Mark Scheme for Coursework

Izzi- Rationale

My intentions are to create a tense, start to what would be a terrifying horror film. I aim to instill a feeling uncertainty in the audience, leaving them on edge. I will use a range of depth of shots so that there will be little constancy. In The Haunting dead people are framed with canted angles to make the death look supernatural. I intend to replicate this. I intend to film Point Of View shots from the ghost to draw a relationship between the audience and the ghost; only the audience can see him.   94 words

Merry and Shannon final film

Marking of our final film

Merry's Comments:

I think my film deserves a grade of 5 because I think eventually the film worked well, and we have produced a good piece of work, however our planning was not as good as it should have been, therefore it was difficult for us to follow a shot list and script.

Mark for Merry as Editor: by Merry, I think as an editor, I would get a mark of 5 also because as I was acting in the film as well, i didn't have as much input into the shots as i should have and therefore it was more difficult for me to edit, however overall I think the editing looks good.

Mark for Shannon as Cinematographer:




Marking my role in relation to the mark scheme

Merry Editor- Total 29/30

A    Planning and Research       8/10
I think my planning was well carried out, I did a lot of research into films and looked at how they were edited and how the shot types worked with this. Examples of these films were the Orphanage and the Sixth Sense, I looked for many conventions of a horror films in these.  I also edited a practice ghost film to understand how the process worked.

C    Professional and Technical Skills    6/10
I think I made good use of the resources and technology which were available to me, however I think my organisational skills let me down. I do think that I made good use of the time I had to edit the film and used the programs effectively and to a good standard.

D   Effective Use of Film Language    8/10
I think because of the research we did before making our film, I knew how horror films are edited and what types of shots were commonly used (Lots of close ups, fast cuts), therefore I think that my use of film language is effective and good.

E    Originality and Creativity   7/10
I think that I knew the conventions of the horror film and therefore my originality was not as much as it would have been if perhaps I had challenged the conventions, however given the time frame I think we were sensible to stick to these conventions.



Merry's Rationale:

Film title is the portrayal of a young girl with an inquisitive mind; she enters a house and encounters a lot of mysterious and unexplainable things inside. The film's intent was to stick closely to the conventions of a ghost film and having done extensive research it was clear that a young, naive girl was necessary to achieve my intentions of continuing the traditional aspects of a horror film. Secondly, I have realized that editing has a huge impact on the pace and tension of a horror film; I made it my intention to achieve this through careful planning and imaginative shot types. 


Shannon's Rationale:

Film

 Rationale; The film follows an inquisitive young girl who enters a house in which strange things begin to happen. As cinematographer the idea was to stick rather strictly to the stereotypical conventions of a horror film and so we thought it would be best for the main character to be a young innocent looking girl. To follow this innocent look, as is seen in many horror films I intend to film some shots from a high angle to reinforce this innocence.

I think my film deserves a grade 5 as the overall result has worked well and we have produced a fairly good short film however, as it is a short film it is difficult to make the story line really interesting and so the whole film may not be that interesting to watch.

I think my role as cinematographer deserves a 5 or a 6 as most shots I believe are framed well and are from and angle or point of view to have the highest effect whether to bring us emotionally to the character or to make the audience scared. The composition and framing of most shots I think are also mostly quite well framed to show what we wanted to show and to hide what we wanted to hide. However, some of the shots could be shot so they were more interesting, from different angles or more close-ups.

Planning and Research. I think that I planned and researched well. In the lead up to making the film I studied a lot of films similar to the conventions we wanted to follow in our film such as the sixth sense and the orphanage. In these films I researched the different camera angles and which ones of these seemed most prominent and most effective in the films and tried to transfer these into our film. This picture shown below is an example of one of the shots I really liked in the film 'The Orphanage'. I really like the composition and framing in this shot as the use of the framing here includes the walls and emphasises the innocence of the little boy by making him look so small and helpless.

