Post Production

After recording the majority of the shots and adding the track that we had desired we began to edit our footage. During the editing process...

Title And Typography

In the 1980s a multitude of iconic horror movies hit the screens of cinemas worldwide. One of the most important aspects of each of these horror...

Sound Recording

As part of the post production process we had to consider our use of sound to build tension and suspense, which are key conventions within...

Filming

We produced our film opening over a series of shoots in two locations: Greenwich, and the bedroom of my suburban house. We shot both the...

Pre-Production Experimenting

Before finalising the shots for our film opening, our group needed to test ensure that our mise en scene would be effective in our sequence.  Firstly...

Location Scouting

Before we began filming, we needed to establish the locations at which we would film. These places needed to be easy to access and film in...

Editing Research

During post-production, the software that we will be using to edit our footage will be Final Cut Pro X, which is also the program...

Characters - Costume

Costume is an integral part of any film as it provides a reflection of a character's personality or intentions; therefore we had to carefully...

Character Profiles & Screen Testing

Creating character profiles enable us, as film makers, to ensure fictional characters are as realistic as possible to...

Final Design: Mask

Pictured above is the mask we have decided to use for our antagonist, Temptress. Although a variety of possible ideas for the mask...

Concept Designs: Mask

Masks are an important aspect of the slasher genre, we as a group decided to include a mask within our storyline as it can be used as a...

Topic Research: Prostitution

In order to gain an understanding of our female character, 'The Temptress' - who is a prostitute that kills her male clients- and to create...

Target Audience

During both the pre-production and production process, it is essential to have the audience in mind. In regards to our idea, we must...

Survey Analysis

In order to gain an understanding of our audience preferences and what would be most effective for a slasher film, we decided to create a questionnaire...

Initial Idea

Due to our extensive focus on the genre during our initial research, we have decided that we will be producing a slasher film opening. However,...

Film Trailers vs Film Openings

Trailers and openings are both fundamental aspects of cinematic production; however they are not to be confused. Trailers are utilised to...

Summary of Research

As a group we have decided that our film opening would be of the genre horror, as throughout the research stage we had been looking at Horrors...

Pros and Cons of Horror Sub Genres

SLASHER Slasher films are generally set in a suburban environment and focus around young people, generic victims are attacked...

Codes and Conventions of the Slasher Genre: The Mask

Masks are largely considered to be iconic aspect, as well as symbolic, of horror films. Many well-known Slashers are often immediately...

Code and Conventions of the Slasher Genre: The Final Girl

The Final Girl is a key concept within the slasher genre- the term refers to the last girl surviving in a group, where the antagonist is killing...

Codes and Conventions of the Slasher Genre: The Antagonist

The antagonists place a huge tole within horror films; their responsibility: to be scaring the audience. In order to do this, these Killers...

Film Institutions

What are film institutions? Why are they relevant? Film institutions are organisations, either publicly or privately owned, that produce and...

Narrative Theory

Tzvetan Todorov's narrative theory, introduced in 1969, describes the five main stages of most films and stories. He believes that there...

"Alien" (1979) Deconstruction

Alien is a Sci-Fi Horror film, directed by Ridley Scott which is about the crew of a merchant vessel receiving an unknown transmission...

"The Silence of the Lambs" (1981) Deconstruction

Silence of the Lambs is a psychological horror directed by Jonathon Demme, which is focused on the infamous character of Hannibal...

"A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) Deconstruction

I decided to analyse and deconstruct the opening of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" as it is an iconic film that helped set many of the modern...

"The Woman In Black" (2012) Deconstruction

"The Woman in Black" is a supernatural period horror film directed by James Watkins and produced by the British company, Hammer...