Evaluation 1 -The title of the film/ style (frame 5) and (frame9)

The reason why we chose this as our title was due to the fact it stands out well at the end of our film. We end our film with a scream to leave the audience guessing as to what has just happened and then play the title at the end as it leaves it on a cliff hanger, and it was also a good opportunity. The white writing shows up well on the black background and as our film in set in the woods, the black background is used to represent the darkness in the woods and the white writing is used as silhouettes of the trees. We chose not to use any red font like we planned at the beginning, because after we did our research we realised that the red font is only really used in film involving some kind of murder or gore to represent the blood, but as our film is not gory at all we chose not to use it. The font we used was called 'juice ict' which we thought went well with the genre of our film as it has an unusall
shape to the letters, which are quite sharp and pointy which could suggest danger which noramlly occurs in horror films. We chose not to have any 'fancy' or 'swirly' writing as that is usually seen as safe and assoicated with romance films, and would therefore not relate to our film and could possibly confuse the audience.

Evaluation - Genre and how the opening suggests that (frame 4)

The Genre of 'Horror' is presented in the opening by one of the first scenes, showing the conventions of a typical horror film with the setting placed in the woods which is shown in this frame. The opening also indicates this as its dark, gloomy and muddy,this makes the audience see straight away that it is a horror, as people tend to associate the fact something bad is going to happen when the weather is bad, which is what normally happens in a horror film. The two girls are also walking alone in the woods, and you can see its really quiet as there is no one else around which makes you think something will happen as any thing could now happen as no one is there to witness it, which creates a sense of suspicion towards the audience. The girls also have their backs turned making them more venerable, as they wont be able to react to anything if it comes from behind as they wont see it, their costumes also make them seem venerable as they are just teenagers so they are easily scared. The timing of the shot is also quite long and slowed paced, with are also typically used in horror films to build up the suspense. Our victims are also female and victims in horror films are normally always a female as they are seen as weak and fragile. The music we use is also quite creepy and quite showing abnormality to the scene when the two girls are walking through the woods, disrupting the normality at the beginning . The choice of lighting is also quite shadowy creating silhouettes and figures which are within horrors as the shadows could be seen as someone or something else, its also quite misty/ foggy so the picture quality isn't as clear creating suspicion.

Evaluation - Costumes and Props (Frame 3)

In this frame we show the costumes of the two characters. They are seen to be wearing everyday clothing, suggesting they could be on their way home from somewhere, which makes the audience unaware of where they have been and question why they are walking in the woods this late in the evening creating enigma codes towards the audience. By our two main actors wearing these types of clothes shows how they are just typical teenagers, which indicates their vulnerability walking in the woods by themselves. We also use a peice of their clothing, the scarf, as a prop. The reason we used it as a prop was the fact it easily comes off and therefore the reason it ends up in the tree, as it must of fallen off and someone happened to place it the tree, however that tree was infront of them which made them confused and also the auidence as they dont know how that would of got there as know onw else was around. The peice of clothing is also significant to the actor as it is made obvious to the audience as it is around her neck as we use different shots to show that, and also by the types of shots we make the scarf stand out emphising the prop.


The other prop we have in our film is a phone, this is used as a distraction, so the actor can not see the figure that walks past her, to create a tense atmoshere for the auidence as they can see it and therefore want to try and tell her to look. The phone is also a typicall object for a teenager to have and also stereotypically likely to be seen with teenagers, so therefore the prop fits in well with that scene. The fact that the actor is on the phone makes the auidence wonder what she is doing and wether or not she is texting someone telling them theyre on their way home or the fact she could just be looking at something. This makes you question the fact that if anything was to happen then people could know where they are and how far away from home they are which would give the auidence a greater sense of relief, so thats why we chose not to see what she doing so that it makes the auidence question it.
                                                                                                                                                                                         


                                                                                 

Film Diaries

We took a video of us on our way to go and film, and as you can hear it was really windy so that's why it was hard to hear us clearly. we found that due to the winds it was also hard to hear the dialogue in our as the wind effected the sound, and left a crackling noise.

In this video you can also see how windy it is, and this made us concerned about how our film will turn out, however we knew it had to be in soon so we had to get it done as soon as possible and the weather could also be bad every day so we didnt want to risk it by doing it another day where the weather could just get worse.