I also shot some scenes for another horror movie to practice the different hot types needed. 8/10

Professional and technical skills. I think I had quite good use of technical skills. I used the skills we had previously been taught as cinematographer, the different shots we can use with the camera, focusing the camera correctly, zooming in and focusing on aspects in the background the emphasis certain aspects of the shot. 7/10

Effective use of film language. I think as I researched a lot of horror movies before making our film I knew a lot of the shot types that were often used in horror films ( lots of close-ups and tightly framed shots) and so I think the film does have effective use of film language however it is not scary enough to have full use of film language. 7/10

Originality and creativity.

I think there are enough different shots that also stick to the conventions to make the film original. However, for the film to be more original the conventions of a horror film would need to be challenged more however I think with the time frame and resources the film is quite original with the use of different shots that hold the attention of the audience.8/10

Self Marking of Coursework Izzi

I would give the film probably a 5 because I think as a film it on the whole it works pretty well; the mise en scene is pretty good (mainly the house is a good location) and I think the little boy looks quite good. However the story line isn't particularly exciting, so I don't think it warrants more than a 5.

I would give my role as cinematographer about a 5 because I think the shots are generally quite well framed and there is definitely a variety of shots, however they good definitely be better framed and the lighting wasn't always that good. From time to time the camera also moved a bit.

Self evaluating in relation to the mark scheme


A Planning and research  7/10

I think that I did plan well, I took control over the lighting and the shot types; ensuring that all planning sheets were completed with lots of thought and consideration put into them. My main influences in shots were from The Haunting where I got inspiration for the shots of the house and the shots of the dead man. I tried to almost imitate the long corridor shots from  The Orphanage and the other shots of the child threat. However I don;t think that the is an example of excellent planning and research.

C Professional and technical skills 8/10

I think that my shots were actually quite shoot. They were interesting and there was quite a wide range of well framed shots. A variety of close ups, long shots and different angles. I used initiative in not using a dolly for tracking shots as it was just impractical in my setting. I made the most of my location in the was that there were good shots in mirrors, and through windows, made use of long corridors. However the lighting wasn't always great in the shots and the camera sometimes moved. sometimes body parts were chopped off.

D Effective use of film language 7/10

I think that it does look like a horror film on the whole, the house is large with lots of windows and angles which can give it quite a dark edge. The little boy with his blonde hair, blue eyes and in his school uniform i think looks really good in the role. However I think that it's not quite dark or scary enough to be a horror film.

E Originality and creativity 8/10

I think that in fact the shots do hold the attention of the audience, and although the film isn't exactly scary, the shots do create a lot of tension. The shots are diverse and original I think, however the originality is most definitely limited; it's not mind blowing.

overall 30/40

Izzi Final Film

This is my final film (without title sequences)

izzi-comments from others on film

the rest of the class commented on the first full edit of the film- the main thing that came up were some continuity problems and the whole film is too light. i will revise the shots that don't follow continuity, and i am going to darken to whole thing- i didn't want to shoot it too dark, so that's a good idea. 

izzi coursework update

So far I have shot the whole film (with the exception of the part that i filmed over) I have edited the first scene. when the camera zooms into the man, i will show his reaction with a face on shot which will involve the audience more than side profile.
In the next three weeks i will try to film the part i filmed over and continue with editing the second part that i more recently shot. I have learned a lot about continuity- making sure all the actors are wearing the right cloths, and not taping over. also shot lengths i am learning, that a variation is key. Also organisation is vital Involving the audience is best done from face on camera, but a range is important. I haven't yet started on the music.

Merry and Shannon- filming so far

So far we have decided on a slightly different story line to follow as we did not have sufficient time or actors to follow the original script. However, to make things more simple, we have tried to stay as close to the script we wrote as possible.
We have decided to get rid of the 2 estate agents and the couple in the film because to make these characters believable we'd need 4 adults, which is not possible for us. Therefore we've decided to change these roles and instead have a girl who visits the house where the man has been killed.
We have found the actor to fill this role and have begun to film her first scene. We feel that this went really well and we tried to get as many close ups as possible into this scene as we know this will score us high marks.
We have learnt that it is important to get reliable actors in order to produce a good film, also the continuity of the film is important especially when making a horror film because if a tiny detail of the film is wrong then the atmosphere of the film will be ruined. In the next few weeks we must film the rest of our film and put our home video onto a DVD so we can use this in our filming.

