Shot List

This is out shot-list, a a guideline to the type of shots that I take when recording so that Sophie and me both know in our heads the same ideas. This goes hand in hand with our Story Board but is more systematic in what shots we need to film.

Recording Schedule Update (21st-23rd)

October 21st - 23rd

Trying to do with it found quite hard, due to the type of house that my dad lives in, this is a maisonette meaning there aren't many windows that I could use to create this effect as it was too awkward to stick my hand out of the window without angling the camera to make sure that my body was not in the way. However, despite this i managed to make it seem like the person recording shouldn't be here, I hope that this easily comes across in the trailer.

Recording Equipment

I recorded all of my scenes on mine and my Step mums Iphones. My reasoning for this is that being a thriller I did not want the recording to be perfectly still when Cerys was running, i wanted there to be a slight look of reality, as if this is actually happening someone behind the camera is actually chasing her. this also meant I could physically chase Cerys so she could get her in the correct frame of mind to act out the scenes.

Also being on holiday to put a lot of equipment in my bag would take up a lot of space and risk something to break, bringing alot of equipment around the place (Beaches, woods, ice skating rinks) would be a lot of hassle. So using my Iphone was practical and also really good quality.

Film Name Logo

This is our trailers film name's logo. I created this as I think that the black background gives the logo a really dark feel to it. The wire is a symbol of something that is dangerous and can restrict someone from doing something, The hint of Red in the wire really stands out and connotes blood. The reason that I picked a dirty gold colour for the text is because it is different compared to other horror films logos, but there is still a sense of it being dirty and not a pretty thing to look at. 

Screen Play

Screen play from gabrielledavies15

Final Ident

This is our final ident for the trailer, this is by far the best, although it is similar to the second one, it move in a more abstract way, the fact that the letters move as if they're mirroring each other is really cool to me.

Second Ident Draft

This is the second ident that we created. I really like this one, a lot better than the first one because the colour go really well together and the font is really different but reminds me of a thriller film straight away.  The red and black colours connote, death, blood and darkness.

First Ident Draft

This is our first ident idea for our trailer. The reason that we created this is because the red connotes death, blood and anger, linking to both the protagonists. However, the white background at the start connotes purity to symbolise the protagonist Cerys.

Chosen Plot Synopsis

After asking people to read our plot synopses and pick their favorite, we have decided to go with the last one from the previous post.

A psycho Stalker is present.
The Masked Man has evaded capture for over a decade.
Nobody alive knows what the looks like, only that this victims are all little blonde girls. unbeknownst to them, The Mallory family are going to be tested to their limits, the usually carefree family must race again time to save their youngest child fro becoming yet another victim of he masked man, that has the power to tear the Mallory's apart.

Plot Synopsis Draft

Above is three different synopsis ideas that Sophie and I created for our trailer, we are still to pick one.

Crazy/Obsession Walls

Crazy/Obsession Walls from thetaleofdemise

Sophie and I recently came up with the idea that Cerys should not be the 'Masked Man's' first victim, to give the trailer an all round bigger plot, to display this in our trailer we thought we could create a 'crazy wall' to show all the other victims, when talking over this idea we also thought that all the victims should have something in common so we came up with the idea that they should all be blonde young girls, a description that Cerys fits into exactly.

Therefore we decided that we should do some research to see what the conventions are, so far we have decided that we are going to include a map in our 'Crazy wall' as well as some newspaper clippings, images of the victims, various post-it notes (possibly showing the date the other victims were taken, and string to link everything together.

Plot Synopsis Plan

After creating a mind-map for all of the conventions we found when looking into plot synopsis we decided that we wanted to make a plan before we wrote our own, to ensure that we included as many conventions as possible to that when we come to write our synopsis we do not forget anything. this will also help ensure that our synopsis is engaging to our target audience and the conventions that we found are all from successful films that have a target audience similar to our own.

Recording Schedule Updated

This weekend, I went to my dads house to record some family scenes between character Cerys, a new character Toby (this character is also blonde. However, he is not a victim as it is seen boys are less vulnerable compared to boys) and our family pets, two dogs, a fully grown Dalmatian and a Sprocker puppy.

I did find some difficulties with filming this, as Cerys and Toby were a bit awkward around the camera and their conversation was not flowing, it took some time for them to feel natural about it. Also, the puppy just wanted to run around the house, making it hard to capture her in one space. Although I did manage to get some good footage of everyone together.

Risk Assessment

Crazy Obsession Wall Ideas

Recording Schedule

This is a Recording Schedule that I plan on keeping to make sure that me and Sophie have everything we need to create our trailer and keep working on our coursework without having to stress about recording not being done.

The reason for all of the dates being odd weekends is because i tend to only see my dad every other weekend, as he lives in wales. This means that this Schedule will come in handy as it will keep my up to date and organised.

Film Name Survey

Sophie and I decided to create a survey for our trailers name. The reason for this is because we have asked people in the age gap of our target audience, 16-18 year olds have taken part in this, meaning that we know what our target audience likes out of our suggestions. From our results, our trailer will be called 'Restrict Me'.

Outcome Of Plot Synopsis Research

After researching four films synopses we decided to create a mind-map of what they all share in common to help us create a horror one of our own.This is what we discovered from our research.

Plot Synopsis Research

We decided that before we were to create our own final synopsis that it would be beneficial to see what other horror genres synopses are like. This will give us an understanding of what we would need to include in our own. 

Target Audience

Target Audience  

After researching The YouGov website and creating a Prezi on some of the information that we found, we were able to finalise on who our target audience should be. 

Sophie and I have discussed the ideas for our target audience. Our target audience will start at being aimed for older teenagers; this will be age’s 15-21 years old, who are predominately from a western culture. The reason for this is because it is more of a thriller than a horror there for it would be suitable for slightly younger people. However, it is should still intriguing and scary for older people. Also being a part of the western culture our production is most likely to reach people with similar values as us. They will be from a working class to middle class background; this is as they are likely to have the money to spend on a trip to the cinema to be thrilled even if the film hasn’t been produced by a big institution. 

We will not be targeting a particular gender. This is because from our research there really was not much of a difference between the two. We also feel that the ratio between men and female characters in our trailer is fairly even and the story line and characters do not fit any set stereotypes.

We have both agreed that if our film was to be BBFC rated then it would be a 15 classification, as it fits the grouping on their website. 

YouGov Demographics