Final Product

Our final product is 1 minute 55 seconds, which is only 5 seconds underneath the 2 minute boundary so therefor we are hitting that target. Our music fits the genre and the action of the film, and fades out at the end so the film doesn't come to a complete holt. We have tried to keep the drama to a maximum but not to the extent where it turns into a complete trailer. The mental illness the girl suffers with is schizophrenia I believe we have got this across as best as possible, however the audience may not be completely clear until the title Two Minds at the end. 


We have tried to get a smooth movie with no bumps of fuzzy shots. The transitions we have included all blend the shots and titles in as best as possible and we have tried to achieve a consistent theme throughout and not break any continuity points.

Schedule

Editing

After the first mishap we have luckily been back on track and on target. We have managed to catch up with editing and have luckily put all of our clips in the correct order. Without credits it was 1.38 which is 22 seconds under the recommeneded 2 minutes. But now that the credits and fade in's and outs have been put in it has now hit 1.57 seconds which is a perfect time for us to stop.

Our font has all been on a black background with a white font on top. It has a fade into the text and a fade out of the text onto the footage. We picked our font out from the website www.dafont.com and there were a great selection but finally we chose a font called; Nightbird as it fit the horror elements well.

 We also considered the font Nyctophobia, but decided we prefered the boldness of Nightbird.

Choosing our music was by far one of the hardest task, we wanted music that fitted our footage but didnt over power it. We wanted tension but not the whole way through, so after listening to several pieces we decided on one called 'Gathering Darkness'  we got it from www.incomptech.com it was given the taglines; 'Screeching dark, electronically chatty. Nightmarish' which fitted the idea of our opening perfectly. The beat is continuous and not too loud which means fading out at the end was no trouble.

Filming

Me and Alice were due to film on Saturday the 14th and then do any last minute shooting during the week, but due to other commitments were unable to hit this target. Instead we chose our double Media period on the 19th of January and managed to get it all filmed during this slot.
The footage was then editted during lunchtimes and afterschool ready for the Friday the 20th deadline.

We filmed on Woodlands Rd in Portishead, and used the surrounding area of woodlands for the rest of our footage.

This is Woodlands Road, Portishead.

Our main characters, Frankie Toft and Joe Thompson, in their costumes ready for filming.

Frankie Toft, with her full face of makeup. We used black eyeshadow and smudged it all over her eyes to give her a demonic look. We then used red lipstick and smudged it all over her mouth to represent the victims blood.

Joe Thompson with his victim make up on, the red listick arond his reck represents the wound caused by the girls knife. His face is also a off white grey colour which represents death.

We shot all of our footage on a Cannon EOS, the picture quality was great and we were lucky enough not to get any grainy footage. Also it appeared good on the mac computers which was must to our surprise and favour.

Planning

After taking into consideration all of our audience research, we now decided it was time to plan out what was going to take place in our title sequence. We jotted down some potential ideas before finally coming up and deciding upon our final idea.

We finally came up with the idea of a schizophrenic young girl who was innocent for all eyes to see but her other personality broke through now and then which turned her into a murderer who would kill innocent victims. The opening of our film is the girl walking through a abandoned road in-between the woods with only her teddy for company. She walks past a strange looking man who is jogging, this is key role reversal as the girl looks like the victim and the man looks like the murderer. But in actual fact it is the other way round, she attacks the man. She stalks after him before hiding and murdering him, we have her laughing as though no remorse is portrayed, she also looks like she will strike again which makes the audience want to continue watching the film. The name of our film is 'Two Minds', this fits the schizophrenia element as she is a split person and has two different personas. 

We aim to have the killing in small little flashes in-between scenes of her being normal and innocent. This should scare the audience as it is unexpected and a twist on typical horror movies. It also see's the break between her normal everyday self and her murderous self.

The final storyboards are below;

This is the location we are shooting our horror in;

Woodlands Road, East Wood, Portishead

Below is the road in which they will walk and to the side is the ariel view of the whole area in which the film will take place.

Here is a list of the props in which we will use;

A teddy; this is to represent the young girls age, as she is a young child, preferably 9 year old girl. It is also to show how innocent she is, this is so her murders come as a huge surprise.

Fake Blood; this is to show the brutality and gore of the girls attack on the man

Contact Lenses; preferably all white or maybe red, this is to show the change from innocence to evil. 

The costume we will use consits of;

A summer dress - For the innocent girl, to represent her age and will enable us to try and portray her as innocent and incapable of the things she does.

The same dress will be used for the girl, but she will have different colour eyes and have blood all around her mouth, this will represent the attack she has just made.

The victim will wear mud stained clothes that are ripped and distressed they will be in casual jogging gear to make it clear they are there for a purpose.

We will also need a spare shoe for one of the shots, as it will represent the rough dragging of the victim.

The characters in our play are;

The Girl played by Frankie Toft

The Victim played by Joe Thompson

Dog Walker played by a random extra on scene.

Questionnaire

We asked these questions;

1)     Age?

2)     Male or female?

3)     Do you like horrors?

4)     If yes, please state your favourite and why?
5)     If not, why don’t you like them?

6)     What type of music do you expect in horror movies?

7)     What sort of characters would you expect in a horror?

8)      Which movies do you prefer? Slasher / Psychological / B-Movie / Demons / Vampires / Monsters

We  got a mixed view of results, mainly yes.

The people who filled in the questionnaire were between the age of 16-23 and potentially the same age range of the people I wish to target in my project. There was a majority of girls who filled out the questionaire which was quite surprising seeing as the yes region was extremly high and girls stereotypically do not like horror films.

People's top rated favourrite films were;

The majority of people didn't have a favourite film, this implies that we shouldnt try and follow anyone elses context or ideas from another film. If we did happen to want to get ideas from another film, Orpahn is the most popular film suggested.

We were most intersted in finding out which sub genres of horror films people most enjoyed. This really helped us to decide what sub genre we wanted to base ours around, as there was a significant difference in the differences

We have now decided that we are going to do a Psychological horror as it will amuse and entertian the majority of the people targeted in our research. This is exactly what we aim to do as they fit out target range perfectly. Hopefully we will get a better response if we follow a theme that fits the majority of people.

Conventions of a Horror Film

The Sub-genre's of horror;

Slasher; such as Psycho

Psychological; such as the Sixth Sense

Religious

Monster / Gore

True Story; Such as The Chainsaw Masacre

B-Movie (low budget)

Serial Killers

Demonic Possession

They are designed to;

Frighten and panic the audience viewing it

Captivate and amuse the audience

Many horrors follow the same sort of pattern with a lead character who is usually the survivor at the end. The killer usually has had something that has happened to them in their childhood to turn them evil. They also use the same method of killing throughout the film including the same weapon, for example; Halloween - Knife, Chainsaw Massacre - Chainsaw etc.

Horror films are usually set in;
Abandoned houses
Warehouses
The woods
                                       Rural areas
                                       Neighbourhoods to make it more realistic


I chose to do psychological, this is because I am interested in psychological illness' and I believe I could efficiently get across one without offending the audience. The sixth sense is something I looked closely at, I liked the idea of it and the way it was through the boys point of view.


The conventions I will use are;
The woods, this will increase the vulnerability of the girl, but also the lack of people around increase the fear as no one is able to help. Danger is creeping around every tree and tight corner. Ours has a knife to kill the victim which stays throughout the film for continuity. Hopefully our film will captivate and scare the audience and the twist in characters should confuse the audience but also increase maximum enjoyment throughout viewing.  She chose to do psychological so are using the mental illness schizophrenia, most viewers would be aware of this illness and hopefully see this in the actions of the girl.