1. What genre did the film appear to be?
Candidate A- Horror.
Candidate B- Horror/ Thriller.
Candidate C- Horror.
2. What do you think was the main plot?
A- The Ghost is after the child.
B- The ghost wants revenge because of it's parents and is taking it out on the child.
C- I think the ghost wants to get the baby sitter and child.
3. Who was the the main characters?
A- There was the ghost girl, the babysitter and the child.
B- Ghost girl, babysitter, and Abi.
C- Ghost girl, babysitter, child and parents.
4. Would you see this movie when it has been released? Why?
A- I definatly would, i love horror movies.
B- I don't know. I'm a little scared by it.
C- I would too! I think it looks really interesting.
5. What conventions of the particular genre that you believe this film category falls into?
A- It holds the suspence well, i think the music matches it well too.
B- I think the fact you only see small parts of the ghost girl adds alot to the trailer. Allows the audience to be on the edge of thier seats.
C- The titles are very scary-like. I'm very impressed by it.
6. What do you first think of when you think of horror movies?
A- Darkness.
B- Scary, blood, afterlife maybe?
C- Death.
Monday, 10 May 2010
Detail analysis.
We began by filming two shots of each scene at the main setting throughout our trailer. I then set down to edit each scene. I began by deleting each scene that we didn't need and arranging the others into the right order.
I began with the news report as i felt this would allow the audience to see why all the horridness was happening. I then had the ghost girl interupt the news report, i believe this showed her power within the scene. I then added an editing technique to make the report look like a film reel.
I then showed the babysitter arriving, this introduced the main character to the audience. After this i showed the parents leaving, this took the main protectors of the child away and left her and the babysitter in a very vulnerable state for the ghost girl.
After this I showed a series of shots showing the babysitter frantically running around being petrified and running from the ghost girl carrying Abi. This again showed how vulnerable the babysitter and the child was. I then took the shot where the babysitter was falling down the stairs and reversed it. I feel this gave the overall trailer an eerie feel.
My final editing technique was to add scary yet child like music to reflect the connection between the ghost girl and Abi. I believe this added a different feel to the trailer and showed that Abi and the ghost girl connected in more ways that one.
I began with the news report as i felt this would allow the audience to see why all the horridness was happening. I then had the ghost girl interupt the news report, i believe this showed her power within the scene. I then added an editing technique to make the report look like a film reel.
I then showed the babysitter arriving, this introduced the main character to the audience. After this i showed the parents leaving, this took the main protectors of the child away and left her and the babysitter in a very vulnerable state for the ghost girl.
After this I showed a series of shots showing the babysitter frantically running around being petrified and running from the ghost girl carrying Abi. This again showed how vulnerable the babysitter and the child was. I then took the shot where the babysitter was falling down the stairs and reversed it. I feel this gave the overall trailer an eerie feel.
My final editing technique was to add scary yet child like music to reflect the connection between the ghost girl and Abi. I believe this added a different feel to the trailer and showed that Abi and the ghost girl connected in more ways that one.
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Evaluation.
Our media project uses many different forms of conventions and many of them have come from different projects that we had seen before and also real film trailers and existing films.
During the editing we used a well known effect in which the piece was shown disturbing a news report, this portrayed the power of the ghost girl and her overall status throughout the piece. We also used a scream which is very iconic for a movie within the horror genre.
This was used a couple of times throughout our piece and allowed the audience to feel spine chilling moments that would happen within the real thing. We also used close ups of people’s faces to emphasize characters fears and emotions that they are portraying. We also used very slow and child like music to emphasize the fact that the ghost girl is only young and also the fact that Abi is the centre of the whole story line.
We also added a white hospital gown to show that the ghost girl had been transported to the hospital after being attacked by her mother and father and had died on a hospital bed.
We also used a white dress on the babysitter to show her innocence and naivety within the text.
In the opening of our trailer we show the news report of the anniversary of the death of a teenage girl that happened many years ago. This news report is disturbed by a sighting of the ghost girl forcing her way through the transition and stood within the house. There is also a shot of a child’s door to show that it will mainly be based on a child and the horror that she will have to endure. We also played child like screechy music over the top to show the disturbance of the piece and also the child like quality that Abi later adds to.
We changed many things throughout our piece and most of them worked quiet well. However, I do believe that we added certain things to the genre that probably wouldn’t have been used within other films, such as the possessing of a child. This gave our film a great depth as it pushed out of the normal stereotype of a child getting free; we focused it mainly around Abi so we could see how we could break the stereotype. Another thing we did that isn’t usually shown is the main fear factor within the first couple of seconds. Most horror movies wait till half way through the trailer or sometimes don’t show the feared character at all, where as we showed the ghost girl right at the beginning in a very effective and powerful way.
We used a popular stereotype throughout our text, and as Tessa Perkins said, stereotypes are usually a negative influence. We made sure that the main villain, although she is a ghost, is also a teenager. This will connect to the older generation because they have such a negative outlook on the youth of Britain today. It will also connect to the younger generation as horror is a very popular genre to them as it is crude and usually unforgiving. Overall I would give our film the rating of a 15 as it is a spine chilling horror that is disturbing and therefore needs a high viewing certificate.
I believe that many different media institutions would be interested in distributing our film. I think the main distributor would probably be Paramount as they have invested in many different horror movies that have all been successful, such as The Haunting, The Ring and What lies Beneath.
I believe institutions would want to invest in Abandoned because it is a different and wide spec film that will captivate the audience in an entirely new way. Our trailer shows a stereotype that is very well known in a different light. I believe this would enthuse the media institution and make them see a different, new and interesting text.
