Horror Film Planning

Group planning and evidence of discussions of:

• Title - Reminisce 11/12/05
• Production company - Borderline Productions
• Group roles:  
• Photographers - Josh/Shane 
• Props designer - Lewis
• Musical director - Kelly
• Director - Shane/Josh
• Script - Kelly
• Lighting Manager - Josh
• Costume designer - Shane
• Location manager - Lewis/Josh
• Producer - Kelly
• Actors - Shane, Kelly, Josh, Lewis, Mrs Bobbett, Mrs Twydell and son
• Casting - Shane
• Assistant director - Lewis
• Settings - Shed, Shane's house, town centre, Josh's dad's pub, living room and bedroom
• Filming style - Hollywood Style
• Storyboard of title sequence and opening scene
• Shot lists
•  Close up
• Mid shots
• Established shots
• Shot reverse shot
• Extreme close up
• Long shot
• High angle shot
• Props
• Dolls - as the kill will be playing with one
• Tools - the killer could be use these as weapons
• Telephone - used in the opening scene
• Gloves - the killer wears these to make himself more mysterious and hide his identity
• Police tape - used around the crime scene
• Microphone - the news reporter uses one
• TV - used to watch the news on
• Balloon -
• Calendar - used in the title sequence
• Picture frame - used in the title sequence
• Cake - used in the title sequence
• Candles
• Birthday card - used in the title sequence
• Target audience - 15 - 30
• Sound and music (incompetech.com)
• Chase Pulse
• Chase Pulse Faster
• Children's Theme
• Darkest Child
• Gloom Horizon
• Mechanolith
• Pop goes the weasel
• One of them
• Unlight
• Production schedule (times, dates, equipment)
• Tuesday 6th December - HD Camera and tripod stand (title sequence first take)
• Tuesday 13th December - HD Camera and tripod stand (title sequence take two and opening scene)
• Certificate and reasons why - 15 because there is no strong use of bad language

Representation of Teen Life

This is what we filmed to represent a teen life, we chose stealing someone's phone due to the fact that it is what some teenagers would do, it focuses on the issue of mugging.

Target Audience of Horror Films

Female Horror Fan

Likes: Shopping, make-up and clothes
Dislikes: Sports and video games
Clothing: Hoodies, leather jackets and skinny jeans
Shops: New Look, River Island, Topshop and Primark
Music: Pop, R&B and Hip Hop
Occupation: Part time or full time jobs
Money: £100-£400 a month
Education: Full time, part time or left
Class Status: Middle Class
Other Films: Mean Girls, The Notebook and Titanic

Male Horror Fan



Likes: Sports and video games

Dislikes:
Clothing: Hoodies, chinos and t-shirts
Shops: Topshop, Hollister, Jack Will and Superdry
Music: Dubstep, R&B and Hip Hop
Occupation: Part time or full time jobs
Money: £100-£400 a month
Education: Full time, part time or left
Class Status: Middle Class
Other Films: 8 Mile, Harold and Kumar and Hangover

Independent Research

Most horror film titles tell you what the film is about such as "When a Stranger Calls" you can tell this is about a stranger calling and mysterious things happening and "Paranormal Activity" you can tell that something paranormal is going to happen such as seeing ghosts. Horror film settings tend to be in dark dingy areas such as a dark alley way or in an attic, this is to create tension and fear in the audience. In Sce4m is set mainly in dark areas, in one of the scenes you see the outside of the house in darkness it creates tension for the audience. The lighting in a horror film is quite important and that's why most horror films happen during the night. They also make horror films at night because shadows can play a part in the scene as seeing shadows can create a scary and mysterious atmosphere. Props may an very important role in horror films as they can be the weapons used in a murder. You will find that most horror films use knifes and chainsaws as their murder weapons. They use chainsaws because the noise that a chainsaw can make can be rather scary and they use knifes because it is an easy accessible weapon. In Scre4m they use knives as its an easy weapon to get hold of.

This is the weapon that was used in Scre4m

The picture used for the eyes is of a person screaming with their mouth open this tells us its going to be a horror film and the title tells us its about a missed call.

Production company logos and types of films

20th century fox is in gold which shows its quite a high up production company. Gold is the colour of riches and extravagance which connotes that 20th century is a well off company.

Films by 20th century fox:

- Avatar

- Rio

- Rise of the Planet of the Apes

- X-men First Class

Dreamworks is all in blue which connotes a calming and friendly affect  Its also of a picture up a child fishing on the mood which shows that the production company produces children's films.

Films by Dreamworks:

- The Cat in the Hat

- Madagascar

- Shrek 

Paramount is a picture on top of a mountain with stars around it, the stars show that it better than 5 star and is really good, the picture on top of the mountain shows that they are the top production company.

