THE FIRST PLOT

Although we have not came to a definite decision on our plot for the opening of our horror movie, we have drafted an idea that we are currently working on. We have decided to set our scene in a woods because it is an immediate convention of a horror movie and will create a satsisfying establishing scene. The plot is based around a group of teenage friends both male and female to attend a camping trip in the forest; however, this is an extremely common plot and requires a twist. The reason they are camping in this particular forest is due to it only just being reopened to the public after a recent murder investigation that failed to identify a killer. This is the only definite bit to the plot as we intend to add an extra factor that will make the story more original than others like it. One idea was to include some form of mysterious book found in the forest that holds a tale or even a diary of the girl recently found murdered there. As the group pair of into there tents, whatever is in the forest will make it's move on one of the victim's as soon as they are alone. The negatives to this plot are that it isn't extremely original and requires tweeks in order to thrill the audience more. The positives are that it includes a helpless group of teenagers interfeering with alot of typical horror conventions and it includes very obvious conventions and plots so the audience can recognise them and hopefully be scared by them too!

AUDIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE- ANSWER THE QUESTIONS PLEASE!!

Audience questionnaire

1. Do you prefer gore or no gore in a horror movie?
YES □ NO □

2. What are you more scared of?
□ What you can't see
□ What is visually scarey

3. What is your favourite scary movie?
........

4. Do you think the music and non-diegetic sounds work to add tension to the most tense scenes? If so what kind of sounds are suitable and scary?

5. Out of the following, what horror genre do you prefer?

□ Vampires

□ Slasher

□ Thriller

□ Supernatural

□ Fantasy

□ Haunted houses

□ Zombies

OPENING TO SCREAM ANALYSIS

The scream movie's opening scene first starts by introducing us to a young, slim teenage blonde girl answering the telephone to a mysterious unknown caller. The blonde girl plays the common role in many horror movies as the 'dumb blonde girl'; this role connotes that she is naive, helpless and vulnerable to all danger in the film especially if left alone, which in this case she is. Firstly she acts reasonable and puts the phone down when realising the caller assumingly has the wrong number. The caller continues to ring and act strangely by trying to conversate with the girl; the non-diegetic voice of the caller has an extremely mysterious voice and it works perfectly to create a scary atmosphere for the audience. This atmosphere is created entirely by the fact that we have no idea at this point who the caller is; an audience is more scared of something they cannot see compared to something they can.The camera includes mid-shots from behind of the waiste upwards and over the shoulder shots to give the impression to the audience that the girl is being followed. The girl begins to conversate with the uknown caller being the naive teenage girl she is, she tells the caller what she's doing. As the girl begins to realise that she is talking to some form of murderer who can see her every move, she begins to race around the house locking all the doors, this gives off a trapped sensation due to her now being isolated in the house. Non-diegetic music is played in the background and becomes racier and racier as the scene goes on building up tension for the audience and also letting us know something is going to happen. This whole scene is based in the home of the teenage girl, by doing this it removes all the connotations of security and safety that a family home should have and turns it into a trapped and dangerous mad house.

EYE-LINE MATCH

An eyeline match is a film editing technique associated with the continuity editing system. It is based on the premise that the audience will want to see what the character on-screen is seeing. The eyeline match begins with a character looking at something off-screen, there will then be a cut to the object or person at which he is looking. For example, a man is looking off-screen to his left, and then the film cuts to a television that he is watching.





 Here is an example of eyeline match being used in a movie:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSFD6aIhvFI

30 DEGREE RULE

The 30 degree rule is rule used in filmmaking with the purpose of creating continuity between different shots within a larger sequence of shots.

when moving your camera between shots the camera should be moved a minimum of 25 to 30 degrees (with a maximum limit of 180 degrees) to avoid jarring transitions also known as jump cuts. This helps you seamlessly piece together a larger sequence of shots in a harmonious manner.
http://www.lightsfilmschool.com/blog/the-30-degree-rule/128/


This hyperlink is a link to a home-made video demonstrating the 30 degree rule:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbTmt5seh6A

180 DEGREE RULE

The 180 Degree Rule is an important aspect of the film grammar. The Director's template has a tool for drawing in the 180 degree axis and it is worthwhile to get in the habit of drawing it in.

Crossing the 180 degree axis can be very confusing since the directions established for the viewer is changed. An example of this would be like watching a football game with the runner going to the right and all of a sudden we cut to him running to the left. It would make the viewer wonder if he was running the wrong way or not.

This video may help to elaborate on defining the 180 degree rule:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBPw9C57TuU&feature=related

WHO'S INTERESTED

INCLUDED IN THIS POST IS MY TARGET AUDIENCE SHEET; THIS SHEET INCLUDES A MASSIVE VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS THAT MY TARGET AUDIENCE WOULD ALSO (STEREOTYPICALLY) BE INTERESTED IN.  I CAN BASE MY IDEAS ON WHAT TO INCLUDE IN MY MOVIE TO SATISFY MY AUDIENCE BY LOOKING THROUGH THESE SHEETS.

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