WARWICK DAVIS REVIEW! EEE!

As posted recently. We were exited to let people know that Warwick Davis! – YES, Warwick Davis was going to be viewing our film. We have some feedback from him, as posted on YouTube!:

Hi Charlotte, Gina & Rachael,
After a hard days filming on 'Harry Potter' I viewed your film just before going to sleep. Big mistake! Right from the start, you create an atmosphere that disorientates your audience, bringing them into the action. The use of b/w was effective, as was the use of 'old-film' style grading. Some good camerawork gave the film pace, but I feel the editing could be tightened up further in places. The soundtrack and sound-effects suit and are used well. All in all - fab!

We would like to thank, Warwick for taking the time to view the film and hopefully keep in touch with any of our future productions.

NEWS FLASH

Important news:
'Harry Potter' star Warwick Davis aka Professor Flitwick, has kindly agreed to view our film via YouTube and give us any feedback. In addition take a copy of the film and let some of the other cast and crew watch it!!!- More news coming…

To view our final production click on the hyperlink below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZo34kMy0Po

Concept of Slasher

Our film is a thriller-horror film but the sub genre of horror the production comes under is "Slasher". The conventions which our opening follows from a "Slasher" is:

• The killer uses a knife to stab 'n' slash to kill their victims.
• Isolation is also a main theme as the majority of victims become lost in a chase scene.
• We also named the killer "Psycho" as a dedication to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, which is often credited with creating an early basis for the slasher genre. The way in which a mentally disturbed killer, disguised as they stalk their prey, sneaks up on female victim in a vulnerable moment and literally slashes them to death.

We also reflected on modern reality for inspiration, such as the knife crime which is in mass media circulation at the moment, especially in London.

Age rating for our production

The age rating which our production is best suited is 15. '15' is suitable only for audiences 15 years and over, therefore no-one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No-one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video or DVD. The boundaries for a 15 film are:
Language - There may be frequent use of strong language (such as 'fuck'). But the strongest terms (for example 'cunt') will be acceptable only where justified by the context. Continued aggressive use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable and would be pushed up to the 18 boundary.
Violence - Violence may be strong but may not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. This occurs frequently during our opening as the kill moments are short and move quickly on to the next part of the film.
These are the two aspects of a 15 rating which affect our opening and may suggest what the rest of the film would be like.

The Strangers inspiration

The Strangers film was a big inspiration , it helped provide the mask ideas and the use of the weapon being a knife. Compared to our initial ideas of using a gun or other such weapons were changed, as the knife was alot more threatening and as shown in the film made the killing alot more personal. In our actual project the mask we used changed twice but we prefered the mask that looked less similer to the one on the middle. Racheal also added different effects to the mask, like blood splaters that, as conventional with a thriller showed that something bad has happened to the victims but dont actually get to see the killing. We also liked the forest setting and it was isolated. But our project was designed more as a thriller then a horror so its more about the chase in our forest location. There are also alot of old buildings and walls which can be made to look like very scary surroundings. We also had similer target audiences which would be older teenagers and adults. This kind of scary film would appeal to this age group, we chose it because its our age group and we would have a good idea what we like.

Rachael day one filming

Rachael filming during day one, on location.