We carved the date of when the young girl went missing into the tree. This was to incorporate it into our film so it was as though the young girl went missing and adapted her way of life there and started to go crazy. 
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Location
This is our chosen filming location. We decided upon Roke Mead Copse as it was easy to access, not too far away from our school and as Bronte knew the person who owned it, we knew that it was safe to film in.
Both of the images above are on our way into the forest. As you can see as it had been raining and wasn't very warm, it was very muddy in which we had to wear our wellies. However as we were going into the forest it was sheltered and wasn't quite as muddy.
These 3 images above are from when we got into the forest. As it's a farm we found a small unused pen that we thought might be useful in the film as it seemed quite creepy and it was strangely placed. For the bottom image I used a pinhole setting which made the forest appear darker than it was. Going straight after school meant that it was still quite light out and might affect the effect of the footage, therefore I had to try and discover some way in which we could make it appear darker than it was.
Both of the images above are on our way into the forest. As you can see as it had been raining and wasn't very warm, it was very muddy in which we had to wear our wellies. However as we were going into the forest it was sheltered and wasn't quite as muddy.
These 3 images above are from when we got into the forest. As it's a farm we found a small unused pen that we thought might be useful in the film as it seemed quite creepy and it was strangely placed. For the bottom image I used a pinhole setting which made the forest appear darker than it was. Going straight after school meant that it was still quite light out and might affect the effect of the footage, therefore I had to try and discover some way in which we could make it appear darker than it was.
Friday, 25 January 2013
Names for our child character
As a group we researched into children's names which would be appropriate for the news article in which the young girl is going to be featured. After much thought we carefully considered that her name had to be archaic and a common name used in the 60's and 70's as this was the year she went missing. It also had to represent some innocence of the figure as we discussed with the exorcism of Emily Rose, that would portray the young innocent child being overpowered by the source of evil.
Here are some of the names:
Alice: We thought that Alice connated innocence quite well as people would think of other films such as Alice in Wonderland. It was also one of the common names used in the 70's, however we thought that this name was too modern.
Autumn: It's quite a unique name yet we didn't think that it would connotate that the girl was from the 70's, as it's also quite a modern name.
Sophie: This name like the others is also quite modern. We really wanted the name to stand out and really appear old fashioned.
Molly: We weren't sure about the name Molly. It would be our second choice however there are a large young population that are called Molly now.
Bonnie: We particularly liked Bonnie as it was quite an old fashioned name. It also seemed quite innocent as there is a Nursery rhyme called 'My Bonnie' which people might relate to their childhood.
Here are some of the names:
Alice: We thought that Alice connated innocence quite well as people would think of other films such as Alice in Wonderland. It was also one of the common names used in the 70's, however we thought that this name was too modern.
Autumn: It's quite a unique name yet we didn't think that it would connotate that the girl was from the 70's, as it's also quite a modern name.
Sophie: This name like the others is also quite modern. We really wanted the name to stand out and really appear old fashioned.
Molly: We weren't sure about the name Molly. It would be our second choice however there are a large young population that are called Molly now.
Bonnie: We particularly liked Bonnie as it was quite an old fashioned name. It also seemed quite innocent as there is a Nursery rhyme called 'My Bonnie' which people might relate to their childhood.
Thursday, 24 January 2013
Character
After disscusions within the group about the character we would have, we decided upon our friend Zuzie to play the role of the haunted girl. We decided this because she fit the bill properly as she was quite small and could play a child. She also has long black hair that it was we wanted the character to have. As well as this she casts in all the school plays and is very good at acting which is one of the most important parts as we want her to be scary and this can also show that she can adapt to any character she's given.
New storyboards
As a group we decided to create a new and more defined story board. Deciding that I would be the illustrator for this, we got together and finalised our music choices, timings and shots.
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Delay
Unfortunately our plans to film over the weekend had been halted due to the weather. As it had snowed it meant that travelling would be dangerous and it would also be too cold to stay out and film in the costumes that we wanted to. As well as that it's not a part of our scenery as we wanted it to be quite a cold and dark scene however the snow would make it a lot lighter and lessen the horror effect.
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
Horror film names
I decided to research into some horror film names to see which were succesful and which ones we really liked so this could help us to think of a film name that would be really strong and outstanding that will strike the audience into wanting to find out more about it.
Here are a list of film names that are really powerful:
1. Sinister - This is a short yet effective name. One word named films are often striking and imply that they depict a lot. The word 'sinister' is a negative adjective and has the connotation of being dark. It's associated with people who have something quite shady about them or actions that are threatening or portend evil of some kind. I really like this idea of having a one word title with a word that's relevant to the genre and also striking to the audience.
2. The excorcism of Emily Rose- I particularly like the innocence surrounding this title. Including a young girls name next to the word exorcism is almost like a binary opposition. It's almost as though it's good vs evil, the young girl being overpowered by evil sources. As we're supposed to have a young girl in our film, we could use this kind of method to create a poweful title that will be quite shocking yet hooking.
3. Insidious - Once again, as with Sinister this film has only a single word title. Insidious has the meaning of proceeding gradually but in a harmful way. This also has a dark mysterious meaning to it, and that it's proceeding to mean the build up in the story will be harmful to the characters.
4. Halloween - Another 80's classic. Halloween is the 'festival of the dead' where every year on October 31st people dress up in scary outfits, carve pumpkins and do anything scary and because of this the fact a film was named after it it's now instantly associated with anything horror related.
9. Eden Lake - I particularly like that the film is named after the place that it was shot in. It's still powerful as it's impyling to the audience that this place has some mystery and secrets behind it and almost personifiying it. We could consider this when mind mapping our ideas as our location for our film trailer is set in an abandoned holiday centre, which used to be a place of happiness and now is riddled with debris and just left as it was.
Here are a list of film names that are really powerful:
1. Sinister - This is a short yet effective name. One word named films are often striking and imply that they depict a lot. The word 'sinister' is a negative adjective and has the connotation of being dark. It's associated with people who have something quite shady about them or actions that are threatening or portend evil of some kind. I really like this idea of having a one word title with a word that's relevant to the genre and also striking to the audience.
2. The excorcism of Emily Rose- I particularly like the innocence surrounding this title. Including a young girls name next to the word exorcism is almost like a binary opposition. It's almost as though it's good vs evil, the young girl being overpowered by evil sources. As we're supposed to have a young girl in our film, we could use this kind of method to create a poweful title that will be quite shocking yet hooking.
3. Insidious - Once again, as with Sinister this film has only a single word title. Insidious has the meaning of proceeding gradually but in a harmful way. This also has a dark mysterious meaning to it, and that it's proceeding to mean the build up in the story will be harmful to the characters.
4. Halloween - Another 80's classic. Halloween is the 'festival of the dead' where every year on October 31st people dress up in scary outfits, carve pumpkins and do anything scary and because of this the fact a film was named after it it's now instantly associated with anything horror related.
9. Eden Lake - I particularly like that the film is named after the place that it was shot in. It's still powerful as it's impyling to the audience that this place has some mystery and secrets behind it and almost personifiying it. We could consider this when mind mapping our ideas as our location for our film trailer is set in an abandoned holiday centre, which used to be a place of happiness and now is riddled with debris and just left as it was.
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