The document provides information on key elements and conventions of slasher horror and zombie films. For slasher films, it notes that the killer is usually masked and victims follow stereotypes. Common plot points include deaths occurring in a set order and the group getting trapped in an isolated location. For zombie films, it mentions the virus causing widespread devastation, survivors being outnumbered, and a focus on surviving rather than killing all zombies. The document also provides descriptions of character archetypes and filming techniques commonly used in these genres.

3. By researching slasher horrors we were able find out what takes place in
these films.
 The Killer will need to be mysterious and maybe unknown (wear a
mask etc)
 Victims are usually in groups and follow stereotypes
 Follows an order in deaths (e.g. the Bimbo is usually first)
 Killer will use weapons that kill at close ranges e.g. knives
 Locations usually woods or an isolated place e.g. house. The location
has to be able to trap the group in to allow the killer to kill them
 Group will split up resulting in the killer killing them one by one
 Casual jump scares
 If owning a phone, the signal will be poor meaning the characters
cannot contact help

4. Plot: The general plot for a slasher horror is that a
mysterious (sometimes masked) psychopathic
killer hunts down and murders numerous people
with bladed weapons (knife, axe or chainsaw)

5. Character/Representation:
 The Killer who is represented as a psychopath as he/she murders almost
anyone violently.
 The Bimbo, this character is not the brightest and is usually the first to
be slaughtered
 The macho man, this character is the strongest within the group and at
the start of the killing believes they are able to take down the killer
however shows fear as death approaches.
 The popular girl who is similar to the bimbo as she is also not very smart
 The nice guy who has mutual relations with everyone in the group, this
character has the ability to ease tensions when situations worsen.
 The nerdy kid is the character who has the highest chance to survive as
he/she uses their brain and thinks of plans either to stop the killer or
escape

6. In slasher horrors there is a large variety of settings
available which can be every day settings from
schools to summer camps, from creepy houses to
the woods. Theses settings need to be isolated,
quiet and only contain the killer and characters,
this is because once a character dies there is little
hope for the others to contact help and survive. For
example Texas Chainsaw Massacre was set in a
farm house

7. Slasher horrors will use multiple camera techniques, the most common
techniques are close ups as they have the power the emphasise the
weapons, fear, detail in the scenery as well as detail in the killing of the
characters.
An establishing shot is used to show the killers prep room, this is to give a
little insight in what the killer uses to kill his victims.
If the killer comes out at night to kill there will be time lapse of the sun
going down and the moon coming up, this notifies the audience that its
time for people to die

8. The most common sound in a slasher horror is the sound
when people are getting stabbed and screaming, this is
to show realism and also build up tension due as the
other characters may hear the screams.

9. Slasher horrors use a variety of editing techniques including shot reverse
shot, short shot durations, match on actions, time lapse and zooms
(rarely)
Why would they use these techniques
Short shot durations- these are seen when the pace of shots pick up when
a character encounters the killer as tension will build and the enigma
what will happen to the character?
Match on action- in slasher horrors the most common shot reverse shots
occur when a character encounters the killer or a weapon, finds a hint to
escape or the corpse of a group member.
Time lapses are used to speed up time which has the same reasoning as
montage editing.
Match on action- Match on actions mainly occur when key events happen
e.g. a clue to escape, but at times these will be fake clues (a button
which seem to lead to an exit but leads to death)

10. Our OTS will be non-linear as it does not follow a
specific pattern, we will be using montage editing to
speed up time and use flash backs the give an insight
in how to killer is (how he likes to kill people)

11.  Killer waking up at night (possible time lapse to show sun going
down)
 Establishes killers garage (where he lives)
 He has flashbacks of previous murders
 Multiple body bags
 Blood on walls
 Torches to lighten up room (Isolation)
 Killer equips his weapons (blunt knives and covered in blood)
 Puts on a semi-destroyed mask
 Once equipped he leaves and ready to kill
 Title of the film will appear on the exit door after the killer slams
the door shut once he has left (most likely in blood to match the
setting of blood on the walls)

12. Who is the killer?
Who has he killed?
Why is he killing people?
Where is he?

13. Our USP will be mostly through the narrative enigmas
and mystery, as our OTS creates narratives the
audience will be hooked in and want to know who he is
going to kill and maybe why.

