Dear John opening two minutes.

This opening starts with opening titles 'screen gems' , as non- digetic sound of soft gentle music is introduced and a new opening title is introduced ' Relativity Media'. and 'temple hill'. When it fades into darkness when a male voice over is introduced on a high angle shot of a soldier wounded on the ground. over the non- digetic sound appears gun shots and battle (digetic sound). high angle shot pans out into a wide shot showing the settings around this soldier as one of his fellow companion helps him up against the wall.

This shot zooms closer the two soldiers and cuts into a close up of a young boy as coins fall apon him in a flash back from a young solider. A panning shot of coins and digetic sound of them falling over the continuing Non-Digetic voice over. As the coins fall down it cuts into another high angle shot. A medium shot of the young boy is then showed helping the audience connect with him.  close up match on action shot is then introduced when someone is holding he coin in there hand. This turns back into a close up of the soldier and his wondered body. Followed by a point of view shot of the soldier looking up into a fellow collogue as he is wounded on the ground.  Another close up on falling coins as his voice over talks about them.

A point of view shot is again put into action to show the soldier coming around from his injury and followed by an long high angle shot of him laying on the ground as it zooms into a close up shot and fades into darkness.  This soldier is given prevence that shows that he will be important in the upcoming event of the film and this keeps the audience watching interested as they  want to see who this person the young soldier is talking about when he said the last thing he thought about.

Costume of my actors in my opening two minutes of Elvira.

This is the costume of Elvira this is designed to stagger the audience after you see Chris's mangled body the camera pans into this show where it simply looks like an average girl. That's what this costume is designed to do. In the bottom picture you can see Character Chris's costume he is wearing a stereotypical outfit of a teenage boy and that's exactly what I wanted, he looks young by what he is wearing and so the setting he is in helps him look vulnerable to the audience watching which is what  I wanted to achieve. 

Actors list.

This is Kieron who plays Chris and killed by Elvira in the opening two minutes..

This is Megan who plays main character and possessed girl Elvira and kills Chris in opeming two minutes.

I am Legend opening scene

Opens with a extreme wide shot of New York city. and digetic sound of the busy city. cuts into a of medium shot of a run down part of the city. The is again digetic sound of silence all you can hear is the wind blowing and the birds singing. This shows the audience no humans are around that its abandoned and leaves the audience wondering why. there is then a high angle shot of a building that slowly pans down. to show that this whole city is empty. this cuts into a wide shot of an over grown street with all power gone. a birds eye view is then introduced over the building and pans over this abandoned city.

This then cuts into a close up match on action shot of a male picking up a gun. That follows with a medium shot showing a this man driving his car. and pans over to show he has a dog in the passenger seat. This could suggest to the audience that he has a close relationship with this dog and does all he can to protect it. This then cuts into a wide shot of the dogs head as it hangs out the car window. and pans out to a another wide shot but of the car driving through this abandoned city. with digetic sound off birds as the flea into the air. followed by a point of view shot of the man in the car driving through this abandoned city to try make the audience contect to what he is thinking and feeling. as the car drifts around the corner there is a use of a low angle shot so that audience watching can see this stunt in action.

The camrea then pans into a tank that is covered in posters that read "god still loves us " creating anticipation to the audience watching and keeping them drawn into watching them film.a wide shot of the abandoned city is then put into the shot when the camera pans following the car as it drives down the road and therfore giving the car and the man and dog in it prevence, resulting in the audience feeling they will have a great importance in the film. As the car enters down a building the camera shot turns to a point of view shot from the car stuggling to get through a tight area this build suspence for the audience watching. and cuts out into a medium shot as it leaves this building.

slowly panning to a hight angle shot of this covered building. and follows through the end of the street. this cuts into another medium shot of the dog in the car showing the audience that this dog does hold importance to the film and storyline ahead. this cuts into a medium shot of the young male when he says "what was that boy?" to his dog this is digetic sound. when it quickly cuts into a point of view shot from the car and something leaps across the car. This quickly cuts out into a extreme close up to show the reaction of this young male. and panns out into a wide shot of the car turning course.

Actors interview

Question - what did you feel your character is going to bring to this film ?

Kieron - I fell that he was the first victim and in the opening two minutes and so may be mentioned throughout the film..

Question- how was it filming elvira ?

Kieron- It was very cold and took a while for Brandy and Megan to establish each shot..

Question - did you enjoy filming elvira ??

Kieron- yes I enjoyed the make up of me when I had been killed by elvira and I felt it was very realistic..

Question - what you watch elvira at the cinema ??

Kieron- definitely it seems really good and I love horror films.

codes and conventions in my open two minutes of Elvira

Our Villain Was mentally disturbed and possessed by a demand which is a typical convention for a horror film..

Our film was set in the woods alone from everyone again a typical convention of a horror film.

Victim was male that isn't a typical convention of a horror film as I wanted to subvert traditional stereotypes of horror films.

Time management

We spent two days filming in Ashtead woods back in December. We only faced one problem Which was the actors we originally had couldn't make it to film.

