The title of the film:The title of our film is in bold red writing, and makes it easier to read, especially over a dark background. Our editor decided to use this so that it flows in with our story; red meaning anger, frustration, danger. This type of colour fits in with our antagonist, especially when he's getting his own back.
The setting/location:
Our opening sequence takes place in the Ardleigh Green College grounds, where a mixture of locations are introduced. One of which is in a computer room right at the very start, to the outside of the college, and then to the college staff car park.
We decided to use the computer room at the very beginning, because it gives the idea that teenagers are still working late at night, and it fit in with what our film was going to be like. The idea of the deaths in this room with just one door, gives the experience that there is only one way to escape, and that is through there. The characters near the door would be able to escape first so they will not get caught, whereas those near the windows are nonetheless dead.
After the fleers get outside the college building, they run to the car park in the back, because they are not thinking straight as they are so scared. This gives an idea that they want to escape from the grips of the murderer, and think that they can lose him. A typical thing you would find in a horror/thriller movie, is the time setting. We had agreed to film only at night time, because at that time, you would usually see deaths. This is why the car park is dark, because this is where another death might occur, especially to give the audience a taste of tension and fear.
The costumes and the props:
The costumes and the props we used, are typical of the thriller, but also the horror, with the mask that we used. This mask is relentless to the usage of the type in the horror movie Jason; that's where we got the idea from. However, the knife and the blue overalls makes it look like a thriller, because they make more of the tension. As well as this, we have the typical chase convention, which is usually found in thrillers. The director's original idea was the antagonist running to kill, but because of the overalls, it was impossible to have this idea, so we changed it to walking. Becasue of this walking though, more of the tension was created, so we kept it.
The other costumes that were introduced, were the casual clothing types that teenagers would usually wear, which makes you think that it is just a normal evening, with teenagers working on their college work, whereas the film says different.
The camerawork and editing:
The cinematography that we used was carefully chosen and decided by first the director, and then the camerawomen and the editor. We all agreed on most of the shots found within the film. A typical idea was a ponit of view shot, where the antagonist was looking for his victims, to kill them. This makes the audience feel like they are part of the action, and in the antagonist's shoes, which is one of our targets. Compared with the editing though, from the many shots we used, only a fair amount was carefully chosen by the editor, in order to make the finished product, and give the continuity and the narrative of the story.
The title font and style:
The type of font we used, was ariel, which many people can easily read and understand. The idea of the red font outlying the black background, makes people think that danger, anger and frustration overtly rules over normality, which you can clearly see in the film.
The story and how our opening sets it up:
In the beginning, you see a masked delinquent heading over to a girl and killing her. Straight away, you know that the film is about murders, especially with the next killing of a young teenage boy, working on a computer. The murderer then heads on to kill more people, and we immediately think he's on a killing spree and deranged. The story progresses on with two characters escaping from him, and the murderer trying to kill them. The opening then progresses to a scene in the car park, where Alex, (our antagonist) is looking for the fleers. He spots them and goes to kill them, but getting hit by a car, he fails. Our twist however, is like Jason and Freddie, where they always come back from the dead. When Toby checks his pulse, he is grabbed.
The Genre and how our opening suggests it:
Our film is of two genres, thriller and horror. Our opening suggests it because, the usage of the knife and the overalls, makes it seem like a thriller because knives are usually used in thrillers. To add on to this, you would usually find chase scenes in thrillers, and the usage of the PoV shot, also makes it seem like a thriller. In contrast to this though, the usage of the mask from Jason, and the convention of killing as you go along, makes it seem like the horror. Just to make this point even further, the scene where Alex is hit by the car, you would immediately think he's dead, but he comes back to life. This tiny thing makes it like a horror because they are usually to do with the dead, fantasy creatures, monsters and spirits.
How our characters are introduced:
Throughout our film, each of our characters are introduced randomly, from the ones who die working on the computers, to two characters that escape, and then to a new character going to evening class from the library. This new character is killed also. Our fleers however, manage to get outside, and we sympathise with those characters as they are frightened and scared. The audience wouldn't want them to get caught as well, and so our characters are the main diet of our product.
The special effects:
Special effects are things that you wouldn't expect to happen. In our film, we have Alex getting hit by a car, to create more of the tension and fear. We could've made it look better, but we still have the main tension that is created. This is up to the point where we end our film, as once Alex crashes on the floor, Toby goes to check his pulse but then gets caught as Alex is back from the dead. This creates the fear, which is what we want our audience to feel.
