Kristy Simpson - The Script

Idea Spider Diagram - Gem

This is a spider diagram that represents everything stereotypical of a ghost/demand genre horror film.

Storyboard, written version - Gem

This is the written version of our storyboard. It shos The type of shot used, the camera angle, camera movement and also what we see in the shot. This is all in great detail so that we know exactly what we are doing on each shot. This will cut down mistakes and also be less time consuming.

Storyboard Picture Version. - Gem

This is the picture version of our storyboard. It showed where the characters will stand, the dialogue/sound and the shot type. It also shows the 'Rule of thirds' Lines that will be on the carmera, this is good as it gives us an idea of where we are going to posotion our characters, and it also cuts down mistakes when we come to filming it. We still havnt sorted out the timing, but we are thinking between 1-7 seconds for each of the shots, on some of them between 1-4, as we dont want the audience to get bored.

Film Outline - Gem

This is is our film, cut down into about 10 second segments. This is so that we cvan get a basic idea of whats going to go on in each scene.

Horror film opening Analysis - Gem

I did an analysis of 'The ring' opening sequence. I looked at the camera shot/angle, lighting, music/sound, location/setting, props, genre and fear and commented on what i saw aswell as the effect on the audience and why particular things where done/used.

Satanic symbol examples -Gem

We want to use satanic symbols in our title sequence, where the actor playing the threat will be shot drawing satanic symbols on themself.

Make up research - Gem

I have been researching how to do a ghostly effect makeup up tutorial. i fount a few that are good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEZIlYn2Wo0
This link actually shows a tutorial on how to make 'The ring' type makeup. Which is our inspiration of the film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hnO-S1Msmc&feature=related
This is another good tutorial, its not as detailed, but still good and gives another way to get the 'ghost' look.

Fake Blood Research -Gem

In our Film, We will be using fake blood. I have been researching some fake blood tutorials so that we  have an idea of how to make the fake blood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSE8mJ_CG4o
This link shows a good understanding of how to make the fake blood. also the ingredients are easy, and also the blood is edible, as it will be put into one of the actors mouth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QnmRXri9g0&feature=endscreen&NR=1
This link also seems good, however, it is a more difficult to create. I dont think its edible either, however it does look realistic and it doesnt stain

Lighting - Kristy Simpson

The last scene of our film is difficult because we know the phone won't give off enough light so we came up with a few options:

-Use a blue light and shine it from behind (Say it is the Moon)
or
-Put a lamp underneath/in the middle of the two actors so it shines upwards and we can see them clearly(Although we will be able to see them clearly, it might look a little unrealistic)
or
-Use two additional phones and shine it onto there faces (you won't be able to see the additional phones in the film)

We will have to play around with a few ideas!

Fake Blood Research - Kristy Simpson

For our film we will need blood, so we will have to make some.
I explored youtube for videos on how to make homemade fake blood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oghvlfsnfws&feature=fvst

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWYX8kxuXm4&feature=related

This video shows a range of ingredients and what they can do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLouVD0Otog

Kristy Simpson - Make-up

This is the make-up artists creating the Ring for The Ring 2!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXPuQH2Rf5A

This is a good make-up tutorial showing how to get the Ring look.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEZIlYn2Wo0

From these videos I can get a better understanding on how to create the Ring. I have found them very useful and will definitely be using techniques from these videos when creating the Ringlike creature for our film.

BBFC Podcast - Jess.

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/podcast/2011/10/bbfc-podcast-episode-1-12a/

This is a podcast which talks about the most recent certifcate a 12A but it also talks about horror films and how they used to be classified as "H" these films were unsuitable for children. 

BBFC Research - Jess

BBFC stands for the British Board of Film Classification. The point of it is to protect the public, especially children from content which they should not be seeing such as horror films or violent scenes. They also respond to changing social attitudes towards media content and ensure the correct certificate ratings are in place where content may harm the viewer in any way.

All the certifcate catergories are:

U stands for Universal - meaning the content is suitable for all.

PG stands for Parental Guidance - meaning general viewing but parents are advised to consider the contents effect on their children.

12, 15 and 18 mean that this is viewing age from the film/content.

12A stands for 12 Adult - this means that a child below 12 cannot view the content without an adult.

R18 stands for Restricted 18 - this is a legal requirement with content involving strong sexual material. 

However, with horror films the main two are 15 and 18:

15 content includes no discrimination, drugs may be shown, dangerous behaviour and weapons are not glamourised, there may be strong language, some nudity may be shown, sexual activity may be shown, but not in detail, some strong violence may be used. In terms of horror, strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

18 content includes all of the above, but is expressed in a more explicit way which is why it is only for adult viewing.

Our film is going to be a 15 certifcate as a strong threat is introduced but not in a sadistic or sexualised way.