Change of Location

  

After completing some of our filming we decided that we wanted to change our location, this is because we felt that it wasn’t working well. We wanted it to be more successful and did not previously create the atmosphere that we were happy with. A new location that we decided upon was a to the woods, it is surround by trees and in the early morning light created shadows that could create suspicion and make the audience feel un easy. We though that the location of the woods worked better because the trees dominated the shots making the character of Rosie appear smaller against the trees adding to her vulnerability and innocence. The trees could represent as the male character and his identity, suggesting that he is always there around her and closing in until he gets her.

The pathway we used during filming, which bends and is surrounding by trees and nature.

Here you fan see how small she becomes when surrounded by the trees.

Another picture of the location.

The pathway we are going to use in filming, because of the bends and cluttered walkway, we thought this would be best as it can imply the mans mind, unclear and cluttered with negative thoughts that are shown by the dark shadows contrasting with the beautiful, bright light, representing Rosie's innocence and purity. 

Surrounding the location are pale purple flowers, this represents Rosie's personality and position in the film, showing she is very small and delicate compared to the dominating, huge, dark trees surrounding her representing the man. 

Here we are going to use this tree for the location for our idea where the children do Ring a Ring a Rosie,  we thought this was a good location because of the shadows made by the huge dominating branches, the tree is a representation of the mans personality.

The branches reaching out to the sky look very creepy and as if that is him trying to reach out to people but no one understands him, therefore he is reaching out to Rosie.

Editing Process

(Molly Hetherington)
After completing all of our filming for our preliminary task we found out how hard it can be making sure we follow the rules of continuity. However, we did learn that it is important to complete all filming in one day as the surrounding of the area can change. This is only if it is possible to control the environment. This highlighted an issue with independent, low budget film making, which we will have to look at and plan for in our opening title. This could affect the audience’s reaction leaving them confused and take away the element of the film. This will make the footage look unprofessional, its also helps when editing by making it a clean, smooth shot of the film. A tripod is very important, it is vital for the framing of shots and instantly makes the footage become much more professional because it stops the camera from jerking around which would happen it filmed hand held. The shot where Sam leaves the room, trying to create a tracking shot this didn’t go as well as we thought leading to the camera falling off the tripod and with the spirit level out. This was due to the set up of the tripod. If we was to do this again we would have to make sure that the tripod is correctly set up as our filming is off centre and slanted due to the poor set up. This made it difficult when we then went to edit the clips together. To cover up this problem, or to make sure that nothing like this happens when we come to filming our opening title will be take more footage, this will give us a variety of different options to choose from when we come to edit. Due to the problems that we faced we found it hard to comply to the continuity rules during the editing process, taking longer than we first expected however it made us think about our work more and how we can improve and add to our knowledge. Also we applied continuity rules during our editing process however this took longer than we thought and we dont think it was a successful as it could of been. 


This highlighted an issue with independent, low budget film making that we will have to plan for in our opening title shoot. Also we recognised that our continuity whilst filming was off so during editing it was difficult to select the clips and piece them together as there was not a continuous flow. This made the editing process longer if this happened to a low budget or a high budget film this would affect the cost as it would take more time to edit causing a decrease of money. If you're producing a film with a low budget like Paranormal Activity, directed by Oren Peli with a low budget of $15,000, time is money and he would have to make sure the rules were applied whilst shooting to decrease the risk of loosing money. 

Shooting Shedule

2.00pm:	First shot of book opened a hand turning the page, close up.
2.10pm:	Film clip of ‘Rosie’ running with a toy to enhance her youth, long shot, she drops a ribbon out of her hair on the floor.
2.30pm:	Close up of a photograph of ‘Rosie’.
2.40pm:	Close up of the inside of the book. Pictures are shown, close up.
2.50pm:	Close up of the nursery rhyme in the book with lock of hair and image of ‘Rosie’.
3.00pm:	Slow motion of vase smashing, close up.
3.10pm:	Silhouette of the man watching ‘Rosie’.
3.20pm:	Close up of the rose that was in the vase on the floor.
3.30pm:	Over shoulder shot of the man looking through the book. Adding ribbon into the book that he picks up whilst ‘Rosie’ is running.
3.40pm:	Shot of ‘Rosie’ colouring.
4.00pm:	Over shoulder shot of ‘Rosie’s’ colouring.
4.20pm:	Shot of mans book (match on action)

Todorov's Narrative Theory

(Molly Hetherington)
1. A state of equilibrium to at the start
2. A disruption of the equilibrium by some action
3. There's a recognition that there has been a disruption.
4. There is an attempt to restore the disruption.
5. Equilibrium is reinstated.

Script

Choosing wether to have diegetic sounds or not in our horror opening sequence was a big decision this is because the sound is a important part of the opening and it can change the mood completely, it can make a film seem more realistic, especially in horror films. We have decided that we are not going to use diegetic sounds as after researching into other horror films we felt it created much more suspense when using sounds of rustling as it plays on the fear of someone stalking and following you and other sounds that create a much bigger impact than voice would. Using non-diagetic sounds allows the audience to focus on whats going on not what they just missed the character say, it draws them in and intrigues them as they focus whats going on in the frame building more suspense for when something shocking happens creating fear and terror.

Sounds

(Mollie Knapp) Discovering sounds as a group 

We have researched some sounds we thought was appropriate when making our opening credits as we are having non diegetic sounds to create more suspense and allow the audience to really focus on whats going on in the short scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WojNlFShbPw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y0Ccww3FOQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKI2gOawEPA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0yN4bKxhN0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e002BHJRBpw

You should add that non-diegetic sounds are common in the horror genre as they highten the tension and suspense. Then go on to give a couple of examples of horror opening titles that have done this effectively.

Non-diegetic sounds are common in the horrow genre as they heighten the tension and suspense. For example Se7en, the soundtrack creates a unpleasant scratching sound which makes the audience cringe at the sound making them feel uneasy, uncomfortable which makes them feel creeped out at the horror movie.

Credits/Titles

Media powerpoint film from mollyhetherington

There is an effective texture to our chosen background that resembles blood very closely and even entrails. This could affect the audience making them feel awkward, even repulsing them however this is the effect that as a group we want to create. This adds to the genre of the film informing the audience from the start.