Keeley McManus is developing a horror film and magazine to promote it. The film follows a woman who moves into a new home and hears strange noises, with increasingly sinister events occurring. Jennifer Lawrence and Rebecca De Mornay may star as the protagonist and villain. It will be filmed using techniques from Paranormal Activity and Rec, including handheld camera work. The target audience is late teens and young adults. A local magazine called Local Buzz will help promote the low-budget film and other local arts.
2. The Genre I Have Decided To Work
With.
• The genre that I have decided to work with is
the Horror genre because I have always taken
and interest in the horror genre and I think it
will give me the opportunity to really explore
the genre and create my own version.
3. Synopsis of My Film
• The synopsis of my film is that a girl that has
left home and has moves into her own place
starts to hear funny noises and it shows how
she tries to uncover what is running around
her house. As time progresses the more
sinister the situation becomes and they fins
themselves in a dangerous situation and she
later has to fight for her survival against an
evil guest.
4. Target Audience
• The target audience of my film will be for late
teens and young adults because in the sense
of the horror genre is a recycled genre it will
always be watched by the next generations, I
think also that these ages are people who
really do get a thrill out of being scared and
enjoy the scariness of a film and that is the
reason I have pick this target audience.
5. People That Might Star In My Film
• For my female protagonist I think
that I would have the actress
Jennifer Lawrence as she has
recently been in a horror movie
and she ends up being the strong
female survivor and I think she
will make a good main character
in my film. Also she is well known
so she will be able to publicise
the film more and hopefully more
people will want to see the film.
6. People That Might Star In My Film
• For the villain in my film
I think that I would use
Rebecca De Mornay
because she plays a role
in Mother’s Day where
she goes on a killing
rampage and kills the
new tenants in her
house that got taken
away from her and this
kind of finds in with my
film.
7. Directors That Might Direct The Film
• Famous horror genre
directors such as
Alfred Hitchcock would
be great for our film (if
that were possible) he
had many popular
films such as ‘Psycho’
which is classed as a
classic in the horror
genre field.
8. Filming Style
• The inspiration for our film will be coming
from horror movies such as ‘Paranormal
Activity’ and ‘Rec’ as they both use the
technique of using the hand held affect to
draw the viewers in more to the film and be
more involved with it, also this makes it more
scary and intense.
9. Film Examples
Paranormal Activity:
So as I said before I am going to be
making my film with the hand
held affect to make the movie
more intense and so that the
viewer feel they are actually the
ones filming the situation and that
they get a real sense of the
storyline. Also, in most horror
films not just Paranormal Activity
they use a lot of close ups to show
the expressions on theirs faces
and show how scared they are in
the current situation.
10. Film Examples
Rec
In Rec it is relatively similar to
Paranormal Activity in the sense that it
uses hand held filming, but instead of the
main characters filming themselves they
actually have a camera man filming what
they are doing and the situation. For my
film I was additionally going to film my
film hand held but with the effects that it
has on these films I don’t think that I am
a big fan of the effect that it gives
because sometime the shots don’t come
out great and sometimes it does ruin the
film. But with my filming I will be using
both still shots and hand held to give it a
mixture and variation to my film.
11. Poster Ideas:
• The idea for my poster is for the magazine and
poster to be the same colour scheme so that
they have a constant house style. I will be
again using the villain as the main picture to
show that my film is of the horror genre and
that it shows they darkness and danger
involved in the film.
12. The Magazine Cover
• The idea for my magazine is to make it a
freemium magazine and only have the funding
from advertisements, I have chosen this because
my film will not be a high budget movie and so it
well be featured in a local magazine.
• The colour scheme of my magazine will be reds as
that represents blood and evil etc. Also I will be
using the villains protagonist as the main cover
and make sure that she looks as evil as possible
so that she can draw people in that are interested
in the horror genre.
13. What Would Feature In The Magazine
• My magazine will feature local
arts, performances, music and films that are
being released etc. I think this will be
interesting to people that really take an
interest in what is happening in their local
area. Also, as it is free they might be more
inclined to actually take a copy.
14. Comparisons With Existing Magazines
Because my magazine isn’t a
major magazine
company, mine will be
minimalistic and will not have
mainstream information
about films and such. Also as
mine is free it will not have
the funding to look one
hundred per cent
professional and expensive as
Empire does for example.
15. My Magazine Name
• The name that I have come up for my
magazine is Local Buzz, it is simple and the
buzz represents the way that people might
react if they want to really see something local
in their community. I will make sure that in the
title I will make the ‘Buzz’ stand out so that it
is eye catching and catch locals eyes.
