Editing schedule

Early Brianstorm of Opening Titles

Storyboard Animation

Understanding The Editing Software

Health and Safety

Health and Safety in the filming area is pretty basic as we arent doing anything too risky or dangerous, however, we are using certain props that can cause some harm. We have to basically overcome this by handling them with care. The main concern would be the knife for obvious reasons. Kayleigh and I will have to handle this with care and make sure we don't hurt each other with it. Thats about it as far as health and safety goes in our little task.

If we were to then go into industry filming there are procedures and laws that may have to be recognised, this link shows the risks and procedures big film idustries have to face. http://www.hse.gov.uk/entertainment/theatre-tv/film.htm

Prop List

Props we will use in our Main Task Opening Title are going to have be horror orientated obviously because the  Mise en Scene have to be related to our specific genre. This will include weapons, character props, and other items that will give off a horror atmosphere. These will include knives, balloons and fairy liquid. I will now explain why we will use each prop.

We will be using fairy liquid to represent blood when washing the knife in the scene of the girl washing up. We are using red fairy liquid because it looks and mimics blood and will almost fool the audience into think it is blood however it is just a household item. We figured that this is a good way to signify danger to the woman before the clown even arrives.

We are also going to use a knife, for obvious reasons. This is a common weapon however can also be found in a household so this again signifies danger before the clown arrives but will also be used by the clown. It will also be held by the woman as a kind of metaphor for the fact that she and clown both hold the weapon she is killed by

A balloon may  not be a household item but it is still something that isnt really connoted with danger. This is why we have chosen to use a red balloon to show the danger. We are trying to show that even the less scary items can show horror aspects and scare an audience. When the audience see the balloon it will signify the arrival of the clown and cause tension. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Production Company

This is the logo of the production company we have created. The logo has red and black to show danger and inpurity . We think that this gives a good first impression for the opening scene of our opening title sequence. The red and black will also go nicely with the theme of the clown.
The name sadistic studios is basically just to emphasise the demonic theme of horror and to just give a good first impression for our horror movie so the audience know what they're getting.

Shot Schedule

Date & Time	Frame Section	People Involved	Equipment needed	Location of shot	Problems and Solutions
Sat 25th Night	Clown walking- close up shot on feet.	Joe-Acting Kayleigh- sound Jemma- camera	Camera Microphone Lighting	Road-Mount Drive	The lighting is an issue as it will be dark. A torch or spotlight.
Sat 25th Night	Women washing up in sink and pottering	Kayleigh-Actress Joe-Sound Jemma -Camera	Camera Microphone	House Kitchen	The noise as it may echo. We will use a boom on the mic.
Sat 25th Night	Clown on the phone.	Joe-actor Jemma- recording Kayleigh- Lighting	Camera Microphone Lighting	Outside the house	The conversation on the phone will be an issue to pick up the sound. Record the conversation and play the audio over the visual.
Sat 25th Night	Girl dropping the radio. Clown in window	Joe & Kayleigh- actors Jemma- camera Jesse-lighting/mic	Camera Microphone Lighting	House kitchen	Trying to record the perfect angle to portray the scene correctly
Sat 25th Night	Doorbell shot	Joe-Actor Jemma-camera Kayleigh-lighting	Camera Lighting	Back door of the house	To record the doorbell with a good sound device. Edit the sound over the visual
Sat 25th Night	Girl stepping out of the house	Kayleigh-actor Joe- Lighting	Camera Lighting	Back door of the house	To get the lighting of the scene right. Use filler lighting
Sat 25th Night	Girl picking up balloon	Kayleigh- actor	Camera Lighting	Back garden	To get the shot right to fit the scene with the essential atmosphere.

Target Audience

 

 

Our target audience are older teenagers from 15+, we have decided to use this age because we think that teenagers and Young adults are the main audience for horror films as they are exciting and thrilling. Things that a teenager are interested in. We have looked at other films like ours and they have similar target audiences, for example, 'IT' is a movie very similar to ours and they have a similar age rating of 18. However this isn't the same, we think that due to the age of the movie, the age rating may be too high and if that movie were to come out today then it would be a 15+ not an 18+.

 

 

 

Another movie similar to ours in term of theme is 'Clownhouse' in which men dressed as clown torment people in their neighbourhood. This is very similar to our movie and also has the same age rating. This would be because of the terror involved in this movie as there are scary parts that may be too disturbing for the younger generation and maybe something the older generation aren't particularly used to.

