1. BLACK NIGHTMARE
DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY: BEN BREARLEY, DECLAN WILLIAMS, AND
DOM ELLIS
PRODUCED BY: PAPER PLANE PRODUCTIONS
DISTRIBUTED BY: SMART PICTURE PROUCTIONS
THE TEAM BLOGS:
. DOM ELLIS - http://domellis95.blogspot.co.uk/
. BEN BREARLEY - http://benbrears.blogspot.co.uk/
. DECLAN WILLIAMS - http://williamsdeclan.blogspot.co.uk/
The Brief:
To produce a 2 minute movie opening of a film from the slasher
genre which we have to film and produce by ourselves
Black Nightmare is targeted at the teen audience,
15 – 24 years, because this is mainly what the
slasher genre is aimed at. A good example of this is
Friday The 13th, where the teen audience would
find it easier to relate to as the casting in Friday
The 13th are also mainly of the teen age, and with Black Nightmare
the casting are also of the teen age so our audience can relate to it
as with Friday The 13th.
SYNOPSIS:
The killer is a deranged butcher who has an
obsession with this girl and then goes on to kill
her, whiles later it is revealed that his obsession
hasn’t just been with this one girl but with many
and all his victims have been similar in some sort
of way, and this is shown when we see that the
killer keeps a record of all his past and future

2. victims. In this film we see the killer’s victim was just walking home
with her friend until she leaves her friend and goes home alone but
doesn’t make it, and what we find out later is that the friend that
she was with was the killer’s next victim.
MISE-EN-SCENE:
. The killer’s weapon is vital in Black Nightmare as it’s a meat
cleaver which is what butchers use when chopping up their meat so
it also gives us some exposition with the killer about how he’s a
butcher. Also the old butcher’s block will be
important along with the meat cleaver to assist
this exposition of the killer being a butcher.
. The killer’s mask is also important in the
slasher genre as its common for the killer to be
masked and we’ve chosen a black mask which is
where the title Black Nightmare evolved from.
. Also the corkboard that we’ll be using is important as it will have
all the pictures of the killer’s victims on and showing how he’s been
stalking his victims.
. The location and setting for Black
Nightmare is also vital as it gives it the
more realistic feel to it, because we’ve going
to use a garage and close it off with sheets
for the killer’s room, and then for the
victim’s house’s that the killer has been
stalking it’ll give the hand of fate feel to the audience, as the
house will be middle classed so allowing the audience to relate to it
more.
CHARACTERS:
. THE KILLER - BEN BREARLEY:
Our killer will be a masked butcher, a good example of
this is in Texas Chainsaw Massacre with Leatherface as
the masked butcher killer, and our character is big and
broad which is common in slasher killers.
. SCREAM QUEEN – MELISSA ELAM:

3. The stereotypicical scream queen is blonde, sexually active, immoral, and busty,
However we have chosen to go for the countertype scream queen where she’s brunette
and not sexually active.
. FINAL GIRL –
The stereotypical final girl is usually well educated, brunette,
and not sexually active, where as in our film we’re going for
the countertype.

4. The stereotypicical scream queen is blonde, sexually active, immoral, and busty,
However we have chosen to go for the countertype scream queen where she’s brunette
and not sexually active.
. FINAL GIRL –
The stereotypical final girl is usually well educated, brunette,
and not sexually active, where as in our film we’re going for
the countertype.

5. The stereotypicical scream queen is blonde, sexually active, immoral, and busty,
However we have chosen to go for the countertype scream queen where she’s brunette
and not sexually active.
. FINAL GIRL –
The stereotypical final girl is usually well educated, brunette,
and not sexually active, where as in our film we’re going for
the countertype.