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Here I have added my animated storyboard, I have added the picture and then I have explained each shot in more detail.

Possible Locations for our Film

All of these pictures are taken from the woods at the bottom of the School field.

I thought this was quite picturesque because the river in the middle of the shot gives it that little bit more of a spooky feel, as in a shot in the dark we could have some water trickling through the river and perhaps our helpless victim turns round suddenly to see if there is anyone there.

This is a drain in the middle of the woods, however it could be portrayed as a grave or a hiding place for the killer, this could be where I come out from or where Alana tries to hide when she is running away from the Killer?

This is a shot from outside of the woods, it is quite dark there even during the day so I expect it will be very dark when we film there, as we will be filming in the evening.

This is a tree we could possibly use for the ending of our film, in which there is a shot of Alana barely breathing, and she is hanging upside down from the tree, so we need to find a tree which will support her weight and support someone else in the tree who is holding Alana in place. We also need to find a tree in which Alana can easily hang from and be comfortable.

I think that this is a creepy entrance to a Woods as everything is overhanging and it is quite deciduous and has lots of different colours.

Shot List

Below is the shot list for our film, this is just a rough idea but I expect that we shall change it once we start filming.

Shot 1: This will be a long shot where the camera is on the tripod as so not to move it too much when we are filming this shot. I will be the killer in this shot so i will be moving around in the shot, although you will not see me move around. This gives the shot a nervous feel and it is quite scary.

Shot 2: This is going to be a mid-shot and hand held from the killers POV.

Shot 3: This is the scene where you see a girl being dragged out of her bed, I think for this shot we are going to use a mid shot or a long shot, which may be canted. There are going to be about 5 or 6 girls around the bonfire, I think that we will be doing this in a shot where we will be choosing either shot if we film two different shots and then we can decide which one is the best one.

Shot 4: We have decided to make this a high angle shot/crane shot, which could possibly be canted. We will also be doing it in a 2 shot, and then decide which is best.

Shot 5: This is the shot where Alana is dragged through the woodland, I think in this shot we are going to use a zoom, which will first be zoomed into Alanas face and then it will zoom out to see her being dragged by someone in a hooded cape.

Shot 6: This will be the main leader of the religious group telling them what the girls need to do to get into the group. We have decided to do this in a close up.

Shot 7: This is the shot where the Killer is trying to 'slice n dice' Alana with a knife whilst she is trying to get away, I think this is going to be a two shot so we can see both of the people in the shot, but more of the focus will be on the killer, we could use a zoom to show emphasis on the knife going into Alana.

Shot 8: Intertitle.

Shot 9: This scene is a repeat of shot 3 as we are going to film a longer shot for this and then cut the clip into two so we can use it for this shot.

Shot 10: Intertitle.

Shot 11: This is one of the most disturbing shots as this is where Alana will be hanging from the tree, I think this will be a canted angle shot so we can see her face whilst she is struggling for breath.

Shot 12: Intertitle.

Mood Board of Horror Films

As you can see below I have made 3 mood boards of Horror films, some are new releases and some are old classics, I think I have added lots of variety of horror films, but although some of them are not horror films completely they have elements of horror in them.

The first one includes films such as;

• Saw
• One Missed Call
• The Uninvited
• The Shining
• Omen
• The Last House on the Left
• The Exorcism of Emily Rose
• The Ring
• Scream
• Friday the 13th
• Shrooms
• The Exorcist
• Silence of the Lambs
• Ghost Ship
• The Strangers
• 6th Sense
• Blair Witch Project
• Carrie
• The Grudge
• And, Nightmare on Elm Street
  

The second Mood Board I made includes some older films, most of which I haven't seen, this includes:

• The Village
• Thirteen Ghosts
• Gothika
• The Haunting in Connecticut
• Christine
• An American Werewolf in London
• Pet Semetary
• Halloween
• The Crazies
• Amityville Horror
• The Eye
• It
• Wrong Turn
• [REC]
• Dawn of the Dead
• Hell Raiser
• The Orphanage
• The Fog
• Darkness Falls
• And, Texas Chainsaw Massacre

And Finally, the last mood board I made included films which are mainly new films, or films that have just been released at the cinema. These include;

• Poltergeist
• The Hills Have Eyes
• Hostel
• Mirrors
• The Unborn
• Buried
• Final Destination
• Devil
• Cube
• Hatchet
• Sleeping with the Enemy
• Trick r Treat
• Let me in
• Let the right one in
• Martyrs
• Paranormal Activity
• House of Wax

Altogether. I think I have listed nearly every horror film which I could find, I might have left out a few but I think that majority of them are there. I think that when it comes to finding a name for our film we can look back on this and see what other films we can use to give us ideas. We will also probably take elements from films to use in our film, such as in many of these horror films there are masks which indicates that people behind them don't want to be seen which could imply the hint of secrecy within the film, in our film we are going to be using masks so I think I might do a mood board of masks so I can see what type of masks are being using in the Horror Genre.

