Final Age Rating

Final Age Rating

Return of Kezia age rating is now a 15. This is because some scenes can be jumpy then most scenes which can give the audience a fright. But also some bad language is being used in some scenes as the characters are showing their emotions towards the other characters. We chose it to be a 15 because mostly teenagers around 15-18 would watch horrors and this type of film would be attracted to them.

Final Film Production Title

Final Film Production Title

This is the final film production for our film "Return of Kezia", this will be at the start of our film making it effective for the audience before the film starts. We deigned this on adobe premiere elements 10, the same software we used to edit our film. We thought that creating the production title on adobe would be better than Photoshop because we could add effects in to see which would work to go into our film within the opening seconds before a scene starts. The name SandStone Films is a good production title because it is different to any other and it isn't basic for example it isn't called "Horror House Films" which is pretty cliche because that is what most horrors would have. 

Our final 2 minute opening scene

Return of Kezia

This is the final two minute of our film called, Return of Kezia. 

Costume/Characters Profile

Costume/Characters Profile

Shannon: Shannon is wearing casual clothing of a grey crop top, black leggings and a heart shape necklace. In most horrors, people in the film are wearing casual clothing because it would look more normal than people wearing smart clothing like a suit or a dress. Shannon is the victim of the film who invites her friends round to meet her best friend Anna who they really aren't sure about. Being the victim, Shannon is very outgoing and can be sarcastic and funny.  

Sean: Sean is wearing casual clothing as well, what he is wearing is a Nike jumper, with blue jeans which is very casual but most boys mainly wear these types of clothes. Sean is the one of the protagonist in the film along with his friend Baily who is also Shannon's friend as well. In the film Sean is very chatty because he seems nervous about meeting Shannon's best friend Anna.
















Anna: Anna is also wearing causal clothing, which is a black jumper and black jeans, making the character look quite quiet which is good because in most horrors there is normally a quiet person. In the film, Anna is the Antagonist, she is very quiet and doesn't speak to the characters much in the film, which will make the audience more engaged in the film because of how she is acting toward the others.
















Baily: Baily is wearing smart casual, which is grey chinos, checkered shirt and a black jacket. This makes him look like the mature one out of the group. In the film, Baily is the other protagonist joining with Sean his best friend. Baily is quite a joker in the film as he jokes around with Sean about Anna being his next girlfriend, but at time he can be serious.

Soundtrack Research 2

Soundtrack Research 2

Doing more research for music for our film, we then found this soundtrack which had more tension to it and will make the film look like a horror. This piece of music is called "Anxiety" and is also composed by Kevin MacLeod.

Soundtrack Research 1

Soundtrack Research 1

When looking for some music to make the film effective and tense for the audience, we wanted something that was different and unique, instead of having something basic. I was researching different kinds of music and couldn't find one that could go with our film. Baily had actually found this video and told the group about it and we had a listen and it was really good and we decided to add this to our research, just in case we found something better.

Knowing how to use Adobe Premier Elements 10.

How to use Adobe Premier Elements 10

When researching how to edit the first two minutes of our film, I came across adobe premiere elements 10 which is a really good way of editing and making sure the film looks good as it can get. When I found this video of how to use it, it helped me a lot because I was more confident of how to edit and add in different effects.

With this video, I am now ready to edit more than just adding effects. 

Animatic story board

With these animatic story board, it is showing you a brief idea of what our film is going to look like, as a group we had made this video to give the audience an idea of what could possibly happen in our film but also showing how we had to do drawings for each scene with dialogue and camera shots and how long each scene is going to be. 

Description of film

Opening Scene Description:

Our film starts with Baily and sean, two of the films protagonists walking down the road on their way to meeting me, the other protagonist of the film, as well as her friend Anna, who turns out to be the antagonist of the film. The two boys are worried about meeting her as they don't know what she will be like. 

When they arrive at my house, they find out that Anna isn't there so the boys ask me what Anna is like. Although the two girls have been friends for a long time, i warns the boys that Anna is quite weird and creepy, which worries them. While this is happening, Anna arrives at mine but instead of knocking on the door, she is seen staring through the window and watching the TV, which confuses the rest of the group. When i open the door to Anna, she says that she was watching the TV.

When Anna walks into the living room, she doesn't speak to anyone and everyone is unsure on what to do. i has a suggestion of going up to the loft to get a game for everyone to play, which everyone agrees to do. Strangely, Anna gets up and follows me upstairs, which she doesn't know about. When the two girls meet in the loft, i look around for a game that everyone can play. Meanwhile, Anna finds an old scrunched up photo lying around and she says that she recognises it. i think she's being silly, so she pretends to rip the photo up. Anna responds angrily to this and she attacks me, who screams when she sees her going for her. The boys downstairs are left confused, and Anna turns to the camera in a creepy and menacing way.

Script for our film

Script for Return of Kezia:

Baily and Sean are walking down the road, having a conversation.

