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Script

2. J
Script

3. L
Enigma
• The way we want to create enigma is through the
combination of sound and pace. The actress is
never fully calm which also keeps the audience
on edge.
• The end of the opening sequence will leave the
audience wanting to know what happens next as
the ending is unexpected.
You cannot see what the baby sees.

4. L
Enigma
• We’ve improved our creation of Enigma from
draft one, because we have made the ending
of our opening sequence more thrilling and
this helps to create more enigma as the
audience will want to carry on watching to
find out why the character is being haunted
and what will happen to her.

5. Target Audience! M
• Age: It is aimed at 15+, this is because the main character in the film is a teenager
and a younger generation can relate to this because it will appeal to them.
• Location: the fact that it is set in London will appeal to a great number of people
who actually live in London. This is because the audience will be able to relate to
the character and the film and therefore will be more affected by the film.
E.g. many people who live in London were terrified of using the London
Underground after watching the movie ‘Creep’ which is set in Charing Cross tube
station. This scared many people who used the station, which is the major aim of a
horror/thriller film.
• Lifestyle: The movie itself is quite slow pace this doesn’t take away from it’s
excitement. Therefore our target audience would be people who lead an active life
and enjoy trills and sitting on the edge of their seat whilst watching a movie. The
mystery and enigma throughout our film will appeal to our target audience.

6. M
Why Our Target Audience Will Be Interested In
Our Film!
• The Idea: Our target audience will be interested in our idea because it is thrilling and
exciting and creates mystery (the history behind the house and the ghost). This will
intrigue our audience, because they will want to find out more. The unexplained
paranormal events that take place will interest people who regularly watch thrillers
• Form: We want to use very creep and eerie music in some parts then fast pace violin
music to create excitement. This will interest our audience because the are aiming our
film at thrill seekers. We also want to use quick cutaways to create excitement and build
up tension for the audience. (running through the corridors). However will we also use
smooth camera movements to build up tension that will lead up to the climax at the
end.
• Conventions: We are targeting our film at an audience who regularly watch horrors and
thrillers with conventions such as terror, and we will intrigue people who enjoy being
frightened by films.
• We will include ghosts and spirits in order to attract an audience who are interested
in supernatural happenings and life after death. (Ghost girl). We want to satisfy their
interest in paranormal activities by including spirits and weird unexplained events such
as the TV switching on by itself.

7. M
Our Questionnaire.

8. Actor/Character Props/Costume N
Gledis Drew
The Others The Unborn
• This character meets stereotypes of a helpless young girl who is
haunted by a ghost
• Some movies in which this is displayed are listed above.

9. N
Character
• We have developed our character from draft 1 by
stretching Gledis’ acting ability. In this opening
sequence, she has to convey more emotions than
she would’ve in our first opening sequence. Her
hair and clothing will be neater to represent her
innocence and make her appear more vulnerable
• Other than this no other changes improvements
where made

10. Location
• We have one locations with this idea.
• The first, is a bedroom in which all of these
supernatural things happen to the character
in. There are no health and safety risks in this
location.
(Supernatural things)

11. Location
• This location is nearly always accessible as its my
room, however, the only problem we may face with
this location is when we can film as my mother works
from home and noise from filming could be an issue.
• We can get there from school by getting the 266 or
260 bus to Church Road and then a short walking
distance, where we’d have to cross four non-major
roads.

12. Location

13. P
Narrative
• We are using Linear Narrative for our opening
sequence as the structure of it is all in chronological
order and so the audience follow through with the
plot.
• This has not changed from draft one, because we are
using the same narrative.

14. Q
Tvzetan Todorov: Narrative Structure
Tzvetan Todorov is a Franco- Equilibrium: it is a narrative that
Bulgarian philosopher. He lived in starts with a state of harmony,
France since 1963 with his wife and example a group of people enjoying
two children. their live.
Disequilibrium: it is a world of
stability which involves disruption,
example when an evil event happens
to character in a movie.
New Equilibrium: it is when the evil
in a movie is removed and it restores
harmony.

