1. Location
The location of the film will have to be in a house, due to the
nature of the ritual game that the characters play. The house
will be an empty unfurnished house to give it a sinister
atmosphere as it has an abandoned feel to it. We will carry out
recces to find the appropriate house for our film. It will have to
be a house with many rooms to allow the characters to move
around freely – the house used in ‘Playing with the Devil’ is an
appropriate example of the type of location we need due to the
amount of rooms and places to hide in it.
2. Lighting
The general lighting of the film will be dark, as this is a convention
of the horror genre. The use of darkness throughout the film gives it
an ominous and scary effect as you won't know what's lurking in the
dark - the Midnight Man could be anywhere and so puts the
audience on edge. We will also use high-key lighting within the film
to ensure the lighting isn't too dark and the candle that is used as a
prop within the film can also act as a light source, as the characters
have to hold a candle each through the entirety of the game. The
dark lighting in ‘Night Night Nancy’ will be our source of inspiration
as they successfully produced dark, ominous low-key lighting in their
film whilst ensuring the audience can still see what’s occurring
through the use of high-key lighting through the doorways.
3. Costumes
All the characters will wear
casual, comfy clothes as they
are meant to be at a
sleepover. This is also draw
emphasis to the fact that they
are just normal everyday kids
who are hanging out together
as friends and decided to
experiment with ritual game
they heard of. This is a
situation that our target
audience can relate to as they
have presumably attended
sleepovers with their friends
and it is not uncommon for
them to test out things that
are said to mess with spirits,
such as an Ouija board.
