Discussing final ideas

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Institution research

Universal

American film studio owned by comcast (media company) and is Hollywood 'big six' film studios. Universal would be a good distributor for our own  film, as they have promoted many popular horror films such as Ouija(2014).  I think that this company would be most suitable for our film as content shown is similar and this company has many horror film which have been successful through it, so it would appeal more to the target audience.

Paramount

Paramount is a film studio, TV production company, and motion picture company, ranked as one of the big six Hollywood studio. Many horror  films have been distributed by this company which are very well known to everyone, including our target audience. One of these films are paranormal activity.

Entertainment one

Entertainment One is an international media cooperating company, specialising in production, distribution of films and television content. They have many businesses which have been divided for film distribution, television and music productions, family programming, merchandising and licensing different types of digital content. films such Insidious chapter 3 (2015) have been produced bu this company.

Alliance Films

Alliance films is Canadian motion picture for distribution and production of films. They have worked in Canada United Kingdom and Spain. It is also a part of the Entertainment group as they are a media company who promote music, film and other news to a global audience. This is effective when it comes to promoting films as it allows the film to get promoted by a global audience making the film more popular. It then went on to become an independent distributor in the united states. Films like Insideous have been distributed by this company.


Momentum pictures

Momentum pictures is one of the most leading independent distributing, motion pictures in the UK and Ireland. Which is also part of the Entertainment one company. films distributed from this company such as The women in black and Sinsiter.


Dreamworks

Dreamworks are an American film studio who develop, produces, and distributes films, video games and television programming. Producing many horror/thriller films such as ‘The uninvited’, ‘What lies beneath’.The founders are Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen.  These have also been successful films and Dreamworks were owned by the Reliance but became independent from 1996-2006.

Hammer film productions

Hammer film productions is a film company based in London, It was Founded in 1934, It is well known for a series of Gothic "Hammer Horror" films created from the mid-1950s to the  1970s. Hammer film productions have  produced science fiction , thrillers, film noir and comedies. During the successful years successful years, Hammer film productions dominated the horror film market, with worldwide distribution and considerate financial success. This success was due distribution partnerships with major United States studios, Warner Bros. Films such as Dracula and Frankinsten 


In 2010, Hammer productions, partnership with  Relativity Media, released Let Me In, a remake of Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In.

In February 2012, the Hammer and Alliance Films adaptation of The Woman in Black was released. Daniel Radcliffe, with Jane Goldman wrote the film's screenplay, with James Watkins in the director's chair.

 April 2012, the Hammer company announced it was to make a sequel to the The Woman in Black titled The Woman in Black: Angels of Death.

Lionsgate

Lionsgate is Canadian-American entertainment company. The company was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia. In November 2013, Lionsgate was the most commercially successful mini major film and television distribution company in North America. it was found in 1997 by Frank Giustra Lionsgate who is one of the most successful independent film production companies as of 2012. The films they have produced include the ‘Saw’ series and ‘Hard Candy’.

Ideas for our trailer

Idea 1 -

• Main antagonist to be the devil. 
• Spiritual family - Each room in the house has angels (for protection) Angel cards used as a prop, showing the spiritual readings. 
• Main protagonist is not as spiritual and thinks that the idea is false.
• A group of friend somehow summon the devil causing him to be attached to the main protagonist. 
• The main protagonist will be the one who gets possessed therefore causing harm to herself as well as the other characters involved, this will be done by the use of prosthetic make up. 
• The idea that the devil will not be shown however is hinted at by the use of dark shadows and loud noises. 
• Old photos may feature to show the family, based on a true story.
• Old woman telling main protagonist about her possession. 

Idea 2

•  Double take idea where the main protagonist is also shown as the main antagonist, shown different by the make up. (One looking innocent, other looking Gothic and creepy)
• The more creepy character will be the one who haunts/causes pain or fear. (prosthetic make up used to show any cuts or bruises)
• Creepy character will follow the innocent character everywhere like she is attached to the other.
• Male protagonist will try and save her however will fail as the darker character will stop it. 
• Antagonist will be dressed darker than the protagonist to show the difference. 
• Antagonist will act in a non humane way such as being jolty, and edgy and overall paranormal.
• Old photos used to hint at it being a true story, a common story line of a horror film. 

Idea 3

• A group of teenagers go out to the wood to camp for a weekend away. 
• 2 girls 2 boys will be the main protagonists.
• They hear something in the woods as they are sat outside their tent.
• All characters go looking where they find someone lying on the floor bleeding
• They all go back to their tent where other strange things begin to happen
• Characters will have things happen to them one by one by the antagonist who will be someone creepy, perhaps in a mask.

Research and Planning Initial Feedback

Well done Hayley - an analytical approach to your research and the early stages of the planning process.  Revisit some posts and make sure you have addressed all of the following evaluative focus areas:  Mise en scene, Sound, Camera, Editing, Genre Indictors, Enigmas, Narrative and Characters, Unique Selling Points, Representation, Trailer Conventions and how the  target Audience is Addressed, Comparison to Other Trailers of the same Genre.

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Codes and Conventions of Horror Films

• Ceepy child who has come back from the dead
• Usually a bathroom is involved, a shower
• Low lighting to create a dark effect and increase the scare factor
• A sleeping teen as this is when the killing or ghosts are seen
• An abandoned or deserted house or woods
• Young and innocent teens are usually the main feature in the film 
• There are usually a lot of close ups, point of view shot and low angle shots which make the audience feel a part of the film as they will feel included in the suspense 
• A mysterious phone call, usually from the dead or a threatening comment 
• Involves running, usually away from the villain  
• A paranormal or supernatural theme usually runs through horrors as this is what people associate with horrors
• Creepy music playing in the background
• Home alone

Initial Ideas - Horror

We have decided that a horror trailer would allow us to explore our creativity both with the film making and  the editing. We are initially thinking about making a paranormal type trailer where we will include the devil as our antagonist where the character will cause fear in the other characters and will potentially cause harm to them. We can do this by using prosthetic's and therefore making any cuts or grazes seem real.We will try and practice this before filming to make sure we know what we want the outcome to look like. This will be effective because it will look realistic and make the viewing experience better. Our main outcome of this trailer is to make it scary and jumpy so that the audience will become more tensed and therefore further engaged. By making the main antagonist dark and creepy will add scariness to our trailer and is also something which the audience may expect. However, we want to add something that the audience will not necessarily expect to see so that the trailer becomes more effective and therefore engages them.

We have taken some inspiration from these films as these include the devil as the main antagonist even though the audience cannot see him. This also creates tension for the audience as they will become fearful and will want to see the rest of the film. We think that this will be a good idea to follow in some aspects so that the conventions of a horror are correctly followed so that we create a trailer that looks realistic. These posters show the dark lighting and the use of red writing to connote danger and fear, conforming to the conventions of a horror film.