Pitch - OC LM

Feedback:

• The group were pleased with the fact that we are pursuing many of the conventional features of a slasher horror film.
• The most favoured title from our feedback was Obsession. This title has a strong relation to the antagonist mentioned in our treatment, who is mentally ill suggesting that he will create a fixation on a hobby that he enjoys, very easily.
• The use of the final girl theory was admired by the group who thought that it would be affective to feature.
• The sounds that we found and used as samples were of effect upon the group who believed it would be the same in front of an audience
• The use of on going news reports in the opening of the first scene was seen as useful in order to get the story of the antagonist across to the audience quickly.

Next steps:

• It was identified after our pitch that we may have ideas that will cause the sequence to last longer than two minutes therefore we will have to shorten our synopsis in order to fit the two minute window
• We still haven't confirmed the actress for a second female protagonist role, meaning we will have to in the coming days.
• We will have to return to the location to try and set up space for props that we will want to use in the scenes. 

O.C-Shot by Shot Analysis- Cabin in the Woods

Camera	Duration	Analysis
Close-up of girls face	0-3	The close-up on jules’ face shows her emotions. She is seen to be screaming so this presents her as desperate and in danger.
Shot-reverse-shot(editing) Low Angle	4-6	There is a shot-reverse- shot of jules this is to show her been dragged away on the ground and also to show the antagonist in the same shot. The low angle shot is to accentuate the fact she is been dragged as wells as making the antagonist look more intimidating and scary towards the audience.
Shot-reverse-shot(editing) Low angle	6-8	This is form jules to the man. This shows that the man cannot help jules as she is been dragged away by the antagonist. Low angle is further used to portray the antagonist as intimidating
Over the shoulder shot	8-11	Shows the prop conventional horror movies prop in the back of jules accentuating the brutality of the attack.
Extreme close-up	11-13	The scene is dark throughout so the antagonists face remained unknown throughout, but the extreme close-up enables the audience to see his face for the first time.
Low angled Longshot	13-16	This presents jules as much smaller than the antagonist, you able to see Jules fully in contrast to the antagonist where you can just see his outline which is black again further emphasising his size and stature over jules illustrating more horror.
Close up Shot-reverse shot Close up	16-25	Close up of Jules’ face as she sees another antagonist coming towards her with a saw. There is a close-up of the antagonists face again with his image not clear as it is dark.
Extreme close-up	33-36	Shows the saw pass past Jules’ face, the close up shows her been extremely scared as the saw passes through the shot.
Longshot	36-37	This shows two antagonists holding Jules while the prepare to saw her head off. Again the colour of the antagonists contrasts the colour of Jules as they are seen as black and dark whereas Jules is seen to be light in colour and visible
Over the shoulder shot	45-48	This shows Jules’ head in the other girls hands. The antagonist just threw the head and walked off. This is when they get back to the cabin

 

Sound:

Throughout the scene there is screaming from Jules showing her as desperate and vulnerable as she is in need of help. The music is in the background and represents a brewing  climax to which Jules gets her head chopped off.

Mise-en-scene:

The use of props show a conventional horror movies. As both props used on Jules show blood and gore. With the saw used to cut off her head. Make-up is used on all the antagonists seen in the shot to portray them and dark and scary, with their face rarely revealed throughout the scene. Character blocking when the antagonist are about to saw of her head illustrates Jules as been very vulnerable as she is lower down on her knees begging for mercy. The antagonists are shown surrounding her in a very dominant position further accentuating her vulnerability.

Setting:

The scene is set in the woods which is conventional of horror. Throughout the only light seen is the natural light from the moonlight, the antagonists throughout the scene are shown as shadowed with their appearance limited to the outline of their bodies. The place in which they are saying is a haunted cabin. This again is a conventional horror setting .

 Link to my film:

This specific scene links into my film as of various factors. The location is the one we are going to use for our opening sequence, this is seen as conventional of horror as there is a lot of uncertainty and different things that can happen in the woods. Although the antagonist will be different in our film the way that he is presented in Cabin in the Woods will also be similar. As his identity will be restricted with few glimpses of his face been scene. With him been presented as intimidating and scary. Also the antagonist is shadowed throughout which has given me ideas about the way we present our antagonist to the audience. The props used are very conventional of horror and could be used in our opening, they are weapons that are used to emphasises blood and gore which is what makes a film scary.

