Genre features of Horror

A hero or protaganist is normally the weakest charater to start with in a horror and end up stronger in the end as they go through a jouney which is both mental and physical this could be over coming fall out,death and trying to stay alive. They often follow "the last girl"theory this when the weakest is often a girl (the good girl) is weak to start and is made stronger by the jouney of the event and is normally the only surviver as they are the good charater,But somtimes this is broken by having a male protaganist which has him as the last girl in a few ways such films as severance in which the last girl theory is about Danny Dyer charater steve which he is the weaker person as he has magic mushrooms.

the villan or antagonist is seen as a creature or twisted person that always trys attack the protaganist and they always have weapons and the intention to kill even if its for money but they are always stopped and they are always morally wrong.

The use of darkness and light are key in horror films becasue is the scene was too bright then the monster may not be scary, darkness is good for a horror film because the less of the monster or threat you can see the more scary is seems this is because the brain make use fear it because it cant be explained because we can not see it.

Isolation is also key as if the protaganist was in a busy city then help would be easy to get to and would not be scary so if they are isolated then it creates a different emotional state so the group may turn on each other or panic which then makes them more vulnerable as well as the audince as it mean the character is more prone to jump if spooked so makes the audience jump.

Jump scares are what make horror watchers jump these are put in place to suprise and scare the audience which frightens and makes these sorts of movie appealing these are mostly done by things going through a window e.g. the antaganist coming through or dragging somthing through with it.

Unatural camera angles are used for two reasons in film the first to show that someone is spying on somone when then should not be which tells the audience it is naughty e.g. spying through keyhole etc and the other is a POV shot from the antaganist which implies danger as a victim is being stalked by the antagansit.

planning the poster

 

 

i showed my poster to a peer who then said i could improve it and this is the improvments i was told i could of made if i did this again,one thing that was to change the position of the people in the background to add more interest to the poster. in changing the postion we could add more dramatic effect if we have a killer in the background ready to kill the victim it will change the volume of interest from our audience and as my peer has noted they said if the person was facing away from the camaera with the murder weapon shows more of a enigmatic character.

Poster

This is my poster to my media film  "THE WOODLANDS"

Shot shedule

Date	Location	Persons roles	Equipment	Props	Costume	Responsibility
Dec 5th 2013	Kings Mill Woodland	Jake Brigham as Percy	Camera Tripod	None	Jake in casual clothes	Jake-in charge of all camera stuff Karl-tripod
Dec 5th 2013	Kings Mill Woodland	Jake Brigham as Percy Joe green as Tiny Tim	Camera  Tripod	None	Jake in casual clothes Tiny Tim TBD	Jake-in charge of all camera stuff Karl-tripod
Dec 5th 2013	Kings Mill Woodland	Jake Brigham as Percy	Camera Tripod	None	Jake in casual clothes	Jake-in charge of all camera stuff Karl-tripod
Dec 5th 2013	Kings Mill Woodland	Jake Brigham as Percy Joe green as Tiny Tim	Camera Tripod	None	Jake in casual clothes Tiny Tim TBD	Jake-in charge of all camera stuff Karl-tripod
Dec 5th 2013	Kings Mill Woodland	Jake Brigham as Percy	Camera Tripod	None	Jake in casual clothes	Jake-in charge of all camera stuff Karl-tripod
Dec 5th 2013	Kings Mill Woodland	Jake Brigham as Percy	Camera Tripod	None	Jake in casual clothes	Jake-in charge of all camera stuff Karl-tripod
Dec 5th 2013	Kings Mill Woodland	Jake Brigham as Percy	Camera Tripod	Bloody Letter	Jake in casual clothes	Jake-in charge of all camera stuff Jack-props (fake letter) Karl-tripod

 

Date	Location	Persons roles	Equipment	Props	Costume	Responsibility
Dec 5th 2013	Kings Mill Woodland	Jake Brigham as Percy	Camera Tripod	Bloody Letter	Jake in casual clothes	Jake-in charge of all camera stuff Jack-props (fake letter) Karl-tripod
Dec 5th 2013	Kings Mill Woodland	Jake Brigham as Percy	Camera Tripod	Bloody Letter	Jake in casual clothes	Jake-in charge of all camera stuff Jack-props (fake letter) Karl-tripod
Dec 5th 2013	Kings Mill Woodland	Jake Brigham as Percy	Camera Tripod	Bloody Letter	Jake in casual clothes	Jake-in charge of all camera stuff Jack-props (fake letter) Karl-tripod
Dec 5th 2013	Kings Mill Woodland	Jake Brigham as Percy	Camera Tripod	Bloody Letter	Jake in casual clothes	Jake-in charge of all camera stuff Jack-props (fake letter) Karl-tripod
Dec 5th 2013	Kings Mill Woodland	Jake Brigham as Percy Joe green as Tiny Tim	Camera Tripod	Bloody letter log	Jake in casual clothes Tiny Tim TBD	Jake-in charge of all camera stuff Jack-props (fake letter) Karl-tripod

 

                                         

Shot List

TIME (mins)	SHOT LIST ACTION	CAMERA	NOTES
0.00	Production company logo ‘NYCTOPHOBIA Productions’	------	No camera shot
0.03	An establishing look at the setting of the Woodlands.	Long panning shot.
0.09	An introduction to Percy as he is talking on the phone.	Close - up	A 180 degree shot around Percy’s head from back to front.
0.13	A figure appears in the corner of the shot – its Tiny Tim. While Percy is seen at the top of the hill	Long shot	Shot from the bottom of the hill.
0.16	Percy see’s the figure in the distance.	Close - up	Of Percy’s face.
0.19	We see the figure from the top of the hill.	Long shot	Over the shoulder shot.
0.21	Percy begins to rub his eyes.	Close - up
0.26	Tiny Tim has disappeared.	Medium shot	Of where Tiny Tim was stood.
0.28	Percy comes down the hill – we find a bloody hand print on the wooden fence.	Long shot to Close - up	Camera follows Percy as he comes down the hill to the handprint.
0.43	Percy starts walking through the woodlands.	Medium shot	Camera follows Percy through the Woodlands from behind
0.49	Percy walks towards the camera but then walks out of frame.	Long shot to Close - up
0.53	Percy spots something on the tree and walks toward it. It’s a piece of paper.	High Angle shot taken from atop a tree	Follows Percy as he comes toward the tree.
1.03	Percy walks with the piece of paper in hand towards the small ledge above the stream.	Long shot to Medium shot	Follows Percy as he walks to the ledge
1.09	Percy crouches down reading the piece of paper.	Medium shot
1.12	Shot of the piece of paper “BEWARE THE WOODS, BEWARE TINY TIM”	Close - up
1.15	A shot of behind Percy, like someone is approaching him.	Long shot to Medium shot.	The camera moves in towards Percy.
1.19	A drip of blood lands on the paper.	Extreme Close - up
1.24	Percy stands up we see there is a figure behind him.	Close - up	The camera follows Percy’s face as he stands up.
1.28	Percy turns around and sees Tiny Tim.	Close – up	Over Tiny Tim’s shoulder
1.29	A log swings past the shot.	Close – up
1.30	The log hits Percy on the head.	Close - up
1.31	We see Percy lying on the ground beside the steam, with a bloody wound on his head.	Long shot to Close - up	The camera pan down past the trees and stops on Percy’s bloody wound.
1.41	Percy starts watching Tiny Tim who approaches him / the camera and hits him.	P.O.V shot	The camera is Percy’s eyes.
1.54	Title sequence – ‘THE WOODLANDS’	-------	No camera shot.