Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Draft Proposal



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My idea was mainly influenced by SAW, as it was able to capture my eye as the esence of a horrer story however there wear a few other movies that inspired me into doing my idea . such as the purge 1 and 2 and lastly scream both of these allso played important roles in gaining my idea for my 1 min short film.
my short film plan Draft (proposal)
 The transport and to provide food will cost £25 
• London Short Film Festival• Edinburgh International Film Festival 
• London Short Film Festival 
• Manchester International Film Festival 
• Encounters International Short Film Festival (Oscar qualifying)
• Leeds International Film Festival
• Aesthetica Film Festival

• Aesthetica Film Festival
• Aesthetica Film Festival
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film festival is an organised event, in which presentations of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Some festivals focus on a specific film-maker or genre or subject matter (e.g., horror or thriller film festivals). A number of film festivals specialise in short films of a defined maximum length.




The name of my short film horror is called : Let'S play! (scrathed in with kid writing)

my film proposal is that a boy is tide up druged abused (hurt, rughthed up, floged, beat up and druged) blood running down hes head and dripping from his/her mouth. sudden awkes gasping for air with a (staring with a) blurred vision then gets clearer as he looks around to notice he rembers nothing and is hurt and tied up until he look up and there sit two tvs or just the one at first it is scrabbled then it becomes clear and voice start to protrude in the air "(first laughter evil to stimulate its a horror) then the tvs shoes a masked figure saying LET'S PLAY A GAME THEN TV SCRABLES WHILE THE MASKED FIGURE IS LAUGHTING. boy says no i wont play ur game then the tv scrables agin showing the masked figure saying wrong answer. the boy/girl is scared (close up on eyes face) starting to fidget to escape from the ropes stopping her freedom. then the tv turns back on showing people the boy knows which allows him to have a flash back remberin the two people on screen making him start to cry saying in a low toned voice sayin illplay ur f***ing game. then it will cut there with a tv screen shut off with the masked figure laughting in the background.  then credits willl be shown.

Budget: The cost of my film will be approximately £150 
Props and makeup will cost £25 
The cameras i will need will be provides by my college 
The equipment for the lighting will be provided by my college (tripod)
The facilities i will need to use such as; a mac to edit my short film, will be provided by my college
masks will cost about £10
Tv will cost like £60
drugs (medincine or sweets) will cost £7



WHAT ARE SHORT FILM FESTIVALS?  



The intended purpose of this report is too sel off my pitch in ourder to win other the specific audience and to explore the idea to producers (entrepreneurs) to get the film made if its good. From my research gathered, i am able too see that horrer short films don't amount too the amount of views of that recievieded from a thrilller short film. I was also able to acknolowdge that females watch more horror/thriller movies than men because they lice the suspenses and the build up of tenion more then mens do.
Hook: boy/girl awakes unaware of her wear bouts drugged and abused as (bleedin)
Twist: boy/girl rembers flash back (restoring memories) making him change his mind to play it game


The BBFC won't regulate my web series as thy only regulate movies and cinematic shows and theatre shows.
My short film will be distributing or shown at a short film festival or it can also be viewed on netflix.
  short film festivals are where young artist go to share their art/talents in short film, by distributing their short films to be seen at the festival in which they choose the best one. The short films that strike all the marking criterias and shows artists understand the shot types and the point of a hook and a plot twist will get promnoted im a particular area im the world (where the short film is bwing viewd)  and because of this the ownar of that short film will achieve some reputation and praise (money or even a job to create awareneess for them) and to show the world how creative they are and even help them find applace of work.


my short film is going to be distributed at  short films festival.

Film festivals:• Raindance Film Festival (Oscar qualifying)
 short film festivals are where distributors go to look at short films and if they are impressed by any they can pick it up and promote it in their specific world geological area. Also gaining the maker some sort of reputation and Appleseed for their artistic work. Also my short film also can be shown on Netflix.What's the difference between 12A and 12?



if the BBFC (british bored of film classicfication) were to regulate my 1minute short film i think it would be 12A or a 12 as it's content might be inferior for this specific audience.





