Wednesday 27 October 2010
Settings In Horror Movies:
Below I have done some research into the settings used in horror movies and have presented it on a slide form.This research will help influence our film concept, as we have to consider what would be a good setting to use in out horror trailer.
Below is a link to a forum which shows suggestions for a good horror movie setting:
http://www.killermovies.com/forums/
It is a good idea to research into other peoples opinion on horror movie settings because it is important to know what atmosphere frightens people and makes them feel uncomfortable, and from this we can conclude on a suitable setting for our movie setting.
Friday 22 October 2010
Research into Certification:
Our movie is rated 15+ and therefor follow strict rules in what we can include. I went on the http://www.bbfc.co.uk/ website and looked at what we can and cannot include in our trailer. I found out that we can:- Show strong threat and menace unless sadistic or sexualised.
- Show dangerous behaviour eg hanging or self harming but should not dwell on detail which could be copied eg easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.
- Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain and injury
Front cover of magazines analysis:
Film magazines, although aimed at different audiences, they all feature the same conventions, and follow a stock format. All film magazines follow certain house style which they follow in every issue, this house style may include the title of the magazine along as other features of the magazine. Magazines often take stills taken from the actual film to place on the front cover, however pictures taken separate from the film can also be used. A common technique used on the images is to make it look 3D as if it were coming of the page, this done by the image overlapping the title or other pieces of text.
Harry Potter:
An example of this is the empire magazine who used the movie 'Harry Potter'. The image used for Harry Potter is taken from the actual movie with the main characters of the movie. On the front page is the most important character who is the main image and is larger and the supporting characters being at the bottom of the magazine cover with smaller images.The title of the magazine 'EMPIRE' is in the background with the main character just in the front.
Dark Knight:
Another example of this is The Dark Knight but they use a still image not from the movie. Instead they put the antagonist on the front cover of the magazine. This image looks like its in the background of text making it look more scary as if hes coming out the page .
Film magazines, although aimed at different audiences, they all feature the same conventions, and follow a stock format. All film magazines follow certain house style which they follow in every issue, this house style may include the title of the magazine along as other features of the magazine. Magazines often take stills taken from the actual film to place on the front cover, however pictures taken separate from the film can also be used. A common technique used on the images is to make it look 3D as if it were coming of the page, this done by the image overlapping the title or other pieces of text.
Harry Potter:
An example of this is the empire magazine who used the movie 'Harry Potter'. The image used for Harry Potter is taken from the actual movie with the main characters of the movie. On the front page is the most important character who is the main image and is larger and the supporting characters being at the bottom of the magazine cover with smaller images.The title of the magazine 'EMPIRE' is in the background with the main character just in the front.
Dark Knight:
Thursday 21 October 2010
What is more important images or word?
In my opinion i think images are more important as it is the first thing that catches peoples eye when looking at a poster. Images attract people to see a film/movie as it has more clues and narrative as to what the movie is about and if its worth seeing. The title is often simply intended to set up a question in your head; an image can carry more than one meaning or believe through co,ours and movement in an image. However, many people would disagree and say that words are just as important as people respond to it better than images. Images can take a while to be processed in your head whereas words can be simulated quickly. Words have just as many meaning than images as how a word is written and shaped has to be taken in to account.
In my opinion i think images are more important as it is the first thing that catches peoples eye when looking at a poster. Images attract people to see a film/movie as it has more clues and narrative as to what the movie is about and if its worth seeing. The title is often simply intended to set up a question in your head; an image can carry more than one meaning or believe through co,ours and movement in an image. However, many people would disagree and say that words are just as important as people respond to it better than images. Images can take a while to be processed in your head whereas words can be simulated quickly. Words have just as many meaning than images as how a word is written and shaped has to be taken in to account.
Target Audience Profile:
- Lady's and Gents aged between 15+
- Like the thrill of horror movies and like to be surprised
- Have allowances of £10 a week in addition to school and work fees
- Are interested in the latest movies and trailers
- Have a very outgoing social life
- Come from households with incomes of £35,000+
Ben aged 16 and Carol 17 are a couple. They both live in the city with their family in 4 bedroom flats. In their free time they like to hang out and watch movies together. Both are college students who study film studies hence their interest in having movie nights. Ben and Carol both have a wide collection of DVDs which they share between them. Ben's mum is a upcoming actress, for now she works as stock characters in horror/thriller TV dramas. Carol's mum is a reporter for the online version of the empire magazine.
Props:
What is the significance of props in horror movies?
Without props, horror characters would not be scary. For example, try to imagine Jason Vorhees without his machete, Freddy without his claws, Michael Myers without his mask and even Jigsaw without his puppet tricycle thing. Many great horror films have a lot in memorable moments and the use of their props help to add value to their characters. It is a known fact that every killer in a horror film has a good prop beside them. However, even the normal protagonist who don't kill anyone, for example ghost or vampires, have their props. An actor in a horror film can only do so much to scare the audience without their props. I f Jason Vorhees stood over them looking very plain like and shouting wouldn't give anyone a fright. We linked the props to our ideas as we plan to use a chainsaw and distinctive clothing to separate the antagonist from the protagonist.
