Planning: Mise-en-scene

Costumes 

Costumes are a very valuable role within a movie, they help the viewer create a better idea on the type of character, for example if a character was wearing dirty, scruffy clothes then the viewer will understand that the character might be poor or someone who's just been in a accident.

Jordan (school wear) -

• Smart leather shoes
• Plain black trousers
• Plain white shirt
• Black skinny tie
• Jacket / Hoody 
• School bag
• belt

Jordans Friend

•  Jeans
• T-Shirt
• Jacket
• Trainers
• Headphones

Victim

• Dirty and sweaty vest top
• Jeans roughed up e.g. rips, dirty
• No shoes no socks
• Blooded up close

Killer

• Black boots
• Dirty Black trousers
• Big black waist coat
• Black apron bloody and dirty 
• Black gloves  

Props

Props are also very important in a movie as the help create the scene and help the reader understand where the scene is set, for example in our opening 2 minutes we will use a range of different tools, this is because we want to show the viewer that something menacing is happening in the garage and some sort of torture is taking place.

Garage scene

• Rough, half broken chair
• Warn out rope
• Old wooden table
• A range of different tools on table e.g. Pliers, Saw, Hammer etc 
• A noose 
• Knife
• Fake blood

Walking home scene

• Jordans Phone

Planning: Casting for our opening

For our opening 2 minutes of our Horror film, we currently have 4 actors which are needed but we have considered a range of different people who can play these roles. The roles which are needed to be acted are the victim, the mysterious killer, Jordan and Jordan's friend.

The most important role in the opening 2 minutes will be Jordan as he is the main character and the camera is mostly on him, we are hoping we get an actor which can show fear and can stay serious throughout filming. The least important role is the part of Jordan's friend, his/her part will be around 5 seconds long and consists of making Jordan scared. This role can be practically played by anyone but we will make sure we pick a person who can act professionally through filming.

The following people are those which we are considering to play these roles...

Jordan Bignell
Sex: Male

Age: 17

Acting history: Small part in christmas play 2005.

He is most likely to get of Jordan as not a lot of skills to do with acting will be needed as he will just be walking home he will just need to give of facial expressions and hardly any speech is needed, and he will most likely have a lot of free time which would be useful and he is easily accessible 



Josh Luthayi
Sex: Male

Age; 16

Acting history:  Studied Drama in GCSE

Josh is most likely to get the victim role as he has had drama experiences and they will defiantly be needed especially facial features as he will be bound and something around his face to stop him speaking also he is also easily accessible 



Tom Bates
Sex: Male

Age: 16

Acting history: Studied Drama in GCSE and currently studies it for A-Level.
Tom would be available for the role of the killer or the victim because of his acting experience also he is quite accessible  





  
George Hopkins
Sex: Male

Age: 17

Acting history: Studied Drama in GCSE and currently studies it for A-Level.
George is possibly available for the friend role as it is a very short part also he is not that accessible also he has acting experience. 





Jamie Oliver
Sex: Male

Age: 16

Acting history: None

Planning: Location Planning

As a group, we decided on the two locations which we will use in our opening 2 minutes. We have chose these locations as they are easily accessable to ours and our casts demands.  The 2 locations we have chose are a garage which is owned by my partner Deet Bains and the school in which we currently attend.

We have chose the Garage as we initially based our film around it so the victims can be killed in it, thankfully we have the access of a large garage in which we can use and it has the right equipment we can use which will make the opening 2 minutes much more realistic.

We chose the school as again our plot was based around Jordan walking home from school and the school which we currently attend is flexible enough for us to film their as it doesn't close til around 5pm, it is also flexible as all our casts also currently attend the school which makes it easier for us to film.

Planning: Screenplay

1: Exterior - School - Day

The final bell for school goes off, Jordan appears walking home by himself.

2: Interior - Garage - Night

 There are a range of different equipment spread out across an old, wooden table. Title appears in bottom right hand corner saying 'Produced by Hungry Films' 

3: Exterior - School - Day 

jordan receives a phone call off an unknown number, he answers it however nobody says anythin apart from deep breathing, Jordan hangs up.

Jordan - 'hello..?'

4: Interior - Garage - Night

The door of the garage slowly opens, there is a close-up of a pair boots slowly walking in, you hear loud footsteps, Title appears  saying 'Directed by Josh Thorley and Deet Bains' 

5. Exterior - School - Day

Jordan is still conscious about the fact nobody answered the phone, there is a close-up of Jordan's face as he looks around, there is a panning shot of his face and the background.

6. Interior - Garage - Night

Over-shoulder shot of a the man strapped in a chair, you see the back of the mysterious mans feet and then shows the back of the mans body whilst he's unstrapping the victim from the chair. Title in the bottom left hand corner saying 'Filmed by ...'

Victim - Making struggling noises 

7. Exterior - School - Day

Another close-up shot of Jordan's face, he looks around and his phone starts ringing, he pulls his phone from his pocket and the camera is now behind Jordan's back, the phone screen says unknown number so he hangs up.

8. Interior - Garage - Night

The victim is now stood on the chair with his legs strapped to the back of the chair so he can't escape, the victim has his hands tied up and his mouth strapped with tape, the mysterious man is adjusting a rope which has been put around the victims neck. Titles will be scattered around the screening naming the cast which appears in the film.

