Dead Mans Alley Storyboard
Sunday, 19 February 2012
Codes and Conventions of horror films
Codes and conventions which are typically found to be used in horror films.
-Ominous mise-en-scene e.g dark nights, isolated location, emphasis on noises such a wind, dogs barking swing creaking, people walking/breathing, bad weather e.g storms lighting blackouts is used to manipulate the characters so then they can't escape.
-Killer has to have an iconic method or weapon of killing. Scream - Ghost face & knife, Saw - Jigsaw & the mask. Nightmare on elm street - Clothings and knife glove.
-Disorientation/disturbance of the audience - can do this through many ways; digetic and non-digetic sounds, un-natural camera movements can make the audience feel disorientated and absorb them into the film.
- Horror films usually target teenagers and young adults as it can play on their vulnerability and naivety.
- First to be killed is usually a teenage girl stereotypical - blonde hair a bit dumb plays off the "rules" of a horror film e.g don't inspect a noise from outside, don't go off on your own, don't ask who's there?
- The main character whom survives being killed until the end usually has problems with themselves, relationships, family, etc this is used to progress the story and make them feel more relateable which in tale makes the film more scary as the audience can be placed in the film easier.
-Horror film settings can differ from either a secluded isolated location, or they can use a location which is more seemingly "safe" e.g a characters home, school this is used to scare the audience further as it breaks their safety and can make the film seem more relatable.
- Some films use plots where they remove any trust or aid from things that people usually go to for help e.g parents, the police, and our friends as this makes not only the characters in the film but the audience feel no sense of protection and safety thus again making it scarier.
-POV (point of view) shots from the killer are a must in a horror film as they place the audience into the film emphasising the thrill and the make the victim seem more vulnerable and defenceless.
-Surprise twists within the plot, e.g a person whom was seemingly safe is suddendly killed, a killer is revealed to be somebody who was presented as harmless character throughout the film.
-Ominous mise-en-scene e.g dark nights, isolated location, emphasis on noises such a wind, dogs barking swing creaking, people walking/breathing, bad weather e.g storms lighting blackouts is used to manipulate the characters so then they can't escape.
-Killer has to have an iconic method or weapon of killing. Scream - Ghost face & knife, Saw - Jigsaw & the mask. Nightmare on elm street - Clothings and knife glove.
-Disorientation/disturbance of the audience - can do this through many ways; digetic and non-digetic sounds, un-natural camera movements can make the audience feel disorientated and absorb them into the film.
- Horror films usually target teenagers and young adults as it can play on their vulnerability and naivety.
- First to be killed is usually a teenage girl stereotypical - blonde hair a bit dumb plays off the "rules" of a horror film e.g don't inspect a noise from outside, don't go off on your own, don't ask who's there?
- The main character whom survives being killed until the end usually has problems with themselves, relationships, family, etc this is used to progress the story and make them feel more relateable which in tale makes the film more scary as the audience can be placed in the film easier.
-Horror film settings can differ from either a secluded isolated location, or they can use a location which is more seemingly "safe" e.g a characters home, school this is used to scare the audience further as it breaks their safety and can make the film seem more relatable.
- Some films use plots where they remove any trust or aid from things that people usually go to for help e.g parents, the police, and our friends as this makes not only the characters in the film but the audience feel no sense of protection and safety thus again making it scarier.
-POV (point of view) shots from the killer are a must in a horror film as they place the audience into the film emphasising the thrill and the make the victim seem more vulnerable and defenceless.
-Surprise twists within the plot, e.g a person whom was seemingly safe is suddendly killed, a killer is revealed to be somebody who was presented as harmless character throughout the film.
Equitment List
This is the equipment that we used for out open sequence...
1.) Camera
2.) Tripod
4.) Black glove
5.) Mobile Phone- for the use of the character
1.) Camera
2.) Tripod
4.) Black glove
5.) Mobile Phone- for the use of the character
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Opening Sequence film plan.
Title: Dead Man's Alley
Storyline: Its a dark cold, gloomy night and a girl is walking through an alley shes distracted by her phone when suddenly she hears the noise of a cat screeching and she panics and drops her phone.
It is dark so she looks around for her phone when she discovers a hand, she is in shock to she backs away into something.
Camera movements: at the beginning of the film, the camera is at the front of the alley watching the protagonists character walking down the alley, then we have a jump cut to the oppposite end of the alley to show her walking down the alley from the killer perspective, it jumps back to the front of the character as a mid-shot to establish that she is distracted on her phone. Then we return to the point of view shot of the killer from over the girls shoulder.
The camera will then track the main character from this point on showing, the killers point of view and also what the girl can see aswell, this allows us to see her dropping her phone, going further in to finding it and and then a close-up of the hand and also the girls hand going coming into shot with it, we then go back to the killers point of view where we see the girl stand up in shock and backing into the killer. This scene then ends with a gloved hand covering the girls mouth.
Throughout this opening sequence the titles of the film will be running along the bottom.
Mise-en-scene: Gloves, Mobile phone, hand
-( modern day british horror, clothing choice optional)
Roles ans Responsibilities
1.) Editor - Lisandra
2.) Actors- Georgia-Mae & Lisandra
3.) Camera directors- Vicki & Renee
Storyline: Its a dark cold, gloomy night and a girl is walking through an alley shes distracted by her phone when suddenly she hears the noise of a cat screeching and she panics and drops her phone.
It is dark so she looks around for her phone when she discovers a hand, she is in shock to she backs away into something.
Camera movements: at the beginning of the film, the camera is at the front of the alley watching the protagonists character walking down the alley, then we have a jump cut to the oppposite end of the alley to show her walking down the alley from the killer perspective, it jumps back to the front of the character as a mid-shot to establish that she is distracted on her phone. Then we return to the point of view shot of the killer from over the girls shoulder.
The camera will then track the main character from this point on showing, the killers point of view and also what the girl can see aswell, this allows us to see her dropping her phone, going further in to finding it and and then a close-up of the hand and also the girls hand going coming into shot with it, we then go back to the killers point of view where we see the girl stand up in shock and backing into the killer. This scene then ends with a gloved hand covering the girls mouth.
Throughout this opening sequence the titles of the film will be running along the bottom.
Mise-en-scene: Gloves, Mobile phone, hand
-( modern day british horror, clothing choice optional)
Roles ans Responsibilities
1.) Editor - Lisandra
2.) Actors- Georgia-Mae & Lisandra
3.) Camera directors- Vicki & Renee
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