Film Treament Draft

The main theme or idea of the film opening that my group is creating is horror, we have a different selection of conventions for our film these are; murder or cannibalism, insanity, disfigurement and displacement or being lost.

The main character of the opening will be the survivor, him and a few other friends will be the survivors for the beginning of the film, the majority of the people who begin in the group will be the characters who die to show the main theme of the movie opening, the survivor should be a believable character as he will be the one taking the lead and making most of the judgments to make the decisions throughout the few minutes of the opening, because of all of these actions he should be classed as a believable main character because he shows that he is in charge.

The characters goal in the film is to escape the area that they are lost in which in this case is a forest or woods, the reason why this is such a challenge is because of the murderers who are trying to stop them. The murderers are psychopathic because they have many things wrong with them, like the four conventions of the film, they are all murderers for the reason of cannibalism, they must kill and eat them for survival, they are known as inbreds  so they have major disfigurements and refuse to interact with people and this leads to the insanity of the characters because they enjoy what they do and are good at it.

Throughout the entire film the characters lives should all be at stake.

The characters of the film are all friends just taking a stroll through an area that they don't recognise, but they don't care because they are all just trying to have a laugh and enjoy themselves, but they will all be picked off until someone realises.

primary research task

Questionnaire- Horror

(Circle the answer)

1. What type of setting do you find most scary?
A. Graveyard  B. House   C. Abandoned area   D. Other
2. What is your favourite type of horror Film?
A. Slasher B. Haunting C. Psychological D. Crime/Mystery E. None

3. What is your favourite genre?

4. What is your favourite film in this genre and what draws you to it?
Favourite Film:
A. Advertisements B. Actors/Actresses C. Trailer

5. What do you most dislike about this genre?
A. Blood/Gore B. Lack of story C. Characters

6. What elements do you expect to witness in this genre?
A. Hero/Survivor B. Villain/Killer

7. What do you believe to be the best thing about horror movies?
A. Story line B. Blood/Gore C. Suspense D. Setting E. Acting

8. What is the best type of killer?

A. Mysterious    B. Public   C. Serial

9. Are you affected by horrors when you watch them?
A. Yes B. No

10. What do you expect to see at the end of a horror film?

A. The evil character is killed or taken away    B. The evil character gets away and continues what                                                                        he’s doing

                             

audience research

Audience research is important because without an audience to watch a film there is no need to make a film that will cost millions of dollars or pounds, because there will be no chance of it winning an award if the effort was not put in to find out what the most popular film genre is out there.

For audience research the people  are labeled,  they are labeled in the demographics table.
Grade- Class- Description
A- Upper middle- Higher managerial, administrative or professional. (Doctors/Lawyers)
B-Middle-Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional. (Teachers)
C1-Lower Middle- Supervisory or clerical, junior managerial, administrative or professional. (office/ Nurses)
C2- Skilled Working- Skilled manual workers. (White Collar)
D- Working- Semi-skilled and unskilled workers manual workers. (Blue Collar)
E- Lowest level of substance- Casual workers, unemployed, state pensioners, students.

Audience Theory
Two Step Flow Model
http://www.utwente.nl/cw/theorieenoverzicht/Levels%20of%20theories/macro/Two-Step%20Flow%20Theory.doc/

Bibliogarphy
www.utwente.nl

Mood Board

This is my mood board. This is based on our film explaining all four of the key concepts which are; Cannibalism, Disfigurement, Displacement and Insanity. They are all shown in the mood board separated into different sections.

Cannibalism is shown in the mood board in the bottom left hand corner, where you can see body parts spread out showing that they have been tore off people,also in the corner you can see two people gathered around a body picking at it, so this clearly shows the concept of cannibalism and if the pictures don't explain enough for you then the word 'cannibalism' is used as a sub-title for that section which draws you to look into how it is cannibalism. We have chosen cannibalism because it is scary the fact that people would be willing to kill other people then eat them, it is a good concept for horror.

Disfigurement is shown in the bottom right hand corner of the mood board where you see lots of different faces either clearly disfigured or hidden behind a mask, in the corner you see a person being murdered and he is surrounded by the disfigured faces which proves that they have a murderous feel to them. We have chosen disfigurement because some people being disfigured draws them closer to the point of murdering others so there for it is a good concept for horror.

Displacement is shown all along the top of the mood board page, with mostly images of lots of different places all different in looks showing that if a person was lost then there could be lots of places wher they could be, this makes someone feel as if they will never be found which then brings the genre into it (horror). There are also pictures of signs pointing in all directions showing choices and decisions, right or wrong which could lead to something drastic.

