Ideas for Sound effects and music:

I have research some possible sound effects for our opening, the sound effects that we will need to build tension and suspense are an evil laugh, footsteps, and babies’ music to create the right atmosphere for the audience.
Some possible websites I have found are:
www.pacdv.com
www.partnersinrhyme.com
www.findsounds.com

The music that we are going to use fits the thriller horror genre well, as I feel the music bulids up tension and supsense which is key in the thriller genre. This will help overall, as when we come to the post-production of the opening we will already have the music meaning less time will be wasted in planning and reasearch of different possible music. One of the key problems is the music relates to the baby/child storyline which is not in our opening however we are only suggesting to the audince what may happen in the rest of the film. This suggests that the music will hint on the back story but will not give the narrative away. Also the audience will be intrigued by what the narrative is and want to watch more meaning that we have the audeinces attension right from the beginning of the film.

Target Audience Feedback- Storyboard

I asked ten different people to look at my storyboard and then answer the questions below, regarding what they thought of the storyboard.

Questionnaire

1. Is the storyboard typical of the thriller/horror genre?
    Yes          No

2. Would this film appeal to you?
    Yes          No

3. Do you think a rating of 15+ is suitable?
    Yes          No

4. What do you think the idea of flashbacks would work well with this genre?
    Yes          No

5. Do you think the storyboard is long enough?
    Yes          No


The Results: that we received were very informative and helpful in the development of our opening.
1. Is the storyboard typical of the thriller/horror genre?
    Yes = 9          No = 1

The results for question 1 indicates that 90% of the people questioned believe the storyboard has suitable shots such as CU's of dead bodies that make up a good opening of a horror/thriller film.

2. Would this film appeal to you?
    Yes = 7          No = 3

Again, these results show that most people (70%) would like to watch this type of film opening. Although 30% say they wouldn't watch our film, this is not a problem because it is only a minority who may not be fans of thriller/horror movies, which will not affect the grading of our work. I understand that some people may have different opinions on the opening and this may not suit their film taste personally.

3. Do you think a rating of 15+ is suitable?
    Yes = 5          No = 5

Exactly half of the people we surveyed believe that 15+ is a suitable age rating for this film while the other half did not. This means that as a group, we may have to think more about the age rating we choose so that the correct audience is targeted for our film opening.

4. What do you think the idea of flashbacks would work well with this genre?
    Yes = 7          No = 3

The majority of our audience (70%) believe that the flashbacks would work well in the storyboard. This means that to improve our initial storyboard, we will add extra shots to show flashbacks, possibly of people dying, before the bodies are revealed.

5. Do you think the storyboard is long enough?
    Yes = 2         No = 8

The results for the last question clearly shows that we need to include more shots in the storyboard to make in long and detailed enough. We found this difficult as a group because are film opening is simple and does not need a great amount of shots. However, to improve are group will have to come up with a developed idea for our opening which will allow us to add more in to the storyboard, which will be presented in the planning along with the animatic, this research has really helped us target the weak points of our opening.

Actors Photographed:

These are the actors will are going to use in our opening, we have decided as a group that we will develop our idea from having a doll to an actor, we feel it will be more realstic and fit the trhriller genre better. Also, having an actor instead of a doll means that we are able to do develop our idea because using a doll gave us limitations, which would affect our opening as a whole. Here are the actors profile pictures:

Shotting Schedule: Planning and Starting Shotting

Actors Photographed- 7th dec
Audience Feedback- 7th dec
Music Researched- 30th nov
Fonts Researched- 10th dec
Start Animatic- Week of the 6th dec
Finished Storyboard- 7th dec
Start Filming- Week of the week of the 13th (last week of term.)

Non- diegetic Music:

This is an example of the non- diegetic music we will be having playing in the background of our opening. This is just an example of the music we will be using as we feel it relates to the thriller genre and has spooky undertones.