•FINAL GIRL •BENEFACTOR•MONSTER•GROUP OF FRIENDS•INEFFECTIVE GROUP

By Vinoshka...

FINAL GIRLThe most important aspect of

a horror movie though is the "Final Girl". She is the one who no matter what, survives until the final fight scene. Through out the movie she will tend to stand out the most compared to her group of friends. Problems will be chasing her in many sort of ways , but the final girl will always have a way in escaping from any sort of danger . There should always be a final girl so that there is a purpose added to the movie.

BENEFACTORBenefactor are the character that the main person from the movie goes to for help /advice/suggestions . Most of the times they tend to be old characters as they have a broad mind of knowledge and are wise. It is good to have a benefactor as it will be needed for a horror movie for the main person to have a chat with through hard times. Also older people have a better standard of knowledge this makes the reliable.

MONSTERNegativity is needed is definitely needed in a horror film, therefore there is always a bad guy that gives spooks at all time and scare the audience. This it the reason to all the characters that die through out the film. It gives an excitement to the audience along with the shocking expectation of what may happen next. This will continue until the final girl gets a way out to survive .

GROUP OF FRIENDSA group of friends will be needed to make the film more interesting and thrilling. For an example in scream 4 nobody expected the ending to be like that. in many occasions in a group of friends there is always a sexually active blond girl and always a heroic guy. In movies such like these the group of friends fight for their lives . The common thing is that the whole group of friends die one after the other leaving the final girl/person to survive.

INEFFECTIVE CHARACTERSThe role of this character is to be the bad guy through out the film, but this role isn’t as important as you think. Is good to have an ineffective character to make the film feel suspicious. Ineffective characters can pop out of anywhere such as a group of friends ; for example scream 4 , in a group of friends there was one girl killing the group members one by one . These characters are known as the high authority figures.

Locations Suburban neighbourhood and the woods are the 2 types of location in a slasher film. The most commonly used location is the suburban neighbourhood. Most of the audience live in a suburban area , this will give them the idea that everything will be fine , when actually it wont be in a slasher movie. The location can symbolise the killers bad childhood. Woods is not commonly used in a slasher film but its still used. Suburban area Is not a place to be scared of as houses are surrounded the place, give the audience that feeling of shock where they believe that nothings going to happen but eventually something pops up to scare the audience. Using suburban are makes it useful for the audience to relate to the area as many of the audience live in suburban area, they have experienced life in that way. Audience will connect to suburban areas as some place to be safe and friendly, where its safe to hang about in casual day. Eventually something bad happens as we all know in a horror movie there is always a disruption. Theses types of films should include a shock and excitement to it to create tension for the audience as that is what they like to see. Suburban area s are mainly used, because suspense are creates , and tension increases as help is the location is not as easy to find whereas in city’s there is lots of people where its easier to get help if any sort of harm appears. In horror movies, conventions are to do it in woods or suburban area which are more effective. Using towns/ cities in a horror movie seems too busy and loud, which gives away the suspense as people already know something bad is going to happen. The media explains a lot about the current places nowadays , they say where certain incidents take place which may give an effect on certain peoples though of to what may happen in the movie. For an example it is scary to film in a quite lonely place where we know that its harder to survive there than cities. In cities you tend to get burgled which is the scariest thing so far but easy to get help or catch the burglar. Many movies don not use area country side areas and estates as they are seen as dangerous because of the media . For our horror movie trailer I used the woods part of my location, this is because the create so much tension and suspense to what may happen. To make the atmosphere scary it is good to film in the woods where it has nobody there also if its dark, it tends to get the audience more scared and will give connotations of danger. Stereotypes of the woods are seen to be scary and gives ideas that something bad is going to happen and its noticeable that most of the horror movies take place in the wood., the solving of the disruption that takes place happens here. They give the audience the feeling of being isolated and alone and this gradually builds up to be scary because you will never know when something is going to pop up from where. However finding the right kind of woods may be hard to follow the atmosphere and suit the story. It can also be hard to find make take long to find and may have to go travel a long walk.

German Expressionism

Lightings

German expressionism:German Expressionism refers to a number of related creative movements beginning in Germany before the first world war that reached a peak in Berlin during the 1920’s. These developments in Germany were part of a larger Expressionist movement in north and central European culture in fields such as architecture, painting and cinema. German expressionism plays an important part with the cinema industry. The Germans only started this to let the audience see the effectiveness of the movies. You can see for yourself from the pictures its gives different sorts of effects. German expressionism is almost like the start of mise-en-scene, because they use the lightings to show the background and the mood of the atmosphere. The first expressionist films Is used with weird shapes and patterns on walls and floors of the studios to let the light, shadow and objects show properly. German expressionism didnt last for long and faded away in quick time.

