Filming

These are a few shots we took whilst we were filming.

First Filming

We did some filming to create the 'home video' effect. We filmed this off an iphone and a better quality camera, we felt the iphone shots fitted what we wanted better, however the quality wasn't really good enough so we will be using the better quality one.

Social Medias

Facebook

Twitter

Flickr

YouTube

Lighting

For our teaser trailer, there will be a lot of lighting involved to create the perfect atmosphere epecially creating suspense for the audience. As it will also be during sunset, almost at darkness, we will most definitely have to rely on lighting. This will be to light up the mist we create, also to light up our subject, the young boy.

We will need to use the typical set up which is used in studio photography. This is because the lighting will have to be equal all over the subject. the set up will look like this:

Creating Fog

In order to fiilm our media, we need fog during either sunrise or sunset, however it is unlikely that it will always be foggy when filming so we have decided to look into other options. These are:

Smoke Spray in a Can

This is smoke from a can where somebody sprays it and it creates the desired effect. This may be beneficial as it is so cheap, only being £6.99.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/smoke-spray-in-a-can-20746

Fog Machine

Another option that we have is to use a fog machine, although they are expensive, we are in contact with someone who has one which makes it easier for us. It can also make our teaser trailer better and more realistic.

Sunset

We looked into times that the sun is currently setting, this is so that we are able to create the right atmosphere for our teaser trailer.

Door Shadow Shots

We tried to create the shadow shot which we intend on using in our teaser trailer, we found it difficult as the lighting needs to be perfect, but it is achievable 

Fog

This photo taken in South Downs in East Sussex which inspired us as the fog creates a sense of mystery which we will need to recreate for our teaser trailer. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049731/Amazing-summery-scene-years-icy-blast-looks-set-hit-Britain.html

After continuing our research, we looked into other images using fog during sunset. These were:

We also looked at images at dawn when it is foggy:

Swing

Webpage Ideas

Location - Tree

We believe that this is the best location we have found for our teaser trailer. We will, however, change the swing by making our own from wood and rope in order to create the correct mise-en-scene and feel for the trailer.

Sound

The Secret Garden - Swing Scene

After completing some more research into films that use swings, we discovered that the swing in this scene is most inspirational, this is due to the swing being on a tree and that it is rope, which is what we plan on using and creating the old, worn (used) effect.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Opening Scene

When researching films that use swings within them we came across the opening scene of Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix. In this scene Harry is sat on a swing and the camera shows this through many different angles shots which we found interesting.

First Use of Typewriter for Teaser Trailer

We had many attempts of trying to create typewriter style text appear on the screen with sound that appears diagetic. Our last idea was to create the typewriter text and effect on Power Point and screen capture the slideshow, we then put the video onto iMovie and turned it to black and white, this was because of the only option we had when creating the effect. we then cropped the shot slightly whereby we came out with this.

Research Into Sound Effects

Theme Park Music Inspiration

We decided to all look individually into music and what we think would suit our film. After just listening around, we discovered that theme park music was very inspirational. Although we had previously looked into slow, scary happy birthday music, we found that Thorpe Park's Fright Night radio advert uses similar style music. 

Another inspiration was the advert for the Alton Towers ride, Th13teen. This was due to the wording of the song, similar to the children's song 'teddy bear's picnic'.

Children's Songs & Nursery Rhyme Research

After researching into children's songs and nursery rhymes, we decided to look into the meanings of many of them, the first one we looked into was 'Ring Around the Rosy'.

Ring Around the Rosy

This nursery rhyme has many connections to the Bubonic Plague (The Black Death). The idea of the nursery rhyme is that the symptoms of the the disease was a 'rosy' red rash which was shaped like a ring. Many people believed that if they filled their pockets with a sweet smelling herb (posies) then the plague would go away. The term 'Ashes Ashes' refers to the burning of all of the dead bodies as the death rate was 60% and the plague was only stopped due to the Great Fire of London in 1665.

Teddy Bears Picnic

As this song is not a nursery rhyme, there is not any specific history, however we were interested in the idea that the line 'if you go down to the woods today, be sure of a big surprise' is able to refer well to our trailer idea. we like the idea of the young boy to be singing this song quietly to himself.

Research into Happy Birthday Music

This is our initial idea for non-diagetic music to have playing over the beginning of our trailer. By using a music box version of happy birthday with no voices on it, the song sounds quite creepy and therefore creates the right feel for our genre.

Certification

'15' - Suitable only for 15 years and over

No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.

Discrimination

The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.

Drugs

Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.

Horror

Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

Imitable behaviour

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Language

There may be frequent use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’). The strongest  terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.

Nudity

Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.

Sex

Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.

Theme

No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.

Violence

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/classification/guidelines/15-2/

Dark Castle Entertainment

Dark Castle Entertainment is part of Silver Pictures, a production house associated with Warner Bros. It was formed in 1999 by Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis, and Gilbert Adler.

Dark Castle Entertainment's name is closely associated with horror films such as 'Orphan', 'Splice', 'Unknown', 'House of Wax' and 'The Hills Run Red'.

Research into Idents

We looked into a few different idents that we could use for our trailer, the final three we decided on were Dark Castle Entertainment, Twisted Pictures and Lionsgate Entertainment.

After more research we decided that Dark Castle Entertainment would be the best ident for our film trailer.

Initial Costuming Ideas

We have began to look into costuming our young boy, while taking these images, he seemed to be uncooperative so we intend to have another go.

Second Initial Poster Idea

We found some images off google to give ourselves a visual image as to what our poster would be like once we decided our location for the tree which was going to be our image for the poster, this was our design:

Initial Poster Idea

We had a few ideas to what we would like our poster to be like, one using the possessed child on the front of the poster, we decided to try this out as a basic idea to inspire us more before taking other location shots, this was our first draft:

Second Tree Location Shots