Final Film

Behind the scenes clips filming

Filming schedule day 2

Day 2 Filming

5:00

Our group meets at ashtead park as we know it will be completely dark. When we arrived we made our way up to the playground in the park and filmed various shots of our antagonist clown on the swings, showing the creepy aspects to the clown being in children's playgrounds with malicious intentions. 

We then filmed next to the playground on the field, where we filmed various running shots of the three girls and the clown chasing behind them. We filmed this for a long time as we wanted to get the right type of shot. 

5:30

We moved over to filming at mae's car, where we showed two of the girls scrambling to get in the car and drive away,we only done this with two of the girls go hint at the death of one of the girls, to show clearly why the clowns intentions were, to harm the girls. There we showed the clown already in the backseat of the car shocking the girls. We done this to show the paranormal aspect of the clown that was behind them magically appearing in the car. 

Filming schedule Day 1

For our first day of filming our group wanted to concentrate on our clown, by getting as many shots of the clown in wondering places on its own. Although we do want to film the three girls in brighter lighting together through the same locations as the clown to show them as a target to the clown, and to let our receiving audience that the girls are under threat by being stalked.

Wednesday 2nd November

2:15-Head over to water fields road

Our group headed over to the first location of filming which was the train tracks, the bridge above it was where we filmed our antagonist crossing the bridge from different angles as trains passed underneath, creating an abrupt sound effect that would successfully build tension. 

We then cross the bridge into the estate,where we film the three teenage protagonists as they make their way home from what we wanted to appear as college,we done this through their handbags and their journey together through various locations. 

At the very end of water fields, we again filmed our antagonist clown. This time we kept the clown in the same position but instead repositioned the camera so that we can hastily edit the various shots to build tension effectively 

3:45-Arrived at Ashtead park 

This is where we filmed certain shots of the teenagers passing through the pond and also managed to get a successful shot of birds abruptly flying around the pond. This was the last footage we filmed on day 1. 

Our title research

  The first title I have inserted above shows the first design our group created, one theme that we wanted to carry out throughout the entire designs was to involve our own gimmick,being the balloon, except we didn't know which would be the best position so in the following designs you will see different placements throughout. What we liked about this font was the thin design, connoting a sickingpy and frail theme, also through the capitalised letters we thought this gave some boldness to the title. We also really liked the colour red being involved within the title, due to the fact that our antagonist holds one main bright red colour within their mise en scene, with red hair,nose and lips. 

 This particular design sits as my favourite as I believe this font being the boldest of the four, stands as the most effective and shows the correct tones for what our trailer is, a clown that should be kind and caring of children, and although the font and colour would give off the effect of happiness, the title itself creates the effect of everything not being what it seems. I also prefer the balloon being placed within "jokes" as I believe this is the most appropriate word for the balloon to be centred. 

 The next title shows the same features to the first title, except I believe the balloon is placed in a more appropriate position as I believing placing the balloon in the word "jokes" it makes more sense rather than with either of the other two o's, therefore I believe that although the balloon is placed better that in the first title, I don't like the thinness of the font as I don't believe it's as effective as the bolder fonted title. 

 

 This is one of my favourite titles as I really like the graduated effect of colour within the title. I believe the fact of having the word "jokes" in red connotes the correct tone for the word itself, and with having the black colouring into "you" targets the audience specifically and connotes evil and darkness making the audience feel scared for themselves. I think it also sets itself out as different though this idea of graduating the text, whilst also matching the mise en scene of our antagonist,who only shows the colours of red,white and black. 

Personally I prefer the second title as it is very bold and drastic and I believe it suits our films genre perfectly. Although our group isn't decided on anything yet but we definitely know for a fact with prefer the titles that have the balloon placed within the word "jokes". 

Trailer's Film Poster

 

For our film poster our group decided that we wanted to although use the same imagery, we wanted two posters. One that is shown above with what we thought displayed the correct appearance and imagery of the clown. Showing him with just half of his face shows the audience that he is hiding away but still preying on people to attack showing him as the sinister and evil character that he is. We wanted to use a slogan or a quote for the poster and so below it stating " what's the matter? You look like you've seen a clown" we wanted to take a spin off of the saying, you look like you've seen a ghost. Putting this in quotations aswell shows that it is used in the film, showing that the clown gain is there with intentions to scare and hurt. 

