Final Storyline

I have decieded to use the storyline from working title one, I have chosen this as I believe the storyline is more believable and could be created to be more scary. I also like the idea of the main character being a victorian child as they can be very creepy as he has been dead for a while.

A more in depth version of the storyline is

Back in the victorian times a boy worked in some coal mines near a small village, he worked long hard hours and the foreman he worked for was harsh and cruel. One day the foreman brought in his daughter who the boy fell in love with straight away, he decieded to buy her a gift. He went out and spent his savings on a ring, he then walked to the foremans house to give his daughter the ring. When he turned up the foreman opened the door and saw what the boy was doing, he was so angry that a poor young coalminer would fall in love with his daughter he was so angry he pulled the knife from the sheath on his belt and stabbed the boy till he died. The foreman realising want he just did, picked up the body and ran into the woods, buring it in a shallow grave, his soul continued to haunt the woods he was buried in. Slowly the town shut down and people left and the coal mine was abandoned, a few people stayed but the town became abandoned in many places. It became a hotspot for missing persons cases but it didnt stop people from going there now and then.
After graduation a couple of friends decieded to go camping, the packed there stuff and went. They looked on the map and saw a small town not so far away so they deieded to go there. They set off and when they got there they set up camp, but one of the friends disappears without a trace, they then realise they are getting stalked by something or someone. Its teh ghost of the boy, they try hiding and some of the friends get killed and some make it to a abandoned house. The foremans house, they try hiding but they are found by the ghost. They are in the girls room, the ghost starts cry when he sees the girls dressing table, the wooden ring is on it. He walks over picks it up and vanishes. The kids run back to the car and drive to the nearest police station, but the police dont believe them, that a ghost killed there friends.

I think this is a good storyline as it hasnt been used before in any way and we could involve many clever camera angles and effects such as black and white in flashbacks.

Soundtrack Research

Horror films usually have slow building music to help create tension within the scene, music can help make a great film and without it may not be as scary. The music itself usually fits in with extremely well, like when action happens, the pitch to raise and the tempo to rise as well. Classic Horror movie music is usually orchestral based, and is written and played for the film.  Although in some modern horror titles more rocky and upbeat music can be used, putting a twist into the film.

2 Example of Classic Horror Soundtracks are those from Jaws, Dead Silence and Friday the 13th

Whereas here is a example of a piece of Modern Soundtrack music, they are from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

I prefer the music for Dead Silence as I think it is very creepy and would help build tension within the film. I would like to have a track like this for my film, I also like the music from Jaws and the way that the music changes to help represent the movement of the shark, I think it helps the audience realise that the shark is coming closer, and its a clever way of letting the audience know of oncoming danger for the characters without the characters knowing. I will compose and play a peice of Classical Horror music for my soundtrack.

Character Realism

When creating a costume for the killer, to help make it realistic if the killer is needed to look scary, scarring could be applied to the actors face to create this effect. This could be produced with liquid latex and make up. This can be used to create realistic scarring deformations and also the effect of someone with a cut throat. This could help if in the scene someone gets killed as if fake blood was used as well this could help the actor look like they have actually been killed.  This overall would make the scene look more professional and real.

If we make the killer, possessed or to make him scarier we could change the colours of their eyes, creating a spooky effect. You can get many colours and types such as extremely dilated, bloodshot or a block colour.

Other objects that could be used to change the appearance of the killer could include items such as a wig, to change the colour and type of their hair, face paint, to add scary features to there face such as bloodshot red lips. We could also use CGI to help add effects to the appearance of the actor.

Possible locations

Horror films need to be set in a scary location of some kind or a desolate and remote location. One of the cliches of Horror is that the film is set in a remote location. Several other horror films are set in abonded houses or castles.

Another location that a Horror film could be filmed in is a spooky wood, a empty highway or somewhere dark and gloomey such as a mine.