The logo is black and white on each side of the 'line' with the writing in opposing sides colour, this is used because it shows the way that light and darkness is perceived in horror films.
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Production Company Logo
The logo is black and white on each side of the 'line' with the writing in opposing sides colour, this is used because it shows the way that light and darkness is perceived in horror films.
Monday, 5 December 2011
Horror Film Setting Photo's
Here are some picture of our setting ideas
This would be a good setting idea as graveyards are creepy and are associated with death.
This would be a good setting as it looks creepy and dingy and would be a perfect setting for a horror film as you can imagine someone scary living in there.
This would be a good setting as churches are where funerals can be held.
This would be a good setting as its a stairway that could lead to a scary dungon.
This would be a good setting as its a big dark whole in which the killer could keep his victims bodies in.
We didn't use any of these settings because we wanted to use a household setting as most horror films are set in houses. this is an example of our setting that we chose to use. We also didn't use these settings because the area in which they are situated is a busy public area so it would have been hard to film there as there would have been numerous amounts of background noise.
Reminiscence - Script
Scene 1 - A child's plea(Scene begins with a long shot of a mother and child, they are standing near a road and the child is being disciplined by the mother, the child is holding a red balloon)
Mother - (angrily) Look at me when I'm talking to you!
Child - (defiantly) I am!
Mother - Don't you backchat me!
Child - I'm nooooooot!
(Shot changes to a high angle shot with a close up of a hand grasping a doll, looking down upon the pair from a window.)
Mother - (threatening) I've had enough of you! You're grounded, you just wait until I tell your dad!
(Low angle shot of the rising red balloon that the child has let go of in a panic)
Child - (afraid) No! Please don't tell dad! I'm sorry!
The idea behind this initial 20 second scene is to provide the suggested killer with a motivation for his actions and to introduce his trademark item, the doll. By familiarising the audience with this concept early on we are able to lay the foundations for the rest of the production. The high angle shot of the suggested killer in particular is used to show there power.
Scene 2 - Crime Scene
(Initial long shot of news reporter infront of a crime scene)
Reporter - (Calm with an undertone of fear) Police today lauched a multiple murder enquiry after the gruesome discovery of a mutilated body around 7pm yesterday on Shakespeare Road.
(Low angle midshot of covered body being removed from the scene)
Reporter - (freaked out) It is believed to be the fifth in a series of killings where the body is left... with a doll?
(Close up of doll)
(Transition to a zoom out shot of two people watching the report)
Reporter - (Regaining composure) Police still have no leads on the case and are appealing for witnesses. Just when will it end?
(Couple exchange worried looks on the sofa)
Josh - Did you hear that? That's the road Shane lives on! (anxious)
Kelly - (comforting) Maybe you should call Shane, just to make sure he's alright?
Josh - (picks up phone) Ok, you're right, I'll call him.
(cut to a close up of side table/chest of drawers type object with phone vibrating on top)
(Hand suddenly jumps on phone)
Josh - (Hesitantly) Hello? (pause) Shane?
(unknown individual brings phone closer to face, hand has a res substance over it in parts, shot cuts out anything above the top lip)
Shane - (sinister voice) Shane's not here right now.
Josh- (Scared and worried, looks over to Kelly for support) Who is this? Where's Shane?!
Shane - (Still sinister) He's Dead! And I'm coming for you next...Josh.
Josh - (Increasingly scared) This isn't funny, who is this? How do you know my name!?
(Shows full face)
Shane - (laughing) Just messing with you, it's Shane.
Josh - (relieved yet angry) Don't do that ever again!...you had me worried.
(Shane looks out of window onto the crime scene)
Shane - (smugly) Sorry mate, it had to be done.
Mother - (angrily) Look at me when I'm talking to you!
Child - (defiantly) I am!
Mother - Don't you backchat me!
Child - I'm nooooooot!
(Shot changes to a high angle shot with a close up of a hand grasping a doll, looking down upon the pair from a window.)
Mother - (threatening) I've had enough of you! You're grounded, you just wait until I tell your dad!
(Low angle shot of the rising red balloon that the child has let go of in a panic)
Child - (afraid) No! Please don't tell dad! I'm sorry!
The idea behind this initial 20 second scene is to provide the suggested killer with a motivation for his actions and to introduce his trademark item, the doll. By familiarising the audience with this concept early on we are able to lay the foundations for the rest of the production. The high angle shot of the suggested killer in particular is used to show there power.
