Class Research: Favourite Type of Horror

My personal favorite type of horror film is an action horror because i also like to watch action films, so watching a film with 2 genres i like is the ideal film for me to watch.

Class Poster Idea

Shotlist Part 3

Run Time - 1:46

Close Up's - 24

Shotlist Part 2

Shotlist Part 1

Dialogue

Shot 9-  Father Crowthorne : "It's nice to finally meet you after talking on the phone, your arrival could be the fresh start that our parish needs?"

Shot 10- Kerry : *nervous laugh* "Why would such a smallton need a fresh start"

Shot 11- Father Crowthorne : *leans in* *Whispers* It's crawling with sin and damnation"

Shooting Schedule Part 4

Shooting Schedule Part 3

Shooting Schedule Part 2

Shooting Schedule Part 1

Favourite Image Analysis

My favourite scene and image from my horror research is from Reuben Fleischer’s Zombie land (2009).

This scene uses different uses of the horror genre checklist, such as it uses loads of body horror and gore when Tallahassee is shooting the zombies, it also uses creepy locations as it is set in an abandoned theme park.

This scene also uses character archetype for Tallahassee as he is portrayed as the male hero with the phallic symbol of his gun to sacrifice himself to save the others, but he survives as Zombie land is a Horror/Comedy it would ruin the comedy of the film if one of the main characters in the film dies at the end of the narrative.

I want to make this type of horror but without the comedy aspects to maintain seriousness. A straight action/horror would still combine two of the most popular film genres together so still would gain a wider range of audiences due to being multi-generic.

Moodboard

1- We have chosen to include the infamous killer Ed Gein within our mood board because we have decided to base our killer 'Father Crowthorne' on his innocent nature to the point where people contextually didn't suspect him. We feel that this change will have the ability to shock audiences more as opposed to having an outright killer.

2- Jekyll and Hyde is another ode to the idea of two sides to people in one persons body, this way we can really emphasise the idea of a monster character residing under the innocent and calming layer of a religious figure. Dr. Jekyll in the novel was a respected gentleman throughout the town, and people came to him for advice and services,  but little did they know he turned into a murderer after the transformation.

3-For the third image on our mood board, we chose to include a historical figure of Father Hans Schmidt of Germany. In 1913, Schmidt was having a sexual relationship with a housemaid, who he got pregnant. After finding out about this, Schmidt slit her throat and cut her up, disposing of her body in the East River. We chose to include him because we felt we could base our killer around Hans and his murderous intentions.

4- Norman Bates, is the sweeter side to a schizophrenic personality from Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO (1960) We have included Bates because much like the Hans Schmidt choice, we can base the sweeter side of our killer 'Father Crowthorne' around that. Hitchcock's choice of this innocent character made the 'big reveal' all the more satisfying for audiences, we hope to recreate that effect within our own horror trailer.

5- The graveyard is within our mood board for a couple of reasons, the first being that it is a typical location within the horror genre. At night it can be used as a very spooky and creepy location in which the main action of a horror movie can happen. As a group, we wanted to include a scene within a graveyard for an ironic reason as well as a sickening one for our audiences, the irony being people dying in a place where the dead are already buried.

6- Our horror trailer is going to have a really Gothic feel to it, in the sense that we have a priest murdering "sinners"and this is why we have included one of the most influential horror writers to date. Edgar Allen Poe made it onto the mood board because his work is creepy and a good example for horror fans. We wanted to pay ode to Edgar Allen Poe by looking at his texts and possibly using some of his work to influence our creative process.

7- NUN (2005) is a movie about a ghost nun who has come back to haunt former students, we felt we should include this on our mood board because it's similar to what we want to do with the idea of a religious figure murdering for the sake of it, but rather than have an apparition doing the haunting, we want an actual serial killer.

8- For one of the highlights within our trailer, we wanted to have "holy water" burning away at a victim's face. If we are to do this then we need to recreate the effect with latex and the building up of layers using tissue paper. We needed to research into different horror makeup effects with latex for burns and the one of the mood board is the one we wish to try and recreate, it looks severe and very bloody. As a group we wanted to have gore in the trailer, and this is how we wish to do it.

9- This is a piece of religious art depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ whilst pictured inside a larger picture of Jesus Christ's head. Our group felt inspired by this art work because it helps to capture the mood of the church we'll be using to shoot our trailer within. We felt we needed to look into and include religious art and texts in order to capture the overall feel of the location.

10- This is a picture of the actual church we will be filming our trailer at, we felt we should include it on our mood board because it will be the main setting for the trailer, also a church is a typical horror location, and helps to tie in with the graveyard location well. This way we shall have a continuous ambiance throughout the trailer.

11-The picture of the mist is included in the mood board because firstly, mist is a natural horror convention, and is used to deceive and disorientate audiences. we included this because mist is also because it has an element of the unknown, and that's what we wish to capture within our trailer. We want to shock audiences with stuff they don't see coming.

12- This line from William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' is interesting because it pays tribute to biblical terms, it mentions hell and how that devils ram the earth. this comment about people being evil is interesting as it's how we wish to base our killer character, we want him to be part demon underneath the skin of an innocent priest.

13- This is an image that is relevant to the context of the time, we now have female priests being included within the church system. We wanted to include the female priest because we are using a 'final girl' whom is a priest and it's through her purity that she tries to eradicate the father.

14- The director Tom Six has been included on our mood board because we want to push boundaries within our trailer much like the movies of Tom Six. One of our shots is a male victim being penetrated through the skull with a crucifix which is a controversial idea in itself. Our trailer wants to include some of the raw cinema elements within it that makes it difficult to watch in order to help convey the idea of horror in a big way to our audiences.

