2. FINAL GIRL
The most important aspect of
a horror movie though is the
"Final Girl". She is the one
who no matter what, survives
until the final fight scene.
Through out the movie she
will tend to stand out the
most compared to her group
of friends. Problems will be
chasing her in many sort of
ways , but the final girl will
always have a way in escaping
from any sort of danger .
There should always be a final
girl so that there is a purpose
added to the movie.
3. BENEFACTOR
Benefactor are the character
that the main person from the
movie goes to for help
/advice/suggestions . Most of
the times they tend to be old
characters as they have a broad
mind of knowledge and are
wise. It is good to have a
benefactor as it will be needed
for a horror movie for the main
person to have a chat with
through hard times. Also older
people have a better standard of
knowledge this makes the
reliable.
4. MONSTER
Negativity is needed is
definitely needed in a horror
film, therefore there is always a
bad guy that gives spooks at all
time and scare the audience.
This it the reason to all the
characters that die through out
the film. It gives an excitement
to the audience along with the
shocking expectation of what
may happen next. This will
continue until the final girl gets
a way out to survive .
5. GROUP OF FRIENDS
A group of friends will be needed
to make the film more interesting
and thrilling. For an example in
scream 4 nobody expected the
ending to be like that. in many
occasions in a group of friends
there is always a sexually active
blond girl and always a heroic
guy. In movies such like these the
group of friends fight for their
lives . The common thing is that
the whole group of friends die
one after the other leaving the
final girl/person to survive.
6. INEFFECTIVE CHARACTERS
The role of this character is to be the bad guy
through out the film, but this role isn’t as
important as you think. Is good to have an
ineffective character to make the film feel
suspicious. Ineffective characters can pop out of
anywhere such as a group of friends ; for example
scream 4 , in a group of friends there was one girl
killing the group members one by one . These
characters are known as the high authority figures.
7. Locations
Suburban neighbourhood and the woods are the 2 types of location in a slasher film. The most
commonly used location is the suburban neighbourhood. Most of the audience live in a suburban area
, this will give them the idea that everything will be fine , when actually it wont be in a slasher movie.
The location can symbolise the killers bad childhood. Woods is not commonly used in a slasher film
but its still used. Suburban area Is not a place to be scared of as houses are surrounded the place,
give the audience that feeling of shock where they believe that nothings going to happen but
eventually something pops up to scare the audience. Using suburban are makes it useful for the
audience to relate to the area as many of the audience live in suburban area, they have experienced
life in that way. Audience will connect to suburban areas as some place to be safe and friendly, where
its safe to hang about in casual day. Eventually something bad happens as we all know in a horror
movie there is always a disruption. Theses types of films should include a shock and excitement to it
to create tension for the audience as that is what they like to see. Suburban area s are mainly used,
because suspense are creates , and tension increases as help is the location is not as easy to find
whereas in city’s there is lots of people where its easier to get help if any sort of harm appears. In
horror movies, conventions are to do it in woods or suburban area which are more effective. Using
towns/ cities in a horror movie seems too busy and loud, which gives away the suspense as people
already know something bad is going to happen. The media explains a lot about the current places
nowadays , they say where certain incidents take place which may give an effect on certain peoples
though of to what may happen in the movie. For an example it is scary to film in a quite lonely place
where we know that its harder to survive there than cities. In cities you tend to get burgled which is
the scariest thing so far but easy to get help or catch the burglar. Many movies don not use area
country side areas and estates as they are seen as dangerous because of the media . For our horror
movie trailer I used the woods part of my location, this is because the create so much tension and
suspense to what may happen. To make the atmosphere scary it is good to film in the woods where it
has nobody there also if its dark, it tends to get the audience more scared and will give connotations
of danger. Stereotypes of the woods are seen to be scary and gives ideas that something bad is going
to happen and its noticeable that most of the horror movies take place in the wood., the solving of
the disruption that takes place happens here. They give the audience the feeling of being isolated and
alone and this gradually builds up to be scary because you will never know when something is going to
pop up from where. However finding the right kind of woods may be hard to follow the atmosphere
and suit the story. It can also be hard to find make take long to find and may have to go travel a long
walk.
9. Lightings
German expressionism:
German Expressionism refers to a number of related creative movements
beginning in Germany before the first world war that reached a peak in
Berlin during the 1920’s. These developments in Germany were part of a
larger Expressionist movement in north and central European culture in
fields such as architecture, painting and cinema. German expressionism
plays an important part with the cinema industry. The Germans only
started this to let the audience see the effectiveness of the movies. You
can see for yourself from the pictures its gives different sorts of effects.
German expressionism is almost like the start of mise-en-scene, because
they use the lightings to show the background and the mood of the
atmosphere. The first expressionist films Is used with weird shapes and
patterns on walls and floors of the studios to let the light, shadow and
objects show properly. German expressionism didnt last for long and faded
away in quick time.
11. Bbfc (British board of a film classification)gives all the movies an age rating. This
PowerPoint is on horror films, and research on the budgeting. To reason behind this
research slasher films is to see how they have labelled certain films as an 18 rating
and some as a 15 rating. For an example certain movies consist of a lot of fore,
violence, blood and harmful death which may restrict some people from watching it
and that's why some are 18 rated. From the research that I have carried out, I have
decided to have a 15 age rate on my film and that is because my film doesn't consist
of explicit content with gore and violence and so its suitable to be watched by 15 year
olds. Where as 18 age rate movie have a lot of gore.
15. Analysis
-15 Rated Films; an advantage of a 15 rated film would be that it has a larger audience therefore
makes more profit. Also, people aged 15 and over are more likely to go cinema and watch
slasher films. Teenagers are the main target audience as they would enjoy horrors more than
older people would. Teenagers are most likely to go out to cinemas with friends, means that 15
rated films are the ones to get the most profit.
-- Disadvantage to this is that films will be restricted and will have limited amounts of scene
included in the film. You will have to think about target audience very carefully and make sure it
suits them. It will have to be less scary and also might be scary.
-18 Rated Films; an advantage of an 18 rated film would be that you can include as much gory
stuff as you want and make the film more interesting. Some writers will give negative feedback
18 rated movies and this will provoke others into watching the movie. This leads into an
advantage as more people will spend money and watch the movie in the cinema. It give so
much freedom into including as much horror as you want .
-Disadvantage: smaller audience therefore smaller budget. The movie would be more restricted.
You would have to think carefully about the things you include in the movie., because people
will give bad reviews on the film and will give negative opinions about the film and that will
make people not to watch it. People under 18 wouldn't be allowed to watch it.
