Camera shot testing:

I filmed my dad walking down the driveway and infront of the camera along the road. The technique i used was a 'Pan' technique which i think works well. This type of shot won't be so good if the person in shot is walking and talking, this is because they will end up with their back to the camera and the audience won't be able to see their face.

Treatment

We are going to create a short documentary on the supernatural behaviour that takes place in the pub ‘The Old Queens Head’ Our target audience is quite wide, being people of pretty much any age (15+) who are interested in the supernatural. We decided to go with this idea as in response to our questionnaires/interviews, this was the one that received the most votes/was the most popular.

We will set our documentary in a pub called ‘The Old Queens Head’ which is in Sheffield. We got in touch with the pub owner and she gave us permission to go and film there. Filming will take place during daylight outside the pub for certain scenes where explaining is necessary. We will also be filming after closing time throughout the night to ensure that the right atmosphere is created (being when it is dark, therefore this is associated with more supernatural behaviour). Also our reactions will be more realistic to the creepy things going on, therefore parts of the script will be more random which is a quality we need in this type of documentary. Doing it after opening hours also means that the general public will not get in the way.

Our costumes need to be dark (preferably black), and the presenter maybe wearing a long black coat as the connotations of this are spooky and mysterious. The presenter will also need to be professional looking and smart, to give the impression that they are to be respected and knowledgeable, making them look more realistic and believable. The characters we will use are ourselves and a few friends as extras for the extra ‘reaction factor’.

To show reactions to any supernatural behaviour we will use many close ups on peoples faces. We will use a slightly low angle shot when filming the professional talking, to further give the impression that he is an important, knowledgeable and respectable person. At this point in the video (when showing the professional talking to an unprofessional) we will use a shot-reverse-shot. We will use a tripod to make sure we have a steady shot, making our video look more professional. We will also use a gorilla pod or car-camera-mount when filming tracking shots, to maintain a steady shot. Background noise will be ok when filming the daytime shots where the historian and presenter are talking about the history of the pub and the tracking shot of the presenter informing at the start. For the night scenes there should be little impropriate background noise as the pub will have no punters (being pretty isolated at that time), so the more quite the atmosphere is, the more scary the outcome and will also ensure that we can hear any poltergeist activity.

The pub’s diagetic world is already appropriate, as it meets the stereotype of somewhere that could possibly be haunted (old fashioned looking, bare, dark colours, etc), so there will be no alterations to the set needed. The only things adding to the diagetic world will be our props. These will be: An Ouija board and glass, torches, and cameras. We have taken many health and safety risks/potential dangers into consideration. Such as tripping over cables/wires and falling down/up stairs, especially as it will be dark and visibility will be limited. To prevent this we will have to make sure that all things that we can trip over are tucked neatly into the side and that we use torches (or some source of lighting) when moving around the pub.

The filming will take place on the 7th of November during the evening. We will then edit the documentary over the following few weeks.

This is some theme music me and my friend have created for our documentary. It has been designed to fit the generic conventions of a horror documentary. String instruments have been used with a lot of minor notes and chords that create a creepy atmosphere, These will engage the audience from the very start of the clip and straight away they will know what genre the documentary is. A hip hop style drum beat has been added to signify that the video appeals to an audience of any age. The beat also has an echo effect applied to it so that it adds to the genres creepy stereotypes. Sound effect samples have been added of , footsteps, a door creeking and shutting, moans, a scream and a boom of thunder to end the song: These all enhance the creepiness of the song and also give it a trademark identity that people will remember. The thunder effect at the end will be very good to lead the audience from the title sequence int the introduction scene. This tune will be very good mutually for a title sequence and parts of it could be used as background music to keep the overall spooky atmosphere.

Prop Design - Ouija Board

Here is an Ouija Board that we have printed off from the internet. We are going to perform and film a seance at The old queens Head pub in the basement. The Ouija board will be attatched to the table using blu tack or cellotape, we will take both just to be sure. We are going to take a light gless to move around on it so that the paper doesnt get damaged by it because it is just thin paper.

Location for filming : The Old Queens Head, Sheffield

We are going to film at a local pub, which is supposedly haunted. This would be a good location for our filming as we might actually encur a ghost encounter.



This is the outside of the pub, it has very old features with some of the parts dating back to the 1400's. The age of the property can easily be seen by its original features of timber frame, low beams and sagging ceilings.

Ghost encounters that have being recorded are:

•The ghost of a little old man sitting by the original fireplace holding a jar of ale in each hand -Many cleaners in the past have refused to enter that part of the building alone
•After being left secure at night the bolted doors of the Snug bar have been found open on the following morning
•Lights in the cellar area are switched on and off
•A previous landlady claimed to have often heard the sounds of someone moving around in the downstairs bar after closing time
•The apparition of a child has been witnessed in the bar area and on the stairs
•A cold icy presence is said to walk past people causing them to shiver and feel unnerved
•A dark figure has been spotted in the hall
•A relief manageress who was at the pub in the 1990's maintained that she saw a heavy cupboard move across the cellar floor when she was the only one in the area
•The ghost of man described as wearing a flat cap
•Footsteps have also been heard around pub especially in the cellar.
•Ghost hunters heard an eerie voice say "I am an old man".

The location of the pub is;
Old Queen's Head
40 Pond Hill
Sheffield
S1 2BG




This is the inside of the pub. You can see what appear to be orbs in the image, there are quite a lot of them. The room has lots of old fashioned features what give it that 'ghostly' factor.