Thursday 31 January 2013
Conventions Of Vampire Films
Night Setting
The majority of Vampire films are set at night time due to the fact that they cannot go out in day time. For our shoot we don't want to film in complete darkness, so we have decided to film in the evening before it starts to get dark. We have decide to use the woods as our main setting for our opening as it seemed to be a suitable location for our film opening.
Blood
Vampire films always include blood, so for us we would have to acquire fake blood. Some Vampire films vary on how much blood is shown. Such as in the film 30 Days Of Night you see there is lots of blood and is seen very violently, whereas in the Twilight series there is little blood as the Vampires in that are not seen as bad guys. For our piece we expect to use a fair amount of blood which could possibly bring the age rating up to an 15-18.
Portrayal
Vampires are portrayed very differently in several films such as the 1931 Dracula, he is seen wearing the big cloak, slicked back hair. Where as in The Lost Boys they are seen as looking like rock stars. For our opening we want to portray our vampire as quite traditional but also show him as a a dark, cool character. In this day and age Vampires are now portrayed as always good looking and not scary anymore. For our piece we want to bring the frightful vampires back.
Costume/Make Up
The traditional costume that vampires wear are the black cloaks, but in modern films they are seen in more casual clothes to blend in to society. For our film opening our vampire will be seen wearing the traditional clothing, but also seen in modern clothing to remain hidden. We will use make up subtly, to just make our vampire pale. For the fake teeth we will purchase a fairly decent pair of fangs. To show the neck biting we will use unique camera techniques so we don't have to show the teeth going in.
The majority of Vampire films are set at night time due to the fact that they cannot go out in day time. For our shoot we don't want to film in complete darkness, so we have decided to film in the evening before it starts to get dark. We have decide to use the woods as our main setting for our opening as it seemed to be a suitable location for our film opening.
Blood
Vampire films always include blood, so for us we would have to acquire fake blood. Some Vampire films vary on how much blood is shown. Such as in the film 30 Days Of Night you see there is lots of blood and is seen very violently, whereas in the Twilight series there is little blood as the Vampires in that are not seen as bad guys. For our piece we expect to use a fair amount of blood which could possibly bring the age rating up to an 15-18.
Portrayal
Vampires are portrayed very differently in several films such as the 1931 Dracula, he is seen wearing the big cloak, slicked back hair. Where as in The Lost Boys they are seen as looking like rock stars. For our opening we want to portray our vampire as quite traditional but also show him as a a dark, cool character. In this day and age Vampires are now portrayed as always good looking and not scary anymore. For our piece we want to bring the frightful vampires back.
Costume/Make Up
The traditional costume that vampires wear are the black cloaks, but in modern films they are seen in more casual clothes to blend in to society. For our film opening our vampire will be seen wearing the traditional clothing, but also seen in modern clothing to remain hidden. We will use make up subtly, to just make our vampire pale. For the fake teeth we will purchase a fairly decent pair of fangs. To show the neck biting we will use unique camera techniques so we don't have to show the teeth going in.
Sunday 27 January 2013
Influences for our film
We made a decision to go with a Vampire themed horror opening. Because it's different to a ghost haunting, and the original scary Vampires are rarely seen in films today. Below are a few clips which have inspired us to take elements from that and put it into our own film opening.
Interview With The Vampire
This film influenced us as we wanted to show our Vampires origin and how he became one. In our opening we want to show our Vampire in his original time, then skip forward two hundred years to present day asking us if he wants to know how he became one.
Fright Night
This film has influenced our film opening, as this shows a Vampire living in the modern world, and how he lives among us. We want to show this in our film opening, and how our Vampire fits into the modern world.
30 Days Of Night
This film shows Vampires as actually being scary, and they are seen with having blood around their mouth, deep black eyes, and long finger nails. We want to make our vampire look like this for our film. So it has more of a horror feel.
Interview With The Vampire
This film influenced us as we wanted to show our Vampires origin and how he became one. In our opening we want to show our Vampire in his original time, then skip forward two hundred years to present day asking us if he wants to know how he became one.
Fright Night
This film has influenced our film opening, as this shows a Vampire living in the modern world, and how he lives among us. We want to show this in our film opening, and how our Vampire fits into the modern world.
30 Days Of Night
This film shows Vampires as actually being scary, and they are seen with having blood around their mouth, deep black eyes, and long finger nails. We want to make our vampire look like this for our film. So it has more of a horror feel.
Saturday 26 January 2013
Target Audience Research
The target audience our movie introduction is based around are the age group between 15-25, as they are more likely to connect more with the characters, as characters in horror movies are often based around being young. Also young couples are more likely to watch horror movies together. Because of this age group horror movies are mainly based around the certificates 15 and 18.
Young adults also like to get a rush of adrenaline, from being scared or creating a sense a fear from these films, which makes them more popular.
After researching this we have decided to add a sense of fright to our video, by possibly creating some sort of noise which will make their adrenaline rush.
Young adults also like to get a rush of adrenaline, from being scared or creating a sense a fear from these films, which makes them more popular.
After researching this we have decided to add a sense of fright to our video, by possibly creating some sort of noise which will make their adrenaline rush.
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