15. Q
It contrast with
disequilibrium because it
has some disturbing
images in the middle the
movie
This describes equilibrium as
it has the character enjoying This links with new
himself because he thinks equilibrium as it shows
that everything is perfect. a peaceful atmosphere
between the characters

16. Q
Binary Opposition: This is a sophisticated but
important idea that will help you understand how
ideas and meanings are being shaped, created or
reinforced in a text. It is 'a theory of meaning' and
an idea that can be applied to all texts; it is
especially useful when analysing poetry where
meaning has been 'compressed' into a very few
words.

17. Q
This scene is clearly used to This particular scene shows the
illustrate fear and danger. A audience a basic understanding
close up shot of his face of the movie which links to the
explains what is happening in binary opposition
the scene without the
audience not even seeing the
next stage

18. Q
Characters and their purpose in Propp’s
theory:
•The villain (struggles against the hero)
•The donor (prepares the hero or gives the hero
some magical object)
•The (magical) helper (helps the hero in the quest)
•The princess (person the hero marries, often
sought for during the narrative)
•Her father
•The dispatcher (character who makes the lack
known and sends the hero off)
•The hero or victim/seeker hero, reacts to the
donor, weds the princess

19. Q
Film Theory.
• We aren’t using Propp’s or Strauss’ film theory as neither fit
into what we want our opening sequence to be.
• We have no hero’s in our idea and so Propp’s film theory is
ineffective for us, and we are not creating ideas with our
opening sequence, and so Binary Opposition is also ineffective
for us.

20. Q
Film Theory.
• We’re applying Todorov’s film theory, as at the beginning of
our film idea, the character’s life is in a state of harmony.
(Equilibrium)
• As our idea continues, the character finds more and more out
about the ghost as it slowly possesses her. (Disequilibrium)
• Finally, the death of the character brings final peace and
harmony, or so the audience think until a new family move
into the same house. (New Equilibrium)

21. R
Film Distribution
• Film distributors we would like to use are...
• Lions Gate Entertainment
• Momentum Pictures
• Film 4

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Lions Gate Entertainment
Why Lions Gate?...
• They distribute Thrillers We are Making a Thriller
• They are in collaboration This could work for us as our
with Film4 Sequence would have the backing
Of two companies
• The have distributed
successful films

23. R
Film4
Why Film4?...
• They do a lot of
independent films
distribution
• They are a British This could cause a problem as
To other country distribution
distribution company
• You don’t have to have a big
budget

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Momentum Pictures
Why Momentum?...
• Its also a British distribution Which means it has the same
Advantages and disadvantages
company As Film4 would have.
• They have distributed films
Insidious, The Crazies, Hobo with
such as .... A shotgun

25. R
THE REASONS WHY I CHOSE COLUMBIA
PICTURES
• I chose this because they make lots of horror films that relate
to our genre.
• We aim a big hit for our genre so we can relate it to the
budget of Columbia pictures.
• It is an inspiration to film distributing and production.
• They have Co-production companies who help and support
them in exhibition and going into cinemas.

26. S
Titles And Credits
• Titles and credits from real films:
• The Ring
• Se7en
• Rosemary's Baby
• Stephen King's "IT"
• Frankenstein (1931)

27. S
Titles And Credits of ‘The Ring’
• The font appears hand written 
A handwritten style font would emphasise the
‘Mental illness’ aspect of our film as the text
would appear messy and scattered, as if written by
someone in panic or distress, (mentally unstable)
• The ‘O’s in the text match the ring of the well in the film

This emphasises the theme of the film, which has inspired us to use a font style which gives
clues to the audience as to what our film will be about without giving too much away.

28. S
Titles And Credits of ‘Se7ev’
• Similarly to ‘The Ring’, ‘Se7en’ also has handwritten style fonts that
are often spaced out or slanted.
• The most inspiring thing about ‘Se7en’ is the animation of the
text.
• The quick bright flashes of the text create excitement for the
audience and keep them on the edge of their seat which is essential
for thriller films and has inspired us to display our text in a similar
way.

29. S
Titles And Credits of ‘Rosemary’s Baby’
• The font style and colour are somewhat unusual as it does not link with
anything in the movie.
• However the fact that its so uncommon for a Horror/Thriller, makes it
unique and unpredictable.
• Baby pink colour, however
symbolises the innocence of
Rosemary’s character.
•Similarly, our main
character also possesses a
sense of innocence.
• This has inspired us to use a font not normally associated with Thrillers
to make it as unpredictable as possible.

