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Horror Movie Storyboard and plot



Long shot

The movie starts with a long shot showing the flashback in order to grab the viewers attention. This will keep them interested and watch the whole film as thy would want to know why this event has occurred. There is a handheld tracking shot to enhance the fact that she is running from something or someone, furthermore this could also be used as an eye-line match which will suggest that someone is looking at her running.



Title appearance

The title of the movie will suddenly appear with a sound effect to make the readers jump. 



Establishing shot

This is an establishing shot of where the movie is set. This is used to set the scene. The darkness around the school will signify an eerie feeling.



Tracking movement

This is tracking the movement of the two people walking.



Over the shoulder shot

This shot is showing one of the boys looking at the two people working.





Medium shot

The teens sitting around a table talking.





 

Over the shoulder shot/Mirror reflection scare



Close up

Kaylah comes from the toilet and sees that the room has been exploited and there is blood on the table and fingerprints.

Long shot

Kaylah runs into the corridor and suddenly the lights go off.  Then the lights goes back on and the ghost comes running towards kaylah.

Jump Scare

Jump scare f the ghost popping up behind the window of the door.

Running
She runs and falls. She's crawling backwards as she sees the ghost moving towards her.

Low angle shot

Low angle shot showing kaylahs legs and half of the ghost approaching her.

Add captionHigh angle shot of Kaylah dead body.

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Already Inside

Camra Angles

Medium shot -of the women in bed, this could be a sign of innocence and a sign to show that this is the victim 

Close up- of the girls face as she hear noise in her house, this shows the fear in her face which makes the nosie feel more mysterious.

Tracking  shot- of the feet of the person going up stair, not showing the whole person makes it more mysterious and anticipainting 

Sound 

diagetic sound of the T.V

Typical floor creaking sound, gives a scary affect

Footsteps that echo 

The background sound gets louder as the anticipation gets closer 

Mise en scene

Dark dim lighting giving a scary setting 

Typicall innocent girl at home 

Editing 

Jump scare of hand grabbing feet 

Scares the audience as the sound amplifies 

Jumpy cut from the girl to the door 

Inside analysed

Camra angles

Establishing shot is used to show the introduction of the cabin house 

Close up shot was used on the girls face to show the facial reaction she had when seeing the cabin house 

Over the shoulder shot was used when the girl was looking at the dark room on top of the stairs 

A canted shot is used when the girl is ready to pass out, this is to show the unstableness of her 

A handheld camra shot was done for this unsteady effect 

First person POV shot of the floor was used to show the girls point of view

Birds eye view shot was used when the girl is passed out on the floor 

Closed up shot of the blade in the girls hand is used 

Sound

Non diagetic sounds of a sweet tune at the start of the film, this is done to make it seem like the film is soft

Other non diagetic sounds like the camra clicks and zooms and the birds are used

There is very little speech is used in the film, the speech used is from the girl saying "hello?" "Is anyone here?"

When the girl wakes up to find she had been cut open, a happy song from a record player starts playing this is used in a dramatic scene because it makes the scene more weird and scary at the same time 

Mise en scene 

Props used in the film are 

The camra, bottle of drugged water, blade and knife 

The setting is a typical abandoned cabin House in the woods this setting creates a scary mood however because it is set in the daytime the film had high key lighting this helps the scariness become unexpected 

Editing 

There was a jumpcut when the girls at the front door it jumpcut to the girl entering the cabin house 

Similarities in short horror films

Similarities      Lights out--Inside--Cam Closer

All three films involved a young white female victim

All three films ended on seeing the killer or demon

All three had very little speech

All three films had the similar structure eg: 1) start off normal (happy)--- 2)victim notices weird things happening --- 3) ends in a jump scare with audience seeing the killer/ demon

Short horror films analysed

Lights out                 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fDzdDfviLI

This short horror film is set in a typical dark setting, where the victim is female and alone. This setting is a typical horror film convention.

Hyperreal sounds are used for footsteps and simple sounds to exaggerate them. This excites the audience and adds suspense to the scene. Non diegetic sounds were used for the jump scares to scare the audience

There was no real speech during the film however key language features like screams and gasps were used to shoe the scared emotion to the victim

The title was introduces at the start in a in a thin uneven font with a glowing white colour on a black background, this title sequence   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofwaj3dpRmQ

Inside

This short horror film is set in a typical abandoned setting, where the victim is again female and alone. This setting is a typical horror film convention.

Hyperreal sounds are used for footsteps and creaking sounds of the floor and doors, this again is used to create a scary and odd atmosphere bin the setting which then adds suspense to the scene.in one scene some happy music suddenly started playing,  this made the song scary because it was playing in a scary dramatic scene, this is common to many horror films.

There is very little speech in this short horror film however screams and gasps and crying were features used show the emotion of the victim.

The tile sequence is done at the start and set out in a red colour on a black background to relate to the bloody and gory scene in the film.

Cam closer        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwp4NjBybVc

In this short horror film it is set out in an apartment and starts off normal with no scary indirect, this is done to make it seem like a soft movie. Also the victim is also a female and alone , again a typical horror film convention

There is no real speech in this film but screams and gasps are included.

Conventions of a horror film

HORROR 

•  Death
• Violence                      
• blood
• jump scares
• loud sounds
• isolated setting 
• vulnerable female 
• supernatural 
• dark
• relationship 
• bad weather 

Creating a new blog

My name is Shamil Mattu and I am starting my A2 Media work.

Today i created my new blog and then designed my layout for my blog.

This year i will be working creating my short horror film, film poster and review of the film.