Horror Research: The Beginning

The Silent Era:
The year is 1915 and the first horror movie was made. The Golem was a film about a jewish statue (A Golem) that protects a ghetto in medieval Prague. When his job is finished and the ghetto is no longer in danger he isn't needed, but he doesn't want to go, so he runs riot around the place, eventually being defeated by a young girl.

A Picture from the first horror film 'The Golem'

 
We now jump to 1919 and yet another horror film is made. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari is about an evil doctor who is put up against a hero who is falsely put into a lunatic asylem. This film really plays with the audience because you are never 100% certain who is mad and who is sane. Because of its eerie vibe and jagged asymmetry of the mise en scene, this film is often cited 'the grandaddy of all horror films'. 

                                                      An image from the 1919 film 'The Cabinet of Dr Caligari'

In 1922 we see the first vampire film. Nosferatu is based on the novel 'Dracula' written by Bram Stoker in 1897. This film is believed to be the best vampire film because of its  frightening bloodsucker and the fact that it is a "vampire movie that actually believes in vampires"

                                                       The 1922 Trailer for the film 'Nosferatu'

Main Task

Preliminary task-DONE!! Now time to start on the main task. Our main task is to create the first 2 minutes, including the titles for a teen horror movie. For this task we shall be editing the raw footage together with the editing software Final Cut, oppose to iMovie as Final Cut is more professional than iMovie and the final piece will be of a higher standard because of this. 

In the following blogs I shall be conducting some research on the history of the horror genre as a whole to help me maximise the potential of my groups final product.

Evaluation Of Preliminary Task

Preliminary Task: Final Product

Today TwinPine Films finished filming and editing the final piece for the preliminary task. Below is our finished film.

Embedding Slideshows into blog- Test

Embedding YouTube Videos to Blog- Test

Mise-En-Scene

Mise-En-Scene is a french term which means 'Put on the scene'. This includes things such as costume and props. 

Costumes:
For the costumes we decided to have the mafia boss wearing a black jumper, white shirt, black tie, black trousers and black shoes. For Chuck we decided he should wear a black shirt, black trousers and black shoes.

Props:
For props we decided to keep it simple by only using a table and two chairs and nothing more.