Mask Ideas, Continued

Here I have produced two mood boards with possible masks on them. The first mood board is masks in which the clan memebers could wear, and at the bottom of the mood board there are several ways in which the plain white masks have been decorated, as we had the idea of buying the plain white masks and then decorating them differently to make the members of the clans individual, this could also further identify them as following the main leader of the clan as they all have simmilar masks to hers, but the leaders will be the most intracte.
The second mood board I have made includes masks which the killer could wear, I think most of these desgins are absolutley horrible and would definatley terrify me if I saw them in a film! I think the best ones out of these are the Scream style masks, but this could been seen as copyright as it is what mask is worn in the Scream films. Again, what mask we decide to buy will depends on what type of budget we could possibley get to either hire out a mask or buy one. However, hiring a mask will be cheaper, but we might need it for longer periods of time in which we might have to hire it again, whereas if we buy the mask we can use it whenever we need to.

Mask Ideas

Today I looked at masks to use for our clan members, I looked on Ebay and a party shop near to where I live.

We have an idea to use half-masks such as this one and then add bits on to make them all individual. We will make the leader have a more intricate one than the others as she is the leader. For the Killer we might use a scream type mask or buy another type mask, we're not too sure yet. However we do need one that can cover the full face as we don't see the Killers identity until the end shot where Alana is hanging over the tree.

This is the type of mask we would use for the members of the clan as we can then add details onto it and paint the other side of people faces. The only problem with painting peoples faces is that if we have to film on another day we will have to try and get the face paint exactly the same as before to make sure the continuity flows.

Here is an example of the Scream masks used in the film Scream. We would use this because it covers the whole of the Killers face so the identity isn't revealed.

However, as this is a horror teaser trailer we would like to have a really scary mask, but we feel that we might frighten ourselves with a mask such as this. Although if we quickly flash on the mask it would probably make people jump as they are not expecting it so I think it is a good idea.

Above, is two examples of some scary masks which the Killer could wear, I think these are terrifying which would be good if we did flash on the mask and then off again.

Storyboard of Shots

In our media lesson today Hannah, Alana and myself decided on the shots that we were going to include in our Final Task. We have thought about trying to muddle up the narrative of the Film such as have some of the end shots first, and then the beginning and then the middle, so the film doesn't run consequently. We also had the idea of children chanting the lords prayer, so I will discuss what part of the lords prayer will be chanted in a clip.

Shot One
This the First shot you will see, this is a long shot of the killer in the film moving around in the shots, where actually the camera stays still and its one long shot, but the Killer moves around and changes their position, such as in front of the camera, and then in the background, then in the middle ground. I thought that a good place for this to take place would be a children's playground, where the Killer could sit on the swing, then on the see-saw and then in front of the camera etc. There is a park like this in Leatherhead, which is good because it is close to School, meaning we could take the cameras out in the day to get an idea of what to include in the shots. Also, in this shot there is a line of the Lords Prayer which we are going to chant over the top of it. This is 'Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven', this could link into our shot because the Killer is trying to kill people, so they are most likely to go to heaven, if they have been good, but if they have done something wrong then they are going to go to hell.

Shot 2
In this shot, there is a girl being dragged from her bed in her room whilst she is asleep, we thought that this shot would be effective because it also emphasises the stereotype that everything bad happens at night, in the dark. Also it shows the vulnerability of girls in horror films. When this girl is being dragged from her bed her hands are trying to scrabble to hold onto something, she is trying to save herself, but of course it doesn't work. To make this shot effective we should make sure the sounds of the girl desperately trying to grab onto something are emphasised, which will show the audience the fear that is going through her mind. Also to make this shot effective we could have a quick flash of her eye widening when she first gets dragged out of her bed.

