story ideas - if i go with the fairytale theme instead

little red riding hood with a twist
lumber jack - an psycho that kills granny with his axe, hired by little red or reds friend (more confident and outgoing than she is, athletic tall strong)best friend that has a thing for her?/boyfriend?
granny - something illegal rich, leaves everything to red in will.
little red -dressed really tarty, constantly on her phone, only visiting gran because mum made her or seems really innocent a good girl, shy bit of a wall flower/bookworm visits gran every weekend
wolf -  anti social/social outcast, follows red(stalker?)  or intriguing/mysterious guy(tall, dark, handsome), boyfriend?/brother/cousin(?)
mum - not main, just there
Red+lj+wolf -in there twenties
story intro 1 a who dunnit'

grandma's house
police officer goes to knock on the door sees its open slightly, goes  in, cautiously, draws his gun. goes through the house sees things are broken, signs of a struggle, clears each room until he reaches nans room. pushes door open. show the horror on officers face don't show room (when making it. if he's stood in the door way and you can see the wall behind him have fake blood on the wall).
Later reds house, show reds mum opening the front door to the officer, hat in hand, mum looks confused and worried, inside - lounge red and mum sat on sofa officer sat on another no sound.

story intro 2

little reds house, the lounge.

red is sat on the sofa on her phone, mum comes in ask her to take a basket to her nan, red refuses, brief argument, red takes basket and goes.

woods
red has her headphones in, music playing really loudly.

Short red kills nan, lumberjack helps her cover up and frame the wolf

Story intro 3
Police station
Everyone sat down in a conference room(?) Detective enters, lumberjack "why are we here?" Detective "You were all at grandma's house and now she's dead." Reds mum " you can't possibly think one of us killed her?!" "You were all there when she died and you all stood to gain something from her death.". Everyone then split up all give an account of what happened and what they were doing when she died, show flashback.

film idea

have either one or multiple different fairytales in a modern setting

poster ideas p5

poster ideas

poster ideas

 

I made this poster because in my Film opening I'm going to have a clock ticking in the background to represent the persons time running out and when it stops is when she dies so I thought I would take a picture of an old fashioned clock darken it and then make the hole photo look old.

Poster ideas - The Girl in The Woods part 2

I've put up my four different poster ideas and obviously I like them all but the ones I'm leaning towards the most right now are the first one and the third one.
I'm leaning towards using the third one because even though its lighter than the others because of the way I've used shadows, contrast and made the image sharper and faded the writing its actually the eeriest one. I'm leaning towards using the first one because its the darkest and creepiest.

poster ideas - The girl in The Woods

Film Opening credits and titles analysis/opening 2

first of all my computer is being weird and wont let me print screen this so I'm going to have to tell you the time and then tell you what I like about that bit, and secondly I couldn't find the opening credits for The Woman in Black.
0:01 - I like the way the the name of the company fades in, what i like about it is that the company name fades in on a small red background, but when it fades in the red looks like blood before it solidifies.
Magnet Releasing is part of Magnolia Pictures. Magnet Releasing specialize in Horror, Comedy and Action films as well as Asian Cinema. Magnolia Pictures is a distribution arm of Wagner/Cuban companies.

0:08 - The second company name - DraftHouse Films is shown. DraftHouse Films is a distribution arm of Alamo DraftHouse Cinema, DraftHouse Films debuted in 2010 with the release of Four Lions.

0:13 - The last company name, Timpson Films is shown. Timpson Films, which i couldn't find anything relevant about.

0:18 - Your given information about the short film.

0:30 - you fade in from black to s dimly lit room where a book is on the table and is actually the only thing in the shot and then it flips open until it comes to rest on a page.

0:57 - you see a group of school children playing catch then when the girl throws the ball to one of the boys it takes his head off so if you had not read the information about the film this is what would tell you that the film is a horror. The other children then drop the ball and continue playing the game with the other boys head.

the rest of the opening continues with scenes where children are playing play ground games e.g skipping, where someone ends up dead.

title fonts used in Horror and Mystery films/experimentation with titles and fonts

Fonts used in Horror films

There are a lot of different fonts in horror, but the ones I wouldn't mind using are:

• American Gothic typeface, this is the style that is famously used in Fright Night.
• Saw font, the font style they use in saw

I'm also playing with some ideas for a title and the one I like most right now is "The Girl in the Woods". If i don't go with this I will go with The Girl, the Wolf and the Lumberjack

Fonts used in Mystery Films

Again there are a lot of different font types in mystery films, the ones that I might use are:

• Roswell font - this one is used in a American sci-fi TV show called Roswell which is based on the Roswell high books
• Bickham script typeface - this is the font style that the Pretty Little Liars title is in.

by Font Meme

^The Girl in the Woods in saw font

by Font Meme

^The Girl in the Woods in Roswell font

The effect  that the saw font has on an audience is that it puts them on edge, which means they're really jumpy and even easier to scare, so when the film starts or the soundtrack (usually dark and spooky) starts the it doesnt take as much to scare them so when they are scared their adrenaline starts pumping which makes them even more edgy, this makes it easier for the film to play on their primal instincts and fears.

