P.S.

I need to see evidence of audience testing here. Show your film to members of your target audience to get their response. This will help you to evaluate the effectiveness of the production more objectively.
Mrs A

Feedback 3.3.09

Hi guys,

You need to post your completed sequence on here now please. See Rachel or Nikki regarding this if you're struggling. Also, if you haven't already, make sure your bring in a disk (+R DVD) for us to burn your project for the examiner.

Thanks (Mrs A)

Filming Edits On Storyboard

Upon some test shots, we came across some problems within filming our shots specified on our storyboard.

Shot 6; because of the size of the room, the camera will be more focused on Morgan as she enters the room and sits down rather than showing the whole room. Since the TV is important in a later shot, it will be established as being in the room by Morgan switching it on and by the diegetic noise it produces.

Shot 7; Rather than the killer appearing at the window, as he would be difficult to see, he will instead stand in view on the other side of the living room door. Also, this helps establish a first person view shot later in the scene, as we can see now that he is already in the house.

Shot 12/13; Once Morgan reaches the top of the stairs and goes into the little girls bedroom, the camera will follow her from a first person shot, designed to make the viewer think she is being followed. We also found that this will be done while holding the camera in hand, and the creaks from the tripod were distracting plus the shaky movement looks like some one is watching her. 

;Jack Tomlinson&Morgan Anderson

Storyboard

Feedback - 13.01.09

Good progress here! I'm glad to see that your idea has evolved into a clear sequence, although you only have two minutes so you need to think caerefully about how tis will work. You will need to storyboard this carefully paying close attention to the timing of your shots. I'm hoping you have done this by today (as i requested last week) so that i can check and offer advice. You need to get going on this asap. Good research and evaluation of your prelim task. (Mrs A)

Synopsis+Mise En Scène

Synopsis;
A suspicious murder of a young babysitter occurs in the quiet town of Burnley. No evidence is found, no trace, no DNA, no fingerprints, only a drawing of a clown. The drawing, reminiscient of a murder victim, that took place some years ago shocks the local police as they try to hide the events. However, it is up too a friend of the deceased babysitter to solve the mystery before anymore lives are taken.

Characters;
Babysitter; played by Morgan. The babysitter will be the typical first victim, very young, innocent and naive.
Killer-'The Clown'; played by Matt. We decided to go with a 'clown' theme, based on the Joker from Batman, to enact on the wide fear of clowns in an audience. Has a very disturbed look, general look should create some enigmas; as with most horror movie killers.
Child; played by Lucy, Morgan's sister. Mainly the character is used to set up the job of the babysitter. She also creates one of the story's enigmas, as she is responsible for the drawing of the 'clown'.

Time&Location;
Time; Set in the year 2009, modern. Opening sequence will be set at night, typical cliché setting for a slasher flick murder victim.
Location; The sequence shall be filmed at Morgan's house. We shall do an establishing shot of the street and house to set the location. Very important shot, as this shall be done following the killer to the house.

Enigmas;
By convention, our opening sequence must set up a number of enigmas. We hope to achieve the following enigmas;
*Who is the killer?
*Why is he targeting an innocent babysitter?
*Why does he look the way he does?
*How did the child manage to draw a picture of the killers face?
*What happens to the babysitter?

Costumes;
Morgan; simple normal teenage girl wear. Will help establish the time of the sequence (modern day)
'The Clown'; we aren't going to dress him as a typical clown. We are basing his appearence more like 'The Joker' from Batman, with a messily painted face, to give him a disturbing look. His clothes will either be of a varied range of bright colours, maybe dirtied to tie in with the clown theme, or something along the lines of a suit, to give the clown a more classic dark look.

Lighting;
To set the scene, and make the equilibrium seem normal, the house will be very well lit. However, for the scenes in which we try to induce fear, more low key lighting will be used. We have to be careful with low key lighting, as to ensure everything in the camera frame is visible. We are trying to get some silhouette shots of the clown, to show him as a dark figure, which should be feared.

;Jack Tomlinson

Horror Movie Serial Killers

In our horror movie, myself and Morgan have established that there will be a killer, featured in the opening sequences. Killers play a pivotal role as the antagonist in most horror movies, providing a main source of horror for the audience. I am going to briefly analyse some famous killers in horror movies to see what features our killer should have.
1.Hannibal Lecter;Hannibal
A brilliant yet a sadistic madman. Unlike many psycho killers, he is a genuis. He lacks any sort of weapson such as a chainsaw or knife; a deadly stare or the tone of his voice is enough to shock both the characters and the audience.
2.The Jigsaw Killer;Saw
Another killer that relies more on chilling acting and tense atmosphers to invoke fear into an audience. He developed traps for his victims or 'subjects' to pass, based ironically on the qualities he thought they were missing.
3.Freddy Kruger;Nightmare On Elm Street
A sadistic killer that haunts the dreams of children and kills them from within. One of the most iconic killers in history, his burnt fleshed face and his infamous claw hands which he stalked his vicims terrified the 80's audience.
4.Michael Myers;Halloween
Michael Myers started the whole slasher craze, he set about killing off the neighborhood’s promiscuous teenage population. He spent his childhood locked away in a mental institution after stabbing his older sister to death, but no treatment could cure his urge to kill. Michael possesses a strong will, stealth, and most importantly, immortality — traits that would be emulated in many future horror movie killers.

;Jack Tomlinson