settings to my film

My opening two minutes of my film were shot in the woods. The reason behind it being that i feel the woods have a spooky feel to it and watching many horror films I realized that they were mainly shot in big abandoned houses, hospitals and woods when concerning paranormal activity. My film consist of paranormal activity and so having one of these popular settings in my film i fell will make my film better. As  I couldn't film in abandoned houses or a hospital as they are private buildings and in need of permission to film on. I choose to shot my film in the woods as it is a public place and in that sense could make my film that much more freaky as this possessed girl is killing victims without being seen even with all these people walking around.

film title

I used this film title as this is the name of the main character and villain of my film. Elvira means 'mistress of darkness' as so i feel fits in perfectly with the villain of my film as she is possessed and that is a alter-met  element of darkness,  

I used this style of text because i feel that that its clean and sharp which may keep the viewers on the edge of their seats as the title may suggest that danger is coming within the film. Also i feel the style of this title shows the audience the genre of the film which is horror and it is this reason on why i choose to use this title in my film. 

Changes to my film

I had to make a few changes to my film as the original actors i was planning to do my film were unable to do get to the filming. so we altered the story line of my film to compromise around this.

we altered the opening two minutes to one single victim walking home through the woods.   

checklist

	Done?	Comment?
RESEARCH
Genre Research and mind-maps (3 posts)	Done
Uploaded YouTube videos of openings – analysed (10 openings)	4
Opening titles analysed in detail – font researched	-
Uploaded YouTube videos of similar genre openings analysed in detail (3 posts)	-
Costume and location research – google earth and pictures you’ve taken. (At least 2 posts)	-
Actors and props photos and interviews	-
Soundtrack research (non-copyright music)	-
Audience Research and Profiling (typical audience member and similar films)	-
Institution research (Paramount etc)	Done	Good
Certificate research	Done	Include other Certificates e.g 15
PLANNING
Own film idea brainstorm	Done
Own film treatment	-
Relevant Online Tutorials (on filming and editing) and Comments (At least 2 posts)	-
Documenting of influences on production	-
Shot lists	-
Consideration of representation in your film and stereotyping – use theory from G325.	-
Questionnaire (and feedback) Get some feedback on your initial ideas!	Done	Good detail
Diary of filming/editing etc with photos and screen grabs (At least 3 posts)	-
Mood board	Done
Script	-
Practice titles created and uploaded	-
Storyboard – animatic.	-
Time Management Schedule – what you did& when, problems you encountered& solved	-
Codes and Conventions featured in your Opening Two Minutes	Done
Ensure that all posts have a title, detailed comments and relevant pictures which are commented on.	Some Completed

Institution research - Warner Bros

Warner Bros Entertainment Inc. is an American producer of film, television, and music entertainment. As one of the major film studios with its headquarters in Burbank, California  and another in New York.

Warner Brothers was formed on April 4^th, 1923 which was 91 years ago. Produces of warner brothers is motion pictures, television programs and video games. In 2014 warner brothers had an estimate of 8,000 Employees.

institution research - DreamWorks

DreamWorks 1994 as an attempt by media moguls to create a new Hollywood studio of which they owned 75% currently, DreamWorks operates out of the offices at universal studios. In December 2005, the founders agreed to sell the studio to Viacom, parent of Paramount pictures. The sale was completed in February 2006.

In 2008 DreamWorks announced its intention to end its partnership with Paramount and signed a $1.5 billion deal to produce films.

Headquarters is Universal City, California, United States.

Area served is worldwide.

Products are motion pictures, television, music.

Questionnaire results

​From looking at the results from my questionnaire, 65% of people that answered said that they enjoy the horror films that have possessed people in it. This would be useful to me because this tells me what the audience wants to see and so I could adapt my idea to fit the needs of the target audience. The other 35% said that they would like to see a killer involved. Therefore to fit my idea i could have a possessed girl that ends up trying to kill everyone. This means I will everyone happy on the questionnaire and will draw them as well as possessed lovers into my film.

 The setting was set that 50% of the people that answered the questionnaire said that they wanted to see the film in a woods or forests because it could be free and the space would not have been limited to what was available this is the setting of my film so such a large percentage liking this means I have a wide audience just for the setting of my film.  35% of the people said it should be in a hospital. This would not be able to have been done to a great level because the hospital is always full of people and this is not what i would have wanted to do. I would also not have been able to stay in the hospital overnight as there is a limited time that i would have been able to access the hospital, therefore, I would also not have access to the equipment that I would want to if it was to be in a hospital. So this means some people wouldn't have been happy with the setting of my film.

Many people said that they would like to see teenagers given the most prevalence in the film because it would be aimed at a teenage and older audience and so people may find it easier to associate the film to their personal lives in their own way. Whereas, if it was middle aged people to be given prevalence throughout the film, the younger target audience would find it harder to relate to them in any way.

Mostly all of the people that answered my questionnaire said that the characters should be wearing casual clothes as if they were just meting up with their friends as they would not know what is going to happen in the film. This would make the target audience feel that it is real life and they would be able to get into the mood that the characters are in when they are in the film and it is on a particular scene.

The shots that I have been suggested to use are mainly close-ups and wide shot. Close-ups to show the expressions on the characters faces when something dramatic happens. Wide shots are suggested to use when you want to show the character the whole setting all in one shot.