Horror shot ideas

We researched some locations where we could film our opening for our horror film. After making my horror shot location types research we came up with some ideas that would suit the film.

Grave Yard

1-Grave Yard.
We decided that a grave yard would be a very atmospheric location for our film as it has representations of death and sorrow. Also the grave stones look scary and will bring assumptions to death.This grave yard is in Baldock therefore will be easily accessible.There are also many possible areas for shadows as you can see in the image which will create an eerie tone to the film. However As it is outside the lighting will get very dark and as in winter the wind may distract from the sound and the weather may be uncomfortable for the actors.







house

2-House/Attic

Our second option was to use a house of one of our actors

as they have an eerie attic that would be good to use as a location in our horror opening.We decided this room would be useful as its inside so would be comfortable for the actors also we would be able to light and use candle which would create shadows and make the scene very atmospheric.Our only issue with this location is there is limited space for the actors to all sit around.



Church





3-Church

Our third option was a church as the setting would be related to religion and death which would also create an eerie atmosphere as a church can be quite intimidating as they are very large and overpowering.

Making Blood

In one of our media lessons we used some instructions and ingredience to make edible blood that we could use for our film openings.We used 3 different recipes that all included different ingredience, such as; flour, red food colouring, tomato ketchup, golden syrup etc. Once we made all three we decided that the first recipe was the best for us as it was the right consistancy and the right colour.



Recipe 1 - Realistic Syrup Blood (edible)
-This method had the right consistancy as it was not too runny and when applyed onto the skin it will stay and not run off,however will run enough to give the effect that its dripping.The colour was very realistic as it was not too red it had a darker element to it, we did this by adding blue and green food colouring.

Recipe 2-Simple Red Blood (edible)
Method 2 is made from water and food colouring therefore the liquid was far too runny and wasn't very good on the skin as it didn't show up clearly,however it worked well when you splat it onto something as the liquid was thin so had a good effect.

Recipe 3-Chocolate blood (edible)
Method 3 involved coco powder therefore the mixture was quite brown and thick meaning it taste of chocolate.It was too thick to splat onto a surface as it didn't separate enough and just dripped.



Recipe 2

Recipe 2



Recipe 3



Recipe 1

Recipe 1

Recipe 3

We videoed the process of us making the fake blood:



Audience Survey Summery

 

 

We created our audience on a website called survey monkey which can take all the data and create charts with them so you can see the statistics of the answers.

Our results show that all of the poeple answering our survey were female this may be because no males found our questionaire however it shows that females our interested in films and horror films as they found the link.



These results show that most of the people answering the questions were 16-20 year olds with some other ages.But mostly the target audience was teenagers annd young adults.












Most people answering the questionaire said that they watch horror films and only around 40% said that they do not watch horror films meaning that horror films are quite a popular genre for films.

There was a mixed variety of answers for the types of horror films that people prefer to watch,most people prefer paranormal films and there were no answers saying they prefer thriller or supernatural films.This shows that paranormal films are more poplular and therefore we chose to make a paranormal film for our opening.

Our survey also shows that people generally watch horror films with friends or alone.

our survey also showed that people prefer horror films set in a house as around 60% said this.

Editing Worksheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horror location shot types

Audience profile for horror films

To help me produce my film opening, I needed to find out what people want in the way of horror films, and what male, female and different age ranges prefer in the way of genres and horror.
I researched different age ranges and sex to find out what different people prefer from the internet and my questionnaire/survey.

I discovered that horror films are more popular with males who are under 25 and generally between 15-23.Reason being men are more likely to interact with the characters on the screen, and younger people generally appreciate the adrenaline the horror gives. I also found out that generally men prefer the gore side to  horror films rather than women


Here are some results from our survey:

As you can see these results contradict the general assumption that mainly males watch horror films however in our results 87.5% were female.

The results of our survey show that 100% of people that took the survey were 16-20 which agrees with the general assumption that most people who watch horror films are 15-23 however our results are biased as most people who answered the results are in the same school and age range.

This shows that the majority of people who watch horror films enjoy paranormal the most as the chart shows that exactly 50% chose paranormal where as none chose supernatural and thriller.

Questionaire/Survey For Horror Film

This is the survey I created for our horror film research:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3QC6FF8