Victim - Content grunting noises

9. Exterior - School - Day

A side view of Jordan walking then a quick close-up of his face with no looking space. 

10. Interior - Garage - Night

The mysterious man pulls out a knife to unbind his legs from the chair, he kicks the chair away from the victim and you don't see the death as it flashes to Jordan.

11- Exterior - School -Day
Jordan would be walking when his friend runs up behind him making a fake scare, then they both walk off

Jordans friemd - Boooo!
Jordan - Oh my god! you scared the life out of me

12) Interior - Garage - Night
shows a pair of legs dangling from the air shaking then "Hung-Over" would appear

Research: Why is music important in a horror film?

When watching a horror film, you are more likely to be more intrigued about what's happening in the film rather than what you're listening to, the music is always an overlooked aspect in a horror film however it possibly is the most important aspect of it.

It is important to remember that without the music and sound effects in a horror movie, the fear factor would decrease dramatically because the music is always used to create tension for the viewer. Tension is a major part of a horror film as it makes the viewer fear that something is about to happen, which might not always be the case but because of the music, it can change their view on what might happen. Sounds such as heart beat and deep base instruments create tension as they are most related to a person thoughts on what they feel in a tense situation. The most popular tense type of music is that of the film 'JAWS' with the deep base sound which gradually starts to quicken and becoming lighter resembling a racing heart. 

The Auditory symbol

In most horror films, a certain melody or sounds serves as a symbol for the main threat in the film. This is achieved by a extracting a small portion of the films characteristic sounds and assigning it to the main threat by playing the sound whenever the threat is back into focus. The use of the auditory symbol helps the producers of the film by adding the threat without actually using any visual representation.

When sound is shown well in horror films

A great example of when sound is shown well in a horror film is in the movie Phycho. The scene in where the lady is in the shower and gets stabbed is a great example as it shows how powerful music can be. The reason in why it is so powerful as there is a loud screeching sound when the lady gets stabs, this represents a scream and the loud screeching noises scares the viewer due to its high pitch velocity. 

Planning: A Treatment for the Opening 2 Minutes (including titles) of Hung-over

The opening scene will be the school bell ringing whilst Jordan walks out of school.

The first flashback would happen after around 8-10 seconds, the flashback would be in a dark garage, camera would have a close-up shot of different torture equipment. This would last for around 5 seconds. Titles In the bottom right corner saying ‘Produced by Hungry Films’

It will go back to Jordan walking home from school, Jordan receives a phone call and answers, there was no answer and the viewer would hear just breathing, Jordan puts down the phone.

A flashback in the garage again, you see the door close and a close shot of a pair of feet walking in slowly, Titles come up in bottom left corner saying ‘Directed by Josh Thorley and Deet Bains’ 

The camera goes back to Jordan, who seems very conscious at the fact he was rang but there was no answer, he keeps looking around to see if anybody is following him. Close up of Jordan’s face as he looks around.

Flashback again and the camera is behind a man strapped into the chair, a dark character walks up to the man and starts to unstrap him from the chair. Title in the bottom left corner saying ‘Filmed by…’ 

Tension is rising and close up of Jordan's face walking so there is no looking space, he keeps looking behind him and his phone rings again, he leaves it. 

The camera starts to switch from flashback to jordan quicker which would build up the tension, another flashback happens again and the character which was strapped in the chair is standing up on the chair with a bag on his head , the mysterious man is adjusting a rope which is attached from the roof. Titles in this clip would be the cast which would be scattered across the screen. 

Another quick clip of Jordan becoming scared and no looking space, this clip would be around 5 seconds long.

Goes back to the garage in which the man standing on the chair has the rope around his neck and the mysterious man is about to push him off the chair. Just about as the man is going to be hung, it flashes back to Jordan.

When it flashes back to Jordan, a fake scare would occur as Jordan is made to jump by a friend which has ran up from behind. The title of the movie ‘The Hung-Over’ would then appear.

Research: Art of the title

In todays lesson we studied the art of the title of a movie of our choice, the movie I chose was Se7en. Se7en is about two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi. The picture below is an A3 piece of paper which I have split into 4 section, the small section is the timeline in which I labelled from 0:00 to 2:08 which is when the movie started and ended, The section on the right was the titles, I labelled all the titles which came up in the film and labelled them in time order. The section in the middle is the visuals, I labelled what I could see in the film and put them time order next to the timeline. The final section on the far right are sounds in which I heard in the movie, these were again put in timeline. Once I had finished this I realised the amount of work which is in such a little amount of time and I will make sure that I put as much detail in for my film.

Planning: 2 possible openings to Hung-Over

After getting feedback from our target audience, we have decided to create 2 possible opening for our teen horror movies the 'Hung Over' ...

Our first possible opening is a flashback of the previous victims of the unknown killer, after it has had the flashback it goes forward to when Jordan and his friends are leaving school and seem all happy, but the viewers know the horror which is about to happen.

The film would start with Jordan and his friends walking home from school, but tension would start to rise as the camera notices somebody following them, as the unknown person getting closer we would use a fake scare, for example one of there other friends jumps out at them as a joke.