My idea for my coursework is a psycho slasher, about a boy who has escaped a mental asylum, when escaping the asylum he seeks revenge on his family who abandoned him. For effect he paints his face abit like a clown with a massive smile marked on with black paint. this signifies his childhood of not smiling him been upset with him not meaning anything to anyone. The depression leading him to torture the kids in his foster home. The first signs of him would be markings on the house and mirrors etc. saying things like 'remember me?' and 'all i wanted was a mother and father'. Strange things would start happening in the household, leading up to him killing off the family one by one, til his sister is left, the final girl. who he pities. It will be a gory slasher with a psychological twist.
the film is inspired by: Halloween (john carpenter,1978) and Hell night (Tom Desimone, 1981)
Halloween: because of the young clown murderer in the opening sequence which i found quite effective, the clown costume and the effective long take at the beginning. He was also a young killer and escaped the mental home to be on the loose killing people.
Hell night: because of the family killing that happened early on in the family of the house's life. It is inspired by the evil of the little boy who murdered his family.
Narrative:
propps character types:
Villain: smiley pete
The donor: Pete's doctor
The hero: final girl/the sister who shoots pete
Scream queen: Katies friend
Binary opposition in my film will be Pete the character with a horrific upbringing and his family in which deserted him, a now well off family, upper class people.
Narrative enigma- we will hide the character with nifty camera work in the opening sequence or maybe a hood. just showing the lower body, the reveal the face right at the end of the opening scene
Genre signifiers: the mise en scene, the character, the dialogue and the tense music will all signify slasher and a physiological
Locations: location will be a house of one of the three people i work with. the house will be made scarier by scary objects like dolls etc and the effect of the blood on the glass etc. typical in slasher and horror films. it will be easy to film as it is one of our houses so no distractions or noises or anything like that, if bad weather it doesn't affect the filming. it could also be at Menston high rhoyds which has what used to be a mental hospital, which i think will be very effective
Props/Outfits: Pete shall wear old fashioned clothes, maybe torn and of course face paint marking his iconic smiley face and tears to symbolize his hard up bringing.
The prop will be a knife, just your average kitchen knife!
Characters: Pete- the killer, my brother or a younger sibling. His long lost sister Katie- a girl character that will be the final girl. the doctor- a male character of any kind. friend of Katies- the scream queen!
Media language:
High intensity music at the start, piano like most slashers. Alot of narrative enigma in the shots, also again like basically all slasher films! alot of quick shots when the slasher scene is happening. and close ups on the face of the culprit to show emotion.
Target audience:
older audience and younger audience! however with a rating of 15 this attracts younger people yet still attracts the older generation due to the psychological thriller side to it.
Why mine?
Why mine you may ask yourself? well there are two things that i think scare the modern day people: clowns and scary posessed children, i have both. it is a well thought out story and one that will work well because it will be set in a hourse and wont cast anything for props etc. easy choice to make.
thanks very much from the production team of steaky jakey productions.
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