Vodcast 1: Idents

In this Vodcast i talk about both the Idents and Text used in 5 zombie movies and what they represent.

Out of these 5 zombie movies only one movie has an audio bridge when the idents appear, you can hear a steady heart beat throughout the idents in World War Z. In the other movies they seem to have the idents main sound such as Columbia haven't changed the sound or color scheme to fit the move like Warner Bros might have done. The idents for Dead Rising dont appear for very long unlike Paramount that lasts for 18 seconds Crackle only lasts for 4 seconds. This may have something to do with the budget and the popularity of the company's.

The movies also have on average about 2 idents before the movie starts. This will affect the amount of idents I have as well as the choice of if Ill have an audio bridge, or have tweaked my idents to fit the genre. Looking at this i will most likely have 2 Idents with no audio bridge and not be a long length as my movie will be a low budget.

Vodcast 3: Narrative

In this vodcast i talk about how the narrative of 5 zombie movies are presented in the opening title sequence as well as opening sequence.



Looking at the theorist at narrative in the start of the dead snow for example there is Barthes Narrative Enigma because you dont know who is running through the woods engaging the audience. Todorovs theory is hard to apply to any zombie movie seeing as the first equilibrium is no apocalypse and the dis-equilibrium is the zombie apocalypse but in some cases you can apply it if you think of it as the equilibrium is that you have food, ammo and safety in the start and the dis-equilibrium is loosing that and fighting to get it back.
Looking at more long lasting franchises or TV shows it is easier to identify Propps character theory because more characters will be introduced. A good example of Levi-Strauss binary opposite theory is in the Walking Dead when you have Rick and The Governor or Rick and Negan. Looking at Dead Rising you also have binary opposites, in some zombie movies this theory applies because it brings more threat to the story than just zombies.
Looking at this I think starting with a narrative enigma will get the audience engaged.

Vodcast 2: Semiotics

In this vodcast i go through the use of semiotics in 5 zombie movies (Dead Snow, Dead Rising Watchtower, World War Z, Resident Evil, and Zombieland). I talk about what semiotics are used to determine the zombie genre.

Opening 10 (my genre) Resident Evil

Information: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120804/?ref_=nv_sr_2

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWUT4CXWcwQ

Ratings: 6.7/10 IMDB 33% Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/resident_evil/

Release Date: 15 March 2002 (USA)

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror

Age Rating: R

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Writers: Paul W.S. Anderson

Stars: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Ryan McCluskey

Budget: $33,000,000

Gross: $102,441,078

Synopsis: A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.

Opening Length: 1:15

Idents:

Screen Gems – Normal

Text: In order

SCREEN GEMS PRESENT – White text, black background, Left and centred.

CONSTANTIN FILM PRESENT – White text, black background, Centred and centred.

DAVIS FILMS PRESENT – White text, black background, Right and centred.

RESIDENT EVIL – Futuristic font, grey text, Red background., Fades away to black screen.

Sound:

After the Ident mysterious sounding music starts playing. After the First text the intro starts with a lot of sci-fi sounds as text pops up on the screen, the text is read through a VO telling the narrative of the movie. The mysterious music keeps playing until the title comes up then the music changes to more sci-fi. All the sounds used are non-diegetic.

Editing:

The text fades in and out in the start, the text used in the VO sequence looks like its being typed to fit with the sci-fi looking background and Fantasy genre.

Opening 9 (my genre) Dead Rising: Watchtower

Information: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3816458/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPuK9GtxLM4

Ratings: 5.2/10 IMDB

Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dead_rising_watchtower/

Behind the scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLUTtagJRgY

Release Date: 27 March 2015 (USA)

Genre: Horror

Rating: N/R

Director: Zach Lipovsky

Writers: Tim Carter

Stars: Jesse Matcalfe, Meghan Ory, Virginia Madsen

Budget: N/A

Gross: N/A

Production Co: Legendary Digital Media, Contradiction Films, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Dead Rising Productions

Synopsis: A group of people fight to survive in a zombie infested town.

