Production Titles

In our production titles, I went on adobe premier elements 10, browsed these photos from the documents  and selected them to start editing. I began with a zoom as this was a common way of production titles to open  in other trailer and looked effective. Then I added the transition of black and white which goes into colour. This was effective as it added a unique touch and will make our trailer look more professional. We then added the tile and with faded it in and out. Our final stage was adding in the additive dissolve, a professional way to add to the production title before cutting got the next one, making it have a seamless appearance. 

For our second production title I kept the first photo large, then duplicated the same photo and shrunk it to emphasise the  transition of zoom boxes. Lastly, adding text, fading in and fade out to allow similarity between the two production titles. Finally I added added alpha glow to both photos which made them appear brighter and more enhanced. 

Production Targets

Your group has been on such a fantastic journey this year and your efforts are bearing fruit.  Make sure you are video blogging production choices and stages to evidence your progress - plus this will help you in the run up to the exam in order to be able to reflect on your technical choices.

Opening titles

Opening titles allowed us to decide which font type we preferred to incorporate in our trailer, and we went with the Adobe Ming STD, one we researched in our practice font titles. The reason we chose this font is because it was most suitable for our horror trailer as the sinister and and mysterious look was intriguing and adheres to the conventions of a horror. We then believe this font and title can successfully engage an audience who is interested with this genre. Although our favourite opening title is the white writing against a black background, I changed the background to dark blue to give the title some texture and see what this look liked. We believe using a dark blue would still give off that eerie atmosphere but do prefer the modern day black background, white font.

Actor Description

Charlotte Weston:

The reason we have chosen Charlotte Weston to play our main role as the vulnerable young adult in our trailer is due to her experience in the drama industry as she has attended theatre school since she was seven years old; has achieved grade 6 in her music and drama exams. Playing lead role in Annie, Hairspray and Cats this infers that she has the confidence to be put up in front of a camera and perform a fantastic performance. This then implies that her acting will be much more advanced, overall making our trailer look more professional.

Jack Jennings:

We have chosen Jack to play our antagonist in our trailer. He attended Brit School and came out to achieve a job in lighting. He works in the drama industry, but does lighting, setting and sound for performances. Due to him being reasonably tall as he is 22 we decided that this will make our trailer look more professional as we do have an adult for our antagonist compared to a  boy our age.

Sarafina:

Sarafina. who plays the role as a young girl in a middle class family, showing her life is all well and happy, before taking the turn for the worse, juxtaposing to the older actress Charlotte Weston who represents a young frightened girl who has nobody. Sarafina currently takes drama at her school as well as attending an outside drama club. She has taken part in acting in plays such as Wizards of Oz and Snow White.  She is 9 years old but we found she had a lot of confidence when performing due to experience in front of audiences.

Online Tutorials and Comments

The victim, played by Charlotte Weston will need to have a natural but feminine look as she is at home,expecting a quiet and normal night in. Therefore, I have looked at natural make up tutorials that will allow me to achieve a look most suitable for our character. The products we are mostly like to use is foundation, powder and blusher to give her that glow. We aren't too focused on the lips or eyes as again, we just want it to look natural. For her hair we would like to incorporate the plait,this could be successful as it may remind the audience of a young girl adding to her vulnerability.

For our antagonist, I found this tutorial was the most useful however we wouldn't want to copy everything as our antagonist is a male. From this tutorial I found that the effects of shadowing would be effective in our trailer as that is what the antagonist will be displayed as.Throughout our trailer the antagonist is only shown in dark and is contained as a mystery throughout to add enigmas for the audience. This has given us the idea to use dark eye shadows such a grey and black to contour the face to add shadow and depth into it. 

Representation and Stereotyping in our film

In our two minute trailer we followed the representation and stereotyping in our film by following the conventions of a horror. For example, we have incorporated the character of a vulnerable girl who moves into a house that is on sale that no one has lived in for years. This is stereotypical as the audience can put themselves in the characters shoes and know that they would not move into a house that hasn't been sold for years in an abandoned street. This adds tension to the fact that we know something bad is about to happen. However, the girl is portrayed as 'stupid', a representation of young girls in horrors as she is oblivious to the danger and her surroundings. There is also an antagonist, who is displayed as a dark figure and sneaks into her house. When she hears a noise and goes upstairs this is where it shows the girl to be stupid which is a representation for girls in horror movies to be. This then frustrates the audience and puts them on the edge of their seat.The antagonist is a man, which again is a representation as men are displayed as dangerous and threatening towards younger girls, therefore this can make the audience feel even more tense. This is because men are known to be strong and dominant compared to a weak girl that us, as the audience, feel we need to protect. 

The setting we then chose was a house; when we show the house in the trailer it is going to be shown when it is pitch black outside to create more of a creepy and frightening atmosphere, which is stereotypical for a horror. We aren't incorporating the representations such as a haunted house, demons, etc as we want this horror movie to be quite realistic so the audience can put themselves in that situation to add to the thrill and scare of the trailer. I believe this is successful as it will make it much more mysterious and frightening compared to the supernatural. The house is also intriguing as everybody is meant to feel safe and secure in their own loving home, however the way we portray the character and the home we can see that she is far from safe.

Still Day 1 of Filming

This is a short film to show the first day of filming and some of the behind the scenes funny moments.
first of all we decided to do some establishing shots in the garden as we were aware of timing and in the winter it gets dark very quickly. before the actors came to the location, we finalized all of the shots of the family so that we were organised and we were able to get the filming done quickly. We also made sure any of the shots that didn't involve the characters were done before they arrived to save time. We were also aware of the age of our actress, Serafina and were conscious of her staying up too late.

To make sure every shot was suitable we did two takes of every shot. this allowed us to decide on the best ones when i comes to editing. we also allowed a couple of seconds before and after the shots whilst filming so that we had room to cut in tot he takes.