Costumes:
The concept of our film trailer was to focus on the idea of keeping the antagonist anonymous. To do this, we had chosen to keep the face of our antagonist hidden. I have researched other films and found that many horror movies use masks or a lot of makeup to cover the disfigurement or face of the killer. This has influenced our groups idea on how our antagonist should look like. Friday the 13th
On the left is shown the antagonist in the film 'Friday the 13th'. He is shown wearing a mask to keep his identity a secret from the audience and of those who are in the movie. This is a good example of what we want our antagonist wearing as the mask looks scary and the holes adds depth to the mask as you can see they eyes but keeps the rest of the face hidden even with all those holes. This is the kind of look we want to achieve in our trailer. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
On the right hand side you can see the antagonist from the movie 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'. Here the villain isn't wearing a mask but a lot of make up to form a distorted face and this also makes the villain look scary and not something you would come across everyday and it is not seen as normal in society.
Wednesday 20 October 2010
Shooting Schedule:
Today, we have also decided the dates we are going to start shooting our trailer. We have carried out a substantial amount of research and planning which had helped us gain our understanding of the horror genre and trailers.
The date we will starts shooting our trailer is on 27th October 2010. We have all decided on our location too. The trailer we will be shot at one our group members house and garden. We have decided on this location because our synopsis is all about a man, who steals kids on Halloween and makes them play horrific games with them inside the house. The garden will be used were he buries the children.
We are going to film after 6pm when it starts to get dark to give the trailer the full horror effect and keeps the audience more alert, feeling like they need to keep their eyes closed and peak through their fingers.
Today, we have also decided the dates we are going to start shooting our trailer. We have carried out a substantial amount of research and planning which had helped us gain our understanding of the horror genre and trailers.
The date we will starts shooting our trailer is on 27th October 2010. We have all decided on our location too. The trailer we will be shot at one our group members house and garden. We have decided on this location because our synopsis is all about a man, who steals kids on Halloween and makes them play horrific games with them inside the house. The garden will be used were he buries the children.We are going to film after 6pm when it starts to get dark to give the trailer the full horror effect and keeps the audience more alert, feeling like they need to keep their eyes closed and peak through their fingers.
Initial Title and Changes:
Today we had a group discussion and even though we have based all our research around our initial title 31, we have changed our idea after doing some extra research. We have decided that that we are going to change our title to '31.10.10'. All the planning and research we have carried out and blogged will still apply to our new title.
We have decided to change the name of our title simply because we though having just 31 isn't enough to excite the audience, although it represents the date halloween, we though we could take it a step further and represent the actual date of halloween this year. There will also never be October 2010 again, so the 10 10 really has a lot of significance to the present day. It also signifies that the film is going to be very modern and will always be remembered for it's date.
Our title was influenced by other film's whose titles consisted of numbers, for example, Friday the 13th and Case 39. These numbers also had a huge significance in the film and really informed their audiences on what the film was about.
Today we had a group discussion and even though we have based all our research around our initial title 31, we have changed our idea after doing some extra research. We have decided that that we are going to change our title to '31.10.10'. All the planning and research we have carried out and blogged will still apply to our new title.
Our title was influenced by other film's whose titles consisted of numbers, for example, Friday the 13th and Case 39. These numbers also had a huge significance in the film and really informed their audiences on what the film was about.
Tuesday 19 October 2010
Synopsis:
In a small town called Camden the man behind door number 31 isn't who the neighbours think he is. To them hes just a vulnerable man who's never had anyone but himself. On the night of trick and treats one man changes everything in the spine-tingling horror, written and directed by an extraordinary collaboration of Naresa Azemi, Rema Kadir and Asma Begum, who have all been previous award winning horror directors and writers.
The man (Jason Shrew) kills the children one by one after he puts them through a roller coaster of hell with his horrifying Halloween games that he plans all year. When a string of grisly murderes puts the town on high alert, the man dissaperas to his family farm in the countryside and leaves the parents wondering what happened on the night of celebration?
Jason Shrew had a troubled life growing up, his parents abused him, they were both alcoholics. He tried to find an escape. He attempted every possible thing in the book to be seen as a popular kid by his classmates but regardless he remained the outcast. One day everything changed. He realized that if he turned to crime and deviance he would finally get some attention. The journey to hell for many people started on that day.
The gifted cast of '31.10.10' take the audience into the mind of a very troubled man, longing for some attention and love, but he goes about things the wrong way and takes kids and families through some gruesome and chilling encounters. How many murders will it take for the parents to figure out who the killer is? Will someone survive? Embrace yourselves for this award-nominated horror movie and strap yourselves in because you are in for the fright of your life.
