Foggy day..

On the 13th December 2010, me and Mehreen had gone over to the park as the garage in the middle of Norbury park is our main setting. It was a foggy day so this had given us the urge to record a clip for our trailer. We had taken it in turns to shoot the garage from a establishing shot to a close up. We had taken various of shots as the fog was not going to last for the long so we had taken as much as we can. The fog had given us a unique look and also a horror feel to the trailer. I had also picked out a path way which contained trees along the side. I had taken pictures of my peers walking away in to the distance along the pathway they had taken upon the role of 'Jamie' and 'Cassey' as they were unavailable.

Flame..

The 'flame' scene, this scene will be taken in the drama studio. We had chosen this location as its daylight this is the only room that doesn't have any windows so it will be very dark. We then had to gather our actresses 'Jamie' and the villain. Mehreen had found a white mask which the villain had to wear so disguise himself. We had then set up the camera and the tripod. The tripod was set to the lowest level so the actors were on their knees. We had then directed 'Jamie and the villain' to go on their knees and be eye-eye level with each other. However, Jamie does not know the villain is in front of her and discovers that he is when she tries to flicker the lighter on to give her light. This had taken many more takes then usual as the lighter was hard to flame. When this had come out according to plan we had done a close up both of their face in the camera and the flame sparked in the middle and 'Jamie' in shock looking straight at Jamie. This was taken in different takes and position from over the shoulder shot from Jamie point of view and also a extreme close up of the villain with the flame close to his face. The villain was played by my fellow peer that attends my college Marria Zafar.

Dragging...

In our shooting schedule, myself and my peers had decided to do the 'dragging scene' this contains my friend Ayesha Samji who is playing the role as Jamie. The setting of this scene was in our college in the drama studio. We had decided to do it in there as it was pitch black and also spacious. This is a image of me dragging 'Jamie' and a camera placed in front of her on the floor. We had tried different filters to see what effects it will give on the audience. This had taken a very long time as the camera had caught me in the scene,however, I am not the killer. We had flickered the lights on and off as it gives us a mysterious feel to the trailer.

A Scene From our Trailer

This is the first scene we had filmed on the 8th of December 2010. We had printed out image of various of people and also taken pictures, with the camera of people. We had done this to make the pictures more realistic, to make it look as if there is a person stalking them. Then we had printed out the images in black and white and burnt the edges of the images to give it a rusty, dirty feel and look to it. Me and my group had then placed them with blue tack on the wall and set the camera right in front of the image, to give it a point of view shot. We had then tested different colour lightings and told one of my group member to crawl on her knee (second image) so the shadow is shown on the wall.

Key Scenes for Horror Trailer

· A new flash of a missing girl, Marie Williams.
· Friend of Marie sits distressed and shaken.
· They find a quiet spot near an abandoned garage/ house in the middle of the park and begin to wonder about what it is and what’s inside.
· new type of drug
· see a black out
· Three of them ‘enjoy’ the night and indulge in typical teenage behaviour, Jamie suddenly passes out.
· the doors to the house left wide open,
· They go back to open the door but find that it’s locked
· The lights start flickering and they start to panic,
· Being high on drugs.
· They start looking around the large storage room
· his phone to create light and is shocked at the sight of numerous dead bodies
· The girls call out his name;
· three hear loud banging noises
· Jamie ends up banging her head,
· Dragged into the darkness by an unknown thing.
· scratched severely from knee downwards
· Blood was trickling down her hands.
· Jamie tries to relight it, however after many attempts a flame finally appears with the view of an anonymous stranger staring directly at her.
· Faces the wall and finds herself at eye level with the words ‘ YOUR NEXT’ written in blood. Cassey screams
· Cassey starts to bang her head continuously against the wall.
· Her forehead is soon, covered in blood
· A knife stabs through the door and pierces through his left eye,
· Jamie’s eyes begin to close slowly
· Jamie suddenly waking up in shock, breathing heavily.
· Feels a strange feeling haunting her, she feels the presence of the killer from her dreams.
· The film ends with Jamie sitting at home watching the T.V screen terrified.
· Picks up the phone to call the police station. She finds the phone is not able to connect
· Her eye catches a figure standing in the mirror

Shooting Schedule

Plot Summary

The film begins with a new flash of a missing girl, Marie Williams. The incident becomes the talk of the college and everyone is curious as to what has happened. Jamie, who was a close friend of Marie, sits distressed and shaken. Cassey, who is another friend of the group, comforts Jamie and offers her a sleepover around hers for the night to cheer her up and get her mind of the situation.

