Location Risk Assessment

Location Risk Assessment

Location RECCE

Location RECCE

P9 - Feedback on draft film poster

I've asked several people to share their thoughts and views on my poster for my short horror film. From the feedback I've received I've noticed the majority of the people I've asked like the poster and commented how well it represents the gothic horror genre. However, there are 3 feedbacks in particular which differed from the rest. One (1st screenshot) said the poster is "simple" in a good way and the title stood out. Another (2nd screenshot) referred to the same points but mentioned the title looked "like it was done quickly". The third feedback shows the person understood the concept of the poster by saying it's "artistic" which was my aim to make the poster look that way but in a simplistic style.

I asked what people think the film could be about by just looking at the poster and the answers were pretty much the same - a girl is stuck somewhere and can't get out, which is the concept of the film. From hearing this, i know that i've accomplished my aim with the poster as people understand the image shown. 

The only improvement mentioned was on the writing of the title. Someone suggested (2nd screenshot) that maybe there should be a dripping blood effect. I've thought about this and  have decided not to take it on board as it wouldn't make sense since there will be no image or footage of blood in my film. 

From analysing other film posters i've thought about how i can make mine different and stand out from the rest. From the feedback, which was useful, I realised i don't have to use a lot of colours, details or wording for people to look at it or take notice of it. 

Learning about camera work

                      

P8 - Draft of poster

This is a draft of the poster for my film. I've decided to keep it really simple by only including the title of the film linked with the tagline, "once you're in there's no escape". This is because I want my audience to be intrigued by the poster because of the lack of other wording or imagery. From analysing film posters I found out they will usually include the credits and mentioning of producers from other films. However, with my poster I want to keep it as minimal as possible so the audience are only focused on the tagline, title and the imagery.

The  person in the poster juxtaposes with the villain in my film - in the film the face of the villain is never seen (except the eyes).

I've used the colours of only black and white to stick to the conventions of gothic horror which typically uses these colours to represent the supernatural or the paranormal. In addition, the colours connote the feeling of loneliness.

P7 - Analysis of film posters

P6 - Gothic horror film posters

From research I've found that gothic horror film poster are relatively the same, particularly in colour.

Above are three posters from gothic horror films. I've analysed the three and in general they all represent the genre really well in terms of colour. From previous research I've found out one of the conventions of gothic horror is the theme of the supernatural and the paranormal. For example, the second poster of the film 'Tusk' looks similar to "Sleep Hollow" although the content is different. But when thoroughly analysed, as an audience member i would presume the film could be about the supernatural (e.g. werewolves) as the full moon usually means a person transitions into a werewolf - according to popular folklore.

For my poster i will incorporate these ideas so it also represents the gothic horror genre. 

P6 - Draft of script

SCENE ONE

FADE IN:

HOUSE, LIVING ROOM – EVENING

HANNAH IS TALKING ON THE PHONE

HANNAH:

Sorry I can’t come out today I’ve got loads of work to get done. Tell Miles I’m sorry, please?

CINDY:

(ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE)

This is the second time you’ve blown us off! And Miles has been waiting for you since he came you can’t just leave him like an abandoned dog

HANNAH:

I’m really sorry look, I promise I’ll come next time okay?

CINDY:

Yeah sure, unless you’re going to be busy as always.

HANNAH:

Wait-

CINDAY:

Bye.

(HANGS UP PHONE)

HANNAH PUTS THE PHONE DOWN AND GOES TO SIT DOWN AND WORK ON HER COMPUTER.

SHOT TRANSITIONS INTO A SCENE WHERE HANNAH IS ASLEEP AT HER COMPUTER.

SCENE TWO:

HOUSE, KITCHEN, NIGHT TIME

HANNAH WAKES UP TO FIND HERSELF IN HER HOUSE AND OUTSIDE THERE IS VIOLENT THUNDER AND HEAVY RAIN

HANNAH:

(WAKES UP, LOOKS AT HER SURROUNDING)

Hello?

(GETS UP FROM CHAIR AND WALKS AROUND)

Mum? (PAUSE) Mum are you here?

