My target audience is the general horror movie goers, 16-20 year olds, and due to the Evil Dead inspiration any fans of the the Evil Dead trilogy. While the general stereotype for this age group states that they listen to rap, i have previously stated my dislike for rap, and the vast majority of people I know in this age group prefer more rock/metal oriented music, so i will try for a Metallica style theme to the film. Although some parts of the theme (the bell on the opening credits) is based on less socially accepted pro wrestling (namely the Undertakers signature BONG!) i don't think this will matter when it comes to my target audience.
Something that they will expect is plenty of gore, while mt budget restraints (no budget) means i will have to improvise (all gore off screen or behind something, fake blood and sausages).
Sunday, 11 December 2011
begning, middle and end of film
The film will begin with initiation of the zombie apocalypse, it will be explained that the zombies are more like the Deadites from the Evil Dead, intelligent and fast zombies, than your stereotypical Romero style shufflers, as well as the in joke that no zombie film calls the zombies zombies, they usually refer to them as infected or something smiler. The opening will track humanity attempting to handle the outbreak and hold secure locations against the horde (Army of Darkness, dam ugly SOB's etc.) and some of them getting overrun and others holding.
The middle will revolve around the retreat from overran positions and attempts to evacuate civilians to safety and find a way to combat the horde, mainly by reclaiming armoury's and airfields from the horde to get armour and air support and attempts to find some sort of cure for the infected.
The last third will be about humanity finally getting its shit together and counter attack against the horde, reclaiming several major cities and relieving besieged locations via air support and airlift (e.g. the Tower of London, while it doesn't look like much on the out side, inside it appears to be built to withstand a nuclear apocalypse.) and the final discovery of the Necronomicon, the ancient book of the dead written by the "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazer, and how its being used by a mad man to try and take over the Earth with his "Army of Darkness" and after being unceremoniously shot in the head, its said that hes "been watching too many films" before the speaker turns to the audience, breaking the fourth wall, and says "ain't that right".
The middle will revolve around the retreat from overran positions and attempts to evacuate civilians to safety and find a way to combat the horde, mainly by reclaiming armoury's and airfields from the horde to get armour and air support and attempts to find some sort of cure for the infected.
The last third will be about humanity finally getting its shit together and counter attack against the horde, reclaiming several major cities and relieving besieged locations via air support and airlift (e.g. the Tower of London, while it doesn't look like much on the out side, inside it appears to be built to withstand a nuclear apocalypse.) and the final discovery of the Necronomicon, the ancient book of the dead written by the "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazer, and how its being used by a mad man to try and take over the Earth with his "Army of Darkness" and after being unceremoniously shot in the head, its said that hes "been watching too many films" before the speaker turns to the audience, breaking the fourth wall, and says "ain't that right".
Questionnaire Analysis
I asked ten 16 to 18 year olds - my target audience for a fifteen rated horror film.
Question One: 80% said they went once a month - which shows me that my target audience gos to the cinema a lot - my film could make a lot of money!
Question Two: 90% said they owned more than 50 DVDs - this shows that if my target audience saw the film in the cinema then there is still a very high chance that they would buy it on DVD as well, making even more money.
Question Three: 90% said they did enjoy horror films, this shows my target audience will be interested in the film.
Question Four: The poll for preferred genre of horror, supernatural or psychological, was spilt 50/50, this will not affect the genre of my film however.
Question Five: A minority of people said that horror is there preferred genre of film to watch with friends, the majority going for action or comedy, however due to the film being heavily inspired by the Evil Dead series (mainly Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness) this will not be a problem.
Question One: 80% said they went once a month - which shows me that my target audience gos to the cinema a lot - my film could make a lot of money!
Question Two: 90% said they owned more than 50 DVDs - this shows that if my target audience saw the film in the cinema then there is still a very high chance that they would buy it on DVD as well, making even more money.
Question Three: 90% said they did enjoy horror films, this shows my target audience will be interested in the film.
Question Four: The poll for preferred genre of horror, supernatural or psychological, was spilt 50/50, this will not affect the genre of my film however.
Question Five: A minority of people said that horror is there preferred genre of film to watch with friends, the majority going for action or comedy, however due to the film being heavily inspired by the Evil Dead series (mainly Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness) this will not be a problem.
Saturday, 10 December 2011
Horror music
Perhaps the most iconic piece of music in horror history if not all of movie history, the Psycho violin screech, first heard when the Psycho attacks a woman in a shower, the sharp impact of this simple piece of music has in bedded it into our minds as THE soundtrack to all grisly murders.
Zombieland uses an edited version of Metallica's For Whom The The Bell Tolls in the opening scene, a much welcome break from what appears to be the norm of films that use licenced music for there soundtracks, while most will use some sort of inferior rap song (see Modern Warfare 2 and Battlefield 3 adverts), piece of modern pop music or grunge (see the vast majority of films), this goes for old school metal that fits the film extremal well, as society falls to the zombie horde we hear For Whom The Bells Tolls...
(Do not ask for whom the bell tolls, for it tolls for thee)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnTR-cG5W1I
Queen starts playing when the zombiefied pub landlord appears, creating a hilarious fight scene to the theme of Don't Stop Me Now as they try to fight him off using pool ques and a fire extinguisher.
