Thursday 28 November 2013
Wednesday 27 November 2013
Prelim Evaluation
Prelim Evaluation
The prelim task was mine and Olivia’s
first encounter of actually making a short film. We had no experience of
actually planning, writing, shooting and editing a film, this was all new to
us. We started off by getting ideas for our film by making a mind map and a
story board, this way we were able to plan shots that we wanted to take. When
we completed our storyboard we decided who we wanted to play our actors and
which props we needed ect.
After our planning we were
able to take out the video camera and start to shoot our film. Me and Olivia
had no experience of shooting a film and had to be shown the basics by our
teacher. We used a tripod to steady our video camera as we had to shoot the
video ourselves and at one point we were both on the screen. We found it very
challenging to get the timing just right when we were both being filmed at the
same time, but it enabled us to widen our videoing skills.
When we had finally finished
videoing all of our shots we put them on to Final Cut to actually make it into
a film, we had also not used this application before and had to be shown the
basics, but after a white we got the hang of it and were away in no time. After
fining the music on You tube we downloaded it and put in into our video. We ha
ten finished our shot film and were able to put it on to You tube.
We worked very hard creating
this short film and we are proud of what e achieved in a short time. If I were
to create another short film o do this again I would spend more time planning
it to make sure we had the exact shots we wanted and so we could write out a
script. This would make us more organized and prepared for our film. Over all
me and Olivia are very proud of out video and we believe that w worked hard to achieve
it.
Thursday 21 November 2013
History of Horror
History Of Horror
Horror is a film genre aimed to scare or shock the audience
with gruesome or creepy scenes, playing on the audiences primal fears. There
are lots of different themes to horror films; Fantasy, supernatural, thriller
or gruesome. Horror films often are based to play on the viewers nightmares,
hidden fears and horror of unknown.
1890s-1920s
The first appearance of a horror film in the 1890’s was
created by Georges Melies , The best known being Le Manoir du diable, Another
leading horror film was The Cave of the Unholy One, while Edison Studios
produced the first film version of Frankenstein, which was thought lost for
many years. In the 1920’s the horror scene started to come alive as films such
as The hunchback of Notre Dame and The Monster were produced.
1930s-1940s
During the early period of the 1930s , the American movie
studio Universal Pictures began a very successful Gothic horror film series.
They produced films such as Dracula, Frankenstein and the old dark house, some
of these films mixed sci-fi with Gothic horror, such as The invisible man.
Other Film studios such as MGM followed Universals success by producing Freaks
and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
1950s-1960s
As technology advanced throughout the years and a steam of
productions featured humanity overcoming threats from ‘outside’; aliens and
mutations to people , plans and insects. Movies such a Godzilla were produced,
featuring the effects of nuclear radiation. During the late 1950s , Great
Britain emerged into the production of horror films. The Hammer Films produced
a rang of horror films such as The Curse of Frankenstein and Dracula both
followed by many sequels. Ghosts and monsters still remained a main genre for
horror but many films used the supernatural theme such as The Innocents or The
Haunting.
1970s-1980s
Throughout the 1970s the theme of Evil children and
reincarnation became popular subjects , films such as Audrey Rose and Alice,
Sweet Alice are example of this theme . The ideas of the 1060s began to
influence horror films as The Hills Have Eyes and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
were produced. Slasher films also became quite popular when John Carpenter
created Halloween and Sean Cunningham mad Friday the 13th, these
films became very violent while also
becoming increasingly successful. Killer animal movies eased into the film
scene with Jaws and orca.
1900s
As the first appearance of Slasher Films arose in the 1970s,
the trend continued throughout the 90s as sequels for Halloween and Child play
ere produced, which met great success. However as the 90s progressed, Slasher
Films were produces in their hundreds and eventually wore itself out as nonstop
gore and blood films were produced. This event saw a rise in Science-Fiction
and Fantasy Horror Films such as The Haunting, Deep Rising and Anaconda. Comic
Horror Films also made it onto the scene as films like Scream and I know what
you did last summer were produced. The 90’s saw a dramatic change in horror
films that effected the 2000s.
2000s
The start of this period of time saw a rise of lots of new
films which would smash the box office such as Final Destination and The
Jeepers Creepers series. Video game adaptation movies also became popular such
as Doom and Silent Hill. The zombie genre saw a huge rise after producing I Am Legend,
Zombieland and 28 Days Later , while a large trend of extreme, graphic violence
movies came into the light , including Audition and Wrong turn.
Overall , throughout the year the Horror movie genre changed
a serious amount as different styles became popular and others decreased in
popularity. This saw genres such as Zombie, Slasher, Sci-fi and Fantasy, which
made Horror Films are what they are today!
Friday 15 November 2013
Institutional Research
Institutional
Research
There are many outstanding Horror Production studios that
have produced several famous horror movies, but I have chosen a select few that
really caught my eye and have starred in the best horror films made.
Hammer
films
Hammer Films is a film productions company based in the
United Kingdom, it was founded in 1934 and the company is best known for its
series of Gothic ‘Hammer Horror’ films made from the mid 1950’s. Hammer Films
has produced many science fiction, thrillers, film noir and comedies, also in
its later years it produced a television series. Hammer Films produced some of
the most classic and famous films around such as Dracula, The Mummy,
Frankenstein and The Phantom of the Opera. Recently Hammer Films has produced
The Woman In Black, which was a huge success , staring David Radcliffe.
Miramax
Films
Miramax Films is an American entertainment company, founded
in 1979 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein. Miramax was a leading independent film
motion picture distribution and production company before it was acquired by
The Walt Disney Company in 1993. Miramax
has produces hundreds of Films throughout the years, ranging from comedies,
thriller, horrors, romance etc. Some of the films include Jeepers Creepers, Bad
Santa, Adventureland and Bridget Jones. However some of their most famous
horror films include Halloween, Scream and Scary movie.
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures
is a very famous movie production
company, founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, it is the fourth oldest in the world
that still continues production. Universal Pictures has produced hundreds of
Famous films since 1912, and still continue to produce them. Some of their most
famous horror films include Jaws, Chucky , The Birds, Psycho. Some of their
most recent movies are The purge, The curse of Chucky, and Dead Silence. Average gross of all movies is
All of these film
production company’s are very famous and have all produced a range f classic
Horror films over the years.
Thursday 14 November 2013
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