In a small town called Camden the man behind door number 31 isn't who the neighbours think he is. To them hes just a vulnerable man who's never had anyone but himself. On the night of trick and treats one man changes everything in the spine-tingling horror, written and directed by an extraordinary collaboration of Naresa Azemi, Rema Kadir and Asma Begum, who have all been previous award winning horror directors and writers.
The man (Jason Shrew) kills the children one by one after he puts them through a roller coaster of hell with his horrifying Halloween games that he plans all year. When a string of grisly murderes puts the town on high alert, the man dissaperas to his family farm in the countryside and leaves the parents wondering what happened on the night of celebration?
Jason Shrew had a troubled life growing up, his parents abused him, they were both alcoholics. He tried to find an escape. He attempted every possible thing in the book to be seen as a popular kid by his classmates but regardless he remained the outcast. One day everything changed. He realized that if he turned to crime and deviance he would finally get some attention. The journey to hell for many people started on that day.
The gifted cast of '31.10.10' take the audience into the mind of a very troubled man, longing for some attention and love, but he goes about things the wrong way and takes kids and families through some gruesome and chilling encounters. How many murders will it take for the parents to figure out who the killer is? Will someone survive? Embrace yourselves for this award-nominated horror movie and strap yourselves in because you are in for the fright of your life.
Tuesday 12 October 2010
Mise En Scene:
Mise en Scene: These are all the things that are put into the scene e.g. the setting and decor. Narrative films often manipulate the elements of mise en scene to intensify or undermine the ostensible significance of a particular scene. Lighting: Light effects the way colours are rendered, both in terms of hue and depth, and focus attention on particular elements of the composition. Most mainstream films rely on the three point lighting style, and its genre variations. Summary/Plotline and Narratives: There are three typical horror elements found in many horror movies: A fierce creature is the first typical element found in horror movies. A lot of movies in this genre use fierce animal to make a plot, making that animal huge, savage and intelligent can without a doubt horrify people. Using characters who are frightened all the time and are running away from the creature also excites people. These characters always succeed in escaping from some danger, but sometimes fail to escape from other dangers. The supernatural is the second thing which is used as a typical horror element in this movie category. Supernatural things are often used to scare people and have a unique style and have become very popular. The third horror element is murder. Filmmakers often use a scary human character to be a typical element. In some movies, the character wears scary clothes and a mask as he commits the murders. These movies nearly always start with a group of friend or people and each one gets killed until there is a revelation of the murderer in the end of the movie. During this time the audience anticipated who is the murderer and most of the time incorrect. These are also conflicts at the end of the movies, which surprise people as most conflict are related to revenge. This helps our concept as it gives us an idea of what to base our concept around and how to go about doing that. |
Our Concept:
In our group, we came up with our concept which will be everything from mise en scene to props, plot and story line and all the other conventions we will include in our trailer.
We have decided to call our film 31 as it really grasp onto the horror idea as 31 is a significant date in October as it is Halloween. It is also the the number 13 if you flip it around which isn't the luckiest number/day only on a Friday. Our story-line is about a man who no one sees all ear round, until the 31st October, which can be no other day than Halloween. He snatches any children who trick or treat at his door and puts then through a roller coaster of hell with his horrifying Halloween games he plans all year round. He then viciously kills them but who will survive? Will he get away with this cold blooded, sick mind games? Why does he do this? All will be revealed if you patently wait. Embrace yourself for an inviting trailer which will make you want to come and watch 31 at cinemas near you!
In our group, we came up with our concept which will be everything from mise en scene to props, plot and story line and all the other conventions we will include in our trailer.
We have decided to call our film 31 as it really grasp onto the horror idea as 31 is a significant date in October as it is Halloween. It is also the the number 13 if you flip it around which isn't the luckiest number/day only on a Friday. Our story-line is about a man who no one sees all ear round, until the 31st October, which can be no other day than Halloween. He snatches any children who trick or treat at his door and puts then through a roller coaster of hell with his horrifying Halloween games he plans all year round. He then viciously kills them but who will survive? Will he get away with this cold blooded, sick mind games? Why does he do this? All will be revealed if you patently wait. Embrace yourself for an inviting trailer which will make you want to come and watch 31 at cinemas near you!
Wednesday 6 October 2010
Tuesday 5 October 2010
Monday 4 October 2010
Teaser Trailer:
I compared a teaser trailer with a normal full lenght trailer:
I compared a teaser trailer with a normal full lenght trailer:
Tesaer trailers are usually only made for big budget and popular themed movies. Their purpose is to tell the audience about the movie content than simply to let them know that the movie is coming up in the near future and add to the hype of the upcoming release. Teaser trailers are often made while the film is still in production or being edited and as a result may feature scenes or alternative versions of scenes that are not included in the finished film. Teaser trailers today are increasingly focused on internet downloading and the convention circuit. Most teaser trailers dont even introduce the super heros or any action.
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