Horror

Horror films are unsettling films designed to frighten and panic, cause dread and alarm, and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience.

Horror films effectively center on the dark side of life, the forbidden, and strange and alarming events. They deal with our most primal nature and its fears: our nightmares, our vulnerability, our alienation, our revulsions, our terror of the unknown, our fear of death and dismemberment, loss of identity, or fear of sexuality.

Whatever dark, primitive, and revolting traits that simultaneously attract and repel us are featured in the horror genre. Horror films are often combined with science fiction when the menace or monster is related to a corruption of technology, or when Earth is threatened by aliens. The fantasy and supernatural film genres are not synonymous with the horror genre, although thriller films may have some relation when they focus on the revolting and horrible acts of the killer/madman.
Horror films are also known as chillers, scary movies, spookfests, and the macabre.

Thriller

Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, television, and gaming that includes numerous and often overlapping sub-genres , some popular examples include :

1)Action thriller: In which the work often features a race against the clock, contains lots of violence, and an obvious antagonist. These films usually contain large amounts of guns, explosions, and large elaborate set pieces for the action to take place. These films often have elements of mystery films and crime films but these elements take a backseat to action. Notable examples are the James Bond films, The Transporter, and the Jason Bourne novels and films.





2) Psychological thriller: In which (until the often violent resolution) the conflict between the main characters is mental and emotional, rather than physical. The Alfred Hitchcock films Suspicion, Shadow of a Doubt and Strangers on a Train and David Lynch's bizarre and influential Blue Velvet are notable examples of the type, as is The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith(who also wrote Strangers) and The Good Son starring Elijah Wood and Macaulay Culkin.

3) Spy thriller In which the hero is generally a government agent who must take violent action against agents of a rival government or (in recent years) terrorists. Examples include From Russia, with Love by Ian Fleming, The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum, and television series such as Mission: Impossible and 24 (the latter demonstrating a break from the norm by Robert Ludlum, as it is as much a psychological thriller as a spy thriller).


Thrillers often take place wholly or partly in exotic settings such as foreign cities, deserts, polar regions, or high seas. The heroes in most thrillers are frequently "hard men" accustomed to danger: law enforcement officers, spies, soldiers, seamen or aviators

Thrillers often overlap with mystery stories, but are distinguished by the structure of their plots. In a thriller, the hero must thwart the plans of an enemy, rather than uncover a crime that has already happened; while a murder mystery would be spoiled by a premature disclosure of the murderer's identity, in a thriller the identity of a murderer or other villain is typically known all along. Thrillers also occur on a much grander scale: the crimes that must be prevented are serial or mass murder, terrorism, assassination, or the overthrow of governments. Jeopardy and violent confrontations are standard plot elements. While a mystery climaxes when the mystery is solved, a thriller climaxes when the hero finally defeats the villain, saving his own life and often the lives of others. In thrillers influenced by film noir and tragedy, the compromised hero is often killed in the process.

Introduction To Final Cut Pro

Introduction To Final Cut Pro

Final Cut server, a new software package that runs of G5 Macs

It can also be described as a non-linear editing package

Firstly,
We Learnt The Baisics about Final Cut Server

-System that allows your project to be checked in and checked back in to the a seperate server.

-It is a reliable way of not loosing your work.

For Checking Out,

You Click This Button

And The Under The Pointer,Select The Option 'Checkout'

Secondly,

You need to log your 'Rushes'.'Rushes' is the tape in the camera without editing
When Logging your work,you are required to select the best shots takes into a 'Logged Bin'
by marking an 'in' point ( by pressing the I button on your keyboard) and an 'out' point ( by pressing the O button on your keyboard).

Thirdly,
Place shots chronologically on a timeline and then trim and cut them to create the illusion of a simaltaneous event.

Lastly,
Add Sound & Create Special Effects

Preliminary Task

Our Premliminary task was filmed in the old media room above the theater studio. Our Set was very dull and had white walls and discarded furniture as clearly there had been some pre-revonations going on in the old media room. This atmosphere was perfect as it suited the kind of look we need to initiate the theme of mystery in the storyline . Davina's role was to do continuity, to make sure everything was the same in each shot. She watched for small things like which hand the actor used to pick up the suitcase and how many steps she took, so that it would be easier when it came round to editing.We had to add lightining to the room; we used two lights. We did this to try and make it so there was no shadow but we did not have sufficient space to make it completely without shadow. We wanted to have it bright in the actors faces in an high intensity interview type fashion. I do not think it was that effective because we did not have all proper stands and could not the the angle exactly right.Alex was operating the camera in are group. She set up the camera and then both Davina and I checked after to make sure it was correct. After each time we moved the tripod and camera we made sure it was rebubbled. Davina made sure that in each frame you could not see the lighting equipment or our shadows. I used all the angles that were given to us on the story board, and when we added our own we made sure that they added to the story and we not completely random.When filming we did it all in a specific order e.g. shooting all wide shots first, then all over the sholdershots and not in chronological order. Each time we shot from each angle we did the whole scene. At no point did we cross the 180 degree line, we made sure we did not so that the image would not appear flipped to the viewer.I was the director, at the start of each shot I called out, "stand by" the others then responded saying "standing by" to let me know they were ready. After that I called out"roll camera", Alex would then reply "camera rolling" when the camera was ready and finally to start the scene i gave the final call which was 'Action'

Introduction To Photoshop

On our very first Photoshop Lesson we were taught by Matt,
It was a Very Interactive and Exciting Class as we were spilt into groups and Had to take photographs around the school.

We Learnt How To Edit Our Photographs Using Difffrent Tools Such As :-

1) Rectangular Marquee Tool (M): It is used for making selection on the image (objects) on any active layer.

2) Dodge Tool (O): Used for making images lighter (And Burn tool makes the opposite - darker)

3) Clone Stamp Tool (S): Used for selecting a source and copying (drawing) it in another place

4) Crop Tool (C): Used for cropping images