Hello welcome to my blog. I am currently studying AS media and we are studying Slasher Films .My blog contains records of background ,planning and research leading up to the production of our final slasher film Red Christmas which will be a take on Black X mas Slasher. Thanks ! :)

Tuesday 29 January 2013

Our Film Red Christmas Plan initial plans TBC

Cast
Santa ( Killer ) 

Carol Singers

Group of people in car


Someone at the first house 
which will be a neighborough who will be an innocent women.

Scream Queen





however our scream queen will have brown hair and will be more the typical virginal like in black x-mas the first girl to get killed off is what typically would be the final girl.






Props

fake blood
christmas decorations
a sack
pillows
santa posters
knife
Turkey



Our film starts with a group of carol singers going house to house collecting money. the opening will start with an establishing shot then move into a mid shot as they approach the door to sing. This opening will be in silence after the opening idents and titles which will have the carol singers music in the background this will be like the opening of halloween where there is complete silence after the music at the beginning this will first create suspense and build the narrative enigma.
        Then we will cut to the first house where we see the carol singers singing and collecting money from there singing . Then we have close ups of the scream queen so the audience know she is the first person to be killed and the target. we then cut to a long shot of the children leaving this will be panning shot and will built the narrative enigma and make it feel like someone is watching. Next we will cut to inside the house and have the christmas music in back ground . we will have the camera going round the house in one long shot to show the setting. the camera will then go into the kitchen and we will have a knock at the door and then the killer will stab the turkey which is in response to the knock at the door. The house will be filled with christmas decorations ands christmas posters. The killer will then walk down the stairs to the door and the camera shot will be a close up of the the boots walking down the stairs. We then have santa opening the door and the group singing . Then a close up of the santa s face then the target girl.Santa then slams the door in the faces. long shot.Then we see the group walk away and you see the girl walking home. The street is silent and we see a extreme close up of the girl as the thumbing noise in the background gets louder. there is long shot to see the car headlights zoom down the street. As we get closer we see this is a false scare and the car zooms off. We then hear the silent night music again and see the girls foot prints in the snow this is a close up. after this we see an establishing shot of the full street and the girl walking. however this will be a point of view shot aswell as a establishing shot. we then have a panning shot of the girl walking by and looking behind her this creates suspension as it looks likes someone is watching. we then see the santa killer and have establishing shot of him walking down the street.



Setting

This the woods where the girl will run in teaser trailer.

This is where the girl will walk to carol sing and when she walks home.

This is an establishing shot of where we will see santa 

This will be the estate where the girls will go 


We have chosen this because it relates to the films we are focusing on such as black x max , scream and halloween. It is very suitable because it relates to the first scene in both halloween and scream.

Opening scene


 the opening scene would be like this but with the house above this. I have picked this image to create as it creates tension and makes the area look desolate and rural area which the effect we are trying to effect


One opening shot before killing


This shot is also what we are trying to create as we want the final girl stereotype to be running away from the killer. The mis en scene and dress set will do this very well as there is garden and plenty of space and empty streets to create this effect.






Tuesday 22 January 2013

notes from media lesson ben,george,jake

george ben jake franchise vodcast

leprechuan mark jones 1993
9m budget
first 1994
2nd 1995
3rd 1997
4th 2000
 hybritory - mixed genres rom com ghoor suitable for all audiences

jennifer anistonnot the typicl scream queen
weapon used a pogo stick unusual weapon but is ironic

Notes on misc slashers lesson

From Poppy , kate and millie's presentation 

slashers (2001)
budget: 165k very low budget never got a cinematic release as there was no box office

no opening idents and credits shown at beggining.

urban legend (  jamie blanks 1998)
budget : 14m
box office 1.1m in uk
opening ident 'pheonix pictures'
2.21 opening titles then a killing then more titles at 8 minitues this is a typical example of a film as ait starts the same as others with an establishing shot

scary movie 2000 wayans
19m budget
157m box office

dimension films -ident


mad house william butler 2004

opening shot no credits
lions gate film presents in white writing on black background stands out the writing is animated thi is the disributor another company name then follows credits run ingle and introduce the characters with the picture
directed by william butler


