Tuesday 31 January 2012
Horror Film Ideas
Thriller: ‘Smiley Virus’
Nurses try to diagnose a paralysed man who has an unknown virus, unexpectedly he bites into a nurse, which then she is permanently smiling and she cannot stop.
Meanwhile, on the same day, Stacey is a new student to her nursing school, at the same place as the virus. Her friendly mother gets her prepared for her first day without realising the danger she is about to step into.
(end of film introduction)
Stacey gets a bit confused when entering the ward when she is greeted by the nurses who won’t stop smiling. After wandering round the rest of the hospital, Stacey knows there is a problem when almost every nurse, doctor, surgeon, patient etc. is smiling freakily. Stacey gets scared and tries to figure out how this occurred.
Later on, it is discovered that the paralysed man in the first place created this virus on purpose, and he knew it would spread and he knew he wouldn’t be paralysed forever. The virus resulted in everyone following his command and him being overpowered, Stacey is one of the few people without the virus and she wants to find a way of putting everyone back to normal and defeat the paralysed man.
The film ends on a cliff hanger, but a sequel is expected.
Horror: ‘My Sweet Revenge’
A group of friends are having a ‘girl’s night in’ whilst casually playing spin the bottle, Brooke has a flash forward of a man, a knife, and lots of blood. She keeps this quiet, but gets scared when the door rattles. Jasmine assumes it’s her mum and opens the door to find the very man the girl had a flash forward of, holding a knife. He creepily makes his way towards Brooke and the other girls hide in fear, apart from Jasmine. As the man is just about to stab Brooke with his knife, Mandy stabs him in the back. (On the film this won’t be shown as a match on action shot will go into the next scene of Mandy stabbing into a cake with the title “My Sweet Revenge” iced on).
(end of film introduction)
The man survived the stabbing and escaped the house, leaving Brooke and Mandy terrified to leave their house, and Brooke paranoid of when she’ll vision her next flash forward. As Mandy and Brooke pluck up the courage to go out, they go to their local café to talk things through. On the way, Brooke sees the man’s face in her mind again, gets terrified but again, keeps it quiet. When they get in the café, the stabbing man serves them and attempts to food poison them, but fails.
Various repeating events happen a lot in different locations; Brooke notices the pattern of the appearance of the man, it is always whilst she is eating food. This now makes her scared to eat and Mandy notices signs of her having anorexia.
By the end of the film, Brooke and Mandy eventually realise the man was doing this because he Brookes mum cheated on him in the past and he wanted to make revenge through her daughter.
The film ends here, but a sequel is expected.
Romance: ‘Give Me a Break’
Johnny gets infatuated with a girl, Lorraine who he feels he loves so much. He first discovered her when he saw her working behind a bar in a nightclub. He went to that club almost every night and Lorraine started to get suspicious and slightly scared. Then he started to look her up on the internet and discovered loads of information about her life.
(end of introduction)
By discovering she shared the same interests as her, he stalked her in the nightclub and tried to make conversation. Lorraine got suspicious about how he knew her interests and called her boyfriend to get rid of him. Her boyfriend Kurt was big and horrible to Johnny and Lorraine. After using domestic violence on Lorraine, Lorraine ran away and waited for Johnny to come back to the bar.
After being threatened by Kurt, Johnny never returned so Lorraine ended up stalking him. When she found him, she pleaded to go on a date, and finally they did and fell in love.
Nurses try to diagnose a paralysed man who has an unknown virus, unexpectedly he bites into a nurse, which then she is permanently smiling and she cannot stop.
Meanwhile, on the same day, Stacey is a new student to her nursing school, at the same place as the virus. Her friendly mother gets her prepared for her first day without realising the danger she is about to step into.
(end of film introduction)
Stacey gets a bit confused when entering the ward when she is greeted by the nurses who won’t stop smiling. After wandering round the rest of the hospital, Stacey knows there is a problem when almost every nurse, doctor, surgeon, patient etc. is smiling freakily. Stacey gets scared and tries to figure out how this occurred.
Later on, it is discovered that the paralysed man in the first place created this virus on purpose, and he knew it would spread and he knew he wouldn’t be paralysed forever. The virus resulted in everyone following his command and him being overpowered, Stacey is one of the few people without the virus and she wants to find a way of putting everyone back to normal and defeat the paralysed man.
The film ends on a cliff hanger, but a sequel is expected.
Horror: ‘My Sweet Revenge’
A group of friends are having a ‘girl’s night in’ whilst casually playing spin the bottle, Brooke has a flash forward of a man, a knife, and lots of blood. She keeps this quiet, but gets scared when the door rattles. Jasmine assumes it’s her mum and opens the door to find the very man the girl had a flash forward of, holding a knife. He creepily makes his way towards Brooke and the other girls hide in fear, apart from Jasmine. As the man is just about to stab Brooke with his knife, Mandy stabs him in the back. (On the film this won’t be shown as a match on action shot will go into the next scene of Mandy stabbing into a cake with the title “My Sweet Revenge” iced on).
(end of film introduction)
The man survived the stabbing and escaped the house, leaving Brooke and Mandy terrified to leave their house, and Brooke paranoid of when she’ll vision her next flash forward. As Mandy and Brooke pluck up the courage to go out, they go to their local café to talk things through. On the way, Brooke sees the man’s face in her mind again, gets terrified but again, keeps it quiet. When they get in the café, the stabbing man serves them and attempts to food poison them, but fails.
Various repeating events happen a lot in different locations; Brooke notices the pattern of the appearance of the man, it is always whilst she is eating food. This now makes her scared to eat and Mandy notices signs of her having anorexia.
