Questionnaire Answers - Questions 7-13

7. Have you recently watched a horror film?

 

55% percent of people said that they recently watched a horror film

 

 

If yes, please state the name of the film:

• Insidions
• saw
• THEM
• saw

 

8. If you answered yes to the previous question please state you opinion of the film:

 

• Saw - it was a real thriller
• THEM - it was very good because of the tension it gave and because you could not see the killers face.
• Saw - there was a lot of gore
• Insidions - it was okay

 

9. Do you think that a good soundtrack in a horror trailer adds to the effect?

 

100% of people say that a good soundtrack adds effect

 

Please state why you chose your answer:

 

• intrigues audiance
• it makes it scarier
• builds up tension
• a good soundtrack will help build up the tension, wheras a soundtrack that doesn't fit the trailer won't help promote the film
• the right music leaves the audience on edge
• leaves you on edge
• adds to the tension
• adds suspense
• makes the scene tense

 

10. Does the title 'THE 13TH KILLING' sound effective for a horror movie?

 

100% of people said that it is a good name for a horror film

 

 

Please explain you choice:

 

• effective
• 13 is an unlucky number - adds tension
• sounds spooky
• it doesn't explain anything about a 13th kill, but you want to know
• it basically gurantees a number of deaths are going to happen
• it automatically tells the audience the genre and intrigues them into wanting to watch it
• sounds scary and unlucky
• reminds me of the the killing
• sounds intriguing

 

11. Do you think that the trailer is the most important advertising product for a film?

 

100% of people think the trailer is the most important part of advertising

 

 

Why?

 

• get to see some of the film to make a decision
• draws in audience
• first impression for audience
• it is used to intrigue the audience and gain their attention. It is the first advertising product that the audience see.
• because it reveals the plot slightly
• allows you to see the killer beforehand
• introduction to film to audiences
• gains the audience to watch the film
• its the first chance people get to see the plot and the characters

 

12. How do watch films?

 

 

 

66% of people watch film in the cinema and on DVD

 

 

13. How often do you watch films?

 

55% of people watch films once a week





Questionnaire Answers - Questions 1-6

1. Do you enjoy watching films?

100% of people said they enjoy watching films

 

2. What is your favourite genre of film?

 



 

45% of people prefer horror films to other genres

 

3. What would you define as horror?

 

• Scary, blood
• Scary moments, evil killer
• jumpy, scary moments
• something that makes you jum, a film that after you watch it makes you feel scared
• something that scares the audience and leaves them on edge
• scary killer
• scary parts
• jumpy movements, blood and gore
• jumpy moments

 

4. Name three horror films?

• The Strangers, friday 13th, saw
• the strangers, friday 13th, blair witch project
• paranormal activity, IT, silent hill
• Scream, wolf creek, them
• the thing, nightmare on elm street, scream
• the descent, wolf creek, the strangers
• the strangers, saw, the descent
• the descent, wolf creek, wrong turn
• nightmare on elm street, dead silent, strangers

 

5. What elements would you like to see in a trailer for a horror?

• scary, fast paced at points
• jumps, blood
• the killer, blood-killing
• a person that you want to die, the killer - but in a way that you don't know anything
• the killer briefly, blood
• blood and gore, the killer
• scary parts, screaming, tense
• jumps, clips of killer
• clips of killer, blood

 

6. Would you consider watching a horror film in cinema?

 

 

100% of people said yes to watching a horror film in cinema





Questionnaire Results Chart

 

These are the results we collected from the multiple choice questions, which we will later put into pie charts along with the written questions for us to refer back to later.



Questionnaire

 

 

This is a blank questionnaire that we created for our target audiance to get an understanding of how they watch films and what it is they prefer in a horror film.

We will put the results in charts for further reference.

Film Treatment for the 13th Killing

Beginning- The beginning of our film would be introducing the characters that we are including in our trailer, this is before the killer is known to the audience and the characters. Our first scene would be similar to a newspaper article, adverstising someone dying at a party a few weeks ago. This would be something that the characters wouldn't see, only the audience are privy to the information. This could then lead on to the characters in our trailer having their party, the audience knowing that she will eventually die. She could be having an argument with her friends about whether they should go to the party or not, saying something cliched like 'nothing is going to happen'! A party would then happen that would take us to the middle of the film.

