Software Research

 

 

To edit our clips together and to make our movie run smoothly we used the editing software called Adobe Premiere Elements 10. We decided on using this as one of our editing softwares because it is what many profesionals use when they edit movies, this gives us the experience of a real movie editor and what they have to do to achieve what they achieve.

 

The effects on this movie editor are acceptable for our genre of movie because they able you to control how the lighting and sounds are e.g. the volume; because our movie is a horror we like to experiment with these things to create tension and fear when you are watching it, making it beneficial for us as editors. Some of the clips had unwanted scenery in them so we tried to figure out a way to remove it; cropping the clip the same way you crop an image was the best way. We explored the editing software to enable us to find the right tool to crop our clip, we managed to find one which brought us to realise how advanced this editing software really is.

Overall this is an ideal application to use to edit our film as it makes the finished preject look professional and neat, it is also easy to use which is nesessary because we are unexperienced movie editiors. The range of transitions, effects and sounds makes it fun to use. The only bad thing about this software is that they lack a choice of titles and fonts to create the theme for your project, because of this we decided to look at different editing software to create our titles and fonts. We thought that IMovie had a lot of possibilities for our movie as it lets you decide on many fonts and use ones your have downloaded from the internet ect.

                 

 



Soundtrack Research

 

Our film soundtrack
 

For our film soundtrack we will be making our own music but making sure we get the right sound so that it creates the right effect on our main target audience. We will use a piano and guitar to make our music and then we will edit it when it has been put on a computer to layer it on top of each other and make a tension building and creepy piece of music. We will start it off being slow and quiet and as the piece of music goes on we will make it get louder and faster to create tension within the audience.


Horror Soundtrack

 

The sound track that is usually in films is tension building and scary music. It usually starts off quietly and as the antagonist gets closer it will get louder and louder; this allows the audience to build tension therefore when the antagonist is shown it makes it a lot more jumpy compared to if there was no music as there would be no build up. One good soundtrack which shows the build up well however it is for a horror/thriller is Jaws. It is a film about sharks attacking people and as soon as you hear the music you know the shark is someone and that the people who are in/ near the water are in danger. The soundtrack starts off slowly and as the shark gets closer it gets faster and louder making the audience build tension and jump more when the shark catches the person. The sound track which shows the tension build well is below.

 

 

Action soundtrack

 

Action sound tracks are usually very fast pace and sound a little like an orchestra. This makes the audience feel like they need to get away quickly and something bad might happen. It also makes the audience feel as if there will be some explosion about to happen as the build up of music makes it sound as if there will be aloud bang at the end of it. As the pace of the soundtrack is very fast it suits the camera shot that are used in action films as they are always very fast to make it seem as if they are moving quickly and fighting well. A typical time that this music would be shown in action films is when there is a car chase scene or a fight scene as the camera shots and sound track need to fit in well together.

 

 

 

Romance Soundtrack

The type of soundtrack that is played in romantic films is quite slow however can become quite fast when a scene is being shown when a couple are running after each other and so on. The music is always light hear ted and happy as romantic films always end up happily ever after and the couple always end up together. Slow music can also be played in romantic films if there is a love scene or just a scene where they are having a deep conversation. The type of music can also change when a bad character comes it, the music can become faster and less light heartened to show the audience that they are not wanted in the relationship- the sort of characters that this music is related to can be the interfering mother, the jealous ex boyfriend or the jealous sister/brother.

 

 

 

Representation and Stereotyping in our Film

Characters in our film have been represented by mise-en-scene in particular ways to make sure that certain characteristics of people come through the film to make sure the audience view then in a particular way.

One of the main characters (the girl) has been represented through mise-en-scene in clothing by wearing innocent clothes. The clothes that we have got the girl to wear is a plain white top; this shows innocence and purity, meaning the audience will see her as vulnerable and not able to defend for herself. She is also wearing plain blue jeans. This shows her as not being different which means that the audience can see her as not being very good at anything particular and makes her seem even more vulnerable. She has blonde hair and blue eyes which is seen as a girl who is quite dumb and known as a "Blonde girl" This makes it seem like she wouldn't know what to do in a bad situation and wouldn't have a chance to get away. She lives in a normal village and her home does look homely which makes the audience link it into their own homes meaning they have used mundane realism.

