Story board

Times of filming

We will be setting our time of filming to be roughly 4pm because it is when it begins to get dark and we want it to be a reasonable time for a girl of the age of 12
To be walking home. We also want it to be gradually getting dark because it fits the mood and genre that our opening 2 minutes will be. Young girl walking
Home alone down a mill pond and a creepy unknown figure appears following
Her we want it to be vague because we want the audience to really pay attention to what's happening in this 2 minutes and the fact they are having focus means they are hooked into the story as they are wanting to find out what will happening next. Another thing is that we want the effect of the street lights to bring effect and we need to pick a time to when they are on.

this is the opening title for the horror/thriller film se7en. The white text on the black background really makes it stands out and appers vivid. Also the text is repeated in the background slightly transparents, giving it an eerie, mysterious look. The bold capitalised font also adds to the effect and the way the number seven has been used in place of the V also makes it look more mysterious. There is a show behinsd it which shows movement which looks dangerous like the letters have been scratchrf

this is the opening title for scream, the title starts white and then changes to red and stretches itself out which connotes pain from the quick change of colour as red symbolises death and danger. This then fades away to complete darkness which reveals nothing.

our questionnaire to the audience about films which appeal to them

 Questionnaire

1. how old are you? (circle the answer)

10-14
15-19
20-24
25-29
30+

2. do you like movies?

yes
no

3. what genre do you tend to go for?

adventure
horror
sci-fi
romance
thriller
comedy
fantasy
other

4. how often do you watch movies?

most days a week
twice a week
once a week
rarely
never

5. Do you like horrors?

yes
no

6. if you said  yes why?

tense
eye catching
unexpected endings
interesting stories
appealing characters

7. if no why, why does it not appeal to you?

boring
needs more of an edge
needs more suspense
needs to be more believeable and scary


8. what draws you to a horror films?

the characters
the music
antagonists
the storyline
if its not above please write what draw you to a horror below)



9. what do you expect to be in a horror film?
deaths
antagonists
stereotypical characters
tense music
(any more please add below)



10. what is your favourite horror film and why?




11. what do you expect in the opening two minutes

A death
introduction to main character
a jumpy scene
disappearance

film institutions

 

20th century fox is a film corporation which is one of the 6 major american film studios. The organisation was founded in 1935 and has become the most recognised film institution in the world. The studio is a subsidiary of new corporation, the media conglomerate owned by rupert murdoch.

 some of the most successful films created by 20th century fox are: avater, star wars, speed and the chronicles of narnia.

  

 

 

universal pictures also called universal studios is a subsidiary of NBC universal, and one of the six major movie studios. It was founded in 1912 by carl laemmie, it is one of the oldest american movie studios still in continuous production. Universal pictures creates and distributes theatrical and non- theatrical filmed entertainment. Universal has achieved both popular success and it recent academy award winners: atonement, the bourne ultimatum, king kong, brokeback mountain, ray,a beautiful mind, the pianist, and thlonst in translation. Like 20th century foxm, universal picture prefer to create films focus on drama, romance and adventure such as the lims listed abouve. The reason most of their films are based around this genre is because those genre films are their most successful and they prefer not to risk creatung other genres out of their comfort zone and for than film to then fail.

 

 

 

 

 

Warner bros is a global leader in the creation,production, distribution, licensing and marketing of all forms of creative content and their related businesses, across all current and emerging  media and platform. warner bros produce and distribute a variety of films in differenet genres such as comedy, romance, fantasy, adventure, action and horror. some of the most popular films created by warner bro fox are: harry potter (producer and distributors), valentines day, sex and the city, the hangover, the dark knight, and slumdog millionaire. warner bros are dedictated to producing a variety of films to suit different types of audience. 

examples of uncopyrighted music

here is an example of uncopyright music which i wont be including but will show an understanding of what effect we want the music to do to set the mood of the scene which we are filming for the opening two minutes. The soundtrack will have to bring suspense as this is what usually occurs in horror films to bring tension to the scene and allow the audience to adjust to the fact that something jumpy or scary will gradually appear any second now. Horror film is all about fear of the unknown a mysterious figure thats stalking the victim and we want the right mood of music to bring the effect we are trying to promote.

costume: disappearing little sister

Here is a jumper that she may wear it is optional to the fact of when we will be filming the opening two minutes we want it to fit the weather and dont want to go over board with how much she is wearing.

 Here is some trousers which are part of the girls uniform which she may be wearing in the opening two minutes.

