Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Target Audience
Our target audience is people aged 15-24 who ar fans of horror and are looking for a thrill. I have a feeling it would be more for the male audience. There is no specific social class that this is aimed at, as there is no reference to any social class within the context. This film definitely encourages uncomfortable audience vouyerism.
Production Company
I think our would be produced and invested in by a small independent British film company. A good company would be Warp Productions, who produced 'This is England'. This is because our film is a short film, only 10-15 minutes long, much like the original Saw film which was only 9 minutes. Our film features very little voice acting as well as little budget, so the use of A-list actors wouldn't be required.
Cast List
Main Protagonist:
-Alex Poynter
Victims:
-Bea Campbell
-Camille Kimber
-Cate Hoare
-Chloe Roberts
-Elly Sams
-Gemma Dyer
-Gabby Meech
-Lainy Black
-Lottie Tolhurst
-Sophie Hyde-Parker
-Alistair Toovey
-Charlie Hiett
-Greg McGanty
-Josh Jackson
-Kaleem Ali Khan
-Kramer Lin
-Seb Hesseltine
-Lukas Dressler
-Oscar Mitchell Heggs
-Ben Marks
-Jamie Hajigeorgiou
-Senibo Nelson-Jaja
-Alex Poynter
Victims:
-Bea Campbell
-Camille Kimber
-Cate Hoare
-Chloe Roberts
-Elly Sams
-Gemma Dyer
-Gabby Meech
-Lainy Black
-Lottie Tolhurst
-Sophie Hyde-Parker
-Alistair Toovey
-Charlie Hiett
-Greg McGanty
-Josh Jackson
-Kaleem Ali Khan
-Kramer Lin
-Seb Hesseltine
-Lukas Dressler
-Oscar Mitchell Heggs
-Ben Marks
-Jamie Hajigeorgiou
-Senibo Nelson-Jaja
Props List
Set Design Requirements
-Wooden Planks (Provided)
We needed these to create the boarded up effect on the window.
-Wall Paper (Provided)
We used this to make the inside of the room look like bricks.
-White Paint (Provided)
We used this to whitewash the walls of the second room
General Props
-Fake Blood - £7 (Alex)
We used a lot of this to put on all our dead bodies.
-Metal Framed Bed - £70 (Tamara)
This is the bed that we wrecked that the protagonist woke up on.
-General Ruinable Clothes - £30 (Tamara)
These were the clothes we bought that we could wreck and cover in blood so that our original cast didn't have to wreck any of their own stuff.
Group Roles
Tom Warhurst - Director
-Props List
-Costumes
-Sound
-Location
-Set Design
-Film Poster
Tamara Middleton - Producer and Assistant Director
-Props List
-Costumes
-Cast List
-Shooting Schedule
-Group Roles
-Production Portfolio
JJ Benzimra - Editor and Head of Photography
-Equipment
-Film Poster
-Lighting
-Final Cut Editing
-Logo of RedRum Productions (Original Name)
Alex Roberts - Editor and Head of Lighting
-Storyboards
-Shooting Schedule
-Sound
-Final Cut Editing
-Props List
-Costumes
-Sound
-Location
-Set Design
-Film Poster
Tamara Middleton - Producer and Assistant Director
-Props List
-Costumes
-Cast List
-Shooting Schedule
-Group Roles
-Production Portfolio
JJ Benzimra - Editor and Head of Photography
-Equipment
-Film Poster
-Lighting
-Final Cut Editing
-Logo of RedRum Productions (Original Name)
Alex Roberts - Editor and Head of Lighting
-Storyboards
-Shooting Schedule
-Sound
-Final Cut Editing
Monday, 14 December 2009
Treatment
We've changed the treatment many times since we started and many different storys emerged from the previous treatments that were not chosen as the final ideas. JJ created this as our treatment that we will stick with.
ACT I
·In the first sequence we are introduced to our tragic protagonist, Deacon, he is distressed, he finds himself in a delirious state on a medical bed, inside a dimly lit room, barely alive and heavily drugged. The only light he can see is coming from a nearby furnace. He decides to get up. He stumbles, drunk by fatigue, into a table. This is where he bumps accidently into a light chord hanging on a metal chain. He pulls the chain, and the light hurts his eyes. For the brief second he can see, before the lights flash out, he sees blood and scratches on the walls. He panics and starts to breathe heavily. He stumbles around, and finds his way into the next room. Here the floor is wet. He bumps into another table. On this table he finds an old torch, which is barely working. He shines it briefly on what appears to be a corpse. He approaches the body, and gets close to the body’s face. Suddenly the bodies’ eyes flash open. We realise that there are more than one body in the room, then all the bodies’ in the room try to scream although, they do have their mouths stitched closed. Suddenly he is hit on the back of the head, and he lapses into unconsciousness.
