2. BLOG WORK
We used the blog
collaboratively by
commenting on each others
posts, in order to contribute
our ideas on what aspects of
the post we could use within
our opening sequence.
We also used the blog to
post inspirational locations
and other concepts we had
seen from previous horror
films, in which we could go
onto develop in our opening
sequence.
3. ONLINE TOOLS
As well as using the blog to present our research, we also used survey monkey as a
way of distributing ideas to our target audience and receiving feedback in order for
us to improve our ideas.
We used the website Prezi when
constructing the pitch for our opening
sequence. We chose to use Prezi as it had a
professional style and displayed the
information we needed on it clearly and
easily.
We further used web 2.0, in embedding
YouTube clips into our blog posts when
analysing their opening sequences. This
then helped us to gain a visual
understanding of how horror films compose
their opening sequences successfully.
4. FILMING
Shoot 1 – 19th January 2014
Filming first took place in
Tonbridge, where we filmed the
shots of the alleyway and park
murders.
We were lucky when
filming to capture the
natural lighting of the
street lights which
contrasted well with the
darkness of the sky.
Due to the time of day in
which we filmed, we were
also able to capture shadows
with the help of the
lighting, giving the shot a
conventional horror film
look.
The camera we decided
to use was a Canon
SLR, in which provided us
with a clearer focus that
we could then
manipulate into a pull
focus.
This was specifically
executed at the very
beginning of our opening
sequence, with an aim of
gradually revealing the
surroundings and their
details.
5. FILMING
Shoot 2 – 22nd January 2014
After having shot the
Tonbridge scenes, we then
turned our attention to the
tunnel murder.
For these shots, we
used a tripod in order
to make our shots
steady and a track
and dolly to make
them appear smooth.
Whilst filming in the
tunnel, we took extra care
in making sure that we
stuck to the 180 degree
rule to make our footage
seem continuous.
6. EDITING
Whilst in the process of editing, we
discovered that we could overlay two images
in which would appear on screen both at the
same time.
We applied a soft focus using the
manual focus on the camera, to allow
an audience to read the label clearly.
To separate the dream scenes from
reality, we added a feathered edge
effect of a black border which is visible
around all the dream shots.
We performed this by
making the top layer (of
the eyes) translucent by
decreasing the opacity.
We further added a time
stretch in premiere of 130
degrees, in order to slow down
and delay the time in which the
bottle is present on the screen.