Animatic Storyboard

My group and I, are currently in the process of creating our animatic storyboard. It has taken some time unfortunately, as there has been a problem with the software however, it is all sorted now and we are back on track with making it. I have used the exact same pictures as I used for the previous story board, as it was easier to use these pictures instead of having to draw them out again. So far I have uploaded the story board pictures onto adobe premiere element and have started to edit each individual shot as to long they are going to be. My group and I will proceed with this task on our next media lesson.

Audience Profiling x2

I have looked further into audience profiling for horror, and I have looked into when horror films are most likely to be released at the cinema. Horror films are most likely to be released during november through to october, during the halloween period. This is a good time for horror films to be released, as more people are likely to go to the cinema to watch a horror filming at halloween. All types of film genres have different times during the year when they are released for instance, halloween is a time for horror films to be released, christmas is a time for christmas films to be released and valentine is a time for romantic comedy's to be released. Depending on what time of year it is, depends on when a film is released, and depending on which genre the film is.

• Halloween was released in October 1978 however, there has been a remake of the film that was released in august 2007.

• Elf was released in November 2003, which was just in time for christmas.

• Valentines Day was released in February 2010

Filming Diary

On Friday 28th January, it was our first time filming part of our film. My group and I didn't have much success, as we were planning on filming most of the outside scenes of the killer walking towards the house however, we realised that there is not a flash light on the video camera, so we were unable to see anything in the dark. From this we have had to re-think how we are going to solve this, we have come up with filming the outside scenes during the day time as it is the only way that it will work with being able to see the killer. We realise that the film will not look as affective as it would have being filmed in the dark, but it is the only way that we are able to film the killer. My group and I, are hoping that this won't affect our film too much and will still look affective and realistic.


We will next be filming on the (4th february), which everyone will be able to make. My group and I are hoping to film the outside scenes to see how effective it looks filming during the day/evening time.

Filming Schedule

Day (Date)	Scene/shot	Characters	Props needed	Location
1 (Friday 28th January)	2, 3	Emma and Ben	Bed, bedroom objects, telephone, characters costumes	Emma's bedroom upstairs in the house
2 (Friday 11th February)	20, 21, 22, 23	Emma and Ben	Characters costume, bed, front door bell	Emma's bedroom, hall way, stairs, downstairs
3 (Friday 18th February)	6, 7, 8	Emma, Ben and Bel	Characters costumes, living room objects	Front door and living room
3 (Friday 18th February)	1, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14	Killer, Emma	Telephone, mobile phone, characters costumes, house objects	Alley way, outside Kates house, in doors downstairs
4 (Friday 25th February)	15, 16, 17, 18, 19	Killer, Emma and Ben	Death threat, house objects, character costumes	Letter Box, Downstairs

By making a film schedule my group and I found this an easier way of keeping track as to when we are filming, whereby everyone can follow it and there won't be any confusion as everyone is able to follow it and to remember props, costumes etc. There may be changes to the schedule at some point, due to team members being ill or unable to attend, or a possibility that we can't use the setting location (house) or having to also add dates to the schedule to film scenes that are needed to be filmed again if the footage is not so good.

Questionnaire results

Question one - 'What do you expect from a horror film?'
We had many different answers however the general idea was to be scared and unsettled.
These are some of the answers from the question-'supernatural incidents' , 'Sense of suprise', 'Gore and death'


Question two-'In your opinion how important is the sound in a horror film?'
All answers had strong opinions of the sound being very important to the film.
'Very important as it creates the appropiate atmosphere and mood for the film', 'Very, it helps build a creepy atmosphere', 'Music is very important as is builds suspense and puts you on edge'
This questions was extremely helpful to us as we will make sure sound is a huge part of our opening two minutes.


Question three-'What type of charachters do you expect from a horror film?'
Most of the questionaires were given out to teens so the answers may reflect that however we gave a couple out to adults to help balance the results consequentley ensuring the answers were more reliable.
'Young, normally teenagers and attractive'. 'Girls that are vunerable and helpless', 'Innocent looking girls', 'Dark, mysterious middle aged man'.


Question 4 - ' What props do you find most effective in a horror film?'
' Knives, sharp objects', 'A closet or basement', 'Body parts', 'Blood'
As we will be using a knife as our muder weapon the question helped to clarify that this was a good idea.


Question 5- 'Do you prefer a fast-paced opening or slow, suspense building opening?'
Interestingly all the boys said a fast paced opening so they don't get bored however the girls said a slow suspense opening to create tension. This question was useful as we wanted to get an idea of what the viewers expect from the opening two minutes.


Question 6 - 'Do you notice the font of the opening credits?'
' Yes the font always helps to contribute to the horror theme', 'Sometimes, depends how they are shown', 'Not usually'.
These answers helped us to decide that our opening credits will be effective with the names in red to relate to the horror theme.


Question 7- 'What setting do you want to see when you are watching a horror film? (Circle where appropiate)
There were 5 possible answers- Abandoned house, School, Party, Woods, Hospital.
Most people circled abandoned house and woods. We were pleased with the result as we will be filming in alley ways but also in a house.




Overall our questionaire was extremley helpful, as it helped clarify what props to use, but also to know the expectations of viewers when they are watching a horror film.

Finalised name for our film

My group and I have decided on the finalised name for the film and have chosen to go with 'Paranoid'! We feel that the name Paranoid represents the whole film, as our film is all about being paranoid. The title of the film gives the audience an idea as to what the film may be about, and also fits into the horror film cliche.

Opening credits/intertitles

• My group and I have chosen our opening credits.
• We have chosen a black background and red writing for the credits.
• The red writing will slowy transform onto the black back ground which will appear after the establishing shot of the house.
• The credits will include, the names of the directors and producers, actors and music of the film and the credits will only be on screen for less than 6 seconds.
• We have chosen to use a black background with red writing, as we feel that this will look effective as the red writing will stand out big and bold to capture the audiences eye and so the audience notice who the directors, producers and actors are etc.
• We have also chosen the colours black and red so we keep to the same colour theme throughout the film.
• Red and black are good contrasting colours, red gives off a death and edgie vibe and black fits in well with the dark mysterious mood.
• There will be non - diegetic music added to the credits to make it look and sound effective and realistic.

Here I have attached the opening credits of Sority Row, which is similar to how my own title and credits are going to look, however, I will have red writing not white as I think red and black contrast better together for representing a horror film. My writing for the title and credits will be a bit bigger and more bold to stand out, which will make the title eye catching to the audience.