ACT II
·He awakens in the same state as before, on a bed, in a different room. Now he finds himself hooked up to all sorts of aged medical equipment. He attempts to pulls one of the needles out of his arm. Suddenly a deep, evil and ominous voice comes from somewhere in the room: that says “Baaaad idea”. Deacon is increasingly stressed, again he begins to breathe heavily, he is wild eyed and sweating. He tries to scream: “MMmmmmmm!!” but is unable to and discovers that his mouth is stitched together also. Some of the stitches rip open and Deacon exclaims “Who Are You?!” To which he gets no apparent answer. Although he doesn’t want to, he pulls several needles out of his arm. Blood begins to pour out of his veins. And he lapses into unconsciousness once more, and as his eyes begin to close, a looming figure walk awkwardly towards his bedside.
Act III
·The sequence opens with Deacon awakening, he is alive, barely. He is on a chair, but he is not attached to any sort of equipment, although he has a large gash in the side of his head. He is in a windowless, door less room. The only furniture inside is an antique wooden dining chair and an antique lamp. He surveys the room; he sees something written in one corner of the room. He stumbles over there, on his hands and knees. This message read: “Her blood will tell the way” and then some arrows pointing to back to where he was sitting. Behind his chair, he sees the feint outline of a dead body. He sees a wedding ring, and note clutched in its hand. He crawls over to the body. In his stupor, he grabs the note out of the hand. On the note it read “Love is boundless, get out whilst you can”, he then saw that the ring on the body was that of his wife. He screams and begins sobbing violently. He then sees his wives face and closes her eyes with his hands. He shifts his wife’s wait and underneath her there is another note that reads, “Adultery is a sin. The path of redemption begins here” he then grabs the lamp and repeatedly hits his wife’s face. Blood begins to come out of her head. It falls on the floor and lights come up in the whole room, revealing a trap door in the corner. He runs up to it and opens it. He runs frantically through a tunnel and breaks open the door at the end. He falls through. As he looks up he is greeted by the moonlight. He is now at a roadside. On the sign, in blood, it reads, “Take the hard way out” with an arrow pointing downwards. Underneath it lays a shotgun. He stumbles over there, still hysteric. He picks it up and sees that it has one round in it. He cocks it. The screen goes black, and all we hear is a gunshot.
ACT I
·In the first sequence we are introduced to our tragic protagonist, Deacon, he is distressed, he finds himself in a delirious state on a medical bed, inside a dimly lit room, barely alive and heavily drugged. The only light he can see is coming from a nearby furnace. He decides to get up. He stumbles, drunk by fatigue, into a table. This is where he bumps accidently into a light chord hanging on a metal chain. He pulls the chain, and the light hurts his eyes. For the brief second he can see, before the lights flash out, he sees blood and scratches on the walls. He panics and starts to breathe heavily. He stumbles around, and finds his way into the next room. Here the floor is wet. He bumps into another table. On this table he finds an old torch, which is barely working. He shines it briefly on what appears to be a corpse. He approaches the body, and gets close to the body’s face. Suddenly the bodies’ eyes flash open. We realise that there are more than one body in the room, then all the bodies’ in the room try to scream although, they do have their mouths stitched closed. Suddenly he is hit on the back of the head, and he lapses into unconsciousness.
ACT II
·He awakens in the same state as before, on a bed, in a different room. Now he finds himself hooked up to all sorts of aged medical equipment. He attempts to pulls one of the needles out of his arm. Suddenly a deep, evil and ominous voice comes from somewhere in the room: that says “Baaaad idea”. Deacon is increasingly stressed, again he begins to breathe heavily, he is wild eyed and sweating. He tries to scream: “MMmmmmmm!!” but is unable to and discovers that his mouth is stitched together also. Some of the stitches rip open and Deacon exclaims “Who Are You?!” To which he gets no apparent answer. Although he doesn’t want to, he pulls several needles out of his arm. Blood begins to pour out of his veins. And he lapses into unconsciousness once more, and as his eyes begin to close, a looming figure walk awkwardly towards his bedside.
