Introduction: what did you make, who did you work with and where did the original idea come from?
For our media assignment, we were to create the beginning of a horror film; of two minute duration. Having selected the psychological sub-genre, it was essential that research was carried out into previous similar films.
Watching the beginning of films such as...
- The Others
- Sixth Sense
- The Ring
...inspired our thoughts and began to build the foundation of our film. We were able to research in to title sequences, and the way cinematography/mise en scene/sound and editing reflect the genre chosen. Our final idea was mainly inspired by the infamous Voodoo Doll.
Whilst looking at other students previous work (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYZooMY5tS0) we came across one that involved torture and we became great fans of the narrative. Having adapted it in our own ways (such as involving crime and separate narratives for character development) our idea was firm, and we were to begin looking at the technical aspects of our own creation.
Our production process went really well and amazingly we managed to shoot all the necessary footage in one single day. There were no problems with the crew, as we only had two actors, and one was a member of the team - also the weather was exactly as we had hoped. One slight problem we had with filming was how quickly it became dark and consequently we often struggled to set up the lighting correctly in order to accommodate this. However, once we watched the footage back on the computer and made some slight contrast adjustments we were pleased with the outcome.
The relationship between our group of three was outstanding, already being friends helped to work as a team in order to create the best possible result. Everyone had a fair share of work to do, and whenever there was a problem (such as the natural lighting) all members of the group would forward their suggestions of how to tackle the issue(s) and eventually come to a resolution.
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