Shot list

Shot list

Walking behind Nathan, over the shoulder/midshot, he's then approached by 2 males (bullies) in the corridor and gets beaten up.

Nathan is sitting down at a desk doing work, in a POV of Nathan, he is then approached by a group of lads who take the mick out of him for doing work, one of the the punch him in the face from of POV of Nathan.

Nathan is walking home from school, when a car pulls up next to home, from a midshot, the people in the car throw water over him, he then shouts "I've had enough, i'm getting you back"

Nathan is at home playing on his Xbox, as he is killing someone, he shouts "die die die" whilst the camera is at a close up of the trigger. It then fades out as dramatic music sounds.

The film production company's logo appears whilst the dramatic music, the film logo will then appear with the same dramatic music still playing.

You see Nathan setting up an account on a social networking site from an over the shouter shot whilst he same dramatic music is still playing.

We then see Nathan collecting different weapons but flashing through them slowly in a montage type style clip.

From a long shot, we will see Nathan following Scott through an alley
from an over the shoulder shot, we see Nathan following another bully called Jason up a cul-de-sac.
From a POV of Nathan, we see him following a third bully called Ross out of school.

There will now be a montage of a load of scary clips of what Nathan will do and the bullies reactions. It will the fade out black.

When its black, Nathan in his white mask will pop on the screen and then cute off.

Audience feedback on plot of our trailer

https://soundcloud.com/user968090682/audience-feedback-emily http://youtu.be/aJroywzJXWM

Locations

A list of locations we will use to film our scenes that will feature in our trailer.

House - To film Nathan in his own home, to see what he is like when he his by him self and not being watched by bullies. It will mainly be in Nathans room that we will be filming but we will sometimes venture out. This is where Nathan will start his social media terror. It will also be where he is playing his violent video games that give him ideas on how to kill his school bullies

Park - some of the murder scenes will be taking place in the park. We will just be filming the build up to the murder as we don't want to give away any spoilers. The park is a spooky environment witch suits our horror genre very well. If the lighting is right in the park, it will be the perfect location for our murder scenes.

School - The place Nathan will be filmed getting bullied by Scott. This is quite a stereotypical place to film bullying and that is why it is a great place to film it. The audience will expect bullying to take place at a school, the surprise will be how Nathan turns from being a nice young school boy to a serial killer.

Inside Of Car - This is how Nathan gets around. He is seen a lot in his car listening to strange mysterious music.

Production logo feed back

Daniels feedback on the production logos:

• looks professional like an actual production company logo
• logo is clear, not to confusing
• The colours work with each making it look effective, the earth stands out well on the black 
• The connection to the Illuminati, found it interesting 
• Logo is simple, not too clattered, easy to recognise 

Connors feedback on the production logos:

• Thought the logo was too plain 
• Not enough colour, so doesn't attract his attention 
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Film logos

These are our first draft logos, the main image is a computer screen tying in with our film as it is based of cyber terrorizing and also acts as the main body of the image to house the other images, the blood represents the murder aspect of the film and also makes it more eye catching, with just a monitor it would look very boring and unappealing to any audience, the splattered blood will bring more attention to our film and also gives a strong indication that the film will be slasher horror. The name of the film Slashtag also includes a '#' this is because of the name tying in with the media aspects of the film however it can also actually be used on social media like Twitter or Facebook, the actual of hashtag of '#Slashtag' can be used and this will be something we will be doing to promote our film when it comes to advertising it    

Improved production company logo ideas

These are my production company logos, they are all similar in there appearance but they all have there own distinct differences. The one I have chosen to go with is the top right hand corner, this because I like how the writing is separate from the actual logo so it can be seen much easier by the audience

Latest film logo

Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrells - Car scene

This is a clip from the Film Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, we have reviewed this as it shows as scene of violence, in our film there will be many scenes of violence, these videos allow us to take inspiration from them and use there camera methods in our trailer, this scene  is specifically impressive as you see none of the violence actually happen and it leaves it up to the imagination to think what actually happens to the man being beaten by the car door, it shows the mans aggression by focusing on his face the entire time as it is film from an upwards perspective 

Film logo ideas

Max Ward Blog Feedback                                                                                                                   October 2014

Task Research and Planning	Incomplete/ Limited 0-7 marks	Basic 8-11 marks	Proficient 12-15 marks	Excellent 16-20 marks
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WWW: ü  Your analysis of existing media texts is good and you show and awareness of denotations but need to develop connotations. ü  You have an awareness of key concepts and start to apply these to your chosen genre. ü  You begin to show an awareness of generic conventions. ü  You start to consider the effect texts have on audience. ü  You work well collaboratively and are making good progress with your blog. ü  You show an awareness of audio visual elements and need to start editing these to show your true potential.
EBI: ·       Include paragraphs in your analysis – you should be making more than one point about each still. ·       Complete work on time and to the best of your ability. ·       Add detail to your blog posts and explain how these will inform your production work. ·       Develop your analysis of media texts – you need to consider connotations and make links to key concepts e.g. audience and genre.
Pupil Comment: I’m happy with the marks for now but it clearly shows I can do better, this will be done by completing the work I haven’t done and by adding more detail to work I have previously completed. I feel I can have all of my ticks in the 12-15 marks section with some in the 16-20 section