 

This is the therfield school blazer which the little girl will most likely be wearing to the fact of the wearing it will be anothr item of clothing to keep her warm.

 

This is a blouse which she is wearing as part of her uniform as she had gone from school to her friends and is walking home. She will be dressed properly and smart as she is in the newest year of the school and they always obey to the uniform code.

 

 

If she is not wearing the trousers then she will be wearing the therfield skirt.

 

costume: the pale ones outfit

The costume here is for Reece scottow for his character the pale one. His costume is shown to be smart sophisticated and scary. His costume is a morph outfit which means that you wont be able to see his face which comes across as unusual and confusing which identifies that he is the villain in the film.

props: bag

The bag will be shown in the 2 minutes as the girl is carrying it home as she went to a friends straight from school and is walking home. This wont be the exact bag which will be shown but it will be a similar style bag.

props: mobile phone

here is a prop which will be used in the opening two minutes of the film the pale one. The reason that a mobile phone is a prop in the film is because at the beginning of the opening two minutes the sister rings charlotte and informs her that shes in on her way back from her friends house and she is about to enter the millpond and she will be approximately 15 minutes. This will be only shown for a short period of time.

 

synopsis

The genre we have chosen is horror and we have decided to call it the pale one as its simple and mysterious title which doesnt reveal much except that there is a figure that is causing pain and violence. It wont be much blood and gorey as it means that the age certificate will have to be an 18 instead of a 15 and we want it to appeal to our age range as we know what our age is interested in and what will bring the audience in.

The sister is walking home at night time and makes a quick phone call to her sister to inform here that she is coming home. When she ends the phone call she carrys on walking but feels that someone is there she turns around but there is no one she picks up the pace and moves quick. She then hears sounds which make her paranoid and as she about to leave the millpond she turns and screams and the scene changes to her sister getting a phone call for the disappearance of her sister. Then one year later is where the story begins.

we have a female main character which is going to be ages around 16/17 years old which means that the male audience will be interested in it seeing a teenaged female in fear and becoming vunerable. It will also appeal to female audience as they can learn and understand what she is going through and can bring emotion to the story.

The female character is  called charlotte and she has had a tough year her mother isnt very good at parenting and doesnt take much notice in her shes different from everyone in her college and like to be with her sister but  she lost her sister mysteriously out of the blue one day when she was walking home from school there was no body found and they assumed that she had been killed and the police are scattered all over the area searching for the killer and everywhere she looks it reminds her of the loved one that she lost.

 Since this events her family and life has fallen apart she assumes that she is dead but through the course but still has hope and tries her hardest to find another solution to what happened. so during the film it begins to reveal what really happened to her sister by watching charlotte scan everything of her sister to see if she can find any clues to why it happened but when she find images and objects a unrecognised figure begins to appear reasonably alot which will bring a bit more tension to the film. Through the course people are vanishing and people are starting to lose there minds, the fact that the police are distracted they arent focusing on the locals and slowly and randomly the population begin to decrease

This age certificate is shown to be 18 or older and its is coloured red to make it bold and stand out to show audiences that its there for a reason it stating this age. The can be sexual scene which are very revealing and may disturb certain people. There could be flashing images and violence which may be dangerous to people with epilespy and violence may scare young children.

Suitable for those aged 12 and older (VHS and DVD only) wont be suitable age for our opening two minutes because theres violence in it which may disturb this age range.

age certificate

 

The age certificate states that horror are to be restricted to 15 years and older to the flashes scenes, use of language, jumpy scenes and sexual activity. Our film will have to be set to this age to the fact of what will be shown throughout and may not be appropriate to younger years. We have a character which will be appearing and causing some of the audience to jump and bring the heat race up to the tension which our film promotes.

another reason to why we have chosen to set the age certificate to 15 is because through my research of audience and our genre which we had chosen most age ranges is between 15-24 and want to appeal to the youngest age we can grab so we have a larger audience that it will appeal to obviously to the extent below 15 we cannot do as it may cause disturbance and may be inappropriate aswell it may scare younger years as we will have violence and jumping scenes throughout the film as they may occur straight away and be seen in the opening 2 minutes

 

setting: millpond

 

This is the millpond another setting which will be shown in the opening 2 minutes of our film it is located in the middle of leatherhead and fetcham which is an easy access to get to. We have chosen the millpond as it a very creepy atmosphere its in the middle of the countryside surrounded by fogs and nature which tends to be dead or over grown, its a very dirty place and has animals such as deers and ducks which live there.