What i believe deserves an honourable mention are the horror style sounds associated with WWE wrestler the Undertaker:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQDeM8xoXjs&feature=related
While not part of any horror movie the Undertakers theme, gong and sound effects still send chills down peoples spines (mine included), the character of the Undertaker likens himself to the Devil, claiming to be even more powerful than the Beast (he built the house the devil lives in, brick by fiery brick, and when he comes calling, the Devil still answers to him with "sir"), and its surprising a movie based around the Undertaker hasn't been made, the gong is iconic and, due it being just a single bell toll, a sound not a piece of music, is not copyright and so i am planning to use it in my film, the static is pure horror as it interrupts anything electronic, almost all the sound effects on display here I consider pure horror, hos theme has and will always freak people out, and due to that being a copyrighted piece of music, i cant use it as part of the film, but the static sound and gong can be used.
Zombieland uses an edited version of Metallica's For Whom The The Bell Tolls in the opening scene, a much welcome break from what appears to be the norm of films that use licenced music for there soundtracks, while most will use some sort of inferior rap song (see Modern Warfare 2 and Battlefield 3 adverts), piece of modern pop music or grunge (see the vast majority of films), this goes for old school metal that fits the film extremal well, as society falls to the zombie horde we hear For Whom The Bells Tolls...
(Do not ask for whom the bell tolls, for it tolls for thee)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnTR-cG5W1I
Queen starts playing when the zombiefied pub landlord appears, creating a hilarious fight scene to the theme of Don't Stop Me Now as they try to fight him off using pool ques and a fire extinguisher.
What i believe deserves an honourable mention are the horror style sounds associated with WWE wrestler the Undertaker:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQDeM8xoXjs&feature=related
While not part of any horror movie the Undertakers theme, gong and sound effects still send chills down peoples spines (mine included), the character of the Undertaker likens himself to the Devil, claiming to be even more powerful than the Beast (he built the house the devil lives in, brick by fiery brick, and when he comes calling, the Devil still answers to him with "sir"), and its surprising a movie based around the Undertaker hasn't been made, the gong is iconic and, due it being just a single bell toll, a sound not a piece of music, is not copyright and so i am planning to use it in my film, the static is pure horror as it interrupts anything electronic, almost all the sound effects on display here I consider pure horror, hos theme has and will always freak people out, and due to that being a copyrighted piece of music, i cant use it as part of the film, but the static sound and gong can be used.
Thursday, 8 December 2011
Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CjVKGphTW8
The film opens with Ash as a slave being dragged through the dessert in 1300AD, as he narrates the opening he talks about his past life, how he had a job in S-Mart (shop smart, shop S-Mart) and a girlfriend, he then goes on to narrate a alternate version of the events in the last film, he talks about the Necronomican Ex Mortis, the book of the dead, and how it awoke "something dark" and it took his girlfriend and possessed his hand, explaining that he had to cut it off and replace it with the iconic chainsaw hand. The scene shifts to an alternate version of the Evil Dead 2's ending, while Ash dose get sucked into the portal same as the last film its a very different sequence. With the scene set firmly on the portal the opening credits "Bruce Campbell vs Army of Darkness" come up in smoke with dramatic music being played.
The altered back story could be interpreted as Ash is a bit of an idiot, as he is the one narrating the opening, and gets in wrong. The opening scene shows that this is a horror/comedy a lot more clearly than in the last, for example Ash's manic, and hilarious, laughter as he cuts his possessed hand off. While not much of the plot is given away as we know from the first two films it will feature Ash battling the deadites, demon zombie monsters, and him trying to find a way out of 1300AD and back to his own time.
The film opens with Ash as a slave being dragged through the dessert in 1300AD, as he narrates the opening he talks about his past life, how he had a job in S-Mart (shop smart, shop S-Mart) and a girlfriend, he then goes on to narrate a alternate version of the events in the last film, he talks about the Necronomican Ex Mortis, the book of the dead, and how it awoke "something dark" and it took his girlfriend and possessed his hand, explaining that he had to cut it off and replace it with the iconic chainsaw hand. The scene shifts to an alternate version of the Evil Dead 2's ending, while Ash dose get sucked into the portal same as the last film its a very different sequence. With the scene set firmly on the portal the opening credits "Bruce Campbell vs Army of Darkness" come up in smoke with dramatic music being played.
The altered back story could be interpreted as Ash is a bit of an idiot, as he is the one narrating the opening, and gets in wrong. The opening scene shows that this is a horror/comedy a lot more clearly than in the last, for example Ash's manic, and hilarious, laughter as he cuts his possessed hand off. While not much of the plot is given away as we know from the first two films it will feature Ash battling the deadites, demon zombie monsters, and him trying to find a way out of 1300AD and back to his own time.
Questionnaire
Questionnaire
1) How often do you go to the cinema?
One a week
Once a month
Every six months
2) How many DVDs do you own?
Less than ten.
Between ten and fifty
More than Fifty
3) Do you enjoy horror films?
Yes.
No.
4) Which style of Horror do you think is the best?
Psychological.
Supernatural.
5) What is your favourite film genre to watch with friends?
Horror
Romance
Action
Comedy
Thriller
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