Questionnaire

1. What is your age range?

Under 12           12-15           16-18             18-21            Over 21

2. Do you enjoy watching Horror films?

      Yes          No

3. Do you prefer a Horror film to be jumpy/scary or have specific elements of Thriller films mixed into it?

Jumpy/scary            Elements of Thriller films           Both

4. Do you prefer ghosts, supernatural ideas or real life thriller based films? Why?

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5. ‘A man and woman are in their house in the bathroom (brushing their teeth etc.) when the door behind them slams shut. This then puzzles them but they ignore it and just believe it may be the wind. They go to the bedroom and go to bed. The woman then gets dragged out of bed mysteriously. This is all being watched back on a video style effect and it then rewinds to previously to the morning of that day when they are having breakfast, living a normal life.’

This is the beginning 2 minutes of our film and is the general plot idea.

On a scale or 1 to 10 (10 being greatest and 1 being worst) where would you rate this film on its potential to be a?

Plot on the scale where you think our horror idea stands

1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9          10

6.  Do you have any criticisms on our opening idea?

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9. What title do you think would suit the Plot?

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10. The genre of our film is horror, however what genre do you think our film falls into?

Horror            Thriller                Both

Brief Summary of Ideas for Task

Brief Summary of Ideas for Opening 2 minutes of film

Old ideas:

• Shower running
• Person in towel 
• Looks in mirror, rubs vapour off mirror
• Scary reflection in mirror
• Turns around to see a shadow
• Dismisses it
• Goes back to bedroom and gets into bed
• Gets dragged out of bed

Shower scene:

• Both characters (man and woman) brushing teeth in the bathroom. This part of the clip shall be fast. 
• The door then suddenly slams shut and the characters look at each other shocked and scared.
• Exit the bathroom, walk to the bedroom (fast camera)

Bedroom scene:

• Goes straight to the scene of them asleep in bed. 
• Woman gets dragged out of bed (use green screen special effects) 
• Screaming and muffled sounds to create a scared atmosphere.

This shall all be a previous film clip that is being replayed to the audience. It shall then go back to present day (day 1) and this shall be the start of the film.

The title shall appear after this. 

 Camera Work and Angles:
Camera strapped to a fan mount,  which makes it look as if its moving around, like cctv, viewing a 180 degree angle of the haunted bedroom.
Some of the camera work is raken on a handheld camera by one of the actors, this is during the scene in the bathroom.
shot- over shot whilst the actors are taking in the morning.
When eating their breakfast in the morning before leaving to work, have to remember the 180 degree rule.

Our ideas are similar to those in paranormal acitivty.

Preliminary Task

In the small video clip my group created we used three different filming techniques. These were 'match on action', 'shot-reverse-shot' and '180 degree rule'. These techniques were useful because they gave me an insight into filming and i am building up my knowledge of media terminology. These shots are usefull because they make it look continuous and allows the audience to see the flow of the film. These techniques look quite straightforward but actually were rather difficult to use in an effective way. I am hoping to use them in my filming to achieve the highest grade possible. -