The genre that i have chosen is horror, horror aimed at the teenage/ young adult audience.. Horror is a very popular genre,
especially to younger generations as they enjoy the adrenaline rush that they
get from watching the movies. Trailers increase the anticipation within the
people whom have yet to wait till the film is released;the emphasis created of
the severity on how scary it is makes people want to see the movie and this is
a good way to build and gain the attention of customers, which would result in
ticket sell-outs.
My narrative is well suited to my audience because i include teen horror
which appeals specifically to that age group as well as young adults. This is
because certain horror genres which include children are usually watched by
adults, ones that include adult killers are watched by teenagers and adults and
i have thought through which genre i want it to be aimed at so i will include
teenage actors for my teenage horror film.
Horror movies can be created quite simply if the main focus is scaring the audience rather than the actual acting and screenplay. The audience is looking to be scared and surprised with tension-filled scenes rather than interesting and well played acting as this grasps their attention a lot more than effective narrative. There are several benefits for my audience viewing my horror movie such as:
It gives you an adrenaline rush - Getting an adrenaline rush is good for the body, it revives your cells and can make you more aware of things by help boost your concentration.
It's good for the brain - Watching horror movies can be beneficial for the brain. The roller-coaster ride of emotions that happen when viewing scary movies can lead to the secretion of certain feel-good chemicals in the brain such as dopamine, serotonin and glutamate.
HISTORY
OF HORROR
Horror is an ancient art form. We have tried to terrify each other with tales which trigger the less logical parts of our imaginations for as long as we've told stories. From the ballads of the ancient world to modern urban myths, audiences willingly offer themselves up to sadistic storytellers to be scared witless, and they are happy to pay for privilege.
The first depictions of supernatural events appear in several of the silent shorts created by the film pioneer George Melies in the late 1890's.
In the early 20th century, the first monster appeared in a horror film, Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre-Dame who has appeared in Victor Hugo's novel, Notre-Dame de paris
During the early period of talking pictures, the American Movie studio Universal Pictures began a successful Gothic horror film series. Tod Browning's Dracula (1931), with Bela Lugosi, was quickly followed by James Whale's Frankenstein . Some of these blended science fiction films with Gothic horror, such as The Invisible Man (1933) and, mirroring the earlier German films, featured a mad scientist. These films, while designed to thrill, also incorporated more serious elements.
Horror is an ancient art form. We have tried to terrify each other with tales which trigger the less logical parts of our imaginations for as long as we've told stories. From the ballads of the ancient world to modern urban myths, audiences willingly offer themselves up to sadistic storytellers to be scared witless, and they are happy to pay for privilege.
The first depictions of supernatural events appear in several of the silent shorts created by the film pioneer George Melies in the late 1890's.
In the early 20th century, the first monster appeared in a horror film, Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre-Dame who has appeared in Victor Hugo's novel, Notre-Dame de paris
During the early period of talking pictures, the American Movie studio Universal Pictures began a successful Gothic horror film series. Tod Browning's Dracula (1931), with Bela Lugosi, was quickly followed by James Whale's Frankenstein . Some of these blended science fiction films with Gothic horror, such as The Invisible Man (1933) and, mirroring the earlier German films, featured a mad scientist. These films, while designed to thrill, also incorporated more serious elements.
Character Types:
- The main
protagonist, often the ‘victim/hero’ of the movie.
- The
villain, often a monster, mutated freak, alien or serial killer – tend to
have a trademark characteristic as to how they kill (e.g. weapons and who
they kill)
- The
stupid/immoral teenagers that always get killed
- Creepy
children
- Police
officers (either good or bad)
- Many
others: Ghosts, zombies, demons, psychopath, stalker, weirdo, werewolf,
cheerleader etc…
Themes:
- Good vs
Evil
- Depression
- Religion
- Childhood
issues
- Revenge
- Supernatural
- Beyond
death
- Science
gone bad
- Zombie
Apocalypse
- Nightmares
- Madness
- Insanity
- Lust
- Envy
- Suicide
- ‘self-consciousness’
– making you question what is real and not.