Middle - The party has certain events between the characters that trigger the eventual death of many of the characters, including the girl, of which our trailer shows of her being dragged away. The killer is merged in with the crowd, almost stalking the next victim. He hears a conversation about another party between the girls that they are going to, and chooses that place to strike. During the party he sees one our male extra's talking to the girls - flirting? This annoys the killer which results in him trying to get rid of his competition by killing off the other males. Bekky's character Rosie would be the person that the killer is obsessed with because of her flirtatious attitude. The killer tries to make her paranoid by causing near death experiences, knowing that her friends will think shes doing it for attention, causing her to be isolated which the killer takes to his advantage.
Shelly's character Donny could take Bekky's side because she already is isolated which is why the killer never pays any attention to her like the other girls in the film. Although Donny is taking Rosie's side, near death experiences will still occur over the anger of Rosie not being completely on her own, which is how the killer will meet Donny, without any romantic interest.
Cut between the near death experiences with Donny and Rosie, the male extra's are being killed one by one. The killer uses a romantic interest that Jack has towards Rosie to his advantage, playing with his emotions. Due to Rosie being intrgued by Jack as well, this is how the killer lures her to the next party.

End - The party takes place that is in our trailer. You see the remaining alive characters, including Donny and Rosie having a good time, not knowing that more deaths are to come and that deaths have already taken place. You see the killer walking behind the girls, but also behind his next male victim who is going to the party. The party consists of Donny sitting alone, watching Rosie. This is at the same time as Jack walks into the party (with a beer) also looking at Rosie enter. They all dance, certain clips are of the killer preparing for Rosie's death. This is when Rosie says 'I'll be back in a minute'. We have changed this to Jack replying in a Joking way 'No you won't.' .
Rosie walks outside of the party, only to find the killer waiting for her, with the knife in his hand. She could think that it could be all a joke because of the near death experiences, until he strikes. She screams, but no one hears her because of the music.
Donny would be outside going to look for Rosie until she sees the hands being dragged away. She hears the scream. She would go investigate and hides behind a wall, recognising the killers face from previous partys and links him to the near death experiences. Saying a prayer to Rosie, she knows she has to catch the killer before he kills again. She does this by striking the killer on the back of the head with a pole, this would be the 13th person killed, linking to the Title.
The films ends on how it began, with the news article of deaths of being linked to parties, the killers face is revealed on the article this time as well now that he is dead and the plot has been revealed.

Finalised Costume - Male characters

Costumes for killer and extra's

- We have decided that the killer will be the one dressed in trousers as we want to make him different, this also represents comfort which juxtaposes his personality.

- The two extra's will be dressed in casual wear consisting of shorts and a t-shirt with a jacket as males steretypically don't make an effort compared to females.

Finalised Costume Research - Female Characters

costume for Rosie

- We have chosen this outfit because it represents her character's personality and conforms to a stereotypical outfit that a teenage female would wear to a party.

Costume for Donny

- We have chosen this outfit as the character is shy and reclusive, which is why we feel that she covers herself up with leggings and long tops so that she does not expose herself unlike Rosie.

Costume for extra

- we have chosen this outfit as although she is an extra the character still has to represent a teenage girl going to a party.

Actors Finalised - Male Characters

Main Character: Killer

Matt

Matt studies drama for A level and also does an after school drama club with Bekky, our female lead. They have worked together before which will be beneficial because they will understand how they each act on screen and thereofre can work to each others strengths. Matt has played the killer character before, which will also be beneficial for this part as he can use past experience to adapt to this role.

 

 

Extra's:

 

Alistair

 

Jack (picture to come)

Both have agreed to be extra's in the trailer because it gives it a more realistic feel that this is a house party, and it will set the mood of a lighthearted party we are trying to create. We will dress them both so they conform to teenage dress. Alistair and Jack have both been extra's for small parts before, Alistair being in Jasmine's opening two minutes last year. This will be helpful for us because it means that we already have a connection with the actors that will enable us to work better together when filming.

Actors Finalised - Female Characters

Main Charater: Rosie

 



Bekky

Bekky studies drama at college which makes her the perfect candidate for the character that gets killed. She is a big horror film fan and is interested in being an actress when she is older, which is why we have included her as the main character.

 

 

Donny: Shelly

 

 

Shelly

Shelly doesn't do drama, however she is interested in horror films and has the same personality of being shy like the character. She is also accessible during the times we are going to film. She is good at hair and make-up, and is willing to help with the preperation.

 

 Extra Character: Jasmine



Jasmine

Being one of the directors of the trailer, Jasmine had to be someone who didn't have as much of a part in the trailer, but gives it a more realistic feel that it is a party. Jasmine is a good choice however to have in the trailer because she studies drama for A Level, therefore understands how to act in situations where you are not the main character in scenes.