Izzi preproduction evalutaion second draft

Izzi preproduction evalutaion first draft

Pre-Production Evaluation- Director
My role in this production is the organiser, the initiator, the main decision maker, amongst many more. This means that it is my job to find the actors, to ensure they are up to the level that we require for the film. I need to find the location, and during the production it will be up to me to organise the shoots for a time that is suitable for both the cast and the crew. I will be the one, also, telling the actors what to do, guiding and advising them on how to improve, this will also mean that I have to be extremely clear in what I tell them to do, and have to know exactly what I want, before I tell the actors to do it. Further more, it’s up to me that the mise-en-scene is sorted out, we have the appropriate props, costume, make up, everything. It’s up to me to make this film believable. Finally, I need to be the one making sure that everything gets done; the script is written- and really the writing of the script is my responsibility, the storyboard and shot lists are done, everything. It is my responsibility that everything is getting blogged, and also any arrangements to meet up for planning, including walking through the film, taking headshots of actors, anything like hat; it’s my responsibility that they get done.

I got the idea for this film after watching ‘The haunting’ by Robert Wise, my family and I were having dinner and my dad was telling us how the doorbell kept on ringing in the middle of the night, waking him up. This got me thinking, seeing as haunted houses were fresh on my mind, that this could be a good starting point for our film. Then after watching other haunted house films particularly ‘The Orphanage’ with lots of shots of corridors, the idea for this film really started to develop and come together. And given that I have a good house for a haunted house, we thought it was the perfect type of film to do.

Robert Wise initially was my main influence because the way he built up the tension is very gripping, and the distorted angles that are used, along with the dramatic, erratic music and the use of dark shadows puts the audience on the edge of their seats, so I thought these were very effective techniques and I tried to write a script that would enable me to do this. Also Juan Antonio Bayuna’s use of long foreboding corridors, and long pauses, which really make the rhythm of the film not very fluid, are also elements of the film which really put the audience in suspense and I wanted to incorporate this in mine too.

The opening will be the audience on edge, and make them really quite uncomfortable, because there is no equilibrium, from the very start, someone dies, which is immediately uncomfortable for the audience, and puts them in good stead to be scarred later on. We use a lot of corridor shots and lots of shots from different angles, some tracking, lots of close ups, to make it feel like the couple are being watched, so hopefully this will scare the audience.
The threat is also a little girl which is very disconcerting, as normally, innocent little girls are the victim, so it shifts the perspective of the film somewhat. There are also instances where tension is being very built up, for example, when something walking up the driveway, the last time this happened, someone died. And leaving the opening with the inevitability that the couple will be haunted is a sure way of putting the audience ill at ease.

This house that will be the setting for the film is I think has great potential to be a haunted house. With it’s multiple corners even on the outside and unconventional shape, it gives for a versatile backdrop to the film. In the dark, because it’s quite large it can look rather foreboding, so this will enhance the first scene where the man dies. For the rest of the film, during daylight it can look very inviting, making it believable that the couple would want to buy it. However inside with its long corridors and shadowed spaces is where it becomes eerie, especially as the little boy ghost will be lurking in these shadows. This finally will set the rest of the film up for a very plausible haunted house.   

The actors that I have chosen in some ways could be considered as traditional horror film characters, but there are some that aren’t quite conventional. I think Emma and Ryon are a typical looking young couple; Ryon is tall, Emma is blonde, however Ryon is black, which is very different to any of the characters in the haunting or the Orphanage. Sam, the boy is quite a classic looking young child, with bright blonde hair and a cute pudding hair cut, however in the haunting it is the women I think who initiate the house being haunted. In the orphanage it is the boy, but Sam has a much more typical ‘English’ child look about him seeing as in the orphanage they are Spanish.(actors) It’s difficult to compare Laurie the estate agent and Ed the older man with characters from my influences as their characters don’t exist, and I haven’t really seen any horror films where these characters are present.

