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Mr Bush

WWW:

• Very good understanding of of genre
• Conventional
• Location shots
• Good teaser
• Using media terminology

EBI:

• Had less text on screen
• Check BBFC to refer back to guidelines

By Yusra =)

Analysis of trailers...

Paranormal Activity

Rated 15 this horror film is a low budget film where a couple move into a suburban home but are disturbed with a demonic presence in the house. Due to technology increasing films now have increasing supernatural killing whereas in the past the use of props was dominant.The conventions used are an unseen threat which is revealed or understood until the end. The film has no new equilibrium and the twist is the girl in the end was the demonic being all along. So sometimes the protagonist can have a hidden agenda which isn't revealed until the end so there is a twist.Props used to create suspense such as doors slamming mysteriously and things breaking unexpectedly. The most common type of suspense horror films use is when there is a jump cut to something unexpected so your attention is forced to focus on a certain thing.

The trailer uses text which zooms in to foreshadow the events.Music used is parallel and sound effects used are sudden to emphasise the shots and what taking place. The mise en scene is usually dark and for this film to be unique and successful the director Oren Peli has used night-vision and is recording the film from the couples point of view which has never been done before so that the audience can experience things at the same time.Due to Paranormal Activity being watched in 3D its even more realistic for the audience when things go flying its coming at the audience and therefore its a more enjoyable experience.

My Bloody Valentine

This horror film rated 18, directed by Patrick Lussieris is about protagonist Tom who returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine's night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, however, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders, and it seems like his old flame is the only one will believes he's innocent. The trailer uses a lot of jump cuts and fades to black with sound effects of sudden actions and heavy breathing.Flashes quite fast paced shots put together with a voice over. The heartbeat sound effect makes us identify with the victims and shows the fear.

The masked killer is a typical convention which is reinforced to hide the identity of antagonist. The props used for him is a mask a black outfit and an axe as the murder weapon.The lighting used is generally low key lighting. The mise en scene has people with blood on them set in dark places outside as well as indoors.There not much music only sound effect which convey the distress of the characters.This film is the kind where you are made to believe something and at the end there is an unexpected twist and they way it end suggests there could be a sequel as there is no new equilibrium.

By Mariam and Yusra

Meeting feedback

I'm glad to say that things are finally taking place as we started storyboarding this week so hopefully we will move onto the script writing stage by the end of this week so we can start filming as soon as possible fingers crossed xD
BUT we still need to complete:

• Magazine research for two different publications
• Another trailer analysis for a low budget film
• Script

And just a general note..'Have Faith'..Harpreets Words =)

By Mariam

One Step 2 Far...

Ideas of Conventions..

• Blood
• Killing
• Death
• Villain
• Victims
• Haunted houses and isolated settigns
• Monsters
• Evil
• Weapons
• Darkness
• Storms
• Chase sequences
• Gore
• Violence
• Screams
• Ghosts

By Harpreet

Ideas for scenes..

We experimented with props but things didn't turn out as expected (the two pictures above!) but nevertheless its good we did this so we are ready when we film.

By: Mariam

The phantom of the opera research..

The famous unmasking scene which was said to have made the theater patrons scream and faint in 1925.The 1930 version is on the left and the original 1925 version on the right.

Lon Chaney in the role as the phantom

As part of our research we looked at old horror movies from the past from the 1920's to give us more ideas about the genre of horror.

The phantom of the opera was first released in 1925 and is one of the most 'greatest horror' movies released from the past.

The film featured Lon Chaney in the title role as the masked and facially deformed phantom who haunts the paris opera house causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to force the management to make the women he loves a star.

It is most famous for Lon Chaney's intentionally horrific self applied make up.

Directed by:Rupert Julian

Produced by: Carl Laemmle

Genre:Horror, drama

Cast: Lon Chaney,Mary Khilibin,Norman Kerry

Certificate: pg

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Release date: 15 November 1925.The phantom Of The Opera was a low budget movie has the technology and camera quality was not as developed then as the 21st century.

Production:

A small production company will form and have an idea for a new movie.They will then have to get funding for this movie.Movies often cost many millions of pounds to make.The produciton company will go to a distributor for this money.If the distributor likes the idea in other words that the film has a winning formula (similar films have been successful before) or that it is so brilliantly original that it amazes them (this is most unlikely to be the case).Also the ideas must meet the conventions of the genres to which it belongs.Then the distributor may well lend the money for the prodction company to make thier film.The distributor can force changes to the idea to demand that certain stars appear in the film.

By Harpreet