Audience Research Findings/Results

These our our results from out Audience Research Survey. We have pie charts as we thought it was the easiest way to show our results but we also had to write up some of our results as they where text answers. I think that our results show that there are a variety of people who like horrors and who don't. It also suggests to us some ideas of what to include in a horror film which we could reflect on for our film.

Opie Task

This is the first thing we did on Photoshop to develop our skills so that we could use it in future coursework. We may use this skill to make opening credits for our 2 Minute film.

Character List

We made a character list to show what each character is going to look like and what they are wearing so we can replicate it if we need to film on a different day. This character list shows the costumes and makeup for all of the characters. The little girl's costume and make-up stay the same throughout the whole film but the toys change. These photographs show the costumes which the characters always wear but it also shows the makeup in the second half of the film when they change.

AS Brief

PRELIMINARY EXERCISE:
This task will involve filming and editing a character moving around college and using a variety of shots to express a strange atmosphere to the audience. There will be a few lines of dialogue between the characters and we will be using the college surroundings to our advantage. This task should demonstrate different skills using a variety of camera shots and angles, testing sound on Garage Band and being able to edit so it fits the time limit and so it flows fluently. 


MAIN TASK:
In this G321 task, we will involve filming and editing to create a mysterious and creepy setting so it fits in either the thriller or horror genre. We will use an opening title and it will last a maximum of two minutes. This should demonstrate more advanced skills which we have learnt from the preliminary task. 

ToyWood 2nd Rough Edit

In this 2nd Rough Edit, we have just changed the beginning and the colour change. We have made the start of the short film fade in so it flows in more. The other part we changed was when the atmosphere colour changed. We added a video filter so when the colours changed, they would naturally flow and change instead of jumping from dark and dreary to a creepy yellow tone.

Test Sound/ SFX for 'ToyWood'

We decided to test some sound for different parts of our 2 Minute film. The sound clip was created with Garage Band and we used a variety of sounds from bass to jingles to get a set feel for our film.
The first sound you hear is an idea for the opening title. We wanted it to sound mysterious and creepy so I think that we may have to add something else because at the moment, it sounds more mysterious than creepy.
The second sound you hear is an idea for when the little girl sees the toys. We added a suspense sound so it made the audience feel strange that these toys are stood in the middle of the wood.
The third sound you hear is a practise sound to see what different effects sound when we put them together. I like the hard bass in the background as it makes the track feel mysterious with the soft sound contrasting from the bass. It makes it sound like Sci-Fi so I think that if we use this technique, we will have to find sounds which fit in with our creepy film.
The last two sounds are similar and are going to be used in the same part of the film. In the middle of our film, or nearer the end, the toys start to shake and move around. I think that these sounds are perfect for that part as they sound electric and mechanical like they are moving. I had the idea that the last sound could be at the end when the toys drop down before rolling back up.

• Opening Title
• Seeing the toys
• Practising layering sounds
• Moving toys / shaking 

Recce Shots of Locations

These are the Recce shots of our locations. The location was a small wood walkway near my house where we plan to film the whole short film. It has good space for all the toys and a long path with trees either side for the little girl to skip down. The small wood was an ideal place to film and the atmosphere around was not too noisy to film either.

Test Footage for ToyWood

For our Test Footage, we decided to test the movement of the toys because we were not quite sure how we wanted them to move as we wanted to show a creepy atmosphere to the audience. We also decided to test how the little girl was going to observe the toys so we could work out which angle the camera needed so the audience could see what she was doing. We tested the skipping going away from the camera and coming towards the camera as we wanted to see which one worked better, if it would look good skipping away from the audience or towards the audience.
Finally we tested the tilt up to the sky so we knew where to have the camera and so when we tilted it up using the tripod, that it went as smooth as possible.

• Testing Toy Movement
• Testing Observation of the Toys
• Testing Skipping 
• Testing Tilt Up

Rough Edit of ToyWood

This is the first edit of our 2 Minute film 'ToyWood'. We haven't added any sound as we wanted to get the first edit of all the shots done as we wanted it to turn out. We changed the brightness and contrast of the shots and made the end a yellow tone to set a creepy atmosphere. We added our opening title so we could see how it fitted in and if it looked good.