We aimed our film at teenagers who are between the ages of 16 to around about 25. We believe that the younger generations tend to like horrors as they give them a certain thrill, audiences too young could be terrified and therefore not want to see such an extreme horror and the older generations tend to like more realistic story lines. I would personally give this film a rating of 15 as it has some terrifying scenes that may harm certain peoples mental health and also could repeatedly have strong swearing within it. I would advertise the trailer through a internet viral campaign and also through magazine covers to help promote the poster. I believe this would again reflect through the age range we aimed for and also would become quiet widely advertised as most people who go on the web and read magazines are of a young age. Similar things were done with other films within the horror genre such as Blair witch project
and Cloverfield
each of these films got a huge advertising push with their internet viral and each became very popular.
I also worked on a front cover for Empire magazine. I believed that if Empire was to run a front cover on Abandoned they would place ghost girl in the centre and focus the others around her. I then made the Empire title smudged and dragged down with a red highlight dripping down from the bottom of each letter. I then added the other things that would be in the magazine and decided it looked quiet bare, I looked through the tools on photo shop and saw the smudge tool again. I dragged around the ghost girl and created a white mist around her and this looked more authentic and spooky.
I then made a poster for our film. I began with a photo of ghost girl pulling the babysitter down the stairs whilst the baby sitter looks at the camera screaming. I followed the theme of the Empire magazine and used the smudge tool to pull in inwards to make it look like the ghost girl had corrupted it. I then smudged white lines outwards to fill the rest of the background and also to make it look like there is a white fire that the ghost girl has caused in the background, this would show the destruction she can do. I then added a photo of ghost girl and placed it over the top of the main picture. I edited it to be more translucent and moved the opacity down a large amount, this showed the ghost girls presence and the effect she had over the babysitter.
I then asked 5 people to tell me what they think of our trailer and give me feedback on 5 main questions. The questions I gave them were; what genre would you place this genre within? What appeared to be the main plot? Who appeared to be the main characters? What questions did the trailer leave you with? Would you like to see the full product, if so why? Many of the candidates I asked said that the genre they would place the trailer in a horror genre, this was the same as our initial intentions. Also all of the candidates I asked said that the plot was about a babysitter that was trapped within a house with the ghost girl and the main characters were the ghost girl and the babysitter, however, it didn’t focus enough around Abi. When I asked them the question about what the trailer left them thinking they said they wondered what would happen to the babysitter and also why the ghost girl was taunting the babysitter and Abi, this again was what I initially intended. Also all of the candidates said they would like to watch the full product and they think the posters that I had made reflected the movie well and incised them to see it. I think we could have added more scenes with Abi to show that she was one of the main focus points and also we could have sped the music up when the babysitter was running between the front door and the bathroom.
I believe I have widely developed my skills since AS and have therefore achieved a better film trailer. Last year I worked on a film opening about a solider being sent away to war and this year I have contrasted by filming and editing a trailer within the horror genre. I believe I have enhanced my editing skills by daring to further myself and push my main ambition for my trailer; this has lead to a more impacting trailer with a daring twist of adding a child. I feel I improved my sense of understanding within the filming as I had a better knowledge of camera maps, shooting schedules and story boards. Overall, I believe I have learnt a great deal this year and feel it can be reflected within our final trailer.
During the editing we used a well known effect in which the piece was shown disturbing a news report, this portrayed the power of the ghost girl and her overall status throughout the piece. We also used a scream which is very iconic for a movie within the horror genre.
This was used a couple of times throughout our piece and allowed the audience to feel spine chilling moments that would happen within the real thing. We also used close ups of people’s faces to emphasize characters fears and emotions that they are portraying. We also used very slow and child like music to emphasize the fact that the ghost girl is only young and also the fact that Abi is the centre of the whole story line.
We also added a white hospital gown to show that the ghost girl had been transported to the hospital after being attacked by her mother and father and had died on a hospital bed.
We also used a white dress on the babysitter to show her innocence and naivety within the text.
In the opening of our trailer we show the news report of the anniversary of the death of a teenage girl that happened many years ago. This news report is disturbed by a sighting of the ghost girl forcing her way through the transition and stood within the house. There is also a shot of a child’s door to show that it will mainly be based on a child and the horror that she will have to endure. We also played child like screechy music over the top to show the disturbance of the piece and also the child like quality that Abi later adds to.
We changed many things throughout our piece and most of them worked quiet well. However, I do believe that we added certain things to the genre that probably wouldn’t have been used within other films, such as the possessing of a child. This gave our film a great depth as it pushed out of the normal stereotype of a child getting free; we focused it mainly around Abi so we could see how we could break the stereotype. Another thing we did that isn’t usually shown is the main fear factor within the first couple of seconds. Most horror movies wait till half way through the trailer or sometimes don’t show the feared character at all, where as we showed the ghost girl right at the beginning in a very effective and powerful way.
We used a popular stereotype throughout our text, and as Tessa Perkins said, stereotypes are usually a negative influence. We made sure that the main villain, although she is a ghost, is also a teenager. This will connect to the older generation because they have such a negative outlook on the youth of Britain today. It will also connect to the younger generation as horror is a very popular genre to them as it is crude and usually unforgiving. Overall I would give our film the rating of a 15 as it is a spine chilling horror that is disturbing and therefore needs a high viewing certificate.
I believe that many different media institutions would be interested in distributing our film. I think the main distributor would probably be Paramount as they have invested in many different horror movies that have all been successful, such as The Haunting, The Ring and What lies Beneath.
