THE FILMS THAT I HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY TO CREATE THE EFFECTS IN ‘FLESHWOUND’ WERE ‘A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET’, ‘NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD’ AND ‘28 DAYS LATER’. THESE HAVE GIVEN ME DIFFERENT IDEAS TO CREATE THE ATMOSPHERE IN MY MOVIE, SUCH AS CAMERA ANGLES, EDITING, MISE-EN-SCENE AND SOUND.

I HAVE USED CAMERA ANGLES TO CREATE TENSION BY MAKING CLOSEUP SHOTS OF THE ZOMBIE (IMMY) AND THE VICTIM (ME) AT THE END. THE FIRST ZOMBIE MOSTLY HAD QUICK SHOTS IN ORDER TO CREATE THE SHOCK AND JUMPSCARES THAT PEOPLE LIKE (DISCORVERED IN SURVEY) AND ALSO TO KEEP THE MYSTERY ABOUT WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. CAMERA ANGLES WERE ALSO USED FOR PANIC AND EMOTION, AS THE MAIN ACTRESS IS RUNNING THROUGH THE FOREST, SUGGESTING PANIC, AND ALSO WHEN SHE IS TALKING TO HER BOYFRIEND, WHICH SHOWS EMOTION. THESES WOULD BE CLIPS SUCH AS WHEN THE ACTRESS IS RUNNING THROUGH THE FOREST, WE FIRST SEE HER FEET, THEN WE SEE HER HEAD AND SHOULDERS AS IF WE WERE LOOKING THROUGH TREES. THE CLIPS THAT I HAVE PRODUCED IN ORDER TO CREATE EMOTION WOULD BE THE TRACKING SHOT OF THE MALE ACTOR WALKING UP TO THE MAIN ACTRESS, AND ALSO A CLOSE-UP SHOT OF WHEN THE MALE ACTOR GRABS THE ATRESSES HAND IN ORDER TO STOP HER FROM LEAVING. I HAD TAKEN SOME OF THESE SHOTS FROM THE MOVIES THAT I HAD DECONSTRUCTED, SUCH AS THE FEET SHOT FROM NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, AND THE QUICK SHOTS FROM THE START OF 28 DAYS LATER.

I HAVE USED EDITING TO CREATE THE RIGHT MOOD FOR THE MOVIE BY SLOWING DOWN AND MAKING OTHER SHOTS QUICKER. I HAVE ALSO ADDED EFFECTS TO SOME CLIPS, SUCH AS MAKING THEM DARKER, OR BOLDER COLOURS. THIS IS TO CREATE THE DIFFERENT MOODS FOR THE MOVIE, ONE BEING FEAR AND THE OTHER BEING EMOTION/PITY. IN ONE CLIP, I HAD TO STABILIZE IT IN ORDER FOR THE AUDIENCE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNISE WHAT WAS BEING PRESENTED, WHICH WAS THE BITE MARK ON THE SCTRESSES SHOULDER. I WOULD HAVE PREFERED TO JUST SLOW THE CLIP DOWN, BUT THERE WAS TOO MUCH MOVEMENT, AND FOR SOME REASON THE MAC WOULD NOT PRESENT THE FUNCTION IN ORDER TO ALTER THE CLIP’S SPEED. THIS WAS PROBABLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS A HARD DRIVE CAMERA FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE MOVIE, AND FOR THE BEGINING PART I USED A TAPE CAMERA. I HAVE TAKEN IDEAS FROM THE FILM 28 DAYS LATER WITH THE QUICK CLIPS OF THE ATTACKER AT THE BEGINNING, TO PRESENT THE TENSION AND FEAR THAT THE MOVIE WOULD HAVE.

I HAVE USED SOUND TO CREATE THE HORROR FEELING IN MY MOVIE BY STARTING WITH AN ECHOING WIND AS MY ‘SPOOKFLICKS’ PRODUCTION SPALSH IS PRESENTED. IT GIVES THE FEELING OF TENSION, AS A COLD SOUNDING WIND IS A COMMON SOUND EFFECT TO HAVE IN HORROR MOVIES. THE MUSIC THAT I PICKED OUT FROM FREEPLAYMUSIC.COM CREATED FEAR AS THE FIRST ONE WAS A STRANGE TUNE, HAVING LITTLE SOUNDS IN IT. THE SECOND MUSICAL PIECE WAS LIKE A BUILD UP OF SOMETHING BIG, AS THE PIANO TUNE WAS HIGH, AND THEN AN ORCHESTRA CREATED THE TENSION JUST BEFORE THE FILM TITLE WAS PRESENTED. I USED TWO OTHER SOUND EFFECTS FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE FILM, LIKE THE ZOMBIE SCREAM AND THE GIRLS SCREAM. THE ZOMBIE SCREAM WAS ACTUALLY A DINOSAUR ROAR THAT SOUNDED AS CLOSE AS TO WHAT I WAS HOPING TO GET.

THE MISE-EN-SCENE I USED HELPED TO CREATE THE RIGHT FEELING FOR THE FILM BY KEEPING THE IDEA THAT THEY ARE FAR AWAY, DEEP IN A FOREST. THIS MAKES PEOPLE WONDER HOW THEY GOT THERE, BUT ALSO IT GIVES THEM THE IDEA THAT THERE IS NOWHERE TO RUN OR HIDE, AND THERE IS ONLY THE FOREST. THE IDEA TO HAVE THE FILM IN THE FOREST DIDNT COME FROM ANY OF THE FILMS THAT I HAD DECONSTRUCTED, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A UNIQUE LOCATION TO HAVE TO START A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE FILM.