Horror Final Piece

Today we went to the a woody area in Ravenswood and took some still shots of:

• Scenery
• Over-shoulder shot
• Birds-eye view shot
• Point of view shot

This helped us practise our camera angles and how we wanted the finishing shot to look. 

Horror film trailers

Last week we watched trailers that people at AS produced and real horror film trailers, this was to help us when developing our own horror trailers.

The trailers we watched were:

• House 1,2 and 3
• Nightmare on Elm Street
• Saw 1 and 6
• Grave Encounters
• The Inkeepers

When watching the older styled horror trailers like House and Nightmare on Elm Street, you could see how different the style of horror used to be. The music was the main source of horror in the older trailers whereas in the newer styled trailers gore and physically seeing something scary was involved. The newer trailers, compared to the older, you can see have improved leaps and bounds with the CGI and overall presentation of the trailers. 

HORROR POSTER!

Exam research on Slumdog Millionaire!

This is the Slumdong Millionaire official UK poster.

Horror Posters

Hi!

Last Thursday, we started to design our own Horror Posters for our Horror final piece research. We needed to come up with our own title, our own image that is first drawn by ourselves and then it will be taken with a camera and edited. I have done 3 smaller posters and 1 larger one which I will then use to take a picture inspired by it.

Horror survey results!

 

 

What do you expect from a horror film?

·      Being kept in suspense.

·      Entertainment through suspense horror.

·      Lots of gore, parts of the film that makes you jump of your seat.

·      Scariness, build up of tension, DEATH.

·      To be scared.

·      I expect to be scared but then I also expect to laugh also if they are very cheaply made.

·      Blood.

 

What is your favourite horror film and why?

·      Don’t have one

·      Paranormal activity 2; because the entire film is all about shock horror, keeping you on the edge of your seat, trying to guess what's going to happen, then the completely unexpected happens.

·      'Halloween'. I think its the 2007 version, it is a quality film, lots of scary parts within the film and also there is lots of gore. Also the story behind why the person is killing is very interesting.

·      Silent Hill, just because its a mind mess

·      Nightmare on Elm Street because it can play with your mind and makes you feel scared.

·      Final destination because it makes you jump and it also makes me laugh by how they die.

·      Only seen The Last House on the Left.

  

 

 

Do you think all horror films are age appropriate? If no, why?

·      Some are but if certificated then I don't think it matters.

·      All horror films with a rating of 18 are appropriately rated.

·      Yes.

·      Some I don't, for example why have sex in a 15 but yet no sex in an 18?

·      I think they are.

·      I believe they are because if people don't like them at that age then they don't have to go and watch it but then I also think anyone under the age it is shouldn't watch it.

·      Not many people pay attention to the age on the film, they watch it if they want to.

Horror Survey!

1. Do you like horror films?

Yes  q No      q

2. Do you watch horror films?

Yes    q No      q If I’m with other people   q 3. What do you expect from a horror film?

4. What is your favourite type of horror film? (tick all that apply)

Thriller      q Slasher     q Hammer    q Comedy     q Romantic    q Supernatural   q Sci-fi     q Teen     q Psychological      q

Other (please specify)

5. What is your favourite horror film and why?

6. Do you prefer animated horror films or live action horror films?

Animated Horror   q Live Action Horror  q 7. Do you like films where: The killer dies   q The killer survives    q 8. Do you like horrors which are: Based on true events/real stories   q Fictional   q 9. Do you think all horror films are age appropriate? If no, why?