Opening length: 6:28

Idents:

CRACKLE – Normal

Legendary Digital – Normal

Contradiction – Normal

Text: In order (all texts like they are behing types on a modern computer)

LEGENDARY DIGITAL PRESENTS – Blue thin font (computer like) Black background, centred.

A DEAD RISING/ CONTRADICTION FILMS PRODUCTION –Blue thin font, black background, centred.

These pop up first then the intro starts. It starts after the zombie outbreak clearly determination the genre. The title popes up at 4:34, The title is white, centered, bold and the letters aren’t in a strait line. In the second D you see a zombie. The background looks like concrete. After Dead Rising popes up beneath it WATCHTOWER popes up, It blinks for a while like a light bulb would. After that "A few Days Earlier" appears.

JESSE METCALFE – Top left, blue, news report in the background.

MEGHAN DRY – Top left, blue, two news footages in the background.

VIRGINIA MADSEN – Top left, blue, News footage of soldiers in background.

ROB RIGGLE – Left centred, people evacuating in background.

KEEGAN CONNOR TRAYCY, ALEKS PAUNOVIC – Top right and bottom right, blue, news reporter in background.

AND DENNIS HEYSBERT – Top right, blue, footage of looters in background.

U.S. CASTING BY JUNNIE LOWRY JOHNSON, LIBBY GOLDSTEIN, MONICA KELLY CANADIAN CASTING TIFFANY MAK, CSA – Blue top left and bottom right.

MUSIC BY OLEKSA LOZOWCHUK – Blue, top right, news reporter in background.

COSTUME DESIGNER BARBARA GREGUSOVA – Blue, top left, image of stadium in background.

EDITOR MIKE JACKSON – Blue, top right, people being interviewed in background.

PRODUCTION DESIGNER TONY DEVENYI – Blue, bottom left, people wanting to leave in the background.

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY TODD WILLIAMS – Bottom right, blue.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: TOM LESINSKI ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: ZACH LIPOVSKY, GARY HAWES, ANDREW LEVINE, MIKE JACKSON, TODD WILLIAMS – Blue, top left, bottom right.

LINE PRODUCER CHRIS FOSS – Bottom left, blue.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TOMAS HARLAN – Bottom left, blue.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER LORENZO DI BONAVENTURA – Bottom right, blue.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS HARUHIRD TSUJIMOTO, KIICHIRO URATA – Bottom right, blue.

PRODUCED BY TIM CARTER – Bottom left, blue.

BASED ON THE VIDEOGAME CREATED BY CAPCOM – Bottom right, blue.

WRITTEN BY TIM CARTER –Bottom left, blue.

DIRECTED BY ZACH LIPOVSKY – Bottom right, blue.

Editing:

In the opening sequence there are mostly cuts used. The Text appears and disappears one letter at a time making it look like sci-fi/fantasy like. The cuts are used so the continuity looks good.

Sound:

There is both diegetic on and off-screen zombie noises clearly showing the genre. It starts of with a commercial with a little girl talking, and lullaby music playing, small girls are often used in horror movies, as the commercial is playing you hear zombies. When the title sequence is playing whenever titles pop up you hear a futuristic computer sound. When the news reporter is talking they talk about a zombie outbreak and people being infected.

Evaluation:

Throughout the opening you clearly see what genre it is as zombies are mentioned and seen. They establish that people know about zombies before the outbreak happens and fans of the game will be happy to see it holds the story of the game as well as giving a good description of what is happening so the audiences that haven’t played the game know what it’s about. They also use what looks like a gopro shot when the zombie and the main character is holding the gun.

