Progress Diary - Planning what we aim to achieve in next weeks lessons.

We aim to;
- Take all the pictures for the dark room scene.
- Ask for permission to use the dark room and arrange a time period to shoot in this location.
- Begin filming some of the easier more conventional scenes, with the hand held camera. With an outside location, as the forecast looks promising.

Progress Diary - Assesing how the project is going so far.

We have completed our storyboard, audience research and the treatment. We have also decided on a soundtrack and the way the credits ( font etc) will be presented to the audience.
We are assessing possible changes to the way the stalker is represented. We may lack giving them a face to entice the audience and create a sense of mystery/suspense around their identity. This could be achieved by using POV shots and behind the head shots. We think this may be a more effective method, as we are giving less away and provoking the audience to question the character of the stalker.
We are also discussing using greyscale or monochrome shots in the editing process. This would communicate explicitly to the audience that the events of her stalking the character were previous to her arriving in England. It will also increase the credibility and sophisticaton of the piece.

Storyboarding for 'The Stalker'

Props we need and the settings

PROPS
- Binoculars for stalker

- Red felt tip or maybe glue

- Picture of the boy and girl (couple)

- Pictures of the girl so we can stick it on the wall

- Calendar

- Computer

- Video of the boy and girl for stalker

SETTINGS
- Photography dark room
- Outside near the flag pole
- Media ICT room 

Aims for todays lesson

Finish off the story board

Scan it then upload it on to the blog

Continue with looking at some opening sequences

Do some sound research

Look for the location we want to film at and ask permission

Do casting 

Make a lis of the props we need

Questionnaire Analysis

Most people (47%) said that they preferred horror to be a subgenre in a thriller film. 20% of people said they would like drama to be a subgenre. This is an advantage to us because our film has a vast majority of drama in it.   



73% of people said yes to this question. This is a benefit to us as our film revolves around a psychotic serial killer.



26% of people expect to be scared and 25% expect to be thrilled when watching a thriller movie. Our movie will be about a stalker therefore will thrill the audience as well as scare them.



90% of people said they would be interested to watch a thriller based around a psychotic stalker, this is significant because our film is based on a psychotic stalker and our target audience seem interested to watch it.



Further audeince research of trailers of the best stalker, thriller movies

We have decided to identify elements of the top stalker, thriller movies that we could incorporate into our own opening.

Fatal attraction (1987)

-The use of dark/bright lighting.

-The use of fast-paced editing.

-The use digetic sound - the phone ringing, the screaming; to build tension.

-The voice over - someone who is not partial from within the film. Narrating the action and building more tension.

Scream (1996)

-A close-up of writing, using thrilling and foreshadowing language. Depicting key themes within the film.

-Point of view shots to build tension and fear.

-Voice over, from an outsider or in relation to our oipening the victims persepctive.

-Ordinary costumes and characters, creating the idea of normal people and making the audience more fearful as they can relate it to themselves.

Se7en (1995)

-The use of sountrack overpowering all digetic sound. Creating tension.

-The use of a stong orchestral soundtrack, with a drum symbolizing change of shots and highlighting important themes/objscts to the film.

-The idea of words symoblizing plots being intertwinted with the opening credit and name of the film.

The fan (1996)

-The use of thriller conventions and themes. Violence - the knife.

-The use of newspaper articles covering the wall. We could use this, withg photos instead.

-Close-up of binoculars.

-The use of a creepy loud digetic laugh.