15. The use of blood to
back up conventionsThe way the light flickers
to show the audience the
amount of blood to give
a hint to mass murder
Blood stained on the
weapons to show it is
not the first time they
are being used

16. The first picture at the top shows a
sense of abandonment as well and
this shows fear as well.
The picture at the bottom shows
torture and pain and this shows
murder .

17. The multiple choice of weapons
hints towards mass murder
The use of an old cut up
mask hints that this isn't
the first time the killer
had murdered
We find these inspiring as we look to use
these features for our OTS

18. Ashley Goodall, Calvin Chohan, Elliot Sears and Himmet
Bhara

20.  Tend to have a sense of mystery
 Simple plot/story
 Not a lot of character within the OTS
 Isolated setting (city, forest, wear house etc)
 Wide range of sound (news reports, screams, eating flesh, suspense
music)
 Clearly shows the devastation and spread of the virus
 Families are used e.g 28 weeks later, The Walking Dead and I am
Legend
 Protagonist shown to be strong, brave and heroic (normally male)
 Survivors are ALWAYS out numbered to the zombies
 Destroyed props (toys, rotten vehicles,)
 Weapons (melee weapon and guns)

21.  Kinetic camera for chase scenes
 Abandoned settings (urban)
 All ways focused on surviving, less on killing all the zombies
 Contrast between fast and slow pace editing
 Shot in the head to kill a zombie
 Apocalyptic world
 Stereotypical characters ( dumb blonde, weak women and young children)

22.  Zombie stood in clear site
 Camera getting closer to zombie (POV shot)
 Meanwhile news reports audio are playing (non-diegetic)
 Little pause when camera is really close to zombie (no audio)
 A noise startles the zombie
 Zombie turns around at a fast pace with guts/blood hanging from its
mouth
 Zombie groans loud towards the camera
 Zombie then attacks the camera man
 Cut to black screen, big bold title shown
 During the OTS flash backs will occur showing natural around the
world.

23.  Zombie (character 1)
 POV character (character 2)
 New Reporter 1 (characters 3)
 New Reporter 2 (character 4)

24.  Not going to announce how the virus started and
where. Making the audience think how did it all
start?
 Go in hide the person behind the camera, making
the audience think: Who is this person? Why is he
doing this? Does he know that zombie?

25.  The reason why I chose this type of OTS is because
we can emphasise disaster around the world which
was caused by the virus. This will be done by the
flash backs shown multiply of times within the OTS.
 If we were not to add the flash backs, then the OTS
wouldn't be as exciting or thrilling towards the
audience.

26. This shot shows
that zombie
genres commonly
have bold title
(sans serif)
At this point news
reports are playing, this
is what we want to
include in our OTS
Shows the
spread/
devastation of
the virus

27. Mainstream setting
of a abandoned
graveyard, connotes
that if still
mainstream it can
still be effective
Our zombie will
look like this with
the use of eye
contacts to show
mutation to the
body
Here again shows
the use of bold title
for zombie genre

28. This is what we are
going to aim towards
make up wise for our
zombie character, with
gore also shown.
This is the type of
urban setting we
want to have in our
OTS

29.  Our will USP will be the amount of suspense and mystery within our
OTS.
 Examples:
 Never see the characters face
 Only see the zombie for little time (3-5 seconds)
 How the disasters that shown happen?
 How did the virus start and where from?
 Why is this person confronting
 We are aiming to have the audience on the edge of their seat when they
have finished watching our OTS

30.  Age 15-40. Contains gore/jump scare
 Class - Middle/Lower. Characters will be represented
to be middle/lower. through Mise en Scene
 Gender - Aimed towards both, know that both
genders watch zombie horror but more towards
male

31.  We will give the audience what they want in our zombie OTS
eg:
 Thrill and horror though jump scare
 Blood, gore and guts
 Sense of mystery
 Unique OTS for zombie Horror
 Graphical zombie with realistic make up
 Questions that need answering
 Devastation