Evaluation task 1

The first screen-grab is of the 'Title page' 'Mine Forever' you will see that we have used a scary font called Chicken scratch it fits in well will the storyline as it looks like when someone scratches on a tree. It is a typical cliche of a horror film to have a spooky font as the title page  we had it on a a black background with the writing in white this to make to make the white font to stand out. The black background could suggest to the audience that the film wil be 'dark'.

This Frame shows a picture of a lost boy and from the picture the audience can see that the picture was taken from a long time this picture fits in well with what our film is about as the proagonist of our film (the Ghost) would have been from around the time that the picture was taken and the boy in the photo looks to be from a working class family and would have had a similar if not the same job as the ghost in our film in this part of our opening two minutes you wil see the flickering of lots of pictures that discretly tell the story and i havent seen this happen in any of the horror films that i have watched before so i believe that it is an original and effective edit  

This Frame shows the detective in our film (Mr Thornton) , the way Mr Thornton is dressed shows the audience that he is a detective with his suit on with a plain black coat over which is seen in many films or Tv Programmes staring a detective. He is sitting in an interrogation room talking to one of the servivors ( Sam De Almeida) This is an over the shoulder shot and the way that the detective is sitting kind of slouching with his hand on his forehead could suggest to the audience that he doesnt believe the story he is being told, about the ghost who is killing lots of people this is a chliche of horror films where the main characters try and tell someone about what is going on and they dont believe them and then later on in the story they will see said 'Ghost,' 'killer' or 'vampire'

In this shot we see an eye level shot of the Servivor (Sam De Almeida) this allows the audience to get the sence of being in the detectives role and makes it seem more realistic. Sam is explaining to the Detective what has been going on, Sam is wearing normal teenage wear, he is wearing a hoodie jeans and a polo shirt this is common wear for a Teenager. this alows the audience to emphathis with him as they could picture themselves in his shoes.The dim light in the interrogation room reflects t the audience Sam's mood we can also tell that he is upset from his body language he his closed up which could suggest to the audience that he is vulnerable making them symphais with him the pain white door behind Sam suggests to the audience that he is in a government building.

In this shot we see one of the victims played by (Sidney Ratcliff) walking down an alley way on his way to his car to get his phone the story starts of in the detectives room and then flashes back, the victim Sidney is walking down an alley the shot is a long shot and this to make the alley seem long and that the victim is alone and vulnerable it also builds the tension in the audience as they know it is a horror film so they know there will be killings and blood so this alley way builds the tension and they think the victim will be killed here it is scene in alot of horror films. Sidney is wearing a hoodie and tracksuit bottoms this is normal for a teenager who is going camping and with the actor wearing this it allows the audience of teenagers to be able to connect with him

In this shot we see a mid-shot of Sidney walking down the alley way with the ghost Played by Will Huck behind him this is a common Cliche of a horror film as we know the victim is going to die before he does this is shown in films with a quick glimps at the killer and we do it in our film Sidney walks infront of the camera blocking the viw of the ghost this builds tension in the audience and is used in a lot of films. Will who is playing the ghost is dressed in typical victorian wear, he wore a plain white shirt with braces and formal trousers an a flat cap, the ghost also had make-up on for special effects he had white face paint to emphasis the ghost look and fake blood on his hand and face to show that he had been killing.

This frame is of Sidney the victim and it is set in a car, Sid is looking for his phone and in the scene that we shot we knew that it was a typical scene that has happened in many horror films and the scene is that he looks in his rear view mirror and sees nothing and then looks again and sees the ghost. the shot is a mid shot this is so that the audience can see more than just the victim this could make the audience try and figure out what is going to happen next and that is what we set out to achieve in our film we wanted to make the audience keep thinking so that if we did show the opening two minutes in the cinema or online then the viewers will be left thinking and hopefully want to see the full film,

In this screengrab we see the vicim Sidney answering his phon not realising that the ghost is behind him which is a cliche of horror film it makes the audience talk about how they would react in that situation there is the well known reactions like 'Dont go into the closet' or 'look behind you' we thought about these reactions and wanted to make our film to produce this sort of reactions and we thought that this scene would produce this. As you can see the ghost closer in this shot you will see what i meant with the ghostly face paint and the victorian clothes.

In this shot we can see the victim Sidney trying to escape the ghost that he has just noticed behind him. this is a two shot with the scared and vulnerable victim in the background and the scary ghost is in the foreground giving him the power as he is the focus pull with the bright white skin and shirt. The Ghost has his mouth wide open this along with the blood around his mouth and hands will suggest to the audience that he is going to kill him and eat him or atleast drink his blood this isnt a cliche with a ghost horror film as it is common with Vampire films but we thought it would add a twist to the story and would defiantly keep the audience intrested and wanting to watch more we dont let the audience see any of the victims dead in the opening two minutes of the fim as we thought it would be to early and we wanted to build the suspence in the story but we would have added the killing in pretty soon afterwards this will allow the audience to fear what the ghost can do and wonder what else he will do his victims.