Film name: Playtime
Plot:
Four characters that go by the names of Rhia, Myles, Vijender and Helena and Jogesh who is the killer clown. Rhia, Vijender, Myles and Helena are all walking back from a party on one cold, dark October evening. Whilst the friends are walking, Myles begins to joke about seeing weird, scary objects around them (relating to 'the boy who cried wolf'). The four friends carry on walking, ignoring Myles's silly jokes. As they begin to walk through the woods, Myles claims that he see's a red, vibrant balloon that was gliding through the air but the friends don't believe him as he was lying before about 'seeing strange things'. He tries to explain to his friends that he isn't lying this time but they still don't believe him. Therefore, Myles goes to grab the balloon. When Myles come back to his friends, he shows them the balloon and pops it in front of them (this is when the audience will expect something to scare them but it doesn't). The friends think he is being silly but not long after Myles gets lost as he spots another red balloon floating through the air and decideds to pop it again, this time a clown appears behind the balloon, killing Myles rapidly. The friends go back to find Myles when they find him dead on the floor, realising that he wasn't lying when he said he was seeing weird, strange things around. They then find a child's jack in the box and another balloon by it. Rhia goes to wind the jack in the box and sees that it has a mirror, as she looks through the mirror, she sees the reflection of a clown however, when she turns around the clown isn't to be seen but as she turns back around to the jack in the box she sees clowns shoes, looks up and sees a clown. Vijender and Helena see that she is about to be killed but before they try to help it is too late therefore they run to save their lifes. As the are running Helena looks back to think she is safe and stops to catch her breath however, the same clown(jogesh) kills her too. Vijender continued to run and realised the Helena is gone and he is now alone. He comes across the party house that they had come from and runs inside for help. As he walks inside he realises that the party is over and the house was empty. He opens a door inside the house to see the clown (or multiple clowns) standing in front of him with knifes, balloons and jack in the box's with them laughing in his face. The film then comes to an end with Vijender's tragic scream.
Wednesday 26 October 2016
Tuesday 25 October 2016
Draft 2 - film ideas
The first idea:
Our group first came up with the idea of a paranormal horror genre film. The reason we chose the 'paranormal genre' is because viewers find these types of films scary because they contain a lot of spiritual related ideas. The plot contains our charcters bythe names of Karen(Me), Holly(Helena) Jack(Vijender) and Tom(Jogesh). This film would of been set in a park, the four friends went on a camping trip as part of a school expedition. The time eventually turns to the night and everybody falls asleep. Holly then wakes up and is feeling hot therefore she goes outside of the tent for some fresh air. As she is walking around the park, she hears something rustling in the bushes and realises she is not by herself away from the tent. As she looks through the bushes, she comes across a book that was left open. As she goes to open the book, a evil spirit possesses her. She then returns to the tent acting weird, which alarms Jack, he then tries to warn the others. Karen and Tom are not phased and go back to sleep. As Jack tries to help Holly, she ends up killing him. When Karen and Tom wake up, they realise that the other two have gone missing and decide to split up to find them. Eventually, the both get killed, one by one by Holly who is possessed.
The second idea:
My group then came up with the idea of another paranormal film. We decided that the first idea didn't work because of the tent idea, we felt that it didn't sound very scary and portray a typical horror film convention. The characters names are: Susie(me), Jane(Helena), Sam(Jogesh) and Mike(Vijender). The plot consists of the four friends walking back from after watching a film. Sam and Mike continue to walk on leaving Susie behind, she gets left as she sees a strange, old lady who is banging on the window of a crooked, old house. Susies screams alerting the boys; they both come running back and tell Susie to quickly walk away with them. The old lady then shouts out 'I will haunt you all'. All three friends talked about her as they where walking home and all stated that they saw a large, shiny earing that she was wearing but she was only wearing one. Later on as the friends where walking, they came across the exact same earing and pick it up from the floor. What the friends don't know is that this earing is possessed by the women that said would haunt them. Eventually, each friend is killed on their way home by unforeseen circumstances.
