Actors

There is one problem with our project, and that's finding an actor, specifically a child actor. for our opening, we believe a child may be around the age 7-9 could star in our production. we are having some trouble finding a character I have some people in the back of my mind but its hard to find a kid to do it. our back up will be using a teenage boy, they're easier to find but I feel a child would fit the role better hopefully someone comes through. I'm aiming to begin production on Saturday I know we will have someone by then fingers crossed

                                                                                      xx beyoncé fils-aime

StoryBoard

What's up, guys?!  Today me and my partner have been working on our storyboard and we've come up with many good ideas so far. our schedules are very rough but we will try to meet on Tuesdays Thursdays and Fridays and we are aiming to begin shooting this Saturday.
here's what we've been working on!

Group Meeting Discussion

Hello everyone! major changes on this blog coming up soon so stay tuned.

Today we had a group discussion and i received a lot of feedback on what i should do and i have finally brought my genre choices down to two, Horror and Teen Comedy. I have two awesome ideas for both of them. the Horror might be easier because i would only need one actor instead of multiple like in the teen comedy.

update: We have chosen to do the Horror film opening.

I'm really excited to begin filming but we still have a lot of planning to do so stay tuned!!

Genre: Horror

Types of Horror movies:

Psychological Horror usually deals with a mental and emotional state. Its set to disturb and unsettle viewers.
Splatter films focus specifically on the graphic portrayal of gore and graphic violence.
Home Invasion/ Survival focuses on a video game aspect, but the game is frightening and used to scare the audience, it also adds thrilling effect when seeing the character trying to escape the game.

we would want to use more of the psychological horror in our production as we can play with imagery and it will be better or using hidden themes.
http://popcornhorror.com/genres/


Characters

Characters in the horror genre are hard to categorize, but here are just a few.
The Non-Believer, they usually believe their fellow other characters are overreacting, they tend to be overconfident and some times end up being the first to die.
The Hero is usually isn't in all films, but they tend to show emotion throughout the film and support the other characters. they are usually the ones to survive.
another character in the horror genre would the Hysterical character, they usually stay behind and break down into hysterical moments. they get killed off usually early in the film.

There's a ton of types of characters we could use for the production, I don't believe I will be using the hero character because in our production were trying to portray that there us no heroes.
https://www.slideshare.net/JessMarston95/stereotypical-characters-in-horror-films


Plot aspects;
In horror films, plot aspects are hard to label.
common plots include a villain who terrorizes the main characters, this villain usually kills off characters one by one until they get the main character. Paranormal activity is another aspect that is used in many horror films, they usually have scary things like ghost and demons in the area. recently a lot of films have been using unseen presences in horror films, an example of this would be Birdbox (2018), there was a presence there but the audience can't see what is it.

in our production, I feel I would want to either use the villain or the unseen presence because in these categories you can put together a really good idea for the video.
https://www.scriptmag.com/features/craft-features/what-is-story-story-types-plot-types-themes-genres


Technology:

I wanna try and use a lot of sound mixing and I feel this genre gives you a good canvas.

Genre: Comedy

There are many different types of comedy.
there is Black Comedy which is basically dark humor.
Burlesque is more of a risque type of comedy.
Romantic comedy is another type, it's usually about how the boy gets the girl or vice versa.
More genres include Satire Comedy in this genre they have an intelligent use of words, this can walk hand in hand with black comedy as well.

I want to play with all these genres in my film opening, I feel we could really benefit from the romantic comedy or the black comedy.
https://www.thecinemaholic.com/sub-genres-of-comedy-explained/

Characters

in our research, we found many types of characters in comedy such as. the classic dumb one, they're usually naive and extremely funny without trying. there's also the lovable loser/the logical smart one, they're usually sarcastic, witty, optimistic, and most likely responsible. another type of character would the Womanizer/Manizer, these characters are usually very seductive, charming, and superficial.

