Props used

Title of the film

The Results Of Our Questionnaire!

Alrighty, so this entry is mostly going to focus on our questionnaire results as we designed a questionnaire in which we asked people what kind of things they would expect from a horror movie and this is basically what they said and this is the kind of knowledge we beared in mind when we were coming up with ideas for our opening.

The first question that we asked people was what kind of setting they would like to see, or what kind of setting they would find the most effective and the most popular answer being dark woods shortly followed by a domestic house which we thought would be more appropriate for our opening.

The second question that we asked our potential audience was what kind of supernatural characters they would want to see in our opening, if we were to focus on a more supernatural aspect. The main answer came back as being ghosts shortly followed by zombies but we did not use this information as our movie is more based on something that could happen in real life but this information was interesting to know.

The next question we asked in order to conduct our research was kind of trailer would people expect to see for a horror movie? Most people said that they would expect loud music along with fast shots as then that will make the movie look better and more epic but we could also use this in a manner to see what we could use in order to frighten the audience.

One the questions we asked that I found would be one the most important ones was what would the audience expect the movie to be like. A lot of people said that they would expect a horror movie to have a mixture of supernatural elements, psychological and real life but however we found that our opening would be more eerie if we focused on something that could happen in real life and this would therefore make the audience more drawn into what is happening. 

Evaluation activity - screen shots of opening sequence

 

titles for our opening

The Script To Our Movie

‘Daddy’s Girl’ Script:

*a policeman pulls up outside of a suburban house, in a perfectly normal suburban area and we then switch to inside a bathroom where a girl is staring in the mirror, muttering to herself*

*Simple Plan- Could Be Perfect is heard in the background*

*a pause as we have a long shot to establish the setting as girl still looks in the mirror and then an Extreme Close Up of her eyes*

*hearing argument of parents*

Father: “YOU WANTED THIS CHILD SO NOW YOU LOOK AFTER IT! I STAYED WITH YOU BECAUSE I LOVE YOU—NOT FOR THAT CHILD! I COULD HAVE GONE TO UNIVERSITY AND MADE SOMETHING OF MYSELF BUT I DIDN’T JUST FOR YOU NOT THE CHILD. THIS IS WHAT I GET!”

Mother: “STOP SHOUTING! NOBODY ASKED YOU TO STAY! HAVE SOME  CONSIDERATION ABOUT OUR CHILD AND HOW YOU ACTING LIKE THIS COULD AFFECT HER FUTURE! YOU ONLY THINK ABOUT YOURSELF SO FOR ONCE JUST BE A FATHER AND FACE THE RESPONCIBILITES!”

*Close up of her washing hands as we hear a knock at the front door, Girl jumps and picks up the speed of washing her hands*

*Descending the stairs, still with a steady stream of muttering*

*opens door and see an over the shoulder shot of policeman*

Policeman/woman: “Good evening miss, we received a call from the neighbours about a noise complaint from your house.”

Girl: (with a light laugh to cover anxiety) “Oh no, that was just the TV, I couldn’t find the remote but I turned it off now. I’m sorry if it disturbed anyone.”

Policeman/woman: (narrows eyes): “Well alright, but be sure to turn it down next time. Have some consideration for your neighbours.”

Girl: (starting to close door): “Yes, yes, of course, have a good day sir.”

Policeman/woman: (in a crisp voice): “Have a good evening miss, sorry for bothering you.”

*Girl smiles politely and closes door as we see the relief on her face*

*Walking to her room*

Girl (inner monologue): “God, that was too freaking close. What would have happened if I’d just been that much slower washing my hands? Man, the house sure is quiet.”

*In bedroom looking for a family photograph*

*Once found, Girl looks at it with a spiteful expression*

Girl: (inner monologue): “My family. Look at them, all happy and smiling. It makes me sick.”

*Without any hesitation, she rips up part of photo which had father in it*

Girl (inner monologue): “There. That’s him out of my life. My daddy, even though I’m not sure if he even deserves to be called that.”

*cuts to the title of ‘Daddy’s Girl’ written in blood on wall and opening ends there*

So this is our final edit of the script that we used in our opening sequence but as it is an opening sequence we couldn't have a lot of dialouge as otherwise that would take away the tension from the opening and our opening is supposed to be suspencful.

Costumes And Props!

Costumes: So the costumes we're gonna be using for our opening sequence aren't going to be overly complicated but our main character of 'Girl' (she doesn't have a name yet so yeah) will most likely be wearing hoodies, jeans, that sort of thing. We thought that this would be useful and effective for the audience as it would a) help them identify the character and b) it would tell the audience what age she is and that would obviously play a huge role in the development in the story if we were to make the entire movie.

Our other main costume is a police hat/ police outfit as our dialogue consists of a police officer knocking at the door of our protagonist and saying that there has been a noise complaint from the neighbours to which the girl says that it was just the TV. The idea that the police is there is linked in with the usual conventions that you would find in a horror movie because the police or other law enforcement usually have very positive connotations, leading the audience to believe that everything will be okay and that our lovable characters will not have anything to worry about. However, the fact that the police is coming at the beginning of the movie helps to build up the tension for the audience, getting them hooked onto the story as they would want to know what is going to happen, or what has happened.

Props: Like our costumes, our props are pretty minimalistic, we have fake blood with which we have chosen to write our main titles on a wall of 'Daddy's Girl'. The use of blood is something very common in horror movies and in fact any genre of movies, even if they may not be focused on blood and gore. We will also have another purpose for using fake blood as our opening starts with the girl in the bathroom as she is washing blood off her hands, this again makes the audience wonder what is going on but it would follow the conventions of horror movies because a lot of movies start off being dis-jointed and they explain what is happening as the movie goes on so that the audience know as much as the characters know or sometimes more.

Our other main prop is a family photograph which the girl will later rip up. This is something which will help tell the audience the main theme of the movie but at the same time not giving enough away so that then the story will become predicable.