THE NAMING OF OUR GROUP

My group and I went around our class and we asked them what they thought would/could be an appropriate name for our production. Each person came up with different names that they thought would be suitable for our horror/thriller genre. Some of the random names we got were not fitting for our chosen genre. With enough debate on what name we could use, we decided to choose Tyler's(one of our classmates) idea which is DSD. The hidden meaning behind this name is all of my groups first initials; Dee Simon Daniel. We are now aiming to provide the best finished piece we can provide.

This picture shows the names of  people and their title ideas for our group

This picture shows Tyler's name highlighted with her idea which indicates that we are going along with her idea.

ANALYSIS: STEP 3

For step 3 of our analysis we focused on some of the post production methods we could use to create some interesting atmospheres. A post production method we could use would be flash backs and the idea of a time lapse with some lighting effect. We would like to control the audience reactions by using some more of the obscure shots. The main emotion we want the audience to feel is fear. We want to break away from some of the conventions of horror such as the killer wearing black or introduce a twist  in the ending. We would also like the killer to wear something plain such as jeans, a t-shirt and possibly maybe a bomber jacket as well. We would also like our piece set in the night time, which will blend with what the killer is wearing to increase fear in the audience. The killer will be introduced with a POV shot which conceals the audience and they are also forced to watch his actions, for example; standing over the girl as she struggles. We hope to create a creepy atmosphere for the audience using these factors.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Our final piece is going to be a horror/thriller genre. Because of this, we are going to aim at a specific audience. Our main concern of targeting the right audience(not forgetting gender or class etc) is the age. We were thinking of making it a 15 rating but after a bit of research I found out that the most successful horror movie tend to be aimed towards 18+ rating. The reason behind this I believe that it is due to the fact that it lacks constraint towards content. We decided because of this to make it an 18 rated production and have almost no restrictions as opposed to content. We have decided to keep an age limit of somewhere in between 18 to 25 because the viewing tastes are very similar during that time period. We have decided to set our sights on the C2, D and E class from the socio-economic status (or the abc scale). The reason we chose the C2 group is because most of the workers from there are between our target age range. We chose D because they are the lower working class and they are not really busy people and they are always on the go for 'the' new movie. We chose E because it just fits perfectly with our age rating because they are students who are just enjoying life and don't earn enough and also outgoing. The conventions used by most horror movies the days are vulnerable young females who are unable to protect themselves. We have used this to help our planning and production by following similar convention type. Also the dominating characters such as killers and bullies appear to be mysterious in most horror films. We followed this in our planning stage by not revealing the "killer" in our final production. Also most thriller and horror films are usually shot in the nighttime, so we followed it agin with our opening scene. 

AUDIENCE RESEARCH

The socio-economic status (or the ABC Scale) was created by the National Readership Survey to gather statistics on media audiences for television, radio and all for of publications. The Socio-economic status has been around since media has been become a large part of modern culture and has been one of the most used forms of audience readership evaluations/surveyors. It was established as a form of classifying and describing social classes for media outlets. The Earnings of jobs as well as the Age, gender, religious views are taken in to account when conducting survey as it helps to understand the audience better.

The Groups A, B, C1, C2, D and E classes the employment job roles into the following:

A – Upper Class (Higher managerial, administrative and professional, such as Mangers, Lawyers, all high paying jobs earning demographic would be around £50,000 and over)

B – Middle Class (Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional, such as deputy secretary and or above average pay, earning demographic would be around £35-50,000)

C1 – Lower Middle class (Supervisory or Clerical, junior managerial, administrative, such as a supervisor or highly skilled working job (one where more than one skill is required))

C2 – Skilled working class (Skilled Manuel workers, such as mechanics, etc)

Please note for C1 and C2 the earning range is for both £15,000 – 25,000

D – Lower working class (Semi and unskilled Manuel workers, such as mechanical trainees, or shop workers, earning demographic would be around £7,000 – 15,000)

E – Lowest level of income earners (pensioners or widows, casual or lowest grade workers, those on Benefits, such as students, earning demographic would be around £5,000-7,000)

ANALYSIS: STEP 2

This is the step two analysis of our main task. As you can see we've added a bit more details towards the final piece. We decided on some factors of filming, editing and lighting with such things as a clock going backwards in a time lapse to show how the film is going backwards indicating a flashback. We decided to make our killer have something of significance to be able to distinguish him and make him obvious to the audience so that it would connate to the audience his evil nature.

