Shot Idea

Ive been thinking of rides to do certain shots on, and the movie uptown girls has these shots on the spinning cups. I think this type of shot will work very well for our trailer so we can film this at Winter Wonderland.

WINTER WONDERLAND

Quick plan for filming tomorrow at Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park.
 We plan to go at around midday so that we can film in both daylight and as it begins to get dark at around 4-5pm.
I will be changing into the clown costume once we get there and we plan to try and go on some rides or some kind of fun house etc, so that we can capture some shots of the clown in interesting scenarios and in a fair ground environment. We want to capture shots that show the clown becoming evil e.g. looking out at people in the fair, being around people who perhaps cannot see him, hiding from people / potential victims etc.
Could include: -creepy waving -standing behind things -walking in crowds of normal dressed people

COSTUME ARRIVAL

Yesterday the costumes arrived in the post, along with the ring master costume which we are borrowing from someone. All the costumes are perfect and I think we did well with the money we had as the costumes do look really professional and fit the brief of each character. The mask in particular is really effective and scary and was definitely worth spending the most money on as it has great detail which will be picked up well on with close up shots etc. It will also increase the scariness of the clown considerably as it is really frightening and striking.

As the costumes have now arrived we will be able to begin filming scenes with characters involved, and will start with some shots of the clown leaving the ringmasters office, including some close ups and shots of the clown beginning to become evil and crazy after being drugged. These shots will be filmed in the dark corridor next to the study room at the main site school building, where it looks quite eery and is dark, with a door that can be opened for the clown to come out of, as if coming out of the 'ringmaster's office'.

Costume from jessiekeegan

CLOWN ACTOR

Jessie and I have decided that I will play the clown character as it will be a lot easier for us to organise filming and the person playing the clown won't actually be seen anyway due to the mask and baggy costume so it won't be obvious I'm not a typical clown character/actor.

COSTUME PURCHASE

Jessie got a reply from the seller on eBay and has now purchased this costume as it was a really cheap price. It's exactly like the one we wanted.

CLOWN COSTUMES

These are some possible clown costumes I have found on eBay. We like the black and white costumes as they seem scarier and we like how it looked in the example 'close enemies' music video.

PURCHASED MASK

Today Jessie and I have ordered the mask from eBay and have liaised with the seller so that it is distributed either today or tomorrow so we will have it as soon as possible so we can start filming scenes involving the clown character. We have also sourced a ring master costume which we will have on Friday so we can hopefully film the clown drugging scene and possibly some other off-location shots. We still need to find a clown costume at the moment. Because the mask we have just bought was quite expensive, we have also been considering making a costume or trying to source a cheap costume, as the costume we don't think will be featured as heavily in the trailer as the mask which will be in close up shots etc. We felt that the mask was the thing that would be worth investing in, especially as this one is so scary and will have a real effect on the viewer with the gold teeth and red hair etc.

LAUGHING CLOWN CLIPS

We have been researching for potential clips to use to project onto the boy's face in the projector shot:

DATES OF FILMING

30th November: Projector clown face, Drugging, After drugging, Going into darkness
1st and 2nd of December: filming at the circus
8th and 9th of December: Winterwonderland clown shots

MASK OR FACEPAINT?

Right now, we are undecided as to whether to have the clown character having face paint that we would do ourselves, or to buy a mask, as after doing our voxpop I realised that quite a couple of people said that masks were what they expected or liked to see in a horror film and it seemed that they were seen as quite scary and typical of a horror film. We have had a look on Ebay and have found some potential masks we could buy for the clown character. Jessie also bought some red face paint and already owns white and black, which are typical clown colours. After looking at the masks on Ebay, however, I feel that the mask may work better and will also be easier to wear in public and be discreet whilst filming, which will be important when it comes to being in public and filming in places such as winter wonderland etc. We have found these potential masks on Ebay:























This is the mask we feel is the best and most effective as it looks really terrifying with the gold teeth and the red hair.
 This is the description provided on Ebay of this particular mask:
 GUS THE CLOWN HALF HEAD MASK
Evil red haired clown with a serious dental hygiene problem! This one always sells out very quickly. Shaped latex which covers the face from below the nose, over the head, ending about half way down the back of the head. This range of masks is superb quality. They are hand painted, and uncomfortably realistic. The initial horror impact generally doesn't go away as it does with some masks - the more they are seen the more disturbing they become!