I wanna use more the lovable loser and womanizer characters in my piece, I feel it will help with the foreshadowing of the plot.
https://listenupgetdown.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/the-8-characters-of-comedy/


Plot Aspects:

"The Overcoming of the Monster" this plot consists of several steps such as the anticipation call, the dream stage, the nightmare stage, the nightmare stage, and the thrilling escape from death and death of monster, this "monster" can be basically any antagonist in a comedy film, for example in the movie Monster-In-Law (2005)  Jennifer Lopez's mother in law was the so-called monster.
"Rags to Riches" is a plot aspect that is used in many comedy films. this is broken down in chronological steps starting with the call, the initial success, then central crisis, independent ordeal, and completion and fulfillment.
Another Plot aspect is "The Quest" this where characters usually set out on a journey. broken down it starts with, of course, the call and then it goes into the journey, then you have arrival and frustration, and then ending with the ultimate goal.

i would like to use the quest aspect because i feel you could come up with hilarious things for a quest comedy film.
https://thewritepractice.com/the-quest/

Technology;

There isn't really any technology used for comedy genres just the basic equipment.

     A young girl, that is possessed a demonic entity. After her and her family moved into a new home. The force that possessed the young girl was a previous owner, who lived in the house before but die of terrible. Before she was possessed, she senses that she was not alone in the house, especially in the basement. One night, she heard footstep in the hallway, she got up to check the hallway. There was nobody in the hallway while walking back to her room, she got attacked. The demons possessed her and her family hired a priest to summon the demon away. 

     A 12 years old girl is represented in The Exorcist. She has been possessed by a demon, she wasn’t herself. The demon started controlling and changing the person she was. No one knows why the demon decided to possess a young girl. The mother was worried about her daughter, so she hired two priests, to try and remove the demon. The two priests perform an exorcism a couple of time on her. It was difficult but in the end, the two priests did. 

     The poster of the movie is dark and mysterious, it shows a man in front of a house and there is light coming from a window. It was mostly dark throughout the house and the movie. The movie was based on a true story, some horror movies are based on a true story. The Exorcist contains horrific scene and evil force, which possessed the young girl. Horror movies have spooky music before something happens. Yes, they are correct and fair these are some of the main points that are in horror movies. 

        The spooky music would the stay, along with the scene of the movie. Having a fear on the unusual such as doll, clown and demons. I would challenged the characters, instead of being mostly young adults or children, it would be an older person. The characters personality and the plot of the scene would be different. The demon would be attached to the person instead of being in the house. I would also challenged the suspense in the movie, I would not make any scene obvious for the audience. 

       

Genre- Horror

Genre- Horror
Genre conventions content:
- connects content with meaningful truths about life
- haunts/ sacres by using everyday home appliances and everyday general products
Genre Conventions production techniques
Camera shots angles & Composition:

• High angle- make figure/ object vulnerable & powerless
• Close-ups- Captures character emotion
• Tracking- When a character is being followed
• Dutch/ hinted angle- Adds dramatism and snows a supernatural being

Lighting & Color
-Mostly uses lowkey lightning
- Dark colors amongst most scenes
Sound
-Sound effects (screams)
Possession of Hannah Grace director. Diederik Van Rooijen   
The movie Possession of Hannah Grace embodies the genre of horror because a dead girl name, Hannah Grace body is possessed by a demonic force.
The Exorcist director William Friedkin 
The movie The Exorcist embodies the genre of horror because of a 12- years old girl who was possessed by an evil entity. The mother, hired a priest to try to and get her daughter back.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSy7DldFdUI
Director: Scott Derrickson
The Conjuring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k10ETZ41q5o
Director: James Wan
The Nun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzD9zGcUNrw
Director: Corin Hardy
The Amityville Horror
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHjgxvl_ZHg
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
The Last Exorcism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOxQ7DmBQRg
Director: Daniel Stamm
It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKJmEC5ieOk
Director: Andrés Muschietti