Planning for Final Task

After having completed our preliminary task, we are currently in the planning stages of producing our final product which will consist of a two-minute opening sequence. I shall be working with the same group I had collaborated with on a previous project: Benjamin Sherlock; Patrick Brennan; Liam Edwards. For this project we decided to put together a short horror sequence because we all have an admiration for the horror genre and we wanted to explore the genre even further as our last project involved the drama/thriller genres.

During the planning stages of our project, we came up with what would be required in terms of how our short was going to be made as well as how it would fit into the horror genre. Upon further development, we all submitted several ideas which can be viewed in the image below.

We needed to come up with a good title for our project; something somewhat original as well as being synonymous with the horror genre. Notable examples of classic horror titles include: Psycho (1960); Jaws (1975); A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984); Saw (2004) etc.

We decided to name our horror short "The Woods Have Ears" as the majority of the video would take place in a wooded area and would also serve as a tribute to the 1977 Wes Craven classic The Hills Have Eyes. Although I personally did not care much for the chosen title, the majority of the group were in favour of "Ears", therefore the title stuck.



Having come up with a concept for our film we developed a mood board that consisted of lighting; props; filming locations; costumes; camera angles etc. (This can be seen in the image above.) As for the narrative of our short, it will focus on a young man walking through the woods one day who suddenly finds himself being haunted by a the ghost of a young girl.props; filming locations; costume; camera angles etc.

Below is the first draft of our script:

Following a group discussion concerning how we were going to film certain parts of the video, we ultimately came to the conclusion that we would have to limit our options when we would come to filming the opening sequence.