Assessment 7 - Storyboard

This is my storyboard of how I want my opening sequence to be like. However, during shooting some of these ideas may change.

Final Cut

This is my final cut of my opening sequence, Chain Mail.

Rough Cut

This is our rough cut of our opening sequence, it includes the sequence in running order, transitions for it to run smoother when viewing and non-diagetic sound effects to add suspence. We have yet to add the soundtrack, the sequence credits at the beginning which include the company logo and the actors names and the ending credits which include the producer, director etc.

Assessment 5 - Pitch Ideas

Plot Synopsis

Four friends become shipwrecked on a beach. They have no food or water which means fight for survival. They think they are the only people on the island but they are wrong... After a while strange things start to happen. Who are these strangers? And what do they want with the friends?

Opening Sequence

Video the actors up on deck of the boat, show the excitement on their faces. The screen goes black with non-diagetic sound showing that a disaster has occurred. The four friends are washed up ashore and separated. It is now night-time. Looking for help, they come across peoples belongings and realize they aren't alone on the island...

After some discussion with the rest of the group, we've both decided that our original plot idea would be difficult to do. Therefore we've had a change of plan. Our new plot idea follows below.

Plot Synopsis

Four friends, all girls, are sitting around in the house telling ghost stories. They decide to go and play hide and seek. Three of the girls go and find their hiding places while the other girl counts to ten. When the time is up, she goes to look for the others but the game ends deadly.

Assessment 4 - Initial Ideas

This is a Word Cloud to show my initial ideas for my Horror film

Assessment 3 - Target Audience and Genre Research

Target Audience Research

The BBFC is an independant company which have classified cinema films since 1912, when the company was first set up. The certificates are U, PG, 12, 15, and 18 and these are given to films depending on what the movie contains. The certificates which I will be looking at are the 15 rating and 18 rating.

15 Rated Films


15 rated films are only suitable for a person who is 15 years and over. No one under this age boundary can go view a 15 rated film at the cinema or rent or buy a 15 rated movie. The target audience for a 15 rated film is obviously for people who are 15 years of age or older which clearly eliminates the younger audience, i.e pre-teens. The criteria producers have to consider when producing a 15 rated film are:

• Discrimination


• Drugs


• Horror


• Imitatable behaviour


• Language


• Nudity


• Sex


• Theme


• Violence

18 Rated Films

18 rated films are suitable for people who are 18 years of age or older, therefore they are for adults only. No one younger than the age of 18 may watch an 18 rated movie at the cinema or buy/rent an 18 rated film. An 18 rated film can contain pratically anything, but there are certain guidelines a producer has to follow before producing an 18 rated film.

Horror Genre Research

Horror films are movies that strive the emotions of fear, horror and terror from viewers. Their plots frequently involve themes of death, the supernatural or mental illness. Many horror movies also include a central villain. Early horror movies are largely based on classic literature of the gothic/horror genre, such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Phantom of the Opera and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. More recent horror films often draw inspiration from the insecurities of life after World War II, giving rise to the three distinct sub-genres: the horror of personality, the horror of armageddon, and the horror of the demonic.

Assessment 2 - Opening Sequence

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Columbia

Mandalay Entertainment

Mandalay Entertainment Presents

A Neal H Moritz Production

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Cast List

Casting - Mary Vernieu

Costume Designer - Catherine Adair

Music Supervisor - Alex Steyermark

Music by John Debney

Edited by Steve Mirkovich A.C.E

Production Designer - Gary Wissner

Director of Photography - Denis Crossan B.S.C

Executive Producer - William S Beasley

Produced by Neal H Moritz, Eric Feig, Stokely Chaffin

Screenplay by Kevin Williamson

Directed by Jim Gillespie

Assessment 1 - Mind Maps

Horror Mind Map

Film Noir Mind Map