Monday, 9 February 2015

Camcorder effect



We wanted to add a camcorder effect to our film so its a film within a film. The sub-genre, supernatural usually is associated with it being a camcorder effect such as paranormal activity and the Blair witch project, as it adds realism to it and makes it more scarier as our audience feedback has said. 
The camcorder effect is seen in the beginning being handheld when the two characters are seen entering the building to meet their tour guide. It is also seen in the scene when it is left on, where Habiba is practicing to get dragged for the film they are about to shoot. It is left on throughout the same scene when Naimah and Fatemah are seen practicing their lines and then also when Naimah is seen running into the room after seeing Fatemah get strangled by Mallory. Later on during the end it is also on when Mallory and Naimah are seen face to face.  
This challenges the convention of normal horror films where a normal camera is used throughout. 

Sunday, 8 February 2015

Animatic titles

The title and the cast names were done using Live type, Where the animation, color and font were designed. This allowed us to present it in the film and also add a panning shot of the setting the film takes place in which is the haunted school building which is shown being next to the church and graveyard to suggest and inform our audience the sub-genre of the film.