Background Music

The background music played during the opening credits is "Spider Eyes" which we found on a Royalty Free Website and felt was appropriate to the theme of the movie, and fitted well with the other Extra Diegetic sound playing over the music.
Avoiding stereotypical horror movie soundtracks with jumpy music to frighten the audience, we felt that the eery piano piece added suspense and ambiguity to the opening credits, as the audience is at this point oblivious to what is happening/ going to happen, and only gets a glimpse of this as the female character's voice can be heard. I think the piece fitted well with the movie and added to the ambiguity portrayed in the high angle panning of the photographs.


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Final Edit, Horror Film Opening

This is the final edit of our 2 minute Horror Film opening, which we have only just managed to upload. I am now able to complete the evaluation as due to problems with the software this was the first time I was able to see the entire finished film.

First Draft of Movie Opening

Because we had various problems with saving our finished movie, were were only able to upload this version, which is unfinished and without the correct sound effects. However it does illustrate the basic ideas and storyline of our film, and will help us with our evaluations. We are still trying to upload the final edit, but complications with the software make it very difficult to do so, and we will therefore be using this version to complete our evaluations as far as possible.

Casting

Our original Cast List differs slightly from the final one as we did not recieve consent forms from all of the participants. For the filming on the 29th of January Louise Chick, Matthew Bonner and Keegan Featherstone took part, Louise playing the female protagonist, with Matt and Keegan as the stalkers in the flashes. On the 4th, Louise and Matt filmed at the other locations, where we used Matt as the stalker in more of the footage than just flashes. We filmed some over the shoulder shots so that both stalker and protagonist are in the shot at once for longer periods of time.

Shot List

This is the original shot list, written before filming. We kept to it, but also added sopme extra footage and varied shots due to the ground, weather and lighting conditions at some of the locations on the day of filming.

Shot List

Filming

We began filming on Friday 29th of January, where we filmed in the woods, house and some of Court Road, but because of the time it took, the lighting became to poor and we had to postpone the majority of the Court Road footage until yesterday (4th February. We also filmed our close ups (key in the door, feet walking) and the garage scenes, as well as the second attempt at filming Court Road, which worked a lot better and was more effective this time.
We cast Louise Chick as the main character, wearing a white coat to symbolise inncoence, and also to make sure that she stands out well from the surroundings. Matthew Bonnert and Keegan Featherstone were out antagonists, standing in various corners and following Louise for short clips that will be used for the flashes of film.
We are just beginning to edit the footage we have, but need to film several flashes which can be placed in afterwards. So far we have around 15 seconds of footage, and the credits have been rehearsed, but we have yet to shorten them enough to be suitable for the film.

Costume List

Our main female character will be dressed in smart/ casual clothing, as if making her journey home from work. eg. smart trousers, shirt, heels for example. we have chosen to do this to avoid the usual cliches of the innocent victim wearing white, or being a young girl in school uniform or casual attire.

Each of the antagonists will wear hooded garments to obscure their identity and create a feel of animosity, which will emphasise the idea that no particular hooded figure has any significance or importance over another. This can also show that they they work together, highlighting the link between them.

The five other female characters will only be glimpsed briefly, but will be in a variety of costumes, showing that no particular lifestyle or background is targeted and to highlight each different character, and to increase the understanding of the viewer, in that anyone could be targeted.

Although each costume is simple, each one holds great significance in helping the viewer understand what is happening, and which character is which.