 

 

Another stereotype we have used in our film is the typical murderer. We have used the clothing side of mise-en-scene by dressing him in a suit like jacket and plain black trousers. We are also covering his face with a brown bag but having the eyes cut out. This makes the audience feel on edge as they can not see his identity. This therefore creates the usual stereotype of a murderer in films as they rarely have there faces shown. However it subverts the stereotype of the murderer wearing fairly normal clothes as you would usually associate a murderer to be wearing all black to be able to hide from people around them. However dressing the murderer in normal clothes hides him in the middle of everyone around him making him hard to find and even more creepy as it sends a message across meaning that anyone can be a murderer and hiding behind crowds of people. We have made the murderer target a normal blond and vulnerable girl which links into mundane realism as it will target the young girls who are like her feel even more scared as they will imagine them as that character in the film.It will also make people stereotype others who wear the sort of clothes we are having the murderer wear to be a criminal.

 

Filming Schedual

10th December

 

3.30pm - Arrived at house we are filming at.

 

4.20pm - Began to create cuts with makeup onto protagonist and discussed what looked the most reaslistic.

 

5.00pm - Decided where we were going to film e.g. hights and angles.

 

5.10pm - Began to film the different shots viewing outside from different locations in the house such as the windows and front door to give the effect that someones watching the protagonist from inside the house.

 

5.50pm - Shot from inside the house and decided how the different shot angles can build up tension.

 

6.30pm - Finished for the day!

 

 

 



Research and Planning Provisional Mark

Layla - this is such a fantastic account of your research and planning - you've really taken us on a journey. Show us that you are an expert in your genre and get your animatic storyboard uploaded and analysed. So impressed this year! 16/20

Location Research - Woods

Location one- Fetcham,Mill pond

 This location could be where we begin our opening scene as the location can create an eerie effect due to the dim lighting of the lampposts. The light generated by the lamppost would ensure the shot is gloomy and adds tension as it would not be as visible as daylight time, which means that we using the environment to create motif as we are reflecting the feelings of the antagonist and protagonist by using the atmosphere around them. However added lighting may be needed due to the limitation of light the lampposts give off, which means the camera would struggle to capture the scene due to the lack of light. Although there is a negative there is also a positive, as the general location is a very common place which would make our scene more realistic, so therefore the audience would sense an aspect of fear as they imagine themselves in the same position as the protagonist.This is many people's fears of walking down a dim lit, narrow pathway, thinking every noise is a warning that someone is behind you . On the other hand, this location may cause a slight difficulty as there is no areas for the antagonist to hide behind, which is how we are going to begin building up the tension for our opening two minutes, as this would show how close the antagonist is to our innocent protagonist, how scary! Having minor places for the antagonist to remain hidden and unknown would mean a decrease in tension which is vital for our final scene to have the biggest impact as possible, so if we do not have this it would mean we could not show us much tension as we would like too.

Location two- Epsom common

Our second location we researched was Epsom common. As you can see from the video and picture, Epsom common has lots of overhanging trees which would be fairly effective as when the darkness falls and the shadows of the branches casts, it would seem as if they are acting like hands which are trying to grab the protagonist. This would mena that we would to get the timings of our filming accurate so we can have enough natural lighting, to make it as realistic as possible, and to achieve this effect. Having lots of overhanging trees would also mean we can use our idea of having the antagonist hiding behind trees, which we would create this by making the camera act like it is the antagonist

 

stalking and staring at the protagonist behind trees, for example. This would make our production very dynamic as we are using various creative shots, which would provide us with a fluent production. However there is a downfall of having lots of trees, as it would result in a limitation of light, meaning we would have to produce natural- styled light so the camera can detect the scene. Epsom also has lots of paths, which could add tension as the antagonist could come from any direction. Also the ground is uneven which could lead to our protagonist on falling over as she keeps hearing noises.

