aims and context
Narrative outline
- couple of friends pissing about on a bike ride when they come across some derelict mansion. The keen teenagers decide it will be fun to go inside and have a look. When they enter things start getting scary, noises, creeping; someone is watching them. Then then finally leave the build unknown to them they are be watched and followed. Maybe at the end of the film when they get back to the house the camera moves to the window and shows a figure outside watching them in the darkness.
The purposes of the film
- I would like to audience be on the edge of their seat when watching my film. Not only do i want them to be frightened but i want them to be able to relate to the film. What i mean by this is make a horror that could happen in any teenager (not unrealistic)
Messages/Theme
- My idea is that the film is going to be a twist as the film is going to be joyful and represent friendship. However once the building come along its going to drain all their happiness and turn it into fear.
Mood
- I am trying to grip the audience with a happy mood which slowly twists into a terrifying and gripping experience
Pace
- At the start the bike ride is going to be very slow paced and long scenes however once they come across the pace starts to build up and we get a lot more variety of shots. When they are in the building the pace is at its peak when there is noises. However when we get a first person camera view of the person watching them the pace slow down again. When the leave the building it just a rush for them to get away. As well as this the watcher sneakily following them through the brush.
Micro elements
My film starts off with a slow build up with a long scene of a couple of boys cycling down a lane. This will be a tracking shot and will also include my title sequence. Once the title are finished the cyclist will come past the the camera and I will slowly track them. Once this shot has finished I will have a shot of the person point of view peering outside the window at the boys. As they slowly come to a halt and glance at the house the watcher moves into the darkness and the shot will sharply fade to black with a quick pivot movement. Once the boys walk up to the mansion i will have most of the shots a low angles so that the camera is looking up the mansion; showing its dominance and power. Once the enter the mansion the camera shot switch between the two boys and the persons point of viewing (watching them). Then as they discover and explore the building they catch on to someone watching them. They then start to get into a panic and the pace then builds up. When the leaving the building the the camera will be a low angle shot, triangular composition. Will have the bikes on the right of the camera the boys to the left of the screen and the person watching them in the house both to the top of the camera. They then cycle home frantically while the person secretly is following them through the brush. I will use a tracking shot of the persons point of view of him running through the brush following them. I would like some music in the film when the boys are cycling (mom-ford and sons), other than that i may put some unusual sound effects in.
Ideas when inside the house:
fake blood
only one guy hears things
Jump scare from friend
Random objects that suggest people have been living there
Moving furniture
I feel as if i need to see the inside of the derelict house before I decide what is going to happen when they are inside the house
