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REFINEMENTS

CINEMATIC STORYTELLING

  

FILMING

CONSTRUCTION: EDITING

EDITING: When editing both my film trailers, I used Sony Vegas Pro, After Effects and Avid Media Composer. I had advanced from last year as I felt as if I needed a better editing software to accomplish the best possible trailer. by The Hong Kong Files Movie

CONSTRUCTION: SOUND

BBFC Rating

 Choosing an Appropriate BBFC Rating For Our Film Opening

As our film opening is a British film, we created a BBFC certificate, which shows the age rating. I went on the BBFC website and looked at the requirements that would make a film age rating 15. The list below shows these requirements.

Dangerous behaviour

No promotion of potentially dangerous behaviour which children are likely to copy. No glamorisation of realistic or easily accessible weapons such as knives. No endorsement of anti-social behaviour.

Discrimination

Discriminatory language or behaviour must not be endorsed by the work as a whole. Aggressive discriminatory language or behaviour is unlikely to be acceptable unless clearly condemned.

Drugs

Misuse of drugs must be infrequent and should not be glamorised or give detailed instruction.

Language

There may be moderate bad language. Strong language may be permitted, depending on the manner in which it is used, who is using the language, its frequency within the work as a whole and any special contextual justification.

Nudity

There may be nudity, but in a sexual context it must be brief and discreet.

Sex

Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. Moderate sex references are permitted, but frequent crude references are unlikely to be acceptable.

Threat and horror

There may be moderate physical and psychological threat and horror sequences. Although some scenes may be disturbing, the overall tone should not be. Horror sequences should not be frequent or sustained.

Violence

There may be moderate violence but it should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by the context.

RELEASE DATE: 6th NOVEMBER 2021

PLANNING: SIMILAR FILMS

 

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CONSTRUCTION: FILMING IN THE FOG

FILMING IN THE FOG

These shots were extremely useful for us as a whole. We decided to take advantage of the thick fog as we believed it added to the 'horror' setting. This meant that we collected as much footage as possible on this day and will create a very smooth, sinister atmosphere with the fog, accompanied by music to set the scene. 

 

CONTSRUCTION: SCRIPT

As a group we decided to put our initial ideas into a script using Celtx. Here is our final product:

CONSTRUCTION: SMASH CUTS

the purpose of a smash cut is to jar the audience with a sudden and unexpected chance in image or sound. 

I aim to use this technique to help increase and intensify anxiety and increase the questions and uneasy feeling. In my opinion, this is one of the main goals of a horror film. I intend to use a smash cut in my film by  using abrupt but brief appearance(s) of Charlotte herself. This smash cut will take place towards of our trailer, after a build-up of tension.  

CONSTRUCTION: BBFC Certificate

PLANNING: AUDIENCE QUESTIONAIRE

 I devised an audience questionnaire for my own film production. Through the use of Google Forms I was able to collect data and present it  in both graphical forms and word form, the questions collected both quantitative and qualitative data which enabled me to gain a better understanding on our target audience.  

RESPONCES

PLANNING: PROPS LIST

During my research prior to the post creation, I found 6 vital props which will be required when filming 'Charlotte'.

PLANNING: INITIAL DEVELOPMENT

 

PLANNING: LOCATION RECCE

 

My group and I are using Princess Charlotte as a well established historical figure in our film. We are currently attending the school where Charlotte herself she lived and died. With this information, we felt it would be accurate for our filming location. We came to a further conclusion to still use our own school to film, but to make it a modern day school which is abandoned due to the 2020 pandemic.

PLANNING: CASTING

 

PLANNING: HOW OUR PRODUCTION RELATES TO SOCIAL GROUPS OR ISSUES

 

I have used Pinterest to gather images that relate to my production. The ideal consumer will want to watch my trailer as it is aimed at them as an overall target audience and they will be able to identify where most the images are from as they are interested in the genre. 

This will help to reinforce my audience base and will help attract and target my trailer more specifically at those who enjoy horror productions.

PLANNING: HORROR GENRE CODES AND CONVENTIONS

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The films I have analysed have a set of codes and conventions. Before creating the posts, I looked at a set of horror films in order to identify to correct codes and conventions in order to gain a better idea of the films.  I then focused in on two which featured the conventions and they are zoomed into and explained below. I'm using these horror codes and conventions in my film as I believe that they are able to help create a stronger effect for the audience as they are able to create a slightly more frantic but subtle atmosphere which is able to give the audience a chill while viewing. 

 

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PLANNING: TREATMENT

Charlotte was a Princess during the 19th century who unfortunately passed away, young, at the location of our filming,  'Charlotte', our film, follows a group of teenagers who are looking to visit Charlotte's ghost. On the anniversary of Princess Charlotte's death, the teens visit where she died, a school abandoned in the midst of a pandemic. Emily, the known paranormal expert, pushes Gibby and Jack to their limits when communicating with what they believe to be Princess Charlotte's ghost. 

However, when Emily becomes separated, she finds that the once friendly spirit may not be who she first thought after all. It becomes a challenge for the boys, a race against time, in order to save Emily from the demon and get out of Claremont before they are lost forever. 

This treatment acts as a baseline of our film that explains the narrative simply. It is concise but allows directors to see the vision of the film.

We watched Frank Ash, a BBC Creative Consultant, in which we learned the use of the 'topline' which is one elegant sentence that sums up the film opening treatment and creating the 'big question' which is what happens next?

You must be critical when working out your treatment. You need to consider what your audience may want and be receptive to. He breaks it down into four areas which I have depicted in this comic below. 

These four key bullet points are: 

What's in it for the audience? 

What's the big question?

Whose story is it?

What is the story?

Top Line:  On the anniversary of Princess Charlotte's death, three teenagers visit the now derelict home and uncover hidden secrets she left behind.

The Big Question : 'Will they make it out alive?' 

This line allowed for questions to be created from viewers such as:

 'Will they find Emily in time?' 

'Will they discover the demon's true nature?'.