Location three- Bookham common

This is our final location we found, which is known as Bookham Common. This has quite a numerous amount of trees which would make the protagonist feel as if they are close in on her, which would increase the tension. However, although there are lots of overhanging trees, there is not enough to block out all the natural light, meaning there would be a substantial light, meaning we would not need to any addition light. There are different sizes of paths, which would give us a choice of which ones to uses and we would like the perfect location for our opening two minutes. As our protagonist may get fall and cut herself; the paths within this wood can be very curvy, which means she can cut her hands on a passing trees. This woods are also closes to houses more than the others, which is a benefit as the protagonist runs home to clean her cut. This may be more effective than the others as lighting is negotiable so it would not effect the scene, unless we choose the wrong timings of filming.

Font Research - Producing our ideal font

In order to make this font we looked through a variety of ready made titles so we could get an idea of what we wanted and then designed and made it on paint and photo shop. This made sure that we got the right look that we wanted at that time however it was not exactly what we wanted. We used this font, which we found during our research as it was the closest to the font we wanted to achieve.

In order to make it we used paint to begin with so we could use shapes and paint to make the design we wanted and then used photo shop to crop and make sure it was up to scratch. We reflected this idea off of our initial idea as we knew we then wanted to make it a lot more bold to ensure it stands out well. We also decided we wanted to have the background of the text to be black and the writing to be white as we thought it pursued more of a creepy effect. Also would look better when we put it in our film as we are making it seem tense when the titles bang in making it give a fright to the audience. We did this by converting the colours on a website which made the white background black and the black font white. Although we liked the way the writing is set our we still didn't think it was perfect. We then used a tool on paint to do the scratching effect to give us the worn, bark-like effect. The next stage involved us pasting this onto photoshop where we smudged the scratch parts so that it would blend a little in the white font so it would look professional. This took us a while as it was very hard to make it look effective without it looking like they are plain straight lines cutting up the letters.

This is our final idea. We related both our initial idea and our second idea ( in 'Font research-The Woods' Blog) to make this final one that we all liked. We have used the layout of the second idea and as we liked how on the initial idea, there were scratches going across some of the letters. We wanted to add that into it and make it more obvious and exaggerated. This meant it looks even more scary and link into the name of our film "The Woods" as it can come across like the scratches are branches or bits of mud covering parts of the letters. straight lines cutting up the letters. This font would be our final opening titles of our opening two minutes of 'The Woods'.

Makeup Tutorials Put into Action - Bruises

 First I add moisturiser, which is to ensure my skin is moist and refresh. This would allow the make up I use in this technique to stay on my skin longer and to ensure that it would not disappear if tempered with or touched. The type of moisturiser I used was E45 cream as it is all made from natural substances, which means that the make I use in this process does not affect my skin in anyway and if used the actor would not be happy if they reacted to the materials used.

The next stage is adding a smidgen of bronzer, which is where you use a make up brush you ensure the bronzer comes out smooth and flat. Using this would make the section of skin, where the bruise is being placed, smooth and to avoid uneven tones of skin colour. This would also help for the eye-shadow to mix with it, which would make the whole effect of the bruise even more effective. you can get this bronzer from any type of shop, but all you need to take into account is that it have to suit the colour of the actor, which is very important 
as you do not want them to look orange. This photo show the first type of eye-shadow needed for the base colour of our bruise which we want to achieve. Using a eye-shadow brush, would allow you to delicately apply the eye-shadow, so that it can form an actual looking styled bruise. The shape should be a little uneven so that it is more realistic as usually bruises are not in a specific shape. Using a fairly light colour means if the shape goes wrong it would not be as noticeable as if I used a darker colour it would mean I would have to start over.

 These are the next types of colours I used. The first one was a shade up from the previous colour so it would make the colour before more visible to see. The next colour was added around the edge of the other two to show that the impact occurred more harshly around the edge, but also to bring out the bruise more. The final colour was to ensure that if I added too much of the darker brown I could blend it into my skin, so it would avoid me starting all over again, as that would be very time consuming.

