Magazine front cover ideas

Here are three mock ups for the front cover of our magazine front covers. They will all be subject to change depending on what looks better during production. 

Latest Photoshoot

Media, a set on Flickr.

These are photos from our latest shoot. Just using costume and props this time.

Filming Progress Report 3

Later in the week we were able to obtain our night shoot. We found this particularly challenging as getting the correct light and making sure that we used the torches strategically as we only had so much battery life in the torches. We were able to overcome this by planning the shots that we were trying to create. Although the time spent shooting this time was short, we were able to achieve much more as our plan was already sorted.


 

Filming Progress Report 2

This week we decided to use our quarry location. We began by shooting in the day getting some establishing shots of the location which will hopefully appear near the beginning of our trailer. After this we decided to get some more shots of the four of us. Also we were able to plan what type of shots we would try to capture during our night shoot. As well as this we did our first shot with the Slenderman with him emerging from the bushes. We felt that at first, this shot was very effective as it was the type of long shot that would generically appear within the phycological horror genre.

Filming Progress Report 1

This week we had a productive filming session in which we were able to obtain our first scene and also a variety of other shots within our Fox's Forrest location. For our first scene we decided it would be best to try it in a few different locations with different camera techniques (e.g. Wide shot and point of view). We started off in the cafe but found it difficult to get a shot that didn't have some level of interference with it. This included background sound and random members of the public accidentally getting into our shot. After this we decided to shoot in a local library which actually worked to our advantage as we had a lot of free space to ourselves with no background noise. We will have to decide when editing which of the takes to use. With the rest of the filming in the Forrest we decided that it would be more viable for us to get as many different shots of us doing different things. This is because it ensures that we have a wide selection of footage that we can choose to go into our final edit. Furthermore enabling us to only choose the best shots for the finished trailer.

Prop List

Things we are going to need for shooting our trailer:

1x suit (for Slenderman)

1x Camera

3x Lights + torches 

1x Tripod 

4x Casual clothes

10x cable ties (to rig up lighting)

Slenderman final cotume

Here are a few pictures of our finalised Slender Man. The location will be different in the production but these are some shots of the Slender Man in action.

Facial Special Effects

 

These first three images are made from pulling a rubber bald mask over my face, the clothing is not what The Slender Man would wear, but this is an idea for his face. The second image in shows how he would look from a distance and it is proving effective as there is no evidence of a face.

These two effects were created by pulling a pair of skin coloured tights over my head. Again this

 is just as effective, especially from a distance- mostly where it will be shot from- and are a lot more comfortable and flexible for the actor.

None of the clothes worn with these effects will be used in the production, the photos are simply to experiment with facial effects.

Shot list

This is the shot list of the main shots we are intending to use in the trailer. These focus on using a variety of different shots to produce our trailer.

The Sighting Script.

For our script we used a piece of software called Celtx which is for professional screen writing. this made it accessible for us to make the layout of our script look professional. as well as this it made it easy for us to learn our lines easily.

Risk Assessment

This is our risk assessment that clearly pin points out the risks which we may encounter whilst shooting our trailer on location.

Character Profiles

Here are some character profiles for all of our main characters, offering all the information that may be relevant to the structure of the film.

Storyboard

This is our storyboard. The graphics aren't perfect, but this is the narrative that the trailer is going to follow. 

Trailer video analysis

These are our in depth trailer analysis that talks about target audience, social group, gender, age and ethnicity. We also looked at things that we can take from these trailers that can be easily and effectively inputted into our own trailer.

Production schedule

This is a potential photo that we could use for a poster. Showing the 4 main characters. We could crop it done and maybe layer in a image of the slender man. Make the photo a bit darker and more mysterious, this would be suitable for the genre of film, because it is a physiological thriller.

Audience (Woman In Black)

This is the work we conducted after attending a screening of The Woman In Black. It is about audience expectation and how they react to the film.

Role of a Distributer

This is work we conducted in are theory lesson about the role of the distributor.

Location Scouting

Location Scouting, a set on Flickr.