Jamie arrives at Cassey’s house and they later decide to take a trip to the local park to get high. They arrive at the park and Adam, Cassey’s boyfriend, turns up unexpectedly. They find a quiet spot near an abandoned garage/ house in the middle of the park and begin to wonder about what it is and what’s inside. Adam offers the girls a new type of drug he’s just bought and convinces Jamie to get high and enjoy the night, forgetting about her worries. Jamie is a decent girl who’s never tried drugs in her life, however due to peer pressure and the stress and misery she is going through, she goes ahead and takes the unknown drug.
Whilst the three of them ‘enjoy’ the night and indulge in typical teenage behaviour, Jamie suddenly passes out. The audience see a black out but after a couple of seconds we are back to the same scene, with Cassey and Adam trying to get Jamie back up. They call Jamie light weight and laugh it off. The group then end up playing truth or dare. On Adam’s go they see one of the doors to the house left wide open, so they dare him to go inside. Being the typical arrogant male character he is, he walks in bravely and screams from inside. The girls run in after worried and are treated to a ‘BOO’. Although they are shaking from the scare, they laugh it off without realising the door behind them has been closed. They go back to open the door but find that it’s locked and blame Adam for playing another trick. The lights start flickering and they start to panic, but soon end up laughing the situation off due to being high on drugs. As the lights start flickering the three of them become aware of their surroundings and try to find an alternative way to escape.

They start looking around the large storage room and spot that there is another door leading to a different room. Adam goes to investigate what the room could be in desperate search of finding an escape route. He opens the door and a strong smell hits him. Adam uses his phone to create light and is shocked at the sight of numerous dead bodies that are scattered around the room. The girls call out his name; however they get no response and decide to go see where Adam has gone. They are soon, shocked by the horrific sight of the dead bodies that are seen in the room. Terrified, they all start retrieving and realise that this was not a joke and is a serious matter and are now petrified, as there is no way OUT! The three hear loud banging noises and in deep desperation start to run around the room, in order to find a way out. During this commotion, Jamie ends up banging her head, and thumps to the ground. Cassey and Adam realise that Jamie is nowhere to be seen and see her being dragged into the darkness by an unknown thing. They run towards her in order to help her, and manage to pull her back to safety. Jamie feels a sharp pain in her leg and gets Cassey to take a look at it. They see that Jamie has been scratched severely from knee downwards and Cassey touches Jamie’s knee but realises that blood was trickling down her hands. The room goes pitch black and in desperate need of light, Adam takes out the light from his pocket and lights it handing it over to Jamie. The flame from the lighter blows out so Jamie tries to relight it, however after many attempts a flame finally appears with the view of an anonymous stranger staring directly at her. In fear and panic, Cassey steps back, her feet lands on something sharp, turns vigorously and faces the wall and finds herself at eye level with the words ‘ YOUR NEXT’ written in blood. Cassey screams in horror and leans against the wall. Suddenly, Cassey starts to bang her head continuously against the wall. Her head is being hit fiercely, several times and Adam thinks that Cassey is doing this due to being frustrated, and wanting to find a way out. However, it is actually the unknown thing that is banging Cassey’s head against the wall. Her forehead is soon, covered in blood and Adam takes her into his arms to find that Cassey is now dead. Adam is shocked and is left confused, he runs to the door and starts to bang on the door and grips onto the door handle to try to open it. A knife stabs through the door and pierces through his left eye, killing him immediately. Jamie’s eyes begin to close slowly as she watches her friends die. The shock and fear inside her causes her to pass out, whilst we hear a pair of footsteps walking towards her the scene goes dark.
The next scene starts off with Jamie suddenly waking up in shock, breathing heavily. We realise it is the following morning, and she is lying in Cassey’s bed. Cassey is also waken by her loud breathing and reassures Jamie lazily and tells her to go back to sleep. Jamie lies in bed puzzled looking up at the ceiling trying to make sense of what has just happened. Jamie remains quiet until they go down for breakfast and then decides to ask Cassey on what had happened last night. Cassey explains to Jamie that she had passed out last night and had to be carried home by Adam. They were too scared to take Jamie to the hospital as they would be questioned on use of illegal drugs. Being the light weight she is, they didn’t take her passing out very seriously.
As the days pass, Jamie tries to forget about the incident, however feels a strange feeling haunting her, she feels the presence of the killer from her dreams. Cassey and Adam, pressurize Jamie into going with them to the local park to hang out. However, Jamie refuses to go and prohibits Cassey and Adam to not go too. They do not listen to her and they still decide to go. Jamie senses a bad vibe, and does not want to go, therefore goes back to her own house. She goes to sleep and wakes up the next morning to find that her friend Cassey and her boyfriend have gone missing.