I believe institutions would want to invest in Abandoned because it is a different and wide spec film that will captivate the audience in an entirely new way. Our trailer shows a stereotype that is very well known in a different light. I believe this would enthuse the media institution and make them see a different, new and interesting text.
We aimed our film at teenagers who are between the ages of 16 to around about 25. We believe that the younger generations tend to like horrors as they give them a certain thrill, audiences too young could be terrified and therefore not want to see such an extreme horror and the older generations tend to like more realistic story lines. I would personally give this film a rating of 15 as it has some terrifying scenes that may harm certain peoples mental health and also could repeatedly have strong swearing within it. I would advertise the trailer through a internet viral campaign and also through magazine covers to help promote the poster. I believe this would again reflect through the age range we aimed for and also would become quiet widely advertised as most people who go on the web and read magazines are of a young age. Similar things were done with other films within the horror genre such as Blair witch project
and Cloverfield
each of these films got a huge advertising push with their internet viral and each became very popular.
I also worked on a front cover for Empire magazine. I believed that if Empire was to run a front cover on Abandoned they would place ghost girl in the centre and focus the others around her. I then made the Empire title smudged and dragged down with a red highlight dripping down from the bottom of each letter. I then added the other things that would be in the magazine and decided it looked quiet bare, I looked through the tools on photo shop and saw the smudge tool again. I dragged around the ghost girl and created a white mist around her and this looked more authentic and spooky.
I then made a poster for our film. I began with a photo of ghost girl pulling the babysitter down the stairs whilst the baby sitter looks at the camera screaming. I followed the theme of the Empire magazine and used the smudge tool to pull in inwards to make it look like the ghost girl had corrupted it. I then smudged white lines outwards to fill the rest of the background and also to make it look like there is a white fire that the ghost girl has caused in the background, this would show the destruction she can do. I then added a photo of ghost girl and placed it over the top of the main picture. I edited it to be more translucent and moved the opacity down a large amount, this showed the ghost girls presence and the effect she had over the babysitter.I then asked 5 people to tell me what they think of our trailer and give me feedback on 5 main questions. The questions I gave them were; what genre would you place this genre within? What appeared to be the main plot? Who appeared to be the main characters? What questions did the trailer leave you with? Would you like to see the full product, if so why? Many of the candidates I asked said that the genre they would place the trailer in a horror genre, this was the same as our initial intentions. Also all of the candidates I asked said that the plot was about a babysitter that was trapped within a house with the ghost girl and the main characters were the ghost girl and the babysitter, however, it didn’t focus enough around Abi. When I asked them the question about what the trailer left them thinking they said they wondered what would happen to the babysitter and also why the ghost girl was taunting the babysitter and Abi, this again was what I initially intended. Also all of the candidates said they would like to watch the full product and they think the posters that I had made reflected the movie well and incised them to see it. I think we could have added more scenes with Abi to show that she was one of the main focus points and also we could have sped the music up when the babysitter was running between the front door and the bathroom.
I believe I have widely developed my skills since AS and have therefore achieved a better film trailer. Last year I worked on a film opening about a solider being sent away to war and this year I have contrasted by filming and editing a trailer within the horror genre. I believe I have enhanced my editing skills by daring to further myself and push my main ambition for my trailer; this has lead to a more impacting trailer with a daring twist of adding a child. I feel I improved my sense of understanding within the filming as I had a better knowledge of camera maps, shooting schedules and story boards. Overall, I believe I have learnt a great deal this year and feel it can be reflected within our final trailer.
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Evaluation so far.
Our media project uses many different forms of conventions and many of them have come from different projects that we had seen before and also real film trailers and existing films.
During the editing we used a well known effect in which the piece was shown disturbing a news report, this portrayed the power of the ghost girl and her overall status throughout the piece. We also used a scream which is very iconic for a movie within the horror genre. This was used a couple of times throughout our piece and allowed the audience to feel spine chilling moments that would happen within the real thing. We also used close ups of people’s faces to emphasize characters fears and emotions that they are portraying. We also used very slow and child like music to emphasise the fact that the ghost girl is only young and also the fact that Abi is the centre of the whole story line. We also added a white hospital gown to show that the ghost girl had been transported to the hospital after being attacked by her mother and father and had died on a hospital bed. We also used a white dress on the babysitter to show her innocence and naivety within the text.
In the opening of our trailer we show the news report of the anniversary of the death of a teenage girl that happened many years ago. This news report is disturbed by a sighting of the ghost girl forcing her way through the transition and stood within the house. There is also a shot of a child’s door to show that it will mainly be based on a child and the horror that she will have to endure. We also played child like screechy music over the top to show the disturbance of the piece and also the child like quality that Abi later adds to.
We changed many things throughout our piece and most of them worked quiet well. However, I do believe that we added certain things to the genre that probably wouldn’t have been used within other films, such as the possessing of a child. This gave our film a great depth as it pushed out of the normal stereotype of a child getting free; we focused it mainly around Abi so we could see how we could break the stereotype. Another thing we did that isn’t usually shown is the main fear factor within the first couple of seconds. Most horror movies wait till half way through the trailer or sometimes don’t show the feared character at all, where as we showed the ghost girl right at the beginning in a very effective and powerful way.
We used a popular stereotype throughout our text, and as Tessa Perkins said, stereotypes are usually a negative influence. We made sure that the main villain, although she is a ghost, is also a teenager. This will connect to the older generation because they have such a negative outlook on the youth of Britain today. It will also connect to the younger generation as horror is a very popular genre to them as it is crude and usually unforgiving. Overall I would give our film the rating of a 15 as it is a spine chilling horror that is disturbing and therefore needs a high viewing certificate.