We knew from this diary that our film hadnt gone as well as we hoped as the weather was horrible and i was so cold out, it got rushed quite a bit as after every clip we took we didnt check it so we didnt know if anything was wrong with it, which made it hard for us when we edited the film as we did find things wrong and then we were unable to then re film it as we were not free any other day and the weather was different to what it was this day.

This was filmed after we had attempted to edit our film, when we found out we could use different transitions to create different effects on out film as we had to film in the light due to the fact it got really dark quickly so we had to film in the afternoon so that it wouldnt get too dark to film in as you couldnt really see anything that we filmed last time we did it that late.

 

Fim Production Mark

The mark you received at moderation for your production is Level 3 - 36/60.

Targets: Remove Lionsgate and create your own film production name or use a different film company. Improve titles - titles flash up too quickly let them fade in and out.

Anamatic Story Board

Evaluation - Setting and Location (Frame 2)

Our second frame was also pretty succesfull as we show the setting through a long shot of the woods, showing the conventions of a horror film such as it being dark, gloomy, cold,wet and muddy. The shot also went well becasue if you look closly you can see a black figure standing in the far distance which wansnt intentionally meant to be there but we decided to leave it as it fitted in well with our film as later on you see a black figure walking past so it could be them, and the actors just havent noticed it. The good thing about this shot is that it shows rows of trees and bushes which creates a sence of tension for the auidence as they dont know what could be in those woods and what could be amongst the trees or bushes so that worked well to build up the tension early on. The path is also shown to go on for quite a while so it indicates that it will start getting darker before they get home so it could well get very dark whilst they are still in the woods. The sky is also grey and misty relating the conventions of a horror as it makes it seem suspicous as creepy like you would feel late at night in the woods.

Evaluation of film- Introducing Characters ( Frame 1)

We introduce our film with a low angle long shot of our two main actors and also victims. I think this shot went well as there is low key lighting showing the audience it is still pretty light out so there isn't anything suspicious going to happen just yet, it also sets the scene a little as you can see there isnt anyone else around and it looks pretty quite, which condradicts the thought of nothing happening as it is a pretty sterotypical setting for a horror film so therefore as it isnt busy something could occur. As the angle is a low shot it makes the two actors seem like they are in control of the sittution and are not vunerable of anything just yet. Through mise en scene we also made our actors wear everyday casual clothing as if they were just coming back from being at school and on their way home, so that it makes it seem less lieky for anything unusual as they would most likely always walk that way home. The face they are wearing coats and jeans suggests that it is cold out and therefore winter so it means it would be getting dark soon which is a convention of a horror film.

                            

The Unexpected- Final

Consideration of Representation and Stereotyping

The usual stereotypes of a villain are male, sinister, mysterious, unknown identity, dangerous and powerful. In our film the villain will be male which is conforming to the stereotype of villains being male. We will also represent the villain as sinister and mysterious as the victims will not expect anything to happen to them. This, again, is conforming to the stereotype of villains being dangerous and mysterious. The villain also conforms to the stereotype of men being more powerful as he murders the victims without them knowing. This is showing the audience that our villain has power because he is able to commit murders without himself being hurt in anyway. Also he is in control of the situation which shows he has all the power. This also conforms to the stereotype of men being more powerful than women. This therefore means that the female victim is conforming to the stereotype of women being weak and vulnerable. Also, as she has no idea what is about to happen, it could represent her as quite ditsy and unaware. This then conforms to the stereotype of women being much weaker than men. We have not subverted the stereotype of women in any way as we have only conformed to the stereotype. However, we have two victims, one being a girl and the other being a boy. The boy victim is conforming to the stereotype of a victim but is also subverting the stereotype of a boy being strong and powerful. The boy is conforming to the stereotype of a victim because he was unaware of the events that were about to take place which shows he is very vulnerable and also perhaps a bit ditsy because he hasn't even realised that he is being watched by the murderer. However he is subverting the stereotype of boys being strong and powerful because he is the victim in all this and even though he had no idea that he was going to be murdered he could of perhaps tried to fight off the murderer.