Opening 8 (my Genre) Dead Snow

Information: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1278340/?ref_=nv_sr_2

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R19KagZyU40

Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dead_snow/?search=dead%20snow

Rating: 6.4/10 IMDB 67% Rotten Tomatoes

Release Date: 9 January 2009 (Norway)

Genre: Comedy, Horror

Age Rating: Not Rated

Director: Tommy Wirkola

Writers: Tommy Wirkola, Stig Frode Henriksen

Stars: Jeppe Beck Laursen, Charlotte Frogner, Jenny Skavlan

Budget: $800,000

Gross: $1,937,920

Production Co: Euforia Film, Barentsfilm AS, FilmCamp, Miho Film, News on Request (NOR), Yellow Bastard Production

Synopsis: A ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.
Intro Length: 2:50

Idents:

Euforia – Normal

Text:

In this movie there are no actors names in the start of the movie and no title sequence. The titles that pop up are:

YELLOW BASTARD PRODUCTION NEWS ON REQUEST & EUFORIA FILM – white bold text.

PRESENTERER EN MIHO FILM PRODUCTION - The Miho Film is red and bold while the rest is white and bold.

EN TOMMY WIRKOLA FILM – The Tommy Wirkola is bold and red while the rest is bold and white.

That’s the only text that appears. The movie starts of with a camera tilting down to the snowy mountains at night. 2 min and 46 seconds in the main title appears, DEAD SNOW. The color used is red but not full red as some parts are darker red and some lighter this clearly identify the bloody gore genre. The background that the text is on is the full moon in a dark blue sky.

Editing:

The only editing used in the intro is cuts. The pace of the cuts increase as the music gets more intense. The text on screen fades away, instead of cuts away.

Sound:

Throughout the opening sequence the music that is played is Edvard Grieg “In the hall of the mountain king”, this is fitting seeing as Edvard Greig is Norwegian and so is the movie. The music is contrapuntal as you wouldn’t expect to classical music in a sequence with zombies. The music is paused for a while when the woman is looking in to the forest. When the shot reverse shot is used all you hear is diegetic off-screen birds, until the zombie jump scar happens then the music starts playing again.

Evaluation:
The jump scare really builds tension as the camera focuses at something in the dark shadowy forest. It cuts back and forth to the actor and the establishing long shot of the forest. The reason for this is because the target audience expect to see zombies but nothing is happening so it rapidly builds tension and supports the horror genre. The fact that all you see in the opening is shadows running through a snowy forest also supports the genre and keeps the TA engaged. 

Opening 7 (zombie genre) Zombieland

Information: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1156398/

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1-jFLlHLPw

Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zombieland/

Rating: 7.7/10 IMDB 89% Rotten Tomatoes

Behind the scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb0VFNeMTL8

Release Date: 2 October 2009 (USA)

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Horror

Age Rating: R

Director: Ruben Fleischer

Writers: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick

Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin

Budget: $23,600,000

Gross: 102,391,540

Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Pariah

Synopsis: A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting tough guy trying to find the last Twinkie, and a pair of sisters trying to get to an amusement park join forces to travel across a zombie-filled America.

Length of title sequence: 1:44 min

Idents:

Columbia – Normal

Text: In order (starts 3:10 in)(3D text, interacts with the clip)

COLUMBIA PICTIRES PRESENTS – Red text, low angle zombie throws man off tower.

IN ASSOCIATION WITH RELATIVITY MEDIA – Red text, Medium shot of zombie.

A PARIAH PRODUCTION – Red Text, Woman running from zombie.

WOODY HARRELSON – Red text, homeless man being eaten.

JESSE EISENBERG – Red text, long shot man running from zombies.

EMMA STONE – Red text, same shot as Jesse Eisenberg.

AND ABIGAIL BRESLIN – Red text, medium shot riot police fighting zombies.

ZOMIELAND – Red text, Italic, medium shot of many breaking glass along with the.

CASTING BY JOHN PAPSIDERA CSA – Red text, Long shot man running from zombie,

COSTUME DESIGNER MAGALIGUIDASCI – Red text, same shot,

MUSIC BY DAVID SARDY – Red text, same shot,

EDITED BY PETER AMUNDSON ALAN BAUMGARTEN, ACE – Red Text, zombie tackling worker,

PRODUCTION DESIGNER MAHER AHMAD – Red text, father and son running from zombies,

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY MICHAEL BONVILLAIN, ACS – Red text, fireman running from zombie,

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS EZRA SWERDLOW PAUL WERNICK RHETT REESE RYAN KAVANAUGH – Red text, same shot as before,

PRODUCED BY GAVIN POLONE – Red text, Man shooting AK-47 at zombies.

