Editing Analysis
The first trailer for star wars didn’t do anything for me, it was boring and the narration was distracting. I enjoyed the second trailer for episode 3 a lot more as it held your attention and the use of music made it full of suspense. The pace for both trailers was fast as to hold you attention but the second trailer had good use of music in it to compliment the editing. In episode 3 the music was well placed and so were the voice over’s but in star wars the music didn’t fit the scenes and the narration was distracting. There wasn’t much difference in style but episode 3’s style was more modern and the special effects were better. I’m sure the star wars trailer would have been amazing back when it was first showed but in the 21st century it just doesn’t cut it.
Horror Films
Horror films are movies that strive to elicit the emotions of fear, horror and terror from viewers. Their plots frequently involve themes of death, the supernatural or mental illness. Many horror movies also include a central villain. Early horror movies are largely based on classic literature of the gothic/horror genre, such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Phantom of the Opera and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. More recent horror films, in contrast, often draw inspiration from the insecurities of life after World War II, giving rise to the three distinct, but related, sub-genres: the horror-of-personality Psycho film, the horror-of-Armageddon Invasion of the Body Snatchers film, and the horror-of-the-demonic The Exorcist film. The last sub-genre may be seen as a modernized transition from the earliest horror films, expanding on their emphasis on supernatural agents that bring horror to the world. Horror films have been dismissed as violent, low budget B movies and exploitation films. Nonetheless, all the major studios and many respected directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Roman Polanski, Stanley Kubrick, John Carpenter, David Lynch, William Friedkin, Sam Raimi, Richard Donner, and Francis Ford Coppola have made forays into the genre. Serious critics have analyzed horror films through the prisms of genre theory and the auteur theory. Some horror films incorporate elements of other genres such as science fiction, fantasy, mockumentary, black comedy, and thrillers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film
Horror Genre
Devices:
• Supernatural powers
• Chain saw
• Mirrors and smashed glass
• Knife/ hammer
• Farming tools
• Pen/ phone call
• Lawn mower
• Axe
• Lake/well/fountain
• Inventions
• Teeth/claws
• Needle
• Hot wax
• Chemicals
• Rope
• Gun
• A disease
• Weather
• Scarecrow
Characters:
• Killer
• Mad man
• Dead child
• Group of friends
• Doll
• Couple
• Henchmen
• Crazy scientist
Elements:
• Isolation
• Desperation
• Redemption
• Lost cause
Supernatural:
• Werewolves
• Mummies
• Ghosts
• Ghouls
• Zombies
• Vampires
• Pugs
• Cats
• Spiders
• Sharks
• Alligators
• Crocs
• Snakes
Setting:
• Graveyard
• Forest
• Creepy hospital
• Lonely Park
• Creepy house
• City
• Alleyway
• Castle dungeon
• Rundown plac
Carpark
• Supernatural powers
• Chain saw
• Mirrors and smashed glass
• Knife/ hammer
• Farming tools
• Pen/ phone call
• Lawn mower
• Axe
• Lake/well/fountain
• Inventions
• Teeth/claws
• Needle
• Hot wax
• Chemicals
• Rope
• Gun
• A disease
• Weather
• Scarecrow
Characters:
• Killer
• Mad man
• Dead child
• Group of friends
• Doll
• Couple
• Henchmen
• Crazy scientist
Elements:
• Isolation
• Desperation
• Redemption
• Lost cause
Supernatural:
• Werewolves
• Mummies
• Ghosts
• Ghouls
• Zombies
• Vampires
• Pugs
• Cats
• Spiders
• Sharks
• Alligators
• Crocs
• Snakes
Setting:
• Graveyard
• Forest
• Creepy hospital
• Lonely Park
• Creepy house
• City
• Alleyway
• Castle dungeon
• Rundown plac
Carpark
Film Language
Mise-en-scène
• Mise-en-scène is an expression used in theatre and film to describe the design aspects of a production
Editing
• Putting something ( as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form
• Editing is the process of preparing language , images, sound, video, or film through correction condensation, organisation, and other modifications in various media
Sound
• Sound is a travelling wave which is an oscillation of pressure transmitted through a solid, liquid, or gas, composed of frequencies within the range of hearing and of a level of sufficiently strong to be heard, or the sensation stimulated in organs of hearing by such vibrations
Cinematography
• Cinematography (from Greek: kinesis (movement) and grapho (to record)), is the making of lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for the cinema. It is closely related to the art of still photography
• The art and technique of making and reproducing motion pictures
• Mise-en-scène is an expression used in theatre and film to describe the design aspects of a production
Editing
• Putting something ( as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form
• Editing is the process of preparing language , images, sound, video, or film through correction condensation, organisation, and other modifications in various media
Sound
