2. How we collected our data
O We made our final questionnaire on
surveymonkey and then shared the
questionnaire on each of our Facebook
pages. We also asked our parents to share
and complete the survey because they are
our secondary audience and we feel that they
can relate to our sequence as most of the
parents who completed it have children.
O We also asked friends on other social media
platforms such as snapchat and twitter.
O In total we got 57 responses from our survey
3.
4. Question 1
O From the first question, most people want low key
lighting, this connotes that the main character is
alone and isolated as she doesn’t know what is
happening to her. Is she being played with? Is
someone out to get her?
O Low key lighting can be very effective in our
sequence as it provides a mysterious and sinister
tone. We can apply Neal’s theory of repetition as we
want to stick to the conventions of a horror genre by
having low key lighting.
O From looking at different directors such as Adrian
Lyne who likes to use natural ambient lighting, we
could in cooperate this when introducing characters
to create an eerie atmosphere around them.
5.
6. Question 2
O Close ups and establishing shots were the most
popular out of the 3 and are also the most
conventional within a psychological horror genre.
Close ups of specific characters, for example,
close ups of the main character connote how she
is unaware of her surroundings and is so involved
within worrying about her mind that she is oblivious
to the idea that someone might be after her.
O Establishing shots can be important when
introducing a specific location such as the school
or woods. The woods are conventional in horrors
therefore connoting that something unfortunate
might happen to the main character.
7.
8. Question 3
O Quick cuts were the most popular in this
question, however we don’t want to be so
conventional and typical with our editing.
Although with the first shot being
underwater, we would want to include
quick cuts to create distress.
9.
10. Question 4
O Lack of sound and contrapuntal are the sound types that
we want to include.
O Lack of sound connotes isolation and this is how we want
the main character to feel. Lack of sound also creates
suspense and anticipation and makes the audience
concentrate more on what’s happening as there is nothing
to distract them.
O Contrapuntal sound types really “make” a scene as it can
completely transform the original effect of the scene. For
example we looked at a scene in ‘A Clockwork Orange’,
one of the characters in singing “Singing in the rain” whilst
hurting people, this is connoting how the character’s mental
state is corrupted. From this idea, we could look at popular
nursery rhymes such as “1, 2 buckle my shoe”, this popular
rhyme was also used in ‘A nightmare on Elm Street’
However, they changed the words. This connotes how the
main character’s past could come back to haunt her.
11.
12. Question 5
O From our original idea, we wanted to have the female
character as the main protagonist.
O Through research, we found out that women are 40% more
likely to develop a mental illnesses.
O We are sticking to the stereotypical ideology that women
are weaker than men, by having a female protagonist being
taunted by something unknown to the audience. We want
to challenge the stereotypical representation that women
are hysterical by having our female protagonist cope with
the events that surround her (i.e. friends dying) she wont
lash out or create a scene and instead she’d be more
introverted and keep her thoughts and feelings to herself.
O By subverting this stereotype, this would be more suitable
as we are an independent company and this would make
our film have a more complex narrative.
13.
14. Question 6
O The location of the woods got the most votes
which is very typical as you would normally
associate horrors with a wooded location. As
wooded areas are fairly big, this would
connote the unknown. The female protagonist
has so many thoughts going on in her head
she can’t distinguish what might be happening
to her.
O We really want to have the school as one of
the main locations as we want the film to be
relatable, as our target audience is aged 15-
24, it is likely that most of them will be in some
sort of education.
15.
16. Question 7
O Seeing the character’s point of view in the
scene would create a lot of distress
because it put the audience in the
character’s perspective and creates a
sense of realism.
O Similarly, by having the camera facing the
characters it is as if you are experiencing
what they are going through and makes
the scene more dramatic.
17.
18. Question 8
O The majority voted for a psychopathic
character, however we don’t want the
main character to be an actual
psychopath as we want her to be more of
the victim and the princess that needs
saving. We want to include the idea that
the main character is clairvoyant and can
see dead people as this adds the element
of something supernatural, which is
another convention of a horror.
19.
20. Question 9
O We have decided to go with ordinary clothes for costumes
because it creates a sense of realism and is more relatable.
Ordinary clothes connote the vulnerability of the characters
because they’re out of place as their lives are completely
normal in comparison to the situation (drowning).
O Many people voted for a flowy night dress as it is more
conventional within a horror, a dress is something we see
as normal and by subverting this ideology, it is creating
something more sinister. This connotes how the even the
ordinary things in life can scare us and not everything is
what it seams to be. The white dress could’ve been popular
because it connotes purity and innocence, this links to our
film as the protagonist’s mind seems innocent although she
is plagued by her thoughts and perhaps something more.
21.
22. Question 10
O Death is the most conventional and popular
choice of iconography as it creates a sinister
atmosphere, it can be the foundation of a film.
Death creates visceral pleasure so the
audience may feel sick when watching
someone die, emotional pleasure as death
causes people to feel scare, the audience
doesn’t know what will happen to the other
characters.
O From looking at films by Alfred Hitchcock, one
of his trade marks include murder, this is
something we would like to include.
23. What we want to include from
the questionnaire
O Low key lighting
O Close ups and establishing shots when
introducing characters
O Lack of sound and contrapuntal sound
(nursery rhyme)
O Female protagonist
O School and woods for locations
O Clairvoyant character
O Ordinary clothes
O Death