 This stage is using even darker colours, dark blue and darker brown. This is to emphasis how the bruise is coming out as just like a real one would do. The blue eye-shadow is to symbolise the most painful part of the bruise as usually this is whereas the the darker brown is to help blend all the colours I have used so far, to make a gradient of colour. As you can see in the picture,these colours are the most dominant colours, which makes the bruise look very realistic, which is ideal for our opening two minutes of our film.

 This is the final result of making a bruise. This looks very much like a bruise as it has all the colours of one and suits the colour of the skin, meaning it doesn't look like it should not be there. However this shape may not be ideal for our film, as we should make it more like finger impressions, as if someone has grabbed someones arms. This may be ideal to be part of the protagonists make up regime as it could suggest domestic violence occurring in her life or something relatively similar.

This is all of the equipment used to make this bruise. The equipment I used was, bronzer, make up brush, moisturiser, blusher brush (optional), eye-shadow applicator ( one of two preferably) and eye-shadows. These colours should consist of three colours being the same colour but different shades of this colour, a blue and a pale skin colour.

Makeup Tutorial Put into Action - cuts

I thought I should try out some of what I found on the tutorials, which would ensure that the process is an easy but very effective type of make up to use for our opening two minutes of our film.
First I added the moisturiser to my hands, which ensures my skin is moist and not dry. This would allow the make up to attach to the skin more and is less likely to come of if disturbed or touched. I used E45 cream to so it would not react with any of the resources I was using through this process as it would be very unprofessional if occurred.

I thought I should try out some of what I found on the tutorials, which would ensure that the process is an easy but very effective type of make up to use for our opening two minutes of our film.

This is the equipment I use to produce the cuts. Instead of using the wax make up which was present within the cut make up tutorial, I was advised to use this as it was less likely to react with people's skin where ever it was put and also if very easy to create indents and a cut effect as you have to actually cut the latex to produce the effect. I also used cotton buds to spread the substance onto my skin so I wouldn't get messy and could produce precise shapes.

This is when I was adding the latex substance to my and, with the use of the cotton bud. As you can see the substance come out white on the skin, which allows you too see where you are putting it. However after a few seconds it begins to dry and turns clear and shiny. This shininess would be reduce in the further stages of the process. I added the latex onto my skin in a sausage like shape, which would mean that it is easier to cut into the latex as it would have lots of areas to attach itself on to the skin. 

This latex would have to be repeatedly added so that it would build up layers, similarly to our skins, the thicker and more layers you do the most effective the cut appeared like. This also allows lots of fake blood to fill the indent, which would add to the effect of blood flowing out of the deep gash. As you can see I have put many layers on top of each other. In this picture on the left I have added foundation and bronzer to make the cut seem like it is my own skin, rather than making it look very fake and unreal. Adding the use of bronzer, with a brush, reduces the shininess of the latex, ensuring the effect of human skin. 

As you can see, this stage is fairly difficult as you have to be careful using the scissors. In this stage you to cut the latex with the scissors, which due to the use of this type of latex, it is easy to cut through, avoiding cutting your actual skin. This is one of the longest parts of the process in forming a cut as you have to be precise and accurate as this determines the shape of your cut. Using this cutting effect makes the latex peel, which creates the effect of the skin actually being cut. Due to the moisturiser used at the beginning, the latex does not effect the skin in any way. Be careful during the cutting stage! 

During this stage if some added make up ( bronzer/ foundation) is removed, re-add some to sure there is no shininess or discolouration present. Next add red paint to the indentation of the cut, this may not realistic yet but adding different colours from darker red to brown would add the effect of scubs forming or being recently cut, which is ideal for the use of it being used in the opening scenes. Adding the surrounding part of the indentation with a darker colour shows the dried blood effect and emphasises the deepness of the cut.

