Fake Blood

For our shoot Millie made fake blood for us to use in our killing scene to make it look more realistic. It was easy to make and looked quite effective on the shoot.

Here is the recipe we used to make it:
•cocoa powder (to make it darker in colour)

•corn flour
•red food colouring

•water

Its a really simple way of making fake blood and saved us some expense on the shoot as well, we also discovered that a little bit of it goes a long way and it looked really effective against the scream queens white top.

PP - Script (Second Shoot)

Charley: Guys, We are nearly there.

Ashley: I can't be arsed.

Ryan: Whatever

Patrick: (rambling quietly about the surroundings)

Charley: Lets have a break here.

Ashley: Argh I can't be arsed going any further, I'm going to ring my Dad and get him to pick me up.

Ryan: Oh Shut up will ya.

Charley: It's only 5 oclock I think we should hang on until we get a bit further.

Everyone but Ashley stands up and walks on.

Ashley: (on phone) Hi Dad, I am really sick of being here, can you come pick me up? call me back when you get this.

- cuts back to friends - 

Charley: Look, I can't believe it was a year ago today (looking at grave)

- cuts back to Ashley - 

Charley: ASHLEY?

Ryan: Was that Ashley?!

MJ - Audience Feedback

We asked Daisy and Alys to watch our final production (- sound) to get some feedback and see things we could possibly improve. Daisy and Alys are both within our target age audience.(15-24)

As Alys was in the opening. she found some of the group scenes quite funny. However, Daisy though that the group shots looked fairly realistic, and was able to tell the roles that each character was meant to be playing.

Both Daisy and Alys though that the stalking scene was effective, but the chase could be improved slightly, and the whole stalking would be more effective and scarier with sound/music. When they were watching the killing scene, they thought that the blood looked realistic and the fast paced editing made the killing more frightening. However, they said that the killing would be improved a lot when we add sound.

MJ - Costumes

In our slasher opening there are a total of 5 characters. We chose costumes which we thought would suit the characters and their roles best.

Scream queens outfit

Ashley: Scream Queen

Black jeans - the scream queen wore black jeans to show a contrast between her and the final girl character, who is wearing more traditional blue jeans

White vest top - we thought that the scream queen should wear a white, revealing vest top to signify her character's personality.

Black boots - the scream queens boots are unsuitable for walking in the woods, again showing her personality and role as the scream queen.

Charley: Final Girl

Plaid shirt, buttoned up to the collar - the final girl is wearing a plaid shirt which is buttoned up to the top to show that she is not trying to be provocative. The shirt is more practical than it is fashionable. It also shows a contrast to the scream queen who is wearing a low cut vest top.

Outsider and final girls' outfits

Blue jeans - we though that the final girl should be wearing blue jeans to show a contrast between her and the scream queen who is wearing black, more fashionable jeans.

Hair in pigtails - we thought it would be a good idea to have the final girl wear pigtails to show that she is innocent.

Glasses - the final girl is wearing glasses to make her look more intellectual.

Brown boots - look like sturdy well made boots that would be classed as appropriate for walking in the woods.

Bag - She is the one in the group having the sensible responsibility of carrying the bag, and is happy to do so.

Patrick: Outsider

Baggy jeans - Doesn't care about his image very much, comes across as not wanting to be fashionable and might be purposefully doing this so he isn't associated with the group.

Unfashionable jacket - This anchors the point about his jeans.

Jocks outfit

Ryan: Scream Queens boyfriend/Jock

Sports hoodie - He cares a lot about his image and tries to match what he thinks is socially acceptable and what his 'jock' friends would wear.

Jeans - the jeans that the jock are wearing are trendier in contrast to the Outsider of the group.

Trainers - his trainers show how he thinks that wearing branded trainers will change what other people think of him and how popular what he wears will make him. This suggests he is very self obsessed.

MJ - Casting, Characters & Mise-en-scene

CASTING + CHARACTERS
In our production you will see 5 characters altogether:
•Scream Queen
•Final Girl

•Scream Queen's boyfriend

•'Outsider' of the group

•Killer

Scream Queen:

Stereotypical scream queens

For the scream queen we plan to cast a very stereotypical scream queen. The qualities that we associate with a scream queen are blonde hair, very confident, has a boy friend and usually discusses stuff in the narrative that may be seen as immoral. We are going to cast someone who is blonde, could easily play the part and convincingly come across to the audience as this, however the narrative and her confidence is more important than her appearance.

Archetype final girl - Laurie Stroud

Final Girl:

We would like our final girl character to also be a stereotype final girl character. We are looking to cast somebody with brunette hair and to act quite sensible and maybe show some academic qualities. She should not participate or agree with anything that her friends talk about that is immoral or wrong and should come across as quite an independent character.

Scream Queen's Boyfriend:
He should have a lot of similar qualities to the Scream queen and also shows immoral qualities. Acts a bit like a jock.

Outsider of the Group:
The outsider should be male, and look like he doesn't really belong in the group. He should not really care about his appearance and almost be a binary opposite of the 'jock' like scream queens boyfriend.

Killer:
In the opening sequence of the film the audience will not be aware of who the killer is, by the use of narrative enigma. Therefore, when casting the killer we don't necessarily need to cast on looks, but we would like it to be a man.

MISE-EN-SCENE
We will show mise-en-scene in our production by set dressing the area in which we are filming with small signifiers for the audience to pick up on. We will most likely set our opening in or around a forest area as this has connotations with dark/evil like the killer character.

Directors Cut

This is a clip of Millie and myself directing Poppy whilst filming.

Teaser Trailer

This is a teaser trailer for our production 'Camp Ivy'. This was shot in various locations, not all of them necessarily the locations we intend on using for our final cut.
   We have added a 'day into night' effect, as the clips were shot in day light, so did not have a 'spooky' effect. The use of the shaky camera was intended, as it creates a sense of panic and point of view shots.