Friday, 10 September 2010
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Evaluation of Post-Production
Instruments
As sound effects we used sound effects that created the mood of a typical horror movie. For example we used an eerie noise all the way through the sequence to create tension. Also we used louder noises and additional sound for the footsteps and the wind to create an exterior at night which should not look peaceful.
We keep noises such as the ripping of the sheets and the cracking of the chair because we felt that those noises together with the eerie noise would create a mystical mood and made people focus on the sharp diagetic sounds.
When the sequence came to the end we used no sound and worked with silence (as it was done in Psycho) to deliver the message that something is going to happen soon.
With this we were trying to make the audience feel scared and create tension to then prepare them for the huge shock effect when Alabama screams at the end.
With the help of our sound, which just was noises we led the audience into a typical direction and create the mood of a horror movie.
Titles and Graphics
We chose to do our titles in a very simple way, to not distract the movie. However this was difficult because we had to find the right size and style for it.
We placed the titles in the given order, starting with the distributor.
We placed the titles usually somewhere on the side of the frame to not distract the frame. Also we made them fade because our thriller production isn’t that sharp, but rather flows towards the actual action and therefore we made the titles fade in and out to make it look smooth.
We again, also due to the fact that our sequence is a rather slow sequence, we made the titles come very slow to not break the tension.
However we put them somewhere, where they could surprise the audience, for example when Berika opens the trap door, the title appears as he opens it.
We chose to do this, because then the titles belong more in the scene and are not “just there”.
We chose to maintain the front style we chose the same one throughout to make it look professional. Also we kept the “fading-style”.
Analysing – Audience Appeal
I think our product appeals to our targeted audience, teenagers and horror fans, not only because of its storyline, but also because we created a special mood through the use of sound and titles.
The sound made the sequence more appeal to the teenage audience, because we only used noises instead of sound and I don’t think people would be that attracted if we would have “scary” violins or anything like that. I think the simplicity of the sound created a huge amount of tension, and the fact that all the noise is gone before she starts screaming makes people concentrated on the movie and they know that there will be something happening – a moment of shock.
I think the titles also help to create a product which directly appeals to our target audience because we again used simplicity, and out less educated audience would not have to concentrate a lot on the movie or the titles but can just sit back and enjoy out production.
As sound effects we used sound effects that created the mood of a typical horror movie. For example we used an eerie noise all the way through the sequence to create tension. Also we used louder noises and additional sound for the footsteps and the wind to create an exterior at night which should not look peaceful.
We keep noises such as the ripping of the sheets and the cracking of the chair because we felt that those noises together with the eerie noise would create a mystical mood and made people focus on the sharp diagetic sounds.
When the sequence came to the end we used no sound and worked with silence (as it was done in Psycho) to deliver the message that something is going to happen soon.
With this we were trying to make the audience feel scared and create tension to then prepare them for the huge shock effect when Alabama screams at the end.
With the help of our sound, which just was noises we led the audience into a typical direction and create the mood of a horror movie.
Titles and Graphics
We chose to do our titles in a very simple way, to not distract the movie. However this was difficult because we had to find the right size and style for it.
We placed the titles in the given order, starting with the distributor.
We placed the titles usually somewhere on the side of the frame to not distract the frame. Also we made them fade because our thriller production isn’t that sharp, but rather flows towards the actual action and therefore we made the titles fade in and out to make it look smooth.
We again, also due to the fact that our sequence is a rather slow sequence, we made the titles come very slow to not break the tension.
However we put them somewhere, where they could surprise the audience, for example when Berika opens the trap door, the title appears as he opens it.
We chose to do this, because then the titles belong more in the scene and are not “just there”.
We chose to maintain the front style we chose the same one throughout to make it look professional. Also we kept the “fading-style”.
Analysing – Audience Appeal
I think our product appeals to our targeted audience, teenagers and horror fans, not only because of its storyline, but also because we created a special mood through the use of sound and titles.
The sound made the sequence more appeal to the teenage audience, because we only used noises instead of sound and I don’t think people would be that attracted if we would have “scary” violins or anything like that. I think the simplicity of the sound created a huge amount of tension, and the fact that all the noise is gone before she starts screaming makes people concentrated on the movie and they know that there will be something happening – a moment of shock.
I think the titles also help to create a product which directly appeals to our target audience because we again used simplicity, and out less educated audience would not have to concentrate a lot on the movie or the titles but can just sit back and enjoy out production.
Thursday, 25 March 2010
Audience Feedback - Peira
Tom Barton – very suspenseful
Clare Dodkins – I liked the pace of editing as it un-nerved the audience and tightened
the tension of the piece
Will Berril – very dramatic
Leaya Hatzakis – cast perfectly, great choice of location
Lara kufferath – I liked the way of creating tension with the use of silence
Dan Ash – nice contrast between Alabama and Berika, also according to status. I liked the mask and the mise-en-scene. The basement gave a nice contrast. Alabama reinforced the society we live in with children getting captured, and the canted angle shots of Berika gave a sense of peculiar.
Clare Dodkins – I liked the pace of editing as it un-nerved the audience and tightened
the tension of the piece
Will Berril – very dramatic
Leaya Hatzakis – cast perfectly, great choice of location
Lara kufferath – I liked the way of creating tension with the use of silence
Dan Ash – nice contrast between Alabama and Berika, also according to status. I liked the mask and the mise-en-scene. The basement gave a nice contrast. Alabama reinforced the society we live in with children getting captured, and the canted angle shots of Berika gave a sense of peculiar.
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Task 1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? Part 1
Our exterior Location was Leith Hill and we had a shot of this old boarding house with Berika walking towards it. This house reinforces the image of a dark building within the horror genre, as it was used in many different movies such as The Orphanage and The Others. We took this image and copied it because it is very effective within the horror genre because a house looks as if nobody lives in there and therefore it created tension and the audience directly watches out.
Part 2
This Screen grab shows Berika walking down the staircase, holding a candle in his hands – then he walks off into the dark. This gives a first impression of the bed guy and I think our media product developed this image because usually the creepy guy in the horror genre is very scary indeed, however mostly he is not attractive as in The Silence of the lambs or Red Dragon. However our actor is attractive and handsome and I think that makes it even scarier, because he can be seen as the schizophrenic, attractive business guy, who then becomes the evil. Also this subverts the usual image of the "bad guy".
The fact that you see him in a dark surrounding, alone, using a trap door shows that this is going to be a horror movie because this image is very stereotypical and doesn't show happiness or anything like this.
Part 3
This close - up of Berika shows him during his work. The fact that is goes in and out of focus is reflects the movie Halloween where you always have the male following and he is shot in a close up. This was also particularly used in The Silence of the Lambs and is very effective. Proof for this is, that the main actor Anthony Hopkins is on screen for only 16 minutes, but still won an Oscar, because he is mostly filmed straight on in a close up and therefore you keep remembering that image and when somebody tells you that he has only been on screen for 16 minutes you won’t believe it because you feel his view almost “in your neck”. We used that and demonstrated that in our production as well, because then the audience sees every single detail of the actors face, and you keep having it in your head and therefore it is really scary.
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