30. S
Titles And Credits of Stephen King’s ‘IT’
The title of the film is the The bright red symbolises
only text in this colour blood and gore therefore
(bright red) and font style. attracting the target
audience as it is common
in Horror/Thrillers.
This makes the title stand
out from the rest of the text The small cuts and slits within
highlighting the significance the letters emphasis the violence
of the ‘IT’ character to in the movie as they represent
intrigue the audience. stabs and scratches.

31. S
Titles And Credits of ‘Frankenstein’ (1931)
• The inconsistency of the text style could be used to disorientate the
audience and perhaps panic them and keep them on the edge of their
seat.
•Also used for once sentence.
•Each word is a different font.
• The different fonts represent the
•Each piece of text is written
way that ‘Frankenstein’ was made
in a different font, confusing
up of different parts just like the
the audience yet still intriguing
text.
them.

32. S
The colour of Our Text
• At fist we considered using a deep red font colour as it is usually
associated with Horrors/Thrillers.  ‘What Lies Within’
• However once we changed our opening sequence from a Horror to a
Thriller we decided that a colour associated with blood and gore would
not be appropriate plus too common and predictable.
• We then took inspiration from ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ which uses a baby
pink to signify her characters innocence. 
• In a similar way we decided that white would be the best option for us
as it resembles something pure.  ‘What Lies Within’

33. S
The Font of Our Text
• After exploring different fonts from real films and opening credits we
narrowed our favourites down to:
• Block Capitals e.g. ARIAL BLACK
This could represent a sense of seriousness about the film. The houses being built
where a Mental Institution once was. The fire that was used to cover a
murder.
• Handwritten style Font e.g. Bradley Hand ITC
We would use this to resemble the mental state of the characters by making the
writing as unstructured and disorientated as possible.
• Old Fashioned Font e.g. Brush Script MT
This could emphasises the time period of when the Mental Hospital was running.
It gives the audience an insight to the film.

34. S
Our final Font style and colour
• We finally narrowed it down to the font we felt was most appropriate for our
opening sequence and genre.
• We wanted to chose something that gave little clues about the film but not too
much and wasn’t too predictable.
• We decided to go with a handwritten style font as we hoped this would
emphasise the ‘Mental illness’ aspect of our film as the text would appear messy and
scattered, as if written by someone in panic or distress, (mentally unstable).
• Inspired by ‘The Ring’ and ‘Se7en’
• We were also inspired by ‘Se7en’ to make the text flash onto the screen and fade
away.

35. T
Copyright Free Music Sites
• http://freeplaymusic.com/
• http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/
• http://www.royaltyfreemusic.co.uk/

36. T
Copyright free music and sounds for
our genre

37. T
Music That Inspires Us
• Non-diegetic music that inspires us is the
background music in Jaws. Its full of suspense
and its quite terrifying which adds to the thrill
of the film.
• We also want to have iconic non-diegetic
music that our audience will remember.

38. T
Music That Inspires Us
• We like distinctive sounds like the sound of
typing, creaking and eerie diegetic sounds in
films. Also, slow footsteps with emphasis on
each step as this also builds the tension.
• This makes it more realistic as it scares people
more and they can relate to it.

39. T
Our Music
• We would use these non-diegetic sounds to
build excitement and tension as our character
is running through the hallway.
• We would use diegetic sounds as she is
working at her desk and walking to try and
find the noises within her room.

40. U
BBFC and Rating
• BBFC stands for British Board of Film
Classification.
• It provides guidelines as to what is
appropriate for viewers of a certain age.

41. U
BBFC and Rating
• There are 6 different BBFC ratings.
Uc gives guidelines for a child being able to watch a
film by themselves (from the age of 4)
U stands for universal, enabling everyone to watch
the film.
PG stands for Parental Guidance. So the film is
suitable for children as long as their parents are
watching with them.
12A requires the viewers to be aged 12 but have
adult supervision whilst watching the film.
12 requires the viewer to be aged 12 and over.
15 requires the viewer to be aged 15 and over.
18 requires the viewer to be aged 18 and over.
R18 is a legally restricted classification for explicit
works of consenting sex or fetish material.

42. U
BBFC and Rating
Our film fits into the 15 classification.
This is because there is a strong threat in our
film and sadistic behaviour is shown when the
ghost harms the character in her sleep just to
convey her message.