Act III
·The sequence opens with Deacon awakening, he is alive, barely. He is on a chair, but he is not attached to any sort of equipment, although he has a large gash in the side of his head. He is in a windowless, door less room. The only furniture inside is an antique wooden dining chair and an antique lamp. He surveys the room; he sees something written in one corner of the room. He stumbles over there, on his hands and knees. This message read: “Her blood will tell the way” and then some arrows pointing to back to where he was sitting. Behind his chair, he sees the feint outline of a dead body. He sees a wedding ring, and note clutched in its hand. He crawls over to the body. In his stupor, he grabs the note out of the hand. On the note it read “Love is boundless, get out whilst you can”, he then saw that the ring on the body was that of his wife. He screams and begins sobbing violently. He then sees his wives face and closes her eyes with his hands. He shifts his wife’s wait and underneath her there is another note that reads, “Adultery is a sin. The path of redemption begins here” he then grabs the lamp and repeatedly hits his wife’s face. Blood begins to come out of her head. It falls on the floor and lights come up in the whole room, revealing a trap door in the corner. He runs up to it and opens it. He runs frantically through a tunnel and breaks open the door at the end. He falls through. As he looks up he is greeted by the moonlight. He is now at a roadside. On the sign, in blood, it reads, “Take the hard way out” with an arrow pointing downwards. Underneath it lays a shotgun. He stumbles over there, still hysteric. He picks it up and sees that it has one round in it. He cocks it. The screen goes black, and all we hear is a gunshot.
Inspiration
SAW
A young man, David, is in an interrogation room talking to an unnamed, unsympathetic police officer. David is in handcuffs, and he has blood on his face and shirt. He is smoking a cigarette. He tells the officer that after he finished his work as an orderly at the hospital, he was knocked unconscious and taken to a large room.Inside the room, David was strapped to a chair with a large, rusty metal device locked onto his head. To his left was a small television, which began playing a video showing a frightening puppet, named Billy, that tells him that the device on his head is a "reverse beartrap", which is hooked into his jaws and will pry his face open with great force if he does not unlock it in time. The puppet tells David that the only key to unlock the device is in the stomach of his dead cellmate (Dean Francis).David is able to break free of his bonds, but by doing so he sets off a timer on the back of the device. Across the room, he finds the body that the puppet mentioned, but also finds that the man is actually alive but under paralysis. David panics and slices into the man's stomach anyway. After finding the key, David unlocks the device and throws it to the ground, just as it snaps open. David escapes death from the device.David begins screaming and weeping in horror. At the entrance to the room, the puppet from the video appears on a tricycle. He congratulates David on surviving, and tells him that he has proven he is no longer ungrateful for being alive.The movie ends with the police officer asking "Are you grateful, David?" causing the young man to again break down. As the end credits begin to roll, a CGI replica of the bathroom used later in the full Saw film is shown, although with some differences. A small peephole is shown with an eye visible behind it, which was a concept reused in another trap in Saw.
A young man, David, is in an interrogation room talking to an unnamed, unsympathetic police officer. David is in handcuffs, and he has blood on his face and shirt. He is smoking a cigarette. He tells the officer that after he finished his work as an orderly at the hospital, he was knocked unconscious and taken to a large room.Inside the room, David was strapped to a chair with a large, rusty metal device locked onto his head. To his left was a small television, which began playing a video showing a frightening puppet, named Billy, that tells him that the device on his head is a "reverse beartrap", which is hooked into his jaws and will pry his face open with great force if he does not unlock it in time. The puppet tells David that the only key to unlock the device is in the stomach of his dead cellmate (Dean Francis).David is able to break free of his bonds, but by doing so he sets off a timer on the back of the device. Across the room, he finds the body that the puppet mentioned, but also finds that the man is actually alive but under paralysis. David panics and slices into the man's stomach anyway. After finding the key, David unlocks the device and throws it to the ground, just as it snaps open. David escapes death from the device.David begins screaming and weeping in horror. At the entrance to the room, the puppet from the video appears on a tricycle. He congratulates David on surviving, and tells him that he has proven he is no longer ungrateful for being alive.The movie ends with the police officer asking "Are you grateful, David?" causing the young man to again break down. As the end credits begin to roll, a CGI replica of the bathroom used later in the full Saw film is shown, although with some differences. A small peephole is shown with an eye visible behind it, which was a concept reused in another trap in Saw.