I believe that many different media institutions would be interested in distributing our film. I think the main distributer would probably be Paramount as they have invested in many different horror movies that have all been successful. I believe institutions would want to invest in Abandoned because it is a different and wide spec film that will captivate the audience in an entirely new way. Our trailer shows a stereotype that is very well known in a different light. I believe this would enthuse the media institution and make them see a different, new and interesting text.
During the editing we used a well known effect in which the piece was shown disturbing a news report, this portrayed the power of the ghost girl and her overall status throughout the piece. We also used a scream which is very iconic for a movie within the horror genre. This was used a couple of times throughout our piece and allowed the audience to feel spine chilling moments that would happen within the real thing. We also used close ups of people’s faces to emphasize characters fears and emotions that they are portraying. We also used very slow and child like music to emphasise the fact that the ghost girl is only young and also the fact that Abi is the centre of the whole story line. We also added a white hospital gown to show that the ghost girl had been transported to the hospital after being attacked by her mother and father and had died on a hospital bed. We also used a white dress on the babysitter to show her innocence and naivety within the text.
In the opening of our trailer we show the news report of the anniversary of the death of a teenage girl that happened many years ago. This news report is disturbed by a sighting of the ghost girl forcing her way through the transition and stood within the house. There is also a shot of a child’s door to show that it will mainly be based on a child and the horror that she will have to endure. We also played child like screechy music over the top to show the disturbance of the piece and also the child like quality that Abi later adds to.
We changed many things throughout our piece and most of them worked quiet well. However, I do believe that we added certain things to the genre that probably wouldn’t have been used within other films, such as the possessing of a child. This gave our film a great depth as it pushed out of the normal stereotype of a child getting free; we focused it mainly around Abi so we could see how we could break the stereotype. Another thing we did that isn’t usually shown is the main fear factor within the first couple of seconds. Most horror movies wait till half way through the trailer or sometimes don’t show the feared character at all, where as we showed the ghost girl right at the beginning in a very effective and powerful way.
We used a popular stereotype throughout our text, and as Tessa Perkins said, stereotypes are usually a negative influence. We made sure that the main villain, although she is a ghost, is also a teenager. This will connect to the older generation because they have such a negative outlook on the youth of Britain today. It will also connect to the younger generation as horror is a very popular genre to them as it is crude and usually unforgiving. Overall I would give our film the rating of a 15 as it is a spine chilling horror that is disturbing and therefore needs a high viewing certificate.
I believe that many different media institutions would be interested in distributing our film. I think the main distributer would probably be Paramount as they have invested in many different horror movies that have all been successful. I believe institutions would want to invest in Abandoned because it is a different and wide spec film that will captivate the audience in an entirely new way. Our trailer shows a stereotype that is very well known in a different light. I believe this would enthuse the media institution and make them see a different, new and interesting text.
Friday, 11 December 2009
11/12/09
Today we started our editting. We need to find the noises of a heatbeat, a phone call going dead and our 999 call for the ending. We looked for a MP3 player to record the sound but found out there wasn't any. This was our first major problem, our other problem was to get the rest of the filming done as we need it to edit properly. We all decided it will be finished by sunday, so hopefully then we can start working properly upon our text.
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Synoptic treatment.
For our coursework this year we have chosen to do a piece of text based around the horror genre. We have comprised a main story for our piece and it consists of the following:
It starts with a new report of the anniversary of a young girl who died 20 years previously on her 16th birthday. The new reporter explains that she was tortured by her mother and father and later that day died in hospital.
The next scene you see is that off a normal family which consists of a mother, father and young girl who is the age of 6. The mother and father is about to go for a night out and has hired a baby sitter. The baby sitter arrives and the adults go leaving her with the young child for the whole night.
As the evening gets darker you begin to see that something is not completely right within the household. The audience sees quick flashes of a teenage girl who is dressed within a hospital gown wondering around the house. The first incident that the baby sitter experience’s is when she is watching television and it flicks onto white noise. As this happens the door is being knocked upon in a hurried and panicked manner. The babysitter rushes to the door, believing someone is in serious danger, and opens the door to find no one there. As the camera pans around you see the dead teenage girl stood behind the baby sitter but as the babysitter turns after closing the door she suddenly disappears.
The next scary even to happen is when the babysitter looks at her reflection in the mirror, this is a key scene as it is the first time the babysitter gets to view the dead girl. As she is gazing in the mirror she sees a strange ghostly figure walk past her but yet again as she turns around no one is there. She then runs in to the living to check the news report (after remembering the story on earlier that night about the girl) and as she enters the room you see the door begin to close behind her, this is again the young girl but only the audience is able to view her.
After this the young child she is looking after walks down the stairs complaining about her ‘imaginary friend’ not being able to be quiet. The babysitter sits down with the young girl and starts to sooth her. She walks into the kitchen to grab the young child a glass of milk, as she returns back into the living room you see the dead teenagers stood over the child making her look at her eyes. The babysitter hysterically tries to pull the child out of the trance but fails desperately.
Eventually she goes to bed and wakes in the middle of the night to the duvet being yanked from her and to the scratching of nails down her mirror with the words ‘get out’ written upon it. Panicking she runs into the child’s room and grabs her. However, the child refuses to leave and yet again enters her trance like mode. The babysitter then turn around and sees the dead girl screaming. Panicking again she quickly runs to the phone to call the police. At the end the audience sees a black screen and only hears the phone call. They hear the babysitter screaming for help and then a screeching yell and the hang up tone which represents only one thing, the death of the baby sitter.
