This is the rough cut of my group and I's trailer, although some audio is missing and gaps have been made for the captions and productions logo, the footage has been edited and some sound and music has been placed.
Thursday, 29 December 2016
Tuesday, 20 December 2016
Exploring Shot Types and Sizes
This is a YouTube video of me explaining the theories and ideas behind the shot types we took.
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Thursday, 8 December 2016
Test Shots
These are different test shots for the locations we will be using within our trailer.
The location of a forest was chosen by my group and I as we thought through planning our synopsis that woods are a common convention of horror movies due to the isolation and danger of the unknown. Although we planned to film during day time, I believe that using an loose frame of woods will make the character appear more vulnerable to the audience.
Another location which was decided to be shown in our trailer was a school as our synopsis surrounds the protagonist as this allows our target audience, teenagers ranging from 16 to 18, to connect with the events or situations. The setting of a school allows the audience to empathise and grow fear.
Lastly, we chose a bedroom setting as where the most filming will happen as we found that it is a common convention where trailers use domestic settings such as homes as these are more intimate with the audience and provoke fear.
Monday, 5 December 2016
Character Names
These are tallies my group and I had done with our peers to see what names would be popular for the mother and twin.
For Azlyn's twin we chose Mara (with the Hebrew origin of 'bitter' and the biblical connotation of Naomi claiming the name Mara due to the deaths of her husband and sons therefore representing the character of the twin well as she is bitter about the life she was not able to live), Anna-Marie (holding German origins and meaning bitter grace, suiting the character due to her representation being revengeful of Azlyn and also ironic with 'grace', as she fails to have sympathy for her living twin) and Rosemary (meaning 'dew of sea' however as a compound means bitter rose again bitter due to her inability to live like her sister but also echoes the classic horror movie, 'Rosemary's Baby'). With the overall feedback, we found that Mara was most popular due to the power behind the name in echoing a bitter personality therefore reflective of the character.
For the character of the mother, my group and I chose Adrianna (originating from France, meaning Adria - the Adriatic sea region although also meaning dark which links to the idea where she is in darkness due to her daughter's early death and plagued with the unknown), Lethia (with Greek origins, meaning forgetfulness, this is appropriate for the character of Azlyn's mother due to her neglectful traits leading to the death of her child) and finally Agnes (of Greek derivation, meaning 'pure, holy' as Saint Agnes was a Roman virgin martyred by the Emperor Dicletian and as her emblem is blame, this could represent the character due to her innocence and oblivious nature being a flaw leading to her demise). Our feedback from our peers showed that Lethia was the best name out of the three due to sounding the most vulnerable and almost inferior. Other names such as Agnes sounded too powerful whereas Lethia appeared dismissive.
For Azlyn's twin we chose Mara (with the Hebrew origin of 'bitter' and the biblical connotation of Naomi claiming the name Mara due to the deaths of her husband and sons therefore representing the character of the twin well as she is bitter about the life she was not able to live), Anna-Marie (holding German origins and meaning bitter grace, suiting the character due to her representation being revengeful of Azlyn and also ironic with 'grace', as she fails to have sympathy for her living twin) and Rosemary (meaning 'dew of sea' however as a compound means bitter rose again bitter due to her inability to live like her sister but also echoes the classic horror movie, 'Rosemary's Baby'). With the overall feedback, we found that Mara was most popular due to the power behind the name in echoing a bitter personality therefore reflective of the character.
For the character of the mother, my group and I chose Adrianna (originating from France, meaning Adria - the Adriatic sea region although also meaning dark which links to the idea where she is in darkness due to her daughter's early death and plagued with the unknown), Lethia (with Greek origins, meaning forgetfulness, this is appropriate for the character of Azlyn's mother due to her neglectful traits leading to the death of her child) and finally Agnes (of Greek derivation, meaning 'pure, holy' as Saint Agnes was a Roman virgin martyred by the Emperor Dicletian and as her emblem is blame, this could represent the character due to her innocence and oblivious nature being a flaw leading to her demise). Our feedback from our peers showed that Lethia was the best name out of the three due to sounding the most vulnerable and almost inferior. Other names such as Agnes sounded too powerful whereas Lethia appeared dismissive.
Thursday, 1 December 2016
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