Baily: You might want to text Shannon to say that we’re going to be a bit late. Ok let’s go.

Sean: I’m not sure what this Anna girl is going to be like.

Baily: Yeah, I know.

Baily and Sean arrive at Shannon’s house.

Sean: I really hope she’s not weird.

Baily: So do I, she’ll probably be your girlfriend mate.

Sean: Oh shut up!

Baily knocks on the door.

Baily: It’ll probably take Shannon an hour to answer.

Shannon answers the door.

Shannon: Hey guys!

Baily: You alright?

Shannon: Yeah, you?

Baily: Yeah not bad, is Sean’s girlfriend here yet? (Laughs)

Sean: Funny.

Shannon: No, she’s going to be late. She’s a little bit weird though,

Baily: That’s a little bit harsh.

Shannon: Does anyone want a drink? (Walks into the kitchen)

Baily: Nah, I’m alright thanks.

Sean: I’m really worried about how this Anna girl’s going to be.

Baily: You’ve got me and Shannon here, it will be good.

Shannon: (Returns from the kitchen) It’ll be fine, I’ve known her for years.

Baily: There you go, it will be cool.

Sean: Well what sort of personality has she got?

Shannon: Honest?

Sean: Of course.

Shannon: She’s a little bit weird and creepy, I’m not even joking.

Sean: Well that’s promising.

Baily: Well why are you friends with her, what are you doing?

Shannon: I feel so sorry for her. Sean what’s wrong?

Sean: (Pointing towards Anna who is at the window) Who’s that?

Shannon: Oh, that’s Anna.

Baily: What’s she outside for? There’s something wrong with her if she’s looking through the window.

Shannon: (Opening the front door to Anna) Anna? What are you doing?

Anna: Just watching the TV, you know.

Shannon: Well you could have knocked on the door. Come in.

Anna: Ok

Shannon: Guys, this is Anna.

Baily and Sean: Hi, you alright.

Shannon: Anna, this is Baily and this is Sean.

Baily: You alright.

Shannon: You can sit down if you want.

Sean: (Picks up Pillow) I’ll get this.

Shannon: Have you got any ideas for what we should do?

Anna does not answer.

Baily: So Anna what do you feel like doing?

Shannon goes up to the loft to get a game for the characters to play.

Soon after Shannon goes upstairs, Anna gets up and follows her, without saying anything to anyone.

Shannon: (After noticing Anna) You alright Anna?

 Cuts to Baily and Sean downstairs.

Sean: You know Anna, don’t you find her so weird.

Baily: She’s a bit odd and I don’t know where the fuck she’s gone.

Sean:  She wasn’t talking, she didn’t even look at me.

Baily: I don’t think you’re in their to be fair mate. (Laughs)

Sean: I’m not surprised.

The girls are up in the loft.

Shannon: I’m just going to get a board game, you do whatever you want.

Main lights in loft turn off.

Shannon: Did you just turn the lights off?

Anna: No

Anna picks up an old scrunched up photo.

Anna: Why do I recognise this photo?

Shannon: What do you mean “recognise this photo?”

Anna: I recognise it.

Shannon: It’s just a photo of an old family. I’ll just rip it.

Anna: (Angry at what Shannon did) What do you think you’re doing?

Shannon: It’s a photo, calm down.

Anna: Well I recognise it. Like what do you think you’re doing?

Anna goes to attack Shannon. Shannon screams. Anna turns to the camera.

Tea dye effect for family picture

How to tea dye a picture/paper.

By doing some more research for making the family photo more effective, I looked up how to make it have a tea dye effect  because with one picture it had a burning effect but it didn't go to plan so we decided to make it have an old effect by using tea dye. With this video, it is showing me how to properly to tea dye some paper and it will actually make the picture old and been away for a long time.

Burning effect for family picture

How to get Burning effect for a picture.

By doing a little research, I manage to find a video to help me make a picture have a burning effect because we wanted to make it look very destroyed as it would give something to the audience to think about while watching the film. But also we had two ideas of making the picture less plain, one with the burning effect and one with it looking old. With this video, it can help get the picture the way I would like it which is great.

Story Board

This is the story board that as a group we had made. We made the story board because we needed to plan out what our film was going to look like before filming it, and we had added in camera shots we would use, what sound would be playing in the background around certain scenes, but also adding the dialogue because in films the characters need to be talking. When we made the story board, it really helped us out when we had started to film because we knew exactly what camera angles and shots to use, but also we knew what scenes we were filming. This story board also gives the audience an idea of what the film is going to look like.

Opening Titles planning practice

In this short video, there is different styles and effects that we thought would be good for our film title. There is also different types of film titles we have named, this is because we had a questionnaire of different name titles as we couldn't decided what to call our film. With the name titles we added different fonts and effects to them so it would make it effective for the film but also when the film titles come up during the film, the audience will be engaged with the film as of the name title looking good. There is many different types of ways we can have our film title like and as a group we will decided which one is best for our film.