 

We hope to make our movie particular to the young adult age and this is mainly because we want it to be so scary that maybe some of the older or younger ages can't handle it.

 

Our Movie

 

 

Our movie doesn't particularly have too much of a specific target audience other than the teenage to young adults age category. Which are part of the E Audience Category. However, we would imagine that our movie would be watched by males more than females because of the gore aspects and sheer horror themes.

 

Students are the most likely people to watch this type of movie as the horror genre is somewhat linked to a boy and a girl romance. I kind of like the idea of a couple sitting down watching the film and both getting scared, i think this is what would make our film memorable. So if a couple are having a rough day or night, maybe an argument has occurred then i want this film to scare the both of them to extreme where they need to cuddle up together for their own safety.

 

 

 

 

Font Analysis

This is the font we have decided to use for the titles in our opening sequence. We find that this is relevant to our genre and theme. The colour and shape of the font is specific to our movie. It reminds me of a circus which is a common place for clowns, this association is simple however effective as the audience would immediately know the theme of the film. The colour of the font is red for many reasons, mainly to signify danger and blood and gore. These are the main themes of our film as we are trying to mentally scar our audience as we find that our audience are aroused by gore and a disturbing aroma.

Opening Title Screenplay

Fade In:

EXT. night scene 1

TRUNCO THE CLOWN approaches the house, walking down road, whilst the young woman is washing up. Until she receives a phone call from Trunco the Clown.

 

EXT. street - night scene 1

Trunco the Clown’s feet are walking at a fast pace through puddles on the pavement with a distinct walk. (5 steps)

EXT. House - night scene 1

THE YOUNG WOMAN is washing up in the sink casually with no urgency or fright.

EXT. street - night scene 1

Trunco the Clown’s feet are walking at a fast pace through puddles on the pavement with a distinct walk. (4 steps)

EXT. House - night scene 1

The camera has zoomed out to the woman washing up and putting away dishes, casually and with no knowing of the clown.

EXT. street - night scene 1

Trunco the Clown’s feet are walking at a fast pace through puddles on the pavement with a distinct walk. (3 steps)

EXT. House - night scene 1

The young woman is still washing dishes casually, looking at herself in the window and possibly whistling or singing/humming.

EXT. street - night scene 1

Trunco the Clown’s feet are walking at a fast pace through puddles on the pavement with a distinct walk. (2 steps)

EXT. House - night scene 1

The young woman is putting dishes in the drawer.

EXT. street - night scene 1

Trunco The Clown’s feet are walking at a fast pace through puddles on the pavement with a distinct walk. (1 steps)

EXT. House - night scene 1

The woman’s mobile phone starts ringing.

 

scene 2   

INT. THe womans house. night.          

THE CLOWN rings THE WOMAN and THE WOMAN puts the phone down. The radio then turns on and is playing an old song which is saying ‘send in the clowns’. THE WOMAN is getting more and more on edge, then the doorbell rings.

Voice- THE clown

(Over the phone)

          Do you want a balloon?

 

THE WOMAN

Umm..no?

 

Voice- THE clown

*chuckles*

I know you want a balloon.

 

the woman

No, I do not want a balloon. Leave me alone.

          (puts down the phone)

 

EXT. House - night scene 4

The radio begins to falter and turns to the song ‘Send in the Clowns’. The woman tries to fix the radio, bending down struggling. The clown appears at the window suddenly, yet the woman doesn’t see.

 

SCENE 5  

INT. THE WOMANS HOUSE. NIGHT.

THE CLOWN rings the doorbell and THE WOMAN opens it, but when she looks no one is there. She then goes out of the door to look around to see if she can see anyone.

THE WOMAN

(opens door, looks around to see who knocked)

THE WOMEN

(goes outside to see if she can see anyone)

EXT. OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE. NIGHT.

After doing this she sees a red balloon that THE CLOWN has left outside (but she doesn’t know who it was left by). THE WOMAN goes over to get the balloon, after she has got it the balloon then pops, and it is filled with blood, after the balloon has popped THE CLOWN then pops up suddenly behind THE WOMAN, without her realizing.

