New Location Photos

The reason that we used this as our back-up location is that it is still a wooded area but it has large clearings in places and thick vegetation it others, this enables me to get the best possible camera shots. We will still be using the other location at the end of the opening sequence.

Problem filming

When we decided that the original film that we shot needed improvement we went to re-film, However,due to the fact that the location that we wanted to film at was there were some people that had started a fire near-by and soon the Police and Fire services were on scene so we could not film in the original location, because of this we had to change location, but the final product still looks to a high standard.

Actors

We did not need lots of actors for our opening sequence, the people that we used as actors were the following:


Tom Walker

James Lilley

Wesley Gilkes

Props

To enhance the viewing experience we are going to use some props that will make the sequence more believable. The props that we used are the following:

• Knife

• Laptop

                      

• Chair

What the Questionnaire tells me

From the responses that I had from the questionnaire I now that people both male and female do watch horror films. Some of the comments that we received when I asked what they would expect from a horror film most people said something scary. This enables Charlie and I to produce an opening sequence to a horror film that will get the audiences attention and get them interested in what is going to happen next.

Another thing that was also mentioned by the test group were that there needs to be a sense of mystery, and that the audience does not know what is going on and it eventually becomes clear towards the end of the film.

Questionnaire responces

Before we start our filming we did a questinnaire to research into what diffrent people like about horror films and what their age and gender was to give us a better indication to what diffrent people like.

Location for filming

Before we start filming, we went out and found a ally way that we could use to film in. We took photos of the location to enable us to plan how we are going to use the area.

Storyboard

For the opening of the film  we also created a storyboard of the different elements that we wanted to include so that we do not improvise when we come to filming the task.

Narrative structure for main task

 We created a narrative structure for our main task to give us a breif plan as to how the film would get to its ending.

Opening credits for the film Taxi Driver

Here is a timeline for the text that is displayed on-screen

00:02 - Colombia pictures
00:09 - Robert De Niro in
00:15 - music starts
00:36 - Taxi Driver
00:41 - A bill / phillips production of a martin seconses film
00:44 - staring Jodie Foster
00:47 - Albert Broooks as tom
00:48 - Harvy Keitel
00:50 - Leanardo Harris
00:52 - Peter Boyle as wizard
00:55 - and Cybill Shepard as Betsy
01:08 - music by Bernaro Hermann
01:14 - supervising film editor Meria Licas
film editors Tom Rolface
Melvin Shapiro
01:19 - special make up Dick Smith
01:23 - visual consultant David Nicholas
creative consultant Sandra Weintraub
01:26 - director of photography Michael chapmen
01:30 - written by Paul Schrader
01:34 - produced by Michael Phillips and Julia phillips
01:42 - directed by Martin Scorsese

The reason that we used Taxi Driver to look at opening credits is that it is a thriller but it overlaps with horror, it combined the use of cinematography and the on-screen graphics to create gripping opening titles that give you a clue to the storyline before the main film starts.

Decision made!!!

Today me and charlie decided to use horror as our genre.

Date: 4/1/2011