COSTUME PLANS

COSTUMES WE NEED:
 Clown -Mask -Full costume
 Ringmaster -ringmaster jacket for sleeve shot (contact who owns ringmaster costume)
 Boy -Still need to decide on what he will be wearing

STORYBOARD

Jessie, my partner is very creative and good at art so she drew out the story board of our shots. By doing this, it has really helped us to now visualise the trailer and along with the shot list, has made us a lot more organised as to what we need to get done etc. I think there is a good mixture of both long shots and close ups, which I think will make the trailer interesting to watch and gripping for the viewer, evoking questions as to what will happen in the actual film. I also think that the trailer gives the viewer a good idea of the general story line yet doesn't give away too much so that they feel they already know what to expect.

LOCATION SHOTS

These are some photos I took at the circus to show the location and what type of shots we might use.

SHOTLIST

1. Establishing shot – circus setting up/circus location in general, featuring tents, backstage aspects and Lorries etc.

2. Over the shoulder shot – main boy/girl looking over at the circus/funfair (contemplating auditioning to become performer)

3. Mid shots and close ups of ringmaster introducing show or performers in show – audience, performers, ringmaster etc inside the tent during a show (‘roll up, rollup’ – beginning of first show)

4. Close up shot of Circus lights flashing fast

5. Audience laughing, children in audience – seems innocent, nothing scary has happened yet, creating a build up

6. Clown laughing innocently, close up of him uni-cycling or balloon making etc? Portraying clown as completely innocent

7. Shot of audience leaving the show

8. Long shot of ringmaster walking towards the camera angrily

9. Close up of ringmaster drugging a clown who is performer in show – with soaked cloth, sleeve of ringmaster costume showing to show it is ringmaster doing this

10. Clown then turns evil, shot of clown walking out of ringmasters office or tent in a possessed like state after being drugged (similar to ‘Close Enemies’ music video), getting closer and close to camera in threatening way

11. Close up of clowns face flashing up on screen

12. Shot of someone riding on carousel – person disappears on next go round – speeded up?

13. Long shot of clown running in between lorries/caravans of circus backstage – at night/in darkness – very speeded up, only hint of clown running

14. Mid shot of people on Ferris wheel, as they come down, clown in carriage above looking down evilly to the people below holding a rope or some kind of weapon?

15. Close up of clown laughing – flashing like strobe lighting, use projector to project video of clown laughing onto clowns face? Or fast cuts of different shots of clown face laughing edited together really quickly for strobe effect - ENDS ABRUPTLY WITH SOME KIND OF TAG LINE/ONE LINER (‘Roll up, Roll up, In cinemas everywhere… ‘?) AND DATE OF RELEASE ETC.

BBFC RESEARCH

Jessie and I decided our target audience would be 15 and up so I researched the 15 rating on the bbfc website and these were the results.

ART HOUSE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9tn5KDHWy8

Jessie and I are both art students and we would like to make our trailer in an artistic way, so we will be representing the genre horror in an art house way. Above is a linkt to the opening of ENTER THE VOID which is a very busy, confusing and artistic opening, this is what inspired us to do art house.

An art film (also known as art movie, specialty film, art house film, or in the collective sense as art cinema) is the result of filmmaking which is typically an independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience. An art film is "intended to be a serious artistic work, often experimental and not designed for mass appeal"; they are "made primarily for aesthetic reasons rather than commercial profit"  and they contain "unconventional or highly symbolic content."

EXAMPLE CLOSE ENEMIES MUSIC VIDEO

Jessie discovered this music video that has shots of a clown, shown in a dark
way, I think the shots with the clown are particularly effective and something we could think about re-making for our horror trailer. The mise en scene of the clown's make up and costume is what I think makes it so creepy and the close up shots accentuate this. The shot of the clown coming out of the door into a dark room I think could be re-created and we could think about doing this kind of shot. We also wouldn't need to find any particular actor for this part as there is a lot fo make up and costume involved that would mask who the person is who is playing it, which is handy as we could even do it ourselves, which would save time and would be a lot easier. I also think the shot with the sack with drawn on face are really creepy and the video as a whole is really scary  and seems to have been inspired by horror films such as IT and Saw etc.