ANALYSIS: STEP 1

We came together as a group and had our first group meeting. We decided to go along with Dee's idea of a horror genre and Daniel's idea of a thriller genre. It looked like a better mixture because it had similar traits and both genres always meet with similar outcome. We brainstormed of what needed to be done considering shot types, sound effects, editing and lighting. We chose to use a radio because of the eerie effect radio can give off when static sound appear.

Vlogs: Costume Idea For Our Killer

This video was done by my group and I. We walked around the school with a camera and we tried to get the opinions of different people on what they think our killer should wear.  It was very interesting to hear the opinions because there were so many different ones. We took a total of 3 videos because there are 3 of us in our group. We then came together and decided who should put which videos on their blogs.

Preliminary Video And Evaluation

The Preliminary task was by far the most challenging so far though i have had my ups and down in the experience but i have come out the other side more prepared and more realistic about the problems that i might later on face in my main task. The first attempt on our preliminary failed and we had to re-film which took away valuable time. The roles within the group were very fixed and everyone was positioned in a ordinary fashion. Daniel and I filmed the preliminary with Dee acting in it. iI also checked that continuity was not a problem in our filming. I looked at the film from a viewer's point of view and checked what we did wrong and what we need to control. I also made sure that the setting was as perfect as it could get. Dean and Tyler helped us a bit with the filming and in return we helped them with theirs as well.

I changed the convention by making the post production sounds humorous and I enjoyed using Premier Pro and Logic Pro to do this. However on a more negative note our work was analysed by Mr Foley and he made us realise what we had done wrong and what went right. This gave me more idea as to how I could turn around the negative stuff into positive in our final project. Firstly the shots where good but not fluent throughout and filming was a bit tiring and even made us timid sometimes because we were making sure that continuity would go right for us. The sequence and transaction of shots were not followed trough continuously, this is due to when the first character was introduced, in the shot after he came off the stairs the loop wasn't right. this is due to my inexperience with premier pro. I need to make sure to not repeat the same mistake in the final project as this would affect our final grade. the shot when the first character sat down in his chair to look at the papers was very boring when we watched it back again. The last thing we want is to make the audience bored of our project. We didn't realise it in the filming process but now that we know what we did wrong, we must make sure not to repeat that same mistake in our final project. The sound that I added didn't go right with the product. This was done on purpose as I wanted to make the concept seemed predictable and I wanted to surprise the audience by giving the what they weren't expecting. I made a mistake by not following The 180 degree rule correctly. I broke the rule and this exemplifies how inexperienced I am with media which means that I have to learn more about the 180 degree rule concerning any future filming. I have received both positive and negative comments and I still want to hear what you think about my preliminary so feel free to add any comments. thank you... :)

Preliminary Group Video Evaluation

The whole class took part in a verbal evaluation of our Preliminary. They stated all the things that went well and that didn't and what we could be improved upon.

The main factor of disappointment was the fact that our timing is not right and we shall make improvements on all these.
Anna quoted that the shots are good but the music just doesn't make sense with the preliminary and that i shouldn't leave the audience this confused for our main production. Veronika agreed and added that the shots were to cut through and did not flow and maybe we should think about fading out the music to make the whole thing smoother. Dean pointed out that the lighting was very bad and if effected the quality of the filming dramatically and we need to think about these issues before hand with where we place our characters. Dawn suggested that we shouldn't leave our audience second guessing about certain things, for example Bushir came out from no where no visions of what door or anything this was not realistic and was presented as a stage show not meeting up with general key factors of making a clip or film seem realistic and flow. 

