Mind Maps 4 - HK

1. NAME: ___________________________
EXPLORING IDEAS
Horror subgenre: Vampires
Conventions we should try to consider and include:
 Setting – usuallygothicandmay have a
religiousside.
 Linear – non-lineartomake the audience
followacomprehensive narrativeinorder.
 A frequentuse of lowkeylighting,blood,
make-up
 Themes– Vampires,non-vampires,threat,
death,victims,blood
The settingisimportantas itestablishesthe mainlocation
for the events –set usuallyinabig house, graveyards,
churches,as theyare unpleasantwhichreinforcesthe
stature of a vampire andas a result,conveysdanger,to
the audience.
The themesinclude threat,death.Inaddition,make-up
and bloodisalsoused.However,if the filmisaimedata
mature audience there willbe more thanone thatis
aimedat a youngeraudience.
A lotof low-keylightingisusedinthese type of filmsasit
connotesnegative moods,anddarkthemes.High-keyis
not usedas ithas an opposite effect.
Traditional fangsare usedto actuallyidentifythe vampire
and separatesthischaracterfromthe rest. Thiscan
connote dangerandmake the tensionrise astheywill
expectviolence andanger.
Make-upand costume inmoderndayismade as real as
possible tomake the realismstickwiththe audience.
Olderfilmsshowthattheyusedatraditional cape forthe
vampiresbutInmodernday,the vampireswearcasual
clothes.Thismayhave beendone toportray the attempt
to hide identityandfitinwithsocietywithahiddentruth.

2. NAME: ___________________________
Inspirational films or TV shows
These shows or films might have similarities that you can
take inspiration from
Could be inspiration such as:
 Credits/titles
 Plot(don’t copy it of course)
 Characters
 Locations
 Costume/props
 Type of OTS (linear/non-linear/symbolic)
 Shots/camera work
 Sounds/music
FrightNight (2011): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1438176/?ref_=rvi_tt
The inspirationof the filmcomesfrom:
Its simple plot
Characters
Typical vampire conventions
Dracula(1931): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021814/?ref_=nv_sr_6
The inspirationfromthisfilmcomesfrom:
The roots of the vampire – typical costume,blood,fangsetc..
Plot
Setting
Dracula Untold(2014):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829150/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Thisis a more modernadaptationof the original Draculafilm
but the inspirationcomesfromthe moderntake onthe
famousnarrative,characters,props,andsetting.The caption
for the filmbeing:“Everybloodline hasabeginning”This
couldmeanitsevolvedfromthe classic.