Scene 2 - Crime Scene
(Initial long shot of news reporter infront of a crime scene)
Reporter - (Calm with an undertone of fear) Police today lauched a multiple murder enquiry after the gruesome discovery of a mutilated body around 7pm yesterday on Shakespeare Road.
(Low angle midshot of covered body being removed from the scene)
Reporter - (freaked out) It is believed to be the fifth in a series of killings where the body is left... with a doll?
(Close up of doll)
(Transition to a zoom out shot of two people watching the report)
Reporter - (Regaining composure) Police still have no leads on the case and are appealing for witnesses. Just when will it end?
(Couple exchange worried looks on the sofa)
Josh - Did you hear that? That's the road Shane lives on! (anxious)
Kelly - (comforting) Maybe you should call Shane, just to make sure he's alright?
Josh - (picks up phone) Ok, you're right, I'll call him.
(cut to a close up of side table/chest of drawers type object with phone vibrating on top)
(Hand suddenly jumps on phone)
Josh - (Hesitantly) Hello? (pause) Shane?
(unknown individual brings phone closer to face, hand has a res substance over it in parts, shot cuts out anything above the top lip)
Shane - (sinister voice) Shane's not here right now.
Josh- (Scared and worried, looks over to Kelly for support) Who is this? Where's Shane?!
Shane - (Still sinister) He's Dead! And I'm coming for you next...Josh.
Josh - (Increasingly scared) This isn't funny, who is this? How do you know my name!?
(Shows full face)
Shane - (laughing) Just messing with you, it's Shane.
Josh - (relieved yet angry) Don't do that ever again!...you had me worried.
(Shane looks out of window onto the crime scene)
Shane - (smugly) Sorry mate, it had to be done.
Reminiscence - Plot
We thought that if our 2 minute short section was to be as successful as it could be then we would need to develop a plotline for a full sized movie so that we know exactly what needs to be achieved in this opening section that we are to produce.
Killer Haunted by his siblings death on their birthday, feels anger towards the role parents played in this. After killing his own parents, he develops a taste for murder and decides to punish those he see's to be incompetent parents.
(These ideas will be pursued in the title sequence of the clip)
Every year on the month leading up to the deceased siblings birthday, murders take place on parents with children aged 6-11 years old. The victims body is then adorned with a doll as a reminder of the dead sibling. In order to test the remaining parents love for their child the killer leaves a clue to the childs location.
Latest Killing occurs on the street of a teenage babysitters house, the concerned friends of this teenager proceed to ring them in order to confirm their safety. They then travel to the babysitters house for a houseparty. During the party, the child is left unattended and the killer (a guest at the party) snatches the child and slaughters the majority of the household.
Killer leaves an adress for the survivors to follow if they want the child back, it is revealed that at each location a sacrifice must be made for the next location to be revealed. They must reach the final trial by midnight if the child is to live.
Killer Haunted by his siblings death on their birthday, feels anger towards the role parents played in this. After killing his own parents, he develops a taste for murder and decides to punish those he see's to be incompetent parents.
(These ideas will be pursued in the title sequence of the clip)
Every year on the month leading up to the deceased siblings birthday, murders take place on parents with children aged 6-11 years old. The victims body is then adorned with a doll as a reminder of the dead sibling. In order to test the remaining parents love for their child the killer leaves a clue to the childs location.
Latest Killing occurs on the street of a teenage babysitters house, the concerned friends of this teenager proceed to ring them in order to confirm their safety. They then travel to the babysitters house for a houseparty. During the party, the child is left unattended and the killer (a guest at the party) snatches the child and slaughters the majority of the household.
Killer leaves an adress for the survivors to follow if they want the child back, it is revealed that at each location a sacrifice must be made for the next location to be revealed. They must reach the final trial by midnight if the child is to live.
Why Reminiscence ?
When deciding the title for our horror, we had to think about the plot of the film in order to think of a name, so once we had a plot we spent a while choosing what name would suit our film best. When choosing the name we had to take into consideration the word length and we wanted ours to be short and simple and something that the audience would remember. We didn't want the name to be over 3 words as it would be a mouthful and people wouldn't remember it.
By including a date on the title in made the title seem mysterious as no one knew what the date was about, the events that occur in the opening scene link to the title and the date. We wanted the title to have a sense of mystery so that it created a sense of unease
We had many other ideas such as "Happy Birthday" to "Resonance" and many more but in the end we chose "Reminiscence". We came up with the name by searching memory into a thesaurus and chose the word that sounded best. Words such as "anamnesis" and "subconsciousness". Immediately reminiscence sounded right for our film.
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