(COMPLETE SILENCE)

WALKS OUT OF THE KITCHEN AND INVESTIGATES THE HOUSE.

 HANNAH ABRUPLTY STOPS

HANNAH:

*gasps*

(STANDS COMPLETELY STILL, SHOCKED EXPRESSION, ONLY MOVES EYES TO THE LEFT THEN TURNS AROUND)

I must be imagining things…

(CONTINUES TO WALK)

SCENE 3

HOUSE, HALLWAY, NIGHT TIME

HANNAH HAS HER ENCOUTER WITH THE DEMON VAMPIRE

HANNAH:

(SCREAMS)

POV SHOT FROM THE DEMON VAMPIRE FOLLOWED BY AN OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT FROM THE VAMPIRE

HANNAH:

 (SHOUTS) What… what the helL?!

For god’s sa- I know it’s you Cindy this isn’t funny you could’ve given me a bloody heart attack with you sneaking around!

Lose the stupid costume and get out!

A MEDIUM SHOT OF HANNAH AT THE SIDE

HANNAH:

Well?

GROUND LEVEL TRACKING SHOT OF THE VAMPIRE MOVING TOWARADS HANNAH

 HANNAH:

Okay you bitch, quit it you’re just trying too hard now.

 TRACKING SHOT OF VAMPIRE MOVING IN CLOSER

 HANNAH:

(SHOUTING)

I’m serious I’m not joking. Stop this shit!

THE VAMPIRE STOPS.

HANNAH TRIPS BACKWARDS.

A WIDE GROUND LEVEL SHOT OF HANNAH’S LEGS AND BLACK MIST.

EXTREME CLOSE UP OF HANNAH’S EYES, BLACK MIST SURROUNDING HER FACE.

5 SECOND PAUSE WITH CAMERA ON HANNAH.

THE VAMPIRE:

*Screeches*

SCENE 4
HOUSE, HALLWAY, NIGHT TIME

WIDE SHOT OF HALLWAY.

HANNAH COMES RUNNING FROM THE CORNER AND DOWN THE HALLWAY.

FAST PACE MUSIC IS PLAYING.

SEVERAL SHOTS OF DUTCH TILTS SHOWING HANNAH RUNNING AWAY.

IN THE BEDRROM

 HANNAH:

(BREATHING FAST)

What the fuck?! This can’t be real!

(GRABS A BASEBALL BAT, PEAKS OUT OF DOOR, THEN WALKS OUT)

MEDIUM CLOSE UP OF HANNAH WALKING OUT OF THE DOOR.

HANNAH SLOWLY WALKS FORWARD (10 SECONDS)

SHE STOPS WALKING.

HIGH ANGLE SHOT FROM A POV SHOT OF HANNAH FROM BEHIND.

HANNAH QUICKLY TURNS AROUND.

HANNAH:

*Screams*

SHOT CUTS TO BLACK.

SCENE 5:

OUTSIDE, GRAVEYARD, DAYTIME

TRACKING SHOT FROM A HIGH ANGLE TO A MEDIUM CLOSE UP OF HEADSTONE.

MOTHER:

*crying*

 CUT TO THE NEXT SCENE

SCENE 6:

HOUSE, KITCHEN

EXTREME CLOSE UP SHOT OF HANNAH’S FACE.

HANNAH WAKES UP AND LOOKS AROUND.

HANNAH:

What? Oh my God it was just, just a dream.That was too real.

(GETS UP FROM CHAIR, WALKS INTO LIVING ROOM AND FINDS A CARD)

May… Hannah rest in peace… What? What- what the hell?

(SHOUTS) Mum! Mum are you here yet?

WALKS TOWARDS WINDOW AND SEES HEAVY FOG.

WALKS TO THE FRONT DOOR, OPENS IT.

WIDE SHOT OF HANNAH FROM BEHIND.

MEDUIM SHOT OF HANNAH’S FACE, THEN CAMERA ZOOMS OUT.

THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE IS COMPLETELY BLACK.

NEXT SHOT A GROUND LEVEL AND HANNAH FALLS AT HER KNEES.