The third and FINAL idea:
This idea was generated by an issue/trend that is currently taking place in America and the UK today. All over America, October 2016, people have been dressing as clowns, going out lurking for vulnerable people and harming them which has also led to a number of murders. This 'trend' was then followed into the UK as people started to copy. This then gave our group the idea of a clown related film. Rhia, Vijender, Helena, Jogesh and Myles will all be our individual character within the film. One evening Rhia, Vijender, Helena and Myles attend their friends party. The decide to leave the party early and go walking around. After a few moments, the group come across a vibrant, red balloon that is gliding through the air. Myles is joking around and harmlessly pops the balloon. Suddenly, a 'killer clown'(Jogesh) jumps out of know where. The clown(Jogesh) kills Myles first as the rest run for their lives. Slowly, the clown hunts down each person and kills them one by one.
Our group first came up with the idea of a paranormal horror genre film. The reason we chose the 'paranormal genre' is because viewers find these types of films scary because they contain a lot of spiritual related ideas. The plot contains our charcters bythe names of Karen(Me), Holly(Helena) Jack(Vijender) and Tom(Jogesh). This film would of been set in a park, the four friends went on a camping trip as part of a school expedition. The time eventually turns to the night and everybody falls asleep. Holly then wakes up and is feeling hot therefore she goes outside of the tent for some fresh air. As she is walking around the park, she hears something rustling in the bushes and realises she is not by herself away from the tent. As she looks through the bushes, she comes across a book that was left open. As she goes to open the book, a evil spirit possesses her. She then returns to the tent acting weird, which alarms Jack, he then tries to warn the others. Karen and Tom are not phased and go back to sleep. As Jack tries to help Holly, she ends up killing him. When Karen and Tom wake up, they realise that the other two have gone missing and decide to split up to find them. Eventually, the both get killed, one by one by Holly who is possessed.
The second idea:
My group then came up with the idea of another paranormal film. We decided that the first idea didn't work because of the tent idea, we felt that it didn't sound very scary and portray a typical horror film convention. The characters names are: Susie(me), Jane(Helena), Sam(Jogesh) and Mike(Vijender). The plot consists of the four friends walking back from after watching a film. Sam and Mike continue to walk on leaving Susie behind, she gets left as she sees a strange, old lady who is banging on the window of a crooked, old house. Susies screams alerting the boys; they both come running back and tell Susie to quickly walk away with them. The old lady then shouts out 'I will haunt you all'. All three friends talked about her as they where walking home and all stated that they saw a large, shiny earing that she was wearing but she was only wearing one. Later on as the friends where walking, they came across the exact same earing and pick it up from the floor. What the friends don't know is that this earing is possessed by the women that said would haunt them. Eventually, each friend is killed on their way home by unforeseen circumstances.
The third and FINAL idea:
This idea was generated by an issue/trend that is currently taking place in America and the UK today. All over America, October 2016, people have been dressing as clowns, going out lurking for vulnerable people and harming them which has also led to a number of murders. This 'trend' was then followed into the UK as people started to copy. This then gave our group the idea of a clown related film. Rhia, Vijender, Helena, Jogesh and Myles will all be our individual character within the film. One evening Rhia, Vijender, Helena and Myles attend their friends party. The decide to leave the party early and go walking around. After a few moments, the group come across a vibrant, red balloon that is gliding through the air. Myles is joking around and harmlessly pops the balloon. Suddenly, a 'killer clown'(Jogesh) jumps out of know where. The clown(Jogesh) kills Myles first as the rest run for their lives. Slowly, the clown hunts down each person and kills them one by one.
Monday 24 October 2016
Draft 1 - film ideas
The first idea:
Our group first came up with the idea of a paranormal horror genre film. The reason we chose the 'paranormal genre' is because viewers find these types of films scary because they contain a lot of spiritual related ideas. The plot contains our charcters bythe names of Karen(Me), Holly(Helena) Jack(Vijender) and Tom(Jogesh). This film would of been set in a park, the four friends went on a camping trip as part of a school expedition. The time eventually turns to the night and everybody falls asleep. Holly then wakes up and is feeling hot therefore she goes outside of the tent for some fresh air. As she is walking around the park, she hears something rustling in the bushes and realises she is not by herself away from the tent. As she looks through the bushes, she comes across a book that was left open. As she goes to open the book, a evil spirit possesses her. She then returns to the tent acting weird, which alarms Jack, he then tries to warn the others. Karen and Tom are not phased and go back to sleep. As Jack tries to help Holly, she ends up killing him. When Karen and Tom wake up, they realise that the other two have gone missing and decide to split up to find them. Eventually, they both get killed by Holly who is possessed.
