Halloween Opening Scene

The opening is filmed from the point of view of the killer. A handheld camera is used to film it. This helps to build up tension and suspense for the audience. We are thinking of using this sort of style in our film as we believe it is an effective way of building up tension. However, when we film our opening scene we will try and use more editing techniques than halloween have used. Mise-en-scene has been used very effectively in this opening scene. The use of lighting is crucial in creating a scary atmosphere. This is something we will have to think about when deciding on what lighting to use. The female actor being the victim is very usual for horror films as they appear vulnerable. We will try and get a female actor in to act as the victim to make the scenario more realistic.

We are going to use Halloween as our style model taking ideas from it and incorporating it into our film, as we feel halloween is a successful horror film

Change in our final decision

We have decided to change the genre of our film from gangster to horror. There are many reasons why we have to decided to change it. First of all after analysing our plot we felt it would be hard to create a realistic gangster films with shootings and loads of special effects. We feel that a horror film would be more easy to emulate. Therefore this will make our film more realistic. Creating an eery and tense atmosphere can be done with just diagetic sounds like leaves rustling. It will be much more easier and effective to create a horror film with this atmosphere to entice the audience. We have analysed various horror films like scream and saw. These films use sound particularly effectively to build up tension. They also use close-up of facial expressions to show the audience that particular person is in danger.
The main reason for this sudden change is we feel the equipment and actors at our disposal is more suited to a horror style movie rather than a gangster style movie.
The two main chaarcters in our film will be a killer and a victim. This is typical of most horror movies. Whereas if we did a gangster movie we would need more actors as there would have been two gangs.

Sound

We will use mostly diagetic sounds in our film as we don't have the resources to create pieces of music to fit in with the action. This will mean we will have to put more emphasis into other areas like the acting and stage set-up in order to create a certain mood and tension without music. However the diagetic sound could help add to the realism of the film. This therefore could entice the audience as it seems more realistic and authentic.

We however will try and create a piece of music to go with our end credits. This is totally dependent on if we can use the appropriate facilities to create a piece of music.

We have decided to rate our film as a 15. This is because we will have some violent scenes that are not siutable for a younger audience. We are also aiming are film at teenagers therefore they are more likely to go and see a film which has a film rating of 15.

Mise en scene

Costume - we are hopin that we will have suits for the main characters. This is so it will be realistic as we are doing a gangster film.

Lighting - We are planning on filming at night therefore we are going to use very dim lighting if possible to create quite a tense atmosphere.

Props - we plan to use many props including suit case, fake money, car and fake guns. This again is to add to the realism off the film.

180 degree rule

The 180 degree rule is a crucial filming method used in the film industry. I have included this video as we are going to incorporate this method into our film.