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this week we have started our fmp and are finishing our unit 11 work. we have come up with 3 ideas that we could put forward for my fmp. for my first idea theres two researchers how go out into the wilderness in the Ukraine to find a new species but they end up find their demise. my second idea was a trailer for a similar film as the first idea. and for my third idea its a short film about a guy who misses all his opportunities to talk to this girl and he is left with one last chance before she goes away.
i personally would like to do my first idea due to the fact that i think if done right its got good potential to be a great short film and even tho it will be more work and more planning with a team it can be very successful, my second idea is quite pointless might aswell do the full film, and for my third idea it is a good idea but its something that has been done since the start of movies so i think people wont be so interested in watching it.

strengths- i have a very sound plan for my first idea as ive been working on the idea for a while before the start of the fmp.

weaknesses- the idea is quite complex and requires traveling due to the location of the film and the environment that we need for the film so if i was to get a team preferably have some who can drive otherwise filming may be quite slow.

opportunities- because i haven't been director yet this would be a great opportunity to see what i can do and create something that im proud of and could use to start a career in media.

threats- due to the complexity of my idea its gonna be hard to get equipment as im going to need to be out alot filming as theres alot of footage that i need to get because the film itself is quite long.

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this week i have been sorting out and organising pre production paperwork such as the proposal and also job profile. i have also done some research into other horror film that are especially in the forest or chernobyl. for example films like chernobyl diaries where a small group go to the abandoned town near the disaster and encounter something dark and evil that tries to kill them and get rid of them.

Strengths: i have a clear idea on what i want to do and have already organised actors ect

weaknesses: im struggling to find good research for my film as there arn't alot of film similar to my idea which i have already fully laid out

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this week i have be doing research for my idea and seeing what i could add or change to my original idea to improve it or make it more appealing to my target audience

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this week i have been focusing on sorting out my research documents and also creating a pitch so that i could get clear feedback about my idea and see if its a viable option and that im able to do it by myself.

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from the above question i can see that the viewers of my pitch think that its possible and after viewing what people have said it makes me a little more confident in being able to produce a successful horror film for my fmp.

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Using this info i know that my idea will appeal to my target audience as the feedback that ive received showed that they thought it would be a good idea.

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This week i have been focusing on experimenting with editing techniques and using stock footage to create an intro similar to my own idea.

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i am struggling to find some footage that will fit in so i may have to go out and film.

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this week i have been looking at similar work to my idea and have been researching different horror movie genres to see where my movie fits in as seen in the picture above. i have also been looking at how to effectively film a montage scene in a moving car and what different camera angles (https://tubularinsights.com/car-shoot-video/), i have now got a better understanding on how to effectively film in a moving car to make a successful and effective car montage.

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Organised test filming on the weekend with Ben Clayson going to try test in car footage and also some shots for the forest scenes such as ling distance tracking shots ect. On Friday i will be booking out a camera prime lens and the ronin gimbal. Over the weekend i will be filming t"test" shots for my film. ill be spending the day filming and ill be trying to get to a quality to where ill be able to use my test footage in my final edit to save on time ,i will need to arrange more times to film with my actor as im only booked with him this weekend for test shots so i will need to check when he's next free.
i will also need to complete my story board as i have yet to finish it and i will need to add changes to it as my research has changed my opinion on some of the shots and how the film will look overall.

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since the start of my project i have slightly changed my idea, for example I have decided to change one key aspect of the film which is the dialogue, i have decided thanks to my research that i will not be including dialogue in my film, i feel that if the sound is used effectively it will be more scary and it will be easier to build up tension in the film. I have also decided to  have the monster hide from the cameras so the viewers can use their own imagination and potentially increase the scare factor of the film. due to the fact that the sound in the film is going to be very important i have done a bit of research on how sound and music is used effectively in horror films and see if i can try and use some certain music that will help build tension in the horror film. i will also be including some sort of brown sound (infra sounds) this will help unsettle the audience and possibly make the film a little more scary. Since i have started doing my research i have learnt alot about filming actors within the car and what angles are most effective when it comes to telling a story and adding tension to a film/ scene.

