(Mid-shot, actor off of true blood)
Here is a mid shot of what we want our actor to try and mirror, she is going to wear a boob tube and have scars all over here shoulders and face. Whilst the film is still rolling the word 'Mortem' is going to start slowly getting marked on her head, whilst she is struggling and looking like she is in so much agony. Our group was inspired by the advert pretty little liars; there are parts in the advert where the characters have words getting scratched and the characters have this look of shock/despair on there faces.The whole idea of having the scratches on the shoulders and the face had come from when we was looking at the different films and characters, we had come up with different things which would make the main girl look demented/ troubled and that is where we came up with the whole idea of the girl having the scratches on her face.The ladies hair is going to be in a middle parting and she is going to look directly at the camera, to show the slight fear in her eyes and then when the films rolls on then you will see the change in her eyes from one colour to a different colour near the end when everything has been done.
Here is a screenshot of what we wanted to write on the actress's head, we was going to take different shots of the words getting written on the forehead. Our costume for the teaser trailer is very simple because all we need to use is the boob tube and make up, this doesn’t make it easier for us it just makes everything less complicated as there is not that much that we need to add to this. Looking through the different horror films has opened up our eyes as to what would be suitable for the horror and we found that we didn’t need to make the person look so much like a monster. The contact change where she has brown eyes at first and then black/white eyes the next time is just something we thought about ourselves, we thought this would be a good idea as it would make the audience want to know more about what is wrong with her if her eyes are just changing as she blinks.
Nicole Clavier
Props
For our media film we decided that for props we would need the following
- Candles
- Letters
- Contact lenses
- Hand chains
The candles are for the dark room, and they would be placed on the floor around the actress, the letters are to build tension and mystery, they will be placed around the floor and on the wall. We also decide that we wanted to make the letters look very old so we are going to do the tea stains and burning effect on the letters that I create. I will also need contact lenses because our actress needs to look possessed and disturbed and we believe we can cause this effect through makeup and contact lenses. Lastly our hand chains are for the actress, as she will be handcuffed to the walls behind. We want to make the viewers feel that she has been possessed and tortured.
How we are going to create the "old letters" effectDip a black tea bag in the cup or pot of warm water. Allow the tea bag to soak in the water. Watch as the copper-brown color emerges in the water in a burst.
Remove the tea bag from the water. Press most of the water out of the bag. The bag should remain damp but not soaking or it will tear the page.
Drag the tea bag across your paper slowly and gently. Repeat this step several times to reach desired effect. You may need to dip the bag back into the water, and repeat steps three and four, until you can successfully create the
look that you desire. Additional tea bags may be needed to achieve the color you want.
Flatten the paper on a flat surface. Weigh the paper down at each corner so that it does not warp excessively. Some crinkling or waving of the paper will occur as it dries. If you prefer the crinkled look, crumple the paper while it is wet and straighten it out again before flattening and weighing down. The paper will dry in approximately 30 minutes to one hour.
Our actress will be dressed in a black boob tube top, this top will create the effect that she’s naked as we will only be film from her shoulders upwards.
she will also have bruises and scars all over her shoulder and neck and face, to add to that .Lastly she will have her hair tied back which makes everybody fully focus on her facial expressions.
Christianna Uyiekpen