I have been very conventional on the whole, there is a haunted house, which, as I said before has the conventions of a haunted house. There is a threat (the ghost of a dead person) the use of light, corridors and shadows will also follow the general conventions of a horror film. As it’s just the opening, I will show the boy, but he won’t be causing any mayhem directly, otherwise it could very easily ruin the rest of the film and it would also be quite hard I think to portray that convincingly at this stage in my life as a director!

filming saturday 24/9-izzi

The filming went really well, all the actors were great, the little boy was fantastic, the perfect look, especially in his school uniform....however, because i filmed all the shots with the boy in to save him hanging around and getting bored, then went back to film the rest of the scenes after, when looking back at the tape at one point, i forgot to fastforward again and lost the majority or what i filmed with the boy which is extremely stupid of me.

Photo album-izzi

This is the photo album that i have made that is used in the first scene with the man and is in the title sequence

New Location Photos

reflections from this year-izzi

1. After these 4 weeks, we have completed the planning and have done the first shoot for the first part of the film, completed, and most of the first shoot for the second part of the film. The sound has been recorded mostly, so now it's a case of manipulating it for the film.

2. There are some nice shots in the work produced, and as a director, i have worked very hard at arranging actors and times to shoot. I have found some good props too (like the for sale sign) however the way in which the man dies is quite unbelievable, and particuarly for an amateur actor, incredibly hard not to overact, so this will have to be done differently.

3.It's been hard organsing the whole cast and crew- there's a lot of busy people, and i can't ask friends i know who do drama to be in the film because they are the wrong demographic of people. Also all of us in the crew are incredibly busy people so it's been hard for me as a director to organise everyone and sort out times around everyone's full timetables. I think the stress of doing this is not really worth it, and i'm sure that the film i produce won't be as good, but it will be worth it for my general health!

'Home Video' top-band work asessment

The previous year of IB have got their results back for IB film studies and so we now know what films they made last year received top-marks and so we watched the film that received top marks so we could see what sort of aspects we need to take into account when making our films so as to receive top marks.
At the start of their film the group have shown a home-video, so from the cinematography the video is hand-held as it is meant to be filmed from someone recording a home video and so for this to be realistic the camera needs to be hand-held as it is to appear natural. The camera then changes to a over the shoulder shot of the person who is watching the film, the way this is done is interesting as it introduces us to what is one of the main characters and also shows us that they are in some way connected to this video so the camera work is quite interesting here.
There are also interesting shots using mirrors and the composition of the shot is done very well, the shot is framed so we can see the room in which the girl is in, but we are in the room that she is walking in to and so the actor walks into the action rather than the camera following the actor all the time, the actor then walks past the camera and we are then filming her through the mirror which again adds other shots in to make it interesting to watch.
There are also some more shots of the actor walking into the action, with forgeround and background being used. The camera is set with some bushes beside it and so these take up the corner of the screen in the forgeround, the actor then walks into the scene in the background, walking into the foreground.
There are also many extreme close-ups used, extreme close-ups of the actor walking along the leaves in the snow that looks really nice as it is again another angle to view the film from.
In this film I liked all the shots using forgeground and background with the actor walking into the action rather than the the camera always following the actor.
Shannon

Home Video- high level work-izzi

From a director's point of view I think this film (although it wasn't actually assessed for a director) would still have gotten high marks. The acting was extremely good and the character really looked how you would expect that character to look- blonde, teenager, pretty, pale skin, and the white dress she's wearing portraying innocence, made the plot more believable and emphasized the stereo types, instilling a nievity automatically. The story line was good, it wasn't the most interesting but I think it really sets up the makings for a thrilling horror film. As an audience you know that she will get haunted, but the video at the start really makes us wonder how and why.

