Storyboard

This is the storyboard of our finalised shots for our trailer. We have added more shots to our previous animatic and have included sound effects to match the music. we are doing another Animatic with these changes included so we can see how long it should approximatly last for.

Run through - Shot by Shot

Shot 1 - Twisted Pictures appears on screen (5 seconds)

Screen fades out and the next shot appears.

Shot 2 - Swing movement in the park eeary sound

(3 seconds) Close-up

Shot 3 - characters needed: Killer and Rosie

- Snap shot of the characters jumping in a puddle holding hands (3 seconds)

Shot 4 - character needed: Killer

- Mid shot of the Killer walking down the street - credit appears (Starring.....)

(3 seconds)

Shot 5 - character needed: Rosie

- Similar shot of Rosie walking down the street - credit (Starring......)

(3 seconds)

Shot 6 - Character needed Donny

- Tracking shot of characters feet walking in the woods

(3 seconds)

Shot 7 - Intertitle 'YOUR NEVER ALONE' appears on screen

(5 seconds)

Shot 8 - characters needed: All

- Different angled shots of people at a party dancing having fun

Shot 9 - Newspaper article of someone dieing - effect of it spinning?

(5 seconds)

Shot 10 - Intertitle 'Watch your back' lasts about 3 seconds

Shot 11 - character needed: Killer

- Close-up on the Killers hand holding a knife - sound of screaming

(2 seconds)

Shot 12 - characters needed Rosie

Mid-shot on Rosie's hands being dragged back lasts about 2 seconds

Shot 13 - Knife in strobe quickly moving to the floor continous (2 seconds)

Shot 14 - - Characters needed Rosie

Point of view shot from Donny looking out a window, hand streak appears, blood stained. (3 seconds)

Shot 15 - Another action of a knife being slashed (2 seonds)

Shot 16 - Intertitle 'Death' (1 second)

Shot 17 - mid shot of someone worrying (1 second)

shot 18 - Intetitle 'Is' (1 second)

shot 19 - running people (1 second)

shot 20 - Intertitle 'Always' (1 seond)

shot 21 - close-up of characters face (1 second)

shot 22 - Intertitle 'One' (1 second)

shot 23 - close-up of foot, mud on camera screen (1 second)

shot 24 - Intertitle - 'Step' (1 second)

shot 25 - Runing people (1 second)

shot 25 - Intertitle 'Behind' (1 second)

shot 26 - Zooming in on the killers back, he turns round to reveal his face (4 seconds)

Music ends

THE 13TH KILLING

13TH JULY 2013

Make up tutorials for our killer

Because our killer is centered around the use of the knife, we decided to look at make-up tutorials of how we could make slash marks on our killers face to make him appear scary to the audiences. We have looked at a variety of different killers and have found that some of the more popular killers wear normal clothes but have a distorted face, which is why we have decided to look further at chnaging our actor matt creasey's facial expression. We have found one Youttube video of make a slash mark by the mouth which seems effective, we could usemultiple amounts of these marks all over his face with the fake blood included.

http://pinterest.com/natalie6811/cool-halloween-makeup/

This website includes many examples of make-up examples for what we can do for our final killers face.

Other Props Needed - Choice of knife.

A knife is the weapon that we chose to use for our killer because it appears most threatening and is a cliched horror weapon. The fake blood research that we have already looked into canbe smeared onto the knife to create the illusion that he has already killed. We got the idea from Michael Myers, a horror character that is similar to how we are making our killer and uses the same weapon in a threatening way.

There are different types of knives that we could use:

This knife has a more decorative handle than normal knives. This would only be effective if the knife was prominantly shown in our trailer which it will be, but it also seems more old fashioned. Being old fashioned wouldn't work because out trailer is meant to insinuate the modern day killer, and the use of this mise-en-scene doesn't show this continuity.

This knife seems more modern day which would be more effective for our trailer. It has a pattern on the handle that doesn't appear to be from an older generation. This could be once of the considerations for our killer.

The butterfly knife is effective because there could be some clever effects when it comes to the strobing that we were considering to use for our trailer, instead of slicing down it could be the killer opening the knife out. This is another consideration for our killer, as it also appears more modern day, and it changes our killer from Michael Myers.

 

Prop - Fake Blood How To

Fake blood

How to make a splatter gun

You will Need:

Soy Sauce

Food Colouring

Plastic Tubing

Plastic Syringe

Push Pin

 

Making the splatter gun:

Step 1: Take a piece of small plastic tubing about the size of a vein or an artery, and force it onto the end of a syringe. Use tape or glue to make this into an airtight seal.