• Sound is a travelling wave which is an oscillation of pressure transmitted through a solid, liquid, or gas, composed of frequencies within the range of hearing and of a level of sufficiently strong to be heard, or the sensation stimulated in organs of hearing by such vibrations
Cinematography
• Cinematography (from Greek: kinesis (movement) and grapho (to record)), is the making of lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for the cinema. It is closely related to the art of still photography
• The art and technique of making and reproducing motion pictures
Recipe for a Horror Film
Ingredients:
Rundown castle
Creepy paintings whose eyes follow you
A newly wed couple
One yellow piece of chalk
Several horrible Ghosts
Several deserted rooms
Tour bus full of people
Snow
Bunch of flickering lights
2 mobiles
2 suitcases
Old fashioned kitchen
Full fridge
Bathroom
Strange symbols
Policeman
Police car
Cell block
Orange uniform
Interviewer
Police station
Method:
Take one newly wed couple on a tour bus and drop them at the rundown castle with suitcases. Have the door open with a loud creak. Have snow fall down and block the door once they go inside. Have the lights flicker above them as they walk around the castle. After 20 minutes of being in the castle and exploring it, have a yellow piece of chalk mysteriously appear in the husband’s trench coat pocket while he’s looking for his phone. Have both their phones have no service. Have the sun set and they walk into the kitchen. Strangely enough the fridge is stocked with food. They will not feel hungry so they will decide to go to one of the rooms they found before. At 12:00am exactly have the wife get up and go to the bathroom, strangely that works too. Give her an urge to find the yellow chalk. Have her find it in his trench coat lying on the floor. Also give her an urge to explore the castle again. Start her writing on the paintings in weird symbols. Then have her go to bed with no memory. In the morning have them check the door for snow but it is still blocking them in. The next night have ghosts start to come out of the paintings, they will want revenge as they were trapped in those paintings. Have them attack the couple at 12:00am exactly. After some bloodshed have the wife escape but the husband die. Have her run screaming to the door but it will still be locked. Have her phone have one bar of reception and have her call 911. It will be 1:00am exactly when the police get there and remove the snow to get the door open. Have the police man not believe her and have the husband’s body gone. Nothing will be out place and the blood will also have disappeared. Have the police escort her to the police car and take her down to the station. She gets interviewed and is put in lock up for the night. Just before 12:00am a piece of yellow chalk appears beside her. There is a piercing scream and at 12:01am she disappears.
Rundown castle
Creepy paintings whose eyes follow you
A newly wed couple
One yellow piece of chalk
Several horrible Ghosts
Several deserted rooms
Tour bus full of people
Snow
Bunch of flickering lights
2 mobiles
2 suitcases
Old fashioned kitchen
Full fridge
Bathroom
Strange symbols
Policeman
Police car
Cell block
Orange uniform
Interviewer
Police station
Method:
Take one newly wed couple on a tour bus and drop them at the rundown castle with suitcases. Have the door open with a loud creak. Have snow fall down and block the door once they go inside. Have the lights flicker above them as they walk around the castle. After 20 minutes of being in the castle and exploring it, have a yellow piece of chalk mysteriously appear in the husband’s trench coat pocket while he’s looking for his phone. Have both their phones have no service. Have the sun set and they walk into the kitchen. Strangely enough the fridge is stocked with food. They will not feel hungry so they will decide to go to one of the rooms they found before. At 12:00am exactly have the wife get up and go to the bathroom, strangely that works too. Give her an urge to find the yellow chalk. Have her find it in his trench coat lying on the floor. Also give her an urge to explore the castle again. Start her writing on the paintings in weird symbols. Then have her go to bed with no memory. In the morning have them check the door for snow but it is still blocking them in. The next night have ghosts start to come out of the paintings, they will want revenge as they were trapped in those paintings. Have them attack the couple at 12:00am exactly. After some bloodshed have the wife escape but the husband die. Have her run screaming to the door but it will still be locked. Have her phone have one bar of reception and have her call 911. It will be 1:00am exactly when the police get there and remove the snow to get the door open. Have the police man not believe her and have the husband’s body gone. Nothing will be out place and the blood will also have disappeared. Have the police escort her to the police car and take her down to the station. She gets interviewed and is put in lock up for the night. Just before 12:00am a piece of yellow chalk appears beside her. There is a piercing scream and at 12:01am she disappears.