WRITTEN BY RHETT REESE & PAUL WERNICK – Red text, same shot as before.

DIRECTED BY RUBEN FLEISCHER – Red text, low angle of zombie hitting window.

Editing:

After the ident it fades to black, then it fades in to the American flag. It slowly zooms out to a POV handheld camera of the congress. This is when you see the first zombie, which establishes the genre. The next transition zooms out so you see the world on fire and it zooms back in. In the opening scene there is only cuts used except at the end where it fades out. In the title sequence there are only fades used which looks smooth along with the slow motion of zombies running.

Mise-en-scene:

Throughout the title sequence you see zombies. The slow motion captious the horror made from the costumes and well done make up. The props used also back up the genre such as the AK-47, and burning car. All the zombies have blood dripping from their mouths and have cuts and bruises.

Sound:

At the start you hear a VO establishing the narrative. The American national anthem is played put sounds rusty. This suggest the end of the world as well as the diegetic on-screen sound of zombies grunting and screaming. When the zombie burbs it emphasises the comedy genre of the movie. The VO also says the name of the movie Zombieland. When the title sequence is playing rock music is playing as people fight zombies in slow motion. There is no diegetic sound as the only thing you hear is the music. At the end a zombie crashes into a car window when this happens you hear the diegetic sound of the glass breaking as well as a church bell.

Conclusion
Having looked at the order of the titles I expected the idents and company names to appear first (which they did) followed up by the names of the actors. I expect the title of the movie to appear least but here it appears in the middle with the caster, musician, costume designer, etc after the title. I think I will follow the same order I think, bar having the movie title appear in the middle

Opening 6 (my genre) World War Z

World War Z

Information: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816711/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EC7P5WdUko

Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/world-war-z/
Rating: 7/10 IMDB 67% Rotten Tomatoes

Behind the scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2w29aHYueM

Release Date: 21 June 2013

Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror

Age Rating: PG-13

Director: Marc Forster

Writers: Matthew Micheal Carnahan, Drew Goddard, Damon Lindelof, J.Micheal Stracynski

Stars: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz

Budget: $190,000,000

Gross: $540,007,876

Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Skydance Productions, Hemisphere Media Capital, GK Films, Plan B Entertainment, 2DUX2, Apparatus Productions, Latina Pictures

Synopsis: United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, and threatening to destroy humanity itself.

Length of title sequence: 3:20

Idents:

Paramount – darker than usual, heartbeat sound.

Plan B – Black background white bold font. Heartbeat.

SkyDance – darker than usual, heartbeat.

Hemisphere – heartbeat.

GK films – heartbeat.

Text: In order (all the texts seem to be Tahoma font)

PARAMOUNT PICTURES AND SKYDANCE PRODUCTION PRESENTS – white bold font black background, centered, 3sec

IN ASSOCIATION WITH HEMISPHERE MEDIA CAPITAL AND GK FILMS – white bold font black background, centered, 3sec

A PLAN B ENTERTAINMENT/ 2Dux² PRODUCTION– white bold font, black background, centered, 3sec

A MARC FORSTER FILM - white bold font, black background (left) birds flying (right), to the left, 2sec

BRAD PITT – White bold font, black background (right) quite neighborhood (left), 2sec

MIREILLE ENOS – White bold font, black background (right) nice houses (left) 2sec

DANIELLA KERTESZ – White bold font, black background (left) crowed walking (right) 2sec

JAMES BADGE DALE – white bold font, black background (right) People walking down stairs (left) 2sec

DAVID MORSE – White bold font, black background (left) crowd walking (right) 2sec

