Assessment 4: Word Cloud

Made by Jonathan.





Made by Me.

Assessment 3: bbfc// Genre Research.

 HISTORY OF HORROR – early history.

The first’s films of supernatural events appear in several of the silent shorts created by directors such as Georges Méliès in the late 1890s, the most noticed being his 1896 "The House of the Devil" which is sometimes credited as being the first horror film. Another of his horror projects was 1898's La Caverne maudite (aka "The Cave of the Demons", literally "the accursed cave"). Japan made early forays into the horror genre with Bake Jizo and Shinin no Sosei, both made in 1898. In 1910, Edison Studios produced the first film version of Frankenstein; thought lost for many years, film collector Alois Felix Dettlaff Sr. found a copy and had a 1993 rerelease.

The early 20th century brought more films for the horror genre including the first monster to appear in a full-length horror film, Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre-Dame who had appeared in Victor Hugo's novel, "Notre-Dame de Paris" (published in 1831). Films featuring Quasimodo included Alice Guy's Esmeralda (1906), The Hunchback (1909), The Love of a Hunchback (1910) and Notre-Dame de Paris (1911).

Many of the earliest feature length 'horror films' were created by German film makers in 1910s and 1920s, during the era of German Expressionist films. Many of these films would significantly influence later Hollywood films. Paul Wegener's The Golem (1915) with its Expressionist style. The era also produced the first vampire-themed feature, F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu (1922), an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Early Hollywood dramas dabbled in horror themes, including versions of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Monster (1925) both starring Lon Chaney, S., the first horror movie star. Most famous role, however, was in The Phantom of the Opera (1925).

TARGET AUDIANCE

I would personally think that the target audience for horror film’s would stereotypically be teenage and older men, however due to modern times I would think our target audiance for horror would be teenagers and adults to their thirties, both men and women. This is due to the desensitization of the modern day and age; this means people have become desensitized to horror (not shocked anymore).

In the past horrors was the up and coming genre in the film industry because of its thrill’s. However nowadays due to desensitization the horror genre is still popular but not as big.

An eighteen certificate is you can show violence, sexual scenes.  Only suitable for adults because it may be harmful to anyone under the specific age ie drug use, sexual assault things that may harm the minds of the young. Not many limits with a eighteen.  We have chosen to make a eighteen certificate movie opening.

A fifteen certificate is you can show mild violence, there could be some use of strong language, nudity but not strong, with the horror genre strong violence is permitted unless it is sadistic or sexualized. You are more limited with a fifteen.

INSPIRING MOVIES-

The movie 'Scream' gave us the idea of the stalker from the first scene when the killer makes his first kill of the movie on the non-expecting girl.


The movie 'Sorority Row' also gave us the idea of a stalker - however this film gave us the idea of the drunk accident that happens, that haunts the spectators for ever.

This was done by Jonathan.

Assessment 2 Part 2: Analysis of Opening Sequence.

Analysis of My Bloody Valentine (0:08 – 4:48)


Editing - Establishing Shot: Animated newspapers.
Sound - Establishing Sound: Men talking, most likely a police press conference’s about murders. Slow Music, which speeds up, heavy drums. Makes the heart race. – Music abruptly stops when you see the hospital.
Mise - Hospital. Ambulance outside.
Camera – Crane shot that moves upwards.
Editing – Fade to Black.
Camera – Camera moves upwards and slowly moves to a tilt downwards on a man in a hospital bed.

Sound - Mans heavy breathing.
Abrupt cut to 2 men in a dark, grubby place.
Mise – The men are wearing One piece Blue work suits.

Sound - Synchronous Pic Axe smashing on metal gate sort of thing and dialog. 

Camera - Zoom, frames worker behind the metal gate. Cuts to another worker talking, underneath (low angle shot) that may show he is evil. Cuts back to other worker.

Editing - Shot reverse shot between the workers.

Sound - Underlying music. - Non diagetic.

Camera - Cut to an extreme close up of the man in the hospitals eye, also famed is his breathing tube. Cut again to a high angle of the man.

Sound  - Voices are playing through out  the sequence.

Camera - Cut back to the miners. Med- Long shot used but zoomed in on a specific guy.

Mise - Underground mine, Gas masks.

Sound - Music plays throughout the sequence building up tension to a very loud firey explosion. 

Camera - Long shot used to show the explosion building up and looks as if it is coming towards the miners. Fire engulfs the camera in a way and you cut to the same extreme close up of the man in hospitals eye, this time he wakes up.

Sound - Nothing bar slight breathing til the high angle shot where slight music starts in the background.

