Overall, I think that my group has worked well together. We all took up different tasks that contributed towards our slasher horror film which has kept us up to date, even though one of our group members was absent for 2 days.
Idea- During the planning process we each came up with a different horror sub genre film idea and made a video where we pitched all of them. Looking at the poll results Mitchell's idea was most popular which was called "The Executioner" and therefore chosen by the group to go ahead with it. This is a slasher horror film set in medieval times which encounters the types of torture methods used back then.
Title research/Logline- I did the title research and logline for the film. In order to this, I searched up 10 different horror films all linked to our chosen sub genre of slasher e.g. Scream and The Shining. Altogether, I think this went well as I was able to get inspiration and ideas of how the title could look by looking at the real titles of films. Similarly, I found that most of the titles were short to create a dramatic effect. I then decided on a couple of different potential titles and as a group we were able to agree on "The Executioner". For the logline I just summarised the main plot of our film without giving too much away.
Moodboard- Kate took on the task to design the moodboard as she is artistic. She was going to create the moodboard online however, as a group we thought it would be better if she created a hard copy. By doing this she was able to stick images of weapons and masks that our killer would use and also have material testers to get a feel of what the clothing was going to be like. Overall, I think that worked out really well.
Film order of events- Mitchell and Jayden laid out how the film was going to unfold step by step. They mentioned the main parts including the plot of our film. This showed an outline of the main story even though we were only creating the opening sequence.
Storyboard/Script- Kate and I designed the Script and storyboard. We chose to do this together as the two tasks worked well together. We were able to write the script and create the storyboard along side each other. This took us 2/3 lessons and one of our free periods to get it done to a high standard. Jayden also helped us with the script and had some input as he was absent for two days.
Casting and Wardrobe planning- Mitchell decided to do the casting and wardrobe planning. He went out of lessons along with Jayden to go and take pictures of the main characters that would be featured in the opening sequence of our film. I thought this went well as they chose characters that were right for the part and that fitted the majority of the codes and conventions we needed for our slasher horror film.
Location Shot- Mitchell was responsible for the location shot, before he did that we all agreed on the Middleton Church as we thought this would be the best place to shoot our opening sequence. Its has the right scenery we need for our film as its isolated, mysterious and creepy all at the same time. I then realised we also needed to include the drama studio that we were going to use for 2 of our shots and ended up creating a slide for that specific location to go along with the church location.
Shot list- Kate and I made the shot list. We decided to do this last as we could use our script and storyboard to help us choose the right camera angles, props and action that will be featured in the different shots of the opening sequence. By doing a shot list this helps to organise how each shot is going to look and what its going to include which makes it easier for us to film and plan.
Time schedule- Mitchell decided on what days to film which was Monday, Wednesday and Friday and checked with the rest of us to see if it was possible as some people couldn't do certain days or times. Not only did we agree on what days to film, we also decided how many shots to film as well. We ended up breaking the 12 shots we had into 3 shots per day we were filming, this made it easier and worked well for all of us.
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