Screenplay

This is the first draft of my screenplay for my film, Unbalanced.

Shotlists

This is my shotlist for my film, it is a diary of what will be occurring in each scene and shot.

Scripting

This is the first draft of my script for my film, Unbalanced.

My Chosen Film Title

After considering a few title possibilities I have finally chosen the name, Unbalanced, this post explains how I came to that decision.

My Characters & Propps Theory

This post is all about my characters that will feature in my film and how they tie in with Propps theory.

           

Micro & Macro Decisions

Micro and macro decisions are the foundation to all of my planning. These are the important elements that will build up my storyline.

                 

Film Title Development

Before I can decide on a name for my film I need to consider a few and explore them before making a definite choice.

Feminism Theory

As well as looking into the stereotype theory I have also done some research into the feminism theory in the hope that I can apply it to my film in some way.

Stereotype Theory

Stereotype's are often apparent in films, they are easily identifiable to the viewers. This is my research about how I perceive the stereotype theory ans how it will apply to my film.

Audience Research Survey Results & Analysis

These are the results to my survey. 

         

Audience Research Survey

Before I can make definite decisions about my narrative I created a survey to find out what members of my prospective audience liked to see in a horror trailer.

My Target Audience

This is an explanation about my chosen target audience.

             

It's important to get into the mindset of a member of my target audience. Understanding their interests will help me when it comes to creating my film. Knowing their hobbies and interests will in turn allow me attract a larger audience and increase the popularity of my film. Below is a page of what I believe are common interests of my target audience.

              

Analysis Of Existing Target Audience's

Choosing an appropriate target audience is vital during my research and planning stages. I have partook in some research into existing target audiences for well established horror films. It's imperative that I pick the correct target audience and this post will hopefully allow me to do so.

Socio Economic Groups

Before I decide upon a specific target audience it's important that I get to grips with the various socio economic groupings and figure out how they will apply to my chosen audience.

Explanation & Justification Of Research Methods

As part of my research I will be creating a survey for members of my target audience to complete in order for me to understand what they like to see in a horror film trailer. This post is all about the different types of research methods available to me.

              

Understanding My Unique Selling Points

Once I had decided on my narrative structure I thought it would be a good idea to create a post about my unique selling points explaining what I have chose and the importance of them.

Film Plot Development

This post is all about my storyline ideas for my film, from initial ideas, to major developments and definite decisions.

                  

Analysis Of 3 Magazine Front Covers (ancillary texts)

As well as creating a poster as advertisement I am also producing a magazine front cover. So I chose to analyse three exisiting magazine front covers in order for me to understand how they look and what conventions I need to feature in my own front cover.

                   

Analysis Of 3 Posters (ancillary texts)

Another important part of my coursework are my ancillary texts, I have to create my own poster to advertise my film. So in order to create a professional looking poster I have analysed the Conjuring poster in hope to gain inspiration and a deeper level of understanding.

Analysis Of 3 Posters (ancillary texts)

Another important part of my coursework are my ancillary texts, I have to create my own poster to advertise my film. So in order to create a professional looking poster I have analysed the Drag Me To Hell poster in hope to gain inspiration and a deeper level of understanding.

Analysis Of 3 Posters (ancillary texts)

Another important part of my coursework are my ancillary texts, I have to create my own poster to advertise my film. So in order to create a professional looking poster I have analysed the Sinister poster in hope to gain inspiration and a deeper level of understanding.

Mise En Scene Of 3 Horror Trailers

This is my analysis of the Mise En Scene in three existing horror trailers. This research is vital to my own trailer because it allows me to understand Mise En Scene which will hopefully help me to produce a more realistic trailer.

Codes & Conventions Of 3 Horror Trailers

Before I can begin planning my trailer it's important that I gain some understanding about the conventions that are present in existing horror trailers. I have analysed three film trailers and recorded my responses below.

Horror Conventions

After I had chosen horror for my film genre I thought that it would be benefitial for me to partake in some research about the horror genre and brainstorm some of it's conventions.

About The Horror Genre

The first illustrations of supernatural events appeared in a few of the silent shorts back in the late 1890's. They were recorded by film pioneer Georges Melies.

Edison Studios produced the first film version of the famous Frankenstein back in 1910, which followed the 1908 novel Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The morbid and chilling nature of the resources used in the making of this film are reflections of the horror film genre.





Although the word 'horror' wasnt actaully used until the 1930's. This was due to Universal Picture releasing 'Dracula' in 1931. Early films like this were often identified as dark melodramas due to the heavy plots and use of stock characters that manage to build up suspense and violence.



The horror film genre seeks to create an undesirable emotional state that is caused by playing on the audience's primitive fears. Horror films have been inspired by literature and authors such as Mary Shelly, Edgar Allan Poe and Bram Stoker. Horror films theirself often face the viewers fears, nightmares and deal with aspects of the unknown. A horror film can have a narrative that is centred around elements such as, monsters, an evil force, vampires, torture, zombies, serial killers, psychopaths, ghosts, werewolves and demons, ect.

Horror films are categorised into subgenres such as, action, comedy, body, drama, psychological, science fiction, slasher, supernatural, gothic, natural and zombie, ect. It's impotant to note that a horror film can fall into more than one sub catergory.

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