Make up

Milly Peckham-Cooper took the main lead in make up for our trailer. The main part of our trailer where the make up effects are very important is at the beginning with the shots of the beaten up girls.
We used dark purples and greys to create a bruised effect. We wanted to make it look as realistic as possible so also used yellow tones to represent old bruises and dark circles under the eyes to represent exhaustion.

Poster idea

Whilst editing our trailer, this particular shot stood out for us :

We felt this image would be a great potential poster image. The fact that it displays the main character and his figure is shadowed, symbolises the darkness of the film. If we were to choose this image, we would have the title (most likely 'LISTEN') displayed in white capital font across the sky.

Filming Update

                                              

We successfully managed to film and edit the time lapse element of our trailer in Tunbridge Wells.

We also found a shot that we really liked and are interested in using for our poster as we feel the lighting is very effective especially the shadow like figure of James representing the dark side of the trailer through his character. 

We are also very pleased with the quality of the close up of James we managed to achieve using an iPhone 5 camera. 

New actors for our trailer

We decided to change our lead female actress to Bee Williamson. This was due to the fact that we were having difficulty gathering the required shots with our trials involving past actresses. 

We also decided to change our lead male actor to James Allen. This was due to the fact that we felt his image complied with what we imagined our main actor to look like in our shots. 

Storyline developments

Possible Titles

Our list of possible titles for our trailer include:

• Listen
• Infatuation  
• Obsession
• Broken
• The Infatuated 
• Stalked
• The Boy 

Health and Safety considerations

Our first filming schedule

This is footage from our first filming session, created earlier today. We attempted to gather some of the strangling shots for our opening of the trailer and the scene where our lead male breaks down. However, we are aware that we will need to re shoot most of this footage at a later date to achieve the quality we are after.

Location scouting

We have 3 main locations we plan to film in: 
Brighton

We felt that Brighton Pier was perfect to create romantic beach shots and our tea-cup shot we want to create. The pier is a convenient filming location as it is open all year round between 10-8pm. However, a limitation of this location is that it is usually very busy, making our shots of just the couple hard to capture, and it is a long distance to travel, 

Tunbridge Wells 

 

Tunbridge Wells high street is a potential location for our time lapse. Due to the busy nature of Tunbridge Wells, we felt it would be ideal to capture of time lapse with many people passing by. This location involves less travelling than Brighton.

London

An alternative or additional location for our time lapse is Trafalgar square in London. Again, we felt that the busy nature would be perfect for creating our time lapse. However, like Brighton, it has a far travelling distance and can be costly to travel to. 

My Horror Moodboard

I decided to create my own horror mood board using Microsoft Word. I drew inspiration from horror films i have seen, classic horror codes and conventions and from other moodboards i have previously researched.

Mood boards of our genre

Horror genre conventions

Location

• Often small or isolated places.
• Sometimes places with 'dark' history - for example, abandoned houses.
• Typical locations include: dark forests, cabins, city subways, graveyard or dungeons.

Technical Codes

• Camera work is often very expressive, involving low and high angles to heighten fear.
• POV shots are vital, as they allow audiences to view the world through the 'mosters' eyes.
• Handheld camera shots make it harder for the audience to know what is happening. This makes them disorientated and more scared. A recent example of this camera work is Exorcism (2014).
• Ambient diagetic sound like footsteps is often used and non-diagetic sounds like heartbearts.
• Editing often creates unsettling tension and suspense. This can be done through quick cuts, faded images or changes in pace to create anticipation.

Narrative

• There is usually a hero on a quest (e.g- to solve a killing) and a villain (or multiple).
• Narratives occasionally leave room for a sequel (e.g- when the killer survives).
• The narrative of horror films are often closely related to the narratives or other genres such as crime and thriller.

Themes

• Good v.s evil
• Depression
• Religion
• Childhood issues
• Revenge
• Supernatural
• Nightmares
• Madness
• Insanity
• Lust
• Envy
• Suicice