It starts with a new report of the anniversary of a young girl who died 20 years previously on her 16th birthday. The new reporter explains that she was tortured by her mother and father and later that day died in hospital.
The next scene you see is that off a normal family which consists of a mother, father and young girl who is the age of 6. The mother and father is about to go for a night out and has hired a baby sitter. The baby sitter arrives and the adults go leaving her with the young child for the whole night.
As the evening gets darker you begin to see that something is not completely right within the household. The audience sees quick flashes of a teenage girl who is dressed within a hospital gown wondering around the house. The first incident that the baby sitter experience’s is when she is watching television and it flicks onto white noise. As this happens the door is being knocked upon in a hurried and panicked manner. The babysitter rushes to the door, believing someone is in serious danger, and opens the door to find no one there. As the camera pans around you see the dead teenage girl stood behind the baby sitter but as the babysitter turns after closing the door she suddenly disappears.
The next scary even to happen is when the babysitter looks at her reflection in the mirror, this is a key scene as it is the first time the babysitter gets to view the dead girl. As she is gazing in the mirror she sees a strange ghostly figure walk past her but yet again as she turns around no one is there. She then runs in to the living to check the news report (after remembering the story on earlier that night about the girl) and as she enters the room you see the door begin to close behind her, this is again the young girl but only the audience is able to view her.
After this the young child she is looking after walks down the stairs complaining about her ‘imaginary friend’ not being able to be quiet. The babysitter sits down with the young girl and starts to sooth her. She walks into the kitchen to grab the young child a glass of milk, as she returns back into the living room you see the dead teenagers stood over the child making her look at her eyes. The babysitter hysterically tries to pull the child out of the trance but fails desperately.
Eventually she goes to bed and wakes in the middle of the night to the duvet being yanked from her and to the scratching of nails down her mirror with the words ‘get out’ written upon it. Panicking she runs into the child’s room and grabs her. However, the child refuses to leave and yet again enters her trance like mode. The babysitter then turn around and sees the dead girl screaming. Panicking again she quickly runs to the phone to call the police. At the end the audience sees a black screen and only hears the phone call. They hear the babysitter screaming for help and then a screeching yell and the hang up tone which represents only one thing, the death of the baby sitter.
Box office takings.
These are the box office takings for some of the most famous horrors in history. I have looked at both Horror-Supernatural and Horror-Slasher as both of these sub genres are in our movie.
Costume.
CARISSA – News reporter (Caitlin) wears vest top and blazer.
MARK – Ghost Hunter (Mark Simpson) wears black shirt and trousers.
JESSICA –Babysitter (Sophia) wearing white dress.
ABI – Little Girl (Abi) - wearing pink pyjamas.
JESS’ PARENTS – Mum and Dad (Jane and Thomas) Jane in dress and Thomas in shirt.
EMILY – Ghost woman / Ghost Teenager –wears hospital robe, which is ripped and with blood stains (food colouring) on.
MARK – Ghost Hunter (Mark Simpson) wears black shirt and trousers.
JESSICA –Babysitter (Sophia) wearing white dress.
ABI – Little Girl (Abi) - wearing pink pyjamas.
JESS’ PARENTS – Mum and Dad (Jane and Thomas) Jane in dress and Thomas in shirt.
EMILY – Ghost woman / Ghost Teenager –wears hospital robe, which is ripped and with blood stains (food colouring) on.
Requirements list.
Requirements List
•Desk
•Paper
•Sofa
•Television
•Mirror
•Knife
•Knife block
•Bed
•Lipstick
•Shower
•Stairs
•Desk
•Paper
•Sofa
•Television
•Mirror
•Knife
•Knife block
•Bed
•Lipstick
•Shower
•Stairs
Script.
Abandoned
CARISSA – Camera Woman and News reporter (Caitlin)
MARK – Ghost Hunter (Mark Simpson)
JESSICA – Babysitter (Sophia)
ABI – Little Girl (Abi)
JESS’ PARENTS – Mum and Dad (Jane and Thomas)
EMILY – Ghost woman / Ghost Teenager
FADE IN
INT.NEWS STUDIO-EVENING 7.00
There is a close up of a woman who is sitting at a desk, you see her following her auto cue as she describes a local story.
CARISSA
... And now onto the story of a tragic death of a teenage girl, 7 years on. She was brutally murdered on what would have been her 16th birthday, by her mother and father.
FADE OUT
INT.THE HOUSE-EVENING 7.00
The camera is panning across the living room as a black figure is seen in the corner. As the camera pans back across quickly the girl is gone. Throughout this clip there is very dark mise-en-scene and there is also a voice over.
CARISSA
Today, is the day that the parents get released and local ghost hunters have said today will be the day the young girl’s ghost will seek her revenge.
FADE IN
EXT.A FIELD-EVENING 7.00
The scene cuts to a mid shot of Mark stood on a street, waiting to talk to the news reporter.
CARISSA (V.O)
Now let’s speak to one of the local ghost hunters who have recently spoke out about her ghost being active on this day, Mark Simpson. Hello Mark...
Mark looks as if he is going to say hello he has been staring at the camera the whole time.
FADE OUT
FASDE IN
INT.THE HOUSE-EVENING-9.00
The scene shows the babysitter arriving at the house.
THE MOTHER (V.O)
Just play along with her imaginary friend.
Shot of the child’s bedroom door with paintings and drawings on. The parents leave.
