Initial ideas notes
Possible locations
woods: aim for a Blair witch project style, with a shaky cam and much of the fear left to the viewers own interpretation
school: would be easy to do, as we could film during lessons, but might have to be done after school times due to other students
graveyard: would be scary and creepy, but would be hard to get to.
house: easiest choice, and it allows for lots of different scenarios
garage: to limited in scope, but would be something different to the usual horror settings
river: would go with the theme of death by water (if we use it), but presents safety hazards and a lack of scenarios to film
things are scarier in locations people feel comfortable in, like their own home, school, hospital etc
shooting styleshaky cam? We might use a Blair witch project style, with no tripod shots. (We later learned marks were awarded for steady shots, so we abandoned this idea)
tripod shots? With tracking shots? Short sharp cuts to make events seem tenser and more exhilarating. This could add to the scares. False scares could add tension. Need to be done right.
Themea theme is needed. Amnesia? Insane? Based around drugs or drink?
Rules broken by the victim. Drinks, does drugs, smokes etc, this leads to their death. Iconography would be good to help tell a convincing story. The killer could leave a mark or item at the death scene, it could add suspense and mystery to the story.
Genre?Apocalyptic? Would need too many extras (for zombies etc) and no location for filming would fit the genre (wrong art direction etc)
teen? It was to be teen, but it can focus on other subgenres too, this is probably a good idea, as it gives us more potential to try lots of different ideas.
Slasher? The easiest to do, but would need fake blood, could be awkward and messy. The killer would have to be interesting, something that would be hard to do in 2 minutes.
Psychological? Could work well, use of what isn't seen to be scary. Would be easier to pull off in our 2 minute opening
fear of technology we could use phone calls like scream, or we could use computers and use social networking, playing on modern technology just like scream did.
woods: aim for a Blair witch project style, with a shaky cam and much of the fear left to the viewers own interpretation
school: would be easy to do, as we could film during lessons, but might have to be done after school times due to other students
graveyard: would be scary and creepy, but would be hard to get to.
house: easiest choice, and it allows for lots of different scenarios
garage: to limited in scope, but would be something different to the usual horror settings
river: would go with the theme of death by water (if we use it), but presents safety hazards and a lack of scenarios to film
things are scarier in locations people feel comfortable in, like their own home, school, hospital etc
shooting styleshaky cam? We might use a Blair witch project style, with no tripod shots. (We later learned marks were awarded for steady shots, so we abandoned this idea)
tripod shots? With tracking shots? Short sharp cuts to make events seem tenser and more exhilarating. This could add to the scares. False scares could add tension. Need to be done right.
Themea theme is needed. Amnesia? Insane? Based around drugs or drink?
Rules broken by the victim. Drinks, does drugs, smokes etc, this leads to their death. Iconography would be good to help tell a convincing story. The killer could leave a mark or item at the death scene, it could add suspense and mystery to the story.
Genre?Apocalyptic? Would need too many extras (for zombies etc) and no location for filming would fit the genre (wrong art direction etc)
teen? It was to be teen, but it can focus on other subgenres too, this is probably a good idea, as it gives us more potential to try lots of different ideas.
Slasher? The easiest to do, but would need fake blood, could be awkward and messy. The killer would have to be interesting, something that would be hard to do in 2 minutes.
Psychological? Could work well, use of what isn't seen to be scary. Would be easier to pull off in our 2 minute opening
fear of technology we could use phone calls like scream, or we could use computers and use social networking, playing on modern technology just like scream did.
a good post Elliot, although I would like to have seen it on your blog earlier!
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