FINAL TASK!

BRIEF!

The requirements for our preliminary task were to have a character walk into a room and exchange a few lines of dialogue with another character who was already in the room. We were asked to create a short clip (filmed and edited by us) which demonstrated our continuity editing skills, over shoulder shots for when the characters spoke and did not break the 180 degree rule.

 INTRODUCTION! 

HI! I am Kayleigh Norris, I will be working with Daina Mitchell and Jack Fowler to create the opening two minutes of a horror movie!

PERMISSION LETTER!

What makes a good horror movie?

Documentary- what these horror directors believe makes a Horror!

(this video goes on for 1:27:35)

Components of a Paranormal Horror!

(this video goes on for 4:41)

TIMELINE!

How we incorporated the required preliminary elements into our Horror opening!

The requirements for our preliminary task were to have a character walk into a room and exchange a few lines of dialogue with another character who was already in the room. We were asked to create a short clip (filmed and edited by us) which demonstrated our continuity editing skills, over shoulder shots for when the characters spoke and did not break the 180 degree rule.

• Our main character is talking to herself and her teddy bear throughout the opening so we have included dialogue.
• We used over shoulder shots- however we did not use them to show who was talking as our main character was the only one who spoke right up until the antagonist said his only line right at the very end before the title came up, we used the over shoulder shot to show the antagonist emerging from his hiding place at various points in the opening of our movie.
• Looking at what we've done, I don't believe we have broken the 180 degree rule, however, our flash backs are filmed at a different angle to the clips of present day to show that there is a difference between the time periods.

Iconic sounds for Horror!

These are a few of the iconic sound effects found in horror. There are two different types of sound- Diegetic and Non-diegetic.

Diegetic sound is sound that comes from something on screen, for example; dialogue or maybe the sound of a chainsaw.

Non-diegetic sound is sound that comes from something off screen, for example; music or in some circumstances dialogue could also be non-diegetic.

Almost all of the sound effects on this video are non-diegetic and they are either used to manipulate to moods and emotions of the audience or they are used to foreshadow an upcoming event.

Iconic sounds of my convention of this genre genre would be;

• screams
• flickering lights
• demonic dialogue
• demonic laughter
• doors creaking
• bones cracking
• slow and quiet music which builds up suspense
• loud bangs
• crashing and breaking things around the house- destruction
• sound of rocking chair/ rocking horse/ music boxes/ other childrens toys.
• many more...

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STILL FRAME ANALYSIS!

This is a low angle long-shot. This shows the character in his full costume so the audience can see what his character is like- looks like some kind of dark character or vigil-anti or maybe just someone who prefers to stay hidden when in dark places. The low angle creates an impression that this character is powerful or dominant, however, the character's face is visible and the expression it contradicts this idea of power or dominance as he's looking downwards and looking rather guilty and/or surprised as if he had just got out of a struggle of some sort. These clues allow me to make the assumption that this character has just been in some kind of stressful and/or situation, which he has made it out alive by the skin of his teeth.