Questionnaire

Horror Questionnaire

1) Do you enjoy watching horror films?

• Yes
• No

2) How often do you watch horror films?

• Once a week
• Once a month
• Once a year
• Never

3) What setting would you associate with a horror film?

• Abandoned house
• Woods
• Hospital
• Own home

4) Do you prefer a mix of gender in the film or only one gender involved?

• Yes, I prefer a mix of males and Females
• No, I prefer one gender

5) What props do you expect to see in a horror film?

• A knife
• A noose
• A gun
• Rags with blood and other.
• A hammer
• Blunt object

6) What do you want the ending to be?

• Boy and Girl survive
• Girl lives as boy sacrifices himself
• Killer wins
• Twist

Consideration of representation and stereotyping

Consideration of representation and stereotyping

The usual stereotypes of a villain are male, sinister, mysterious, unknown identity, dangerous and powerful. In our film the villain will be mysterious and he will have an unknown identity. This means that the audience will feel eerie and it will put them on edge because they will not know who the killer is which creates even more suspense.  We will also represent the villain as sinister as the victims will not expect anything to happen to them. This, again, is conforming to the stereotype of villains being dangerous and mysterious.

The female victim is conforming to the stereotype as women being weak and vulnerable. This is because she has no idea what is about to happen, it could represent her as quite ditsy and unaware. This then conforms to the stereotype of women being much more vulnerable and perhaps a bit clueless. We have not subverted the stereotype of women in any way as we have only conformed to the stereotype. We have not subverted the stereotype because in our trailer we needed to get straight to the point and allow the audience to understand and make a judgement as to who the victims are in the film. The point in this is it keeps the audience on the edge of their seats as they may try and guess what will happen. We have left an element of surprise because we are not showing whether all of the victims get murdered, we only show a few scenes in which two of the characters have come into contact with the murderer. This is so the audience will have something to continue watching it for- they will want to know who dies and who the murderer is.  However, we have two victims, one being a girl and the other being a boy. The boy victim is conforming to the stereotype of a victim but is also subverting the stereotype of a boy being strong and powerful. The boy is conforming to the stereotype of a victim because he was unaware of the events that were about to take place which shows he is very vulnerable and also perhaps a bit ditsy because he hasn't even realised that he is being watched by the murderer. However he is subverting the stereotype of boys being strong and powerful because he is the victim in all this and even though he had no idea that he was going to be murdered he could of perhaps tried to fight off the murderer.

Camera angles, sound, editing and mise en scene

Camera angles:
The main camera angles that we are using for our film are high, low angle and tracking shot. We are using high angle regularly on the victims as it shows that they are small and unable to control the situation they are in. The low angle shot will be used on the villain because it shows that they are dominant in what ever situation they are in and that they can control others. We use the tracking shot so that the trailer can run through at a fast pace so the audience don't become bored or find it uninteresting. Other angles that we will use are mid shot, two shot, birds eye shot and over the shoulder shot.
Sound:
The same type of sound will be used through out the trailer. When there is fast paced action then the sound will speed up and become louder so that it links in with the footage. If there are scenes where character are creeping around corners or around a building, then the sound will be slowed down to nearly silence.
Editing: in our film "psycho" we used a variety of very effective titles and editing processes;with the main one being our innovative production titles which are seen at the beginning of our film trailer.the audience will see the effective sinister fade in fade out effect which automatically tells the audience that they are watching a horror.we edited the main titles and trailer using adobe premiere elements 10 and its array of sinister effects and processes.
Mise en scene:
The villain will wear dark clothes, mainly black so that the audience don't have any idea who the villain is and what they look like. The other characters will wear there day to day clothes e,.g. casual as it is a normal day for them until the villain arrives.

Time Management- Disturbed

Time Management-Disturbed

The table below shows the schedule for our upcoming trailer of our new film called "Psycho". We filmed in various locations, including Ashtead, Leatherhead and Fetcham. This gives the audience a sense of realism as it is set all over instead of just one location. Each individual had a role in the planning but when it came to creating the trailer we all shared the roles with helping in the filming and editing to give us a better understanding and experience of the production.

The mise-en-scene, such as the clothing, was chosen specifically to get a certain reaction from the audience so they understand who the main protagonist is and who the extras are too. The black clothing of the main antagonist (Ryan Eastman) shows he is the murderer of the film and is the evil within the home of our main Protagonist. 

The lighting of our film is quite light as it is in a house but is dark at times, especially in the woods, which adds to the Horror aspect. 

We used many shots, including high angle shots and close ups, to show the vulnerability of the characters and enhance the situation they have found themselves in.