Age Certifications

We did a little research and found that our film would be just suitable for a 15, as it is very close to the rated 18 certificate. There would be a few violent scenes in the film and drug use.

Target Audience - Video Interview & Profiles

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Institutions Related to Psychological Horror

Institutions related to our genre

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Logo & Colour Connotations Developments

Logo development

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Production/Institution Logo Shortlist

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Costumes for Main Character

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Props

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Visual, Image-Based Storyboard

Visual storyboard

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Photography by Jordan Barclay.
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Location Shoot

Location shoot

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Film Classifications

Film classification

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Character Profile

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Production Name

Production name brainstorm

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My partner and I composed this brainstorm of ideas. Since we narrowed it down to Remembrance, I am going to use Photoshop to design a title and institution logo to be layered over the first few seconds of the video.

Ideas submissions by Jordan Barclay & Billy Christensen.
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Logo & Title Font Designs

Here are a few interpretations of the logos and fonts that we like. All content was sourced from royalty free, public sources to avoid any possible copyright infringement. The use of the Blogger logos will be used to write our blog page URL's underneath the production title overlay.


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Preliminary Exercise

This is our preliminary basic filming exercise. It's only purpose is to demonstrate that we know how to use a camera and correctly set up shots. It was made up on the spot, and not rehearsed in any way.

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Edited by Billy Christensen.

Main Characters & Costumes Mood Board

These mood boards help us to identify what shots are commonly used in horror films. Depth of field is used heavily to obscure the backgrounds of shots to make the audience curious and suspicious of hidden elements. The use of suits in horror films provides a strong level of juxtaposition and we will experiment with the use of suits in our production.

The use of long shots also work well because it leaves out just enough detail to leave the audience curious, whereas the close ups are designed to shock the audience.

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Genre Conventions

Further genre conventions

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Genre Research - Psychological Horror

Genre research

What is a Psychological Horror?

Psychological Horror films differ from your typical slasher horror like saw. Psychological horrors rely on taking a character that the audience can (but not all the time) relate to and focus on creating fear through sound effects, mise en scene, guilt, sound, and fate. Slashers focus almost entirely on making the audience jump with sudden loud sounds or feel scared by the gore and dismemberment on-screen.

Psychological horror is a lot more subtle when compared to traditional horror films and usually does not rely on physically harming people as much as typical horror does. The genre tends to play on sexual themes and relationships to build a more emotional link with the audience, and, in turn, makes it more dramatic to watch. You can usually expect psychological horrors to play on a character’s mental and emotional weaknesses and/or disease and suffering to exploit them.

Psychological horrors are technically achievable and executed by using strong, crisp sounds to add atmosphere to the scene. Typical settings include dark rooms, basements, forests etc. Boom microphones next to someone’s feet as they walk could achieve the ‘footstep sound’ that feature in a lot of horrors. To get the eerie howling/fading in sounds you could record a moan or a scream and over-produce it and change pitch, tempo, or key. Camera effects, if used and chosen appropriately can also increase the effect of the scene, for example film grain or black and white / high contrast. High angle shots could be used to make characters seem weak and vulnerable in the dark.


We will use this research to help us to structure a successful horror opening that matches the genre well. A lot can be learned from simply watching other psychological horror films and thinking carefully about elements used in each film.


Key elements include:

• Sound

• Lighting

• Supernatural Presence

• Camera-work

• Transitions

• Visual effects

• Narrative

If we can get all of these key areas covered we will be able to produce a successful end product that fits well amongst other psychological horror films.

Credit to Jordan Barclay.

Conventions of Genres

Conventions

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