180 degree rule and shot reverse shot.

This clip shows how the 180 degree rule works and what happens if you break the rule. It also shows shot reverse shot when they are talking to each other.

the film...

the evaluation

the presentation video

This is the presentation that Lela and I created for the pitch of our film, as we made the presentation, we thought it was only fair that Jamie and Josh presented it. 

The presentation; 

the preliminary video

This is the preliminary we did before we started planning the film so we could learn some camera techniques. We had a lot of problems getting this video on the internet.

The preliminary;

film institution

As a group, we have decided that for our film institution, we have chose to use Hammer productions as they are a British horror film production company which is based in the United Kingdom. They have made films such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The mummy and more recently The woman in black.

The British film institute was the first film production company we looked at, but then we changed out mind as Hammer productions fitted in more with the genre of our film.

questionnaire results

This is the questionnaire we created in order to find what made the best horror film and what conventions is has to have;

These are the results from the questionnaire;

what is the scariest thing about horror films?

what is the scariest film?

horror or not?

 should horror have gore?

what sub-genre is the scariest?

the chain mail text

This is the chain mail text that Lela made, it is not a typical chain mail message as we have made it rhyme so it is more creative. 

The text says;

Once you have opened this you can't go back...

100 years ago today, a man was killed in a tragic way,
Pushed, pulled, bruised and banged, it was not long till he was hanged.
Accused of rape by a young girl, the thought in people's minds made them hurl.
He raged and ranted before his death, he shouted 'I'm innocent' in his last breath.
No one believed him, they took avenge, so now it is time for ROPE to get his revenge.
If you do not send this within an hour, at twelve tonight you will face his power,
He will search and search till you're in sight, then it will be your turn to feel that noose pull tight.

starting the filming..

After we made the newspaper, we then got tea bags and dabbed the newspapers to give them an old looking effect, then we got some red food colouring and poured a little bit over the newspaper to make it look like blood.  

We also made the logo for our film production company which is called 'Noose Productions' which goes with our film very well as it has a hanging in it.

opening credits

We created newspapers and clippings to use at the start of the film. We have also used pictures of 'Roy' and a noose. This is the newspaper I made;

This is the newspaper that Lela created;

These newspapers are going to be filmed at the start when the title of the film comes up which we are going to stain with tea bags and drip red food colouring in so it looks like blood.

the script

This is the script that we wrote for the film for the opening sequence between the characters at the start of the film.

powerpoint pitch

This is the powerpoint that Lela and I created to pitch our treatment.

Slide 1;

Slide 2; The opening plot

Slide 3; Plot overview

Slide 4; Name of the killer R.O.P.E

Slide 5; Final destination meets scream

 Our film has elements of final destination as it involves 5 different girls with 5 different lives/stories, but it also has elements of scream as the killer is unknown just like the man on the end of the phone in scream.

Slide 6; Why it is called 'WITHELD'

Slide 7; The fonts and production logo

We designed three fonts for out title but we decided to go with the last one because the font of the writing looks unusual and scrawny so it looks like someone who is in danger or needs help has wrote it. We chose to have blood behind the writing because it is a convention of horror films and also our questionnaire results proved that people like to see gore in horror films. Lastly, our production logo is 'noose production' because a noose is what you use to hang people with and it also ties in with our film.


Slide 8; The characters

We chose these characters and actors because the girls are all English and around the same age. These actors have been in a few similar films or programmes to ours so they will fit the part very well.


Slide 9;  Codes and conventions

The codes and conventions of our horror film are the unknown which is the main basis for our film, also blood and unpredictability are also featured in our film because the questionnaire results showed that these three conventions were the top three scariest conventions in horror films. Lastly, we chose a weapon because that is what brings the gore and fright to horror films. 

Slide 10; USP and theme  

It is original because there is no other film based on chain mail so we decided that this would make the film more believable as a lot of people get chain mail regularly and it never gets passed around because nobody takes it seriously. It is modern because we are using modern technology because it how the chain mail message is getting passed around by so everything revolves around the chain mail text. Lastly it is believable because chain mail is common and people are always uncertain about the truth behind the message as people always have that second thought when they don't pass it on.

Slide 11; Target audience

The target audience for our film is male and female between the ages 16-24. These two profile sheets were what we made in a previous lesson to highlight the things our audience are likely to be interested in. For example, football, food, music concerts, shopping and social networking sites.

Slide 12; Tag line

Slide 13; Questions

This last slide was for anyone to ask questions about our film.

the plot of our film 'Witheld'...

These are the timelines we made for the opening sequence of our film.

genre mood board

This is mine and Lela's genre mood board which shows what people are scared off. We cut the images out of newspapers and magazines and stuck them onto the mood board which then created poster.

This is my target audience poster for girls and boys ages 16-24 year olds and what they might like doing, what their hobbies are, where they may like eating in order to find the audience of our film.

questions for reflection;

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

How does your product re-present particular social groups?

What kind of media institutions might distribute your film and why?

Who would be the audience for your media product?

What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?

horror codes and conventions

The codes and conventions of horror are;

- blood
- the unknown
- unpredictability
- gore
- weapons
- ghosts
- murder
- suspense
- death
- screaming

All of these codes and conventions are found within all horror films because they are what people expect to see.

scream opening sequence

Our film has elements of scream in as the man on the end of the phone is unknown and so is it killer in our film. From the results in our questionnaire, the unknown is one of the scariest conventions in horror.