We wanted to use quite a simplistic look to show the seriousness of our film. We wanted to portray minimal colour to show minimal excitement but more terror, we took inspiration off of the film poster for " Annabelle" 
Which like our poster used more simplistic imagery to frighten their audience. The poster below shows the 
Other version that our group came up with. In my opinion I prefer the second poster due to the fact that I really wanted to be simplistic and using a black and white colour scheme and only using the colour red in the clowns nose and on the balloon, connotes the correct theme of blood and violence, without going over the top.  

Trailer's Magazine Cover

  For our magazin cover we wanted to show a very professional look,whilst also trying to conform effectively to our genre. So our idea of using a black and white cover we believed was a very good idea as covers such as the godfather and James Bond, used this effective to show its importance and the difference from this film to every other horror film. 

But to bring something eye catching to our cover we used a bright red coloured ballon within  he films title, this effectively connotes tones of violence,blood and murder. 

The white text we used was to also stick to this simplistic and classy looking theme we wanted to follow, showing a serious look to show this would be a seriously scary film. 

We also advertise the fact that the film is similar, if not a remake of the 1990 horror hot,IT, showing the receiving audience that if they enjoyed that cult classic,which would mean a lot more consumers in the cinema and when buying copies,would be attracted to go and see this film. 

Location research

Seeing that our production is a trailer our group realised that we would need to use a variety of shots, therefore we believe it is essential that we use multiple locations within our trailer. But we needed to think carefully about what would connote the correct the right tones for our genre of horror. 

Park-In the evening. 

 

Our group decided that it would be an effective location to set part of our trailer within the park around our area as we believe the large field and dimly lit area would create the accuracy of a horror setting, as it presents it self as an extremely unnerving and frightening area. It also makes sense plot wise for our antagonist to be in an area such as this. Due to the fact that children spend their time in parks and our clown is a psychotic clown looking for children to terrorise, it seemed an appropriate location to show some shots. 

Protagonists home. 

 

Our group decided to push boundaries and scare our audience we need to create the image in their heads on whaf if they were in the protagonist position. So a home invasion is a very uncomfortable situation as home is supposed to be somewhere where individuals feel safe whereas that feeling is questioned when we show that the protagonists aren't safe within their own homes. We also decided that one of our houses was the best idea as one of the members of our group,Katy, has large sliding glass windows that we would like to use to make our protagonists appear unsafe. 

Train tracks

 The idea of train tracks again came from the Thought of danger and where an area would be deserted and scary enough for our antagonist to roam around. We not only thought about visuals here,but also sound effect wise, the abrupt noise that the train will make as it harshly enters, will create the type of jump factor that we want to put on to the audience, so that successful tension will be built as we see our antagonist roaming around deserted and dangerous areas. 

Mood board and props

Picture 1                                                                                                                                            

In the first image on my mood board I have decided to use an image of the clown mask that we will be using within the film, the mask appears as very demonic and supernatural, and our group believed that this was extremely effective in making the receiving audience feel uncomfortable and frightened. We believed specifically the bright red hair, and yellow fanged teeth set the correct tone and image that we wanted for the clown, paranormal and psychotic.

Picture 2

The Green balloon image shows one of the props that we are going to use, This particular prop stands as one of, if not the most important prop that we will be using, the balloon stands as the main gimmick in our trailer, if you see the balloon the clown will not be far away, including in our film's title we are debating on whether to include a balloon  somewhere within the title, to carry on with this gimmick.

Picture 3

The image of the park I inserted at night accurately represents one of the location's that our group have decided will be an effective area to set certain shots of our film, As a location where children tend to hang around, we believe that seeing as a clown is usually known to be a children's entertainer, our clown would most likely be seen in a location such as this. But to give the location a better tone and representation of our genre, we believed that filming at night would be more effective for our genre as horror.

Picture 4

The fourth image I used within the mood board, was a shot of a record player, Throughout our trailer we showed random close up shots of a spinning record player, which we thought successfully built tension within the trailer, going from the majority of our shots being fast paced, then suddenly cutting to a slow paced shot of a record player spinning, we thought productively put our audience's emotions in a rapid pace.