(6 SECOND PAUSE)

HANNAH:

*screams*

No!

FADES OUT TO BLACK

P5 - Proposal for radio trailer

NAME OF FILM: No Escape

TAGLINE OF FILM: “Once you’re in, there’s no escaping”

PRODUCTION NAME: Black Mist Productions

MEDIUM: Radio trailer

FORMAT: Audio

TARGET AUDIENCE:  Boys and girls aged 12+

CONTENT OF THE ADVERT: The radio trailer will include short snippets of audio

                                                              from the film – specifically, the conflict  intense

                                                              music is playing and you can hear fast paced

                                                              breathing to show the character’s in distress.

                                                              There will also be stings to add suspense.

                                                              The beginning of the trailer will have a short

                                                               narrative. The trailer will end with the tagline

PUBLISHING OF THE ADVERT: The trailer will be published online so anyone   can

                                                                   have access to it. As it is aimed for those aged

                                                                  12+ this will be a good idea as young people are

                                                                   more familiar with the way things work online and

                                                                   can easily find it

  

UNIQUE SELLING POINT: This product is better compared to what is already out

                                                       out there because of how we’ve challenged the 

                                                       conventions of gothic horror and the way we’ve added

                                                       a little bit of modernity in our film.

COMPETITIVE MARKET:  Movies which revolve around the theme of a victim

terrorised in a dream and are deceased in real life but unaware of it is our main competitor as there are a few which explores the idea more thoroughly and get more into detail of the background story such as ‘The Sixth Sense”. Films which include this are psychological themed or paranormal. But because our film is gothic-horror we’ve included a character that is a vampire to stick with the supernatural theme which is more common in gothic horror.

P4 - TREATMENT

WORKING TITLE OF FILM:  No Escape

TAGLINE OF FILM: “Once you’re in, there’s no escaping”

PRODUCTION NAME: Black Mist Productions

MEDIUM: Audio-Visual

DURATION OF PRODUCT: 5 minutes

CERTIFICATION: 18

TARGET AUDIENCE: Our target audience is boys and girls aged 12+ who are into and like watching gothic horror films - both modern and old-fashioned.

SYNOPSIS OF FILM: The plot of our film revolves around a teenage girl who falls into a never ending nightmare, trapped with a supernatural being (vampire-llke beast). Our film ends with this girl seen being attacked by this being and supposedly made unconscious. But when she wakes up she is completely alone and isolated in the very same place she has been all along but her surrounding looks completely dull. It’s after this we find out that she is actually still stuck in her nightmare and in real life she is physically dead – the cause, strangulation. The same way her younger brother died exactly a year ago.

MAIN CHARACTERS:  - Hannah:  teenager, the films centres around her,   

victim

- Villain:    a vampire, tries to capture Hannah

KEY SCENES:

KEY SCENE 1: A medium long shot of the kitchen and Hannah sitting at the table in the kitchen where she is doing her work on the laptop. The shot dissolves into a 2^nd shot where she tired. This then dissolves into the 3^rd shot where she is now asleep still at the table. The camera moves into an extreme close up of Hannah waking up (specifically, a shot of her eye). The next shot is a medium shot of Hannah looking around the room as the atmosphere is suddenly tense and everything looks dull.

KEY SCENCE 2: There is a long shot of an open door and the room completely pitch black. Hannah creeps past it and as soon as she is out of the shot, a pair of red, luminous eyes shows in the dark at head level.

KEY SCENE 3: A tracking shot at ground level shows a woman walking on grass for a short moment until she stops. The camera pans up to an over the shoulder shot at a high angle when the woman is kneeling down. She slowly gets up and walks away and that is when a gravestone is revealed in Hannah’s name from a medium close up. From then the shot fades out to black.

KEY SCENE 4: After Hannah finds the card which reads inside, “may Hannah rest in peace”, she frantically cries and starts screaming. The shot transitions into a very long shot of her inside her kitchen crying and screaming. The camera then slowly pans down to the floor at a high angle with a close up of her locket on the floor. The camera zooms in then fades to black.