Added Ideas
There were several ideas that we decided to change while planning the final story. In our original there was going to be sunlight coming through either a crack or the ceiling, but we thought about adding our own artificial light instead as this would mean the light would be dimmer, and we would have more control over it. Also Tom wanted to be able to shoot on set out of school, in a barn or somewhere similar but we had to consider the idea of doing the shoot in the studio as again it would give us more control over the set as well as the fact we would not be affected by the cold.
Our Group
I was put in a group with Tom, JJ and Tamara which I was happy with. At first everyone pitched ideas but as the original story was already quite strong and clear there wasnt much that we discussed at first. However, after several discussions amongst ourselves and with other teachers and started to see a few ideas that needed to be changed without making a dramatic change to the story.
The Chosen Ideas
The ideas that were voted for were Tom's, whos idea was of a man waking up in what was a dark room, and discovering bodies in another room, Lottie's idea, called "Five" and referred to the inverted pentagram, and how one man uses its power to try and recover his deceased wife and the final idea being Storm's, about a man who drives to a house checks the inside in a way that looks like hes looking for a certain someone, before leaving. On his way back down the road he stops for a child standing in the road wearing a mask.
Saturday, 12 December 2009
Friday, 11 December 2009
My Thriller Idea
My idea started with a black shot with the sound of a female running and screaming. Suddenly the female comes into view and she is running through the forest at night. There is another black shot of a name or two, before cutting to her running this time looking behind her as she runs leading to it to cut to an over-shoulder shot of a dark figure walking after her. More credits in black, then another wide shot of her running then another over-shoulder shot before the character turns to the left and walks out of the shot while she keeps running forward. She turns and realises that he is no longer after her so she slows and looks around. After screaming the figure comes out of nowhere and the audience hears her being killed and her body dropping to the ground before being dragged off while the screen again is in total darkness.
Thrillers
A thriller is a genre of literature, film and television that contain fast pace, and are characterized by a resourceful and intelligent hero who has to over come a more powerful villain who presents obstacles for the hero.They often take place in isolateed areas, like deserts, arctic conditions, under the sea and deep space. Although the heroes are usually men, in recent years there has been a more frequent use of female characters to create a greater sense of vulnerability.There are many different sub-genres of thrillers, like action, spy and drama thrillers.
These are some examples of thrillers. In January we will be shooting our own thrillers so must take inspiration from as many different places as possible for our own ideas.
These are some examples of thrillers. In January we will be shooting our own thrillers so must take inspiration from as many different places as possible for our own ideas.
Friday, 20 November 2009
Halloween (1978) another edition by John Carpenter, which is one of my favourite films, is a thriller about the psychopath Michael Myers and his hunt for his baby sister after he escapes from the institute he's been stuck in for 15 years.As she stalks his sister and her high school friends, he himself is being tracked down by Dr. Samuel Loomis, the doctor who had tried to unlock the door into Michael's mind for the 15 years of his imprisonment.Friday, 13 November 2009
Jason Bourne and his girlfriend Marie try and move as far away as possible from their old life to try and start a new one, but after an assassination attempt on Bourne's life goes wrong and ends with him believed to be dead he must return to what he left behind to discover the reason why they are still after him.
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
This thriller portrays the exploits of a deranged serial killer, who has chosen seven victims and planned to murder them in a way to portray them as transgressions of each of the seven deadly sins. He appoints himself as the sword of god. Two cops, one a seasoned and experienced veteran of the streets, who is about to retire and the other, a young and ambitious detective hired to replace him are paired up to take down this killer. Unfortunately for them they are ensnared in his plan.
The Thing (1982), by John Carpenter, based on the original 1951 "Thing from Another World" is an example of a supernatural thriller. After one of the members of a crew of american scientists situated in Antarctica becomes infected with a foreign lifeform, everyone begins to turn on eachother due to fear of who has been infected and what they would turn into.
Introduction to Stills Camera
The class went out around in groups and took pictures of eachother. We were taught about the rule of thirds to make the photos more eye capturing by eliminating the space about our heads and divide the photo into sections for a more professional feel. With these photos we uploaded them and edited them on photoshop. We learned about basic editing tools like the burn and dodge tools for future use.
Friday, 23 October 2009
Preliminary Task
The day before our session of shooting, we were told about what we would be doing as our first preliminary exercise. At first we went out with a script and storyboard and practiced the scene given amongst ourselves, thinking about how we would say the lines, move in and out of the shots and how we would shoot them with different camera placements. After half an hours practice we had until the next lesson to find 2 people to use as actors who wouldn’t be doing anything else during shooting. Others in the group found 2 actors.