This is a print screen of the prliminary video evaluation from our group discusssion

Setting for our Final Media Filming for AS

Dee was looking at certain settings where we could produce our Establishing shot/s. When she came across her alleyway in the dark night as she was walking home she flipped out her phone camera and took pictures. We are aware that most of the images are not as clear but she thought if she does not turn her flash on, it will give the scene a scarier effect but she realised she was wrong because it just looks plain and simply dark! i don't want the alley way to be a long timing shot just to set the mood of the whereabouts of where the victim lives. The shot of the front door will definitely be used just to create a extra suspicion and reveal that the action is going to take place indoors in the comfort of her own home and hospitality's. 

These pictures are all of the area that our final filming is going to take place. We have chosen this place because of our horror/thriller genre. It looks horrifying as the only way out of the estate into main road is through the alleyway which is quite dark without the night lights. As we have chosen to film nighttime, this is perfect for us because it will be easy to manipulate effects in it. Also we wont have to worry about continuity because the only thing that will affect our continuity is the weather.

Group meeting for our final product

FINALLY! Today we had our group meeting and although we are all aware that allot of work needs to be done we have all come up with with out final idea. We decided to mix up Dee's ideas with Daniel's and have a mixed genre, mainly Horror but sub-genre it with thriller. We could not come to a agreement of whose idea was better to have multiple ideas/mix and match. I drew out a plan for our team so we know roughly what we want to include in the different sections of our opening clip. We wrote that maybe in the beginning we could have an establishing shot of the house outside in the night-time to show where all the horror is going to take place or maybe even an empty road, or even Daniel's idea of  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3bRwB5fDFo lapses in light to show the whole area and city. In our middle most wanted to involve the main killing scene but some argued that they wanted that in the beginning with visions of body decompositions in the middle to make it different to other horrors/thrillers/Goore. We thought if we could come up with every day items to make them abnormal and scary this can contradict and play around with audiences emotions, Lord Of The Rings does this allot with the ring being a sacred treasurement  to them, in this case maybe use a plate instead of a knife and enrol the 'least expected' not only does this bring up questions but also keeps the viewers intrigued  and shocked. Daniel and I really like Dee's idea of involving a radio and Daniel said that he can do more research on that and find out if his Granddad will let us borrow his. We had other suggestions that were out the box, i thought of having it based on Halloween Day this would be perfect and we could inspire from other films. Daniel planned that maybe we can record others wile they trick or treat but I pointed out that no one comes around my area to enjoy the events which resulted to me and Daniel coming up with the same realization. We are definite with our setting in Dee's house and can't wait to get cracking.

This is a picture of us going though what we've discussed and written down

This picture shows that we are confident and double checked what we've gone through

To understand and gain more information about whom I'd like to use as my target audience for my thriller/horror movie, i have gathered research about the top ten ground breaking horror films. this link takes you straight to the website.
http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/51877/top-10-ground-breaking-horror-movies-all-time

Horror Idea For My Final Project

For my idea of the final project, i was thinking of making a thriller/horror as my genre. A young adult(teenager) sits alone at the park bench. the atmosphere is nearly dark with a cold weather. she gets flashbacks of her life and how she's been living. the flashbacks shows that she's clearly a disturbed character thus her flashbacks shows how she was kidnapped as a child and was found in an abandoned barn violated and near death. she uses that as an excuse to turn into a bad character. it made her grow up to become an evil scheming teenager. she tricks other girls to become her friend and leads them into bad life of drugs and sex. she's not satisfied until they all become miserable like her. As for the men, she uses them for sex and their money. she has been with so many boys trying to take their money and break their hearts that she didn't realise earlier enough to take a good look at her unimaginably miserable life. she realises it when sitting at the bench after losing everyone and everything thinking there was someone who was going to rescue her. as she's sat on the bench, she realises too late that there is a big storm approaching and she has to find somewhere to escape buy she has nothing and knows no-one. who would save her?