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On Saturday i have gone out with my actor and filmed in car shots, after reviewing the shot i feel more comfortable doing more shots like this and i have found new ways to film within the car. i did not get a chance to film in the forest and get the net scenes shot, I also wasn't able to get the out side of car shots of the car going past on the road so i will be arranging another time that i can film with my actor sometime next week, i have been sorting out showbie due to the fact that i had my work just saved on my laptop and and padlet which the tutors are unable to view and mark so i have put all my work on and currently looking at any lost work that i may need to add.

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after analysing these film trailers i have taken some inspiration from them, for example in Chernobyl diaries they set most of the film in the dark/night to make it harder to see what is happening, which makes any events happening a-lot scarer and less predictable. in Chernobyl diaries due to the fact that the film is based in the dark you rarely see the monster attacking the characters, this idea is very similar to my own in the fact that you do not see the monster attacking the characters due to either using good camera angles or

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this week I have been doing my  test footage and been trying to included a few more forest shots as i have mainly been filming in the car, on problem that i have come . across is that i may need to change my actor as he is only available at the weekends and i need a-lot of footage taken so i have asked a friend of mine who also drives and he will be filming with me Monday

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this week i have been finishing up my film/ trailer and ill be trying to refine a few bits of the trailer

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overall im happy how my trailer came out however there are a few thing i would have liked to improve and do for next time,  for example i would have liked to be more prepared and spend more time on the story board, as when i went out filming I pretty much made up all of the shots on the spot and i didn't really have a plan when I was out there. apart from that i had a few other problems such as my actor wasn't available that much so i had to work a-lot around what my actor could do and i couldn't really change my actor so quickly due to the short time i had left and the fact that i have work everyday so i had to leave college 30 min early everyday reduced the amount of work i could have done.

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after looking over my footage and testing out some scenes i have decided that making a short trailer for my idea would be a better idea and it would be more effective as the clips that i have got wouldn't make an entertaining or thrilling horror film but i have got enough footage to try and make a good horror trailer

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this week it was show time, where we have presented our work to the public to try and receive some good feedback, after the show i have received a bit of good feed back that i've thought

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here is some feed back that i have received. From this feedback im am confident in trying to recreate or actually make the film after college, i have also seen that i have made an effective trailer as the comments on the feedback show that the trailer was effective at making the viewers feel tense, overall i feel that it was a very good idea to create a trailer for my idea instead of a  film as the film wouldn't be as effective.

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At the showtime i could have done more to present my work for example i could have set the scene around the area of the mac where i was presenting a bit more interesting as it was very bland and there was only my poster really on the mac so if i put more effort into making my mac more interesting suh as having cut out foot prints leading to my mac and having appropriate decorations around the mac i may have gotten more feedback from the public as all the feed back i have to pull people aside

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i have also been looking into video effects that could help show the monsters presents such as video distortion or creating a shadow in the trailer. i came into some issues tho as it was hard to find effects online that i thought would work out or look right, even creating a mask in the edit it just didnt look natural enough so i may look into creating the effect when filming it such as making a costume or even crating a shadow by blocking the sun in a certain way.

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filming these test shot were really good however ithe location for recording theses shots need to change as by "film location" is in the middle of nowhere where thers alot more forest and green instead of the middle of town just so the viewers feel like they are more in the the location that im trying to set my trailer

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after doing more research i have not really found any films that are similar to mine apart from a few films that are based in chernobyl, the bases of my trailer are all around the large forest that seems to have no end, which yes some films have that effect in a forest but in mine i want the forest to look like its in a state of disrepair. to give the  effect that the forest is never ending is to film a panorama shot of the forest around the actor then the camera faces the actor and shows their worried faces to give the effect that they have no way out

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this is the final week and over all i beleive that my project could have gone alot better as i did struggle thoughout the project when it came to providing evidence, but when it came practical work i feel i did very well, i tried to use tech niques and shots that ive seen in professional work.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMpwllWR-fo

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at the begining of this project i was original going to use my idea from the horror project and use the same idea that ive held for a few months, this idea was a full film but after some work and going out to film test shots ect, it felt better to make a trailer rather than a film due to the  limited time that i had an also after getting feedback from someone in the Industry my project would be more effective as a horror if i was to make a short trailer orhterwise if i was to make a film it would drag on and not be entertaining for the viewers