Research and Planning Feedback

An excellent effort so far and you should be very pleased with the level of analysis and focus you have evidenced.  Continue to map your journey towards completion of your production tasks by including video diaries and reflections on every stage of the process.

Research and Planning Feedback

An excellent effort so far and you should be very pleased with the level of analysis and focus you have evidenced.  Continue to map your journey towards completion of your production tasks by including video diaries and reflections on every stage of the process.

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Representations shown in our trailer

Horror films started in the early 20th century , the roles and representations of women in the genre have hugely developed , with many films both traditional gender roles and contradicting them. As almost a century has passed, the way women are presented in Horror films has varied from the different stereotypical girl in need of rescuing, to women fighting back against the monsters plaguing them. Generally horror films women are seen as sexual objects to entertain the mostly male audience. Laura Mulvey’s ‘Male Gaze Theory’ shows that the camera is ‘male’ audience attention and used in such a way to present women and make their role in a film to being something to look at, not to be listened to, or taken seriously. This shows that the representation of women in Horror Genre has developed over the years since the ‘damsels in distress’ in the mid 20th century, presenting women as the ‘weaker’ and less powerful of the sexes, sometimes leading to their deaths.

Women were also presented as the victims, but a different kind of victim. They were targeted as victims of their own bodies. Films such as “The Omen” and “Rosemary’s Baby,” the female body portrayed as evil. "The Exorcist" are other examples. As women of shows the representations of their bodies as a source of power and beauty, horror movies showed they were still a source of guilt, shame, and evil. This shows that women are the ones who get possessed but shows an impact in there ordinary lives.

The representations that will be shown in our film will include a group of girls were discover that one of there friends will go missing and this will be a female who will get get killed, this adheres to the stereo types as women will be target as the ones to killed and will be possessed in order to be under control of the antagonist in the film. Women would be presented as innocent and gullible suggesting that they will be the main target for the film for the antagonist as it will seek revenge and will use women who are stereo typically presented as weaker so are easier to target. In our film it will be one of the girls who gets killed then another gets possessed as slowly, the friends will separate due to the control of the antagonist. However we will be showing at the beginning where the female protagonist being quite curious and will investigate into the past of the location of where they stay and will camp out in that area, as she will be doing video diaries to keep the audience updated about what they find. This shows that the female protagonist will show a curious side to know more about the past, which will trigger the antagonist to target her. Then we we will be having an old women talking about the past, educating the female protagonist and her friends, and alerts them not to do anything that would put them in danger. Which then the female protagonist and her friends will investigate further. This shows that they subvert some stereotypes as they will be more eager to find out and shows more confidence with in. Within our trailer there will be a lot of fast past scenes showing the antagonist being after them, suggesting there fear of knowing that the antagonist is around. This will show that women will be dependent on someone else to help them, adhering to the representations as women will be reliant on someone else for there safety.

Day 1 of filming

Interview with cast: Member 3

We interviewed our second actress who will be starring in our film and these were her responses:

Why would you be good for this role?
It is a casual role and I can in cooperate my personality with the character role to bring the personality of my role to life and make it convincing for the audience.


What acting experience have you had that will help you with this role?
I have previously volunteered to play minor character roles in school plays.
Have you considered how you could show the character successfully through your body language and voice?
I would have to be casual and approachable, meaning my body language has to be open to show a kind, caring friend. I'd have to respond to the other characters, as though they are my real friends to create a realistic impact and effect for the audience to make it convincing.
Who is your favourite actor? Why?
Shailene Woodley and Jennifer Laurence are my favourite characters because they take on significant roles in the films "Divergent", "The fault in our stars" and The Hunger games series. Aside from acting, they are genuinely kind and inspiring people, who don't allow social media to impact their view of people and the media and social society.
In a Horror film, what characteristics would you expect from the protagonist?
You'd expect the protagonist to be: timid, afraid and curious.
From her response we can see that she will be a good role in our film trailer as she understands well about what the character she is playing is going to do, and how she would adhere to it. As the interview showed that she would would include some of her own personality into it to make the role more comfortable for her, but we may instruct her in different way to adapt this to make it suit our film trailer. she has past experience in acting, as she has volunteered in school plays, doing small parts. By this it will expand her acting experience as she will be given a much bigger role allowing her to develop her skill within it. As we have discussed about the film treatment with her she understands about her role and knows the key features to it which is important that they understand how to act in order to adhere to expectations of a horror film. We then asked about some of her interests and her favourite actors which include of Jennifer Laurence and Shailene Woodley as they are actresses that she aspires to through there films. One of the most important questions which we asked were about the characteristics are expected in horror films, she replied with timid, afraid and curious which shows that we will be showing some consideration when it comes to our film trailer as these are convention to the protagonist in a horror film.

Change in cast

We have decided to slightly change our ideas as we were short of cast members, so we have though that we can still have the same idea, but instead of having four friends, we have changed it to two sisters who go go camping and start to explore about the antagonist which the old lady talks about at the beginning of the trailer. We also have our antagonist (Hayley) which her part will stay fair the same. but instead we will have one of the sisters being killed by the antagonist and photos have been taken of her to show to the protagonist, making her more eager to find out more about the past of the forest. In the trailer there will be a flashback scenes with both the sisters together exploring, and will show how they experience difficulties in finding out about the antagonist who tries to cause harm to them. So the protagonist will be looking at the phone through the pictures rather than three girls being worried about the girl who was killed by the antagonist. So after one of the sisters has been possessed by the antagonist it will leave the protagonist on her own, and we thought that this would be a better idea as the camera would be able to focus on her, allowing the audience to follow along with her as she will alone with the audience, which will create more tension for the audience.