Step 2: Make the blood. Pour some soy sauce into a cup or bowl and add the red food dye. Add enough to make the blood dark red.

Step 3: Load the syringe. Put the end of the tubing in the cup or bowl and pull back the plunge to suck up the blood.

Step 4: Stop the end. Use a push pin to clog the end of the tube. Make sure it's well clogged.

Step 5: Prep yourself. Tape the loaded syringe under your costume and push on the plunger to release a spray of blood.

History of Horror Films

"If movies are the dreams of the mass culture... horror movies are the nightmares"
— Stephen King, Danse Macabre





Horror Films: The history behind them

Horror is known as an ancient art form. They orginate from tales which trigger the less logical parts of our imaginations for as long as we have told the stories for generations. These can be from the ballads of the ancient world to the now modern urban myths, audiences willingly offer themselves to storytellers to be scared, in films it is about getting a physchological thrill from the experience of being scared knowing conciously that you cannot get hurt. It is said that the reason why we watch horror films is to trigger the rush of adrenaline which fear brings, but horror films also serve a wider moral purpose, to reinforce the rules and taboos of our society.

Horror movies have long served two purposes. They are known to deliver thrills as well as tell the dark, forbidden side of life and death. These are known as cautionary tales for grown ups which are meant to show a mirror image of peoples anxieties. When watching you feel as if you are overcoming your fears which adds a thrill of exitement which is addicting.

An example of a horror film that is known for following the genre is Nosferatu (1922). It is not considered a tale of vampirism although it has this involved.
The plot involves Vampire Count Orlok expressing interest in a new residence that is unknown and real estate agent Hutter's wife. It is a silent classic based on the story "Dracula." which is a known horror book of the time.

The character in this film consists of a killer who is dressed in a big coat and has the facial expressions to chnage the way he appears to audiences. This is effective because it makes the audiences question why he looks the way he does, but automatically you are made to dislike him because of the aesthetics of his facial deformities.



Each generation gets different films in the horror genre, and one of the more fascinating aspects of the study of the genre is the changing nature of the monsters who present a threat. In the 1940s, part-man, part-wolf as becomes the boogeyman, whose natural part of his mind sees himself as the beast tears apart those who crosses his path.

In the 1990s however, there was no need for a part wolf component: Hannibal Lecter was entirely human but his face was distorted to change him into being the killer. This was effective because it showed a new use of make-up emerging that hadn't been used before, and changed the way in which we make horror films today.

Twisted Pictures - Why we chose this institution

Twisted Pictures is an Institution that has created all the Saw films, which makes it popular and has gained financial profit. As you can tell with the use of text and imagery, Twisted Pictures is only associated with horror films, which is why it is perfect for our trailer.
To have this Institution at the beginning of our trailer allows the audience to already gain an understanding of what genre our film is, and it will intrigue them to how the scenes digress to a typical horror trailer.

This is the video of the opening of the Institutions opening, and it is effective because of its link to the horror genre. This runs for 11 seconds, and seeing how this is a trailer we have had to consider the timing. This is why we have decided to cut it down so that the trailer finishes 5 seconds in, this is when the dagger comes slashing down onto the screen. The sound effects won't be added until after the Institution, this is because it is very atmosheric for the genre and will leave a silence at the end for the music to start slowly.
We like this Institution as well because of the visual aesthetics of how it is presented to screens, it is effective because it stands out to audiances because of its effects. We likes the noises that were made by metal grating which wound around the title in bold, the same as what our trailer title will have.

It will make our trailer stand out as an effective horror film because the Institution is known worldwide for the horror/thriller genre.

Location Shots

We have taken shots of the locations we are going to be filming on the 16th December for our trailer. We have done this along with our Animatics to get a more visual idea of what it will look like.

 

We are going to film some clips down the street of jasmine's house and inside, like this view on Google maps. This would be the party clips near the beginning of the trailer.

The Park - This is where some shots will be taken with our main character to make it appear as if the killer and one of the female leads are romantically involved. This is one of the changes we have made in shots to our Anamatic to change the idea of the genre of film to the audience.

 

The woods - Oxshott woods is the main place where we will be filming, this is because it is a cliched areas for horror films. There will be plenty of running shots and of panicked people screaming as the killer is set loose. The change of time in December is darker so it will be more atmospheric.