TREATMENT OF MAIN TASK

The opening of a short film: TITLE - The Unknown GENRE - HORROR

Duration - 2 mins

Audience - 15+ (due to childrens safety as it is not suitable for them)


Resume - Shot of girl walkingn back from college, she decides to take a shortcut through the park, as she is walking along she starts hearing noises, she feels as if somebody is watchin her. she than starts walking faster as she is scared and nervous, she than stops as she sees a unidentified person, she than starts running. As she is running she is looking back and does not see the person ahead. She runs into the person which turns out to be her friend, she is now much calmer. She and her friend walk along the path, the Girl suddenly stops and notices the same person following them, she panics and tells her friend to run, they than find a place to hide. the unknown person walks towards them(you can hear him come closer as the branches on the floor break) the man finds the Victims, there is than a caption "3 days later" there is a shot of the girl and the boy on a Missing sign.

Suggested Elements -

Key Locations - Park , Building

Costumes - Plain Clothes

Title - Name of film and Actors who are in it, also producers.

Recording days - 3-5 days recording with 5 lessons on editing

SHOTLIST OF MAIN TASK

1. Front shot of girl walking

2. Back shot of girl walking

3. Point of view shot of girl looking back and thinks she’s being followed.

4. Long shot of girl walking a bit faster

5. Looks back again and realizes no one is there

6. Medium shot of girl running

7. Point of view shot of when girl is running and looking back

8. Side shot of when the girl bumps into a guy

9. Close up shot girls face all scared and sweaty

10. Side shot of the girl and guy walking in park

11. Front shot of girl and guy walking in the park

12. Point of view shot of the girl looking back again and sees the unknown guy

13. Medium shot the girl telling the guy to run

14. Extreme close up of the girl and guys shoes while running

15. Point of view shot of unknown guy walking and following the 2 people

16. Extreme close up shot of the unknown guy breaking a tree branch

17. Side medium shot of the girl and guy hiding

18. Point of view shot of the girl looking back and gets scared

19. A normal shot of a street

20. Point of view of a person walking towards a poster

21. And extreme close up shot of the guy and girls pictures with a missing sign.

Analysis Of halloween

Halloween Opening Scene :

Camera/Editing

During the opening sequence of Halloween there is no continuity editing. It starts of with a point of view shot of the house, which then graually gets closer towards the front door, which portrays to the audience that someone is watching that house. Theere is a close up of the pumpkin outside the house, which indicates that its halloween. The point of view shot carried on all the way thorugh the opening scene. There was only two close up shots, ( one of the pumpkin and the other is of the knife this person picks up from the kitchen draw. Not much editing was used . The only visible edit used is when the mask is put on and you see his perspective through the mask.

Sound

The sound for the opening is non-diegetic, as it is used over the top of the scene. It is used to build suspense and tension, for example during the title scene, a piano sound is used to keep the audience in suspense. It is a nervy eerie tone which sets the mood for the rest of the film. And again this tune indicates to us that its an horror. As the title scene ends, the setting of the house is established and the diegetic sounds of crickets and people talking is heard. Non-diegetic sound then comes in again as the characters in the house have gone upstairs and the light switches off. Every light in the house is off, it was pitch black apart from the main doorway. More nervy music is then used to keep the audience on edge, and the piano sound continues.

Mise-en-scene

The mise-en-scene of Halloween is typical of the horror genre, as it is set at night, and the house looks isolated. The lighting is dim and mysterious, giving a scary mood and giving the effect that something bad is going to happen. Most of the scene is in the dark, which adds suspense to the scene. The house is old fashined and simple, although there are elements in which give a creepy feel, for example, the rocking chair in the dark corner. The costume of the sister and her boyfriend are casual, which adds a sense of realism, whereas, the main character is in a clown costume, and wears a mask, this makes the murder more creepy. Also after he kills his sister, we are shown that its only a small boy, which gets the audience thinking why?

Prelim Task video

Premilinary Task Evaluation

In the filming and editing of your project, what worked well and what could have been improved?

Editing worked really well becasue most of the shots we had were taken correctly which meant less editing had to be done.

We had a problem with the 180 degree rule, as it was the first time we tried it therefore we couldn't exactly get the shot right. Also we had a problem with the people not wearing the same clothes, because the first time we did the 180 degree rule, it was not that good, so we did again on a different date, which caused a few implications.

Give a detailed, specific example of how you have used a shote/ reverse shot combination in your film?

Two people sitting across from each other, where one person was taller than the other person talking ( eye shot). We achieved this by using the 180 degree rule.

Give detailed, specific example of how you achieved , match cuts during the editing process?

We recorded more then what we needed,so that when we edited the clip we made sure we had the correct macthing. e.g if one shot was of a person walking through the door, the hand he used to open the door (e.g. left) he should use the same hand to open the door if we take other shots. We also made sure when the person was walking he walked fluently into the next shot. if one shot was ending with his left leg leading then the next clip should match up with that to make sure its fluent.

How did you achieve continuity in this task? Or if your transitions weren't entirely smooth, what have you learnt?

We achieved continuity by making sure the people were in the exact same spot, and had the same clothes on for e.g. when we took one of the shot we got a teacher that was sitting in a specific place, therefore we made sure she was there throughout out the clip). Like i said before we couldn't get the 180 degree rule correct the first time, and because we had todo it on another day the continuity wasn't as good. Next time we need to make sure this doesn't happen.

What did you learn about the cameras and editing software during the preliminary task?

I learnt how to export using quicktime conversion, which then leads into creating an MPEG4 movie. I was also taught realised how to extract a specific part of the video and edit it, which is something i have done. I that creating a short video took alot of time putting together because we had to make sure that everything had continuity. We had to take certain clips more than once, because it was not exactly the shot we were looking for. We had to make sure we could talk loud enough so that he camera can pick up our voices.