Some directors use the innocence of children to be the villain of the movie. Using a small child who does scary and supernatural activities makes the storyline more freaky and disturbing for the viewers. Audience members are totally surprised when the child who may look like the victim turns out to be the villain. As we associate children with happiness, playful and innocent the thought of a child doing adult like behaviour becomes creepy. For example The Exorcist is a film about a young girl who is possessed by the devil. William Friedikin the director used Religion in an unseen way; this film was eventually banned as people thought it was too explicit and outrageous. There have been many remakes of the Exorcist and it has still had the same reaction.
Using mammals and not humans is also a well known storyline and a monster horror. The Jaws franchise was huge from 1975 and has also be remade several times. The fear is not of something that walks on earth but lives under water. Steven Spielberg an amazing director used a lot of natural lighting in this film to create more suspense. He used queue music when Jaws was approaching and Foley sound effects when he attacked. Even back then when CGI did not exist, directors found other clever ways to create fear in movies.
The camera angles connote the fear in the movie by doing many natural lighting shots. The director will use many close angles, low and high angle shots and point of view shots. This makes you feel part of the movie and the suspense is anxiously waiting. This is normally used to keep the audience members engaged with the storyline. Hand held shots are difficult for the audience to figure out what is going on. A prime example of that would be Cloverfield of Paranormal Activity. Both of these films are point of view shots and these situations that occur in the film are unexpected and shocking.
Music and sound effects play a big part in making a movie a success. Lots of incidental music is added and Foley sound effects can be used to make the intenseness more striking for the target audience. When a particular sound of music which is usually been made for that specific movie or show it is known as theme music. This makes the audience recognised what product they are watching.
The audience is made to view scenes of gaze for the heterosexual male. Sex and male gaze is portrayed commonly in horrors. Nudity has been accepted on screens to pleasure the male gender. It is not in usually to see woman naked in a movie of this type. Usually when a young woman appears naked in a scene it is time for her to be terribly killed by the pray/ murder. The murder will probably stab or suffocate her.
The survivor of a horror is normally the young girl who is dedicated to her school work and job. She doesn’t have a boyfriend; she finds sex an awkward subject and is usually quite nerdy and self conscious about herself. She is known as the ‘Final Girl’. Her intelligence and common knowledge helps her survive her near death experience. The audience is mainly rooting for this girl and hope she makes it alive even thought the ratio of her still be alive when the credits appear are high.
The audience is made to view scenes of gaze for the heterosexual male. Sex and male gaze is portrayed commonly in horrors. Nudity has been accepted on screens to pleasure the male gender. It is not in usually to see woman naked in a movie of this type. Usually when a young woman appears naked in a scene it is time for her to be terribly killed by the pray/ murder. The murder will probably stab or suffocate her.
The survivor of a horror is normally the young girl who is dedicated to her school work and job. She doesn’t have a boyfriend; she finds sex an awkward subject and is usually quite nerdy and self conscious about herself. She is known as the ‘Final Girl’. Her intelligence and common knowledge helps her survive her near death experience. The audience is mainly rooting for this girl and hope she makes it alive even thought the ratio of her still be alive when the credits appear are high.
the location i have chose for my movie is Banstead woods and Epsom park. I have chose these locations because i believe they have the scene set for a goof horror film, they have eerie parts of the woods which will help with the atmosphere of the film also the natural scene and overgrown woods will help create the feel overall. I think that these locations will have a positive impact on how well i am able to portray the story and fear through my film.
I have also chosen The Grudge for inspiration for my second film and this is because it features a young girl who is the antagonist, the Grudge itself and the main horror of the film. The Grudge uses subtle effects when scaring the audience as its not gorey or too dramatic, its sly scary scenes that really shock the audience.
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