Monday 18 October 2010

Questionaire

In order to determine how to create our horror trailer we handed out a questionaire to fifty people; (The answers that are marked in bold are the most common)

How old are you?

1. Under 15

2. 15-24


3. 25-30

4. 30 +


What is your favourite genre of film?

1. Horror

2. Comedy

3. Thriller

4. Romance

5. Action


How often do you watch horror films?

1. Everyday

2. Once a week

3. Once a month

4. Never


What do you think are the main conventions of a horror film?

1. Monsters

2. Blood

3. Killers

4. Zombies

5. Ghosts


What do you think makes a good location for a horror film?

1. Beach

2. Forest

3. Graveyard

4. School

5. House


Who do you prefer to be a victim in a horror film?

1. Male

2. Female


What name sounds suitable for a horror film?

1. Simon Says

2. One Night

3. Psycho Simon

4. Ouija horror


Should the trailer be in chronological order?

1. Yes

2. No


What camera angles do you think are most effective in a horror film? (Pick 2)

1. Close up

2. Extreme close up

3. Long shot

4. Tilt

5. Medium shot close up


What type of music do you think is the scariest?

1. Slow, quiet

2. Fast, loud

MUSIC

We needed some scary eerie music to play throughout the trailer; the questionnaire tells us that the audience find slower more creepy music scarier than faster songs. Here is some we are considering;



Gary Jules - Mad World

All around me are familiar facesWorn out places, Worn out facesBright and early for the daily racesGoing nowhere, Going nowhereTheir tears are filling up their glassesNo expression, No expressionHide my head I want to drown my sorrowNo tomorrow, No tomorrow

Chorus

And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sadThese dreams in which i'm dying, Are the best I’ve ever hadI find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to takeWhen people run in circles it’s a very very….Mad World, Mad World

Verse 2

Children waiting for the day they feel goodHappy Birthday, Happy BirthdayAnd they feel the way that every child shouldSit and listen, Sit and listenWent to school and I was very nervous No one knew me, No one knew meHello teacher tell me whats my lessonLook right through me, Look right through me

Chorus

And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sadThese dreams in which i'm dying, Are the best I’ve ever hadI find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to takeWhen people run in circles it’s a very very….Mad World, Mad WorldEnlargen your world

Andreas Kleerup - Until we bleed

I'm naked I'm numb I'm stupid I'm staying
And if Cupid's got a gun, then he's shootin'Lights blackHeads bang
You're my drug We live it You're drunk, you need it
Real love, I'll give itSo we're bound to linger onWe drink the fatal drop
Then love until we bleedThen fall apart in parts
You wasted your times
On my heart
You've burnedAnd if bridges gotta fall, then you'll fall, too
Doors slamLights black
You're goneCome backStay goneStay clean
I need you to need meSo we're bound to linger on
We drink the fatal drop
Then love until we bleed
Then fall apart in parts
Now we're bound to linger onWe drink the fatal drop
Then love until we bleed
Then fall apart in parts

Positiva Records (UK)

Evanescene - My Immortal

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have All of me
You used to captivate me
By your resonating life
Now I'm bound by the life you've left behind
Your face it haunts My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away All the sanity in me
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along

Monday 11 October 2010

A2 Film Trailer

For my A2 assignment I had the choice of making either a film trailer or a music video, with my two other teammates, Alysha Pearson (http://AlyshaPearson.blogspot.com/) and Emily Laws (http://EmilyLaws.blogspot.com/). We planned and designed a questionnaire to determine which would be the more popular of these two choices and came to the conclusion to make a film trailer as it was most popular. Although we are all working together to make it we each will have our own responsibilities to help show our different skills, which we put towards producing the trailer. My responsibilities are costume design and editing. We chose horror as a genre of the trailer because we designed another questionnaire to decide what was most popular and horror came out most popular. We are going to be using lots of different equipment throughout the project such as recording equipment and different software to put our recordings together. We are also going to produce a poster in which to advertise the trailer and a DVD cover.