There were props in the room we were using. These were a gun and some keys. We decided to move a desk around so instead of having both people standing, one would enter while the other would remain seated at the desk throughout the sequence. The lights were turned off and the only light used, other than the light faintly coming in from outside, was a lamp on the desk. The actors ran over their lines and we got the camera ready for the first shot.
The camera was set up for a wide shot of the room, so the desk was at the right of the shot and the door at the left. The idea was that one of the characters was to walk in the room and place the gun down on the table, and then continue with the speech in the storyboard telling the other character to “do it”, not revealing what “it” is, even though it’s pretty easy to come up with an idea.
JJ took over the camera; Tom helped him as well as provided good ideas for actions, movement and shot types. We took several wide shots, then over shoulder shots of both actors, as well as an ECU of the gun being placed on the table. Other shots we took were a POV shot and a panning of the floor as the sequence starts.
When it came to editing Tom and I edited together as the other two weren’t there in the lessons. In just a few lessons we felt we had done a good job but we just needed to spend a little more time on it. Unfortunately we didn’t have sound so we planned a voiceover. JJ was in a later lesson and he provided some good suggestions and learned about final cut pro. After we were finished editing we were happy with the outcome. I’m not surprised films take so long to make as we spent several days on a scene which lasted about 30 seconds.
There were props in the room we were using. These were a gun and some keys. We decided to move a desk around so instead of having both people standing, one would enter while the other would remain seated at the desk throughout the sequence. The lights were turned off and the only light used, other than the light faintly coming in from outside, was a lamp on the desk. The actors ran over their lines and we got the camera ready for the first shot.
The camera was set up for a wide shot of the room, so the desk was at the right of the shot and the door at the left. The idea was that one of the characters was to walk in the room and place the gun down on the table, and then continue with the speech in the storyboard telling the other character to “do it”, not revealing what “it” is, even though it’s pretty easy to come up with an idea.
JJ took over the camera; Tom helped him as well as provided good ideas for actions, movement and shot types. We took several wide shots, then over shoulder shots of both actors, as well as an ECU of the gun being placed on the table. Other shots we took were a POV shot and a panning of the floor as the sequence starts.
When it came to editing Tom and I edited together as the other two weren’t there in the lessons. In just a few lessons we felt we had done a good job but we just needed to spend a little more time on it. Unfortunately we didn’t have sound so we planned a voiceover. JJ was in a later lesson and he provided some good suggestions and learned about final cut pro. After we were finished editing we were happy with the outcome. I’m not surprised films take so long to make as we spent several days on a scene which lasted about 30 seconds.
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Introuction to Practical
So far we have done several practical lessons. In the first week we filmed a mock T4 documentary. We were given a list of questions and we had to think of answers for them. Two people were assigned the roles of the interviewers, while others had to do things like camera work and lighting. The interviews featured questions like “Why did you decide to take media as a subject?” and “what films/music do you like at the moment?” After most people had been interviewed the roles were re-arranged in order for the interviewers and those on camera and lights to get interviewed as well. After we cut and ended the session.
Next in that week was our intro to photoshop. In our first photoshop lesson we went to a file sharing website to download a film poster of our choice and told to basically play around with it however we wanted, but to ask for help if we needed to do something specific that we didn’t know how to do ourselves. I decided to use a poster for the original “Friday the 13th”. It was fun but as we didn’t all know exactly how to use all of the basic tools there was a limited amount we could do before asking for help.
The second lesson was better, as we were asked to take pictures of each other as they would be the subject of our photoshop editing. This meant we were able to use cameras, which we hadn’t done yet before. After we each had a photo of someone loaded up onto photoshop we were shown how to use all of the basic tools along the toolbar one by one. Now as we could edit the photos in anyway we wanted it seemed a lot freer and it felt like we had a lot more control.
After a while we had another practical which would teach us about how to use video cameras and tripods were we leant about adjusting height, light, zoom and frame rate settings. A few lessons later we were out in groups making our own short films. We were given a short tutorial on how to do good filming, this being mainly about the fact that every shot is repeated from both different angles and different shot types and sizes, meaning all actors have to get into a habit of repeating their lines and actions on set hundreds of times. We then went off with our cameras in our groups to try and mimic these techniques and make our own simple sequence.
