Tuesday 26 February 2013
Wednesday 20 February 2013
HIJACKED Script
HIJACKED
An original script by Hannah Charles and Simone Collins
FADE IN:
EXT. CHETWYND ROAD - SHOP CORNER - NIGHT
CAR PULLS UP
FADES TO:
CLAIRE DAVIES, SAMANTHA GRAY, MICHAEL HENDERSON, CHRIS PERRY AND ANDREW ELLIOT
... (Laughing) Mid-way through a conversation
STRAIGHT CUT:
CLAIRE
Does anyone want anything?
SAMANTHA AND MICHAEL
NO THANKS
CLAIRE GETS OUT OF THE CAR WHILE CHRIS MOVES FROM BACK SEAT TO PASSENGER SEAT
STRAIGHT CUT:
CLAIRE WALKS FROM CAR TO SHOP AS MYSTERY PERSON WATCHES
CHRIS
Lets hide round the corner so she thinks we've left!
STRAIGHT CUT:
MICHAEL
Why would I do that?
CHRIS
Don't be a pussy!
MICHAEL LOOKS AT CHRIS IN AN ANGRY WAY AND STARTS THE CAR
JUMP CUT:
CLAIRE LEAVES THE SHOP AND SEES THE CAR DRIVE AWAY
STRAIGHT CUT:
CLAIRE IS UPSET AND ANNOYED AND DECIDES TO WALK HOME
FADES TO:
CLAIRE WALKS DOWN A STREET OPPOSITE THE SHOP
EXT. THOMPSON CLOSE - STREET - NIGHT
CLAIRE IS WALKING DOWN THE STREET FOR 15 SECONDS
SHOT OF CAR THAT IS DOWN THOMPSON CLOSE
CLAIRE BUMPS INTO JACK MARSHALL
CLAIRE AND JACK LOOK AT EACH OTHER
FADES TO:
JACK MARSHALL
Could you help me please?
STRAIGHT CUT:
CLAIRE LOOKS AT JACK'S CRUTCH AND HESITATES TO ANSWER
CLAIRE
Sure I'll help you
JUMP CUT:
CLAIRE AND JACK WALK TO HIS CAR ON THE ROAD
STRAIGHT CUT:
JACK
Could you please lift the boot
CLAIRE
Yeah, sure
JUMP CUT:
CLAIRE LIFTS THE BOOT OF JACK'S CAR
SHOT OF DEAD BODY IN THE BOOT. CLAIRE IS SHOCKED AND CONFUSED AND QUICKLY TURNS AROUND AS SHE REALISES HER FATE. JACK ATTACKS CLAIRE WITH HIS CRUTCH AND THEY FIGHT FOR A FEW SECONDS UNTIL JACK PUTS HER IN HIS BOOT WITH THE OTHER DEAD BODY EVEN THOUGH SHE'S NOT DEAD YET.
SCENE FINISHES WITH JUST BLACK AND CLAIRE SCREAMING...
Opening Title Sequence Analysis
Our Openining Title Sequence begins with a slow roll up of text that tells the audience what is about to happen in the film. We took this idea from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974 film. By adding a short summary before the film begins, it sets the scene for the film and lets the audience know that there is going to be some horrors shown during the movie. The atmosphere is created as there is just silence from the audience with a man's voice reading out the text. Making it feel scary due to there being no noise and people waiting for what's going to happen next.
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Title of Our Film
The name HIJACKED is the title for our film as it describes how our antagonist captures his victims. We used capital letters as it makes it stand out and attracts audiences when on packaging. Jack is coloured red which connotates blood, anger and danger. In addition, it shows who the main character of our film is - Jack Marshall. The rest of the lettering is black because it's a dark colour and is commonly used for horror film titles. The mixture of the 2 colours also emphasise the film is the genre of horror.
Location Location Location
Our location for our film would take place in Chilwell. The 2 streets used would be Chetwynd Road and Thompson Close. These 2 streets lead off from each other making there be no need to travel far for each of the scenes. The shop is a good choice as it's a small corner shop, which is the right characteristic for our film and also the actual look of the shop has the style that we are looking for as it looks quite vintage. The street is very residential, creating the atmosphere we want for our film as it a setting where you wouldn't expect a horror film to take place.
Funding For CharCol Film
There are many production companies:
The production company that CharCol would use for funding is:
Miramax Films is an American entertainment company known for distributing independent and foreign films. Our film fits into the characteristics needed for Miramas Films. This company is best for our film due to it being a company that has catapulted independent films into the mainstream audiences and abled them notice the film.
