My Preliminary Task

For My Preliminary Task, I had Person 1 coming in and sitting down and having a formal conversation with Person 2. 

Horror Film Directors Research

Alfred Hitchcock

• Alfred Hitchcock as nicknamed "Master of Suspense" because he interpreted a kind of psychological suspense in the films he directed. 
• Alfred Hitchcock was born on August the 13th 1899 and he died on the 29th of April 1980. 
• Alfred Hitchcock directed films such as; Rear Window, The 39 steps (1935), and Psycho (1960). 
• Alfred Hitchcock is renowned for his depiction of violence and suspense.
• Alfred Hitchcock joined the Film industry in 1920.
• He also made appearances in the start of his own films. This was because he knew the audience were watching for him, however he only appeared at the beginning of his films in order not to take the audiences attention away from the plot of the film. 
• This relates to my genre, horror, because Alfred Hitchcocks work has inspired me to try out some of his own shots and scenes which I can base on some of his scenes. 

Wes Craven

• Wes Craven directed; A Nightmare on Elm Street, Dracula 2000, Red eye, The Hills have eyes and the most popular one, Scream.
• Wes Craven has become known for his genre bending and innovative horror and challenging audiences with his bold visions.
• He was born on the 2nd of August 1939 and died on the 30th of August 2015.
• He also directed A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 with a known horror antagonist, with the name of Freddy Krueger. 
• This relates to my genre,, horror as his storylines, plots and characters have made me think of what type of horror film I would like to do for my film opening and the different types of antagonists I can use and what characteristics the have.
  
  

Storyboard for my Preliminary Task

Three key rules definitions

Match-on-action: Match-on actions means editing techniques of films and videos where the editor will cut from one shot to a view which resembles the first shot's action.

Shot-reverse shot: This is a film technique where a character is portrayed looking at another character and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.

180 degree rule: This is a cinematography guideline which states that two particular characters in a scene should maintain the same left/ right relationship with each other. Also, the camera should pass over an invisible axis which connects the two characters. This is called crossing the lines which makes the shot become a reverse angle.

Various shots from Horror movies

Below I have chosen a few different types of shots from various genres to gain inspiration for my own film opening. I have chosen the genre of horror for my film opening. These pictures give me an idea of the different types of shots I can do to make my film opening scarier. One of the pictures shown below Is of a shadow, this makes the horror movie more scarier and it may increases the tension of my own film opening.

My Chosen Genre

My Chosen genre for my film opening is Horror. I chose Horror as my genre because I can use all the different camera shots and angles. Also, I will be able to chose and apply different sounds and visual effects in order to make the film opening more terrifying and interesting to watch. I have also decided the plot of my movie opening. 

Guernica - Film Review

The Film Guernica Is a historic film based on the civil war that occurred in Spain 1937. The film is about an American journalist who joins forces with a local press-office censor to work against the resticitions put on the press throughout the civil war. German forces attack the town of Guernica not only tearing apart the town but the bombings also tearing apart the love between the American journalist and the local press-office censor.

I liked the accuracy of the film towards Spains history. I also like how realistic the Film was made and also how it went into more depth about how war tore apart families and loved ones and caused grief for everyone that lost someone they love and care about to the horrors of war. It also gave me an insight into how restricted the press were to report what was actually happening in the civil war to the outside world and also how the Germans bombed and destroyed the town of Guernica without anyone knowing.