Monday, 24 November 2014

Cast & Script

Cast
  • Molly Weiss - scientist, zombie extra, director, editor
  • Ashleigh Woodberry - experiment zombie, director, editor
  • Dominic Almond - zombie extra
  • Thomas Holmes - zombie extra
  • Fitz - Dog
Script
Scientist: That's . . . not normal 
This is our only line because the rest of the story-line is shown through actions.

Friday, 21 November 2014

Roles and Costumes

Ashleigh: Zombie experiment - scene 1: white tank top, shorts, zombie make-up e.g. pale, red rimmed eyes. Scene 2: same but with patches of dirt, hair messy









Molly: scientist - Scene 1: Black top and trousers, white lab coat, glasses, hair in a bun. (also plays zombie extra)






















Dom, Tom: zombie extras - Scene 2 only: old/casual clothes, patches of dirt, zombie make-up, hair messy













Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Shot list


  1. Productions
  2. Bubbling chemicals - pan
  3. Zombie on table - pan
  4. Scientist walking in - long shot
  5. Scientist checking zombie
  6. Zombie waking up - close up
  7. Scientist attempts to restrain zombie, gets bitten
  8. Scientist stumbles back (from behind)
  9. Scientist falls over (from front)
  10. Zombie stumbles towards door 
  11. Zombie steps out of lab (front, over camera)
  12. Zombie steps into woods (back, over camera)
  13. Zombie falls over (back)
  14. Zombie falls over (front)
  15.  Zombie running - Extreme long shot 
  16.  Zombie running - Extreme long shot
  17. Snapping twig sound, head whips round
  18. Zombie attacks person form behind
  19. Dog running away
  20. Zombie standing in middle of group of dead people 
  21. Dead people stand up
  22. Back to 20
  23. Dead people closer to camera
  24. Title: The Experiment

Thursday, 13 November 2014

Target Audience

Our primary audience will be young adults aged 15-25 of  all genders, this is because this is the main audience most likely to go and see a zombie movie. The secondary audience will be parents who and adults aged 26+ who are also interested in zombie, sci-fi thriller films. Our primary audience will be a class of casual or low grade workers as well as skilled working class, which mean they will have more time making them the primary audience compared to adults over 26 who are skilled working class and have less time to go to the cinema.
 

Wednesday, 12 November 2014

World War Z opening sequence analysis

World War Z is an action, adventure, horror movie. It was directed by Marc Foster and starred Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos and Danielle Kertesz. The story is about Gerry Lane; a United Nations employee who is in a race against time to stop the zombie pandemic before it destroys everything.

The title sequence music starts off with tubular bells and a piano, as the sequence nears its end a kick drum beat is introduce, which creates a pulsating feel of a heart beat. There also seems to be the underlying sound of a heart beat through out the piece, which suggests to the audience that the movie is going to have something to do with life and death, as well as sickness. There is some diegetic sound, but normally of everyday life such as traffic or people walking. Over the top of everything clips of news and show broadcasts are heard, in some of them it mentions people being sick and other such things, but the majority is normal everyday things, this tells the audience that people don't realise some things are happening until it is too late as well as that life still goes on. 

All the shots are different as they are different clips cut together. The majority of the shots are at an equal angle, and long distance, however there are some that are low and high angle as well as establishing and close ups. It has been edited so that there are diagonal cuts and stripes which split the pictures in half or make certain parts unfocused, these shapes our made up of the letters from the title. The sequence cuts start off slow but get faster, telling the audience the movie is going to be fast paced as well as the the sequence is coming to an end.

The sequence starts off with the image of a beach which is uninterrupted, before cutting to an establishing shot of a mountain side with houses on it, from there more and more imagery of human activity is shown, such as cities, roads, transport, etc. As the sequence draws to the end more imagery of the natural world, such as animals hunting, are shown. All this things suggests to the audience that the whole world is going to be affected as well as that, the movie is going to contain violence and that it is about survival. The sequence ends with the title running onto the screen with the firmer imagery still occurring inside the letters.