Picture 5

I then inserted an image of three happy, innocent looking teenage girls. This is due to the fact that our group wan ted the girls to come across as the average day to day teenager, who was mercilessly being stalked and attacked by a psychotic killer clown. But we believed that in order to conform correctly to the film's genre, we needed to use some darker tones within their mise e scene, even if its through simple black jeans, as we believe having all lighter colours in their clothing, would connote the wrong type of image.

Picture 6

The last image that I involved within my mood board was the image of the train tracks. This is due to the fact the our group spent a lot of time filming across a bridge that had trains passing underneath it, our group believed it appeared as a dangerous area and would appeal to our antagonist the clown and would be an accurate place to film our clown. The loud noises as the trains pass also built tension well, as the loud abrupt sounds as the train harshly enters would be the right type of sound effect to create a jump/shock scare upon our receiving audience.

SoundTrack Reseach

 

As a horror trailer, it stands as a vital point that we should have the appropriate music that fits in with our style of horror, I believe this is one of the most difficult genres to accurately soundtrack. 

But through our antagonist we immediately thought the correct type of music to be used throughout the trailer would be some sort of circus/carnival music. Although because we aren't set location wise at a carnival, we decided to only use a clip towards the end of the trailer to build the final increased tension. Some of our options I've listed below

carnival music

carnival music 2

Throughout our trailer we decided we needed something eerie and creepy that could fit into more than just a carnival clowns appearance but to also the location around him, outside of a circus or carnival setting, but still to have the soundtrack fit into the scene and to make sense. So we decided to use a slow paced but high pitched soundtrack to build tension,but to show elements of shock and fear that we'd like to involve within the emotions that we want our receiving audience feel. So to do this we will add in loud and harsh sound effects throughout when we see frightening shots of our antagonist clown. I've listed some backing soundtracks below. 

eerie soundtrack

eerie soundtrack 2

Costume Research 2

Our protagonists, although less important than our antagonist, we still wanted to portray the ages of which they were playing correctly whilst still fitting in with the trailers genre.  

We have three main protagonists within our trailer, Mae,Jennifer and Molly. Three average teenaged girls who are targeted by a merciless,psychotic clown. 

Due to the three girls being just regular teenagers in contemporary society, we needed their style to fit into what the everyday teenager looks. So in this case we decided to use everyday clothing such as jeans and casual tops, but still to fit into the genre, used darker colours within the clothing decisions. 

Also due to the fact that our target audience will be teenagers of a similar age, it is vital that we correctly portray teenagers of today, so that we create the correct image for the receiving audience. 

Titles Analysis

For our trailer,with our genre being horror, our group wanted to conform accurately to our production and use the correct font, colouring and positioning for our film. With this in mind we decided to look at other films of our genre and that were similar in style to see what would be suitable for our own trailer. 

 This particular title seemed very effective to me as it shows the correct styles within its imagery to conform to its genre. The bright,blood red effectively shows the impression of violence and gore which also boldly sets out the title from its bleak,dark background, which fades into the top of the text, creating a shaded and secluded tone. Within the bold capitalised font we can see black marks which appear to look almost like twigs on a tree, possibly suggesting it's location setting as a dark Forrest. But also could be seen as scratches so again this could possibly be outlining the violent themes within the film

 This title appealed to me as it showed again effectively the style of horror that they were presenting, with the knife like text we can see that this is probably a slasher style horror,matched with the random streams of blood flickering with light on the blade, shows the receiving audience that the film they are doing to watch will be very gruesome. Again with the text matched with a black background it effectively stands off the poster and sets a dark tone over the film. 

 This title also stands as an original title with an actual imagery being used within the text. And instead of using a darkly coloured text, a bright bold capitalised white text is used to stand off the bang, creating a somewhat distorted tone, the image within the text itself appears to be a normal looking human, but looking more closely we can see strange hands appearing out of its coat with abnormally long fingers sticking out. This effectively shows the receiving audience the films main character and must match the films title and be "the thing" in question. 

For our trailers title our group feels it is most appropriate to use an incorporation of all titles used as example here. We want to use a darkly lit background ,most likely black. Paired with a brightly courted text. And a gimmick from our trailers plot involved with it. To make it stand as an original design. 

 

Story board