FANA MOKOENA DAVID ANDREWS – Whit bold font, black background (left) plain flying (right) 2sec

STERLING JERINS ABIGAIL HARGROVE – White bold font, black background (left) ants (right) 2sec

PETER CAPALDI PIERFRANCESCO FAVINO – White bold font, black background (left) police office (right) 2sec

LUDI BOEKEN GREGORY FITOUSSI – White bold font, black background (left) filled streets (right) 2sec

CASTING BY KATE DOWN – White bold font, black background (left/centered) sea (both sides mostly right) 2sec

VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR SCOTT FARRAR – White bold font, black background (left) waves crashing (right) 2sec

MUSIC BY MARCO BELTRAMI – White bold font, black background (right) Piers morgen (left), 2sec

ADDITIONAL MUSIC BY MATTHEW BELLAMY PERFORMED BY MUSE – White bold font, black background (left) waves (right), 3sec

COSTUME DESIGNER MAYES C. RUBEO – White bold font, black background (left) traffic jam (right) 2sec

EDITED BY ROGER BARTON MATT CHESSE – White bold font, black background (right) full bus (right) 2sec

PRODUCTION DESIGNER NIGEL PHELPS – White bold font, black background (left) socks (right) 2sec

DIECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHUY BEN SERESIN, ASC, BSC – White bold font, black background (top left) people walking (right), 2sec

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS MARC FORSTER BRAD SIMPSON – White bold font, black background (left) people walking (right), 3sec

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS DAVID ELLISON DANA GOLDBERG PAUL SCHWAKE – White bold font, black background (centre) concert crowd (left, right) 3sec

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS GRAHAM KING TIM HEADINGTON – White bold font, black background (left) man talking (right) 3sec

PRODUCED BY BRAD PITT DEDE GARDNER JEREMY KLEINER – White bold font, black background (left) man taking a picture (right) 3sec

PRODUCED BY IAN BRYCE – White bold font, black background (left) crowd walking (right) 2sec

BASED ON THE NOVEL BY MAX BROOKS – White bold font, black background (left) man working (right) 2sec

SCREEN STORY BY MATTHEW MICHEAL CARNAHAN AND J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI – White bold font, black background (right) business man (left) 3sec

SCREENPLAY BY MATTHE MICHEAL CARNAHAN AND DRE GODDARD & DAMON LINDELOF – Whit bold font, Black background (left) rotting beetle (right) 3sec

DIRECTED BY MARC FORSTER – Whit bold font, black background (left) hive of ants (right) 2sec

WORLD WAR Z – Big Bold, transparent text, flashing images in text, Black background, fades to forest

Editing:

There are only cuts used in the title sequence, the pace of editing isn’t too fast except at the very end when you see the world war z title the editing becomes very fast passed so images are flashing on screen. There is a clip in between each text that pops up.

Mise-en-scene:

The clips they use are very smart as it starts of really peacefully and shows peoples everyday life as well as natural life such as animals. As it goes on the clips get more violent such as aggressive animals and talk about the end of the world. There are news clips of politicians talking about how the world is dying. At the end there is a clip of wolves ripping apart another animal.

Sound:

There is a faint sound of a heartbeat as the idents are popping up. When the text first appears you here music start playing. The music is kind of fantasy sci-fi and is something you would expect to hear in a zombie genre like Resident evil. At around 1:43 non-diegetic sound starts with a lot of news/radio reports saying “good Morning”. As the clips go on you hear the weather reports. You can hear a news reporter talk about a virus. There are clips of reality and talk shows in the middle of clips of violent acts like dolphins dying.

Evaluation:

This is a very smart intro as it explains the genre. It starts of very peaceful and rapidly gets more intense as there is talk of the end of the world and images of animals dying. The editing picks up pace as the clips get more intense. The inrto is telling us about how we are destroying the world with CO2 and other world problems. The Text is very dull but is very effective.

Micro Horror Drama - Storyboard

Before we start filming we created a short storyboard so we have a sort of idea of what to film when we get to the filming location.