Final Idea for our preliminary task

For my preliminary task, my group and I decided that we would do something really simple to improve our understanding and experiment on how we could improve towards the final project. We were debating about what was going to happen at first and decided it was best to film a guy walking down the stairs and using different camera angles to keep the audience attracted. then we will make him walk down a corridor towards a door, open it and sit down behind his desk. Then he'll call over the next interviewee and have a short back to back conversation.

Experimenting with Logic pro

This is a print screen of Logic pro in action

Logic pro is where you can get original sound from the mac and import directly to your video. i was playing around with different sounds and was very entertaining. I find logic pro so far the best software to get original sound because you can get different music and loop them unto each other, stretch them and repeat them at the same time. :)

Premier Pro Experience

This is the production of my preliminary task. Premier pro is a very fun application to use when editing.  I really like using premier pro because I learn different stuff all the time. I can import videos in the right format, drag them unto the editing bar and edit. Compared to the first time I used premier pro, i have seen so many improvements in myself using the app. I am not necessarily too familiar with premier pro but, in time I am sure to improve to be even able to overwrite files unto each other to create effect.

OUR PRELIMINARY SCRIPT

The following is my Preliminary task script of interaction between an interviewer and interviewee (interviewee trying to get a job as a bouncer in the interviewer's club). I personally done this as it was part of my planning process for my preliminary task.

MIDDAY

Interviewer walks down from stairs to a corridor formally. he opens a door to his office and walks into in, sits down and looks at his sheet looking busy. he calls over the next candidate for the available position.

Interviewer: Hello, have a seat please.


Interviewee: Yes thank you (both participants shake hands firmly)


Interviewer: (looks at interviewee cv) so barry you want a job at my club as a bouncer?! Barry, what makes you think you're ready for this job

Interviewee:As you can see on my CV it shows that I'm ready and I have enough experience for it.

Four main weapons that are used in horrors

Guns

Knife

Rope














 Axe

Weapons that are or can be used in horror films

The Butcher Knife

The butcher knife is like Basic Killing 101. Every horror movie in the world has a serial killer or villain who uses a butcher knife. This is the kind of weapon that audiences are most familiar with. It's the kind of weapon that has been used time and time again in horror films.

Hooks

For some reason, killers who use hooks are exceptionally scary. Being hooked to death implies something much more cerebral than other weapons. This is perhaps because there aren't too many instances where a person would even encounter a hook. 

The Chainsaw

Chainsaw murders seem to have their own cult following. Simply mention the word 'chainsaw' and all sorts of torturous images come to mind. The noise of the chainsaw itself is enough to get theater patrons going. The clamor it produces makes people cringe. Obviously, this method of murdering is used in film to evoke the most shock and awe from audiences. 

The Ax Murder

A good hatchet job is pretty easy to come by these days. Hollywood directors love using the ax. In fact, this mode of "disposal" appears to have its own genre. Using an ax to kill someone has a certain lumberjack quality to it. The murderers are usually big, brawny, and full of repressed anger.

Ropes

We shouldn't forget ropes. Not only are ropes for binding the victims in horror films. But they also are used to strangle or hang them. Being killed in this manner is distressing beyond belief. However, it's not usually as scary as something that is particularly bloody.

Bare Hands

Murderers that get the job done with their bare hands are usually extremely angry. There is typically a lot of hand-to-hand combat in films where the bad guy actually touches his prey. In the American version of The Grudge (2004), the Japanese husband drowns his family. Watching him do this is quite disturbing. Most of the time, the murderer doesn't necessarily have any relation to the victim. 

Contrived Torture Contraptions

It is the Saw series that brings to mind the contrived torture contraption. Although previous films have used all sorts of items to create terrible imagery, the ones seen in these movies really top the cake. To say that the devices are horrible would be a huge understatement. 