The effect the that the Roswell font has on the audience is that it intrigues them and draws them in, pair this with the right background and you will have something that grabs their attention.

media mind map

Ideas for film - horror/mystery

 

Person layingh on the ground dying:

Bleed out
Breathing gets shallower

 

Cold colours:

Greys, black, white, blue, browns etc

 

In the woods:

Bare/dead trees
Leaves cover the floor

Bold writing:

White on black
Background blurry, cold colours

Background sound:

Clock ticking
Music box playing
Clock=classic background sound
Music box=more sinister because people associate it with innocence because they are associated with children

Makeup:

Pale skin
Cuts on forehead +arms, stabwound (s) on stomach; blood and bruises on arms and face.

Costume/clothes:
Warm/practical;
Trainers, jeans/thick leggings (old ones) and a jumper/sweater/hoodie (old)
clothes will be torn and ripped and will have fake blood on them.

story board minus pictures (i couldnt find any that i liked)

okay so heres the plan for the story.
titles + opening credits, blurred, cold/darkly coloured background, writing is bold and stands out
 sound of a ticking clock starts as the credits + titles fade
go from a slightly distant side view to a close up over view(if i can)
ocus camera on the character and blur the background
cut to a flshback (they arent flashbacks of what happened to them but happier memories, they signify that the characters life is flashing befgore their eyes)
cut back to the character, their breathing is getting slower and shallower and the sound of the clock is getting louder
flashback
cut to the character again (also whenever theres a flashback there's no sound)
he ticking stops, the character stops breathing, and you fade to black.
end of opening

screen shots/analysis 2

what i like about this is that he cold colours in the background makes the bold white writing stand out, what makes it stands out even more the fact that the background is blurry , this also draws your focus to aniel radcliffs face and then you notice he face inm the background.

this is when the music changes from being innocent to being dark and creepy s the child breaks the china dolls head and thatis what the camera is focused on

the thing that creeps me out in this sceneis the fact that they all do everything in synch and the tune of the music box in the background becomes sinister

the thing i like in this scene is the fact that you see the girls are playing with the dolld and it seems so inocent but then the music becomes sinister and dark.

In my film I'm either going to use a clock ticking or a music box as background music. One of the reasons I'm looking at using one of these two different sounds is that the clock is a classic sound for the genres im looking at doing, also it gives you the impression that their time is running out. The music box on the other hand is an innocent sound but if its used in a horror film makes it seem even creepier as most people associate music boxes with innocence and children.

research for horror and mystery genres/ back ground information

Horror

a genre of film that usually plays on its viewers most primal fears (our vulnerability, night mares, alienation and revulsion etc.)  to scare them/ get a negative emotional reaction from them. usually inspired/based on literature by authors like Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelley and Bran Stoker.
Elements include: Torture, supernatural origin, ghosts, vampires werewolves, demons, gore, cannibals and serial killers.
One of the main producers of horror films are Hammer Horror, they are a British based film production company that used to dominate the horror film market. This was partly due to their distribution partnerships with every major film company in the United States. They have recently produced the woman in black.

Mystery

A sub-genre of crime films and thrillers, they usually focus on a detective/private investigator/amateur sleuths efforts to solve a mystery surrounding a crime, the plot usually focuses more on their deductive abilities then the actual crime as that fades into the background as they use clues, witnesses, evidence, circumstances and their deduction abilities to solve the mystery. the five most notable mystery films are (as rated by the American film institute in 2008):
1) Vertigo (1958)
2)China town (1974)
3)Rear window (1954)
4)Laura (1944)
5)The third man (1949)
there are two types of mystery films, open and closed. Open reveals the identity of the killer at the start of the story and showcases "the perfect crime", you see the protagonist (main character) unravel later on. Closed(whodunit?) conceals the identity of the perpetrator until later on in the story, this causes an element of suspense when they are apprehended as the audience do not usually know who it is.

inspiration for short movie openings/analysis 1

The thing that i like in this opening that i want to use for my murder/mystery or horror short film is that in the beginning you see her dying and that it then reverses. i want to do something like this but its the complete opposite, you will seem them as they slowly die so originally they are on the floor and slowly their breathing gets shallower and slower and if they are injured/cut you will see the cut get worse and they will bleed out. what i may also do is rather than have a lullaby in the background i will either have a music box or the sound of a clock ticking. Also i will have flashbacks in but they wont be a back story it will show that their life is flashing before their eyes and they see some of their happier memories, the focus will be on them one minute and the next it will be a flashback. it will either be in dull cold colours e.g. browns, whites, blacks and greys, or just in black and white.

photos for short film ideas; possible locations

So I ment to put this on a while ago but my computer broke so I wasn't able to do it until today.
Here are some photos of the fields behind me and I'm thinking of using but even if i don't fowlmeads is behind me and the woods are thicker there so i can use them.