Finally the concept of insanity is seperated around the whole of the mood board, there is insanity in the left, right corner and in the middle. The reason for doing this is to show a mix up in the mood board to symbolize how an insane persons mind is mixed up. If you look in the bottom middle of the page you see a man on an operating table and then a person cutting the top of the head off. There are different types of insane people like the person on the left wearing lots of make-up which means that he wants people to see who he is, he wants to draw attention to himself, on the right there is a person wearing a mask which means that maybe he wants to remain hidden and doesn't want people to notice him. Most murderers do it because they mentally unstable and people worry when around someone who is insane because they worry when they are about to crack, thats why this is good concept for horror.

The main title is in the centre of the page which tells you what the main point of the film.



film production

Group: Me (Ryan Rheeston), Craig Fallows, Lauren Powell
Genre: Horror

In our film we are using a style similar to the horror movie 'wrong turn', a group of people are going to get lost in the woods and are going to find out a nasty surprise when a few horrible characters come to visit.

Genre research

Genre

The definition of genre is the categorizing of a certain aspect of something for example a film or a book, there are many different types of genre varying from the scary horror to the love of romance, other then them two there still many more.

There are advantages and disadvantages to genre, the disadvantages are that; we should be understanding how a film text functions in relation to genre, rather being defined by them and we should acknowledge that a genres features will depend on the audiences own understanding.
The advantages are; it can offer comforting reassurance in an uncontrollable world, this means that when people watch a villain in a movie get punished they feel better like it could happen in the real world, the bad people will get punished here too. Another advantage of genre is; it was seen as a strategy used by producers to ensure audience identification and reduce the risk of a film failing, this is an advantage because labeling a film with a genre tells the audience what kind of film it is, the directors use this because some genres are proven most popular in some years and the director should bring a film out that matches that genre to make sure it doesn't fail. The most popular genre in 2009 was comedy, findings were found on the following site http://ddunlop.com/2010/01/recapping-2009-most-popular-movie-genre/, and the most popular genre for the year before was comedy by a larger percentage, http://ddunlop.com/2008/12/recapping-2008-most-popular-movie-genre/.

The genre of my film that me and my group are creating is horror, the conventions of the film are blood, tension and scary setting.

The original history of horror
Horror is a genre that brings the emotion of fear into people, some of the first horrors were not as graphic as the horrors that are seen these day because that isn't what scared them, so the horrors in the past were about setting a horror scene with a setting and sound. Find more information here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film

This is a scene from one of the first popular horrors that was impressed most of the people.

Top 4 Horror Directors according to 'best-horror-movies.com' 

4. Wes Craven - Branching into the 'Teen Horror' market may have slightly damaged his initial psychopathic and damaging horror movie status, but even if he now made a hundred 'Norbit' sequels he would still be an individual, influential genius.  Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven (born August 2, 1939) is an American actor, film director, writer, producer, perhaps best known as the director of many horror films, including the famed 'A nightmare on elmstreet' and Wes Craven's New Nightmare.
Highlights - Last House On The Left,
The Hills Have Eyes,
Scream

3. Tobe Hooper - Just hearing the name 'Leatherface' chills me to the bone. Tobe has a great talent of creating utterly terrifying movie antagonists and has the art of gore and violence down to a tee. Tobe Hooper (born January 25, 1943) is an American film director and screen writer, best known for his work in the horror film genre. His works include the cult classic 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' (1974)
Highlights - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,
Poltergeist 

2. Sam Raimi - He's the genius behind and father to the 'evil Dead' series... Enough Said. This list couldn't be made without him. he also introduced us to Bruce Campbell, the biggest B actor of all time. Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi (October 23, 1959) is an American film director, producer, actor and writer. He is best known for directing cult horror films like the Evil Dead series
Highlights - The Evil Dead,
Evil Dead 2,
Army Of Darkness

1. George Romero - 'They're coming to get you Barbara!' When I was watching Night of the Living Dead for the first time I was like, WOW... His use of memorable dialogue and stylized and graphic violence make all his films instant successes, and his legend will live on for a millennium... He also made the best sequel of all time, and is the real, zombie master...
George Andrew Romero (born February 4, 1940) is an American film director, screen  and editor, best known for his gruesome and satirical horror films about a hypothetical zombie apocalypse. He is nicknamed "Godfather of all Zombies."Highlights - Night of the Living Dead,
Dawn of the Dead,
Day of the Dead