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The location for our film opening was simply set within our school tv studio. The effects and reasons for our chosen setting was due to the fact that we aspired to create a sillhouette effect of our protagonists bodies with the help of the blue-screen supplied in the room.
Originally we planned to use the professional lighting equiptment also provided inside the television studio, however after a few attempts of capturing the footage we experienced many problems such as; the lighting being too bright and ultimatley producing non-believeable sillhouettes. Eventually we decided to use natural lighting as it didnt overall interfer with anything included within the editing process, in comparison to the lighting in which we first intended to use.Initially we planned to include many different locations for 'Death On Tuesday'. Just to mention a few:we planned to initially include a shower scene to effectively create a scene containing a match cut stemming from the male protagonist burning a photograph, to then follow into a steamy heated bathroom in which the female protagonist is placed in, innocently showering. The effect of this was tied to our initial horror theme and was set to create dramatic effect. The woods is a stereotypical place for films within the horror genre, this was the approach my team and i were aiming to produce. This location is dark and mysterious and for this reason fits conventional aspects of a horror film.
- Our Sixth form (Classrooms & Girls Toilets)
Our protagonists were before planned to be sixth form students, in their college during an after school detention. The effect of using a classroom and the toilets as locations was that it emphasized the fact that they were sixth form students, and reminded the audience of the characters image we were planning to portray.
Conversely; we altered our vision and genre of our film and therefore it was essential we changed out film location.
Analysis Of Texas Chainsaw Massacre Title Sequence
The opening of this film starts with the presence of eerie music which immediently builds suspence and gives the audience the impression that something not particually normal is either happening, happened or about to take place. The music involved in this scene works effectively as it not only creates a certain amount of tension amongst the viewers to prepare them for the events that are due to follow, but also compliments the low key lighting to ultimately generate a dark mysterious setting typical of a horror genre. The low key lighting is created by the use of candles, which also act as the key light. The candles during the title sequence create a gothic feel as they are mostly identified in churches and hold religious significance.
This title sequence is dependent on the use of photographs, a very simple yet effective decision as it makes the audience feels as if they are people told a story from a family photo album, making them more interested to proceed to find out about the storyline. The use of close-up shots on the photographs and news paper cut outs also helped to create a feeling of involvement towards the audience as if they are being shown the items personally. However, the camerawork was presented as very fast paced. The effect of this is that it dosen't reveal too much of the storyline and helps to also build tension and suspence, keeping the audience gripped and staying true to the horror genre.Other aspects that contributed to making this title sequence successful were the use of iconic and conventional horror figures. For example, blood.Blood is commonly connected with movies from the horror genre as there is usually always elements of death present within them. The other conventional aspects involved during this title sequence were the use of knives and chains. As the film title includes the word 'Chainsaw' this could also be a play-on aspect. The title of the film also suggests mass murder within the word 'Massacre' and therefore, the presence of knives are chains could help portray this idea and theme of muder further.Close-up shots of dead animals and newspaper cutouts involving the words 'Killing' and 'Murder' also help do this.
At the end of the title sequence, a photograph of a baby with a deformity, a cleft lip (which was also shown at the beginning of the title sequence) is being burnt. The connotation of this action is that it suggests the innocent baby in the photograph is nomore, and could infact imply that the baby is now of another form and plays some involvement into the murders that have been taking place as the photograph was shown at the both the beginning and end of the sequence.
Analysis Of Hustle
Hustle comtains elements used witih the iPod advert which eventually is the product we plan to produce with our short film coursework.
The opening credits of this television drams has acted as inpiration for our film and also provided us with a few ideas of which we would creatively change, and incorporate into our own work.
