Film Questionnaire (Clare Emma Giorgina)

Film Questionnaire

1.Gender: Male Female

2.Age: 15-20 21-25 26-30 31+

3.What genre of horror film do you prefer?

Zombie Monster (Frankenstein etc) Gothic Slasher

Survival Supernatural Vampire Other

Other please state_

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4.Out of the following horror films which have you seen?

Scream 1-3 Saw 1-6 Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Blair Witch Paranormal Activity Last House on the Left

Wrong Turn The Strangers The Grudge

The Ring One Missed Call The Unborn

If none please state other: _______________________________________________

5. Why do you enjoy horror films?

Characters Monsters Suspense/Being Scared

Storyline Special Effects/ CGI Blood & Gore

6.On a scale of 1-10 (1 being none and 10 being a lot) how much violence/gore do you like in a horror film?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7. Do you prefer modern horror films (2000+) or old-fashioned horror films (before 2000)?

Modern (E.g. Saw, Paranormal Activity, 28 days later)

Old Fashioned (E.g. Dracula, Frankenstein, Exorcist)

8. Would you like to watch our film?

“When a group of friends holiday goes terribly wrong –and Kate goes missing in the woods, Can they find her? Save her? And Survive?”

Yes No

If not why?____________________________________________

9.Our full film would last around 90 minutes, do you feel that it would be:

Too Long Long-Enough Too short

Thank-You for filling in our Questionnaire

Main Cast (Clare)

Mary-Alice Jones: Played By Emma Mitchell

Mary-Alice is 17 years old, has medium length brown hair and brown eyes, she is about 5"8and is dating Sam Smith. She is a regular, quiet student who is very intelligent. She is very loyal to her friends and family, and would never intentionally hurt someone.

Kate Preston: Played By Charlotte Moreland

Kate Preston is also 17 years old, she has short red hair and blue eyes, she is about 5"5 and is single. She is a very loud outgoing girl who likes to have fun and party. She too is very loyal to her friends and family, but doesn't show it as much as Mary-Alice. Kate can sometimes be very selfish and reckless.

Lucy Barnes: Played By Giorgina Parker

Lucy Barnes is 17 years old, she has long brown hair and blue eyes, she is about 5"10 and is single. Lucy is best friends with Mary-Alice and has been since they were 5. Lucy is very quiet and also intelligent.

Samuel Smith: Played By Oliver Dyson

Samuel is 17, he has short brown hair and blue eyes, he is 5"11 and is dating Mary-Alice. Sam is a very loving and devoted boyfriend. He would do anything for Mary-Alice. Sam is fairly intelligent and very loyal to friends and family.

Mark Cullon : Played By Matthew Holdroyd

Marl is 18 years old and is single, he has short blonde hair and blue eyes. He is 6"1 and fairly intelligent. He is the more out going boy, who like Kate likes to party, however he is closer to Lucy. Mark acts before he thinks and ends up in a lot of trouble.

Film Certification (Clare)

Our film is going to be certificate 15. This is because:

• Certificate 15 films have the largest audience
• Our film does not involve or promote the use of drugs
• Our film does contain any footage of dangerous behaviour (E.g Suicide, Self Harming)
• Our Film does contain moderate amounts of horror- but it is not sadistic or sexualised
• Our film contains only mild swear words
• Our film contains no scenes of extreme nudity
• Our film does not involve any sexual scenes containing strong detail- they will only be mild and extremely brief
• There are strong images of pain and violence in our film- however they do not focus on the infliction of pain and it is not sadistic or sexualised

http://http://www.bbfc.co.uk/downloads/pub/Guidelines/BBFC%20Classification%20Guidelines%202009.pdf

Location ideas for filming our opening;

Here are a list of ideas of locations that could be used to film our opening at;

- A local forest/woods at a later night time.

- Barnsley College.

- Train Station

- A path leading to forest/woods.

We are likely to be only using most of these locations throughout the whole film, but only a couple for the first 2 minutes.

Research - Distributors (Giorgina)

Some of the Distributors of Films that are similar to ours:



Artisan Entertainment - Blair Witch Project
Artisan, unlike most movie studios, had its roots in the home video industry.




20th Century Fox - Wrong Turn
Motion picture company




Pathe - Wrong Turn
Film equipment and production company.




Fox starlight Pictures - The Hills have eyes
It specialises in indie and British films, alongside dramedy and horror as well as non-English language films, and is variously involved with the production and/or distribution of these films.




Rouge Pictures - The last house on the left
Rogue Pictures is a division of Relativity Media.



Warner Brothers. - Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Warner Brothers is an American producer of film and television entertainment.

Researching Genre (Emma Mitchell)

Our genre of film is horror, as it aims to inflict fear and terror to viewers from many mise-en-scene elements, such as music, special effects and trailers. Horror movies have changed through out the years, as the range of technology used has increased, enabling the film industry to use more special effects and sound quality to heighten the viewers fear. However, these are also greatly needed within the film industry, as the amount of terror in reality has also increased, therefore the audiences are less likely to be scared by watching a simple film.

Here we have a range of horror films throughout the years which include different techniques to scare the viewer.

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY - 2009


This film uses supernatural to scare the audience, and to add realism to the film it includes
hand held camera to represent "found footage". This film was very successful, within the
horror genre. This could be used in our 2 minute opening to suggest an unidentified character,
which would add a cliffhanger for our film.

THE STRANGERS - 2009


This is an American horror film with elements of a slasher film. This film also was very successful, as
the film was marketed as being inspired by a true story. This could link to our film, as we are using a
the form of kidnapping, therefore we are able to relate our storyline with the one featured in this film.
THE EXORCIST - 1973


This is also an American horror film but this is adapted from the novel of the same name
"The Exorcist". The genre Horror has many sub-genres and therefore the ways in which they
become successful in the industry differ. However, this particular horror film has remained one of the
scariest of all time, and still remains one of the most famous horror films in history. Although we
are not aiming to produce a horror film aiming at the genre supernatural , this is a film in which
there is a high level of acting, therefore we should aim to make our acting as real as featured in "The Exorcist".

FRANKENSTEIN - 1931


This is also an American horror film which is based on the novel of the same name. Perhaps one
of the most recognizable named films in history, this film (although in modern times the filming
seems poor) was very successful and scared audiences around the world and it is thought to be
one of history's horror classics. Although our film will not feature any of the suggested elements
which are portrayed in this particular film, many of today's horror films are influenced by
"Frankenstein", as it is one of the first horror movies ever made, therefore it is important to
research both today's horror films, but the history of horror films, for wider knowledge of what the
genre consists of.

Genre of horror; Research

Definition of a horror film (genre) - A movie that combines the emotions of fear, horror and terror from the target audience viewing it.

Themes related to horror;

- Deaths

- Supernatural species/ paranormal activities

- Includes a villain; tends to be mentally creepy/strange with characteristics

- Can usually have a sub genre liked into the main genre of Horror

- Featured/filmed mainly in dark, and/or enclosed places, or open spaces, e.g. forests, houses, motels etc. depending on storyline of film

- Can include a lot of non diagetic, minor tone music to cause fear/emotions to viewers