Reece Carbutt-Beech (4036)

When we filmed for Umbra Hominis we tried to film the scenes in chronological order whenever possible. This was so that it is easy to find the order that the files were supposed to be in without watching all of them. We also made sure that every time we finished filming we backed up the video files so that there was no chance for them to be filmed over or lost in some way.  When we were editing our movie into a coherent and consistent product we had to make sure that we regularly referred back to our storyboard. This is so that our story remained the way that we imagined it and it didn't become twisted or convoluted. To do this we had to make sure that the main character was introduced quickly and that the problem that he has is made clear from the start. We started out with simple cuts in our opening sequence, this includes the scene of the pill bottle opening and then Tom watching horror movies. This was to ensure that it is clear that the main character has a mental illness ...

The way that we are going to advertise our horror movie is going to be through social media, trailers on YouTube and the use of posters. By advertising our movie on social media, mainly r/nosleep, we hope to appeal directly to the age range and type of people that our movie is aimed towards. This is because it is mainly 15-30 year olds who are using social media, our targeted age rating is 18 so it falls into the lower end of that age range. By advertising specifically to r/nosleep will will be advertising to people who are hoping to be scared. This is because this sub-reddit is designed to have scary stories on it that are supposed to be believable and scare people. Our advertising on this would be a short part of the story, presented to be real and told from the perspective of the main character. It would aim to create the idea that the things happening would be happening to an actual person with psychosis and then close to the films release we would reveal that it is a movie in th...

Most people find psychological horror movies scarier than other sub-genres of horror movie. This is because the main focus is usually on everyday life, and it is implied that the events that happen in the movie can happen in real life. This differentiates from other sub-genres of horror due to them being more supernatural or science-fiction based and therefore less believable (which in turn means that in general, they aren't as scary). Due to the psychological horror genre being the specific sub-genre that Umbra Hominis is classed as we need to complete research into the codes and conventions of these types of horror movie. This is so that we can make our movie as believable as possible. Codes Films of the psychological-horror sub genre tend to rely on the characters beliefs, fears and characteristics as a way of exposing the evil that hides behind everyday normality. The killer or nuisance that is messing with (or killing) people looks normal. Jump scares using ev...

This Pill Bottle helps to make the film more realistic because it looks like an actual pill bottle. This shot helps to contribute to the mise en scene of the movie because it is central so it will be clear that they have been used. The scene before this screenshot helps with this because it shows that the bottle is empty.  All of the lights are on in this scene in order to show that the figure at the end of the corridor isn't real. Once again the focus is drawn to the centre of the shot, the scene after this is a close up of the villain ensuring that the character is seen.  This over-the-shoulder shot of Tom watching a horror movie helps to reveal the tone of the film as something that is dark and serious. This is due to the visual effect of the film looking corrupted. Which was achieved by watching them on my laptop, due to them being in a format that it didn't like to play properly.

Age Rating The age rating that we are aiming for is 18. The film will be rated by the BBFC so we will need to ensure that we make it clear that Tom is a danger to himself and other people because of the hallucinations that he experiences. This is because a large part of the requirements are sexual and we don't need to include them to make our point about how disturbing and dangerous mental health issues can be.  After making the opening sequence, I believe that Umbra Hominis would be rated a 12 or a 15. This is because we haven't made it clear that Tom is a danger to himself or to other people. This is something that we can work on in the full product. BFI Funding The BFI funded the horror/sci-fi thriller movie "The Last Days on Mars". They were given £1,035,00 by the BFI, unfortunately the movie wasn't a success and only made around £23,000. Of course we wouldn't be after that much money from the BFI and the 'failure' of "The Last D...