animatics group 4

Essay Question 3: In what ways does your media product USE, DEVELOP or CHALLENGE forms and conventions of real thrillers?

Our movie is based around the sub-genre horror/thriller, and we include many elements that make this a horror movie. Suspense is the most important keeping the audience in the dark and them not knowing what will happen next is so important for this not movie not to be a fail. Music is the main factors that will help set the atmosphere and signify the horror movie. By using the tempo and volume of the music will help use create fear of the unknown and will make the audience suspect that something is going to happen. Close ups and extreme close ups will enhance their emotions and mainly it will help create suspense and mystery. The other theme is blood/murder, the whole movie is based on a mythical story which is based around Bloody Mary. She is the main character and her name signifies blood and murder. Friendship is also another theme within the movie, the opening sequence just outlines there friendship and how close they are, but throughout the movie there friendship is tested and will show whether they will survive the creature Bloody Mary.
In our opening sequence we would like to keep it simple but interesting and should draw in the audience. Bloody Mary is a character who won't be visible to anyone from the begining, but there will be clues of supernatural events taking place, but the friendship group take nothing of it.

Essay Question 2: Who would be the audience for your specific thriller?

Target Audience Profile

 

Age Group: 18-25 year olds

Gender: Bother male and female

Interests: Out going, spending time with friends and still in some sort of education or working

Ethnicity: All types of ethnicities

 

I would like to create something like this
for the movie poster as it fits in with my
colour scheme and fits in with the sub
genre

The above picture includes the ideal target audience, males and females who are over 18 and around or below 25, our movie may have a age restriction which it is a good idea to keep the minimum target age audience 18. From some of the research we did we found that this was the target age audience which most horror thriller had for their movies, keeping this in mind we would assume they watch a lot of horror movies, which would make their expectations high for our movie. Also from our audience research we found that this idea was unique because it was something different and couldn't be compared to another movie on the spot, so for a few viewers they would expect something good because its so unique. The fact that its different compared to typical horror thriller movies will help attract the target audience.
For the poster idea, I would definitely use the colour red and black as the colour scheme, mainly because red is associated with blood and bloody Mary, so it would make sense to use these colours. Black is the colour of power and used in mass can be shown as unfriendly and intimidating, Bloody Mary is a intimidating character as she is partially invisible to the audience, the only visible thing about her are her actions. Red signifies strength and draw attention to itself, a bit like the danger in this movie.
The movies that would interest my target audience would be movies involved with thrill, which has a element of horror. Movies they may have watched in the last year would be Insidious 2, The Conjuring and Mama. They are movies which can be realated to the movie that we are making, they have a supernatural element to it, and hopefully ours would be different compared to the typical horror movies. I would expect most of the target audience to have a good understanding of what a good horror movie is and would have hopefully watched a varied amount of thrillers, to know what thrillers are and so our movie lives up to there expectation.
The themes that our movie will cover will conist of mystery, suspense, blood, supernatural, not knowing the next step. To create mystery and suspense I would use the tempo and volume of the music as it will help create the atmosphere, also close ups of characters will show there reaction and emotion which help set the scene and keep the audience in the dark about whats going to happen next.  

Paranormal activities is a film that is closely compared to our film, only because also in there movie there villian is also invisible and causes harm to a innocent family, in our case its a group of friends. Paranormal Activities is a highly looked movie and there have meen many movies made, they also use the black and red colour scheme and it looks horror style and suits the sub genre.

Essay Question 1: How does your opening sequence represent particular social groups?

In our horror/thriller film there are many characters who are important to the storyline. Bloody Mary is based on a idea that we've come up with that can be compared to other horror films but from our audience feedback many people thought that this is something new, and something they would consider watching. The four teenagers who are a part of the movie and whom the movie revolves around are Anna, Sam, Tyler, Emma, they would be aged around 15 to 16, they are type of teens who enjoy going out and are a part of a tight, mixed gender friendship group
 The whole idea is to show what extent young teens would go to entertain there friends. They are young and sporty characters who care about the way they look and have a bit of a reputation at school
 They are four loveable characters but different in there own way.
Anna
 Anna is more innocent and vulnerable character who is bit of a follower of the group but voices her opinion when necessary. Anna can come across as a easy target as she looks physically weak but can this can be a illusion to the audience as she can be aggressive when it comes to close ones. I would say a more medium long shot will help use see her very reserved side and show she keeps herself to herself. Also a high angle could show isolation due to her being so reserved. She can be compared to the character in..............


Sam and Tyler
Sam and Tyler are two very physically strong boys who come across as not being scared of the supernatural myths, but as the events unfold there true masculinity fades away. They are very close and they have very similar personalities of a typical teenage boy, with the same natural ego. They are both very good friends with each other and are like brothers. The typical shot we could use would be a low angle looking up to the character which shows power- strength but during the movie we could change the camera angle to a high angle showing very little power.

Emma
Emma us a very strong character who some viewers may not really like down to her attitude and her huge ego. She likes to be very flirtatious towards the boys. A mobile phone would be the ideal prop as she is constantly texting and can be rude, match action would be good to show her on her phone, or a point of view shot showing her on her phone, she is a character with a big personality.

Bloody Mary
She is the actual mythical character that comes alive after they complete the dare, someone who isn't visible to the other characters but some who causes supernatural events which cause harm and pain to the four teens. As the character isn't actually visible to any of us we cant use many camera angles, except for music. Using the tempo and volume of the music can make viewers think its all leading to something which gives us the feeling the character is present. As a sign that she has been there we are going to use blood signify her, its her identification as she is invisible. Even though she is invible she still has a identity and we would like her too look similar to the picture, someone scary, and who has a demonted side to them.

Company Production Ident

The above picture is our groups ident and as a group we came up with the name 'Fire Fox Production'. I used photoshop to produce this logo and also word for the font. The name of the font in the ident is 'Caitlin' its bold and white and stands out against the orange background. The image of the fox represents the name and we picked orange so matches the fire fox in the bottom right hand corner. This ident is a moving ident which is at the beginning of our final opening sequence, it has the fire crackling noise in the background and the moving fire background which all come together to represent the words 'Fire Fox' Productions.

Final Idea

Two young innocent friends decide to host a sleep over the night before halloween. Boredem strikes so they dare to mess with the mythical legend bloody mary. Suddenly their night takes a turn for the worst and at 12pm, supernatural events begin to unfold with both girls and Anna's family in the house and at risk. Will Anna and Sam regret they're actions ?

Audience Research:

Sounds unusual and isn't similar to any other movies out there at the moment. A good idea because of the fact that all the supernatural events happen at 12, when most people know as a scary time, so they can relate to it. They would watch it because it definitely has a thrill factor as everything happens at one location.

Its really different in a good way, because there hasn't been this type of movie released in the recent years. Its unique because it uses a superstition that most people believe in and bring it to life, also most supernatural movies target the individuals only, but this idea also targets the victims families and friends. They would definitely watch this movie as it would be a ideal supernatural thriller to watch.