Green Screen

We started to film using the green screen, we spent 4 hours in the room taken different shots and sequences to make sure we had enough to use in editing. These are a few stills from the day.  

On Location: South Allington House

We took many stills and moving images of the location we wanted. We did this without the characters in it, this is because we are then putting it onto the green screen where we will edit our moving shots of the characters on top of the original shots. These were taken in north devon at a place called South Allington House.

Characters

The male character in our film will be typically creepy, however you will never see his face or anything that would distinguish him. He will be a silhouette throughout the whole sequence and the only feature of him you will ever see is his feet and hands.

One example of a male character in a horror film similar to ours is Jack from The Shining. He is a middle aged man who has the same structure and body language as we want our male to be.

The Girl in our sequence is portrayed as very sweet and innocent, she is just in the wrong place at the wrong time. There will be a lot of close ups of her terrified face and her running feet, this will make the girl more apparent to the audience therefore they will feel more for her. 

One character we based our girl on would be Emily Calloway in Hide and Seek. She is a young innocent girl that is terrified by unfortunate events that happen to her throughout the film. 

Our girl character will be played by me Harriet Milnes

Costume For Girl

This is the dress we are going to use for the girls costume; this is because it is bright but also childlike in its fashion. This gives the impression that the girl is young.

These are the shoes that will be worn along with the dress; this is because they are flat and practical to run in however they are bright and appealing. This means they would suit the character, and also show her innocence.

We are going to use over the top and bright makeup on the girl to make her features stand out, however she will also be dusty and dirty to show how the situation she is in is very out of the ordinary.

This is our photo story board

 

Our first shot after the setting would be the front door of the house where it takes place. It would then zoom in to show the door handle and then the key hole.

Once it has gone through the key hole it would then go into the first corridor! In the corridor there is a large staircase and a couple of doors.

The shot would then move up the staircase and right at the top of the stairs a 'shadow' would flash past the camera very fast.

Then there would be a close up shot of the girls terrified face as shes looking behind her, this would be whilst she is running down a long narrow corridor.

The next shot would be a medium long shot of the girl running down the corridor from behind.

The girl then trips and we get a side shot of her doing this, she gets up and runs out of the shot however when she gets up she is going to be animated.

Then There will be a close up of an unknown mans feet walking along the corridor.

A medium shot of the back of the man. This will be a sillouette shot and you will not be able to recognise him.

A side on shot of the girls running feet.

Aother shot of the man walking, this time walking towards and past the camera.

Close up shot of the mans clenched fists as he is walking.

A long shot of a mysterious wardrobe.

A long shot over the mans shoulder of the girl climbing in the wardrobe.

A side on shot of the mans feet walking

A long shot zoomed into a close up of the wardrobe, it will then fade into the wardrobe.

This is where there will be a close up of the girls terrified face as she waits in anticipation.

A close up of the girls eyes

A close up of the girl cramped up inside the wardrobe.

A close up of the girls heavy breathing

A long shot of a clock

close up of the clock hand ticking

side on shot of the hands ticking.

Another long shot of the clock.

The girls face as the man opens the wardrobe doors and the light flashes in her eyes.

Music Choice

 

We have been listening to a variety of styles of music and different songs to decide what category of music would be right for our opening sequence.
We have come down to songs in the Metal and Post grunge genre. Our two preferred songs in these genres are:

White Lines by Feeder
This is a post-grunge genre piece of music. We like it because of the fast tempo and the exciting but tense atmosphere it creates when played.

And Deathbox by Mnemic
This is a metal piece of music, that we feel would intensify our opening and create an exciting thrilling atmosphere that would indulge the audience!

Mise En Scene

It will be lit mostly by dim lights, as I think this will produce a good amount of light and give the surroundings a good colour to build the eeriness that we want to create.Our main character (the girl) will be dressed in a white and red stripy dress and red sparkly shoes these in which would be completely unpratical in the situation she is in, the girl and the items of clothes will be covered in dirt and dust to replicate the idea that she is lost and in a dirty old place. She finds a hiding place to conceal herself from the scary man that is chasing her, but she cannot escape from his view.

In order to complete our filming we will need to take a lot of equipment, therefore we need to organise this before we set out, as we have a small window of opportunity with the light. At this time of year the optimum time would be around 4.30pm, this is because its dusk, but we only have a small period of this ‘dusk’ light before it will get very dark. Consequently we will have to rely on quick filming and accurate timing to make sure that we get the whole setting and atmosphere captured in the small time frame we have!

The type of equiptment we will need includes:

• tripod
• green screen
• video camera
• camera with sports mode
• costume for the girl and man
• storyboards
• clock
• wardrobe

Setting choices

From the research of films, we have decided that our filming will be set in an old large creepy house, this will be good to create the sense of horror that this scene in our film entails.  By using the a variety of terror techniques for lighting and mise en scene we can create a good amount of anxiety in the titles and maybe even create an early on fright to the film. We have planned to film the background and setting at night and use the natural darkness to create a sense of unknown which will then give us opportunities to hide props and other features in the dark that we can use in different close up shots during the filming, it will make these props seem more sinister than before. We will then use a green screen to merge all our filming together.