Shot by Shot Analysis - Friday the 13th - LM

Duration	Camera Techniques	Mise-en-scene
0:00-0:08	Tracking shot of Richie (protagonist) through the woods	External location of the dark woods create enigma and fear
0:08-0:11	Mid close up of Richie as he walks	Unbuttoned shirt and sweat implies he’s exhausted therefore offguard, and more vulnerable to attack
0:11-0:15	POV shot from Richie’s perspective	Glow stick prop shines in the darkness to attract attention
0:15-0:28	Mid shot of Ritchie stopping to call for friend Wade	External location with plants and trees around him, implying that something is hidden
0:28-0:30	Shot of the glow stick hidden underneath the bush	Prop of the glow stick used to help uncover the enigma of what is going on
0:30-0:36	Panning shot beginning with Ritchie ending with Wade’s ear	The prop of the glow stick shines the light towards the dismembered ear creating fear
0:36-0:38	Short pedding shot from the floor up to Ritchie’s face to show his reaction	External location contains bushes which are used in the shot to creating the sense of something being hidden
0:38-0:39	Over the shoulder shot from Ritchie’s side looking upon Wade’s corpse	Make-up used on Wade to make him a dead body
0:39-0:40	Zooming mid close up of the face of Wade’s corpse	Again the make-up used on Wade to make him look like he was killed in cold blood
0:40-0:41	Close up of Amanda’s face as she begins to fear	The internal location of the tent makes Amanda vulnerable as she doesn’t know what is outside
0:41-0:44	Mid shot of Amanda as she backs away into the corner of the tent, with the shadow of Jason (antagonist) behind her	The lighting provides a shadow to be created on the tent creating fear as we don’t know who’s shadow it is
0:44-0:45	Shot of the tent behind Amanda’s head being cut open by Jason’s machete	The light on the tent is removed as the rip shows nothing but the darkness outside
0:45-0:46	Mid shot from inside the tent of Jason ripping it open	Character blocking used as Jason is placed behind Amanda so that  she can’t see him
0:46-0:50	Handicam close up of Jason as he grabs Amanda and drags her from the tent	Costume of the mask is used for the antagonist, creating enigma as we don’t actually know who he is
0:50-0:56	Pedding shot from Wade’s body up to Ritchie who turns and runs in fear	Ambient lighting through the trees, so only some spots are light some are dark, making the location scary
0:56-0:57	Tracking shot of Ritchie running through the woods	Trees are part of the set and pass through the shot creating the idea of somewhere to hide for the antagonist
0:57-1:01	Steadicam moving shot as Ritchie runs towards camera, eventually becoming a close up to see his reaction to what he’s seen	Character blocking is used effectively as Ritchie is placed in the middle alone of the woods already in shock after Wade and then returns to find Amanda in danger
1:01-1:03	Mid long shot of Amanda hanging from a tree in a sleeping bag being burnt above the campfire	External location is used to set up the danger, as she hangs from a tree above the campfire
1:03-1:04	Close up of Ritchie who then runs out of the shot towards Amanda	Bushes in the environment getting in his way
1:04-1:05	POV handicam shot from Ritchie’s view running towards Amanda	The prop of the sleeping bag is used creatively as it’s not a conventional murder that occurs in horror
1:05-1:07	Low angle handicam close up of Ritchie running towards  camera
1:07-1:08	Ground level shot of Ritchie’s legs running and one leg getting caught in a bear trap	Prop of the bear trap used to prevent Ritchie from saving the damsel in distress
1:08-1:09	Close up of the injury caused to Ritchie’s leg by the trap	Despite not being a prop in the film, it’s likely that a fake leg prop was made to create the injury, making it look real
1:09-1:11	Close up of Ritchie’s face to show reaction of pain	Non-verbal language is effective as we see the genuine pain in Ritchie’s face
1:11-1:12	Shot of the leg in the trap, Ritchie tries to move it causing more pain	Again prop of the leg and trap
1:12-1:15	Handicam close up of Ritchie’s face in agony trying to break free	Costume, as they have made Ritchie sweaty and covered in dirt, showing how hard he’s trying
1:15-1:17	Shot from the outside, showing the sleeping bag with Amanda inside struggling around trying to get out	The bright orange colour of the fire is what the shot revolves around, making it effective
1:17-1:19	Close up of Amanda inside the sleeping bag screaming	The lighting is dim as the sleeping bag is zipped up, making it not entirely clear to see her face
1:19-1:20	Handicam close up of Ritchie’s face as he still tries to break free	Non-verbal language again used as Ritchie displays his emotions
1:20-1:22	Close up of Ritchie’s hand as he tried pulling the trap apart	The prop of the bear trap is key as Ritchie is stuck
1:22-1:24	Over the shoulder shot with the burning sleeping bag in the background out of focus, with Ritchie still in pain	Character blocking is used as Ritchie must sit and watch on as Amanda gets burned
1:24-1:26	Close up of the fire showing it burn the sleeping bag with Amanda inside	Again the bright colour of the fire is used effectively
1:26-1:28	Another close up of Amanda’s face inside the sleeping bag as she burns	Non-verbal language as we see Amanda’s facial expressions
1:28-1:29	Close up of Ritchie as he continues to strain in attempt to free himself from the trap	Facial expressions displayed (Non-verbal language)
1:29-1:30	Close up of the bear trap caught around his leg which has cut through to the bone	The prop of the bear trap and the prop of the gory injured leg
1:30-1:31	Again another close up of Ritchie as he tries getting free, knowing times running out	Facial expressions displayed (Non-verbal language)
1:31-1:33	Shot of the fire burning the sleeping bag	Pro-filmic effects to make the fire so blazing
1:33-1:35	A third close up of Amanda screaming inside the burning sleeping bag	Facial expressions displayed (non-verbal language)
1:35-1:37	Close up of Ritchie’s screaming face	Non-verbal language through facial expressions
1:37-1:39	Close up of Amanda’s screaming face	Non-verbal language through facial expressions
1:39-1:41	Over the shoulder shot with the campfire in focus as the sleeping bag falls from the tree	The prop of the sleeping bag drops to the floor connoting Amanda’s death
1:41-1:44	Close up of Amanda’s burnt body on the floor	Pro-filmic effects and make-up used to create a burned body

•  This sequence from Friday the 13th links in to the idea for my own opening sequence. One main reason is the location is exactly the same, as we expect to have our film set in a woodland area.
• As well as this it features a female protagonist who becomes the victim to the antagonist, which is also a similar circumstance that is likely to feature in the opening of our film.
• We also see some props feature that we would also like to include, the main one being the long knife/sword that the antagonist carries in his hand
• There is also some very effective sound in this extract that would be expected to be included in our film. For example the diegetic sound of the girl screaming as she is taken victim to the antagonist.