Movie name

We have been thinking of a name for our production, we have came up with a few but havent decided on a definate one yet, these are the ideas that we have so far;
- Fun House
- The Fun House
- Clown House
- House of Clowns
- Night of the Clowns
- Clown Ressurection
- Revenge of the Clowns
- The Clowns Terror
- Clowns Massacre
- Killer Clowns
- Cannibal Clowns
- Return of The Clowns
- Bloody Clowns
- Curse of the Clowns
- Attack of the Clowns
- Clown Street
- Night of the Fake Smiles
We will try and decide soon, and post the final name of our movie on our blogs.

Sounds

We are currently looking to find a soundtrack or sound clip to cause an eerie mood, we are looking at the sounds clips opn the media server and on some websites. We are looking for a fast paced beat or classical soundtrack that will fit with the mood we are trying to create with our opening sequence, when we have found this sound clip we will upload it on our blogs.

Editing

We have began editing of final piece, we have imported all of our clips into Adobe Premiere Pro, when we did this we watched our rough cut through and noticed that we dont have an establishing shot of our location, we will go back to where we shot this and film an establishing shot, it will be in the eyes of the clown and start from the crossroads and walk up to the house and then stop outside the house, then walk up the driveway, this will show the audience where our film is set as if we dont film this establishing shot then our film will just start in the sitting room. It will give them an awareness of the setting which will help them to be able to relate to the storyline as they see that it is a normal place which is similar to where they will live. Also another reason for doing this is the fact that our opening sequence would only be approximately 1 minute without this establishing shot.

Poster

We have decided that we are going to make a poster for our film as in our research we found that posters and advertisements help films to become more well known and popular, this is because people will see the posters and trailers and want to see the films, however in order for this to be effective the poster will have to look interesting and good. We will begin thinking of a name for our film and start to think of the layout for our poster.

What clips are we going to use?

We have now watched all of the clips that we filmed on monday night and decided which ones we can use, we have wrote down which ones we can use and the ones that we cant and why, these are our notes;

FILE0040- for this clip it could be used for editing but it was just to test our lighting and sounds.
FILE0041- actors where laughing and got distracted.
FILE0042- testing sound again and going through the script as the talking was not loud enough.
FILE0043- the actors where laughing.
FILE0044- the actors where laughing again.
FILE0045- parts of this clip could be used for editing.
FILE0046- there was talking in the background.
FILE0047- there was problems with the camera as the picture went fussy.
FILE0048- this file was good and we are using it for our final production
FILE0049- you could hear the other people in the house.
FILE0050- the talking in this was really loud.
FILE0051-the actors where laughing.
FILE0052- certain parts of this clip could be used for the editing.
FILE0053-the actors where laughing.
FILE0054-chloe looks like a dinosaur but good we will use.
FILE0055- there is talking in the background.
FILE0056- there was a continuity problem.
FILE0057- the actors where laughing.
FILE0058-  there was talking in the background.
FILE0059- this clip was good and we will be using it in our final production.
FILE0060- there was swearing in and was talking.
FILE0061-not using as there was problems in the clip it just didnt look right.
FILE0062- actor trips over and falls.
FILE0063- could be a possibility to use on our final production.
FILE0064- could be a possibility to use on our final production.
FILE0065-the clown ends up cutting himself at the end of the clip.
FILE0066- we will be using this for a still shot to use in our final production.
FILE0067- continuity problems.
FILE0068- actors were laughing.
FILE0069- the actors were talking.
FILE0070- we are using this clip in our final production.
FILE0071-we are using this clip in our final production.
FILE0072- the clown was talking in the background.
FILE0073- we are using this clip in our final production.
FILE0074- outtakes just incase we needing them for editing.
FILE0075-outtakes just incase we needing them for editing.
FILE0076 the actors were laughing.

These are the clips that we can use for our final production;
FILE0045
FILE0048
FILE0052
FILE0054
FILE0059
FILE0063
FILE0064
FILE0066
FILE0070
FILE0071
FILE0073.

Shooting

We have finished shooting our final piece, we did it last night, we feel that it went okay and we are going to begin looking at the clips and seeing which ones can be used. Some actors were unable to come and because of this we were unable to shoot the start of the piece in Durham so we decided to change the plot slightly so it fit around the actors that we had. Chloe and Kayleigh are babysitting whilst waiting for their friend to come but they realise that she is late and decide to ring her, when they ring they hear the ringtone and seem confused, then they look out of the window and see her strapped to a chair the struggle to find the key and turn around to see a huge clown that goes towards them with a knife, at this point our piece will end as it is just an opening scene. We experienced a few techinical difficulties which meant that the shooting took longer than expected; the camera wasnt charged which meant that we had to wait while it charged. We are now going to look at the clips and decide which ones we can use.