The second idea:
My group then came up with the idea of another paranormal film. We decided that the first idea didn't work because of the tent idea, we felt that it didn't sound very scary and portray a typical horror film convention. The characters names are: Susie(me), Jane(Helena), Sam(Jogesh) and Mike(Vijender). The plot consists of the four friends walking back from after watching a film. Sam and Mike continue to walk on leaving Susie behind, she gets left as she sees a strange, old lady who is banging on the window of a crooked, old house. Susies screams alerting the boys; they both come running back and tell Susie to quickly walk away with them. The old lady then shouts out 'I will haunt you all'. All three friends talked about her as they where walking home and all stated that they saw a large, shiny earing that she was wearing but she was only wearing one. Later on as the friends where walking, they came across the exact same earing and pick it up from the floor. What the friends don't know is that this earing is possessed by the women that said would haunt them. Eventually, each friend is killed on their way home by unforeseen circumstances.
The third and idea:
This idea was generated by an issue/trend that is currently taking place in America and the UK today. All over America, October 2016, people have been dressing as clowns, going out lurking for vulnerable people and harming them which has also led to a number of murders. This 'trend' was then followed into the UK as people started to copy. This then gave our group the idea of a clown related film. Rhia, Vijender, Helena, Jogesh and Myles will all be our individual character within the film. One evening Rhia, Vijender, Helena and Myles attend their friends party. The decide to leave the party early and go walking around. After a few moments, the group come across a vibrant, red balloon that is gliding through the air. Myles is joking around and harmlessly pops the balloon. Suddenly, a 'killer clown'(Jogesh) jumps out of know where. The clown(Jogesh) kills Myles first as the rest run for their lives. Slowly, the clown hunts down each person and kills them one by one.
Our group first came up with the idea of a paranormal horror genre film. The reason we chose the 'paranormal genre' is because viewers find these types of films scary because they contain a lot of spiritual related ideas. The plot contains our charcters bythe names of Karen(Me), Holly(Helena) Jack(Vijender) and Tom(Jogesh). This film would of been set in a park, the four friends went on a camping trip as part of a school expedition. The time eventually turns to the night and everybody falls asleep. Holly then wakes up and is feeling hot therefore she goes outside of the tent for some fresh air. As she is walking around the park, she hears something rustling in the bushes and realises she is not by herself away from the tent. As she looks through the bushes, she comes across a book that was left open. As she goes to open the book, a evil spirit possesses her. She then returns to the tent acting weird, which alarms Jack, he then tries to warn the others. Karen and Tom are not phased and go back to sleep. As Jack tries to help Holly, she ends up killing him. When Karen and Tom wake up, they realise that the other two have gone missing and decide to split up to find them. Eventually, they both get killed by Holly who is possessed.
The second idea:
My group then came up with the idea of another paranormal film. We decided that the first idea didn't work because of the tent idea, we felt that it didn't sound very scary and portray a typical horror film convention. The characters names are: Susie(me), Jane(Helena), Sam(Jogesh) and Mike(Vijender). The plot consists of the four friends walking back from after watching a film. Sam and Mike continue to walk on leaving Susie behind, she gets left as she sees a strange, old lady who is banging on the window of a crooked, old house. Susies screams alerting the boys; they both come running back and tell Susie to quickly walk away with them. The old lady then shouts out 'I will haunt you all'. All three friends talked about her as they where walking home and all stated that they saw a large, shiny earing that she was wearing but she was only wearing one. Later on as the friends where walking, they came across the exact same earing and pick it up from the floor. What the friends don't know is that this earing is possessed by the women that said would haunt them. Eventually, each friend is killed on their way home by unforeseen circumstances.