Shot 3
In this shot there is a bonfire in the middle of a group of girls, who are a part of a clan, they are chanting around the bonfire, they are wearing masks which are a part of their costumes for the clan. The chant which they are chanting is another line of the Lords Prayer, which is 'And forgive us our trespassers because we trespass those who trespass against us.'

Shot 4
In this shot there is a table, probably at a school where the leaders of the clan are sitting, there are two girls who come up to the table and pass a message on a piece of paper, this says 'we want to join', meaning that they want to join the clan. I think it will be effective as it gives some of the film away but it still keeps the mystery of why the girls set up the clan in the first place a secret.

Shot 5
In this shot there is a girl being dragged through the mud, we are not sure, as the audience whether this is the killer or the leaders of the clan, but we can see the girl again furiously trying to grab onto something to prevent from being dragged away, we can see the fear on her face and in her eyes in this shot which i think will portray the shot beautifully. This shot will have to be filmed in the woods and probably in the dark as well to make it effective and scary for the audience to watch.

Shot 6
This is the 6th shot, this is the mid point in the teaser trailer, this is a mid shot of the leader of the clan saying to the possible girls who want to join the clan what they have to do in their initiation tasks. This shot would probably be shot either in the woods where they are doing the last initiation task or around the bonfire where there are girls chanting. I'm not too sure yet where we're going to film it.


Shot 7
This is a shot of the killer grabbing a girl by her legs as she also furiously tries to get to her feet to run away, the killer has a weapon in her hand which is presumably the murder weapon, the killer is going to murder all of the girls in the clan as her revenge. This shot will be filmed in the woods when the girls are completing their initiation tasks, like i said in the plot line, the girls think that it is just the girls who are in the clan following them around when it is actually the killer.


Shot 8
This shot, after the previous one will fade to black and it will be a text shot, where the the titles of the directors (us) come up and what other films we have made will also come up. I think that this shot should be a black screen with red writing and possibly have some blood splats on the screen as well to emphasise the brutality of this film.


Shot 9
This is a repeat of the third shot, which was of the girls chanting around the bonfire with masks on. this again then emphasises the serious matter in the film which is the girls dying, this also makes the audience a bit bewildered as to what is going on, I think we're just flashing this shot on, as it has already been seen. There is a bit of the Lords Prayer in this aswell, this is 'And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil', this statement could be linked with the fact that the clan are supporting evil within the devil and it could also be to do with the killer as obviously this is evil at its finest.


Shot 10
After the previous shot this will then fade to black and the title of the film will come up, again I think it should be red writing and a black background, As red connotes blood and the heart beating furiously.


Shot 11
This shot, is of a girl, the last one remaining in the clan who is alive being hung from a tree upside down, her eyes are open and she has a shocked expression on her face as to why she is upside down on a tree. There is a trickle of blood in this shot which runs down from her neck to her forehead and then drips off, this is the final shot you see of people in the trailer, and I think that this will be effective because it again shows the brutality of the film and it gives an insight into what could've happened to the other girls who are already dead. In this shot we will need to find a sturdy tree in which one of our characters can hang off comfortably, we will have to think about her being upside down for a long period of time and make sure that it's alright for her and she can maintain the same positions without her eyes flickering. I think that this shot will be effective also because there is a similar shot to this in the opening of scream, in which the blonde character is hanging from a tree, the shot is filmed from a distance away so you can see that she is suspended from the tree by her neck. To make this shot a bit different for ourselves we are going to do several shots, ones from close up and some from further away, which I think will give a good range of shots used within our film.


Shot 12
This shot is after the vicious one of the girl suspended from the tree, it is a text shot as it shows the release date. there is a part of the Lords Prayer in this as well, it says 'Forever and ever Amen.' there is then a scream after this which I think will add more to shot giving it more depth.

Possible Title Names for our Final Task

Here is a list of names which Me, Alana & Hannah thought of together for our film. We were trying to take some elements from other Horror films titles and also try and not give too much away of our own film. We also wanted to try and capture the genre of our film within the title as well.

• Reincarnation
• The Clan
• The Pact
• The Deal
• Burn in Hell
• Temptation
• Trespassers
• Kingdom of Evil
• Deliver from Evil
• Save us from Evil
• Religion
• Masked
• Stranger in the Woods
• Beaten
• Initiation
• Silent but Deadly
• Awaken
• Disturbed

I thought that most of the names were good, but I don't think we've found the right one yet, I think once we start filming and editing we will have more of an idea on what to call our film.