 This is the finally result as you can see on the right. This is very effective to use as it appears to look very realistic, and emphasises the pain and depth of the cut. The use of the various colours used on the cut, increases the realistic of the cut and if we do use this effect, close ups would be no problem as we can add further detail if needed. Including a slight shine to the cut suggests that the cut is becoming increasingly infected. This could be ideal for the use of being in our film as the antagonist can have these on various parts of their skins, especially the hands  and even the face, depending on the use of costume. As you can see this is all the equipment I used to produce this cut. I used: a paintbrush, scissors, moisturiser, foundation, bronzer, sponges, skin latex, warm water, make up brush, cotton buds and paint, which consist of two shade of red (scarlet and bright red) and brown. Overall this is a very good idea to use to for our make up for the antagonist, plus it follows the conventions of a horror as involves blood and gore.

Camera Equipment Research

The Canon 600D is known for its easy use and clear images and video footage which was a good enough reason for us to use it as one of our video cameras when filming 'The Woods' because the sharp imagry gives a professional finish to our opening two minutes, making the recording process more worth while. Another reason we found it better to film with this camera is because it helps you create different depth of fields just by using the lens. Overall this camera had great reviews, which increased our confidence on the quality of our movie as we had no idea how real or clear the clips would turn out.

 

We decided on using a different camera for certain clips because they were planned to be done under water meaning we needed to use a water that can be used in water. Luckily we had one - Kodak Playsport. This camera is specifically designed to work in the roughest environments which meant it was perfect to use. The Kodak Playsport has HD filming, making it the same quality as the Canon 600D, resulting in our movie to run smoothly and not appear to be filmed on two different cameras. Using two cameras gave us a better knowledge on how real movies are done as they use many different cameras to get the shots they need, in our case we needed to use a camera for the shots done in and around water and one for the rest of the movie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Influences on Production

This was a huge influence for our production of our film ideas as this gave us the initial intentions of having our antagonist present within our opening scene rather than having something paranormal. Scream involves the antagonist who is crazed about horror films, so they decided to make their own one, where they were the killer. This antagonist intrigued us to have a similar antagonist within our opening two minutes, however we need to ensure there is not to much in the opening scene. Using the phone to gain connection to the protagonist, their victim, would scare the audience as this can easily happen them; this is very effective, which is why instead of using a prop we thought we would use someone house to ensure the audience would relate to this happening to them. Also, having the antagonist unknown creates the whole enigma on who is this and why are they doing it? This is why we used a mask within our costume so the identity of the antagonist would be undetectable, which would leave the audience asking themselves one question 'Who is this?'

Friday the 13th was another influence to our production as, again, this film involves an antagonist which is the frightening element of this film. In contrast to 'Scream' film, this film is set in the woods mainly whereas 'Scream' is located usually in the victim's home and neighbourhood. These two influences inspired us to try and ensure that both of these locations are within our opening two minutes as having the woods would symbolise where root of the problems began, for example, the stalking, and involving the house location would make the audience relate to the scene as they could imagine this happening to them as many people have a fear of being home alone and thinking someone is in the house. The antagonist was also wearing a mask, which reinforced us on using a mask for our antagonist, as our we would not want to give too much away but we don't want to disengage with the audience as there is little fear to scare the audience.

 

Paranormal Activity was our first influence to producing our opening two minutes as this is one of my best horror films as there was always something scary in nearly every scene. The use of paranormal ensured the audience was scared as, generally, people are scared of paranormal as no one, presently can prove that is does not exist, so they begin to believe that this could occur to them. However this was our first influence, we began to think how we could achieve professional looking paranormal effects, which seemed impossible without special equipment such as pulling ropes and fishing lines which are usually used within these kind of paranormal films. Although we could not add this to our opening two minutes, this film inspired us to produce a horror film for our opening two minutes.

 

Another influence was 'The Cabin in the Woods' as the genre is similar to ours, which is a horror. This film, was set in the woods, which again reinforced the idea of setting our establishing scene within a wood. Instead of having frightening events occurring in the wood, like 'The Cabin in the Woods', we would build tension, such as someone looking and stalking our protagonist through the wood.

