DENOTATION 10 Second Clip From Film Opening

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Denotation of a 10 second clip from our Film Opening from OliStr

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PODCAST 10: Recent Activities:

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This is the 10th podcast, in this podcast we talk about the titles we are going to use, how we are going to make multiple and choose based off of audience feedback, how the drone we wished to use for our establishing shots is broken and the rough cut we have finished

TiITLES The Ones We Will Use

1. LugNut Productions and Clinnick Media
2.  A Gingerbread Films production
3. In association with Twisted Films 
4. An Oliver Stricker film
5. Ailsa Sarah 
6. Co -starring Christian Stricker
7. With Aiden Rigby
8. Introducing Julie Bek
9. Casting by James Clinnick
10. Music composed by Nathan Guth  
11. Costumes designed by Christian Stricker
12. Editor Oliver Stricker 
13. Director of photography Michael Goi
14. Production designer Marek Dobrowolski
15. Screenplay by James Clinnick 
16. Executive producers James Wong Jason Blum
17. Directed by Oliver Stricker

ROUGH CUT 3

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Our newest rough cut where we have 90% of all the clips included. We have identified the clips we need to add and will have a new rough cut produced very soon after. We have to include our own made sound effects but these will mostly outline the final product.

SAMPLE SCENE Killing scene (SOUND EDITING NOT DONE)

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Here is a rough-cut without sound effects of how the killing scene is going to play out. It is a base design and needs improvement. This needs to be refined and added to the newest rough cut which will be uploaded soon.

What we have filmed / what we need

To Film:

• Establishing shots
• More realistic opening of door during garage scene
• Better false scare

Have Filmed:

• Bedroom scene
• Jigsaw like Santa on t.v
• Stabbing
• Getting dressed

PLANNING Scenes to Reshoot

1. Establishing shots with drone
2. False scare
3. Add shot variety with false scare to show fear
4. Tiffany needs to stay scared for longer, use angles to show this
5. Whenever there is a SFX used to show fear adjust camera
6. Shot variety of going down stairs
7. arguing about going to garage

Overall:
- failure to reflect some key general + genre conventions
- some audio issues- editing pace and length of takes generally- taking out some shots that don't really add much- general lack of cross-cutting as a tension-building device- lack of shot variety in several sequences (especially 'cutaway' shots)

VODCAST 5: Interview with a guest speaker

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This is an interview with a guest speaker, we answer a variety of questions about our blog, coursework including the problems we have had, how our idea has changed and what may surprise an outsider about our work.

PLANNING Re-Pitch

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Re pitch from OliStr

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A small powerpoint going over the recent rough cuts we made as a group and how my blog is, in strengths and weaknesses. We also go over our target audience and why it is so. For example male / female gaze (in powerpoint). We also go over our audience feedback received throughout our early filming stages.

PODCAST 9: Review of first draft

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Here we go over the things we thought as a group could be improved with "Christmas Sleigher Rough Cut 1"

AUDIENCE FEEDBACK Questionnaire

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PODCAST 8: Reflecting shoot

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This podcast goes over the general reflection of our shoot from yesterday. We go over some problems and a few of the changes we have made since the last rough cut.

ROUGH CUT 1

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Our second, completely reshooted cut of our final idea which we will hopefull be progressing on in the following weeks.

PLANNING Analysis on Rough Cut 1

We need to reflect and improve on:

• Clear frame shifts
• Focus on continuity
• Achieve verisimilitude
• Emphasis on scream queen
• Bare shoulders putting clothes on?
• tight, ripped jeans
• tight skirt
• bright red lip-stick
• more make-up in general
• etc.
• Instead of the guy saying "yes" he should say "no" as in slashers the "untruthful" people usually get killed.
• Add horror cliches
• Squeaky door
• False scare
• A dog or cat opening the door.
• The guy goes out of bedroom to check and hears a scream from the bedroom. Runs back to check and then the T.V is flickering.
• Clearer gender roles
• Man protects girl much clearer
• "Wait here!"
• "Stay back!" 
• etc.
• Instead of black socks for the female, use pink.

ROUCH CUT 1

Our first look into the final idea we will have. All the characters are present and the rough outline has been done further. We realise we need to work a lot on costume, mise-en-scene and shot variety.

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SAMPLE SCENE 1

A sample scene we have put together and will reflect on in class. We only had the resources to use one character, hence it will just be a rough outline of the idea. Not our final idea.

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JC Production Schedule

Friday 15th:

• Finish call sheets and story board

Sunday Morning 17th:

• Setup garage and sets
• Test gagging and tie up of the boy

Sunday Afternoon 17th:

• Film all establishing shot
• Living room scene
• Hallway scene
• Garage scene
• Reaction to death scene

Tuesday 19th:

• Shots of Santa on the TV
• Slashing scene

Wednesday 20th:

• Sound FX recording

JC Brainstorming new idea, location casting etc.

Ideas for Miss-En-Scene:

• Baseball bat 
• Santa costume

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• Scream queen stereotype costume
• tight torn jeans
• low cut shirt (possibly)
• pink socks
• Curled hair
• Christmas lights + gag (cloth)
• Work light 

Music:

• Violin
• long stretched out notes 
• increases in tempo and pitch 
• slow and fast 

Titles:

• Red font, will appear/ fade to dark scenery slowly
• Serif font 

Idents:

• Lugnut Productions

• Gingerbread films

• CLINNICKmedia

Locations:

• House
• Bedroom
• Living room
• Hallway
• Garage

Cast:

• 4 characters
• Micheal Loomis (christian)
• Jamie Strode (Inge)
• Tiffany (Aisla)
• Killer Santa (Aiden)

PLANNING Brainstorming, Locations and Cast etc.

Ideas for Miss-En-Scene:

• Fake cig 
• Vodka bottle filled with water
• Zombie missing hand
• Torn clothing
• Fake blood for victims 

Music:

• Mysterious
• The pitch/ bpm will increase before first death
• Slightly eerie tones
• An audio bridge over the tiles

Titles:

• Redish font, will appear/ fade to dark scenery slowly
• Serif font 

Idents:

• Coated in red

Locations:

• Woods
• Back/ country roads
• Field

Cast:

• 5 characters
• Driver (Single) - Confirmed (Final girl)
• Couple (Both mature) - Confirmed (Female is scream queen)
• We are reversing the roles to counteract the normal stereotype of scream queen/ final girl
• Couple (Both immature) - Male confirmed, Female TBC
• Make-up artist -Confirmed
• Zombies - 2 confirmed

PLANNING Initial Idea/ Possible influences

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Oliver Precursor Pitch Oct 25th from OliStr

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