production pt1

 Soooooo last night at our beloved group member nick's house, was our first day of filming. Without blood for now we only filmed the scenes thats didn't include it but we made sure each detail was well thought out. Everyone featured in the scenes yesterday showed up in dark clothing to match with the color scheme of the film. 

Planningggg

 So we went to go find fake blood but I personally couldn’t find it anywhere and sooo another day i’m gonna have to go to find it myself at some costume store so we’ll be able to film those scenes. BUT I did make a day out of it even though it was a fail. 

script!!

 Soooo we now have our script and it’s pretty good if I do say so myself. 

Audio

 Audio: For the audio of the film we have a multitude of foley sounds that we wish to include. These are screaming, sirens, glass breaking, the sound of the parents being eaten, and slasher sounds when the knife is being used. In the beginning of the film the title and the credits will be shown and then by the end of the title the sound of glass breaking will be heard, following this will be sirens and then it will be cut to the first scene where the parents are crawling into the window of the house. We want to add the foley sounds of the parents getting eaten to intensify the actual scene. The slasher noises will be included so that we can hear every time a weapon is used it is just the loud pitch sound of metal slicing through whatever it may be.  I had the great idea that when the knife is being engulfed by the blood there should be a song that carries on from there until the last scene where the son is hiding and then it just cuts out when the film is over to add a little more intensity and also show a lose of hope since there will be no more words. 

foley horror sounds

Horror music

Mise-en-scene pt2

 Costume: For the costume of the characters in the film the parents are wearing torn up clothes of darker colors to emulate the mood of the horror that they are enduring. There will be blood splattered all over them, their clothes will be torn up as they break through the window. Their clothes will be darker because it matches with the other mise-en-scene elements such as the lighting and the fact that its the apocalypse. The son on the other hand would be wearing all black but will still have blood on him. Since he is the only survivor we feel as if his costume should be different in some sort of way even if it is just color. 

Composition: Everything will be placed in a certain way, and everything featured will have a meaning in the film. The knife that will be used will be shown in the beginning in a part of the frame to give subtle foreshadowing of the son soon wielding the knife as his weapon of choice. All of the blood splatters and and pools that there will be will not be random as they are going to emulate a story of their own. An example of this is the splatters on the clothes will show how they got injured and where. At the end of the film the knife will be placed strategically near a light source so that it could shine in a certain way and then a pool of blood will rush in engulfing the knife as a whole. This will all be planned and placed with all intention to make it look as real and dramatic as possible. 

 

Mise-en-scene elements!

Lighting: For the film itself we want low-key lighting to fit the mood  of the whole film. Most horror movies with that type of theme usually don't have bright lights a bunch of bright colors everywhere. We are using our group-mate nicks house because his house has actually a lot of dark and dim lighting all around and in some places the characters can slip into darkness smoothly. We are aiming for a scene like this for example. The lighting will play a huge role as it gives the mood and also implies a slight intensity to the scenes. We chose this style to help convey the seriousness and also slight vulnerability of the characters at times through the opening.  Through all of this paired with the other elements we hope to replicate at least even a good low budget horror film..!

Props: For the props we are going to make sure al the details are perfect and the blatant props good too. Of course with a horror film 9 times out of 10 there is blood smeared or splattered somewhere. We of course plan on doing this in a way that can also convey the emotions and plot well. We want to make a hand smear the blood as they are dragged off and the son covered in it to show what he had went through. There will also be a knife being the weapon of choice of the son during the apocalypse. 

 

Character development

 Essentially in the film we will have three characters. There will be a mom heather, the dad and a son, the parents die right at the beginning and then it will just be the kid left. He is going to witness the death of both of his parents and will be traumatized throughout the rest of the opening. He also has to work through the apocalypse after watching his parents die making him more mature and developing him mentally to grow up and get through what is going on.  

Dad: 

Name: Jason Gray 

Age: 41 

Birthday: 6/9/83

Mom:

Name: Heather Gray 

Age: 36 

Birthday: 4/29/88

Son: 

Name: Owen Gray 

Age: 10

Birthday: 10/31/14

The zombies do not have a particular identity but they are featured. The parents have an impact on developing the sons character and his traits yet don't have specific development of their own.