Camera Angles which create Tension during a Horror Film

An Extreme Close Up - This shot is used to emphasise something, for example if the close up was of the actions somebody was going through using their hands then it would be emphasising that, that individual was about to do something of important relevence. If it was highlighting the inidviduals hands holding a knife then it would be higlighting then maybe something bad was going to happen involving the knife. The connotation of the image would be violence involving the knife.

Close up - This is where the subject being filmed fills the frame, it is often used to show the emotion felt by the subject being filmed. If for example the subject had just done something of significane and was showing the necessary emotion this shot could be used to connotate that and empahisise the emotion that the individual is feeling at that moment in time.

Dutch Tilt - This is a shot used by which the subject or object being filmed is tilted to an angle. This shot is often used in horror films to represent disorientation and confusion. A tilted shot type such as a dutch tilt often connotates confusion or panic.

Extreme long shot - This is a shot by which the hole setting fills the frame. This shot is often used so that the audience can establish what the setting is, mise en scene ect. This shot is often used in horror films to create atmosphere and tension and to also inform the audience of the creepy setting by which the scene is going to take place.

Medium shot - This shot consists of half of the subjects body , with their costume and face still visible. This can be used to show the surroundings of the individual but also the emotions there are feeling at the same time. It is effectively used in horror films especially when creating tension of somebody coming up behind the subject.

I was doing some research on camera angles and shots that are effective in horror films and i found this information at the guardian website that can help or be useful in our filming genre.

There are many generic camera shots beloved of film directors, which audiences have learned to associate with a particular genre. This is especially true of horror films, so try recreating the fear yourself -without spilling a drop of fake blood.

The "hand grab"

Suitable for all thrillers and chillers. Nothing is easier to shoot than a hand suddenly grabbing something or someone, the rest of the grabber's body out of frame. Janet Leigh's hand grabs at the shower wall-tiles in Psycho; Carrie's hands shoot up through the grave-soil to grab your feet.

The "back of the head" shot

For the arthouse horror. The camera gets in tight to the back of a character's head as he or she walks along. This blank, unrevealing back-of-head, all but dominating the frame, is surprisingly effective in hinting at an enigmatic menace in the person's mind. As used in the Dardenne brothers' The Son, or Josh Appignanesi's Song of Songs - not horror films per se, but unsettling nonetheless.

The "killer's eye view" shot

There's nothing more disturbing than establishing where the victim is, how he (or more probably she) is going to be vulnerable, and then showing the predator's point of view, forcing the audience to see things from the killer's standpoint. The classic version is seeing the swimmer's horribly vulnerable and tasty-looking legs in Jaws. There's also the killer's-eye-view opening to Michael Powell's Peeping Tom.

The "killer in the mirror" shot

Suitable for classic horror, but also available in many variants in films like Bernard Rose's Candyman. The victim goes innocently into the bathroom - and then we see the monster reflected behind them in the medicine cabinet mirror-door!

This is the easiest shot for the amateur to have a crack at. Get your victim to preen themselves in the mirror, blissfully unaware, while your psycho-monster in a Halloween mask crouches low, out of shot. Victim opens bathroom cabinet mirror-door to get toothbrush and actor playing psycho-monster stands up into position where he will be reflected. Then victim closes cabinet mirror and - yikes! - horrible psycho-monster appears in reflection behind her. You could even dub in a violin shriek for a little extra terror ...

Second preliminary filming

After watching the finished film my teammate and I realised that we had to film our preliminary task again. Before we started filming, we used a tripod suitable for our camera. we made sure it was safe and stable. it was exciting for me because I love to film. Filming went very well for us because it was just as we wanted it to be. :)  

First preliminary filming

Our first filming of our preliminary task didn't go very well because all the filming was done with the camera on a tilted angle. When Dee(my teammate) was filming, she did not realise this as it was her first time filming a short video clip. the camera angle position was poor and after looking back at the finished film made her learn from her mistakes.

