Jellybaby conventions

In this image we used a bowl as a prop to represent a cave, it is also white to represent purity. Indicating that the jellybaby next to the white bowl is also pure and true.

Here in the image above we used non diegetic and diegetic sounds which are represented by the sound notes on the whiteboard. The diegetic sounds that would of been heard is from the person who is being killed as they are screaming, and the non diegetic sounds would be spooky and sinister sounds to help build up tension and make one feel uneasy from the killer.

In this scene we are showing different characters, the yellow gummy bear represents a dumb blonde in a group of friends this is to suit the stereotype of a women female/teenager that is blonde often being called dumb and the black gummy bear represents an evil character as dark colours such as black are often linked to evilness and darkness.

In this scene we see the dumb blonde getting killed as she wasn't smart enough t to follow her group of friends. We used a yellow jelly baby to fit the stereotype, this conforms the stereotype in horror films of the dumb blonde usually getting killed first.

what i have learnt

From watching previous A Level horror movie openings, i learn that everything in the frame should be necessarily to my film. I have to take note on what i am showing in my frame in order to cut out any unnecessary objects that will stir the audience from watching the main characters/actions. I also learnt that we do not need to include  much dialogue for our films to be good, less dialogue could be better and help to build tension.

An inspiration for myself and my group was from the film sinister, here is a clip from it:

Breakdown Sheet For Shooting

Storyboard scene number: 3

Date:   13/12                                                                                            Time: 6:00pm

Setting:  bedroom                                                                            Location: Sophie's bedroom

Crew members and roles: Ashleigh - Director 

                                         Chantelle - Make up artist

                                         Joyce - Set designer 

Cast members:  Carolina - the protagonists 

Extras: Siblings

Wardrobe: White long gown

Make-up: Normal but unnatural pale make up
                dark hair

Props: Pictures of killings 

Special effects: No special effects are obliged for this scene

Potential problems and how you’re going to overcome them: A problem we could face may be that Carolina is unable to come so to overcome this we will film a scene where she isn't involved. So that we are not wasting time and still have some sort of footage that will still be needed later on the filming process.

Breakdown Sheet For Shooting

BREAKDOWN SHEET FOR SHOOTING

Storyboard scene number: 1

Date: 14/12/2013                                                                                          Time: 5/6

Setting: Garden                                                                           Location: Chantelle's house

Crew members and roles: Ashleigh, Joyce & Chantelle

Cast members: Carolina , Dina, Mary and Zaila

Extras: Siblings

Wardrobe: White nigh gown & pale clothes ( t shirt & jeans )

Make-up: Pale face, defined facial features

Props: Rope, Duct tape and Rocking chair

Special effects: Pan

Potential problems and how you’re going to overcome them: As this scene has no dialogue we need to make sure we try to eliminate as much background noise as possible that we wont want in this scene, otherwise it can make the editing process more difficult and longer. This scene is also outside so we need to make sure we check the weather beforehand, so we don't encounter any problems with the weather that may delay us shooting.

Animatic Feeback

After performing my Animatic to my class I received some feedback of things that I need to work on and what i can do to improve it as well as being told what went well with my animatic. I was told that the opening was good as it made the viewer want to continue to watch the film as intrigued them to what to know what happened next. They also said that the setting was quite different from the typical horror film you would see. this made it seem more absurd and made the viewer want to continue to watch it. As well as that it fits into the fact that it needs to be an opening of an horror film which obviously means we didn't give to much of the plot away. We also just need to ensure that the images are more clear and understandable because some shots were quite hard to understand, as well as finding more sounds to go with the pictures so it becomes more alive and more interesting.
Here is a link to my animatic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ne1eHNkPEI