Production Schedule :

As youy can see, above in my production scheduelle i have included details on what props i will be using and when, actors required, and the date and time i will be filming, i have also  listed the requirments for each day.

Venue/Location List :

Venue/Location List :

1.       My House

2.       St.Andrews Grave Yard

3.       Park Lane Farm/Studio

4.       Balls Wood

5.       Various public areas (No release forms required.)

Images courtesy of Google Maps tm.

Character Patterns within Horror Movies :

The portrayal of specific characters in the horror genre has for the most part been generic over the past three years. Whether it is a torture/slasher horror or a haunted house cliche, the character patterns always appear to be the same. The issues of feminism arises in most modern day horror movies as the female is more often than not portrayed as a damsel in distress, usually clothed less than the male characters. It is very rare to see a male shower scene in a horror movie for example, and it always appears that the female characters are present only for male pleasure. This is the theory of feminism to it’s purist form, the “Eye candy” which is there only to quench the desires of the “Male gaze” is astoundingly forever present in the modern era of Horror movies. One example of this would be movies such as the 2011 horror indie cult “The Orphan Killer”, the female character in the movie receives more torture than anybody else, showing male domination and also has a shower scene which is not necessary to the plot line of the movie at all, it clearly could be left out, but is there to appeal to the “Male Gaze”.  It is very rare in modern Horror for the female to be the heroin character, usually she is the victim to a sinister male, and saved by a heroic male, a shocking reflection of sexism in the 21^st century media perhaps? The ideology that females are their to feed the males desire, be treated as an object by the male and then saved by the male. Movies which emphasise this point within the past 3 years are :

1.       The Orphan Killer (2011)

2.       Womb Ghosts (2010)

3.       Halloween 2 (2009)

That being said there are some exceptions such as “Insidious” and “Paranormal Activity” within 2010-2011 that have broke free of this pattern, in which both the male and female characters fall victim to the psychological tortures of the enemy, although it is hard to think of any movies were  the male character alone falls victim to the evil character and the female has to save them  within the past 3 years.

 The male role in a horror movie is usually that of a Hero or Villain but can sometimes be the Victim, dependent on whether the movie is aimed at predominantly male audiences (Which most Horror movies are). It is clear that in most Horror movies (With the exception of movies such as 'Alien' and 'Resident Evil' the male is portrayed as superior to the female, usually taking the final decision in dangerous situation and generally all around leadership. If a male in a movie is playing the victim, you would expect him to be weak, fragile and a typical example of somebody you would expect to be defenseless, however this is not the case. For shock factor, horror movies tend to cast strong, dominant males to play victims as this creates fear to all Male's in the audience, if a stronger male than the audience can fall victim to the obstacle in the movie, then so can they. In contrast, the Hero Characters and often the Villain Characters tend to be weaker males, somebody who you would not expect to be able to commit an atrocity, generally, this rule is patterned in mostly the villain role.

Movie Pitch

Above is the video for my pitch to producers attempting to sell my movie for an investment of £50,000. Before presenting my pitch i conducted research to ensure it was accurate and as true to a real life movie pitch as possible, dependent of course on the limited resources at my disposle.  Below is the text from my pitch :

 MY LAST HOME
 Move In, Settle Down, Never Leave


Cast :

Nick Cropper
Luke Daly-Groves
Anthony Gibbons
Chris Lillie
Paul Davies

TARGET AUDIENCE :

1.For fans of  the Horror genre
2.Movies such as “Insidious", The Exorcist” and “Paranormal Activity”
3. Also appeals to fans of the Thriller/Suspense Genre.
4. Large fan base for this genre of movie means allot of tickets sales which means more money for the producers!
5. For example, Insidious grossed $91.9 million worldwide.

The Plot:

•A man after loosing his parents in an unexplained fire moves in to a new home. All is well at first, he meets the neighbours, gets familiar with the new surroundings, but after a while, something sinister appears to be lurking behind every closed door. 

 •Supernatural occurrences become frequent as the young man begins to hear voices, knocks and even catches sight of people in his new home. Convinced that his parents death has something to do with a demon, holding a curse against his family, the young man consults a priest.

•The priest inform the young man that he should pray, and stop looking for the thing which caused his parents death, if he keeps knocking on the devils door, somebody is going to answer it. Ignoring the priests advice, the young man returns home, enticing the demon further, a night of supernatural chaos ensues.

•The young man is later found by police, dead on his bedroom floor, un explained circumstances led to his death, was he and his family really plagued by demons, or was it all just in his head?...

Budget:

For just £100,000 you could have a 20% stake in this exciting project which Is almost guaranteed to gross a profit turnover much larger than your initial investment!

 Thank You For Listening

ave.

Directed By Luke Daly Groves (From Beneath The Earth)