Filming And Editing Schedule

Thursday 26th January 2010 - 1.30pm - Test Shots, Sweeps & Pans (Establishing Shots)
Tuesday 2nd February 2010 - 4pm - Start filming (Indoor scenes)
Thursday 4th February 2010 - 4pm - Antagonist Scenes (Outdoor)
Tuesday 9th February 2010 - 4pm - Editing
Thursday 11th February 2010 - 4pm - Reshoot

Final Location Choice

Choices of Locations for Horror

Part 2

Choices of Locations for Horror

Part 1

Prop List

Costumes:
2 sleepover girls - Short pyjamas
Sleepover boy - shorts and a t-shirt
Villain - white dress, dramatic make up, dirt and mud/rips

Final Idea

Our opening scene will begin with an establishing shot of a house, there will be 3 teenagers inside (2 girls, 1 boy) who are all watching a horror film (n/a) and there is an atmosphere of tension. It will then cut to outside the house where there will be a point of view shot from the antagonist watching the 3 teenagers who gets closer and closer to the window at extreme speed and breathes on the window. All is quiet, until there is a loud ring from the doorbell, they answer the door and no ones there. the two girls return to the horror, but the boy goes to the kitchen, as she is facing the window, we see the antagonist behind him. He turns around and the antagonist is gone (at this time she is oblivious to the danger) . She returns to the room pretending to be dragged and scaring everyone until we see her properly dragged away and then the electricity cuts, they all scream. When the lights flicker back on, one of them has disappeared leaving the last girl alone in the center of the room with the girl behind her. She gets closer (incidental music) and closer (incidental music)... cut to title.

Psycho (1960)

Psycho is a 1960 american horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the screenplay by Joseph Stefano. Psycho is about the encounter between a secretary, Janet Leigh, who is in hiding at a motel after embezzling from her employer, and the motels owner, Norman Bates, and the aftermath of the encounter.

The film is notorious for its famous 'Shower Scene' where the murder of Janet Leigh's character actually occurs. The Shower scene is one of the most famous scenes in cinema history and could be stated as being the revolutionary scene to change the horror film industry.

The scene begins in a bathroom, the bathroom is spotless and white, possibly showing the innocence and purity of the protagonist. Furthermore due to the film being black and white, in my opinion I feel this further enhances her purity as the colours seem to be more pure. However when we see the antagonists silhouette through the shower curtain we can immediately see the contrast between the protagonists purity and the antagonists impurity.

The protagonist enhances her purity and fundementally her vulnerability when she removes her dressing gown to enter the shower. This portrays to the audience that danger is looming. Whilst the protagonist showers we see a series of different camera angles as she enjoys her shower. But then the camera angle changes and remains there as we see the antagonist vaguely enter the room, meanwhile the audience are looking through a shower curtain so the antagonists identity remains unknown therefore increasing the tension. The antagonist then rips open the shower curtain and begins his attack.

The murder weapon is a knife which conforms to the iconic conventions of horror films as it portrays a more brutal and painful death. Once the protagonist has been attacked we see a close up of her hand run down the tiles on the wall as her life slowly fades away. But she then grabs on to the shower curtain with a last gasp of strength then the shower curtain falls and with the shower curtain the protagonists body falls to the floor.

Throughout the scene lots of jump cuts are used to build up tension. There are also a vast amount of close ups of the protagonist. These are possibly used to show her emotion and emphasise her innocence and purity. The most notorious shot of the whole scene is where the camera is directed at the protagonist but the framing is interesting and she is not placed in the centre, but instead is placed slightly to the right. This allows us to see over her shoulder and see the antogonist enter the room. This builds up a huge amount of tension as the audience can see what is going to happen before the protagonist can.

Iconic FIlms

Alien

Alien was directed by Ridley Scott, with a UK release date of 6th September 1979, it was one of the first sci-fi horror films.

The Shining

The Shining was directed by Stanley Kubrick released in 1980 with the slogan 'The tide of terror that swept America is here' was one of Jack Nicholsons most memorable films.

The Exorcist

The Exorcist was directed by William Fredkin was released in 1978 and was based on the novel by William Peter Blatly, its slogan was 'The movie you've been waiting for, without the wait'

Blair Witch Project

This was a horror documentary about 3 young students who go missing. Directed by Eduardo Sanchez. Iconic 'real footage' shows antagonist as little as possible to create suspense

The Amityville Horror

This was released in 1979, its about a family who move into a house with a history of murder. Its iconic because it features real life paranormal experiences of the family

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

This was released in 1970 and was based upon a story of a guy who wore peoples in faces in Texas (USA). The iconic chainsaw was one of the first of it's kind as it was the first power tool to be in a horror film

Jason-X

This film has features of iconic films with the use of a mask on the antagonist therefore making them more initimidating

Psycho

The main plot is about a man who owns a motel who murders a woman, its iconic for the famous shower scene

Modern Horror FIlms

Irony In Horror Films

Horror has become more self-mockingly ironic and outright paroduc example of this would be 'Scream'

The Return Of The Zombies

There has been a major return to the zombies genre in horror movies made after 2000, a larger trend is a return to the extreme, graphic violence that characterized much of the type of low budget, exploitation horror from the seventies.

Torture Porn

They have been labelled torture porn due to the sadistic yet sexual, This new form of horror has only been recently become popular because of the how we have been descencitized

Horror Hybrids & Sub Genres

What is a sub genre?

Sub Genre is defined as 'category of artistic, musical or literary composition characterised by a particular genre'

Sub Genres Of Horror

• Comedy
• Extra-Terrestrial
• Monster
• Teen
• Slasher
• Supernatural
• Psychological

Comedy Horror Films

Horror films involving some form of comedy an example of a film like this would be 'Shaun Of The Dead'

Slasher Horror

Sub genre of the horror film genre typically involving a psycho killing an example of this would be 'Halloween'

Supernatural Horror

Depict events that appear beyond normal perceptions, for example a film such as 'The Ring'

Psychological Horror

Relies on characters fears, guilt, beliefs, usually involves eerie sound effects, relevant music and emotional instability to build tension and further the plot

What is a horror hybrid?

Something of mixed origin or composition when two films genres are combined together in order to create a combination of both the films for example films like 'Deadlands', 'Alien'