Final Artefact Research & Planning...

Before I presented my piece of work for the creative media module I researched into the type of project I was going to produce and planned what themec and method I felt most comfortable using! I decided to choose YouTube annotations as my method as I enjoyed producing this during practice excersises. I also decided to base my theme around halloween as I began planning around 31st October, therfore decided to produce sequence of horror clips on youtube, that form a small interactive game. Here is some of my planning/research oahead of the final piece!

For my final Artifact I decided that using YouTube Annotations was the best way to present my project as:

• Easiest method to present a horror sequence
• Best way to combine music and video for a horror feel
• Genuinely preferred using an interactive project as this has allowed the user to make choices throuhhout.

I found this online article useful, in helping me to create the typical edgy atmosphere for a horror film. This gave my guidance in paying attention to the use of Audio, costume, Graphic Scenes, Use of victims and generally creating a spooky atmosphere for the user, when interactive with each short clip.

http://voices.yahoo.com/characteristics-horror-movie-8691959.html

I based my horror sequence on the popular 'American Horror Story Series, combined with the Friday 13th series. Having watched the first 2 series of AHS, I decided that this would be an ideal piece to base my work on; an old fashioned approach to Horror films. The 'Intruder' in my horror scenes is based on character Jason Voorhees, from Firday 13th. I attempted to recreate his appearance and use a sneak-up scene to imitate the muder scenes in the films. I decided to capture all of my footage indoors and base most of it in the living room & kitchen, the same as in America Horror Story Series 1 and also the Friday 13th Series. Many Horror scenes happen in a house in AHS, where my idea of having an intruder entering a home worked. To make this work as an interactive game, I looked at a range of clips from the AHS episodes, and worked out how I would offer the user a set of options/choices throughout the film, before leading them to an ultimatum: e.g. The big decision between picking two items in a fridge, which would lead either losing or winning at the game. For the series of videos, once I had annotated and linked each video togethers, I then picked a suitable soundtrack for each one, and attached this to the video via YouTube. I searched for the most appropriate sound that would give the sequence a horror feel.