The third and idea:
This idea was generated by an issue/trend that is currently taking place in America and the UK today. All over America, October 2016, people have been dressing as clowns, going out lurking for vulnerable people and harming them which has also led to a number of murders. This 'trend' was then followed into the UK as people started to copy. This then gave our group the idea of a clown related film. Rhia, Vijender, Helena, Jogesh and Myles will all be our individual character within the film. One evening Rhia, Vijender, Helena and Myles attend their friends party. The decide to leave the party early and go walking around. After a few moments, the group come across a vibrant, red balloon that is gliding through the air. Myles is joking around and harmlessly pops the balloon. Suddenly, a 'killer clown'(Jogesh) jumps out of know where. The clown(Jogesh) kills Myles first as the rest run for their lives. Slowly, the clown hunts down each person and kills them one by one.
Sunday 23 October 2016
Saturday 22 October 2016
Wednesday 19 October 2016
Character Profile's
Character 1 - Myles
Name: Myles
Age: 18
Costume: Black top/hoodie, black jeans and black trainers.
Personality: He is always joking around, he has never really been a serious guy and he is fairly strong.
Relationship to the others: Him and Santiago are best mates. He is also very good friends with Rhia and Helena.
Role: His role consists of him spotting the balloon and also dying first.
Background: He is a black teenager that goes attends to sixth form weekly.
Character 2 - Vijender
Name: Santiago
Age: 17
Costume: Hoodie/Jacket, blue jeans, bandana and trainers.
Personality: Funny but can also be serious character. He pretends that is isn't scared but deep down he is frightened.
Relationship to others: Best mates with Myles and also close friends with Helena and Rhia.
Role: Last boy to be killed by the clown.
Background: He is a Hispanic teenager that also attends sixth form weekly.
Character 3 - Rhia
Name: Rhia
Age: 17
Costume: Jumper/Jacket, jeans, cap and trainers.
Personality: Funny character and it takes a lot for her to be scared.
Relationship to others: Friends with all 3 other characters.
Role: Looks into jack in the box mirror and see's clown's reflection, eventually dies.
Background: She is an Asian girl that attends sixth form with her friends.
Character 4 - Jogesh -
Name: Killer clown
Age: unknown
Costume: Colourful but scary clown outfit, with a balloon.
Personality: Known as the 'CRAZY KILLER CLOWN'.
Relationship to others: Murder's them.
Role: He slowly goes around killing each member of the friendship group.
Background: unknown.
Character 5 - Helena -
Name: Helena.
Age: 17.
Costume: Standard top, jacket and jeans.
Personality: Funny, petite girl that takes is serious when she needs to be.
Relationship to others: Friends with all three other characters.
Role: She is the third character to get killed by the clown.
Background: Asian teenager that attends sixth form with the others.
Monday 10 October 2016
Research
Age:
From researching and gathering information, i have come to the conclusion that the usual age group for people watching horror films is aged between 16 and 25. Being aged 17 and apart of that age group, i know that majority of the people watching horror films watch them simply because they love the adrenaline rush, some people just like extreme emotions that they haven't yet experienced and some people simply like watching new, exciting films that they have not seen or before.
Gender:
It seems to be that males are more likely to watch horror films than females; this is a stereotypical aspect but also can be true, relating to the number of people I asked during my lunch period at school. Violence tends to be in horror films quite often; stereotypes are that males are more into violence than females. Because horror films contain a lot of violence that includes blood and gore, this will act more upon the males as they will be more interested.
Groups:
In terms of groups; it tends to be
friends that go together to the cinema to watch a horror movie, however couples
and siblings tend to go too. Couples go when they are on a date, this is
because one likes to receive comfort off the other one if they are not
confident with watching horror films.
Target Audience
Questionnaire:
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This is the questionnaire that I created by hand in order for different people to fill it out. This will help me determine my target audience, it will also be evident throughout my journey on my blog to show my feedback and process of my work.
Audience feedback:
This is a screenshot of a conversation off WhatsApp that was held with my cousin. The messages that you see is hum responding to the first picture that is of my questionnaire. This gives my an insight of what a male from the of 16-20 like to see in a horror film.
Audience Feedback 2:
This is another screenshot of a WhatsApp conversation in regards to responding to my questionnaire. This time I chose my cousin that is a Female. She was more stereotypical and said that she would expect to see a little girl, simply because she believes without one, the film wouldn't be as interesting.
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