Possible actors for killer - Male Lead

Possible actors for the killer:

- You only see this character's face right at the end

Matt Jack - picture to come

possible actors for the extra:

Alistair

Jack - picture to come

Photo's of Possible actors - Female Lead

Possible actors for : DONNY

- This character is a shy, young teenage girl who goes to a party just because her other friends are going. In the trailer you see her sitting on her own.

Jasmine

Shelly

Kellie

Possible actors for Rosie

- This character is bubbly, live and ready to party, in the trailer you see her say a classic cliche line of ' I'll be back in a minute'.

Bekky

Jasmine

Possible actors for extra character

- This character tags along with the other two, the only time you see her is when they are walking and dancing.

Shelly

Jasmine

Camera woman

Kellie

Shelly

Costume Research - Killer

The killer is important to dress because we want to give the idea to the audience that this is the person to be feared without revealing too much that they seem out of place in the party scenario. We have researched into costumes that may work and can be created ourselves:

Freddy Krueger

Freddy Krueger is a good inspirational idea because it resolves around the make up for the face that changes him from other characters in a scene. The costume he wears however is just a jumper and a hat, which can easily blend in to the party environment. We could use this idea by dressing the killer in a hoodie or a jumper as well with a hood that covers the characters face when being filmed. This will then leave the audience wondering who the killer is until focused on.

 

The Scream

The costume for the scream can be used without the mask, more as a long coat. It would be changed by making it more everyday, this would be effective because the hood covers the face that would be manipulated with make-up. This way the killer can blend themselves in with the audience more easily and could even be included in the background of certain shots before being revealed that it is the killer in the background. This would be a greater effect for the audience when as they want to know more about this killer.

 

Michael Myers

This character from Halloween Series is a good character to look into because he includes the knife prop that we use and he is dressed more normally than the other killers researched. This is the killer that we can take inspiration from because in this clip he is shown in a normal environment like what we are trying to put our killer in. His costume is stained with blood, which is what we should be including for our killers costume so it appears more realistic. The face is distorted with make-up as well just like we wanted to create for our killer, but with knife slashes.

 

Hannibal Lecter

Hannibal lecter has a normal face only changed by the mask, which is easier to create and can be filmed more easily. The characters costume consists of just a blood soaked white shirt, which would agin be easy to take inspiration from and is cheap to create for our killer. This limits our use of make-up for the face but it would still be effective for our character.

 

We think that the character we should be looking at more is character of Micheal Myers, as it is similar to the killer that we are trying to create. The use of costume, make-up, and environment is similar which is why he has become more inspirational.

Costume Research - Teenagers

Because our trailer revolves around a normal teenage party setting, the costumes are going to be more low key - including the killer. The killer would stand out by the use of make up that would distort the facial expression, leaving the costume more ordinary so that they would blend in to the party setting. The costumes are going to be typical teenage clothing, researched below:

teenage girls fashion tends to be short dresses with bare legs on show, this is a consideration for the actors in our trailer who are going to be the party goers, and the main character in our trailer who gets killed, she is the one who is supposed to be the flirtatious character. Straight hair and perfect makeup, this will need to be how our character is dressed to get the appropriate idea of what a teenager should be like.

Bright Tights and High Heels

Bright tights seems to be a statement for 2012 fashion for party's if they decided not to have bare legs, which would be mixed with a plain dress. Females would be the most important to dress as they would be more interested in the way they look. To make this trailer effective the characters perceptions of themselves need to be considered, as we want the audience to beleive that this is set at a party.

 

Shorts and shirts would be more likely for a house party which is where the trailer will be filmed. This will also be more achievable because our filming involves the use of fake blood which may stain the clothing more, this way it will be cheaper.

Male fashion is more jeans and tops to match, which is how our killer could be dressed to hide into the background. This image is interesting because of the use of contacts for the eyes that appears to make him more scary because it only includes the pupils. This is influenctial when thinking of the killers facial aesthetics using make-up, this is one of the ideas that we could consider.

 

To the right is a number of examples of teenage fashion that the men could wear in our trailer. From this we can see that they wear jeans and brightly coloured shirts and hoodies on top, normal clothing which will make the atmosphere seem realistic when filming.

 

Poster Layout

 

We have looked into posters as part of our resarch because we will be taking pictures whilst our actors are still in costume on the same day as the filming. This will be effective as the scene will still be in place, and it saves time for our actors to get into costume again. We have analysed every aspect of what we will need to include in our poster to make it realistic to audiences. This will be helpful later on as we can use these as inspiration for our poster once our trailer is created.