Becka Thompson: December 2011

Thursday, 8 December 2011

Casting

Who we chose for casting, and why we chose them:

For our victim, we chose to use a female character. This is because stereotypically women are presented as being weak and more vulnerable then men are, therefore she has a low status. Also, our female character is small and has a light hair colour which suggests that she is innocent. The innocence of this character is effective because it makes the audience sympathize for her, and want her to overcome what she is going through or about to go through.

Our murderer is a male character, with dark hair and tall. This is because men are stereotypically strong, and more powerful then women so have a higher status over them and control them. As this character is more powerful and aggressive the audience feel less sympathy towards this character, and concentrate on what they think the character is doing, who they are, and why they are doing it.

Titles

These fonts are fonts that interest us as a group. The name of 'A Childs Nightmare' may be a temporary or permanent name, we're not sure yet. They all link with the handwriting idea, like the kidnapper is writing in a diary about his victims or killings, and he is hunting down his childhood friends to punish them links with 'A Childs Nightmare'.

On Screen Titles:

The Wire (All Due Respect, 26/09/04, US)

For our titles this is what we would prefer ours to look like. We prefer this rather then having them over black as it allows the audience to ask more questions and want to know more, rather then the 'fake world' they are seeing to be interrupted. This example is perfect as they used a font which is similar to the font which we want to use, and in a similar position.

Over Black Titles:

The Sixth Sense (Shyamalan, 1999, US)

Even if we did want to do titles over black it would be hard as our opening sequence has to be under two minutes and the titles may take 3-4 seconds each, narrowing down the time allowed for the opening sequence. Although this works for The Sixth Sense, I don't think it would work with our opening sequence.

Credits for this piece of work go to Matt Moore

Wednesday, 7 December 2011

Killer Costume

-Dark Clothes

-Lack of Colour --> Cold Character?

-Not much of his body is revealed (Mystery)

Victim Costume

- Girl (Intended Age, 20)

- Bright Clothes with Colour (Gives some emotion, suggests a bright personality? The character likes to express themselves)

Props

These are images of all the different props that we will be using in our piece.

Chair - Where the victim is tied down

Rope - To hold victim down

- To be used by killer to connect images.

Pin Board - For our Killer's 'Hit List'

Pins - For killer to place into board.

Location

The dark room which the killer will hold his victim in the opening of our film. It is a cold room that looks cramped so it is definitely going to be an uncomfortable environment for viewers to see.

Credits for this piece of work go to Nathan Wyatt