CONSTRUCTION: QR CODE

I decided to make a QR code to put on my film poster. The QR code would attract audiences, whilst giving them access to our film website and social media pages. In order to create a QR code, I researched the various steps it would take to build one.

Additionally, when creating and completing a QR code it is important to understand the Do's and Don't of QR code making because it will make it easier to apply to posters.

After researching about how to make a QR code and understanding the important Do's and Don'ts, I made my own QR code using QR creator. I decided to use this generator as it is highly recommended, easy to use and it allows me to add multiple links to the code. 

My QR code:

My links:

CONSTRUCTION: BBFC CERTIFICATE

BBFC Certificate by Casey Drewett

CONSTRUCTION: CINEMATIC STORYTELLING

After reading through Jennifer Van Sijll's book, Cinematic Storytelling, we grasped a clearer understanding of powerful film conventions that would make our film stand out from others. 

When reading through the book we focused on shot types and conventions that would work for our Horror/ Thriller film. On on page called 'Film Element: Climate', we learnt how climate is used to create an effect in films and we decided to use this.

The book states that the purpose of climate is to add to a scene/shot and it can raise the volume to create an intense or sinister atmosphere, in both the film and in the audience. This can amplify a character's action by creating physical after effect. The physical world is a great tool to exploit, and using the climate can create an eerie effect. The writer of 'The Sixth Sense', M. Night Shyamalan, uses his climate, especially the cold, to identify a ghost presence and he gives the audience a visual clue with which to track the story progression. In the opening scene, Shyamalan introduces us to the central clue in the film. The protagonist's wife goes down to the cellar to retrieve a bottle of wine. The audience do not suspect anything when the woman breath forms a 'tiny cloud of cold air" and the audience are led to believe that this is happening because the cellar is cold. However, as the movie progresses the audience now realize the importance of the cold and that is connotes the presence of a ghost. The audience then refers back to earlier scenes to grasp a better understanding and are have made the connections ahead of the protagonist. This then builds the tension to the climax, which is the protagonist realising he is the cause of the 'tiny cloud of cold air" and that he is dead. 

We plan to use our climate to create a sinister atmosphere and to do this we are going to use the cold, foggy weather. Similarly to the opening title sequence in 'Silence of the Lambs', we plan to use the fog to show the athlete is alone, or so he thinks he is. Additionally, we are going t use the fog to show the young athletes breathing, when he is tied in a chair, to show his heavy breathing and to allow the audience to see the true meaning behind this. This meaning being the cold air symbolises the cold and bitter feelings from the Serial Killer and that the title of the film is represented through his breathing (His Last mile = His last breath).

CONSTRUCTION: PLANNING TO FILM

In order to know exactly what we wanted to film and how we would go about filming, we went to all the locations where we were planning to film and begin to establish all the different shot types, camera positions/ angles, props/ set positions and lighting. The first location we went to was the abandoned shed and we took some establishing pictures. 

After taking these photos, we began to clear out the shed of big branches, metal debris, as well as the table, so that we could have a bit more space to create a sinister set. We wanted to use this shed as a sinister and ominous room in which the young athlete (called Dan Clifton) is tied up and held hostage by the serial killer. To put this vision into practice we placed a chair in the centre of the shed and placed the camera and tripod opposite. By positioning of the chair in the centre we are able make the athlete look isolated and trapped in the shed and this was inspired by the chair scene in the film 'Get Out'. The reason for positioning the camera and tripod opposite to the chair is so we can create a camera shot to look like her is talking into a camera/ recording and also to allows us to use various shot types and angles to show the panic and fear of the young athlete. With the two battery powered lights, we were able to clearly show the young athletes facial expressions of fear and panic, as well as his restricted movements, in a variety of shot types, such as close up and low angle shot. 

The second location we went to and planned was the woods. This is where we planned both the athletes running sequence and the Detective finding all the dead bodies. When looking at how to film the running sequence, we decided to do crab, pan and tracking shots.