Anotagonist Costume Ideas

Research for antagonist

This research is to show how we came up with our final choices for the outfit/ costume for our antagonist. This is very important as we want to portray our protagonist as being scary and frightful, as they are usually the scare factor of a horror film.
This picture is from the horror film series of 'Scream', which the antagonist caused the scary elements of these films, as they have hidden their identity, which reveals no characteristics of the person beneath the costume. The use of this costume, as I have said, hides the identity of the antagonist, which would creates an enigma for the audience, on to who this person is underneath the black material. The use of props of having a mask, now known as a 'Scream' mask, shows that anybody could get their hands on one of these, as it was a common Halloween accessory, which would make the audience uneasy as the antagonist could be anyone and could occur in their lives. This may be a good idea to use a mask, which is a common thing, as it would hide their identity, which implies it could be anyone as a vast majority of the public would have this object. The use of an over sized black poncho which is worn by the 'Scream' antagonist, covers and disguises all of the characteristics of the person, which create a further enigma as the audience are unable to detect who the antagonist is. Having this piece of clothing black symbolises many things as black is symbolic for evil and darkness, which generally antagonist should be classed as they are initiating evil and unspeakable things. Having the contrasting white and black colours emphasises that this would be the last face the victim see, which may be ideal for our opening scene as our antagonist is murderous and deadly. If we use the idea of having something baggy and covering all visible skin, it would mean we wouldbe unable to do make up on the antagonist, which could reduce time, so more dynamic and technical filming can be used, however we want to have a professional, dynamic opening two minutes, so time is not a major issue. The mask we use could be iconic for our antagonist, as this ghoul mask has become iconic over the years, as now it is known as the 'Scream' mask. This antagonist is a very well known one, Freddie Krueger, from 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'. As you can see, the clothing for this antagonist consists of striped jumper, ripped jeans and murderous accessory on their right hand. This outfit could be seen as fairly casual and subvert from a stereotypical costume for an antagonist, as usually they have some sort of outfit which separates them from the protagonist and other people within the shot. This may be clever to use as they would symbolise that the antagonist could just be an everyday person, which you would never expect. The use of the colour red symbolises blood and gore which takes place in the film. This colour could be used as there may be an aspect of blood spill in our opening scene, however we would want our antagonist to be scary, which would ensure the audience would be frightened of them, which this colour may not provide. the use of having the 'claw accessory' adds a sense of cruelty and violence, which most horrors consist of . To make our antagonist frightful for the audience we could include some kind of deadly accessory similar to 'Freddie Krueger's.
This costume is from the film called 'Hostel', which is a gruesome horror film, which consists of this person present in the picture, kidnapping individuals and torturing and teasing them. The use of costume demonstrates the action the antagonist does. The use of the long black apron implies that what they do can get messy, and the red long shirt implies blood is involved as red is commonly related to either blood and gore or love and romance, which due to the genre of the film probably means horror. Similarly to the 'Scream' antagonist, they are wearing a mask which hides their face and adds a scare factor as no one knows who they are.
Overall, I believe we should use a mask to hide the antagonist face as that would create a huge enigma within our opening two minutes of our film. Although I may have not made my mind up about what they should wear, I am leaning more towards the casual side so the audience would relate as this could happen to them as the antagonist could be anyone. See 'Antagonist Costume- Final Costume' to see our costume we ended up with.

Protagonist Costume research

 We need to choose the correct outfit in which it would make our protagonist look as innocent as possible and as realistic as can be. This part of the research is very important as this is very visible to the audience, so if the clothing worn by actor contrasts the message we are trying to broadcast then it would distract the audience and would not relate to it as much.