After police investigation, a few days later Jamie finds out that the events that she had dreamt of took place in reality. Jamie keeps seeing the same face continuously everywhere she goes, and starts questioning her surroundings. In news report of the incident the face of the killer is revealed, and Jamie realises that the killer is actually the same person she keeps seeing, the face she had directly seen back in the house. The film ends with Jamie sitting at home watching the T.V screen terrified. She suddenly remembers a vital piece of information which could help to solve the mysterious case, and picks up the phone to call the police station. She finds the phone is not able to connect and instead decides to walk to the station. As she’s about to open her front door, she finds it is locked. Her eye catches a figure standing in the mirror and turns to find the killer is present in the room. THE END.

BBFC

I had copied some information from the BBFC website this had helped me and my group to come up with the story line then choose what age ratings it should be as their were certain requirements that a '15' rating horror film can't have but a '18' can, so this is why we had chosen to come up with a narrative for out trailer then decide.

'15'

Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

No theme is prohibited, provide the treatment is appropriate for 15 year old.

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexuality violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.

'18'

Where the material is in breach of the criminal law, or has been created through the commission of a criminal offence

Where material or treatment appears to the BBFC to risk harm to individuals or, through their behaviour, to society – for example, any detailed portrayal of violent or dangerous acts, or of illegal drug use, which may cause harm to public health or morals. This may include portrayals of sexual or sexualised violence which might, for example, eroticise or endorse sexual assault

Where there are more explicit images of sexual activity which cannot be justified by context. Such images may be appropriate in ‘R18’ works, and in ‘sex works’ (see below) would normally be confined to that category.

'Scream' (1996) & 'Psycho' (1992)

Opening scene from 'Scream' 1996 directed by Wes Craven

The opening scene, is of Casey who is waiting for her boyfriend to come over. Whilst waiting for her boyfriend she receives a call which make her feel uneasy however, she is drawn into a conversation with the mysterious caller. Casey thinks its her boyfriend being joking around with her and furiously the man frightens her by saying something. Their is a establishing shot which sets the scene of where Casey is and this also reveals to the audience.

There is a camera shot which reveals to us that Casey lives in a isolated place so this shows us that she is on her own away from everyone else. As soon as this is shown this tells us that it is a horror film. This makes it more frightening as Casey will not be able to receive help from anyone and this puts us on the edge of our seat as we want to know what is going to happen.

'Scream' uses sound to engage as well as to scare the audience. For example: when Casey realises she is being watched, she locks up the doors and walks into the other and straight after the door bell rings this frightens the audience as well as Casey as it was unexpected. Also when Casey keeps receiving phone calls from the mysterious caller.

Research into Horror Films

During our lessons, we watched clips, trailers and the films which are listed below. We had watched these to give us an idea of how horror has developed over the years and also how the audience are engaged before and now. I had found this very useful as 'Nosfertu' was not as frightening as the films that are coming out now such as 'Paranormal activity'. As 'Nosfertu' the villain was a Dracula, however, I didn't find this scary as i know Dracula are fictional whereas, 'Paranormal Activity' is a psychological film this is more realistic and more frightening.

Nosferatu,1922 (Director: F. W. Murnau)
Dracula, 1958 (Director: Terence Fisher)
Psycho, 1960 [Shower Scene] (Director: Alfred Hitchcock)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 1974 (Director: Tobe Hopper)
Carrie, 1976 (Director: Brian De Palma)
Halloween, 1978 (Director: John Carpenter)
Bram Stoker's Dracula, 1992 (Director: Francis Ford Coppola)
Scream, 1996 (Director: Wes Craven)

Group members and their roles

Mehreen Akthar

Editor- Putting all the scenes together and being creative and making it a horror trailer by correcting or adding sound to complete the finishing product.

Cameraman- Capturing scenes for the trailer.

Ruksana Miah

Producer-

Cameraman-Capturing scenes for the trailer.

Sabina Sheikh

Director-

Cameraman-Capturing scenes for the trailer.

As we only have three members in my group, as a team we had come to conclusion that between us we will be the camera man.

Film titles

Me and my group have chose at least 5 from this diagram,however, the names we had randomly chosen had already been taken or have been used. The most eye catching one out of all these was 'Misconception' but we had googled this and searched in to depth whether they exist or have been already taken. This film title has been already taken but was spelt 'Misconceptions' with an 's' so, me and my group and my media teacher are still debating whether to use this name. But then we had realised a film has recently just come out called 'Inception', on the other hand the name we had been debating over had sound similar to this film.

