Location scouting: the woods

Location photos

 The following are pictures of trees to hide behind (labelled 'Tree'), banks to be pulled down (labelled 'Bank'), paths to run along (labelled 'Path') and potential poster backgrounds (labelled 'Poster'). 

Poster

Tree



Tree



Tree



Tree and path



Path



Poster



Poster

Poster



Field

 



Bank



Poster

Tree

Path



Path





Poster or path



Tree



Buried trailer

Just to be clear, we came up with our coffin idea before this trailer came out, however it will be infinitely useful when researching before we film.



This teaser trailer just shows how important the use of diegetic sound is in horror films. The beginning is a completely black screen, so the use of sound is heightened. Already a sense of claustrophobia is induced just by having no picture. There is frantic breathing and then the sound of a phone call being made. The fact that it is an emergency call heightens the tense atmosphere. The woman's voice remains calm compared to the frantic victim. The flash of the coffin/small enclosure is dramatic and sudden. However, the placement of this image is very important. It satisfies the "golden section" that is used on posters and magazine covers, so the image attracts the viewers eye. More importantly it induces the sense that the victim is far away and unattainable. The audience is made to imagine themselves in the same situation. Barely any of the narrative is given away, it is left unexplained by text or future events. The intriue of how/if the character escapes remains intact.

Buried alive at comic con

On the website for "Buried" there is a link called "Get buried at Comic Con". This is where fans of the film have had the chance to act like they too are buried alive. The viewer of the website can navigate with the mouse to "find" missing people who are trapped in coffins. You are then able to click on a person if you wish and "observe" them inside. This segment on the website is particularly clever as it gets fans involved, and there are many links to facebook and and twitter etc, thus using many forms of convergence. The design of it gives the impression that these people are buried deeper and deeper into the ground. This film and website will be very usefeul for our project as it involves very similar concepts. The lighting in the "coffins" is very significant. They have used redish lighting to convey a sense of heat and urgency. We can also look at some of these clips for acting references.

http://getburiedatcomiccon.com/

Buried website analysis

http://www.experienceburied.com/index.html

Pan's Labryinth Poster Deconstruction

Pan's Labryinth website

http://www.panslabyrinth.com/

This is the website for the movie Pan's Labryinth.



First Poster ideas

Our first poster design ideas- very vague!

The Golden Section

Alice in Wonderland

Batman magazine covers- Empire and Film

Filming dates

Filming plan

Monday the 27th of September.

- Meet up by the tech gates at 1.30pm.

- Lift in Georgie’s car.

- Set up “coffin”, paying attention to the Mise en Scene and lighting.

- Do actress make up.

- Film for long periods of time from lots of different angles.

Thursday the 7th of October/ Or on a sunday...

- Meet up in either 4th or 5th.

- Lift in Georgie’s car to Becky’s house.

- Film digging scene with Becky’s dad.

Monday the 18th of October.

- Meet up by the tech gates at 1.30pm.

- Lift in Georgie’s car.

- Do actress make up.

- Set up camera shots.

- Film for as long as possible. With varying angles.

completed coffin

Diagram and plan of action to create coffin

These are the original measurements of the crate that my dad managed to get from work. The plan to make it the shape that we want is as follows....

1. Make the box one plank narrower to give it a more coffin like shape.
2. Cut a hole in the end for leg room.
3. Make the whole thing stronger.

Note: to film from the side we can tip the whole thing because it is the same width.

The crate

Side view

Looking down



Inside



Coffin Lighting

These shots are taken from the "Vampire's assistent" trailer. The light source used in this film is from a PSP game. Blue tinged lighting is created, giving the scene a cold/medical atmosphere. The lighting also generates some effective, dramatic shadows.

The Unborn: Poster deconstruction



The Uninvited poster analysis

Storyboard 1

This is our first storyboard narrative. Just a note on lighting; the coffin will have dark lighting with a soft orange/yellow tinge. The rest of the shots will probably be shot in the daytime, but with a darkened atmosphere (achieved through editing).

Any comments or ideas are welcome. 

Questionnaire results

This response showed a teenage girl to be more ralatable in the film. Comments we recieved were that a female would be more vulnerable, therefore it would add to the suspense of the trailer. As our teaser trailer is a psycological horror, our target audience are teenagers.

This question presented a fairly even split in the response, however explicit violence is slightly preferred. We will therefore aim to have explicit voilence in our teaser trailer, if possible, but it won't be a huge drawback if we are unable to because a lot of people asked voted for suggested violence.

 

This result is reassuring as we had already decided that our psychological thriller would tackle the theme of claustrophobia, using a coffin setting.

The results show that the majority would feel more intrigued by the teaser trailer if the narrative was left unexplained, so we will reveal as little of it as possible.

Clearly, the results show that almost everyone agreed that diegetic sound heightens intensity. Therefore, we will use mostly diegetic sound in the more intense parts of our trailer and probably mostly non-diegetic in the calmer parts.

Handheld shots appear popular in action scenes, so we will aim to include some in our trailer. However, many people also said 'sometimes' they like them- presumably they don't like handheld shots that look bad, so we won't include ours if they aren't good.