Wednesday 26 June 2013

Analysis of past work presentation


Analysing horror trailers

This lesson i have created a powerpoint on past work and how i can use them to help get ideas for my own piece and what different techniques i can use. I am now looking at trailers for films such as Would You Rather, House At The End Of The Street, Prom Night, Hide and Seek etc. I am looking at some trailers which i have not seen the film so i dont already know what it is about, but i am also looking at trailers where i have seen the film and seeing which parts they have picked from the film to make the trailer. On the trailers i have watched so far, they all start slowly and the pace speeds up to build tention, there are also very quick shots.
I have also looked at the trailer for the documentary Salinger and even that is using the typical conventions of a horror trailer, such as voice overs etc to make it sound exciting.

Monday 24 June 2013

Horror conventions

I have been looking at different horror trailers and found the conventional techniques used are things such as the length of the shots, they are genrally short to build a dramatic effect. The colour palette is also usually dark, as is the lighting. They are normally set in an isolated place, often places with a history of strange events.
There are different camera angles used such as point of view shots, this type of shot is used often as it involves the audience. There is also a lot of handheld camera work as this also involves the audience.
The sound effects in horror trailers have a huge impact as they set the mood, sound genrally builds up towards the end of the trailer to create tension.
The editing of a horror trailer also has a big impact as it allows you to speed things up, slow it down, change the colour etc.

This is the chase sequence we filmed, i think we could of improved it with different editing but it was our first attempt. If we had a little longer to edit i think it would have been better because we ended up rushing at cutting the best parts out of each shot and putting them together for the final sequence.

Ideas for my piece

For A2 i plan to film a horror trailer as i watch a lot of horror films and i think its the genre i will be best at. This lesson i will look at past work and analyse them, i will make sure to look at at least one horror trailer so i can see how past years have done it and what i think are good techniques to use and what are not.

Watching the chase sequence

In Wednesdays lesson both groups put out chase sequence onto a memory stick and put it on the projector so the rest of the class could watch it. I think our sequence would have been better if we had more time for editing as we could have added music etc. The other groups piece was well put together.

Monday 17 June 2013

Editing

We spent last lesson editing the footage we had shot for the chase. This was the first time i have edited footage i have took so we worked as a group because some people were more experienced in working on the computer programme. We tried various different techniques to see what made it look realistic, we took several shots of the scene and cut the best parts out of each and merged them together.

Monday 10 June 2013

Preliminary Task

Today we were practising using the equipment for moving image. We got a told how to use the cameras and how to change the settings on them etc,  we had to film a chase so we asked a few people who had free lessons to help and be involved. We filmed it in amongst the trees behind the school and made it quite scary as Steven hid behind a tree and then began to chase Rebecca. We made it seem as if Rebecca knocked the camera over as she ran and then Steven picked the camera up and filmed himself chasing her. I will post the sequence soon.