Deadline

The Final Deadline for the fully edited horror film opening is 20th January 2011

Rough Script

This is the basics for the script of my horror film opening, scene 1. I thought it would be better to improvise a little in the actual shooting of the film as it would look less false and rehearsed. Also i haven't got a lot of speech in our opening as i thought more silence in the film would add to the eerie, deserted setting.

Research on Existing Production Company Logos

I did some visual research into existing production company logos.

20th Century Fox

Universal Studios

Lionsgate Entertainment

Paramount Pictures

Pixar Animation Studios

Walt Disney Pictures

Most of the logos have a plain background or a natural background. The writing is the most obvious thing in the logo and that is where the attention should be drawn to first.

My Horror Film Characters Continued

After looking at my characters in further detail i found that they reminded me of zombies even though they are represented as prey in my horror opening. I found this image of zombies to see if there were any noticeable comparisons; i think the blood stained clothes and mud and general messy representation of the characters and zombies is the same. However, the distinct difference between my characters and the zombies is the expressions on the faces. My characters look vulnerable and scared whereas the zombies are angry and almost hungry. This is a significant difference between predators and prey.

Production Schedule: Altered

We decided to add an additional day to the filming of our horror opening as we realised we hadn't allocated enough time to film each shot, and it also got darker quicker than we had anticipated.


14th December 2010- 3.30pm-5pm

Film Name Research and Examples

Most popular horror film titles according to a survey on http://www.imdb.com/chart/horror :

Rank	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	8.7	Psycho (1960)	152,901
2.	8.5	Alien (1979)	191,131
3.	8.5	The Shining (1980)	189,905
4.	8.3	Les Diaboliques (1955)	15,747
5.	8.1	The Thing (1982)	84,344
6.	8.1	Nosferatu (1922)	30,272
7.	8.1	The Exorcist (1973)	111,247
8.	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	54,640
9.	8.0	Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2010)	1,338
10.	8.0	King Kong (1933)	41,320

 

The most popular horror titles seem to be memorable names or names that are quite simple. The only downside of using a simple name is that they are quite predicatble and are most likely to have been used before.

My favourite horror film title is 'Nightmare on Elm Street'

As my horror film opening consists of flashbacks/flashforwards maybe relating to a nightmare i decided i wanted to use the word 'nightmare' in my film title.

I thought that as my setting is going to be in the woods then maybe i could use 'Nightmare in the Woods'

But i then decided that the word 'woods' is too common, i then searched for alternatives.

·         Woodland?

·         Backwoods?

·         Woodland?

·         Brush?

·         Wild?

·         Wilderness?

I chose 'Nightmare in the Wilderness' as it was less common, i also thought it had a slightly horror feel to it and i can't wait to put it in my title sequence.

My Horror Film Characters

These were the two characters which are in my horror film. We chose to do two female victims as they can be represented as more vulnerable and 'prey' like. We smeared the two in ketchup and BBQ sauce to create the blood/dried blood look. We also made their clothes look messy by putting mud all over them and tangling them up as if they have been running through bushes or woods. We also backcombed their hair adding in broken twigs and leaves as well as smudging their mascara to make it look as though they had been crying. This creates a very authentic victim look as they appear to have been through an ordeal and have been terrorised. They follow the traditional victim appearance as they are covered in blood and a muddy.