Synopsis

Father Crowthorne, priest of the parish Smallton, finishes his weekly service and talks to members of his congregation as they leave. On the way out Mrs. Dawes, an elderly woman, states how small the congregation has become and how some “young blood” is needed. The Father replies that a young female Vicar is moving to the church and they both agree it’ll be for the best to keep sin away. Before leaving, he starts to hear whispering and as he gets closer to the back of the church it gets stronger but disappears before he gets to close. Slightly shaken he leaves the church and goes home but before he falls asleep he hears the whispering again.

The next day, whilst the Father is walking through the town he sees someone moving in to an old house and greets them. He discovers that it’s the new female Vicar; Reverend Kerry O’Reilly and her husband Andrew. She invites him in, and over tea, they talk about her backstory, why she moved. The Father thanks her for coming and states he believes there’s too much sin in the world before leaving to go to the church.

On the way to the church, he sees people closing up their shops for the night or walking their dogs and haves casual passing conversations. He arrives at the church just as night falls to lock up and after inspecting it, he makes a prayer. He turns to leave and halfway down the aisle hears the whispering. As he gets closer to the source it tells him to kill sinners and becomes so loud that it drives him to his knees, screaming before he passes out. After he wakes up he gets out of the church, and sees two lovers in the graveyard. Influenced by the words he hears; he murders the pair with a crucifix as they try to escape, whilst quoting the Bible.  After the act is done the Priest drags the bodies through to a corner of the graveyard finds a shovel and buries the bodies.

The following Sunday Reverend O’Reilly prepares for her first sermon and gets to the church early with her husband. Father Crowthorne is sitting in the first pew, muttering to himself and when disturbed appears startled and worried. Throughout the service Reverend O’Reilly keeps looking at a shaking Father Crowthorne and after the service he disappears into his office without saying a word despite being approached by the Reverend. In his office he looks at the cut on his wrist from the first murder before sitting back and falling asleep. He wakes up to hear noise outside and investigates but is attacked by a group of 3 boys and gets cut on his head. They are stealing but, before they escape, Father Crowthorne kills one of the boys by bashing his head against a wall and knocks one out after a fight whilst the other boy escapes. All the while he is chanting the Bible.

The 2nd boy awakes tied to a chair where after a short dialogue with Father Crowthorne is baptised in “holy” acid water. The cut on the Fathers wrist enflames and his skin burns. The 3rd boy has ran to the Reverend’s house and explained the situation. O’Reilly, her husband and the boy make their way up to the church and when they enter they see the corpse still tied to the chair at which point a burned Father Crowthorne appears. He explains he has to kill to eradicate sin. The 3rd boy is pounced by Crowthorne and has his neck chewed before being pulled off by Andrew who he in return kills with knife. He then lunges in to kill O’Reilly and after a short scuffle they end up on their knees. Crowthorne starts to approach O’Reilly who prays for her live when Crowthorne grabs her throat. His hands start to burn up and he lets go of her as she’s pure and innocent. With his power spent he falls to the floor and O’Reilly sees the devilish mark on his wrist and discovers he’s part demon. He asks to die as he realises he’s sinned and as a way of peacefully killing him, O’Reilly forgives him and places a hand on his cheek resulting in him turning to dust. With Crowthorne dead she goes to her husband’s corpse and starts to mourn. The film ends with O’Reilly hearing a faint whispering.

Stereotypical Fan

Our stereotypical horror fan is a male called Gary Knights (left). His day job is being an a electrician but once he gets in from a hard day of fixing plugs and wiring sockets he likes to sit down and immerse himself in classic horror films like Night of the Living Dead, Psycho and The Shining. Apart from horror films Gary likes playing video games, either by himself or online with other people, playing guitar, going bowling or spending time with his girlfriend Liz Mendoza, pictured centre. He met Liz at a special screening of Troll 2 and after both disliking the film thought dating each other might be better. Gary dislikes few things as he is a hardened man from the levels of horror he’s watched but he most definitely dislikes romantic comedy films and broccoli along with having an up and down relationship with his clingy younger brother Keith who sometimes doesn’t get the hint he isn’t wanted.

Gary’s demographic profile concludes that he is a 28 year old, white British male at the upper end of the working class living in London. His psychographic is reformer as he tries to change the mainstream in an attempt to make the world a more positive place.

Type Of Horror Trailer

Type of Horror Trailer

“PRIEST”

The type of trailer we are going to make is a highlights trailer because this will allow us to show off the best bits from our film to grab the audience’s attention. This type of trailer is the most common, and its content can be seen in the trailer below.

Our trailer for Priest will also focus on collision cutting as this gets across the emotion of what is happening throughout the film and will also briefly tell the audience what the plot line of the film is. The trailer will also need some jump scares to grab the audience’s attention so they remember our film, and come and see it when it comes to the cinema. An example of a jump scare in a trailer is the woman in black trailer which has a good jump scare so the audience remember the film. 

Just before the jump scare there needs to be a build of suspense so the jump scare becomes scarier as no-one will be expecting it, and that is what good horror trailers are remembered for.

A good film that uses this type of trailer is Dawn of the Dead (2004) as this uses all of the good aspects of a horror trailer that we should try to feature in ours, such as good collision cutting and good use of body horror.

These generic features clearly help the trailer indicate an Action Horror film so the audience knows if our genre/sub-genre is the right film for them to watch. 

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