Micro Horror Drama - Continuity Sequence

Before we started filming the micro drama we did a small continuity sequence.


We did this so we could learn how to use the cameras as well has how to make a sequence with smooth editing. We also learned how to use the editing software, so when we get to editing the micro drama we know what to do.

Micro Horror Drama - Production

First we went to the location, we discuses where to put the cameras and what type of shots to use. After setting up the cameras and doing some test shoots we started filming the final product.  

After filming all we needed we started edition. I edited the second part, the sequence when we where are the scary house. I used Pinnacle Studio 17. I have never used this program before but i have some experiences in editing using Adobe Premier Pro. 

I learned the basics quick, such as importing, exporting, and cutting. I also learned how to cut sound from a clip and add sound effects.

I didn't do any advances editing it was more the basics so i could get used to the editing software. The one thing that was a bit more advanced then the rest was making the thunder and lighting part, it took some time to learn how to change the color of the screen and for how long but after a while i got it to look good. 

I had a very big problem at the end and that was adding the credits, not only did i run out of time but i didn't get the rolling credits to work, that's why when you see the clip at the very end it is very long, this space was meant to be filled in with the credits.

Editing

Throughout the clip we only used cuts except for one part, when they are at the haunted house there is a quick fade to another clip to show the passing of time. We only used cuts because this was our first project so it was a good way to learn how to use the editing software. If i knew how to do other transitions i don't think i would, except for the transition from around the fire to the house. The reason for this is because i feel the cuts add effect and the reason i would change the one transition is to show the passing of time, i think a dissolve would have worked.

Micro Horror Drama - Post production

Post-Production

After finishing up the editing and exporting it. We put it up on YouTube so we could have a mini screening. We didn't put in as much effort as we could have but we used the time to get used to the cameras, and editing software, we where also under time pressure.  

Sound

For the first sequence the only form of sound that was used was diegetic. Most of the sound heard was the on-screen sound of us talking as well as occasionally you could hear the fire sizzling. There is occasionally some off screen sound of cars that go by but we didn't know how to remove or dim it down. When it cuts to the scary house the first sound you hear (thunder) is non-diegetic, After that there are some non-diegetic, crickets as well as an owl to fit with the genre. The scream you hear is also non-diegetic because of its strong effect to the scene. At the end when there is a freeze frame at the end the non-diegetic off-screen superman theme song starts to play as the credits come up. 

Mise-en-scene

In the first sequence the costumes give you a small idea of who has what role, for example the hero is wearing red, and blue which connote"good", the villain is wearing black or dark colors which connote"bad". We did this so it would fit in with propps character theory. As the campfire scene continuous the lighting gets darker and darker which fits with the horror genre. When the scary story is being told there is a flashlight that gives a mysterious vibe and is common with other horror movies. The props used in the first sequence are marshmallow which fit in with the campfire setting.

In the second sequence it starts of with thunder and lighting which fits the location and genre. When the villain is laughing he is holding a pitchfork and the lighting is set to make the mood more scary. We integrated an evil laugh which fits the horror genre. The magical leaf is the prop given to the hero by the donor to defeat the villain. At the end the hero is doing a heroic looking up pose, telling the audience he won.

Cinematography 

The micro drama starts of with a medium to long two shot of 2 characters sitting down. It then cuts to an establishing shot of all the characters sitting around the fire. It cuts back and forth so the person talking is in shot. It then cuts to a low angle medium to close up shot of the donor/ dispatcher telling a story. After the story is told it cuts to a low angle establishing shot of the haunted house. it cuts again to a long establishing shot where you see the characters looking up at the house. There is then another low angle shot to capture the atmosphere of the scary house. There is an eye level long shot when you hear the scream and the characters walking/ jumping down the stairs. There is then a low angle medium shot of the hero talking to the audience. It cuts to a low angle medium shot of the villain with dim scary lighting to fit with the genre. There is a two shot as the donor gives the magical object to the hero. There is a 180 pan tracking shot as the hero run to save the princes. As the credits come up there is a freeze frame. 