CharCol Company
Mine and Simone's production company's name is CharCol. It's a combination of our last names... Charles and Collins. The font of our logo is Onyx. We chose this font as it made the writing look classic. After going on Artofthetitle.com it showed how important colours were to attract attention to an audience and other film companies wanting to work with us. The colour white connotates pure and stands out on a darker background. It's also simplicit. Making the audience not feel overwhelmed by the logo. The background colour for our company is a mutual colour attracting both male and female.
Codes & Conventions of a Horror Film
1) Dark/Shadowy lighting
2) Isolated location
3) Female victim
4) Disruption of normality
5) Sub plot of male & female relationship
6) Defeat of a monster
7) Teenage kids - easy target
8) Dark/Cold weather
9) Blood
10) Villian
11) Weapons
12) Made to frighten & panic viewers
Monday 18 February 2013
Friday 15 February 2013
Character Types in a Horror Film
Stereotypical Horror Film Characters
The Killer
-majority of
the killers are men but there are some females which add to the element of
surprise to the audience
-frequently starts off mysterious but towards the middle or end of the film, their finally seen (a lot of the time in a mask)
-in the film to scare the audience & to kill the other characters
-frequently starts off mysterious but towards the middle or end of the film, their finally seen (a lot of the time in a mask)
-in the film to scare the audience & to kill the other characters
The Couple
-constantly
together-go off together for sexual actions away from the group, making them vulnerable
-commonly die together or straight after each other
-couples are generally used in horror films to make the group more realistic & to attract audiences of a romantic side to the film
The Prankster
-tries to
make many jokes throughout the film-pretends he’s been killed to scare the audience but it’s a joke
-always dies & commonly the first, to show the audience that the film is scary & adds drama
The Last Girl
-Now
classed a genre
-Begins in a group of both male and female
-A woman is the last victim in the story because it shows vulnerability and the fact that the majority of the antagonists are male, it shows his dominance against her
-Begins in a group of both male and female
-A woman is the last victim in the story because it shows vulnerability and the fact that the majority of the antagonists are male, it shows his dominance against her
Monday 11 February 2013
Answers For our Horror Questionnaire
Answers to Questionnaire
1/9) Phobias & Fears
Spiders
Clowns
The dark
2) Most Scary
Being alone in the dark
3) Style of Horror Sub-genre
Thriller
4) Expect to See in Horror
Blood
Killings
Violence
5) Certificate of Horror
15 & 18
6) Scenario
Real life situations
8) Location
Abandoned places/houses
10) Scary Something
Sight of something
11) Why
Suspense
Scared
12) Years
2010+
These answers show that in order for our film to attract the target audience we want and to make our film scary, we need to take the results into account.
Our film needs to have a sub-genre of thriller, appear realistic, full of suspense, set at night with our protagonist on their own and have some scenes of violence with blood shown.
Questionnaire for Ideas of Our Horror Film
A Questionnaire on FEARS & HORROR
FILMS
1.
Do you have any
phobias? If yes, please specify
2.
What out of these
below do you find most scary?
Blood
Halloween style mask
Alone in the dark
Zombies
3.
What’s your
favourite style of horror? (e.g. thriller, ghost/vampire/zombie, comedy,
slasher)
4.
What sort of
things do you expect to see when you watch a horror film?
5.
What certificate
do you expect a horror film to be?
6.
In a horror film,
what type of scenario scares you the most?
Psycho killers
Cannibals
Real life situations
Mysterious creatures
7.
On a scale of
1-10 (10 being the highest) how much do you like watching horror films?
8.
What location in
horrors would make the most horrifying?
Haunted house
Abandoned places
Complete isolation
Unexpected places (e.g. park/hospital/supermarket)
9.
What is your
biggest fear?
10. What is scarier?
The idea of something (imagination)
Sight of something (actually seeing it on the screen)
11. Why do you watch
horror films?
To be scared
Because they make you laugh
You enjoy gore
The suspense
12.
When are your
horror films from?
1900
– 1920’s
1930
– 1940’s
1950
– 1960’s
1970
– 1980’s
1990
– 2000’s
2010+
Sunday 10 February 2013
Scary Images
It varies between each person as what they class as scary. The most common scares people have are blood, clowns andghosts . All of those types of fears are from childhood.
Some of these images are of famous antagonists from horror films. Their faces are either scarred or covered up. This is done to give the impression that they've gone through much turmoil and to create mystery to their lives causing the audience to fear them even more.
The pictures of children portray innocence throughout every aspect of life, so when they are shown as the antagonist, it causes people to be scared of something they thought they never would be.
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