I was doing the camera so tried to make sure shots we took were in focus and had enough light coming into the room. After taking a wide shot we were happy with I moved the camera closer to the action and took a mid shot and the action was repeated. We made an attempt to make sure that every action was the same as the time before. Again, after we were done I moved the camera a little bit closer and took a final shot of the action being repeated, this time not needing to make sure that everything was the same to the same extent as before as most of the shot was taken up by the size of a face.
We took the camera back and it was wired up and we watched the videos of each group. Ours was bad for many reasons; one being that the camera didn’t move around much and stayed in the same line of sight when it had the potential to move around through a full 180 degrees. The shot was in focus and we did adjust the blinds in order to gain a good light in the room for the shot, which was recognised. At least it wasn’t all bad, but we still learned that both movement of the camera and experimentation with different movements and actions are key for making a good shot, especially when you’re new to film making.
Next in that week was our intro to photoshop. In our first photoshop lesson we went to a file sharing website to download a film poster of our choice and told to basically play around with it however we wanted, but to ask for help if we needed to do something specific that we didn’t know how to do ourselves. I decided to use a poster for the original “Friday the 13th”. It was fun but as we didn’t all know exactly how to use all of the basic tools there was a limited amount we could do before asking for help.
The second lesson was better, as we were asked to take pictures of each other as they would be the subject of our photoshop editing. This meant we were able to use cameras, which we hadn’t done yet before. After we each had a photo of someone loaded up onto photoshop we were shown how to use all of the basic tools along the toolbar one by one. Now as we could edit the photos in anyway we wanted it seemed a lot freer and it felt like we had a lot more control.
After a while we had another practical which would teach us about how to use video cameras and tripods were we leant about adjusting height, light, zoom and frame rate settings. A few lessons later we were out in groups making our own short films. We were given a short tutorial on how to do good filming, this being mainly about the fact that every shot is repeated from both different angles and different shot types and sizes, meaning all actors have to get into a habit of repeating their lines and actions on set hundreds of times. We then went off with our cameras in our groups to try and mimic these techniques and make our own simple sequence.
I was doing the camera so tried to make sure shots we took were in focus and had enough light coming into the room. After taking a wide shot we were happy with I moved the camera closer to the action and took a mid shot and the action was repeated. We made an attempt to make sure that every action was the same as the time before. Again, after we were done I moved the camera a little bit closer and took a final shot of the action being repeated, this time not needing to make sure that everything was the same to the same extent as before as most of the shot was taken up by the size of a face.
We took the camera back and it was wired up and we watched the videos of each group. Ours was bad for many reasons; one being that the camera didn’t move around much and stayed in the same line of sight when it had the potential to move around through a full 180 degrees. The shot was in focus and we did adjust the blinds in order to gain a good light in the room for the shot, which was recognised. At least it wasn’t all bad, but we still learned that both movement of the camera and experimentation with different movements and actions are key for making a good shot, especially when you’re new to film making.
Saturday, 3 October 2009
Friday, 25 September 2009
Horror Poster Write-up
Horror Poster Creation – ‘The Blob’
When I was set this assignment I was excited as the genre of the film we needed to use was horror, one of my favourites. Many ideas came to mind, but I decided to go for the 1956 horror classic ‘The Blob’, which was again remade in 1988.
My first idea of what my poster would look like was very influenced by posters I had seen of it already and were in a very 50’s style. The poster I originally wanted while drawing several sketches of different ideas was of people running down a street with a large ‘blob’ behind them. The posters we were planning were actually meant to be contemporary and new, while that idea was more of the older style, not what was wanted. The difference between old and new film advertising was obvious to me, so a new idea came to mind almost immediately. I imagined a female face, covered in slime, with her hand reaching outwards, as if the large blob had actually engulfed her, while the bulk of the creature was not completely visible due to the size and scale of the shot.
I looked on the internet at other horror posters to see if there was a key element to add to mine to make it more like the real thing, which there was in pretty much everyone I saw, which was black. Most had large amounts of black on them, while I planned to have mine featuring purple as the dominant colour, so I decided that instead of having black I would put a lot of dark highlights on the blob itself.
Not knowing of what to do to create the effect of the blob, I thought hard about it. I considered using many kinds of everyday substances that are similar to the texture of that in the film, as well as colour. Being a light purple-pink, I thought that washing up powder thickened with something like flour was a good idea so decided to experiment with it back at house. If I could find some kind of dye to add to it I would use that as well to try and make the colour stand out better.