Production Information

We are still unsure of a name for our final piece, we are trying to think of one that fits the genre, we plan to have one soon. The name of our distribution company is 'Blade distribution' the logo is on one of my previous blog entries. In our credits we will have the names of the actors followed by the names of the directors and producers as we feel it would be more proffessional to do this. Our title sequence is going to start of with four young popular girls walking round town shopping, the titles will be in a white font. As the four girls are shopping they walk past a darkened alley, the camera spins round and looks up the alley, there is a man standing there with his faced covered and dressed in all black and his hood up.  The camera then fuzzes, the camera is the following the four young girls, making the audience feel like they are being followed. Then one of the girls turn round feeling that they have been followed and the man has disappeared. The four young girls then decide to go home for there 'Sleepover' the camera cuts and fades out just leaving the title of the film. The opening scene then fades in showing all four girls sitting in the main characters bedroom, chatting, laughing all sitting round a big bowl of popcorn about to watch a film. Lauren the main character then phones for a pizza, once phoning for the pizzas 2 minutes later there is a big knock at the door, with the girls being represented as ditsy and dumb then don't realise that it couldn't possibly be the pizza delivery man, Lauren then runs down the stairs to pay the pizza man only to open the door and find the man in all black standing there with a knife, he pulls his hood down to reveal a gruesome clowns mask. Lauren screams and runs as she trys to run in the house to warn every one she goes to shut the door, the mans foot is in the door but Lauren has already ran away. The man takes big steps and Lauren slips and falls in the hallway screaming and crying the camera is at the point of view of the man and shows his feet and the knife standing over Lauren the scene then fades out into black.

Storyboard

This is our storyboard onto the computers, it isnt very detailed as we wont be sure on the music and timings until we have filmed our piece and watched it to see what it looks like, we have decided to do this because we want the music we choose to go with the shots, so until we see the finished edit we arent quite sure what type of music will be appropriate for our film. We are going to begin shooting our final piece on Monday 17/1/11, we will take the storyboard with us to make sure that we dont miss any of the frames out as this may cause of film to look unproffessional and may cause the storyline to be unclear to the audience.

Location of our final piece

This is the house where we will be filming our final piece, we have chose to do it here as it is a regular house which is a perfect setting for a teen horror, also the audience that will be watching the film will be regular people who will be able to relate with it as they may have similar houses; this means that they will be able to relate with the horror in the film. This is where most of the opening scene will be filmed as well as Durham City Centre.

Distirbution Logo

This is the distribution logo we have created, our genre is a teen horror and a knife will be in our piece so we have decided to use a silhouette of a knife; the silhouette  that we have used is relevant as it is not a clear picture which represents how we never see the killers face. The knife in general is used to connote fear and horror which is what the girls will be feeling in our final piece.

UPDATE!

UNFORTUNATLEY HOLLY HAS DECIDED TO QUIT AS LEVEL MEDIA, THIS MEANS THAT WE ONLY HAVE 2 MEMBERS IN OUR GROUP, MYSELF AND HANNAH. WE WILL TRY OUR HARDEST TO GET OUR FINAL PIECE FINISHED TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, HOWEVER WE THINK THAT WE WILL FIND IT HARD AS THERE ISNT VERY MUCH TIME TO SHOOT AND EDIT OUR FINAL PIECE; HOLLY LEAVING US HAS CAUSED A HUGE IMPACT ON THE GROUP, AS SHE WAS GOING TO BE A DIRECTOR AND CHECK FOR ALL OF THE CONTINUITY ERRORS, THIS MEANS THAT ME AND HANNAH WILL HAVE TO CONCENTRATE MORE WHEN FILMING TO ENSURE THAT OUR PIECE IS GOOD. WE WILL MISS YOU HOLLY!

Progress Update

In tomorrows lesson we will be discussing what we have left to do for the planning and we will decide what day we need to start filming, we will be collecting the camera on friday which will mean that we can start shooting quite soon. This will allow us plenty of times to shoot the film a few times so we can choose the best shots, and this will also allow us alot of time to edit, we are yet to upload the storyboard onto the blog but we dont have a scanner yet, so we may have to take a picture of it and then upload it to the blog.

Location for our piece

Holly has took a picture of the place which will be our 'dark alley'. We will film in the night so it actually will be dark, as it isnt in the picture. We have chose to make it dark as it will be scarier and ascare our audience when we finish our piece.