Evaluation question for AS Media

1. In our film sequence, one of our first conventions was locations. We used a
small woodland walk near my house which fitted the 'creepy wood'
convention, as the small wood was dark, compacted and disserted. This was
the only location which we used but we used different areas of it to portray a
different surrounding to the audience.

2. We decided that the clothing of our cast members were to be fitted around their
character. The first character is dressed in a simple dress, cardigan, a bright ribbon
with matching shoes. This was to portray a stereotypical young girl, as young girls
usually were simple and matching clothing. The other three characters were
dressed in clothing which matched their character. A floral top, light washed jeans
and floral shoes for a stereotypical Barbie doll; a checked shirt, jean shorts and a
brown hat for a stereotypical cowboy and; a lace, old fashioned dress for a
stereotypical pot doll. We wanted the clothing to portray their character as popular
films in the horror industry use clothing to illustrate the type of character they are.
We also used make-up, to portray their character throughout the whole film
sequence. We thought that this would illustrate the characters more with matching
the makeup with the clothing.

3. As a sub-genre, we decided that our film best fitted a 'psychological horror',
as the makeup changes at the same time as the atmosphere does. We
changed the lighting darker to emphasise a more eerie atmosphere and
changed the colour of some of the clips to portray a psychologically strange
film sequence.
We only filmed in one location but tried to use a variety of cinematography
shots such as, a 'long shot' at the start when she is skipping through the
wood. This shot is commonly used in horror films to establish where the
character is and it adds the tension of not knowing what is going to happen
next.

4. For sound, we didn't have any dialogue as we wanted the music and sound
effects (which we got from royalty free music) to create the tension for the
audience. We didn't think that dialogue would effective in our film either as
the characters body language kind of 'told the story'. We wanted to create a
unique, unthought-of idea.