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3. Our short film has been entitled ‘Guess Who’ which has been taken from a line of dialogue from the film. The title itself conforms to the genre of horror as it is creates a mysterious feel whilst also creating tension before the audience have even seen the film. It also leaves the audience guessing and wanting to find out more which is another convention of a horror film.
4. We chose to film the first scene of our film in a grave yard as we found in our research that this was a conventional place for a horror film to take place After looking at our questionnaires we found that many people liked watching horror films which took place in a house or urban environment and so we chose to shoot the second part of the film in the garage of a house.
5. We have decided to use a weapon which follows the conventions of a slasher horror. We looked at several different weapons which we could have used and decide to use a Stanley knife as it fit with the surroundings and concept of the films whilst also involving a blade which is one of the main conventions in a slasher horror. Knife We chose to use costume blood for the injuries on the victim as slasher horror films usually involve a lot of blood and gore.
6. We has the victim dressed in generic clothing but due to some complications during filming in the second half her clothing had changed. This left us with a very prominent continuity error which we did not have time to rectify. We had our killer dressed in generic black clothing with her hood covering her face. This was to create negative connotations around the character. We hid the identity of the killer right up until the very last shot in the film in order to create suspense which follow the conventions of horror films such as ‘Scream’.
7. We have used different shot types and editing techniques within our film to help adhere to the some of the conventions of a horror film
8. This shot has been taken as a close up so that it shows the blood on the victims face. It also follow the conventions of a horror as close up shots are often used to show the emotion on the face of the victim such as terror or shock. This shot helps to show the distress which the victim is in. A long shot has been used at this point in the film to show the imminent danger which the victim is in. By using a long shot it helps to show all of the elements of the scene. Here is an example of an editing technique which we have used. During the opening sequences of the film there are several establishing pan shots which have been layered over the top of each other to give an eerie, distorted effect. We have done this as we thought that it would compliment the genre of the film.
9. This is the final choice for the font of the title of the film. I have chosen a conventional horror font and have given it red colouring which has connotations of blood, danger and horror. These are several possibilities for the font of the film. I have chosen different fonts which all are stereotypically related to horror.
10. The story line for our film is , a young female is visiting the grave of a recently deceased friend when she is attacked by someone who has been watching her. The victim is then taken by the killer and is tied up in a garage where she is then beaten and killed.
11.  The film adheres to horror movie conventions by keeping the victim isolated in a room. This convention can be seen in films such as ‘Saw’ and its sequels.  The film challenges the conventions of a horror film in the way that it has a female killer instead of a male. This is not something commonly found in horror films.
12. Our film only contained two characters; the victim and the killer. The victim follows the conventions of a horror film as she is a young female. This could be seen as following the final girl theory although in our short film the victim does not survive. The killer in the film breaks the conventions of a horror film as she is a female which is an uncommon trait. The majority of horror films have a male killer.
14. When researching horror film posters I found that the majority of them had the title of the film in red lettering. The image used on the poster normally had a prevalence in the theme of the film as well such as the image of a clawed glove on the poster for ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ because this is an iconic image from the film. Taking these factors into account I have used an image of the killer their face hidden so that there is still a sense of mystery. I have also darkened the image as most of the posters which I have analysed use dark, de- saturated images. I have chosen to follow the conventions of the horror film posters by having the title of film in red.
15. This is the poster which I have designed for our short film. I have used red for the title as this follows the conventions of horror films. It is used as it has connotations of danger and it represents the colour of blood which is a common characteristic of horror films The image which I have used was originally much lighter. This didn’t fit with the genre of the film so I darkened it and added contrast in Photoshop. This created an image with fit with the conventions of the horror film posters which I had analysed. I have used the rule of thirds when framing my image as I have put the face of the victim directly on one of the lines. I have also positioned the title of the film on one of lines of thirds This poster would be used in the run up to the films release to advertise it. The poster provides enough information to get people interested whilst not giving away the whole story.
16. These are the review boards which I have looked at whilst carrying out researching for my own review board. I found that the boards often featured stills from he actual film. I also found that they included key information about the film such as the certificate rating, run time and date of release. I also found that they used the same font and titling as the film posters and VHS/DVD/Blu-ray casing.
17. The title of the film has been placed at the top right of the double page as this was a feature which I found when looking at other double pages. The double page uses the same title font and colouring as the poster does as this helps to establish a signifier for the film so that it can be noticed by the font which has been used which is seen on the posters for films such as ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ which can be easily recognised by the font which was used for it title. I have included key information about the film such as its release date, certificate rating and run time as this was a feature which appeared on the double pages which I looked at I have included several images from the film to show what the style of the film is like. This double page would act as a promotional aid when the film was to be released as it would create interest in the film whilst also providing key information to the audience.
19. This is an example of some of the audience research which we did for the production of our film. The questions covered topics which would aid us in the choices which we made relating to the style of the film. We took some of the ideas found in the research and applied them to the making of our film
20. I put together a focus group on Facebook after I had put together the rough edit of the film to get peoples opinions on what was god and what could be changed. These were the questions that were asked. From the answers we collected the final changes to the edit were taken into consideration and made.
22. When recording our film we used a ‘Canon HV20’. We filmed onto film as we thought that the image quality was better and more appropriate for the film that we were making as it enabled us to have better, more ambient lighting.
23. We used a ‘Canon 1000D’ to take the photos for our storyboard and ancillary projects.
24. Using YouTube in conjunction with blogger has enabled me to upload clips directly to my blog. This has made it very easy for me to show some of the work which I have done. I learnt how to use embedding codes to embed our research and final edit of the film to my blog.
25. Whilst using Photoshop I have developed my skills further and have been able to design my poster and review board for my film. I have also used tools such as the polygonal lasso tool in order to make some parts of my ancillary projects. I have used tools such as image size to re-size some of the images which have been used.
26. I have learnt how to use Premier whilst editing my film. I found this quite challenging as I had never used this programme before. These are several screen shots of some of the work which I did on Premier. Editing timeline Source and Programme windows Project window Tools
27. I have used blogger to display all the work which has gone into the making of my short film. I have learnt how to categorize work into sections so that it can be seen clearly. Blogger has also enabled me to use features such as Slide Share, Youtube and Sound Cloud. By using labels I have been able to organise my work into the different section of production.