Friday, 16 March 2012

Horror Film Research

The Unborn




Casey Beldon hated her mother for abandoning her as a child. But when inexplicable events begin to happen, Casey begins to understand why she left. Plagued by merciless dreams and a tortured ghost that haunts her waking hours, she must turn to only person, Rabbi Sendak, who can make it stop. With the help of Sendak, her best friend Romy and boyfriend Mark, Casey uncovers the source of a family curse dating back to Nazi Germany--a creature with the ability to inhabit anyone or anything that is getting stronger with each possession. With the curse unleashed, her only chance at survival is to shut a doorway from beyond our world that has been pried open by someone who was never born.
hy she left. Plagued by





The Saw Collection

          






Paranormal Activity


Paranormal Activity is a 2007 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Oren Peli. The film centers on a young couple, Katie and Micah, who are haunted by a supernatural presence in their home. It is presented in the style of "found footage," from cameras set up by the couple in an attempt to photograph what is haunting them.




The Blair Witch Project














October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary...A year later their footage was found.
 Filmed as a documentary, on video camera and 16mm black & white camera.

Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Horror

These are some of the conventions found in a horror film:
  • Blood
  • Death
  • Killing
  • Villain
  • Victims
  • Haunted houses an isolated settings
  • Monsters
  • Evil
  • Weapons
  • Darkness
  • Storms
  • Chase sequences
  • Gore
  • Violence
  • Screams
  • Ghosts/ Paranomal happenings
The ones highlighted in Purple  are the conventions that I think with be most promintent in my trailer but may not be in the over all film, and the ones in Blue will not be shown in the trailer but would be in the film, this is due to the certification I have chosen.