Thursday, 23 October 2014

Key Scenes


The first key scene will be Nathan being bullied by a bully called Scott and all of Scott’s posse.
This emphasizes the fact that Nathan gets bullied on a daily basis. This scene will take place at a
school in the daytime. This scene shows us how much of an outcast Nathan is and how much
everyone looks up to Scott. It gives the audience the comparison of Scott and Nathan. Scott’s
group of friends is immediately seen as the antagonist. At this stage the audience will feel sorry
for Nathan as they don’t know his true character yet. We get to know the characters.

Nathan discovers social media and realises he can hide behind a screen to threaten his bullies. He
realises he can do this on an anonymous account. This part of the film will show his obsession with
destruction and killing, which shows a darker side of Nathan leaving the audience to question him.

In this scene Nathan starts to terrorise his bullies through social networking, this will show his
metal collapse and he is so caught up in his mission to get back at the people who are ruining his
life. These scenes will be filmed in Nathans bedroom, this will let the audience see how he hide
behind the screen when trying to attack them, we want the audience to sympathize with Nathan
in his situation but also be confused and be put off him slightly.

As his terrorising goes on he decides he must kill all of his enemies, making a kill list from there
accounts on social media, finding out were they will be and where they live he hunts them down
and kills them all. Using various places like parks, school and their own homes he finds them
murdering them in gruesome ways.

After killing his bullies off one by one, Nathan is followed home by the police. Nathan starts to
panic. This leads Nathan to killing himself in front of his terrified mother. The sirens will be
flashing through the window as Nathan kills himself which will add to the mood of the room at the
time. The screen will finish with a black screen. This will leave the audience feeling scared when
they walk out of the cinema meaning they will tell their friends about how scary the film was
which will make their friends want to see it aswell.

Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Locations

A list of locations we will use to film our scenes that will feature in our trailer. 

  • House - To film Nathan in his own home, to see what he is like when he his by him self and not being watched by bullies. It will mainly be in Nathans room that we will be filming but we will sometimes venture out. This is where Nathan will start his social media terror. It will also be where he is playing his violent video games that give him ideas on how to kill his school bullies
  • Park - some of the murder scenes will be taking place in the park. We will just be filming the build up to the murder as we don't want to give away any spoilers. The park is a spooky environment witch suits our horror genre very well. If the lighting is right in the park, it will be the perfect location for our murder scenes.
  • School - The place Nathan will be filmed getting bullied by Scott. This is quite a stereotypical place to film bullying and that is why it is a great place to film it. The audience will expect bullying to take place at a school, the surprise will be how Nathan turns from being a nice young school boy to a serial killer.
  • Inside Of Car -  This is how Nathan gets around. He is seen a lot in his car listening to strange mysterious music.

Props

When recording the scenes in school we will be using everyday items, this will consist of things like laptops, phones, headphones, books. This will let the audience see that they are normal people and for the audience to also be able to relate to the lifestyle of the characters in the trailer. When the characters are in school you will be able to see that they have a specific role in that school and also that a lot of the pupils are dependent on technology,
Technology will be a key part of our film so it is a significant prop in our trailer

When recording in Nathans room and outside of the school environment, the characters will be using similar props as they would be in school like phones, headphones but as well as different items like cigarettes, lighters and some may be in cars, this shows there everyday lifestyle and how they act outside of school.

Nathans bedroom will be shown in our trailer, when recording this technology will be scene throughout the clip including computer/laptops, games console and TV. There will be gaming posters on the wall as well. This is to show Nathans enclosed lifestyle and how he just lives in his room playing video games, this will let the audience see that he is not a popular boy and alienates himself from others by living in and being obsessed with his virtual world. 

When Nathan is killing off his victims the props will be things like Knives, baseball bats, rope and the mask he will be wearing, the mask will be important as it is hiding his identity, and giving him a more sinister look. This will make him seem like more of a serial killer and not like a 'normal' person.



Thursday, 16 October 2014

4 original outline ideas

Idea 1)
- 5 Characters
- 3 Male
- 2 Female
- 5 friends round someones house, having fun, drinking and taking drugs. Paranormal events start to occur. They don't know if its the drugs hitting them or if is real. Most likely to be filmed from a POV angle. This means the audience feel as if they are there. (Paranormal Horror)

Idea 2)
- 5 main characters
- Big party of people
- After a spooky Halloween party, 5 of the people from the party go back to a mates house. They have a few drinks and are having fun, then one of the 5 gets an Ouigi bored out of the closet. Things start to go seriously wrong. (Paranormal Horror)

Idea 3)
-Two Main characters
- lots of background characters
-  A boy who sees his home as his only safe place from all the bully's at his school gets a social media account. This means he gets bullied even when he is at home. Boy then goes to seek revenge on people who have bullied him all these years. (Slasher Horror)

Idea 4)
- 6 Characters
- 3 Female
- 3 Male
- 6 friends go camping in a big forest in Canada. The friends decide to go for a walk in the forest, They get split up and one of them gets bitten by a spider. This leaves them possessed and goes after there friends 1 by 1.

Plot / video



A video of the 3 of us explaining our basic plot outline, we speak about how the film will unfold in 3 main points by just stating the main character and how the other characters will come into play and how he (Nathan) deals with his problems