SLASHER MOVIE’S PRESENTATION

BY VINOSHKA...

•HALLOWEEN 2•HALLOWEEN 3•HALLOWEEN 4•SAW 2•SAW 3•SAW 4 •CANDYMAN•CANDYMAN 2•FRIDAY THE 13TH

• FRIDAY THE 13TH 2• FRIDAY THE 13TH 3•NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET•THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSASCRE•THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSASCRE 2•FINAL DESTINATION 3•FINAL DESTINATION 4

•SCREAM 4•SCREAM 3•SCREAM 2•SCREAM•ORPHAN •MIRRORS•PSHYCO 3•PSYCHO 2•PSYCHO •THE GRUDGE •THE GRUDGE 2•THE GRUDGE 3•CHILD’S PLAY

Analysis-15 Rated Films; an advantage of a 15 rated film would be that it has a larger audience therefore makes more profit. Also, people aged 15 and over are more likely to go cinema and watch slasher films. Teenagers are the main target audience as they would enjoy horrors more than older people would. Teenagers are most likely to go out to cinemas with friends, means that 15 rated films are the ones to get the most profit.

-- Disadvantage to this is that films will be restricted and will have limited amounts of scene included in the film. You will have to think about target audience very carefully and make sure it suits them. It will have to be less scary and also might be scary.

-18 Rated Films; an advantage of an 18 rated film would be that you can include as much gory stuff as you want and make the film more interesting. Some writers will give negative feedback 18 rated movies and this will provoke others into watching the movie. This leads into an advantage as more people will spend money and watch the movie in the cinema. It give so much freedom into including as much horror as you want .

-Disadvantage: smaller audience therefore smaller budget. The movie would be more restricted. You would have to think carefully about the things you include in the movie., because people will give bad reviews on the film and will give negative opinions about the film and that will make people not to watch it. People under 18 wouldn't be allowed to watch it.

Budget SAW 2 (2005)Budget:$4,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$147,739,965 (Worldwide)

SAW 3 (2006)Budget:$10,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$164,874,275 (Worldwide)

SAW 4 (2007)Budget:$10,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$139,352,633 (Worldwide)

HALLOWEEN (1978)Budget:$320,000 (estimated) Gross:$60,000,000 (Worldwide) (1978)

HALLOWEEN (2005)Budget:$15,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$80,253,908 (Worldwide)

HALLOWEEN 2 (2007)Budget:$15,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$33,335,670 (USA) (15 November 2009)

CANDYMAN (1992)Budget:$8,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$25,792,310 (USA)

CANDYMAN (1995)Gross:$13,940,383 (USA)

FRIDAY THE 13TH 1980 Budget:$550,000 (estimated) Gross:$39,754,601 (USA)

FRIDAY THE 13TH (2009)Budget:$19,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$64,997,188 (USA) (19 April 2009)

NIGHT ON ELM STREET 1984 Budget:$1,800,000 (estimated) Gross:$25,504,513 (USA)

THE TEXASCHAINSAW MASSASCRE 1974Budget:$83,532 (estimated) Gross:$30,859,000 (USA)

THE TEXASCHAINSAW MASSASCRE 2003Budget:$9,200,000 (estimated) Gross:$107,071,655 (Worldwide)

FINAL DESTINATION 2009Budget:$43,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$66,436,248 (USA) (15 November 2009)

FINAL DESTIATION 5 2011Budget:$40,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$42,139,208 (USA) (18 September 2011)

NIGHT ON ELM STREET2010Budget:$35,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$113,400,000 (Worldwide) (8 August 2010)

BudgetSCREAM 1996Budget:$15,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$161,600,000 (Worldwide) SCREAM 2 1997Budget:$23,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$101,363,301 (USA)

SCREAM 3 2000Budget:$40,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$161,830,000 (Worldwide)

SCREAM 4 2011Budget:$40,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$97,037,610 (Worldwide) (1 September 2011)

PSYCHO (1998)Budget:$25,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$37,141,130 (Worldwide)

PSYCHO (1960)Budget:$806,947 (estimated) Gross:$50,000,000 (Worldwide) (January 2004)

GRUDGEBudget:$10,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$110,175,871 (USA) (19 December 2004)

GRUDGE 2Budget:$20,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$39,143,839 (USA) (12 November 2006)

ORPHANGross:$41,573,740 (USA) (4 October 2009)

MIRRORS 2008Budget:$35,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$30,691,439 (USA) (23 November 2008)

CHILD’S PLAY 1988Budget:$9,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$44,196,684 (Worldwide)

CHILD’S PLAY 2 1990Budget:$13,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$35,763,605 (Worldwide)

CHILD’S PLAY 3 1991Budget:$13,000,000 (estimated) Gross:$20,560,255 (Worldwide)