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Final Product

Hey guys. So our film is finally complete: edited, sound, finished! :) So you are free to watch it online and let us know what you think! We're near on 200 views in total, which is great, the more the merrier!

Our final film is called "anonymous" - to keep the identity of the killer a secret.

You can find the video on:

http://www.youtube.com/user/missylex
http://www.youtube.com/user/kiaandherguitar
http://www.youngdirectors.co.uk - go into "categories" - "openings" and ours is listed there.

Lauren Final Costume

This is a still from our final product. We chose to dress Lauren in jeans, a white starred t-shirt, heels, and a red cardigan. We chose to use jeans, the eyebrow piercing and a plain starred top so that her character was identifyable as a teen girl but not a stereotypical teen or a typical blonde bombshell/damsel in distress victim. This also shows part of her character which would be revealed later on in the film. The red cardigan, low cut t-shirt and high heels suggest sexual awareness in Lauren's character and also are signifiers that suggest that she could be in danger. The colour red is reccuring in our film opening.

"How To" Videos and Experiments

Here are examples of where we experimented with garage band and the mac computers to help us to create effective sound/ music for our coursework. We also watched "how to" videos on youtube and listened to clips of music from other horror films. From this we learnt skills such as how to extract sound from our video clips and noticed that in other film music, stringed instruments and pianos were used frequently.

Primary Research Results

Q.10 Describe ONE image in a film that you've seen that frightened you:

A face appearing out of nowhere
A ghost living in a doll that jumped out.
A girl coming out of the tv
A pale face in the dark in an attic in the grudge
An unkown figure suddenly appearing!
Candyman: girl in the mirror repeating words
Child turning in to a poltergeist, speaking with another voice, in exorcist
Clown masks
Face appearing through steam in a mirror
Face in bath water
Faceless shadow
Flash of light revealing a face in a darkened room
Gillotine
Girl coming out from tv, hideo nakatas classic
Girl crawling out of the tv.. (the ring)
Girl sticking finger into bulletwound in head
Head being ripped off
Hero running up stairs with killer chasing
In a movie called dead girl, it was a quick flash
Jaws
Monster emerging without warning
Nun strapped in chair went mental
Person appearing out of nowhere
Scary
Shadow passing by a window at night
She wakes up to fine the golems creeping at her
Sudden appearance of the villain
The grudge in the security camera
The grudge-when the girl is coming down the stairs
The red-coated creature in don't look now - nic roeg
The trap/games in the saw films
The 'victim' being watched by the killer
The woman under the water in what lies beneath
When a face appearrs in a bathroom window
When a figure moves closer to the screen quickly
When someone is tied down and tortured
Woman watching as her bedroom door handle turns

Q.11 Name FIVE things that you would associate with a horror film. (followed by the number of people that said this)

Blood
Darkness
Death
Tension
Knife
Dark
Isolation
Killer
Scary music
Screaming 4
Fear 3
Music 3
Screams 3
Shadows 3
Suspense 3
Chainsaw 2
Creepy music 2
Gore 2
Knives 2
Mystery 2
Sex 2
Supernatural 2
Villan 2
Violence 2
Amputation 1
Anticipation 1
Axe 1
Based on truth 1
Being chased 1
Blades 1
Blood and horror 1
Bodies 1
Build up of tension 1
Carrot killings 1
Chase 1
Close up faces 1
Creepy score 1
Dislocation of limbs 1
Empty building 1
Everyday items used in a thretening way 1
Female 1
Female victim 1
Forests/woods 1
Ghosts 1
Girl 1
Glimpses of something 1
Horror scenes 1
Killers 1
Lonely 1
Look behind you 1
Main protagonist who makes it out alive 1
Make u not want to look 1
Makes you jump 1
Masked villain 1
Masks 1
Monsters 1
Morbid 1
Murder 1
Nudity 1
Outside normality 1
Pain 1
Parallel music/sound 1
Paranormal 1
Party 1
Phone ringing 1
Possession by the devil 1
Pretty young girl/s 1
Quick movement 1
Reflective stuff e.g. mirrors 1
Remote location 1
Running 1
Scream,ing 1
Screaming/heart beating 1
Shocks 1
Spooky weather 1
Stalker 1
Strange items used to kill people 1
Stress 1
Sudden shocks 1
Supernatural elements 1
Tense music 1
Tension/suspension 1
The elephant man 1
Torture 1
Trees and wind 1
Twist of events 1
Ulterior motive 1
Weapon 1
Weapons 1
Victim 1
Villain 1
Villanous eyes 1
Young people 1
Zombies 1

Q.12 What, to you, makes a horror film good?

A clever plot with twists and turns and surprises
A good story line, something that makes me paranoid
A new concept with traditional rules.
A solid story, good atmosphere, realistic effects,
A story that begins to unfold letting me find the villain!
Ability to tap into our innermost fears
An unambiguously frightening experience
Being scared out of my wit
'believable' villain
Creepy killings unknown killer till end odd plot
Darkness scary music or no music tension seeing things the character doesn’t
Enough with the killers....need better ghost story
Good characters
Good plot- keeps you guessing, suspense, scary
Great characters and interesting story
Horror mainly
It has to have tension building
It must be scary right from the beginning
It needs a good ending, not predictable not absurd
Jumpiness
Just watch harpers bay and you will inderstand
Makes you jump and feel scared after watching
Making the audience jump
Not knowing who the villan is to the end
Psychological creepiness that is realistic
Psychological fear. music. camera angles.
Right amount of tension (created by music)
Suspense
Suspense.
T n a and blood
Tension
Tension and a plot that keeps you interested/twist
Tension the unseen darkness unsettling noises and occurrences David lynch the lost highway is a great example
Tension, acting, reality
Tension, good idea, something new...
Tension, twist of events
Tension. good story built upon suspense and fear
-the music -fear of the unknown -tension
Too scared to watch but having to see it through

Q.13 What is your most memorable horror film opening and why? (followed by the number of people that answered this)

“inside"-it sets up the story as to why she kills 1
28 days later. first film i saw on return from Iraq 1
Alien 1 1
Amityville horror 1
Because it was shocking 1
Candy man 1
Can't remember any. 1
Can't say... most start out pretty easy. 1
Don't know 1
Exorcist - i never forgot it. 1
Ghost ship 1
Hell raiser because of the amount of blood used 1
Horror films are terrible i haven’t liked any 1
House of 100 corpses, love that movies 1
Never seen one 1
Not sure.. haven’t seen many ^^ 1
One missed call girl being dragged into water 1
Opening of Halloween, it is unexpected 1
Pitch black, a scream. Left in suspense rest o film 1
Saw 1
Saw - terror and disgust from outset 1
Saw, seeing the dead victims 1
Scream- uses all the conventions but with a twist 1
Scream, 1
Scream-it made me jump 1
Seven - the snapshots 1
Sixth sense grudge 1
Texas chainsaw- it starts really normal and then goes scary the original tobe hooper not the remake 1
The grudge - tension suspense darkness 1
The grudge, something exciting happens. but tense 1
The omen - loved premise of the film 1
The omen...movies about the devil are really creepy 1
The ring, it was the scariest thing ever! 1
The shining - good use of music and shot of scene 1
Too many to choose from 1
When darkness falls; suburban setting to nightmare 1
When i saw the dream child with Robert Englund 1
Zombie land straight into the action

Certificates (BBFC)

Sound

Kia is currently looking at different sound effects we can make with and without the help of Garage band.

Kia is in charge of sound and has been looking at songs to use in our film opening, and has also been looking at soundtracks from popular horror and slasher films.