Micro Horror Drama - Script

Pre Production

First the group and i started planing what the micro drama was about.  We landed on a over the top horror genre. We did some spider diagrams of what to wear, where to shoot, who should play what role, etc. After knowing a rough draft of what we wanted to to we did a story board (see bellow) as well as a Script (see bellow), We didn't really scout for locations, some of the class mates new good places to shoot.

The script 

EXT.

Dusk, 6 students huddled around bonfire.

Sophie - So did you hear about the party ehh on this Friday Bronnie?

Bronnie - Yeah. Ehmm, what are you guys dressing up as?

Sophie - I don't really know... What about you Riona do you know?

Riona - Ehmm, I'm going to be an elf.

Sophie - Yeah? Nice!

(Laughter)

Riona - You guys?

(Riona looking at Bronnie and Kristian)

Bronnie- Ehh, I am going as a princess.

Jon – Suits you.

Sophie - I think I’m actually going to go as an ehh, as a fairy. Like with all fairy dust and everything

(Laughter)

Jon - Going to make someone disappear?

Sophie - Yeah, pretty much.

Jon – I was going to go as the devil.

Sophie - Yeah?

Jon - Yeah.

Sophie - With horns and everything?

Jon - With the horns and everything.

Sophie - Ohh Nice!

(Leaning to the left)

Jon - That was the idea.

Sophie - I am already looking forward to seeing that.

(Jon laughs)

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Jon - What about you Kristian?

Kristian - Ehh, I think it's kind of obvious... Superman!

Sophie - He is going to take it to the next level. Definitely.

(Short pause everyone looking at the fire)

Sophie - What about you Adel?

Adel - Ohh, I am not going

Sophie - No? Shame... You'll join in the next time then!

(Adel chuckles)

(Everyone stays silent for a moment and eats their marshmallows)

Sophie - Did you guys ever hear the story about the scary Haunted House? In the woods?

Riona and Adel - No

Jon - Where is it?

Sophie - It's ehmm... argh. I can't remember what the town is called but it's in the woods and I think, like, we should go there once because it is so scary.

Jon - Yeah, we should!

Sophie - It's ehmm it's this huge mansion.

Jon - Yeah, but what's the story though?

Sophie - Well I was first going to tell you.

(Everyone laughing, laughing even more, when Sophie drops her marshmallow on the floor)

Sophie - Ok anyway back to the story.

So it is actually this really, really old mansion and ehmm, there used to live these two old people there and ehmm it was really scare cause then this one night in the winter, they ehh, they were at their house and it was so cold that they had to get firewood from the woods. So they just went outside, and they took their car to drive a bit further inside the wood. Basically what happened was that eh, the husband he left his wife in the car and said "I'll be right back" and then he actually never came back and she froze to death in the car. So now the house it's still standing there all by itself and it's all old and it's really...

I don't know it's kind of scary. I went around it last time and it was just so creepy, just the feeling of it and thinking of that story...

(Sophie shivers)

Sophie - Uhh, it actually does give me shivers quite a bit.

(Riona chuckles in the background)

Jon - We should go!

Sophie - We should definitely go to this haunted house!

EXT.

NIGHT, 5 students standing in front of an ominous house.

(Diegetic sound of owl and wind in the trees)

Sophie - Oh my god, this house looks so abandoned

Kristian - It's creepy

Riona - Yeah...

Sophie - It is right? I told you guys it would be.

(Diegetic sound of Bronnie screaming)

Sophie - What happened?

Kristian - The princess is gone!

(Jon evil laugh)

Jon - Hahahahah! You’ll never get your princess back!

Sophie - Here! Take this leaf! It will help you save the princess!

Bronnie - Help me!

Hero - I'll save you!

(Kristian punches John)

Jon - Arghh!

(Kristian helps Bronnie down)

Bronnie - Thank you so much!

(Non-diegetic sound of heroic music in the background)

Aspects of Narrative

Aspects of narrative from KristianO97