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.