The editing  For our film, we used the software "adobe Premiere Pro cc" this enabled us to get the best editing out of our film. Prior to the making of "Inhabitant" we had little experience in editing. Therefore, we invested in some online editing tutorials. There are several channels dedicated to teaching their knowledge of online editing, specifically in the software we were using. 

To achieve the home video footage, we cropped the sequence to a smaller format and added layers of effects to give it the old camcorder look. Some of the features we used were "Arithmetic" and "Noise", noise gave a slight tint of grain to the picture, whereas Arithmetic focused on enhancing the blue, red and green lines, which created an old TV Look. 

Inhabitant Bloopers

INHABITANT - Horror Opening Scene G321

This is our completed edited film opening, "Inhabitant" we have included ultimate failure distortion effect to create glitching and interference to indicate old home footage, also to emphasise the realness of the situation. We included the institutions we are associated with "Clock works".

Female villains in horror movies

                           Female villains In horror movies.
most horror movies have their antagonist/supernatural villains as females as it usually goes with the story line of the film. Why do most people choose females over males for the villain? you might ask as women are traditionally  seen as more vulnerable and inferior to men this is usually represented in action movies. However in horror movies women are the best pick for being portrayed as the villain as we usually associate girls to be kind and non aggressive so when they are portrayed as evil ,murdering antagonists in the film it subverts from their stereotype. Which has more of an effect on the audience as they are shocked as to how a "girl" could scare even the toughest of men which emphasises the danger in the movie. Significantly, female villains are often portrayed as having a purpose far beyond senseless violence. Often, they are out for revenge, products of past male violence themselves. Therefore, an examination might well present us with an interesting portrayal of the Return of the Repressed and female victimisation. Female villains are represented in this way like in for example in "women in black" "The ring" "The grudge" "Carrie" and many  more.

Mercury & Solace© - Into Darkness ( Horror film opening credits)

This "Into the Darkness" opening film credits are very effective in connoting horror as the colours are dark and grim and the bold black text has a glitch effect which creates distortion and gives causes tension. The background  music also has a great impact on connoting danger as there is xylophone playing in a high pitch note which accelerates as if warning the audience that there is danger. This is very influential for the making of our film as we intend on creating our opening credits similar to this so we can connote distortion which is a main theme in our horror film.

Inhabitant Storyboard Animatic

Luiza Paulielo -starring as "Lisa" "Inhabitant" Actors interview

The Rules of Continuity in editing

The Rules of Continuity in editing

- Shot Reverse Shot - 

This is a film technique which is applied during scenes where there are several characters, this is usually where dialogue is shown between two characters. This links to the 180 degree rule, as this characters looking back and forth at each other.

- Match-on-Action - 

This refers to when one shot cuts to another that depicts the result, or continuation of an action that was shown in the previous shot. This "matches" the action. Match on action creates a continuous feel of time to the shots, as the shot cuts do not tend to be noticeable.

- The 180°Rule -

This is considered an essential to filmmaking and continuity editing. When done wrong, it will affect the overall outlook on the scene, but in some cases, may be an effect the director intended. The purpose of this rule is that the camera should stay on the same side throughout every shot of the scene. When the camera moves across the other side, it is identified as "crossing the line".

filming Location

This is the area we have intended to film in, it is a modest 2 floor house with a attic which will be a key location for our film. We think this is a suitable location as the opening of our story is based in a household and in a creepy attic with in the household. This location is also convenient for us as it is local as it is also Eleanor's Grandma's which requires no cost which is good for us due to our low budget. This location is also effective in creating a scary atmosphere as  typical modern horror movies are based in households at night for example"Paranormal activity,The conjuring". This way the story seems more personal to our audience as it suggests supernatural events like these can occur anywhere even in your home.

It Follows Soundtrack - 01 "Heels"

One of the key aspects in creating a successful horror movie is including the right type of music and sound effects in order to create a specific atmosphere in the scenes. It Follows used music composed by "Disasterpiece" watching this film the music that stood out to me the most was "Heels" by Disasterpiece as it was used as background music in  accelerated scenes e.g running away, chasing,exposure of demons. The music "Heels" is very effective as it starts of with a low buzzing sound which is then accompanied by sudden loud thuds that start pounding creating tension and acceleration then there are shrills klaxon signaling when danger is near and synths chugging into motion. overall this soundtrack is very effective in creating suspense and Adrenalin which connotes horror.