 

This picture was from ' A nightmare on Elm Street', which has the same genre of film as us, horror, so we can relate to the choices they chose on what the protagonist wears.This example of clothing could be used for our protagonist costume. The use of having casual clothes implies that something has happened to a person, which is out of their everyday routine, which would be ideal for our film as we would want the audience to feel as though this could happen to them, which adds to the scare factor. If we used this time of costume it would mean that they are easy to purchase as we can go to charity shops to find hoodies or even in our own wardrobe. The use of colours is also vital to take into consideration as various colours, tones and shades symbolises different messages. Using light pinks, similar to the colour within the picture, expresses innocence and youth as it fairly feminine, which would be ideal as we want to make the audience sympathise for her. the colur colour is symbolic for purity and also innocence, which maybe better than using light pinks as white gives the same interpretation across but also that it would make it look more realistic as white is worn everyday. Using lighter colours for our protagonist would be more effective than bright colour as they would contrast drastically from the background and would not be as realistic as they are not everyday clothes stereotypically.

This picture on the right, differs from the costume previously analysed as this outfit involves a dress and a darker jacket, with a prop of a hat. Using a dress could give an insight of what the protagonist was doing before opening scene, which could create an enigma. The dress could symbolise that she cares about her appearance, which could make the audience dislike her, however the use of dresses usually symbolises the innocence. Having added accessories to the costume, such as the leather jacket and the hat, could express the climate as being cold and eerie as she is covering herself up. The hat could suggest she is hiding away from someone or something, which may be a disadvantage as she the protagonist who does not need to hide from anyone. The dress is fairly revealing, which could be a reason or cause for why the antagonist targeted them as it could be a due to the appearance as they meet their sexual desire

 

This picture to the left is very casual due to the use of props. The use of a coat or some sort of jacket suggests the climate, as being cold and even eerie, which generally horror films are set in these environments. The use of a bag implies she has been to a place before, which could be good to involve as it would create a small enigma or just could just added detail to our protagonist character. The glasses would not suit our protagonist as fear and emotions are usually seen through the eyes more than anything, which our opening scene would have close up of the protagonist face.

From my research, I believe we should have some sort of props, such as a scarf or a bag as it gives an insight of the climate and adds to the detail of the character. Also the costume should be fairly causal to suggest that the horror events which would occur in the film could happen to any everyday person, which the use of costumes would reinforce this vision. Go to 'Protagonist Costumes- Final costume' to see what our final costume is for our protagonist who is featuring in our opening two minutes.

 



Antagonist Makeup Ideas

 

This piece of research is to see what we can do to the antagonist as we are unsure if we should use some sort of face make up or use costume to cover the face.As you can see on the right, the picture is of a ragged bag with a painted on smile and two dark as night eye holes. This would be very effective to use for our opening scene as it would hide the identity of the antagonist, so it would be one of the main enigmas of the film, which could be more effective to use as this doesn't give a slight insight of the characteristics of the antagonist, whereas using make up would. This would also reduce time preparing the individual who is playing our antagonist as this would just be needed to be put over the head of the antagonist, and have their eyes darken to ensure that no features are visible to the naked eye. This would relate to the audience fears of unknowing the unknown.

This tutorial is to show how to make a clown face make up. This may be ideal for our film as it relates to the audiences fears as many individuals are scared of clowns. This tutorials also shows how easy it is to produce this make up tutorial, as it gives a step by step tutorial of how to do it, which makes the process seem a lot easier and would look very effective. We could even make it look a bit smudged to show that the victim could have been targeted very quickly, so the make up was put on carelessly. This make up would also contrast from the protagonist make up and the surroundings, which would make this character be the focus pull of any scene unless a effect is added during the editing stages. However, one of our aims for our opening two minutes of our film was to make it as realistic as possible, so the circumstances should be realistic too. Having a bag over someones head is more realistic as it is an everyday item to have, which would make the audience relate to the film even more, meaning they would increasingly get even more scared. Whereas, in contrast, this make up would link more to a horror, released on Halloween, which is not one of our main objectives. This would also involve a lot of different types of make up which would show the amount of thought and detail which went into making our antagonist the perfect part. another negative to using this is that it would mean the audience can see all the characteristics of the antagonist, which would mean they could make the connection to who the person is when the make up is removed, which would not make as much of an enigma as if we used the bag mask one.
Overall I think we should use the ragged bag mask as this would hide the identity of the antagonist, which would create a massive enigma to who they are, reduces the make up time assigned to this character and also that this would suit more of the genre of horror we are producing.