FADE OUT
INT. THE HOUSE-EVENING-9.10
The babysitter is sat watching television. Whilst she is watching television there is a loud, persistent banging upon the front door. The babysitter gets up to go and have a look who is banging on the door and finds that there is nobody there.
As the babysitter turns round, the camera gets the first glimpse of the ghost girl, as she walks past the babysitter’s shoulder. The babysitter looks in the little mirror next to the door and she catches a glimpse of the ghost girl in the mirror climbing down the stairs. There is a slow heartbeat sound. As this scares her, she turns around, to her left, to have a look who it is that she has seen. The ghost girl is there and they come face-to-face. This is the first time you see her.
She runs to the kitchen and grabs a knife. As she’s stood in the kitchen, she hears the television turn itself back on. She sticks her head round the kitchen door to have a look and there is a black screen with the word ‘abandoned’ in the centre of the screen. There is then a close up of the babysitter’s feet as she runs up the stairs, and then the camera is at the bottom of the stairs and you see the babysitter running up the stairs from behind.
She goes into Abi’s room and Abi is sat pointing at the mirror. On the mirror it says ‘12.00’. There is a black screen with says ‘vulnerable’ on it. There is then a close-up of a clock pointing at half-11. She picks Abi up and runs to the front door, only to find it locked. She panics and runs to bathroom, which is the only door with a lock. There is a close up of her locking the door and it shows her panic. They stand relaxed as the thinks they have got away from her. They turn around and she is stood in the shower looking at them, with her hands pressed up against the glass screen. Black out and ‘revenge’ comes up.
You can then see the babysitter being dragged down the stairs. Then the babysitter runs to the phone and grabs it dialling 999. The screen goes black.
999 OPERATOR
What service do you require?
BABYSITTER
Help, Help me...
The babysitter screams. Screen goes black.
999 OPERATOR
Hello. Hello...
Screen stays black and there is a flash up on the screen of the date when the film comes out; “Coming soon”. Then there is a black screen and the sound of a dead phone line.
CARISSA – Camera Woman and News reporter (Caitlin)
MARK – Ghost Hunter (Mark Simpson)
JESSICA – Babysitter (Sophia)
ABI – Little Girl (Abi)
JESS’ PARENTS – Mum and Dad (Jane and Thomas)
EMILY – Ghost woman / Ghost Teenager
FADE IN
INT.NEWS STUDIO-EVENING 7.00
There is a close up of a woman who is sitting at a desk, you see her following her auto cue as she describes a local story.
CARISSA
... And now onto the story of a tragic death of a teenage girl, 7 years on. She was brutally murdered on what would have been her 16th birthday, by her mother and father.
FADE OUT
INT.THE HOUSE-EVENING 7.00
The camera is panning across the living room as a black figure is seen in the corner. As the camera pans back across quickly the girl is gone. Throughout this clip there is very dark mise-en-scene and there is also a voice over.
CARISSA
Today, is the day that the parents get released and local ghost hunters have said today will be the day the young girl’s ghost will seek her revenge.
FADE IN
EXT.A FIELD-EVENING 7.00
The scene cuts to a mid shot of Mark stood on a street, waiting to talk to the news reporter.
CARISSA (V.O)
Now let’s speak to one of the local ghost hunters who have recently spoke out about her ghost being active on this day, Mark Simpson. Hello Mark...
Mark looks as if he is going to say hello he has been staring at the camera the whole time.
FADE OUT
FASDE IN
INT.THE HOUSE-EVENING-9.00
The scene shows the babysitter arriving at the house.
THE MOTHER (V.O)
Just play along with her imaginary friend.
Shot of the child’s bedroom door with paintings and drawings on. The parents leave.
FADE OUT
INT. THE HOUSE-EVENING-9.10
The babysitter is sat watching television. Whilst she is watching television there is a loud, persistent banging upon the front door. The babysitter gets up to go and have a look who is banging on the door and finds that there is nobody there.
As the babysitter turns round, the camera gets the first glimpse of the ghost girl, as she walks past the babysitter’s shoulder. The babysitter looks in the little mirror next to the door and she catches a glimpse of the ghost girl in the mirror climbing down the stairs. There is a slow heartbeat sound. As this scares her, she turns around, to her left, to have a look who it is that she has seen. The ghost girl is there and they come face-to-face. This is the first time you see her.
She runs to the kitchen and grabs a knife. As she’s stood in the kitchen, she hears the television turn itself back on. She sticks her head round the kitchen door to have a look and there is a black screen with the word ‘abandoned’ in the centre of the screen. There is then a close up of the babysitter’s feet as she runs up the stairs, and then the camera is at the bottom of the stairs and you see the babysitter running up the stairs from behind.
She goes into Abi’s room and Abi is sat pointing at the mirror. On the mirror it says ‘12.00’. There is a black screen with says ‘vulnerable’ on it. There is then a close-up of a clock pointing at half-11. She picks Abi up and runs to the front door, only to find it locked. She panics and runs to bathroom, which is the only door with a lock. There is a close up of her locking the door and it shows her panic. They stand relaxed as the thinks they have got away from her. They turn around and she is stood in the shower looking at them, with her hands pressed up against the glass screen. Black out and ‘revenge’ comes up.
You can then see the babysitter being dragged down the stairs. Then the babysitter runs to the phone and grabs it dialling 999. The screen goes black.
999 OPERATOR
What service do you require?
BABYSITTER
Help, Help me...
The babysitter screams. Screen goes black.
999 OPERATOR
Hello. Hello...
