The Concept of Horror:

On Tuesday 14Th, we brainstormed our concept around horror. We asked ourself questions around horror and what is a horror movie? The next day we as a team allocated each other concepts we could do some research into to bring it back to the group and share ideas to get an idea into what out horror movie trailer can include.
I was allocated to do research into music and influences of horror movies.

Music:

Music within film is very important. Not only it helps to create the ambiance of the film and its plot, it also helps to evoke the emotions of the characters, so that the audience gets to feel the same thing.

Classical Horror Music:

Orchestral music was mainly used for horror movies. It has been used throughout time and is the most popular type of music used in horror films. One reason why orchestral music is so common in horror films is probably that the open-endedness and great dynamic range of the genre allows the composer to greatly vary his compositions to follow the events in a film. Another reason could be that it is very neutral and appeals to a wide audience, but perhaps the main reason is that powerful orchestral music simply works very well when there is a need to convey emotions and set a certain mood.

Modern Alternative:

Nowadays music is created through computers and horror movies use special effects to get a crowd screaming. A horror movie requires the right kind of music to function properly with the movie.


Influence's:

Firstly we as a group have to decide what our trailer is going to based around. After we decide i will then look into trailers based around we choose for example if our trialer consists children we can look at trailers such as 'the oprhan' or animals 'the hills have eyes'.
I will then see what all the tailers have in common and what makes then different to the other horror trailers.

Preliminary task: Video editing

In this task we were to produce a short film in a group of four around the scenario of 'the meeting'. Unfortunately during this experience i was not able to produce my own film due to being absent. However, i was able to watch others do their short production and have been able to take in some experience from it.
This then gave me a target to be more efficient, determined and focused in the future on my work.
After the groups finished their films, they were asked to use their computer editing skills to add in shots effectively to make the film more realistic and giving it a more continuous feel. Later they were asked to asses each film in the class and talk about the advantages and the disadvantages of the use of editing skills and shot types used in the production.

Preliminary Video Task:

FIRST LESSON:

On 8th September we chose groups to work in to start our horror movie production. My group consists my team mate Asma Begum: http://asma-year13horrormovie.blogspot.com 

and Naresa Azemi: http://naresaazemi.blogspot.com

We decided it will be better to work in a group of 3 because we all have different abilities in media which will benefit the production. We decided to share the work load and discuss our progress throughout which will enable us to complete this production successfully.