By the end of the film, Brooke and Mandy eventually realise the man was doing this because he Brookes mum cheated on him in the past and he wanted to make revenge through her daughter.
The film ends here, but a sequel is expected.
Romance: ‘Give Me a Break’
Johnny gets infatuated with a girl, Lorraine who he feels he loves so much. He first discovered her when he saw her working behind a bar in a nightclub. He went to that club almost every night and Lorraine started to get suspicious and slightly scared. Then he started to look her up on the internet and discovered loads of information about her life.
(end of introduction)
By discovering she shared the same interests as her, he stalked her in the nightclub and tried to make conversation. Lorraine got suspicious about how he knew her interests and called her boyfriend to get rid of him. Her boyfriend Kurt was big and horrible to Johnny and Lorraine. After using domestic violence on Lorraine, Lorraine ran away and waited for Johnny to come back to the bar.
After being threatened by Kurt, Johnny never returned so Lorraine ended up stalking him. When she found him, she pleaded to go on a date, and finally they did and fell in love.
Monday 30 January 2012
http://www.imdb.com/sections/horror/
http://www.imdb.com/list/4jxgmPLc5-8/
The majority of the best horror films according to IMBD are fairly old fashioned.
The more modern ones in the list (my film will be modern) are The Ring, The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity.
I have used conventions from The Ring and Paranormal Activity (same target audiences) to influence the making of my film
The majority of the best horror films according to IMBD are fairly old fashioned.
The more modern ones in the list (my film will be modern) are The Ring, The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity.
I have used conventions from The Ring and Paranormal Activity (same target audiences) to influence the making of my film
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film
According to Wikipedia, 21st Century horror films have mainly been more low budget and mroe ground breaking with gore and the use of CGI.
My horror film will definitely be low budget, but obviously CGI isn't feesable.
Horror films are a movie genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears.
means of macabre and the supernatural, thus they may overlap with the fantasy and supernatural genre
Plots written within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage, commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday world.
Themes or elements often prevalent in typical horror films include ghosts, torture, gore, werewolves, ancient curses, satanism, demons, vicious animals, vampires, cannibals, haunted houses, zombies and serial killers. Conversely, stories of the supernatural are not necessarily always a horror movie as well.
Monday 23 January 2012
Preliminary Video
The camera is a bit jolty in this video as I didn't use a tripod. I tries to use some 180 degree shots, but the effect wasn't too clear. I wasn't very creative in the story line. I used over the shoulder shots - useful for conversation and there were points in the sound (when outside the door) which didn't flow with the film
When filming my actualy film I will steer clear of these mistakes and make my film look more professional.
Sunday 22 January 2012
How Does the Opening of ‘Pretty Woman’ work?
In the opening of ‘Pretty Woman’, the genre is obviously established through the means of dialogue as even before the picture begins, a man “No matter what they say, it’s all about the money” which foreshadows that the film has a lot to do with money. Also the romance side of the film is also introduces as Edward dumps his girlfriend on the phone, creating a romance based storyline. In the mise-en-scene of Viv’s room, torn up pictures of her and her supposedly ex boyfriend are on her wall which is vital for the genre as it shows she is heartbroken.
This leads to the narrative of the story which is also established throughout the opening. The very first picture on the screen is a magician is doing magic tricks with money in a very upmarket party with expensive cocktails and a huge garden – these are supposed to represent Edward, foreshadowing him before we meet him. After dumping his girlfriend, Edward chats to his ex-girlfriend where they exchange kisses – this shows that he is attracted by women and not heartbroken over his recent break. This helps the film work to show the unlikeliness of him and Viv getting together, and with Edward not being heartbroken, their relationship is more acceptable to the audience. The alarm going off at night in Viv’s room shows that she works at night foreshadowing that she is a prostitute. When Viv colours in her boot with a black pen, it shows that she is resourceful and also very poor, her being poor is essential for the narrative as it makes her and Edwards relationship even more unlikely. When the rent is due to be paid, she wants to pay for it as she gets annoyed with her friend when she discovers the rent money was spent on drugs. This makes her seem like an honest character to the audience and less of a controversial person as she doesn’t do drugs. Constant cross cutting between Viv and Edward not only compares their completely different lifestyles, but also shows that they’re both single and foreshadows their meeting. When her friend says “she’s new” (new prostitute) this shows that she is also rescuable from her life.
The language of the opening sets the scene and the characters. When Edward takes the car outside the party without permission, no one stops him showing that he is very high up, also he can’t drive which also shows his high status as he usually gets driven everywhere. When the scene gets to Los Angeles, the drug deal shot mirrors the magic trick shot at the start, showing a connection between LA and Edward. LA looks run down with graffiti and shutters everywhere, foreshadowing the social status of Viv, and the establishing shot of where she lives (the hotel) the ‘O’ ‘T’ ‘E’ and ‘L’ aren’t lit up, spelling ‘HO’ which is a pun for the fact that Viv is a prostitute. The 80’s soundtrack of “I’m a wild one” sets the mood of the scene, the era of when the film was filmed and represents Viv and Edward. The extra shouting in the street “what’s your dream?” is used as a framing device as he appears in the opening and at the end. When Viv walks through the dangerous streets alone, the audience sympathise with her and shows that she is motivated to get out.
This film has a target audience of females aged 18 – 40, they would expect a romantic story from the text with a happy ending, consisting of challenges within the story. This film plays all of these roles and females can relate to Viv. All these functions make the opening of ‘Pretty Women’ work and develop into a successful film.
My media film has the same affect with fate as Pretty Woman does with money. The start of my film is a spinning bottle, landing on one player, like the murderer chooses one girl to follow. Like Pretty Woman, my genre is instantly established with the use of horror convetions, e.g. the scary music.
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