Thriller genre research (The Dark Night)

The Dark Knight is a 2008 epic superhero film directed, produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the second part of Nolan's Batman film series and a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins. Christian Bale reprises the lead role of Bruce Wayne/Batman, with a returning cast of Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Gary Oldman as James Gordon and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox. The film introduces the character of Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Gotham's newly elected District Attorney and the consort of Bruce Wayne's childhood friend Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal), who joins Batman and the police in combating the new rising threat of a criminal mastermind calling himself the "Joker" (Heath Ledger). The Dark Knight was released on July 16, 2008 in Australia, on July 18, 2008 in North America, and on July 24, 2008 in the United Kingdom. Considered one of the best films of the 2000s, the film received highly positive reviews and set numerous records during its theatrical run. With over $1 billion in revenue worldwide, it is the thirteenth highest-grossing film of all time, unadjusted for inflation. The film received eight Academy Award nominations; it won the award for Best Sound Editing and Ledger was posthumously awarded Best Supporting Actor. The Dark Knight Rises, the final part of a trilogy, was released on July 20, 2012.

THRILLER MOVIE "INCEPTION"

Inception is a science fiction/ action heist film. It was made in 2010 and written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. The film stars a large ensemble cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio,Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, and Michael Caine. DiCaprio plays Dom Cobb, a thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets. He is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

In 2001, Nolan wrote an 80-page treatment about "dream stealers" and presented the idea to Warner Bros. in a story envisioned as a horror film inspired by lucid dreaming. Feeling he needed to have more experience with large-scale film production, Nolan retired the project and instead worked on Batman Begins which was made in 1005, The Prestige in 2006, and The Dark Knight in 2008. He spent six months polishing the script before Warner Bros. purchased it in February 2009. Inception was filmed in six countries and four continents, beginning in Tokyo on June 19, 2009, and finishing in Canada on November 22, 2009. Its official budget was US$160 million, a cost which was split between Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures. Nolan's reputation and success with The Dark Knight helped secure the film's $100 million in advertising expenditure, with most of the publicity involving viral marketing.

Genre Research (Thriller)

Thriller is a broad genre of film, television, and literature programming that uses suspens, tension and excitements as the main elements. Thrillers heavily stimulate the viewer's moods giving them a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, surprise, anxiety and/or terror. Thriller films tend to be adrenaline-rushing, gritty, rousing and fast-paced. Literary devices such as red herrings, plot twists and cliffhangers are used extensively. A thriller is villain-driven plot, whereby he or she presents obstacles that the hero must overcome. The aim for thrillers is to keep the audience alert and on the edge of their seats. The protagonist in these films is set against a problem – an escape, a mission, or a mystery. No matter what sub-genre a thriller film falls into, it will emphasize the danger that the protagonist faces. The tension with the main problem is built on throughout the film and leads to a highly stressful climax. The cover-up of important information from the viewer, and fight and chase scenes are common methods in all of the thriller subgenres, although each subgenre has its own unique characteristics and methods.

Saw (Horror film)

Saw is a horror franchise distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment and produced by Twisted Pictures that. Saw consists of seven films and two video games. The video game was published by Konami. The franchise began with the 2003 short film which was created by Australian director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell to help pitch as a potential feature film. This was successfully done in 2004 with the release of the first feature film at the Sundance Film Festival. It was released theatrically that October. The sequels were directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, David Hackl and Kevin Greutert, and were written by Wan, Whannell, Bousman, Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, and have been released subsequently every October, on the Friday before Halloween. Both of the creators remained with the franchise as executive producers. On July 22, 2010, producer Mark Burg confirmed that the seventh film, Saw 3D, is the final installment of the series. Series creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell are still open to continuing the series, however, if they can do something "different" with the material. The films collectively grossed over $873 million at the box office worldwide. Lionsgate also expressed interest in continuing the franchise in 2012, though it is unknown whether the series will continue with another sequel, or a reboot of the entire franchise.
The franchise revolves around the fictional character of John Kramer, also called the "Jigsaw Killer" or simply "Jigsaw". He was introduced briefly in Saw and developed in more detail in Saw II. Rather than killing his victims outright, Jigsaw traps them in situations that he calls "tests" or "games" to test their will to live through physical or psychological torture. Despite the fact that John was murdered in Saw III, the films continue to focus on the posthumous influence of the Jigsaw Killer and his apprentices by exploring his character via flashbacks.