Black Christmas ( 1974 BOB clarke)

cry wolf jeff waldow 2005
rogue pictures present serif font used
panning as the titles appear
hypnotic pictures
the title cry wolf is a serif font and is traditional type writing font used shows the period of time set the text also looks like its been decayed and makes it look gothic

donkey punch oliver blackburn 2008

idents uk film council we see idents for each distributor
in association with screen yorkshire
warp x production


dressed to kill brian de palma 1980

all the boys love mandy lane ( jonathan levine 2006 )

no music or audio there is one title
the opening title is scary as there is blood dripping


april fools day fred walton 1986

paramount ident
a home town films production
3.15 in non digetic music there is opening titles the colour is yellow which signifies comedy
5.06 credits fnished


babysitter wanted jonas barnes and michael manaserii 2008

the independent film company
baby sitter wanted the white writing against black backdround there are red splatters to show blood shows could be a horror

5ive girls lauren sonoda 2006
colours are bright that stand out  archeetype films , paramount films  credits appear after 5 mns in
graphic visual behind titles
5.57 credits end









Sunday 20 January 2013

Reviews


The reviews from franchise Vodcast 

reviews Imdb
There's more than a few reasons to hate `Scream'; the main reason would be that the film single-handedly resurrected the teen-slasher genre, a movie category that had long been beaten to death. Because of the success of `Scream', witless horror crap like `I Know What You Did Last Summer' and `Urban Legend' got greenlighted, half the teenage casts of various WB television shows got summer acting jobs, and some awful scripts that should've been left dead and buried `Teaching Mrs. Tingle' got to see the light of day. `Scream' is responsible for a lot of garbage. But the truth of the matter is, `Scream' is also a phenomenal movie.


review 2 imdvb
"Scream" does not seem like the kind of movie that could make you appreciate American cinema. If you haven't seen it, then you're probably viewing it as just another silly slasher flick that creates more laughs than scares. On the contrary. This movie IS filled with plenty of scares and satirizes the horror genre in a way that literally has turned this film into a masterpiece. I guarantee you that while you may not love it (it nearly was rated NC-17 for its intense violence), you'll be highly amused by this one. 

Friday 11 January 2013

Possible Distributors for our film

Top 10 Film distributors in the US from 1995 to 2012

1 Warner Bros. 532 movies  $29,135,050,869 $54,765,133 average gross 

2 Walt Disney Pictures 453 movies $27,024,974,288 $59,657,780 average gross
3 Sony Pictures 534 movies  $24,744,320,642 $46,337,679 average gross
4 Paramount Pictures352movies $22,915,131,099 $65,099,804 average gross
5 20th Century Fox 364 movies $21,288,127,358 $58,483,866 average gross
6 Universal 338 movies$19,832,959,028, $58,677,394 average gross
7 New Line 196 movies $7,407,184,271 ,$37,791,756 average gross
8 Dreamworks SKG 77 movies $5,988,394,230 $77,771,354 average gross
9 Miramax 377 movies $5,621,593,306 $14,911,388 average gross
10 MGM 229 movies $5,059,893,917 $22,095,607 average gross

(Source: http://www.the-numbers.com/market/Distributors/)

Top 10 distributors in uk for 2012
1. Sony: $336.4m (£209.9m) 17.9%


2. 20th Century Fox: $306.5m (£191.2m) 16.3%

3. Warner Bros: $235.5m (£147m) 12.5%

4. Universal: $219.3m (£136.8m) 11%

5. Walt Disney: $197.4m (£123.2m) 10.5%

6. eOne: $129.5m (£80.8m) 6.9%

7. Paramount: $125.8m (£78.5m) 6.7%

8. Lionsgate: $109.3m (£68.2m) 5.8%

9. Momentum: $82.1m (£51.2m) 4.3%

10. Entertainment Film Distributors: $59m (£36.8m) 3.1%

Overall, the UK box office grossed £1.172b in 2012, narrowly ahead of 2011’s £1.130b total.
(Source: http://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=10724)

Unfortunatley as my film is a low budget film it will not reach these high budget companies.

Donkey punch: distributors were optimum releasing and Film1





My definition of distribution

The distribution of a film is the process through which a movie is made available to watch for an audience by a film distributor. This task may be accomplished in a variety of ways; for example, with a theatrical release, a home entertainment release in which the movie is made available on DVD or a television program for broadcast .
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_distribution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_distribution

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/movie-distribution.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/filmmaking/guide/distribution/distribution

http://www.launchingfilms.com/

http://www.britinfo.net/cinema/ldistributors.htm