Monsters magazine is very well known for classical horror movies such as Dracula, showing gruesome, spooky images which I hope will be in my horror magazine so we definitely took into account the most important things that are on ANY magazine covers;
-A good magazine publication name e.g. gore,spook
-An eye-catching picture
-Good use of blurbs and straplines to lure the audience into reading
We made sure that these targets were met in the production of our horror movie magazine cover.
Sunday, 31 October 2010
Example of horror movie magazine cover
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Friday, 29 October 2010
Shooting schedule
It was columned in the types of shots we would use, the location of the shot, the props required, time of day and the personal involved. By organising it this way we had a clear view of what actors would be needed and etc.
We started on our shooting schedule after looking at the storyboard because after having the visual of the trailer drawn down in steps, it would be easier to know what would be needed e.g. props.
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Storyboard
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Scripting
[To see clearer click on photos]
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Health and Safety
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Friday, 22 October 2010
Film title
'Friday the 13th' also uses s number which relates back to the film title 'Ward 13', what is so different and scary about the number 13? Do bad things happen on Friday the 13th? What happens in Ward 13 at night?
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Synopsis
Ward 13, Tagline: Promise is most given when the least is said
Based in Homerton Hospital, the story focuses on an enstranged relationship between a Doctor and a terminally ill patient. The trailer begins with Doctor Lemmings, 27 in the office going through work as his colleague, Donna approaches him with bad news; his favourite patient Maya,, aged 13 has just from a terminal illness. Doctor Lemmings always visited Maya and they shared a good friendship. Maya didn’t have family and saw Doctor Lemmings as a father figure.Donna dumps Maya’s file in front of him giving him a rude look and leaves. Doctor Lemmings looks at the file then throws it to the side. He takes his job really seriously and is working all night. He wants a promotion to make his wife proud. Later on, as usual, he is the last to leave Ward 13. As he walks outside of the dark, isolated hospital, he puts his briefcase on the floor in order to put on his jacket and sees the file he thought he threw away sticking out. On the file written in blood it says ‘You promised’. He looks at it in confusion, shrugs his shoulders then scrunches up the file and throws it away. Footsteps follow him but as he looks back he sees no-one and nothing. Someone taps on his shoulder. As he turns back he has a mortifying experience.Doctor Lemmings is now lying on a hospital bed with Maya resting her head on his chest and singing. Someone else places a cloth over Doctor Lemmings head then blackout.
‘Ward 13’
‘COMING SOON..’
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Monday, 18 October 2010
Target audience
The age suitability for the many horror movies15+ who are most probably in college or university at this time. We were going to make it an 18+ as we noticed that since the film was set in a sophisticated place like a hospital with many adults then maybe it should appeal to an older audience which doesn't necessarily need to happen unless there were really ghorry images such as in Saw, all Saw movies appeal to an 18+ audience
The image above is of teenagers aged 17/18 who all enjoy the thrill of horror movies especially in a movie theatre to have the full experience. I took out research and interviewed the TARGET audience and focused around the key question;
WHAT MAKES A SUCCCESSFUL HORROR MOVIE TRAILER?
I also asked 4 girls and 4 boys (target audience) in the form of a questionnaire about horror movies..
(TO SEE QUESTIONNAIRE CLEARER CLICK ON FOLLOWING LINK); http://i51.tinypic.com/b8jx1f.jpg )
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Friday, 15 October 2010
RESEARCH & PLANNING...
This post and many of the above shows the research and planning that Me and Eleona took out..
We had already decided that our concept would be called 'Ward 13' and would take place in a hospital. There were also a few movies to choose from that had taken place in a hospital; 'Horror Hospital' and 'The Eye'.. The film 'The unborn' also ties in with our concept as the story focuses on a twisted child torturing an adult for revenge
Whilst focusing on this that links to Mine and Eleona's chosen concept, we had to pay particular attention to;
-PROPS
LOCATIONS/SETTING
There will be three different settings during the trailer; the hospital where Maya haunts Doctor Lemmings, the office where the conversation between Donna and Doctor Lemmings takes place, and an isolated room where Doctor Lemmings is being tortured.
-MISE EN SCENE
When applied to the cinema, mise-en-scene refers to everything that appears before the camera and its arrangement - composition, sets, props, actors, costumes, and lighting. We made sure that for the indoor scenes that the lighting would be quite mellow, showing a formal atmosphere and the dullness of Ward 13. A lot of the mise-en-scene was covered but did play a crucial part of this trailer as it reflects the theme of the film. A very familiar part of mise-en-scene would be costume/ make up as it shows the abnormality of the creature or even some cuts and bruises to make it look realistic.
-CHARACTERS/COSTUMES
will be wearing this patient suit throughout portraying a lot about her character, this part of mise-en-scene alone shows that she is obviously ill and in need of care.
[To see all costume photos of characters, click on following link]
Doctor Lemmings will be in the doctor suit showing a huge part of his character as well; professional, hardworking and neat. We took other pictures to see what costume he would be suited in best.
-THEMES/MOTIFS/IDEOLOGY
The main theme and idea of 'Ward 13' focuses on REVENGE, torture and the break of promises which results in payback. Maya chooses to take vengeance on Doctor Lemmings due to his lack of commitment to his 'favourite' patient. He eventually forgot about her and his attitude when he finds out doesn't help out either. He soon realises that he is taking a turn for the worst
-STARS
There are three main actors in this movie;
The main character is Doctor Lemmings, played by David Ajala. David Ajala has also had experience in the Television industry as he is an actor who has been in films such as The Dark Knight, Adulthood and an episode of Doctor Who. It was very fortunate to have him to be the main character as he is a fantastic actor and is very well experienced. Doctor Lemmings is a very hardworking and devoted Doctor reaching to the top. On his journey to hopefully receive a promotion, he forgets about his favourite patient Maya, then eventually regrets it.
Maya will be played by Hannah Ajala (myself) as I am very confident and strong with my acting skills and Mr Mazzocchi/Mr Rosen said if I wanted to act this character I could. Maya is a very lost character and isn't known well in the trailer; we only see the bad side of her as she tortures Doctor Lemmings.
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Monday, 11 October 2010
Horror iconography and ideology
These films belong to a HORROR movie genre - it is very obvious just by looking at the images. The colours are quite dark and the movie names are very well known for horrors as there are different versions for 'Dracula', and different parts of 'Saw'.
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To understand the function of genre in film and how this concept is defined
The audience can easily identify this film poster as horror as a lot of horror movie posters contain images of torture, pain and discomfort. This also contains elements of the formula such as the victim in the image. In every horror movie there is always a victim that is being tortured, chased after or trying to escape. The look of this poster is important as it is showing the audience directly the kind of gruesome images that are going to be in the film, which can create a kind of thrill.
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