Review of the last 4 weeks of shooting

1. What have you accomplished in this time?
During the 4 weeks to film we have completed all of our pre-production tasks, all the planning work that had to be done before going out to shoot, writing shot-lists and completing storyboards as well as writing the script, finding locations and actors and every other aspect of planning to shoot a short film.
After having completed the planning work we could then go out and do our first shoot. After having decided on a date that we could all make it to we had to first prepare the location for shooting, as we had to use the dolly this involved having to shift gravel and set down some tracks to try and get the dolly to run smoothly. We First ran through what we wanted to shoot without the actor being there so we knew what to get him to do so we could film efficiently. This worked well and on our first shoot we managed to film the first small section to our film. When we took the footage back to class however we decided to change the story slightly so as to make the acting not so hard for our actor. So within the 4 weeks we have completed all our planning work and shot the first section to our film, and re-shot boarded some of this first scene however some of what we have shot is good and we can use it for our film and so we can now build on what we have already shot.

2. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the work produced?
In the work we have produced so far we have some good shots, the shots we particularly liked were those using objects in both the foreground and the background as, as well as the shots looking good we can also use these types of shots later on to introduce the threat subtly and it should have a scary effect. Our main weakness was the acting was too heavy for the actor and so when he had to look scared this did not work and it just looked comical and so we have had to change this about so as he does not have to do this part of the scene.

3. What problems have you encountered? How are you going to learn from these and deal with them?
The main problem we have encountered is managing to get the whole group together and actors to shoot. To deal with the problem of having to work round the actors schedules as well as our own we have shot/ are planning to shoot seperately the scenes that we can, so the scene with the man at the start we had him there by himself as there is no-one else there with him when he is in the scene. However, working around the groups schedule is difficult although we can work around this as we have done before and should complete the whole of our first shoot by the 7 weeks.

Shannon

Cinematographer - Pre-production Evaluation Questions

What do you consider your role to be in this production?
As my role in this production is cinematographer I consider my main roles to be looking at the scene we are filming and considering what different shots we could use to make the production look the most effective, shots from different angles, taking into account the different rules such as the 30degree rule and 180 rule. I also have to consider the lighting in the scene, how different lighting will add different effects to the film. Putting a strong light close behind a character will place the front of them in dark shadow making us unable to see their face and so this may be helpful in some parts of our production when we are not revealing the full identity of a character.

Where did your idea come from? Films reference (Camera/Lighting/Composition)

A lot of the ideas came from films like ‘the orphange’ . 

This picture above for example, the composition of this shot is very interesting as it is a long shot and as the shot is taken through a long corridor the walls closer to us look darkened as if we are the ones in danger from the approaching threat. This camera angle also reminds us the threat is a child, making him look small rather than using a low camera angle and making the threat look larger. This is useful for us as our threat is a little girl and so we will be using shots like this to remind viewers the threat is a small child meant to be seen as harmless.

Some ideas also came from another scene in the orphanage. In this scene where we can see a character in the foreground and also a character in the background. This camera work looks really good as the camera focuses on the person either nearest or furthest away from the camera with the other still being in the shot and so we do not forget this person is in the scene. This camera work is also useful for introducing the threat, having the threat in the background whilst the protagonist is in the foreground and then switching the focus so the threat is then in the foreground which would make us jump.

What Films do you believe show good cinematography 9Tension/Fear/Shock?)
I think films such as the ones I have mentioned above show really good examples of cinematography. Also the film ‘The sixth sense’ has really good cinematography as it build us tension very well, concealing what is supposed to scare us until the last moment and this building us tension greatly and increasing the shock the audience receives. The ring also has good cinematography in that the when the threat, the girl Samara is shown the shots she is in are filmed to have the utmost chilling, shock effect on the audience.