FINISHED VOX POP

Today Jessie and I finished filming out vox pop we asked a bunch of people some questions to help us develop our idea for our trailer. We asked them these questions:

• What is your favorite horror film and why?
• What is your worst fear?
• What do you like about horror films?
• What do you dislike about about horror films?
• What do you expect to see in a horror film?
• What kind of storyline do you enjoy in a horror film?
• Whast is your favorite horror film character?
• How do you feel about clowns?
• What is the most terrifying film you have seen and why was it so terrifying?
• What props do you think of when told a films genre is horror?

There has been a change to our group and Hattie is no longer working with us as she has moved schools. Now just Jessie and I are carrying on working on our trailer. We plan to visit the Netherlands National Circus on the 2nd of November to start filming our establishing shots of the Circus outside, and try and see if we can get some other shots while we are there perhaps of audience members, lights, trucks etc. We also plan to film some vox pop questions while we are there. We will also take some photos of the location for future reference and inspiration. We are taking Jessie's digitial camera which shoots in HD video, and a tripod to keep the camera still in establishing and long shots.

INSPIRATION

SOUNDTRACK RESEARCH

ENTRY OF THE GLADIATORS is the original circus theme.
I don't think we would be able to use the original version of this song due to Copyright, but we need to research more into this because it would be perfect for our trailer as it is recognisably circus themed and sounds really creepy, mixing the idea of innocence and horror, as it sounds innocent. It is juxtaposing and would be perfect for our horror film trailer.

CIRCUS OF HORRORS

Relevant film Jessie found.
 

TITLE DECISIONS

Hattie and Jesse had a brief discussion in class about possible titles for our film. I suggested something surrounding the theme of a 'Circus of Horrors' and they came up with the idea that the title could be in a different language. So they tried to find different translations of 'Circus of Horrors' using Google Translate and found the French translation: 'Cirque de Horreur', which they thought sounded quite creepy and thought it could link to the circus and funfair company perhaps being French. They also discussed whether the title 'Circus of Horrors' could be a possibility, which they though sounded quite good but also said sounded a bit too literal and they might want a more abstract or less obvious title.

I wasn't in for that lesson, but I really liked the decisions they had come up with, although we discussed shortening it to 'CIRQUE'

OUR SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS

Genre: Horror

A mysterious travelling Circus and Funfair company are coming to town. When the shows are over and the excitement has worn out, they pack up and leave, moving on to a new destination. As they begin to set up on the green near his house, ... (Need to decide on character's name and gender), a teenager bored with his/her mundane, regular day to day life, seeks excitement. He realises and seizes the opportunity to run away to the circus. As he enters the world of the Cirque de ... (Need to decide on name of circus company), things are not what he expected. He is soon to discover that the ‘innocence’ of the Circus is not as it seems, as he discovers the frightening and horrific backstage goings on. With audience members disappearing and kidnappings occurring over the five day period of the show, suspicions are raised. People are also going missing from the Funfair, a sideline to the Circus itself. You may get on the ghost train but never come out at the other end. People are snatched from carousel rides. One minute they are there, the next their horse is without a rider, before the music has even stopped playing and the carousel has stopped turning. The manipulative, evil Ringmaster is drugging his performers and ordering them to kidnap and murder audience members and town folk. ... (Name) finds himself in dangerous, drug-fuelled situations, spiralling out of control. Will he be able to expose the Circus for what it really is or has he already got blood on his own hands? With evil clowns, frightening candy floss kiosks and murderous big wheel operators with unsteady hands, you are welcomed to the Cirque de ... (Need to decide on name of circus company, if you dare…

Storyline summed up:
-Travelling circus comes to town
-Ringmaster is in charge of everything, drugs his performers and orders them to kidnap and murder circus visiters and town folk
-People go missing in the towns
-Circus then leaves mysteriously, never gets found out

LOCATION INFORMATION RESEARCH

As a group we have decided to go and visit the Netherlands National Circus on Ealing common at some point this week, without buying a ticket, but just with the intention of checking out the location and perhaps shooting some establishing shots of the outside of the circus or the circus being set up, people arriving etc. In order to find out whether the circus has actually arrived on Ealing Common yet, and whether they have started setting up, we tried to find a phone number for the circus, but we couldn't find one anywhere, even after calling 118 118 etc. We then decided to call businesses that surround Ealing Common on the off chance they may know whether the circus have actually arrived yet. We called a few restaurants and hotels and they all seemed to think that there was some activity on the common and they seemed to think that they had arrived. We haven't found out as of yet whether the Netherlands National Circus allows filming and we will have to investigate further, perhaps asking when we go there this week.

