Shooting Schedule

This is a shooting schedule. On here we have planned out times of shooting scenes for our opening sequence. It allows us to make sure we have the right props/costume/location for that particular day for shooting as well as giving us enough time to shoot. We can refer back to the schedule to know what days we are doing and what time. It is helpful and adjustable if it needs to be changed to suit us.

character profiles

Character Profiles

Name : Frank Deavell
Age: 17
Gender : Male
 Personality: isolates himself from others, doesn't have any friends, creepy, aggressive and psychotic Relationship: single
Occupation: unemployed Frank enjoys murder and the idea of hunting people. His strongest belief is revenge.

 Name: Susan Mckay
Age: 17

Gender: female
Personality: flirty, likes to party, sociable and kind
 Relationship: Boyfriend named Toby
Occupation: waitress at local cafe Susan has blonde hair and is always up for a good time. She enjoys spending time with her best friends and boyfriend.

casting

Our opening sequence will start with my (Rae's) face on screen and extremely close up to intensify the fact that I'am dead to the audience. My group have decided to use me as the main victim in the sequence and I suit the character profile best and so it seemed appropriate and easier to use me.

We then decided to use Harry as the creepy murderer as he was the tallest and obviously manliest with in the group and so would suit the scarier image than the rest of us. Harry's height will help to show intimidation towards the audience and make it clearer who the victim and who the murderer is in a stereotypical form.

titles

TITLES:

The titles we have decided to use will be blood red and will look scratchy as if written by perhaps someone who is struggling (similar to the ones in 'Se7en' except red). We thought this would be the best decision for our opening sequence as in our surveys it was the most popular option. The font we have chosen also follow the regular conventions of any horror because it is creepy and the red colour could imply that there will be death within the film. The scratchy font might make the audience feel uneasy as it could give clues as too what is happening e.g. someone struggling to get away from something. 

The title example above is blood red and scratchy/child like writing to make it relate to the audience we are targeting at. The blood red to symbolise violence and attack and the scratching of the font to portray the character of 'Frank Deavell' as he has a claw as a hand due to a deformation as a child.The sound of a long scratch is uncomfortable which is the effect we want to create for the audience.  Our titles appear within the actual film in most shots for example, in the shot of the note in 'Susan's' hand the title of an actors name will first appear and then after the actual writing on the note will appear and in the shot of 'Susan' walking into the location the title will appear on the wall of graffiti to make it look as if it is graffiti itself. We thought this would look effective and make the titles more interesting in a more subtle way. The name of the film will first appear 'House of the slasher' to create sudden suspense and then next the names of the cast ordered by most importance and most screen time to least within the film, then followed by the names of the crew ordered by least importance to most. 

Order of titles is as followed:

House of the slasher (name of film)

Al Kiernan

Rae Tiernan

Chris Mayor

Martin Sheen

Natasha Claremont

Sophie Nelson

Robert Wyatt

Casting by Amie Brady

Set Designer Paula Smith

Music by Carmen Tenief

Edited by Harry Sullivan

Production Designer Jay Menemony

Lighting by Judy Alter

Director of photography Paula Smith

Executive producer Ted Wannabe

Produced by Pete Lemont and Jim Scott

Written by Caroline Moose

Directed by Sophie Wyatt

Animated Storyboard

This is our opening sequence shown through animated still captures of a storyboard.

These are the still copys of our story boards. They consist of the shot numbers, the shot types, how long each shot will be and what else will be added in e.g. sound effects. These images were then filmed and edited to show a draft version of what our opening sequence will look like. The images we have drawn for our story board also show the placing of the titles.

MUSIC/SOUND EFFECTS

ROYALTY FREE MUSIC AND SOUND EFFECTS FOR OUR OPENING SEQUENCE:

http://www.audiomicro.com/free-sound-effects/free-horror-and-halloween-sound-effects

This website has various options of scary horror sound effects which could be effective if used on our opening sequence as they relate to a few of the shots.

One sound which could be used is the 'door creek and women's scream' as it is an event that occurs in the sequence but isn't actually visible to the audience. This would be effective as it would make the scene more realistic for the viewer and draw them in more than if it were just silent.

Another sound effect we could use is the 'demented man walking' as there is a shot of the killer walking away from the body whilst dragging his fingers across the wall. It would look effective as it also has sounds of heavy breathing which could imply that he has been part of something physical e.g. a fight.

http://www.audiomicro.com/free-sound-effects/free-nature-and-weather

Nature noises could be used for shots of flashbacks before the girl reaches the house/'perfect place for a party'. It will symbolise the idea of peace which contrasts with the theme of the film. It will also be effective as it will add to making the shot of the girl walking through the woods seem more realistic for the viewer. One specific sound effect that would be good is 'wind' or 'amb field day'.

http://www.audiomicro.com/free-sound-effects/free-household/page-2

Household effects are things such as cutlery clanking and ringtones. Ringtones could be used on the shot of the phone ringing the girl to make it feel more realistic for the audience.

http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?genre=Pop

For the same shot of the girl walking to the house through the peaceful woods, an upbeat piano melody could be played over the top of the wind and nature sounds. This would really show the contrast between the change in atmosphere and the before and after of her walking into the abandoned house. A specific upbeat melody we could use from this website is called 'clear air'.


This is a piece of music we may decide to use. It has a deep/low pitch drone to it which creates an eerie atmosphere for the viewer and also sets the location of an empty abandoned place.


Below is another piece of music we may decide to use for our opening sequence. It is an upbeat peaceful melody to emphasise the happiness and unknown future the girl has. It also highlights the quietness of the woods/nature she is walking through on her way to death 




This is another melody that has a sombre pitch to it but also seems peaceful to the ear which contrasts with the idea of death that will be seen later on in the opening sequence. This piece of music is the best suited for our opening sequence out of the options we have chosen as it fits best with the genre as well as creating an atmosphere for the audience. 

PROPS AND COSTUME

PROPS:

Ripped clothes:

 ripped clothes on the 'dead girl' lying in the abandoned building will allow the audience to believe that she has perhaps been attacked by someone/something. It will be a clue towards what has happened to her as well as adding to the genre of horror and the theme of mystery.

Rubble:

Rubble will help set the location of an abandoned house or place as it will look as if it has not been looked after nor touched for a long duration of time.

Phone:

The phone will be used to display titles at first but will then change into a person named 'Toby' calling. The audience will question whos phone it is and who the person calling is/what relationship the two have. The phone will be resting in a hand that is sprawled across the floor which hopefully will make the viewer relate this with the girl they see at the beginning who is also lying on the floor.

Note/Piece of paper:

The note will also display titles as well as writing saying 'here is the perfect place for a party...' showing that someone has been led to this abandoned place but the audience will not know why.

survey examples

These are images showing some questions from our survey and is proof that the surveys were completed. We asked around fifteen people all together and got results which we now use to help us with the making of our opening sequence.