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Jack Saunders
Premiere Titles
Audio mixer i.e.
backing track/
boom sound
effect.
Title
segment.
Ambient
boom sound
effect
Premiere Titles
This particular shot of the empty crop field was used because it suits the
horror convention of isolation, furthermore the vast strips of land seen in
the shot, with a backdrop of woodland give a sense of no escape. I decided
to put my title the farm here because this shot makes it most obvious that
the location is a farm, moreover the slightly blurred angle with a view of
so many different things in the shot, there was nothing to concentrate on.
Therefore instead of just having the raw shot in there, I put my title there
because there was enough room for it, moreover the color of the font
used thought every bit of text in the trailer blended well with the sunset
sky. In this shot I also spaced out the title text to make the title stand out
and stretch along the dark horizon, moreover I made it move slowly to the
left, as if it were moving with the sun setting; I wanted this because the
slowness of the shot, followed by the fade to black hinted of a upcoming
climax. The title The Farm was kept during the cut to black with a
ambient boom effect, this presents a eerie ambience , furthermore the echo
effect on the boom makes the cut to black seem hollow; like the previous
shot of the fields, again creating the sinister sense of isolation.
Practical effects
Practical effects
When the farmhouse shack is first revealed, I felt like the first shot didnt
show the empty/ abandoned aspect of it. Due to the natural lighting aiding
the shot, presenting a bloomy grey/ blue effect, we used a portable smoke
machine or a vape to create a misty gloom with vaporized water. In many
horror movies, whether it be chainsaw or psychological horror, if it includes
a abandoned factory, forest building, swamp ect. In many of these types of
horrors smoke effects are used. This particular effect also is used in forest
scenes in other horror films where the smoke hides something, or scary
shapes can be seen silhouetted behind the smoke, this adds to the mystery if
whats behind it.
We used the smoke machine to create a cloud of smoke going across the
shot, although this took a while due to the wind rapidly changing, I
eventually got a shot where the smoke creeps across slowly, this effect makes
the contents of what is in the structure mysterious; furthermore makes it
seem like it is in the depths of a foggy forest. This effect fitted the shot and
surroundings perfectly due to the cloudy/ rainy atmosphere and lighting it
produced, therefore it blended with the environment very well.
Color correction
Color correction
To achieve the effect of isolation and empty surroundings, I needed to
washout the color and lower the saturation, most horror movies do
this to make the particular shot look darker and scarier than they
really are, due to filing in the daylight also, created difficulties in
producing the aspect of darkness in many shots.
I set the brightness of every shot to -12.0 to make the daylight seem
darker, moreover I raised the contrast to 6.0 to account for the
darkness, therefor the shot seemed dim yet the raised contrast still
made things visible.
Then I added a black and white/ navy blue tint effect, due to most
horror movies washing out the colors, many put them in black and
white, this allowed the landscape and the shots seem less colorful,
moreover makes the scene seem grittier, like it is constantly overcast/
rainy. I put the tint at 42% because it washed out the saturation,
however wasnt too colorless i.e. black and white.
Screening &
Video Filters
Conventions