Character Inspiration

Stephen King's IT

Character Inspiration

Heath Ledger as 'The Joker' in 'The Dark Knight 2008

The funhouse

 

This film that has a similar feel to what out trailer could be like.

Zippo Circus filming policy

Jessie found out that 'Non commercial photography and video filming is allowed but without flash for safety reasons.Commercial photography and video filming is not permitted without prior agreement and payment of a location fee and performers fees.'

So we should be able to film if we needed to at Zippos Circus

GENRE ANALYSIS

Horror from MelodyBS

LOCATION RESEARCH

We are having some trouble trying to figure out how we are going to be able to film inside an actual circus and how accessible this will be, and whether we will need to get permission etc. from the circus company as filming may not be allowed. After looking on the internet a little bit, we found some images of the outside of a circus on Ealing Common (where the Netherland National Circus will be until 2nd Nov).
We could try and do a lot of the filming outside the actual circus itself, focusing on the backstage element to a circus and the people behind the scenes. (Circus lorries, performers outside smoking, evil behind the scenes characters, kidnappers, etc, where all the scary stuff happens) We could also have more of a focus on the funfair aspect of the trailer as its more accessible to us for filming.

G r o u p M e e t i n g :Hattie, Jessie and I had a meeting to discuss ideas and finalise our overall theme and genre for our film trailer and brainstorm a bit about our individual ideas. We decided to go with the horror genre as we feel that we would find the typical conventions of this genre useful and that we could make it visually really good. We can also use a lot of interesting camera angles and techniques and there is lots to play with and experiment with. These are a few things we came up with in a quick brainstorm:

Scary travelling circus/Fairground

-Mirror maze

-Lions

-Kidnapping

-Ghost trains

-Scary Ringmaster

-Abandoned animal cages

-Creepy clowns

-Abandoned circus and rides

-Circus of horrors/freak shows
-Masks
-People coming up to camera
-Fast cuts
-Flashing, intense lighting

We also researched a bit into potential settings for our trailer, and did some research into when travelling circus' and fairgrounds would be coming to London:

-http://www.visitlondon.com/events/detail/26829221-netherlands-national-circus-at-ealing-common

-http://www.irvinleisure.co.uk/funfair-events/?entry=150
-http://www.irvinleisure.co.uk/funfair-events/?entry=121
-www.hydeparkwinterwonderland.com
-http://www.gorillacircus.com/news/photos/regents-park
-http://www.zipposcircus.co.uk/

Zippos Circus - Wood Green
11th Oct - 16th Oct

Zippos Circus - Chingford
18th Oct - 23rd Oct

Zippos Circus - Cambridge
25th Oct - 30th Oct

Stitches from MelodyBS

I analysed a trailer that relates to my groups idea as it is focused on a creepy clown.

 

I made this moodboard showing our groups ideas for our trailer. I collected images and audio and I used windows movie make to put it together.

I analysed different horror movie trailers.

Evaluation (Without audio)

Evaluation

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FINAL DRAFTS FOR MAGAZINE

These are my final drafts for my magazine, I think I succeeded in creating a edgy and alternative magazine. 

RAY-BAN Never Hide Campaign

I was inspired by this ad campaign by Ray-Ban, so I decided to make my own inspired by these for PAUSE magazine. Ray-ban is an appropriate company to advertise in PAUSE because the readers would recognize the brand and the glasses appeal to people aged 16-25 and are seen as 'cool'.

These are the adds I made for my magazine. I used my friend Rosie as the model and I used Photoshop to edit them and add text.

Making of Table of Contents

The making of my contents page

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Table of Contents Analysis

Table of contents analyisis

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Making of Double Page Spread

Making of dps

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Double Page Spread Analysis'

Double page spread analysis (1)

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The Making of my Front Cover

Masthead Research/Inspiration and Final Masthead

Masthead research

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Questionnaire and Answers

Questionnaire 
This is a questionnaire I made to find out what people were looking for in a new music magazine.

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Magazine Analysis'

Magazine analysis’

These are the music magazines I got inspiration from.

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Contents Page for School magazine

This is my contents page for my school magazine.