Sound Script

 As opposed to our Shooting Script, this presentation is not separated by each scene. However, every 3 scenes are on a different slide. This is because our film has much action. But it does not have as much sound. Some scenes has the words “no dialogue.” This is not meant to signal that there is no sound in the scene. This is meant to signal that no characters say anything in the scene. Most scenes have a moment where a noise, big or small, has taken place. The specific causes of the noises offscreen have yet to be decided. However, they will remain true to the story on screen.

Shooting Script

Our shooting script is essentially a written storyboard. It explains the plot of our film and tells the story. It separates the movie by each scene. Every scene has its own slide. On each slide includes the scene’s camera angles and character actions. Each slide also has the lighting and its procedures. While the Sound Script will contain more in-depth sounds and sound procedures, the Shooting Script has a short explanation of most sounds. Almost every action any character takes is included in the presentation. Almost every effect of said actions are also included. There are 12 scenes in the film.

Title Research: Art of the Title Website

I am looking at the Art of the Title website. I am looking at this website in order to be able to look at and learn more about the title sequences of movies. I will use this website to help me understand how I am going to create my own title sequence. I will also use this website to research titles. On the website, the first thing that catches your attention is a section that says "Top 10 Title Sequences of 2019". On the top of the homepage, there is a dropdown bar that says "Title Sequences". It has many different options of different title sequences that you can look at. Next to that is another dropdown bar that says "Designers and Studios". The "Designers and Studios" section has a list of many different names of designers. It also has a list of different studios. Next to that, there is a search bar where you can search up different title sequences to watch. By looking at this website, I have learned about the different ways title sequences are done in my genre of film. I learned that the title sequences of horror films typically try to create an immediate sense of horror. They have an eerie and creepy tone to them in order to set the mood of the film. In some cases though, the title sequence can be calm and not horror-like, to create a sense of anticipation for when the movie will become scary.

Genre Research: The Purge- Election Year

The Purge- Election Year is just one of the many terrifying Purge films. Camera angles included in The Purge- Election year are high angles, low angles, and wide angles. Camera movements used were zooms, and tilts. Camera shots used in the movie were close up, wide shot, extreme close up, and long shot. Many different creepy costumes were used in the movie. Some of those costumes include The Purge Mask, clown costumes, bloody clothing, American Flag covered clothing, and more creepy and murderous masks. The lighting in The Purge- Election Year is always dark and eerie. Some actors in the movie are Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson, and Betty Gabriel. Makeup used in the movie included clown makeup, bloody makeup, and other horrifying masks and faces. Props used in The Purge- Election year were guns, chainsaws, drones, and knives. The setting is Washington, D.C. 2020. Common sound used in the movie was dialogue, creepy music, screaming, gunshots, and engines revving. Editing used in the movie included cutaway, special effects, and flashbacks. Elements of horror films are dark lighting, eerie music, suspense, creepy setting, and the fear of death. I like the elements of the dark and the fear of death. I do not like the element of suspense.

Genre Research: A Quiet Place

A Quiet Place was an extraordinary film that was almost completely silent. This was quite obviously an enormous challenge. The costumes were meant to be almost torn into rags as this movie took place post-apocalyptic. The lighting was dim and was meant to make the audience uneasy. The casting was exceptional as one of the stars of the film is deaf in real life. The film also featured Emily Blunt and John Krasinsky as partners, who are actually partners out of the movie. Many props were used to create an eerie sense of danger and unknowing at any point. The crew added in "emergency lights" which stood out creepily. They were to guide the family back to there home, without needing to use words. A water tower was also used and played a large part in the movie. The setting consisted of a post-apocalyptic world where the family thought they were the only living people left.
While camera movements barely occurred in the film, camera shots were immensely ranged. From extreme closeups to landscapes, the movie had it all. There was not a wide variety in angles, but most shots were taken from either an eye-level angle or a high angle. Sound was not very common in this movie. Apart from occasional (scripted) slip-ups from the actors, the only sounds came from times before the monsters roamed the world and eerie background soundtrack. The absence of sound, however, was not only a phenomenal idea but a very peculiar one as well. It truly made the story stand out from all the other horror movies when released. The concept that an apocalypse would force survivors to remain mute in every way without medical disorder is almost profound. As if society would be doing this to minorities metaphorically. Common editing techniques used include jump cuts and fades. The use of fades increases suspense significantly.
A Quiet Place uses relatively few elements of horror but nonetheless conveys the story without strain. The elements that it does include are the malevolent creatures and intensity. The malevolent creatures are those that now roam the Earth. They do not have eyes, so they listen very closely to see when prey is nearby. They eat anyone who gets in their path without mercy. This shows that they intend to harm. The silence in the movie increases the intensity as the audience can pick up better on what is not being said.

Genre Research: The Turning

The Turning was a paranormal thriller surrounding the idea that a house was haunted by its last, sexually assaulted, keepers. Its mis-en-scene was kept in the same range as many others in its same category for the most part. The costumes were more based on the 1970s to 1990s fashion, although taking place in the present day. However, a few characters were dressed more conservatively and victorian. Every main character was white and pale, adding into that victorian theme.  All main characters (characters that were living in the aforementioned house or had previously lived in it) were made up of even paler makeup, however, given dark and almost bruised eye bags. They all had a sickly look. The props included rusted, old mirrors, vintage furniture, and frightening porcelain dolls. The setting was a scary, rotting old house, with the nearest town being miles away and very small.
The camera techniques did not vary much throughout the film. The camera angles mostly consisted of close-ups, extreme close-ups, and medium shots. While sometimes a pan movement was thrown in, the only other camera element that was in the movie was jump cuts. However, sounds were used widely throughout the movie. There was an excellent use of waterphones that induced anxiety almost every time they were played. The background soundtrack was very eerie, as expected and many creaking sounds were highlighted. In some instances, a split-screen was used to show a telephone call. This occurred more than once in the film. Jump cuts were almost overused in an attempt to induce anxiety. Fades, however, were placed expertly throughout the story and created suspense.
The film included many common elements of the horror genre such as eerie music, dim lighting, paranormal phenomena, arousing disgust, and a sudden plot twist. The dim lighting highlighted shadowy figures, created tension, and made a blind spot for the audience to question what was happening. Paranormal phenomena is technically a subcategory on its own but is also an element of a wider range of horror movies. While paranormal phenomena should have been the plot, a different one arose when it was revealed that the main character who had seen the said ghosts had actually imagined the whole thing due to her mental illness. The paranormal section of the movie consisted of ghosts and dolls who would come to life. There were just two ghosts in the house though, a rapist and a rape victim. The plot twist raised many questions and left the audience members thinking even after the movie had ended. Although some might disagree, this was a very good addition to the film. The music had truly made the movie much scarier and was also a very nice touch. However, invoking disgust was unnecessary.

Opening Sequence

Our opening sequence will be of the horror genre. We chose horror because we both like to watch horror movies. We are also both interested in how horror movies are made. We find horror movies extremely interesting because there is a lot of effort and aspects that go into creating a horror movie. We believe we are going to be doing a sort of kidnapping horror movie. We chose this because we think i'll be fun and interesting to film. We are excited to learn about and be able to create part of a horror movie.