Filing blog: Why Filming hasn’t started yet

I did not start filming yet. Filming was suppose to happen last week. Things ended up coming up and it didn’t get done. Everything is together to film but my group and I weren’t prepared. Physically prepared yes but my group and i were more so not mentally ready to film. It’s going to take a lot of retakes and time. Since it was going to take a while I just knew it wasn’t going to be executed properly if filming was done last week. I realized that Friday i was  going to be busy. The day ended up getting rescheduled last minute. Filming will be done after this week. This week I’m busy and everyone is doing their own thing. I want to get filming done as soon as possible so we won’t be behind. Yet all of our schedules have to be accommodated. Due to the fact my group and I have a longer filming process it means less time. It’s going to be my first time doing a intro to a movie so I’m curious on how it’s going to turn out. I will be in charge of bringing the car. Due to that i have to make sure it’s taken care of. I have to make sure it’s clean and everything is working for safety purposes. So a car wash is needed and a look over by a guardian is needed. I’m excited and ready to start this intro!

Storyboard for opening sequence

The elements of a horror film starts from slides 1-5. These scenes were filled with close up shots of every individual involved. Many of the starting scenes are in the library then it moves to the car. As the scenes go by, the intensity grows. The ending of scene 1-5 got even more thrilling. In slides 6-10 it talked about how we are going to go about playing the roles for those scenes. My scenes mainly included medium shots. Majority of the time the scenes are in the car. The scenes get intense as the story goes on. It has an ending that’s going to have you wonder what happens next?

Title design in detail

This powerpoint is about the title design of our final project. The font is very important. It can create a tone. The title could draw people into the movie. For our title font, we are using Blombat. It is a very creepy horror film font. It looks like blood on a wall that has been painted. We are using "Times New Roman" for our names so, that is is bold. But times new roman also will not distract the audience from the film. The powerpoint goes more into depth about our font.

Location, Participants, Health, and Schedule

This powerpoint has the details about Location, health and safety, participants and the schedule. The filming location is in a few places. We're using a library, parking lot, and trunk. We think those locations will help add the the scary tone of our film. We also have a plan for health and safety. We will be cautious when driving. We also plan to bring a first aid kit. Our main participants are Naiya, Na'mya, and Ambrielle. The schedule is done on a week by week format. The powerpoint further goes into depth about each topic.

Shooting Script

The google slide attached depicts the scenes to our opening sequence. These ten slides include every camera change that will occur. The action of each character is explained thoroughly. The details, small and large are also included. Details such as camera angles and movements are included. Though the statements being made are not included, the different types of sound in a movie is added into the presentation as well. This is because we want to understand our film in all aspects. the different components of Mis- En- Scene are added because it illustrates what we want each scene to be like. We used our vision to further this google slide presentation. The inclusion of these elements are needed because we can look back to understand our thought process when creating our storyboard.

Sound Script

Through out the power point I wrote out the whole script. I wrote the script starting form scene 1 to scene 10. I included the sounds that will be heard through out the film. For the sounds I included diegetic and no diegetic. Most of the sounds included an instrumental, music from the radio, and movement sounds from the actors. It only took me 4 slides to write out the whole script due to the fact it's not much being said. Through out the script it's manly people in shock and trying to find somewhere to hide the body not too much talking. I wrote who will be saying who by naming them Person 1, Person 2, and Person 3, and victim. The names made it less confusing and easier to understand the script for the actors. In total 4 people will be acting through out the film.

Title research: Scary stories to tell in the dark

A horror film titled “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” was researched on www.artofthetitle.com to resonate with my movie genre. In the opening, there are nineteen titles. These included the title, director, screenplay, screen story, based on series by, producer, executive producer, director of photography, production designer, editor, costume designer, music, music supervision, actors, casting , presenters, associations, and the production of the film. In the opening sequence, the background is overpowered with black and dark red images. It's clear that images are outlines from trees, roots and other earthly yet scary things you will see in the woods. The connotation in these images invokes a scary and grimy idea of what the movie will possibly be about. Horror movies typically have mystery and suspense in their openings to catch the audience's attention. The opening of this movie creates suspense which is a technique that is carried out in every horror film. Its puzzling in the opening because of how much information is not given about what is going to occur in the movie. For audiences that are intrigued by horror films, the images and colors used brought in mystery which is something that is predicted to make any horror film lover intrigued. The transitions used were very common with a change of titles. The editing skills used were impeccable due to the different images of trees and roots displayed in the opening sequence and how well everything wrapped into each other.