We had to change the story line and I had my brother come to help me with my film and he played character Chris. So we drafted another story line that would still work well with our film and that was the final outcome of our film.

represention and stereotypes

Character Chris played by Kieron is representing teenage male being radical and not thinking sensibly ( walking through wood oneed his own))

Elvira played by Megan is a troubled young female possessed by a demand , a stereotype of a villain found in a horror film.

I wanted to subvert traditional stereotypes of a horror film.. These being that girls weak and the victims and men powerful and more superior to the girls which is why I switch traditional roles and had the villain being a girl and the victim being a Male.

Shot list that were in my film.

These were the shots that I used in the opening two minutes of my film Elvira :


- High angle shot
- Birds eye view shot
- Medium shot
- Long shot
- Wide shot
- Close up shot
- Match on action shot
- Panning shot
- over the shoulder shot

As you can see I used a range of shots in my opening two minuets of Elvira so that I could show the story and captivate my audience in wanting to watch the rest of the film.

Influences I had on my final production.

'The Ward' influenced my villain for my horror film being a possessed and mentally disturbed being as I felt this film represented that in such a great way that I wanted to to put my own spin on this type of villain in a horror film. 

I wanted to subvert the traditional stereotypes of a horror film. being that women are weak and the victims and men being powerful and superior 'Jennifer s Body' another influential film to my film subverted the traditional stereotypes of a horror film having the women being superior to men as she killed men. so this why the villain in my film is a female and the victim is a male. 

The settings of my film were influenced by films such as 'Twilight and Jennifer body' as they were set in the woods and that is where the victims in these films were killed.

Editing and film making tutorial that helped me when making my film.

This video helped me see how basic shots have an effective representation to the viewer watching and how how the same actor in the same position on the same setting can have a different effect on the audience just by the different use of camera shots. Showed me a full range of shots that can be used in film making and how editing them can be very important to put the story you want across to the audience. this was helpful by the example they gave me.

Editing and film making tutorial I used that helped me when making my film

This video helped me to establish how to create well made shots and lighting composition without use of major equipment. I also leant that. simple use of mise-en-scene like props and costume can create certain feel you may want to put across in your film. It also taught me the rules of filming that I had used in my preliminary task but how to use these rules effectively so that they can build suspense in a film.

The ward opening two mins

Titles : Echo lake entertainment productions and themed music is first shows and quickly fades out, when noises of the deep ocean is introduced and A bigger boat titles quickly fades in an out. Followed by Nation entertainment titles fade in and out.

Then creepy music (Non-Digetic sound) is introduced with a extreme wide shot of a gloomy and dark building, this is quickly followed by a medium shot of a sign next to this building that says "North Bend, Phycriactic Hospital" this shows the audience where the horrific events of the film are going to take place.

A Digetic sound of a buzzing generator then enters with a wide shot of an abandoned part of the building enters the screen. This is followed by a high angle shot of a flickering light that follows but quick pace cuts of shots from each part of the hospital and a match on action shot of a villain choosing a tool to use on its next victim. Digetic sound of the villains deep breathing is introduced as a point of view shot from the villain enters the screen. The hall way is flickering from the lighting that is taking place outside.  This is followed by Digetic sound of the villains footprints walking down the hall way of the hospital.

Next a birds eye view shot is shown of the victim on her bed curled into a ball looking out her bedroom door window in anticipation to suggest to the audience she knows of this villain walking the hallways to suggest the story line has already begun. This is then cut back to a panning point of view shot from the villain as she turns and look at the sign next to the door window that reads"Tammy" suggesting to the audience that the girl were just saw is called Tammy and she will be the first victim of this villain that we will see. The point of view shot then has us looking straight at Tammy When it cuts into a low angle shot of the villains feet peeking though Tammy's door way.

There is then a close up of Tammy to show the audience her fear and digetic sound of her panic when she starts breathing extremely deep. The sound of the door opening the enters as we see pure fear on Tammy's face. Non-dietetic sound of intensive music then starts building and Tammy screams when its cut into darkness leaving the audience feeling anxious of what happened.

Conventions of an action film

Villain of a action film is stereotypically deformed, feminine or immigrants.

Normally in an action film the hero is masculine, muscular and tough. The hero is normally given a love interest that ends up putting him in dangerous situations, however the love interest is usually introduce to attract the female audience to also watch their film even though their main target audience is male for an action film.

In most action films their will involve car chase, gun shots, fight scenes, murder and explosions this creates excitement for those who are watching the film for during these scene the tension builds.

Conventions of a horror film

Villains of a horror film are typically Zombies, possessed creatures, paranormal activity, mentally disturbed people, cereal killers, vampires and demands.

the settings of a horror film are typically woods, forests, haunted house, abandoned buildings, mental hospitals or small towns.

camera shots that are often used within horror films are close up shots of victims face to show their fear to express upset to the audience watching to have that audience emphasise with that person. Wide shots to get a fall view of each setting the the villain attacks on of their victims. Lastly birds eye view shot to show how vulnerable the victim is when the villain is in attack mode, making the audience feel anxious of the upcoming events with in the film.