How will your opening engage the audience? (Tension/Fear/Shock) (Camera/Lighting/Composition)
Our opening will engage the audience as it has many different shots including lots of close-ups which should make the audience feel more involved in the film as they are closer to the actors. There are also corridor shots which will create shadow and increase tension as it is the unknown. As our threat is a little girl we also have shots from her point of view and as this will be a low angle everything will seem larger and more menacing. As the house we are shooting at is quite big and the outside of the house has many sharp shapes looking at these from a low angle should make everything look scarier.

5. What conventions of the sub-genre have you conformed to?
The conventions of the sub-genre of ghost films we have conformed to is the most typical one of the genre, being the ‘haunted house’, as mentioned previous the house we are filing in is quite big and can be made to look slightly like a haunted house, it also has many long corridors and so this is also quite conventional of horror movies, long, dark corridors we cannot clearly see what is happening. As the treat is a little girl we have challenged the fact that children are seen as innocent, also as it is a little girl, in horror movies it is conventional for the females to be the ones needing saved and not the ones that are the threat and so this goes against the usual conventions of a ghost film.

Shannon Scott

Shootings

First shooting for the opening with the man dying: thursday 23rd June
First shooting for rest of the film: saturday 29th June

Izzi preproduction evalutaion first draft

Pre-Production Evaluation- Director
1. My role in this production is the organiser, the initiator, the main decision maker, amongst many more. This means that it is my job to find the actors, to ensure they are up to the level that we require for the film. I need to find the location, and during the production it will be up to me to organise the shoots for a time that is suitable for both the cast and the crew. I will be the one, also, telling the actors what to do, guiding and advising them on how to improve, this will also mean that I have to be extremely clear in what I tell them to do, and have to know exactly what I want, before I tell the actors to do it. Further more, it’s up to me that the mise-en-scene is sorted out, we have the appropriate props, costume, make up, everything. It’s up to me to make this film believable. Finally, I need to be the one making sure that everything gets done; the script is written- and really the writing of the script is my responsibility, the storyboard and shot lists are done, everything. It is my responsibility that everything is getting blogged, and also any arrangements to meet up for planning, including walking through the film, taking headshots of actors, anything like hat; it’s my responsibility that they get done.

2. My idea came after watching ‘The haunting’ by Robert Wise, my family and I were having dinner and my dad was telling us how the doorbell kept on ringing in the middle of the night, waking him up. This got me thinking, seeing as haunted houses were fresh on my mind, that this could be a good starting point for our film. Then after watching other haunted house films particularly ‘The Orphanage’ with lots of shots of corridors, the idea for this film really started to develop and come together. And given that I have a good house for a haunted house, we thought it was the perfect type of film to do.

3. Robert Wise initially was my main influence because the way he built up the tension is very gripping, and the distorted angles that are used, along with the dramatic, erratic music and the use of dark shadows puts the audience on the edge of their seats, so I thought these were very effective techniques and I tried to write a script that would enable me to do this. Also Juan Antonio Bayuna’s use of long foreboding corridors, and long pauses, which really make the rhythm of the film not very fluid, are also elements of the film which really put the audience in suspense and I wanted to incorporate this in mine too.

4. The opening will be the audience on edge, and make them really quite uncomfortable, because there is no equilibrium, from the very start, someone dies, which is immediately uncomfortable for the audience, and puts them in good stead to be scarred later on. We use a lot of corridor shots and lots of shots from different angles, some tracking, lots of close ups, to make it feel like the couple are being watched, so hopefully this will scare the audience.
The threat is also a little girl which is very disconcerting, as normally, innocent little girls are the victim, so it shifts the perspective of the film somewhat. There are also instances where tension is being very built up, for example, when something walking up the driveway, the last time this happened, someone died. And leaving the opening with the inevitability that the couple will be haunted is a sure way of putting the audience ill at ease.

5. I have been very conventional on the whole, there is a haunted house, there is a threat (the ghost of a dead person) there will be lots of use of dark corridors and corners. Because it’s an opening we won’t show any haunting, but there would be in the rest of the film. The main unconventional element of the film is the little girl, but even nowadays, it’s becoming more conventional to have a child threat.

Pre-Production Evaluation- Editor

As an editor  I am responsible for turning raw material into a finished product which is hopefully worth high marks.  While the main part of my role will take place post-production, the planning stages are very important and it is crucial that I play a big part in making sure that what we plan will provide very good raw material for me to work with later on.  I will have to work closely with the cinematographer to make sure the shots are of the right length so the audience do not get bored. In a horror film, the music must be perfectly timed otherwise it has no effect; it will be my job to make sure the music adds suspense, I will use Garage Band to do this. If my job is not done properly the film will not be convincing  and the quality of the film will be compromised.  The editors job is very important as the editing of a film can change the narrative and themes of the film.

We watched many films before deciding on the idea from our film. One film in particular which influenced me, as an editor was ‘The Orphanage’ that is shot in a big, old house.  There is a scene towards the beginning of the film, which uses the corridors in the house in a really interesting way, something that I’d love to recreate in our film; therefore we are very lucky to be able to use Izzi’s house which is very similar to the one in the film. Also, ‘The Others’ is a beautifully edited film which uses light and dark in a really great way, again something which I think would be good to have in our film. ‘The Others’ also uses foregrounding, which I really like. These 2 films have given me ideas, which I have included in the shot list, about how to use different angles and shot types to make a normal house seems haunted. As they have both been very well edited, it is easy to gain ideas from them on how to make the film convincing as a horror film. Another film which I believe to be very well edited is 'The Sixth Sense' which also uses colours and the contrast of light and dark in a really interesting way. This film uses a variety of shot lengths in order to build tension throughout the film, some of the shots feel as though they are too long, this has been done by the editor on purpose to put the audience on edge.  Both of these films that have influence me have children in them, this is where the idea of having a small girl as the antagonist came from. 

The opening of the film, a Point of View shot, will build tension because we can hear footsteps as the camera gets closer to the door, heavy breathing can be heard which is fast, this causes the audience to start breathing fast too. Also this scene will take place at night, so as the editor I must make sure this looks realistic, as we have decided not to shoot at night. We don’t know who the threat is, so this adds a sense of mystery to the opening scene. The first POV shot will be combined with shots tracking shots, which will show footprints in the gravel, I put these different shots into the shot list so that there is a variety and while still building tension, the audience will not be bored. 

The main convention of a ghost film that we have conformed to is having a small child as one of the main characters, examples of this in other films include Cole in ‘The Sixth Sense’ and Simon in ‘The Orphanage’. The antagonist in our film will be a little girl, whose innocence will be shown by her costume (white dress). Our film will challenge the innocence of young children.  The setting of  our film also conforms to the sub-genre, as it is a haunted house, like the house in ‘The Haunted’.  

Merry Abbott

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these are four of the actors; the young woman, an estate agent and the older man and the little girl

Lighting Practice

 During the lighting practice, in this photo we had the light behind, to the side with a red filter over the light. As the perosn is blocking out most of the light this creates alot of shadow on their face. The top of their head is highlighted by the light creating a supernatural effect. This would be good to us if we want to nide the features of one of the actors faces to add some suspense as we then cannot see what they're thinking. Shannon, Cinematographer

Lighting Practice

In this picture we had the light to the side with a yellow filter over the light. This distorts the image slightly and so we can see clearly there is something different in this scene. As the light is to the side of the person this also creates alot of shadow on the further away side of her face. As well as the background being all dark. This is also a very good effect in horror movies as the yelow light suggests something supernatural and the shadows and use of darkness also adds suspense as we cannot see the whole scene. Shannon, Cinematographer

lighting design sheet

Annotated Script

Shot List

Location

These are pictures of the location obviously don't look scary yet, but when all the mise-en-scene is in place, it will be a great haunted house as there are lots of corners and alley ways. IZZI