Competitor analysis..

Carrie (1976)

A similar idea to ours as she is bullied by students in high school and gets fed up to the point where she seeks revenge on them and kills them. The difference with our plot is that the protagonist is a male who is bullied and is hurt and embarrassed by three girls.Whereas Carrie kills her tormenters with her supernatural powers and we will use props and show the victim reactions in different ways.

Distributed by United Artists.

The budget they spent on the film was $1.8 million.

The gross revenue made was $33,800,00.

Was followed by The Rage: Carrie 2

By Yusra

Horror Film History..

Horror is an ancient art form,horror films are movies that strive to elicit the emotions of fear, horror and terror from viewers, their plots usually involve themes of death, the supernatural or mental illness.Many horror movies also include a central villain. Also due to technology increasing you can view horror films in 3D and its a more enjoyable experience for the audience.

Horror movies from the past are largely based on classic literature of the Gothic/Horror genre such as Dracula,Frankenstein and the Phantom Of The Opera.

Horror films have been dismissed as violent,low budget B movies and exploitation films.There are many genres in horror such as:

• Body horror- which is graphic destruction or degeneration of the human body this is also movies which include diseases etc.
  
• Horror thriller-when you don't find out the killer or villain till the end of the film.
  
• Horror comedy (spoof)-a hybridgenre with gory and horror scenes mixed with humour.

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• Jeepers Creepers 2: Production Budget - $17 Million
  
• Dawn of the Dead (2004): Production Budget - $26 Million
  
• Halloween: Production Budget - $325,000
  
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Remake):Production Budget - $9.5 Million
  
• Saw , Saw2 & Saw 3 : Production Budget between all three was - $15.5 Million
  
• Silent Hill: Production Budget - $50 Million
  
• Final Destination: Production Budget - $23 Million
  
• Freddy VS. Jason: Production Budget - $30 Million
  
  

By Yusra & Harpreet

Character profiles..

Girl Number 1: YUSRA

Jessie-> A popular self-centred girl who thinks the world revolves around her and is quite pretty but is quick to jump to conclusions.
Keyword associated with her- self centred


Girl Number 2: MARIAM

Amelia-> Is portrayed as a bitchy girl who is always causing hassle for others & drifts from people to people...
Keyword associated with her-insecure


Girl Number 3: HARPREET

Chloe-> A girl who cares about possesions and money is quite materialistic craves status.
Keyword associated with her- Greedy

Male Protagonist (Reece): KASHIF

A quite guy in his own world portrayed as a bullied loner but has disturbing motives for seeking revenge on Jessie, Amelia & Chloe
Key word associated with him-disturbed

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We have now decided on the people suitable to play the 3 girls (not revealing just yet! =) and still need to find someone to play the character of Reece.

By Mariam

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• A clear plot
• Different characters
• Planned scenes
• Codes and conventions
• Range of possible production names for backup (which we ended up using as our original name wasn't strong enough)

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By Harpreet

One Step 2 Far-synopsis

A guy who is looked down upon by others as a social outcast seeks revenge on 3 girls: Jessie,Chloe & Amelia who have hurt him some way and have pushed him 'One step 2 Far' but they're messing with the wrong guy and are unaware of his disturbed character.

By Mariam

Overview of Paranormal Activity..

Compared to Psycho here we can see that technology has improved massively as the use of props (as killing objects) has decreased and instead there are unseen forces killing people which create enigma codes as the audience don't know what the resolution will be.Distributed by Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks the budget they spent on the movie was $15,000 and the gross revenue was $141,659,096. The use of long continuous shots appear quite frequently in the movie and doesnt follow the protagonist when they move somewhere else.




By Mariam & Yusra

Overview of Psycho..

Horror is an ancient art form.In the past technology wasn't so developed and was recorded in black and white like Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock).The famous shower scene developed where there was space in the side frame to show thats where the threat is coming from and there diegetic sound coming from the characters screaming and the water dripping.There is no non-diegtic sound at the point when you can see a blurred figure behind the shower curtains until he stabs her there is menacing tone of parrallel music when he stabs her multiple times. A closeup is used to convey the distress through the victims facial expression and back lighting is used so the identity of the killer is hidden a typical horror convention.It was distributed by Paramount Pictures released on June 16th 1960.Budget spent on the film was $806,947 and the gross revenue was $32 million!

By Mariam & Yusra