in common (such as victims in thrillers seems to usually be women/children with light and/or blonde hair). I tried to convey these conventions through words that I thought fitted into the genre. I then thought about props and colors which I searched for on google images to portray other conventions I think can be found within the genre- such as handcuffed hands to represent the fact that most villains in thrillers are prisoners. I then thought about adding color to the board, adding black and white to convey how the heroes of thriller regularly try to bring justice to a violent and corrupted world. I also added red, to connote the violent nature of thrillers and the fact that a lot of innocent characters are usually murdered within these films. It also connotes the anger and brutal nature of the villains within these films, who are usually found to be relentless, unforgiving and despicable.

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Changing of idea - one sentence, one paragraph synopsis

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Change of storyline - Group work.

Final idea consultation -Filmed as if the girls are being watched style and with the use of general camera angles. 2 girls are exploring through the house, as they start to settle down and talk to each other all the lights in the house shut off. Set in the darker hours of the afternoon. One of the girls goes into the old house to try to see what has happened as she makes her way upstairs things take a turn for the worse as paranormal things begin to occur leaving one girl missing and one girl alone downstairs. Ending with one of the girls walking up the stairs and being pulled into the darkness by a mysterious creature.

Setting - Willowbank House in Moreton Pinkney. Filmed late afternoon/evening. Filming will take place on 23rd February 2016.

Characters - Chloe - Girl
Liv - Girl
Harry - Mysterious creature

Angles and shots - The film will contain many long shots and over the shoulder shots to establish the what the characters look like and the look of the main house in which most of the film will take place. The first shot will be of the main girl sat at the table waiting for a text we will use a low angle, over the shoulder shot in this to show her holding her phone. Close up shots of the 2 girls faces will be used to familiarize the audience of the 2 characters. Long shots and zooms will also be used at the start of the scene to create an atmosphere. POV shotes will be used throughout the film so as to create the tension of the 2 girls being followed, followed by tracking shots in mainly fast paced scenes. An extreme close up will be used with one of the girls in a paranormal scene in which things take a turn for the wore to increase intensity. A POV shot will be used again when one of the girls is pulled back which is followed by a low angle shot of her feet being pulled back. An establishing shot will be used again through the film to show the surroundings and show that the girls are alone.

Genre: A thriller with horror aspects.
Target Audience: 16-20.

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