Production Names

Horror Trailer Conventions

• Film title
• Release date/ coming soon
• Feedbacks
• Age restrictions
• Ratings
• Tagline
• Production company
• No narrative
• Quick cut shots

Horror conventions

Mise-en-scene (icon):

• isolated or domestic settings
• use of shadows
• lighting ( dark)
• knives or any sharp objects
• blood
• masks
• ghosts

Camera Angels/Editing:

• cross cuts to create suspense
• speed of cuts increased to reveal less information
• hand held ( documentary)
• point of view shot to be in the villain shoes or other characters.

Characters:

• Propps character theory:
  1. The villain (struggles against the hero)
  2. The donor (prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object)
  3. The helper (helps the hero in the quest)
  4. The princess (person the hero marries, often sought for during the narrative)
  5. Her father
  6. The dispatcher (character who makes the lack known and sends the hero off)
  7. The hero or victim/seeker hero, reacts to the donor, weds the princess

Music:

• Heartbeat
• screaming
• instruments
• loud noises
• foot steps
• eerie music

Narrative structure:

• Good triumping over evil
• conflict played put as a battle between good and evil
• the supernatural haunting an individual
• unfinished business with villain coming back
• for revenge
• confusion withh identity
• unsolved muders
• unexplained events

Audience Theories

Hypodermic Theory:

This theory shows how the media can be so powerful that it can change what a person thinks this is revealed as being 'injected' into the persons brain. This shows that many people take in account and this goes into the mind of the audience this theory is related to women and children as they are shown to be the most vulnerable, however, this theory was created in the 1930's where there wasn't many positive/ negative shown to the audience and less knowledge on what goes on behind the media and how over exaggerated they can make a story. This theory suggests that, as an audience, we are take into account of the media texts, and that our behaviour and thinking might be easily changed by media-makers. It assumes that the audience are passive.

The copy cat theory:

This theory is about how the audience that watched certain scenes might replicate that among themselves or to someone else. This was a major problem as two 10 years old boys had kidnapped a Jamie Bulger (2 years old) and had tortured him leaving him dead on the train tracks they had argued that this was an imitation from 'Child Play 3' as the scenes from the film were related to the murder.However, the copy cat theory does not look into the reason why the person might of committed this crime because not all crimes that are related to the media might not be conclusion on the other hand, the person might have aggressive behaviour, illness etc.

The final girl theory:

This theory is about the final girl standing that defeats the villain or escapes as a class we had discussed what all the final girls have in common; brunette, intelligent, Unisex name ( Sydney, Billie), Purity, tend to be more masculine. This can be related to 'Scream' as Sydney the main character as all the aspect of the final girl theory that survives and continues on to 'Scream 2' this also happens in 'Halloween' were Laurie defeats the villain . The way the character is portrayed in the film is seen to be vulnerable, however, when they defeat the villain the audience are left questioned as they were expecting a male instead of a female.

Key scenes

The image on the left is the most famous scene, of Marion being killed whilst having a relaxing shower. This is famous for its shots combined together, to make such a incredible scene. My favourite scene from this film is when the camera zooms into Marion's eyes ,which zooms out into the drain where her sins are being washed away. The image on the right is also one of my favourite, as you do not see the killer as you can only see the silhouette of the person slashing Marion.

The use of shadow being used in 'Nosfertu', has given me ideas as now on this present day and age not many films use shadows to keep the audience engaged, as the audience are more harder to please and frighten.The image on the left is a image of 'Nosfertu' who is a Dracula. This is not as scary as it seems as it is a black and white film.Looking into the picture this image is quiet frightening as 'Nosfertu' is entering the persons room also that fact that his hand and that he is a Dracula keeps the audience engaged as you would like to know what he is up to?.

This scene is a famous scene as the Carrie kills her mother and positioned in the same way as Jesus was crucified on the cross.however this is also unique as the genre of the film is horror and being apart of the audience you will not think that someone will be killed in that particular way.

Research-Horror genre

In order to understand how horror genre had developed over the years,we had done this by watching various of films and how they have produced films that contain viewers worst fears, terror of the unknown:

• Nosferatu (1922
• The Faculty (1998)
• Shaun Of The Dead (2004)
• Bramstoker's Dracula (1992)
• Psycho (1960)
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
• Halloween (1978)
• Carrie (1976)
• Scream (1996)

When we had finished watching sectors from every film we had analysed on how the horror genre had developed over the years and how it has improved; edits, music, mise-en-scene, camera. Analysing the films that were produced they contained scenes that were copied from previous horror films in the 1900's such as 'Scream' had iconic scenes from 'Halloween, Psycho'. 'Nosfertu' was the oldest black and white horror film that we watched,by watching this film which contained no dialogue wouldn't have been a film that I personally wouldn't of chosen to watch.However, my views on 'Nosfertu' has changed as I enjoyed the the narrative of this film, I had analysed on how much media has changed over the years.