THE WOMAN

(picks up balloon, looks mysteriously at it)(the balloon pops)

The Woman

(screams)

VOICE- CLOWN

(laughs)

 

FAde Out:

The End

 

Synopsis of My Idea

My idea for the opening titles of a horror movie is 'Dead Funny'. A film based around a psychopathic clown that terrorises and harasses neighbourhood folk. On first thought, the idea of a clown-based horror seemed risky and hard to pull off but after some elaboration of the idea, me and my group decided that if we were to head in a certain direction with this, then it may work. The two directions in which the film could have gone were, a horror comedy or a very sick and twisted horror that is full frontal terror. We decided to go with the second option, despite the comedic title. The title is a contradiction in itself and the two words juxtapose obviously.

The story

 

Our plot consists of two characters: The victim and Trunco The clown. (Trunco being Latin for mutilate). The victim which will be a female to show more of an dominant personality to the clown as it is stereotypical to people that women are more venerable to men. The male against female
oppression is a good way to show fear in the opening title.

 

The clown will be terrorising the woman in her own house by first calling her in her house and asking her if she 'Wants a balloon'. We took this inspiration from the movie 'SCREAM'. We liked the opening few minutes of that and we thought that it could be cooperated into our opening sequence. So we've taken that as our inspiration and we've also taken inspiration from the  movie 'IT'. We liked the sadistic nature of the clown and we liked how everybody is creeped out by them even if they are supposed to be entertaining and funny.

 

After calling the young woman, the clown will proceed to harass the young woman in the 'comfort' of her own home. This is to basically suggest and imply that there is no safety, even when you're in the haven of your own home, Trunco the Clown will still get you! Whilst in the house, the woman's radio will produce static and change to the song 'Send in the clowns' which we think will produce a tense atmosphere because the song is slow and old fashioned. After the radio scene, the clown will appear at the window of the kitchen where the woman will be standing. This will hopefully scare the viewers and give a short insight of what is to come in the movie in terms of horror. We're trying to get this movie as sadistic as possible to try and freak the audience out as much as possible because after collecting results from our questionnaire, we found that the majority of people that watch horrors, enjoy being scared.  Using this information, we've decided to incorporate this into our film.

 

After the window scenario, we have decided to use a balloon and add that into our sequence because they are stereotypically a clown's prop. We also took inspiration from the film 'IT' as when the balloons pooped with blood. We liked the sick and twisted idea of the loud bang, followed by a splatter of blood. We thought this was very dark and therefor used it in our film. After the balloon had exploded blood all over the woman, we decided we should have one more scare before we cut the titles off, so Trunco will be standing behind the woman in the dark, staring over shoulder with an evil grin.

The Mise en Scene

 

For our movie, there will only really be 2 settings for the most part: the street and the house. The street will have little lighting, only street lights and the moon as actual forms of light (possible some house lights as well). We are hoping to get it as dark as possible to put across the idea that Trunco the Clown only comes out at night, and to really emphasise his horror. In the house, the light will be much brighter, as we're going to use normal lights to make it seem more safe for the woman when actually, no where is safe. We're really trying to put across that NO ONE is safe from this clown. The kitchen will be lit up brightly, and the outside will be dark, we're hoping to get this contrast right so that when the face appears at the window, it will be coming out of pure darkness. As a kind of symbol of evil.

The sounds used in the film will be used to create tension and presence emitted by Trunco. Sounds like the song 'Send in the Clowns' and the sound of the balloon popping will produce a scary atmosphere inside the film, however outside the filming and while we edit, we're going to be using loud noises when the face pops up and also static when the radio cuts off. We hope that these edited noises will project tension into the film.

 

Authenticity

 

Hopefully, we're going to make this movie as sadistic and scarring as possible because we strongly believe that with a horror movie, the viewer needs to have that 'hide behind a cushion' feeling all the time. That feeling is what i believe to be the key to horror movies. This movie will not be so different from others but we hope to en corporate every other great horror theme into this film so that if we get the mixture and recipe of themes spot on the it will provide a sickening yet entertaining atmosphere that will not be forgotten.



Opening Titles Storyboard

This is our storyboard of each scene we will film in our opening titles. Drawing by me and jemma, writing by me and kayleigh. It's just a rough draft really. Our main guide to our film list will be our screenplay.

My Idea Prezi

This is the prezi my group created to present in our pitch. It includes our inspiration, setting, sound, theme etc ideas for our opening movie title.