Halloween II (2009 film)

Halloween II is a 2009 American horror film. it was written, directed, and produced by Rob Zombie. The film is a sequel to Zombie's 2007 remake of Halloween (1978), and the second film in the rebooted Halloween film series and the tenth Halloween film overall. Picking up where the 2007 remake ended, and then jumping ahead one year, Halloween II follows Laurie Strode as she deals with the aftermath of the previous film's events. Dr. Loomis who is trying to capitalize on those events by publishing a new book that chronicles everything that happened, and Michael Myers as he continues his search for Laurie so that he can reunite with his sister. The film sees the return of lead cast members Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor-Compton, and Tyler Mane, who portray Dr. Loomis, Laurie Strode, and Michael Myers in the 2007 film, respectively.
For Halloween II, Zombie decided to focus more on the connection between Laurie and Michael, and the idea they share similar psychological problems. Zombie wanted the sequel to be more realistic and violent than its 2007 predecessor. For the characters of Halloween II, it is about change. Zombie wanted to look at how the events of the first film affected the characters. Zombie also wanted to show the connection between Laurie and Michael, and provide a glimpse into each character's psyche. Filming primarily took place in Georgia, which provided Zombie with a tax incentive as well as the visual look the director was going for with the film. When it came time to provide a musical score, Zombie had trouble finding a place to include John Carpenter's original Halloween theme music. Although Carpenter's theme was used throughout Zombie's 2007 film, the theme was only included in the final shot of this film.
Halloween II was released on October 30, 2009 to coincide with the Halloween holiiday weekend. the film was released on DVD and Blu-ray with a theatrical version and director's cut of the film offered.

HORROR MOVIE "RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION"

Resident Evil: Retribution is a 2012 science fiction thriller film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. It is the fifth installment in the Resident Evil film series, based on the Capcom survival horror video game series Resident Evil, and the third to be directed by Anderson. It is a direct follow-on from the previous film Resident Evil: Afterlife. The film has many returning actors and characters, along with new characters from the video game not featured in the previous films. Filming took place from October to December 2011 for a scheduled release date ofSeptember 14, 2012. The film was released in 3D and IMAX 3D, as well as 2D.

The film sees Alice (Milla Jovovich) captured by the Umbrella Corporation, forcing her to make her escape from an underwater base in the Arctic Circle, used for testing the T-virus. Many characters from previous films return, including Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory), Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr), Luther West (Boris Kodjoe), Rain Ocampo (Michelle Rodriguez), James "One" Shade (Colin Salmon), and Albert Wesker (Shawn Roberts). Three new characters from the games appear for the first time in the franchise: Ada Wong (Li Bingbing), Leon S. Kennedy (Johann Urb), and Barry Burton (Kevin Durand). I used wikipedia to gather this information of Resident Evil: Retribution.

                                             

HORROR FILM GENRE RESEARCH

Horror films is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer, and the macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Thus they may overlap with the fantasy, supernatural, and thriller genres.

Horror films often deal with the viewer's nightmares, hidden fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage, commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, curses, satanism, demons, gore, torture,vicious animals, monsters, zombies, cannibals, and serial killers. Conversely, movies about the supernatural are not necessarily always horrific. I used wikipedia and other helpful research websites to help me get this done. Also I used some common general ideas and I think horror seems to be one of the best selling genres in the movie enterprise.

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