The document provides information on various tropes and conventions commonly seen in slasher films. It describes the characteristics of the "final girl" (dark-haired and masculine), monsters (wearing masks), groups of friends (including a blonde, black person and brunette), benefactors (seemingly the monster but providing help), sexually active girls (blonde and first to die), and suburban locations. It also discusses film techniques like German expressionism, film noir, and gothic and modern horror. Finally, it shares research data on audience preferences around various slasher films, formats, and budgets.

1. FINAL GIRL
Final girls are always dark haired and dark eyed, and a bit masculine.
Their masculinity allows men to relate to them more as they are essentially
the ‘hero’ in the film, and they aren’t usually very sexually attractive.

2. MONSTER
The monsters usually have some sort of mask
or something that covers their face to hide
their identity. They do this to make it more
scary because it makes the audience wonder
what is behind that mask, and why are they
hiding it, the sense of curiosity makes the film
more intense, but genuinely the monsters are
meant to look scary, they usually have
supernatural
powers.

3. GROUP OF FRIENDS
In the group of friends there is a blonde girl, usually a
black person, and a dark haired female.

4. BENEFACTOR
A benefactor is someone in the film who is constantly there to
provide help and support, the audience is usually made to think
that they are the ‘monster’

5. SEXUALLY ACTIVE GIRL
The sexually active girls are
usually blonde with blue eyes,
and are very attractive, they
usually die first or are one of
the first and they are very
sexually active during the film,
and they possibly perform
some sexual acts just before
they get killed.

6. LOCATIONS
The location of a slasher film is usually
suburbia, meaning the outskirts of the
towns and cities. Usually in quite and
peaceful neighbourhoods , they do this
because people who watch the film
usually live in suburban areas which
are quite and peaceful and it makes
them feel like they’re not safe in their
own home, which makes the movie
more scary.

7. German expressionism and modern day
Above is a poster which has
evidently has used forms of
German expressionism by using
low level lighting, shadows and
mainly black and white colours.

8. Film Noir
Created by French critics who
analysed how black and dark look.
They then went on to create black
and white films in which the
coldness, fear, paranoia, criminal life,
violence, and greed was shown in.
These were called gangster movies
which indicated the post war society.

9. Gothic Horror is a very gloomy and
mysterious genre. It usually includes
paranormal or supernatural elements such
as ghosts or haunted houses.
Gothic Horror

10. Modern Horror
Major changes have been taken place in
modern horror films. Before it was the good
vs. evil style films, now they’re more
confusing and morally ambiguous stories.
This is more challenging for the audience.
Happy endings are now a thing of the past,
and it went from scary locations like woods
and forests, to more familiar locations like
homes and neighborhoods.

11. Movie Certificate
HALLOWEEN
FINAL DESTINATION
CREEP
SCREAM
CHILDS PLAY
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
FRIDAY THE 13th
SORORITY ROW
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER

12. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTES OF
The advantages of having a 15 certificate is that you
have a wider audience which could potentially
generate more sales.
You are limited to what you can include due to the
restrictions.

13. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTES OF
Advantages of having an 18 certificate is that you are
not as restricted as a 15, and can include more gore
etc.
A disadvantage is that because its an 18, people below
that age wont be able to watch it, this could lower
sales.

14. Movie Budget Gross
Halloween 1 $320,000 $60,000,000
Final destination 1 $23,000,000 $53,302,314
Creep £477,687 £1,728,375
Scream 1 $15,000,000 $161,600,000
Childs play 1 $9,000,000 $44,196,684
A nightmare on elm street(2010) $35,000,000 $113,400,000
Texas chainsaw massacre(2003) $9,200,000 $107,071,655
Friday the 13th
$19,000,000 $91,379,051
Sorority row $12.5 million $27 million
I know what you did last summer $17 million $125.5 million

15. How do you usually consume film?
Cinema 12
Internet Downloads 4
Television 3
DVDs 6
I asked people how they usually consume film, 12 people said cinema, 4
people said internet downloads, 3 people said television and 6 people said
DVD. Taking this information into account I will definatley consider releasing
my film in the cinema as it has the biggest audience and will then release it
on DVD as that is the second most popular way of consuming film and also
it will generate more profit.

16. Do you prefer 2D or 3D movies?
I asked people if they prefered 2D or 3D movies. 16 people said 2D
and only 9 said 3D. This shows that 2D films are more popular
amongst my target audience there my film will be 2D.

17. How often do you go to the cinema?
Once a week 1
Once every two weeks 4
Once a month 7
Every few months 8
Once a year 0
Randomly 5
Never 0

18. Which one of these horror movies would you be
most likely to see?
Saw 15
Dracula 2
Scream 8
15 people said Saw, 2 people said Dracula and 8 said scream. As the vast
majority said they would most likely watch saw, I will analyse Saw movies
and incorporate some of the functions into my film and trailer, also Saw is
from the slasher genre showing that slasher is most popular amongst all
horror genres.

19. Do you buy horror film merchandise?
yes 4
no 20
20 people said no and only 4 said yes. This is the huge
majority, therefore I will definitely not invest money into
merchandising.

20. How much will you be willing to pay for
a DVD?
Under £5 5
£5 - £10 12
Over £10 8
I asked how much will people be willing to pay for DVDs
for I know how much to roughly price them so they’re
affordable for more target market. 5 people said under £5,
12 people said £5-£10 and 8 people said over £10.
Therefore my DVD will definitely be between £5 and £10.

21. Do you prefer to watch an 18
certificate film or a 15 certificate
film or either?
15 3
18 5
Either 17
3 people said 15 and 5 people said 18, and 17 said either.
There isn't a big difference between 3 and 5 and the huge
majority said either, this shows that my target market isn't
really fussed with what certificate the movie is.

22. AUDIENCE PROFILE