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As I watched the film I wasn't so sure what notes I was supposed to take so I may have went a bit overboard and wrote out what happened in most of the scenes, now I didn't exactly hate the film but the most annoying bits would have to be for the ads that came in as it took up most of the film's time. I had started to write down notes as soon as it played and didn't realise I wasn't really watching the film till later on so some of my notes will be me talking about the ads. Most of my notes are messy and have most of the character names completely wrong...The screengrabs I have put up mostly have the timed mark on them to show I did fully go through the film and to see what I was watching while I took my notes.
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Book
The Haunting of Hill House (1959) is a gothic horror novel by Shirley Jackson. The novel is a finalist for the National Book Award and considered as one of the best ghost stories that published in the 20th century. Later on made into two feature films and a play and is one of the basis for the Netflix series. The novel is more terror than horror which is made to elicit emotion into the reader as it uses complex relations between mysterious events in the house.
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The Netflix adaption (2018) follows the same storyline of the original film but has been changed, for instance the guests are now all siblings but they must manage to stay overnight while they experience paranormal activity. The show is created and directed by Mike Flanagan.
The 1999 adaption follows the original storyline where five random guests have been invited but instead of a house they have been invited to an abandoned insane asylum, they have been offered $1 million to stay overnight if they are able to survive. Produced by Robert Zemeckis and Joel Silver. There is also a 2007 sequel titles "Return To Haunted House" |
When I first think of Horror and 3D I immediately think of Tim Burton's stop motion films, although not necessarily horror, but his concepts have that horror-fantasy vibe to them especially with the way he uses colour and lighting. I took took so photos from Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie and The nightmare before Christmas. If I create a character I hope to show off the Burton style within the 3D work.
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I came across Mister Finch's work on Pinterest and found his blog, He hand sews his work with up-cycled and new materials, from discarded wire, steel and wood, to vintage tapestries, cross stitch samplers, tablecloths, antique silverware and rescued cloth. He draws Inspirations from folklore and Yorkshire wildlife.
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Vivariums have a nice look to them as they are mainly caged, although it is mostly plants I am unsure how I would add in a glass case to fit with my storyline but I do like the thought of these.
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I've had a look at some dollhouses which look like they would be fun but I think the amount of little objects and details would pull me away from it all. I was thinking of creating a dollhouse out of cardboard and to have each little room for each character but thinking back I think this would take a lot of time.
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During Tony's session I looked further into Blackwell's work as she uses books for her work, the film I was given is based on a novel and I thought that using book spreads could also be a subtle way to feature that.
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I noticed that I haven't done much research for type but my mind went straight to wire as this could easily be turned into a horror theme. I will however look up other types of fonts and see what works best for the film and my design.
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during my thumbnails process I mainly took what I could remember from the film and see if I could recreate some scenes as well as adding in any props - however I don't feel like these thumbnails are staying true to the film so for my development I will be re doing some ideas but changing them to fit into the theme and genre of my film and staying more true to how it's created.
I was mainly looking at some material inspiration for the thumbnails which is were I think it went a bit wrong, so to continue forward I will be focusing more on research based on the film itself although as my film does include a skeleton I feel like the thumbnails might be brought forward in a "terrible" horror sense. |
For more research about the genre of my film I looked into some old and new horror posters and how they show off their movie. Now with the film I have been given looks like the poster is pretty old and not that terrifying - I will try my best to keep to that theme. I also need to have a look at the typeface and how I'm going to add the title.
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During the small Monday briefing as well as a small feedback later on I was told to look up Tomaz and just take the time to look into the simplicity of the work and materials compared to the artists I have chosen who have more refined detailed work.
Looking through his work I really like the creepy broken dolls, It gives a horror vibe without it being dark - I will try and experiment with this as well |
Another artist mentioned was Isidro - another artist who uses objects but doesn't add too much details into the work. The text placements however are digital and fall around the place for some work which I may try to experiment with some wire.
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HOUSE ON HAUNTed HILL (1959)My final poster was created using a variety of materials such as Clay, paper, stuffing, wire and random objects. Inspired by the 1959 movie 'House on Haunted Hill' starring Vincent Price.
For my final It is definitely not what I had imagined as I was going for a scary horror theme but ended up looking spooky but not entirely scary. I don't think 3D is something I have really been confident in but taking on the challenge I much preferred this project compared to the 3D work I did in the first semester. My favourite part of this design is the blue lighting as such a small detail can really change the design so much. |