Treatment

TREATMENT done by Brogan

Our idea:

·  Opening shot shows a long dark corridor (XLS)

·  Camera zooms forwards towards the end of the corridor twice

·  Extreme close up of actor's face- very quick cut

·  a piece of plain paper comes out of a printer- credits will be edited to look like they are on the paper (close up)

·  Camera pans from right to left- shows a woman operating a photocopier in a small room with a large glass window to her left (through which a staircase can be seen) (medium long shot)

·  a piece of plain paper comes out of a printer- credits will be edited to look like they are on the paper (close up)

·  female character walks down an alleyway, to the right is an opening in which we (the audience) see a glimpse of the horror character (medium shot) [possibly lots of rapid cuts]

·  Close up of a set of records being thrown down onto a table- a sheet of paper slides out to show a "mental health assessment" record of some sort. (possibly in slow motion)

·  POV shot of someone walking up the stairs- appears unsteady on their feet (medium shot)

·  a piece of plain paper comes out of a printer- credits will be edited to look like they are on the paper (close up)

·  extreme close up shot of the medical records showing the patient name and showing that they are in fact mental assessment records

·  high angle shot (CCTV like) showing an empty staircase

·  (Slow motion?) Close up shot of a bottle of pills dropping and spilling out.

·  POV shot of someone walking up the stairs- appears unsteady on their feet (medium shot)

·  a piece of plain paper comes out of a printer- credits will be edited to look like they are on the paper (close up)

·  pan down of the medical records to slowly reveal the writing on it (Extreme close up)

·  repeat of CCTV shot except this time a person is stood on the corner of the staircase

·  a piece of plain paper comes out of a printer- credits will be edited to look like they are on the paper (close up)

·  medium long shot of the photocopier room (focusing on the window)

·  POV shot of someone walking up the stairs- appears unsteady on their feet (more so than in the first shot) (medium shot)

·  a piece of plain paper comes out of a printer- credits will be edited to look like they are on the paper (close up)

·  Medium long shot of Photocopier room window- you can slightly see the head of the horror character peering through the window. (start of a progressive sequence)

·  extreme close up of medical records- panning down to start to reveal a picture of a face (progressive sequence)

·  Medium long shot of Photocopier room window- you can see more of the head of the horror character peering through the window. (progressive sequence)

·  extreme close up of medical records- panning down to continue to reveal a picture of a face (progressive sequence)

·  Medium long shot of Photocopier room window- you can now see all of the head of the horror character peering through the window. (progressive sequence)

·  extreme close up of medical records- panning down to fully reveal a picture of a face ( final shot of progressive sequence) this shot will confirm to the audience that the character outside the photocopier room is the same person who's medical records have been read.

·  extreme close up of horror character's face (quick cut to increase effect)

·  extreme quick cut of pills bottle spilling

 

First day on location

We filmed the first few shots on our storyboard on Wednesday, the camera work consisted of long and medium shots and we also ranged the techniques used to film by using tripods for certain shots and others hand held. We considered lighting by testing out how much light was needed to create the right scene for our opening sequence. Other shots could not be completed as characters were unavailable on the day.

Update on production logo

As the editor Bradley is currently still in the process of producing the production logo, as a group we have decided on a few detail such as colour, the image the Font for the Production name.

 

Inspirations

Inspirations...

The main character of Orphan provided inspiration for what our main character should look like, sometimes innocent looking and other times terrifying to the audience

Nightmare on Elm Street inspired the theme of 'stalking' of an innocent looking character, by the 'horror' character.

The setting of this film inspired us to use an institution of some sort as our location- it means that the audience is left to question the mentality of the characters.

 

 

 

 

9 is also set in a mental hospital, which is similar to the setting of our location. Some of the shots used such as the long shot of the corridor are similar to shots we will be using.

 

Generic conventions report

For this project, we're trying to avoid the major clichés of horror films, although some are effective in creative the fear we want in our audience.

We started by looking at the different subgenres of horror, and the different features that define each one:

·  Action Horror - A subgenre combining the intrusion of an evil force, event, or supernatural personage of horror movies with the gunfights and frenetic chases of the action genre. Themes or elements often prevalent in typical action-horror films include gore, demons, vicious animals, vampires and, most commonly, zombies. This category also fuses the fantasy genre.

·  Body horror – In which the horror is principally derived from the graphic destruction or degeneration of the body. Other types of body horror include unnatural movements, or the anatomically incorrect placement of limbs to create 'monsters' out of human body parts.

·  Comedy horror – Combines the elements of comedy and horror fiction. The comedy horror genre almost always inevitably crosses over with the black comedy genre.

·  Gothic horror – Gothic horror is a type of story that contains elements of Goth and horror. At times it may have romance that unfolds in the setting of a horror tale, usually suspenseful. Some of the earliest horror movies were of this sub-genre. Examples include universal horror films such as The Phantom of the Opera, Dracula, Frankenstein and the Mummy.

·  Natural horror – A sub-genre of horror films "featuring nature running amok in the form of mutated beasts, carnivorous insects, and normally harmless animals or plants turned into cold-blooded killers." This genre may sometimes overlap with the science fiction and action/adventure genre.

·  Psychological horror – Relies on characters' fears, guilt, beliefs, eerie sound effects, relevant music, emotional instability and at times, the supernatural and ghosts, to build tension and further the plot.

·  Science Fiction horror – Often revolves around subjects that include but are not limited to killer aliens, mad scientists, and/or experiments gone wrong.

·  Slasher film – Often revolves around a psychopathic killer stalking and killing a sequence of victims in a graphically violent manner, mainly with a cutting tool such as a knife or axe. Slasher films may at times overlap with the crime, mystery and thriller genre, and they are not the entire horror genre.

·  Splatter film – These films deliberately focus on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence. Through the use of special effects and excessive blood and guts, they tend to display an overt interest in the vulnerability of the human body and the theatricality of its mutilation. Not all splatter films are slashers, and not all splatter films are horrors.

·  Zombie film – Zombie films feature creatures that are usually portrayed as either reanimated corpses or mindless human beings. Distinct sub-genres have evolved, such as the "zombie comedy" or the "zombie apocalypse".

Locations

 

A common location for horror films are dark forests/ in the woods

Another common location is in a large house or mansion, usually dark, eerie and very scary looking, or an American family home.

Characters and Storylines:

There are a variety of characters typically associated with Horror films and to go along with them also a range of common storylines.

Examples of characters from different types of Horror films are shown below:

Slasher

Torture

Zombie

Psychological horror

Vicious animals

Religious horror

Curses

Haunted house/ghosts

Vampires/werewolves

Soundtrack

This is the soundtrack we are planning to use, Bradley found this on a royalty free website and it fits our opening sequence plan perfectly.

The mood of the soundtrack is perfect for our intentions; it ties in very well with our shots and is a good all rounder for fulfilling our needs. The instruments used create great atmosphere and provides a good Horror themed tune.

 

 

 

Production Logo

The idea for our production logo is going to be something along the lines of a 6 fingered bloody hand appearing on the screen from far away to eventually come forward and hit some glass at the front of the display, which has our company name "ChairEdge studios" displayed across it. This glass then cracks and smashes when hit by the bloody hand, to which the glass and company name fall off of the screen towards the bottom.

Here is the bloody hand image we propose to use:

 

this image will come from behind our company name, smash the glass the name is on, which will look very cool and will confuse the audience with its 6 fingers as opposed to the normal 5 fingers conventionally placed on our hands.