Horror Scene: preliminary task

Horror

• handheld camera movement
• Fast paced 

• Dialogue
• Fast paced editing with high frequency soundtrack

• soundtrack is eery and the sound effects create hyper tension and anticipation
• jump scares

• Dialogue overlaps throughout scenes
• mise en scene (lighting remains dark throughout trailer)

• Jumpscares and silent scenes 
• graphic scenes and dialogue to create discomfort

Statement of intent:

Script:

A dark room

trap/hip hop music plays quietly, increases volume gradually

(Diegetic)

CHARACTER 1: receives message on phone 

music stops

slow zoom in on phone followed by CHARACTER 1 dropping the phone in pain

CHARACTER 1: *cry of pain*
close up of burnt hand 

silence
phone notification followed by close up of screen:a notification appears saying 'the game chooses you'

Female off screen: Are you just going to ignore us? Don't be so rude.
 fast pan to demonic woman 

Female: the game chose you. *laughs*

Female: they're here.

	Scene	Shot type
1	Door	Medium zoom in /pan to next scene
2	phone	Handheld zoom in/pan to next scene
3	boy sitting	Jumpcut Xclose up
4	boy turns on music	Handheld zoom in
5	Door	Medium zoom in
6	noticfation	close
7	Door opens slightly	Close up
8	boy picks up phone and shouts	medium
9	boys burnt hand	close up
10	Girl with blood in eyes	Close up
11	boy stares and widens eyes	close up
12	female laughs	close up
13	car light flashes outside	wide shot
14	girl says line	close up

Costume:

day to day outfits

Lighting:

natural light into dark lit rooms

make up:

fake blood and costume make up

props:
blood, lenses, phone

sound:
static
flatline
hiphop music
high pitched piano

statement of intent:

I plan to make a minute long film scene capturing the equilibrium transitioning into the disequilibrium of a horror movie. The scene is inspired by the film truth or dare which includes different types of sfx make up and editing on the characters. It will include enigma codes and to create tension prior to the jump scares and jump cuts that follow. there will be diegetic speech and non diegetic sound to affect the audience more than the actual characters including music and dialogue. The scene will take place in a bedroom to create a sense of realism.

Horror scenes create a strong sense of personal identity for audiences and a sense of discomfort within that. The most successful films in this genre put disequilibrium in a scene that reflects the target audiences reality. My target audience will be an even gender split and largely in the15-35 age bracket.They will likely be more middle class.
I intend to create an uncomfortable sense of reality in my film scene. The representations of women will be subverted as they are usually shown to be passive and the 'princess' according to the character theory.