Film Name Research

As research for the name of our film opening, we decided to do a survey to see which word(s) could be used as the title of our opening titles.  We asked 30 people and below are the results.

The genre for our film opening is horror and involves a stalker.  From below, which name would you select to be our film name?

• Tormented = 11 people
• Possessed = 2 people
• The Hunted = 5 people
• Hunted = 4 people
• Stalker = 1 person
• Shadow = 2 people
• Infatuation = 1 person
• Obsessed = 1 person
• The Obsessed = 3 people

Based on these results, we have decided to take the top 4 word(s) and create an online blog survey to decide what the name of our opening film sequence should be.  The survey will be created and placed at the top left of the blog.  The 4 favourite names are 'Tormented', 'The Hunted', 'Hunted' and 'The Obssessed'.

Setting Photo's

Below are photo's taken from an alleyway to suggest a setting for our film opening.  I think the setting is ideal as it is a dark place, yet with some light from lampposts which gives a tense atmosphere.  Also, when walking through the alleyway, it is quite intimidating and makes you feel like someone is behind you, which goes well with the stalker theme that we have in mind.

Target Audience

For our target audience, we made up a survey that we could ask them to see what they thought on horror movies and the components that they would want to see in a horror film.  The feedback that we got was helpful and it enabled us to focus on what we could put in our opening sequence to attract our particular audience.

Who are our target audience?
We decided as a group that our target audience would be teenagers and young adults as this is normally the range of ages that watch horror films.  Also, we thought that they would have the best reaction to the features that happen in the films.  As research, we looked on the internet to see what target audiences other films had, and also what people like about horror films.  Below is a video that I found that shows what teenagers feel about horror movies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FILVRZJ8JA

From this we can see what they liked about a horror movie and also what they disliked.  Also, they mentioned what their favourite and worst horror movies were, which we then looked at and decided certain features that we would include and others that we wouldn't, so that it would be more appealing to the target audience.

What features could we use for our film opening?

We hope for our opening sequence to based on a stalker, but also a serial killer.  We would then include photo's of victims to make it more realistic and for it to be obvious that he is a serial killer and that he has victims.  Also, we want to incorporate blood into the film opening, to make it look more believable and when asking teenagers for our research, we found that using blood would be effective and worthwhile.

In addition, we want to have music that  will create tension throughout the sequence and make the opening seem mysterious and creative.  We will be looking on 'Royalty Free' and other free music download websites to choose this music and what we feel would benefit our opening.

What did our survey consist of?

1. Do you like horror movies?
2. What is your favourite horror film? What is your least favourite?
3. What do you expect to see in horror films?

Drawn "Scary Fonts" Samples -Gareth A

These are some pictures of other (drawn) sample film title fonts that I did earlier... They aren't finished and are nowhere near as good as we'd like them to be, but they are a start. We'd like them to be scary or have an eeriness to them.

Gareth A

Colouring within Horror Films

Research Into Film Colouring...

• All films have a key colour that runs throughout the whole film and is always present in every shot
• Looking at horror films it is clear that the key colours that are best for this genre are blue and red, also orange can be a key colour theme in some fims

Red

Red is the colour of fire and blood, so it is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination which relates to horror.

Light red: represents joy, sexuality, passion, sensitivity, and love. 
Pink: signifies romance, love, and friendship. It denotes feminine qualities and passiveness.
Dark red: is associated with vigor, willpower, rage, anger, leadership, courage, longing, malice, and wrath.
Brown: suggests stability and denotes masculine qualities.Blue

Light blue: associated with health, healing, tranquility, understanding, and softness.
Dark blue: represents knowledge, power, integrity, and seriousness.

Orange Dark orange: can mean deceit and distrust.
Red-orange: desire, pleasure, domination, aggression, and thirst for action.

Nightmare On Elm Street- the colour blue is used


 
Sweeney Todd- the colours blue and red are used 

 
Insidious- the colours blue and red are used 

 
Trick or Treat- the colours blue, red and orange are used 

Brief Setting Ideas - Gareth A

Right, I'm blogging this (which will be taken down) as I can not create a Wordle map at the moment as something is wrong with the Java on my laptop.

THIS IS ALL WRITING, BUT SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Also, we have identified some possible places to film our movie, which is based on a stalker. We are to get visual media of the following and the person who is to get photos/other visual media of that area is denoted by a "-" their initials "-".

These places are:

- The Alley off Dernier Road which leads to Higham Lane(I think that's the road name, it comes out opposite Royal West Kent Avenue in North Tonbridge.) -GA-

- Longmeade Football Ground and playing Fields -GA-

-  The footpath next to and opposite Scotches Field -SB-

- The fields, barns and apple orchards in Horsemonden -LE-

- Ponds and Woodlands -NM-LE-

- Woodlands Walk -SB-

- Hayesden Lake -undecided, probably as a group-

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Gareth A

Sub-Genres of Horror

The different sub-genres in Horror:

By Nicole Moulder