Mise - Very dark room, low key lighting.

Camera - Cut to an open door, nurse with a chart walks in. Camera tracks with the woman more like a point of view shot watching her.

Mise - Nurses outfit, Chart as prop. Light blue walls, very medical. Drip bag, ect.

Camera - Cut to long shot of a now empty bed. Camera starts to track woman again.

Sound - Music starts to become a little more prominent makes it build up.

Camera - Deep focus when woman stops and you see the man behind her. Camera then moves around to show him. It seems like a dolly was used to help zoom in.

Editing - Cut to animated title of the movie, My Bloody Valentine.

Sound - Screams in the background of sound effects, possibly the nurse from before which turns into sirens.

Camera - Cuts to the outside of the hospital again with police cars pulling up. This is a move high angle shot. As a few seconds go by the crane moves downward and closer to the action.

Sound - Music is very heavy. A sound perspective lets you hear maybe even insignificant things like the car door opening and closing. 

Camera- When the cops gets out of his car you have a long shot of him walking that zooms very slowly.

Mise - Typical cops outfit with black coat. Beard. Seems like he might like his donuts.

Camera - Pan as cops are walking into the hospital room.

Mise - Bloody hospital room, bodies in half. See hospital gown draped over the bed. A nurse is in a chair in her uniform with her heart ripped out. Sheriff already at scene with his blue gloves on to give a brief. 

Sound - Throught this there has been tension building music. Little ambient sounds such as walking and paper are also there. 

Camera - Very shallow focus to show a hand dripping a ton of blood. You can sort of make out that the cop is putting on gloves.

Sound - You hear the blood dripping quiet loudly, so another sound perspective. 

Camera // Mise - Cut to a angled shot of the bed the man was in earlier, this time there is a lot of blood and a heart on the wall. The curtain is torn and the bed also has a lot of blood soaked in.

Sound - Dialog of the cop as he reveals the girl with her heart ripped out of her in the bed.

Camera - Long shot that changes from a shallow focus to a deep with another sheriff behind the cop. The cop walks over, to the sheriff and then it cuts to a heart in a box of chocolates but cuts back to a long shot of the 2 men.

Sound - You still hear music and dialog.

Editing - The cut to the heart I believe was a cut-away.

Camera - Zoom in as the men are talking about retirement. The camera keeps focusing on the hearts, suggesting something about a hate of valentines day.

Mise - Heart is painted in blood on the mirror.

Camera - Point of view shot of the cop looking in the mirror, his face is framed in the heart.

Assessment 2: Opening Credits Title Order.

The video I have looked at is My Bloody Valentine, released 2009 by Lions Gate Films.
I did not look at the whole video, just the credits.




1: Lions Gate Films - Opening with what film company made the film.
2: Newspapers to introduce film with audio.
3: Lions Gate presents - A Lions Gate Production.
4: Jensen Ackles.
5: Jaime King.
6:Kerr Smith.
(Long pause from credits)
7: Tension Build Up to text saying My Bloody Valentine.
8: Kevin Tighe.
9: Edi Gathegi.
10: Tom Atkins.
11: Betsie Rou // Megan Boone.
12: Casting by; Nancy Nayor Battino, c.s.a.
13: Music by; Michael Wandmacher.
14: Costume Designer; Leeann Radeka.
15: Special Make-Up Effects By; Gary J. Tunnicliffe.
16: Edited By; Patrick Lussier // Cynthia Ludwig.
17: Production Designer; Zack Grobler.
18: Director of Photography; Gary Pearson.
19: Producer; Jack Murray.
20: Executive Producers; John Dunning // Andre Link.
21: Executive Producers; Michael Pasornek // John Sacchi.
(Pause in text for a minute)
22: Based on the Screenplay By; John Beaird.
Story By; Stephen Miller.
(Pause in text for a minute)
23: Screenplay By; Todd Farmer and Zane Smith.
(Pause in Text for a Minute)
24: Directed by; Patrick Lussier.
This is the end of the Titles.

All of the words like Director, Producers, Edited, ect. are in lower case letters. All name are fully uppercase. The text is all red.
The main characters will be numbers 4-6 and supporting, 8-11. Everyone else are people that are "behind the scenes" crew members and do not show on camera.

Assessment 1: Mind Map For Horror & Film Noir.

This mind map was made by Jonathan and Kristie.




This mind map was made by myself.

My group.

My name is Kirsten Thorpe and this is my Portfolio for the Film Noir // Horror Genre Movie opening.

My group consists of Jonathan Wigham, Kristie Wilson, and myself.

We are Group 15 in block B.