Screen stays black and there is a flash up on the screen of the date when the film comes out; “Coming soon”. Then there is a black screen and the sound of a dead phone line.
Director.
Herschell Gordon Lewis is the director who created the ‘Slasher movie’ concept, he dramatically changed the Horror genre and made audiences feel fear like no other. He has directed films such as ‘Prom night’ and ‘Friday the 13th’ these were major films and earned the box office a lot of money. Here are a few of the films he has directed:
The Gore-Gore Girls (aka Blood Orgy) (1975) [Producer and Director]
Year of the Yahoo! (1974) [Producer and Director]
This Stuff’ll Kill Ya! (1973) [Director]
Miss Nymphet's Zap-ln (1972) [Director]
Stick It in Your Ear (1971) [Producer] [aka Vortex]
The Wizard of Gore (1971) [Director, Writer]
The Ecstasies of Women (1970) [Director under pseudonym]
Linda and Abilene (1969) [Director under pseudonym]
How to Make a Doll (1968) [Director]
Just for the Hell of It (1968) [Director]
The Psychic (1968) [Cinematographer]
The Girl, the Body, and the Pill (1967) [Director]
The Gruesome Twosome (1967) [Director]
The Magic Land. of Mother Goose (1967) [Director and Cinematographer]
Something Weird (1967) [Director]
Suburban Roulette (1967) [Producer and Director, Co-writer]
A Taste of Blood (1967) [Producer and Director]
Alley Tramp (1966) [Director under pseudonym]
Jimmy, the Boy Wonder (1966) [Director]
Color Me Blood Red (1965) [Director, Writer. Cinematographer]
Monster a Go-Go (1965) [Director, Producer as Sheldon Seymour]
Sin, Suffer, Repent (1965) [Director, Cinematographer]
She-Devils on Wheels (1968) [Producer and Director]
Blast-Off Girls (1967) [Producer and Director, Writer]
Boin-n-g (1963) [Director]
Goldilocks and the Three Bares (1963) [Director under pseudonym]
Scum of the Earth (1963) [Director] Daughter of the Sun (1962) [Director under pseudonym, Writer]
Nature’s Playmates (1962) [Director under pseudonym]
The Adventures Of Lucky Pierre (1962) [Director under pseudonym, Writer]
Living Venus (1961) [Producer and Director]
The Prime Time (1960) [Producer]
2,000 Maniacs! (1964) [Director, Writer, Wrote musical score]
Moonshine Mountain (1964) [Procucer and Director, Cinematographer]
Bell, Bare, and Beautiful (1963) [Director under pseudonym]
Blood Feast (1963) [Director, Cinematographer, Composer]
Blood Feast 2 (2002) [Director]
Grim Fairy Tales (March 2009) (Director) "In Production"
(http://herschellgordonlewis.com/films.htm)
He is head of Lewis enterprise and is arguably the best known director and business man within the United States of America. As well as being well known for being a director he is also recognized for the many books he has written and published, such as, Selling on the net and the worlds greatest direct mail sales letters.
The Gore-Gore Girls (aka Blood Orgy) (1975) [Producer and Director]
Year of the Yahoo! (1974) [Producer and Director]
This Stuff’ll Kill Ya! (1973) [Director]
Miss Nymphet's Zap-ln (1972) [Director]
Stick It in Your Ear (1971) [Producer] [aka Vortex]
The Wizard of Gore (1971) [Director, Writer]
The Ecstasies of Women (1970) [Director under pseudonym]
Linda and Abilene (1969) [Director under pseudonym]
How to Make a Doll (1968) [Director]
Just for the Hell of It (1968) [Director]
The Psychic (1968) [Cinematographer]
The Girl, the Body, and the Pill (1967) [Director]
The Gruesome Twosome (1967) [Director]
The Magic Land. of Mother Goose (1967) [Director and Cinematographer]
Something Weird (1967) [Director]
Suburban Roulette (1967) [Producer and Director, Co-writer]
A Taste of Blood (1967) [Producer and Director]
Alley Tramp (1966) [Director under pseudonym]
Jimmy, the Boy Wonder (1966) [Director]
Color Me Blood Red (1965) [Director, Writer. Cinematographer]
Monster a Go-Go (1965) [Director, Producer as Sheldon Seymour]
Sin, Suffer, Repent (1965) [Director, Cinematographer]
She-Devils on Wheels (1968) [Producer and Director]
Blast-Off Girls (1967) [Producer and Director, Writer]
Boin-n-g (1963) [Director]
Goldilocks and the Three Bares (1963) [Director under pseudonym]
Scum of the Earth (1963) [Director] Daughter of the Sun (1962) [Director under pseudonym, Writer]
Nature’s Playmates (1962) [Director under pseudonym]
The Adventures Of Lucky Pierre (1962) [Director under pseudonym, Writer]
Living Venus (1961) [Producer and Director]
The Prime Time (1960) [Producer]
2,000 Maniacs! (1964) [Director, Writer, Wrote musical score]
Moonshine Mountain (1964) [Procucer and Director, Cinematographer]
Bell, Bare, and Beautiful (1963) [Director under pseudonym]
Blood Feast (1963) [Director, Cinematographer, Composer]
Blood Feast 2 (2002) [Director]
Grim Fairy Tales (March 2009) (Director) "In Production"
(http://herschellgordonlewis.com/films.htm)
He is head of Lewis enterprise and is arguably the best known director and business man within the United States of America. As well as being well known for being a director he is also recognized for the many books he has written and published, such as, Selling on the net and the worlds greatest direct mail sales letters.
