Chiaroscuro

Chiaroscuro is Italian for "light-dark". It shows the contrast between the two and how they can portray meaning to an object. We took another visit down to the Void and experimented using red and blue gel lights to create light and shades within our short recordings.

Propp's Theory Within Horror Trailers

1. The Hero – a character that seeks something

1. The Villain – who opposes or actively blocks the hero’s quest

1. The Princess – acts as the reward for the hero and the object of the villain’s plots

1. The Donor – who provides an object with magical properties

1. The False Hero – who disrupts the hero’s success by making false claims

1. The Helper – who aids the hero

1. The Dispatcher – who sends the hero on his/her quest via a message

Sinister (2012)

Villain - Bagul. Masked character who is only seen within images and video recordings. 

The Princess - Ashley. Daughter of the family who is being possessed by the villain. 

The Dispatcher - Professor Jonas, he explains a symbol used by Bagul as well as general information about him. 

Risk Assessment.

Before going to any location outside the classroom, a risk assessment needs to be completed. This highlights the risks that may take place as well as the actions to stop them from taking place.

Binary Oppositions.

The theory of binary oppositions was created by Levi Strauss. They are pairs of concepts that are opposite to each other in meaning.

Examples include: good vs evil, love vs hate, dark vs light etc. These words act as symbols for society's ideas and meanings of the words.

Focus Task.

In today's task we used DSLR cameras to learn as well as practice the functions of manually focusing within shots. We had to show narrow depth of field, this involves having the background of the shot blurred and the foreground in sharp focus. 

We also learnt about changing the F stop, this changes the distance of the focus. The smaller the F stop number, the deeper the focus will. And visa versa. 

Below is a video that shows my group and I practising this technique:

Recce.

We went down an abandoned underground section of Achland Burghley School. It is strictly off limits to students but it is ideal for our horror trailers. I has no stable flooring and there was rubbish everywhere. When we were down there we all felt a bit uneasy and slightly scared due to its emptiness and isolation. Location is very important within the film industry as it can set the whole scene/ prepare us for what may happen next.

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Permission Letter.

In order to incorporate our chosen songs into our trailers, we had to write letters asking for permission to use the songs due to copyright.

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