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: