INT. LIVING ROOM. NIGHT
Two girls are sat at home on the sofa watching ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’.
GIRL A:
What if Freddy came in right now and killed us both!?
GIRL B:
Looking unimpressed at her.
Seriously!? It’s just a movie.
Someone knocks on the door and we hear a group shout ‘TRICK OR TREAT!’ outside. The two girls go and open the door very happily. They open it to see someone dressed as Freddy Krueger. There expressions then change to be very cautious.
GIRL B:
Hello?
‘Freddy’ lunges through the door and the girls scream. They both try and stop him coming through the door, but his razor gloved hand manages to reach round and slash one of the girls face.
We hear a scream as it fades to black.
We hear a news report saying ‘Two Girls were found dead in their beds after watching ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’. And see flowers placed next to a picture of the girls outside the house.
GIRL C:
Saying very scared.
The killer’s still out there.
We then see a boy getting killed by ‘Ghostface’.
BOY A:
Shocked.
The killer’s recreating horror movies.
Halloween!
We see GIRL C being chased by ‘Michael Myers’.
Scream!
We see one of the characters take off a ‘Ghostface’ mask.
A Nightmare on Elm Street!
We see Freddy’s glove making a move to one of the characters
Friday the 13th!
We see ‘Jason’ stalking a character in a car.
GIRL C is shown to be in a fit of hysterics.
BOY B:
Grabbing GIRL C to calm her down.
It’s just a movie!!
His hand then moves up to wipe away her tear which is shown to be Freddy’s gloved hand. She then notices and screams. We hear the words ‘Trick or Treat’ played over three times. Each time it’s played we see GIRL C arming herself with a knife, BOY C covering his ears crouched down in a corner and GIRL D covering her mouth in shock. Fades to black briefly.
GIRL C:
Holding a knife in her hand.
It’s just a movie!!!
Second silence. Jason appears behind her and grabs her. We hear a scream and then see the title of the film then the release date etc.
IT’S JUST A MOVIE!
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Sunday, 18 September 2011
'It's just a Movie!' Proposal
I am producing a new horror/slasher film which will be aimed at teenagers and people in their twenties. Also the film’s content and theme’s may also appeal to an older generation. I think that this is a good target audience as horror films have been popular with teenagers and twenty something’s for a long time and research has shown that these are more likely to go to the cinema than any other age groups. The age certificate of this film will be a 15-18 based on the violence, gore and scary scenes that will be present throughout the film.
The plot of the new film I am producing will be;
'On October 29th 2012 two teenagers are at home planning their costumes for a Halloween party that they will attend on the 31st. They watch ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ and joke around wondering what they would do if Freddy came in and killed them while they were asleep. Someone then knocks on the door and they open it after hearing that there are trick or treaters outside. As they open the door they see someone dressed as Freddy Krueger. We do not see their face but they then storm into the house slashing the face of one the teenagers as they do so. The other runs back into the room but ‘Freddy’ stabs them in the back. ‘Freddy’ turns back to the slashed faced teenager and then stabs them in the stomach killing them. ‘Freddy’ then places them in their beds, therefore recreating a death scene from ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’.
The police treat this as an isolated incident but do find the whole murder quite ironic, they watched ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ and end up being stabbed to death in a bed. We are then introduced to the victim’s friends who are left reeling after they learn of the death of their friends. They soon learn that they were watching 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' and they were found stabbed to death in their beds. At first they think it’s quite suspicious and assume that the killer will strike again. The group deal with their loss in different ways. One of the group struggles the most as one of the victims was her sister, with all the drama of being a teenager and the idea of a serial killer on their minds the group find it all too much to deal with. Over the course of the 30th and 31st of October the group is attacked by the killer in different persona's who's also recreating scene's/death's from other horror films. As the bodies begin to pile up they must work together to identify the killer but they soon start to suspect it may be someone amongst them. As they try and out smart the killer by working out which film they will recreate next, they find themselves in a situation where the killer is always one step ahead of them. But with Halloween now in full swing and the party starting everyone in town is in costume which makes it the perfect playground for the killer to move around unnoticed. What would you do if you were in this situation’?
My package will include:
-Storyboard
-Teaser Trailer
-Theatrical Trailer
-Film
-Movie posters
-Movie billboards
-Magazine Front Cover (Fangoria)
-Storyboard
-Teaser Trailer
-Theatrical Trailer
-Film
-Movie posters
-Movie billboards
-Magazine Front Cover (Fangoria)
I am thinking of using social networking sites as a way to promote my film as Facebook has an ever growing user count that is well over 600 million people worldwide. Twitter has become as equally as successful as Facebook as Twitter features ‘Trending Topics’ on new upcoming films as well as giving the public an opportunity to communicate with all the people that will be involved with the film.
Following in the footsteps of another horror film my film’s budget will be around 200,000 pounds, the same budget as 1978’s Halloween. It has been proven with the likes of the ‘Paranormal Activity Franchise’ that lower budget films are becoming more successful especially in the horror genre.
In the production aspect of the film I wanted to film the project like Rob Zombie did with his remake of Halloween. To use very still mid shots where dialogue is used and to use hand held when there is a killing or when there is action present in the film. This reflects on the modern age of mockumentary such as Cloverfield, Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project as well as making those scenes feel very raw and rough which helps set the tone of the film.
The distribution company I have approached is ‘The Weinstein Company’. This company is well known as they have had involvement with franchise such as ‘Scream’ and ‘Halloween’ which are films that have influenced this project.
The intended release date for the project is 20th October 2012, which makes financial and overall sense. It has been known that horror films fair better in terms of box office gross if released near Halloween. The project it self is set on Halloween 2012 so it relates to the time of release.
Friday, 16 September 2011
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Research into Similar Products
Trailer's
We are told the name of the film at the very end of the trailer; the reason why the name is given at the end of the trailer is because the rest of the trailer engages the audience’s attention and keeps them hooked all the way through before they reveal the name of the film. There isn’t any big give a way’s as to who is starring in the film but we are presented with a short list of credits in the last few moments of the trailer, but audience’s might recognise a couple of the cast member that were featured in the trailer. Drew Barrymore, Courtney Cox and Neve Campbell were all quite well known in the 90’s so audiences might be aware of them. We do see the director of the film, Wes Craven, who is well known for his horror films. So people might relate to this and see the film based on their previous enjoyment of seeing his films. A lot of the action we see in this trailer is the stuff leading up to a kill so we don’t actually see anyone getting killed but we do see them being chased and attacked, also we never see a clear shot of the killer which adds to the suspense and mystery of the film. The voice of the person who is delivering the voiceover is quite reminiscent to that of the killer’s voice in the film, its dark, low and mysterious which helps set the tone of the film and creates a scary atmosphere. The speed of the trailer varies throughout the trailer, the beginning of the trailer is quite slow so we hear the dialogue and see what happens then the trailer speeds up while action is screen. I think this done the help create tension we hear a little of the dialogue then see the consequence of what the characters have been saying which helps give a brief overview of how the film will be played out. In the last frame of the trailer we are given the credits which tells us who starring and also gives us the names of the production companies. Dimension films is also shown at the beginging of the trailer.
We are told the name of the film at the beginning and three times more before the trailer ends. This is done to make sure the audience remembers the name of the film and also to create tension as the film is about Halloween and the film is Halloween so the audience knows hoe scary it will be. We are not told who is starring in the film at all in the trailer however one of the cast member’s is quite well known, Donald Pleasance. The action that is in the trailer isn’t quite as fast as in the previous trailer but it does show bits in the trailer. The music is quite slow but does speed up in the action sequences, the music its self is original and now as iconic as the film is. The voiceover given in the trailer is slow as the voice’s main purpose is to help move the trailer along and create a creepy atmosphere. Overall the trailer is quite slow compared to the previous trailer but does have its brief fast action parts. the information we are given in the last frame of the trailer is the name of the film and the company responsible for releasing the film.
Magazine's
One of the first things that you notice about this magazine cover is that the image takes up the whole of the page, so attention of the viewer is solely on the image. The colours used on the cover are mainly red, black and white. These colours symbolise blood, gore and the content that are featured in horror films. Also white and black can be linked to the colours of the killer’s mask. The font used is very bold and stands out from the background. There is a banner at the top of the magazine cover which includes puffs that give information on what is featured within the magazine but they are articles that are not relevant to the cover image. The puff at the bottom of the page is linked to the main cover image. Certain words stand out in this puff such as ‘RETURNS!’ which is in a light blue font where as the majority is in white, so it helps establish the franchise making a comeback into popular culture.
Like with the previous magazine cover one of the first things that you notice about this magazine cover is that the image takes up the whole of the page, so attention is on the image. Many horror film magazine’s have their own and often share very similar identifiable features such as the colours they use their covers. Like with the previous magazine cover this cover uses red, black and white throughout their text. Again this is used to symbolise and emphasis the blood, gore and death that will be present in the film featured on the cover. The font design used in the title is quite specific and unique to the particular magazine. The title of the magazine is called Fangoria so the font has a fang effect to emphasis the title of the magazine. Also the font effect relates to the image used on the cover of the magazine, you can clearly see the young girl shown in the image has fangs so in theory the title, the effect and the image are all linked together. All the puffs and banners are all related to other horror films.
Looking at these two magazine covers have given me a taste of what I should include on my magazine cover. I should have a huge main cover image that will draw in my target audience, I should use colours that are significant and relate to horror and also include banner’s and puffs with stories that have a link to horror in some shape of form.
We are told the name of the film at the very end of the trailer; the reason why the name is given at the end of the trailer is because the rest of the trailer engages the audience’s attention and keeps them hooked all the way through before they reveal the name of the film. There isn’t any big give a way’s as to who is starring in the film but we are presented with a short list of credits in the last few moments of the trailer, but audience’s might recognise a couple of the cast member that were featured in the trailer. Drew Barrymore, Courtney Cox and Neve Campbell were all quite well known in the 90’s so audiences might be aware of them. We do see the director of the film, Wes Craven, who is well known for his horror films. So people might relate to this and see the film based on their previous enjoyment of seeing his films. A lot of the action we see in this trailer is the stuff leading up to a kill so we don’t actually see anyone getting killed but we do see them being chased and attacked, also we never see a clear shot of the killer which adds to the suspense and mystery of the film. The voice of the person who is delivering the voiceover is quite reminiscent to that of the killer’s voice in the film, its dark, low and mysterious which helps set the tone of the film and creates a scary atmosphere. The speed of the trailer varies throughout the trailer, the beginning of the trailer is quite slow so we hear the dialogue and see what happens then the trailer speeds up while action is screen. I think this done the help create tension we hear a little of the dialogue then see the consequence of what the characters have been saying which helps give a brief overview of how the film will be played out. In the last frame of the trailer we are given the credits which tells us who starring and also gives us the names of the production companies. Dimension films is also shown at the beginging of the trailer.
We are told the name of the film at the beginning and three times more before the trailer ends. This is done to make sure the audience remembers the name of the film and also to create tension as the film is about Halloween and the film is Halloween so the audience knows hoe scary it will be. We are not told who is starring in the film at all in the trailer however one of the cast member’s is quite well known, Donald Pleasance. The action that is in the trailer isn’t quite as fast as in the previous trailer but it does show bits in the trailer. The music is quite slow but does speed up in the action sequences, the music its self is original and now as iconic as the film is. The voiceover given in the trailer is slow as the voice’s main purpose is to help move the trailer along and create a creepy atmosphere. Overall the trailer is quite slow compared to the previous trailer but does have its brief fast action parts. the information we are given in the last frame of the trailer is the name of the film and the company responsible for releasing the film.
Magazine's
One of the first things that you notice about this magazine cover is that the image takes up the whole of the page, so attention of the viewer is solely on the image. The colours used on the cover are mainly red, black and white. These colours symbolise blood, gore and the content that are featured in horror films. Also white and black can be linked to the colours of the killer’s mask. The font used is very bold and stands out from the background. There is a banner at the top of the magazine cover which includes puffs that give information on what is featured within the magazine but they are articles that are not relevant to the cover image. The puff at the bottom of the page is linked to the main cover image. Certain words stand out in this puff such as ‘RETURNS!’ which is in a light blue font where as the majority is in white, so it helps establish the franchise making a comeback into popular culture.
Like with the previous magazine cover one of the first things that you notice about this magazine cover is that the image takes up the whole of the page, so attention is on the image. Many horror film magazine’s have their own and often share very similar identifiable features such as the colours they use their covers. Like with the previous magazine cover this cover uses red, black and white throughout their text. Again this is used to symbolise and emphasis the blood, gore and death that will be present in the film featured on the cover. The font design used in the title is quite specific and unique to the particular magazine. The title of the magazine is called Fangoria so the font has a fang effect to emphasis the title of the magazine. Also the font effect relates to the image used on the cover of the magazine, you can clearly see the young girl shown in the image has fangs so in theory the title, the effect and the image are all linked together. All the puffs and banners are all related to other horror films.
Looking at these two magazine covers have given me a taste of what I should include on my magazine cover. I should have a huge main cover image that will draw in my target audience, I should use colours that are significant and relate to horror and also include banner’s and puffs with stories that have a link to horror in some shape of form.
Film Poster Analysis
The first thing I noticed about this film poster was the image. The image shows a woman looking through a window outside in a dark misty forest which confirms the genre the poster is advertising is a horror as the image is very dark and also gives off this feeling of mystery as the woman’s face is covered with a shadow which also emphasises the title of the film, ‘The Uninvited’. Which makes you as an audience want to find out who is uninvited, who is this woman? Why is she outside looking in?
The font used on this poster again is very dark and looks sinister and creepy. Also the writing looks kind of ghost like which emphases the genre of this film being a horror movie. The slogan is also written like this and adds to the atmosphere the slogan creates, ‘fear moves in’ written like this is very scary and eerie. The colours used in the font are greys and whites which makes the fonts very ghostly and supernatural. The release date is also written like this as well.
There are no actors names that are big and standout on the poster only in the small list of credits at the bottom of the poster are there any actors mentioned but I think that’s fro the best in terms of this poster as I think the whole point of this poster is to create an scary, mysterious atmosphere and I think having the actors names big across the poster would ruin that however the poster does say this film is produced by the producers who produced ‘The Ring and ‘Disturbia’ which are films that are mystery horror type films which help establish this film to be similar to those films.
There is website on the poster as well so people who are curious and want to know more about the film they can. The age of the film is also on the film which I’ve noticed on a few horror film posters.
Like with the poster for The Uninvited the first thing I notice about this poster is the image. The image shows the killers mask from the franchise, which is now considered an icon in popular culture, as it fades into a knife, which is the killer’s signature weapon. The image establishes the genre the film is which is horror as the mask is recognisable in horror and popular culture so audiences will know what the mask represents and where it comes from. Also the knife shows that this is a horror film. The image also creates a very sinister and threatening atmosphere.
The font used is the iconic font used for the rest of the scream films, with emphasis on the m in scream, but this poster is the first in the series that replaces a letter for a number. There are only two colours used in the fonts on the poster, white and red. Red is used to symbolise blood and to also standout from the black background and white writing. White is used to relate to the colour of the killer’s mask. The slogan: ‘New Decade. New Rules.’ Is used to create a new atmosphere for the film and is also relevant to the context and themes that will be explored within the film. This too is also written in red as well as the release date.
There is no website on the poster that I can see but the companies behind the production of the film are featured on the poster and I do know that Dimension, one of the companies who is responsible for making the film, have a website so if I saw this poster I would know that I can look on their website to find out any more information on the film.
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