Main Task Research: Origin of Horror

The horror genre has been around for years! The gothic style started mainly in the 19th century when Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1818, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in 1886 and Bram Stoker wrote Dracula in 1897. These 3 novels are what defined these 3 authors' careers. The first horror film ever made, Nosferatu in 1922 was based on the Vampire idea from Bram Stoker's Dracula. The gothic genre is the first main genre of horror, completely different to what horror is to us in the modern day.

A 1931 adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. 

Bela Lugosi's 1931 adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

     Robert Louis Stevenson's career defining novel "The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (1886)




Here is the full film of the 1922 horror film "Nosferatu" there is no speech as in 1922 cameras could not pick up character speech. Nosferatu is the first ever horror film in known existence.



                         

Main Task

Now that our preliminary task is finished, it's now time to get started on the main task! The main task is an opening to a new teen horror film that lasts a maximum of two minutes. In our prelim task we used iMovie which is very simple to use however for the main task we will be using a more complex software for film editing in Final Cut. Final Cut is a state of the art software for film editing that the professionals even use nowadays for making films.

Preliminary Task: Evaluation

Preliminary task evaluation from JohnPowerKBA

Preliminary Task:Final Product

Today Twin Pine films finished filming and editing the Preliminary Task. Here is our final edited product showing Match-On-Action, 180 Degree rule and Shot/Reverse Shot.

How to embed Youtube videos onto your blog

These are the steps you need to take in order to embed a YouTube video onto your blog:

Step 1.Go to www.youtube.com
Step 2.Find a suitable video
Step 3.Click the share button on the bottom of the video
Step 4.Click the down arrow underneath the Facebook symbol.
Step 5.Click blogger.
Step 6. Publish your blog post.



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How to embed Powerpoint slideshows

These are the steps to follow in order to embed a powerpoint presentation onto your blog:

Step 1. Go to www.slideshare.net and create an account

Step 2. Upload your powerpoint presentation onto Slideshare (the amount of time this takes can vary)

Step 3. When your Powerpoint has been uploaded you can copy the HTML address. 

Step 4. Create a new post on Blogger and change writing settings from compose to HTML and paste the HTML address. 

Step 5. Publish your blog. 

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Media consumption from JohnPowerKBA

Mise-En-Scene (costume and props)

Mise-en-scene is a french term which literally means "put in the scene"


Costume: 

In the preliminary task Chuck (played by me) I am wearing a black shirt with no tie, with the top button undone and the shirt untucked; I am also wearing black trousers with black shoes and socks. I will also have fake blood on my face to give the effect that I have been roughed up badly.

George (playing the Mafia Boss) will be wearing a black jumper, a white shirt, a black tie with black trousers and black shoes.


Props: 

For the preliminary task we will be using a table to separate the captive Chuck from the Mafia boss. Chuck will be "tied" to a normal hard chair but the Mafia boss will be sitting across the table from Chuck in a nice comfortable leather chair.