After making a thick paste out of it I took several pictures and put them on photoshop the next day. I added a purple wash to it and used both the burn and dodge tools to create different shine and shadowy tones over the blob. I then took pictures of a friends arm reaching out as I described to them how I wanted it to look. I cut out the arm on photoshop and put it on the blob, before using the burn tool to match the tones and create more shadow on the under arm.
The text was quite easy to do. For the title I chose a font appropriate to the film, which looked very childish and almost as if the letters themselves were ‘blobs’ and liquefied them for a dripping effect. I chose another font for the tag lines which again was appropriate with the film. I chose to use John Carpenter as the Director of the film, as he is my favourite director having directed, in my opinion, some of the best horror films ever made as well as composed for and written many of them. For the other names for backstage members, I used names I saw on one of the 1988 Blob posters and for stars of the film I used Thomas Jane and Camilla Belle.
I am extremely pleased with the final outcome as I believe the poster is very good for my first poster on photoshop, and am also pleased with the fact I was able to pay homage to John Carpenter as a fan of his work.
When I was set this assignment I was excited as the genre of the film we needed to use was horror, one of my favourites. Many ideas came to mind, but I decided to go for the 1956 horror classic ‘The Blob’, which was again remade in 1988.
My first idea of what my poster would look like was very influenced by posters I had seen of it already and were in a very 50’s style. The poster I originally wanted while drawing several sketches of different ideas was of people running down a street with a large ‘blob’ behind them. The posters we were planning were actually meant to be contemporary and new, while that idea was more of the older style, not what was wanted. The difference between old and new film advertising was obvious to me, so a new idea came to mind almost immediately. I imagined a female face, covered in slime, with her hand reaching outwards, as if the large blob had actually engulfed her, while the bulk of the creature was not completely visible due to the size and scale of the shot.
I looked on the internet at other horror posters to see if there was a key element to add to mine to make it more like the real thing, which there was in pretty much everyone I saw, which was black. Most had large amounts of black on them, while I planned to have mine featuring purple as the dominant colour, so I decided that instead of having black I would put a lot of dark highlights on the blob itself.
Not knowing of what to do to create the effect of the blob, I thought hard about it. I considered using many kinds of everyday substances that are similar to the texture of that in the film, as well as colour. Being a light purple-pink, I thought that washing up powder thickened with something like flour was a good idea so decided to experiment with it back at house. If I could find some kind of dye to add to it I would use that as well to try and make the colour stand out better.
After making a thick paste out of it I took several pictures and put them on photoshop the next day. I added a purple wash to it and used both the burn and dodge tools to create different shine and shadowy tones over the blob. I then took pictures of a friends arm reaching out as I described to them how I wanted it to look. I cut out the arm on photoshop and put it on the blob, before using the burn tool to match the tones and create more shadow on the under arm.
The text was quite easy to do. For the title I chose a font appropriate to the film, which looked very childish and almost as if the letters themselves were ‘blobs’ and liquefied them for a dripping effect. I chose another font for the tag lines which again was appropriate with the film. I chose to use John Carpenter as the Director of the film, as he is my favourite director having directed, in my opinion, some of the best horror films ever made as well as composed for and written many of them. For the other names for backstage members, I used names I saw on one of the 1988 Blob posters and for stars of the film I used Thomas Jane and Camilla Belle.
I am extremely pleased with the final outcome as I believe the poster is very good for my first poster on photoshop, and am also pleased with the fact I was able to pay homage to John Carpenter as a fan of his work.
Introduction
Hi, Im Alex and im a media student at hurtwood house. I'm a big film fan and enjoy watching pretty much any kind of film or TV show, comedy, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, action, anything. I am always craving good music and listen to a range of genres. I like soft and classic rock, ballads, pop, punk, grunge and all the way through to heavy metal which i hope i can import to my media studies.
In my media studies so far I have looked at many films and seen the camera techniques used. I have made film posters, which has been some of the most enjoyable work Ive ever done, and hope the year gets better as it goes. I chose the subject as it interests me as im a fan of film, so i hope to be in some form of career around film in the future.
In my media studies so far I have looked at many films and seen the camera techniques used. I have made film posters, which has been some of the most enjoyable work Ive ever done, and hope the year gets better as it goes. I chose the subject as it interests me as im a fan of film, so i hope to be in some form of career around film in the future.
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