Narrative theorists

Tzvetan Todorov

Todorov suggests that all narratives follow a structure of 3 parts

This begins with the equilibrium where everything is balanced and in order, this is usually the beginning of a narrative, where a problem is yet to occur 

Secondly there is the disequilibrium, this is where a problem disturbs the balance and must be put right, this will be what a narrative focuses on 

Finally the balance is restored and order is brought back, the structure is now complete as it has returned to an equilibrium state 

This formula can be applied to virtually all narratives, it is a smiple way of approaching the beginning middle and end of a narrative



Vladimir Propp 

After studying Russian folk tales Vladimir Propp came up with a theory that are only a certain number of characters who come up in most narratives, the normal generic characters are the Hero and the Villain, but others also appear:

Protagonist (Hero) - Leads the narrative, is usually looking for some thing or is sent on a quest, or sometimes trying to solve a mystery. (does not have to be male, but in most cases is)
Antagonist (villain) - Gets in the protagonists way, tries to stop him/he on whatever they are trying to do 
Heroine - Is usually some sort of prize or reward the the protagonist
Father - An authority figure who offers a reward to the protagonist their quest, that reward might be your typical 'princess' figure or something that the protagonist really wants 
Helper - Helps the protagonists, this character will usually go alongside the protagonist is usually not as  important 
Donor - Gives the protagonist something to aid them on their quest/mission, could be a clue, talisman, special power
Mentor - Teaches and guides the protagonist, gives him information and knowledge about his journey

These characters and their roles can be seen in a lot of narratives, we expect to see them in the narratives 


Claude Levi-Srauss

Levi-Strauss said that all narratives had to be driven forward by conflict caused by a series of opposing forces, calling this theory binary opposites, saying that all the main forces in narratives have there equals and opposites

Good/Evil
Light/Dark
Noise/Silence 
Youth/Aged
Right/Wrong
Poverty/Wealth
Strength/Weakness
Inside/Outside
Happy/Sad 
Old/New 

Some sort of opposites with come into conflict in a narrative until some sort of resolution and balance is achieved 


Roland Barthes

Open or closed narratives 

Open - Unravelled in lots of different ways (e.g. Inception)
Closed - one obvious ending (e.g. Die Hard) 

Barthes also believes symbols and signs and cultural references help the audience to identify with a narrative and thus help propel it forward 

E.g if a gun is shown on screen, no one in the audience needs to be told that a gun is dangerous, because of the culture that surrounds, you already know that guns kills  

Key scenes withs script

Applying audience theory

Richard Dyer –

The Horror genre does not really offer “Utopian solutions” and never show a perfect picture of the world. Horror looks at society’s problems and looking at the bad sides of peoples lives and the worlds darker focuses. The horror genre identifies people’s fears, the main one really is death, in pretty much every horror people will die.

They purposely target peoples fears to create a dark and sinister world that the viewers hope will never become a reality , creators also do this to make the films entertaining because they let people see these brutal sides of life that will hopefully never happen to them. They create a film that doesn't offer a perfect, happy life were everything is okay.

For example the film series Saw shows an extremely threatening and brutal situation that tests peoples limits in the films, it tests the characters willingness to survive and puts them through horrific tests that no person would ever want to experience.

The Frankfurt School –

Some Horror films are just made to scare people, the audience doesn't always think about the film they are watching, they don’t think and just take in the information and wait to be scared, some horror films are just made to entertain and scare people, audiences are manipulated and told what to think when they watch a film.

Other horror films leave open questions, making the viewer think about what is happening and why these things are going on, they let you decide for yourself whether it is is right or wrong and lets you create your own ideas, a good example for a film that makes you think is The Shining or Sinister as  you're constantly trying to work out what can happen next.

Blumer + Katz -

This theory applies well to horror film audiences, the audiences of horror films watch them to be scared, it allows people to see things that they can't in real life and lets them be scared of a fake event that it isn't real, they do this to because they want to be scared and want to be effected by the film, they know that when they go to horror film, they will probably end the film scared or disturbed, to experience the entertainment of being thrilled by the film.  

The typical audience can not really relate to the film however though, as your typical audience will be young people and teenagers and will not be in the same positions as the people in the film so its hard for an audience to relate to the characters in a horror film, they watch these films to experience those positions, and fuel there imagination to what it must be like to be that person in the film, your usual audience couldn't relate to films like Panormal Ativity or The Conjuring as they are not the same age as the people, or do not have a family and there own house 

David Buckingham - 

Horror films are very social films, and draw people to see them, this works mainly with young people, they get excited to see them as they scare you and people want to see how much they will scare them, Horror films are not films that are highly regarded and remembered as classics they are mainly used to just entertain people for a short period of time and are then just forgotten about.