Films by Paramount:

- Kung Fu Panda

- Transformers

- Mean Girls

- The School of Rock

Universal is a picture of the world with gold writing, the picture of the world shows that it is a production company used all over the world and the gold writing shows it is a good company.

Films by Paramount:

- Fast Five

- Paul

- Despicable Me

 

 

Warner Bros. is up high in the clouds which show it is a top production company, also the gold connote that the production company is gold standard.

Films by Paramount:

- Due Date

- The Hangover

- P.S I Love You

- The Dark Knight



Seven title sequence

2 Secs: An extreme close up of an old book
3 Secs: The production company appears on the screen - "New Line Cinema Presents".
7 Secs: The inner title appears with a black and white font - "An Arnold Kopelson production"
8 Secs: A close up of a hand
13 Secs: "Brad Pitt" appears on the screen
16 Secs: Extreme close up of fingers holding a razor
18 Secs: "Morgan Freeman" appears on the screen.
23 Secs: "SE7EN" appears on the screen
24 Secs: The title flashes bigger
29 Secs: "Gwyneth Paltrow" appears on screen.
34 Secs: Close up of a pen writing on paper and overlapping images.
36 Secs: Red filter appears
39 Secs: Extreme close up of film strips being cut up with scissors
43 Secs: Close up of photographs
52 Secs: Book with writing on
54: Secs: More actors names
61 Secs: A point of view shot of a hand crossing out words
71 Secs: An image of a boy with a pen crossing out his eyes
74: Secs: The red filter is over the screen with the image of the boy in the background with his face all crossed out
76 Secs: The red filter is still over the screen with photos at the top and pens at the bottom
79 Secs: Film negatives
85 Secs: Range of photos shown.
96 Secs: Hands playing with a needle
102 Secs: Hands are threading the needle through pieces of paper
107 Secs: A book is being binded with the needle
118 Secs: Several photos

Italian Job title sequence

During lesson we looked at the Italian Job title sequence, the first thing we saw was the company logo which in this case was paramount.

The title sequence is rather mysterious and as it doesn't show too much information about the film which keeps the audience on edge, wondering what is going to happen next, which also makes them want to watch the rest of the film. We are only shown tiny snippets on the the video as most of it is covered in black this is one of the reasons that the title sequence seems mysterious. It also contains no dialogues and only shows two shots of a person in which we think is the main character but we are unsure as the sequence gives us no clues to who he is. Many credits are shown such as the producers and directors. The music used in the title sequence is also mysterious and speeds up slowly over the period of the title sequence this creates tension and also creates a mysterious theme to it.

This is a print screen of the Italian Job title sequence, you can see from this that it doesn't give much information away as all oyu can see is "(A) ENTERS"

Result of questionanire

I gave my questionnaire to people ages 16-18 and found that the most watched genre was horror and comedy. The questionnaire shows that 7/10 people tend to watch films at night and 7/10 in their own homes. Genre tended to be what influenced a person to watch a film but also the actors/actresses influenced the persons choice. It showed that most people go to the cinema monthly or every two months but it also depends on whats on at the cinema.

Questionnaire on film habits

Questionnaire

Name:

Age:

Gender:

What types of genres do you like watching?

When do you watch films?

Where do you watch films?

What influences your choice in films?

Price           

Actors/actresses

Genres              

How often do you go cinema?

What is your favourite film?

Who is your favourite actor/actress?

Horror Film Research

Name of film	Rating (imdb)	Who it’s watched by	Budget	Gross Profit
The Thing	6.7/10	15-20	$35,000,000	$849,0000
Red State	6.4/10	18-23	$4,000,000	$1,065,000
Paranormal Activity 2	5.8/10	15-20	$2,750,000	$84,749,884
Scream 4	6.5/10	15-20	$40,000,000	$97,037,610
Insidious	6.8/10	15-20	$1,500,000	$53,991,137
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark	6.1/10	15-20	$25,000,000	$23,974,729
Fright Night	6.8/10	15-20	$30,000,000	$18,269,107
Priest	5.7/10	12-17	$60,000,000	$78,309,131
Scre4m	6.5/10	15-20	$40,000,000	$97,037,610
Apollo 18	5.6/10	15-20	$5,000,000	$17,605,192

This is my research for horror films, I looked at the ratings their audience gave them and their budget and gross profit. The best rated films were Insidioius and Fright Night and the one with the lowest rating was Apollo 18. I also included the target audience which evidently shows that mainly 15-20 year olds watch horror/ thriller films. This shows that when making my horror film title I need to aim it at an audience ages 15-20.