Similar Movies.
Title: When a stranger calls
Release date: 12th May 2006
Plot: A high-school student is babysitting for a local mother, whilst she is babysitting a prank caller decides to pay her a call.
Genre: Horror/Thriller.
Rating: 5/10
Title: One missed call
Release date: 4th April 2008
Plot: Characters start receiving voice mails from their future selves.
Genre: Horror/ Thriller
Rating: 4/10
Title: He knows you’re alone.
Release date: 12th September 1980.
Plot: A blushing bride is being stalked by a serial killer.
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Rating: 4/10
Release date: 12th May 2006
Plot: A high-school student is babysitting for a local mother, whilst she is babysitting a prank caller decides to pay her a call.
Genre: Horror/Thriller.
Rating: 5/10
Title: One missed call
Release date: 4th April 2008
Plot: Characters start receiving voice mails from their future selves.
Genre: Horror/ Thriller
Rating: 4/10
Title: He knows you’re alone.
Release date: 12th September 1980.
Plot: A blushing bride is being stalked by a serial killer.
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Rating: 4/10
Stereotypes
Whilst watching horror movies for my blog I realised that there was many stereotypical things within the horror/thriller genre. Here are a few I noticed:
• The police never believe the victim of the text.
• The killer is usually killed by the hero, however, the hero never checks if he really is dead and ends up being killed himself.
• All horror films use sudden noises.
• A sudden hand on the hero’s shoulder.
• Young woman trips and sprains ankle.
• The hero usually traps himself by running upstairs or into a corner etc.
• The police never believe the victim of the text.
• The killer is usually killed by the hero, however, the hero never checks if he really is dead and ends up being killed himself.
• All horror films use sudden noises.
• A sudden hand on the hero’s shoulder.
• Young woman trips and sprains ankle.
• The hero usually traps himself by running upstairs or into a corner etc.
How Horror/ Thriller has evolved over time.
Horror movies began in the 1940’s with films such as Frankenstein and Dracula, these films dragged audience’s into the theatres by the promise to scare people. However, these films were very short lived and therefore the novelty wore off very quickly. After World War II the idea of mummies and zombies began to wear off with the public so directors began to play around with the idea’s of aliens and colossal insects with was believed to have originated from World War II itself. With the director’s inspired a new range of movies were delivered onto the market.
In the 1950’s a new audience was introduced into Hollywood’s sights, these were the teenagers of the time. Hollywood quickly realised that they had a chance to broaden there market and set to making movies to be shown on television. This core audience became the start of a new set of movies known as ‘exploitation teenpics.’
In 1957 the movie The Curse of Frankenstein was delivered to the market and this shocked audiences all over the world. This production showed blood and gore but in colour which teenagers loved. Hollywood responded by making a series of ‘Horror teenpics’.
In 1963 a man named Herschell Gordon Lewis invented a new twist to the common horror film. Instead of a young man being the main objective of the ‘creature’ instead a young attractive woman was the main victim. He added the idea of stalking and mutilation happening to the young woman instead of the ‘hero’ character. This produced very harsh movies and the public instantly showed their fondness.
After this special affects began to advance within horror movies, this allowed the audience to see more violence and unrealistic scenes which is exactly what the younger audiences were asking for. Since special effects have appeared within horror movies they become more successfully commercial and some have even broken records within the box office. In 1978 a movie called Halloween was produced and this broke not only the record for the most tickets sold within the horror genre but the most box office tickets sold for any movie ever.
Hollywood noticed this rating and instantly created movies along the same plot, hoping to repeat the previous success of Halloween. Movies such as Prom night and Friday the 13th were brought onto the market by Hollywood directors. These were some of the first Slasher movies invented which were very successful. However, along with the success also came the critics saying that Slasher films only portrayed violent attacks upon young women and mixing sex scenes within vicious and brutal attacks.
In the 1950’s a new audience was introduced into Hollywood’s sights, these were the teenagers of the time. Hollywood quickly realised that they had a chance to broaden there market and set to making movies to be shown on television. This core audience became the start of a new set of movies known as ‘exploitation teenpics.’
In 1957 the movie The Curse of Frankenstein was delivered to the market and this shocked audiences all over the world. This production showed blood and gore but in colour which teenagers loved. Hollywood responded by making a series of ‘Horror teenpics’.
In 1963 a man named Herschell Gordon Lewis invented a new twist to the common horror film. Instead of a young man being the main objective of the ‘creature’ instead a young attractive woman was the main victim. He added the idea of stalking and mutilation happening to the young woman instead of the ‘hero’ character. This produced very harsh movies and the public instantly showed their fondness.
After this special affects began to advance within horror movies, this allowed the audience to see more violence and unrealistic scenes which is exactly what the younger audiences were asking for. Since special effects have appeared within horror movies they become more successfully commercial and some have even broken records within the box office. In 1978 a movie called Halloween was produced and this broke not only the record for the most tickets sold within the horror genre but the most box office tickets sold for any movie ever.
Hollywood noticed this rating and instantly created movies along the same plot, hoping to repeat the previous success of Halloween. Movies such as Prom night and Friday the 13th were brought onto the market by Hollywood directors. These were some of the first Slasher movies invented which were very successful. However, along with the success also came the critics saying that Slasher films only portrayed violent attacks upon young women and mixing sex scenes within vicious and brutal attacks.
Shooting Regulations
To make sure that we were not going against health and safety regulations we all searched and read them on the internet. We discovered that the script we had written was perfectly fine and was within the health and safety regulations and therefore we could proceed with filming like we originally planned.
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