Production of Our Horror Title Sequence

For our horror film title sequence, over the past few weeks we have been in production for our rough draft. We have finished filming footage that we plan to use in the rough cut, most footage we will use for our final cut but others many need adjusting/re-filming due to lost footage or not having equipment. We have faced these problems already in our production, where some of our footage was lost and needs re-filming. Some ideas we have won't make it to the rough cut but may be used in the final one. To film and edit we have used lesson time and stayed after school to use the drama department and lights. We have selected costumes, lighting and editing styles to fit with the horror theme we want that matches with our film idea. We want the editing to be fast paced, choppy and unsure. This leaves an element of mystery and intrigue for our film, but we must also make the clips relevant. We have also tried to create our own music but this may have to be delayed till after the rough cut; for now we shall use 'Death' from Under the Skin along with our footage to see the effect of music. We are currently in the process of editing all our footage together and adding the titles.

Time Lapse of Makeup Transformation

Storyboard for Title Sequence

Filming

Over the past month our group has been filming our horror opening sequence. We have stayed after school filming some shots of our surrogate opening. We had costumes and used different locations to create the scenes and shots we wanted. We used the lights in drama to make it look scarier and change the colour.

We continued to film and uploaded our footage on to the macs  to edit the clips together. We tried to follow our initial story board but some of the time we were sidetracked. We edited the footage we had. We began to order it making it choppy and disjointed.

Project Ideas

Pinterest Inspiration

We made 4 Pinterest boards:
Inspiration: http://uk.pinterest.com/louwebb92/inspiration/
Titles: http://uk.pinterest.com/louwebb92/titles/
Graphics: http://uk.pinterest.com/louwebb92/graphics/
Costume: http://uk.pinterest.com/louwebb92/costume/

Research of the Representation of Social Groups

Females

In our horror opening we are going to primarily focus on females. in our opening the girl is the only character (except for the child) who's face you see. Usually in film, women are very unrepresented. They are usually portrayed as a weaker character and a support to the male lead. In our horror opening we would like to contradict this idea and have a leading female. In lots of films with leading females they are either sexualised to appeal to men, involved in a love triangle or seen as an object of desire. They are the ‘ideal’ woman, flawed or developed women are seen as ugly and unattractive. the opening in our horror begins with a deceiving scene or what seems to be a girl begin intimate with sounds and actions that are associated to sex. Really, she is being inseminated with a child  in a hospital. this is ironic because it supports the stereotype of female protagonists when our film is going to do the reverse of that. 

Young Adults

Usually young adults are portrayed as carless, reckless, fun loving idiots. For young females in reality. there are any struggles with even the idea of pregnancy. The film possibly links to the debate of pro choice activists. Young people in todays society do not have a voice or valid opinions on issues that concern themselves. Our opening symbolises the surrounding pressures of society on the individual and how she has no control. 

Infants

We are purposely under representing infants. In a society, children can do no wrong. They are a symbol of innocence and purity. They’re also connected to the issues of abortion. we are half representing the baby to be an object but also something beast like, something with no conscience. In our horror opening the infant has portrayed as an undesired. The infant in the opening is the problem. 

Medical Personelle 

Doctors are trustworthy in reality, kind and caring. We want to subvert this. Like in Frankenstein, it is questioned whether the creature is the monster or the creator. Because no other characters faces are shown, it creates a sense of distrust toward them. Science will be seen as something that won’t necessarily save you. Science conflicts with the ongoing religious themes.