 These are the three films that inspired me to engaging in my idea for my short film.




this film really helped me gather ideas for my short film as the content involved was so intreging that it sparked something me to want to use some of the trends in the film to be inserted into my short film. 1 thing that i loved about the film saw is that its hooks and twists are so sharp that you would never see them coming and never would of predicted the out come of whats going to happen. it follows a non-linear narrative as there are flash backs to scenes to show characters piecing together the situation. it also built so my suspens and tension for me as the antagonist makes the protagonists killed them seleves in which it's an irony as saw is being called a serial killer without actually killing (he gives people the choice to live or die for reasons given). lastly this film horror suits its genre as conventions are shown :gory, nudity, violence. however my film is for a lower target audience so my horror is going to be suited to their type of scares not too exploratory as this film.





this film also grabbed my attention as the make up and equipments and dressing was great to the extent that wanted me to use in my 1 min short film. the masked really was the center of myfocus as the masked did not allow people to show there expressions (dissallowing us to see their real self and feelings towards what they are doing) however the mask have molded expression in them which stir emotions. i think its also good as it is going to suit my specific audience as dolls, masks, clowns are precieved as scary creatures to them.



this film also caught my attention because of the mask and how this is like a game. once again the mask is used to cover up identity and to foreshadow fear into the eyes of the viewer also another selling point for me was the voice of the character playing the masked man as it was scary and freaky.


what i thought these films had in common is that they can all be linked to a game as in saw he wants you to play his game to kill or be killed which is technically the same for the purge as you get a whole day to cleanse the world of the lower class peoples and the sick to reduce the over growing population. and lastly scream as a man messing with a girls past i think is being precievied as a game.

Research Log

Research Log 

 this is to show that i have gathered information about my 1 minute short film proposal in order to make my short film something worth watching and being seen on screen and to know if my idea has what it takes to be shown at a film festival. the whole purpose of this research log is to show what graced my idea for my short film such as the specifics and what i am going to be using in my short film from the research and ideas gathered from that research.

 

type of research
Location/Web address
Description: title
Purpose
secondary
Saw 
This expresses that of my idea as they both share common contents and trends. Gives evidence that I was inspired allowing me to gain ideas to assist me with my 1min short film.
secondary
The purge
&
The purge: Anarchy
This show evidence that I was yet again inspired by another clip making me want to input flashbacks in my short film for memory refresh purposes.
secondary
Scream
This allowed me to think about how I will set this proposal out location and masks to add more tension and suspense.
Secondary
                                   http://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-guilty-of-iscream-i-murder/
Article on film being portrayed in real life circumstances
This shows evidence that my film is based and related to real life circumstances.

Secondary

Article on film being portrayed in real life circumstances
This shows that my film was inspired by this article as it was inspired by the film I chose.
Secondary
Article on why we watch horror films
This is evidence of why we as viewers watch horror (to seek a sense of enjoyment, relief, and rush).

Secondary

9 horror movies inspired by real life events.
This show me looking for horror films that can inspire me to create my short film.

Secondary
Saw
Recreating a torture scene from the film resulting in kill a victim
This show that I have researched ideas for a USP (unique selling point) for my short film.

Secondary
The purge
Asia brutal attacks.
This is an insight of research from the film I chose to inspire my short film idea

Research Portfolio


Films that  have inspired my idea For me to generate a 1min short film:


1) The purge






This film appealed to me because i loved how the mask show no emotion but appears to have a molded in smile to it that creates mischief and suspense in which i will be using the stylistic from it to input it into my 1 min short film.

I have decided to use this idea in my short film as people were getting chased and killed by the masked men as all crime was allowd for a day. This I think would work very well with my short film 
As my short film is that if a thriller film .


The Purge: 
the first purge film made was a success as the estimated budget for it was $3,000,000 (estimated) while in the opening week the film was released it happened to score $34,058,360 (2,536 screens) which was a huge profit gain for the film makers while on the other hand the second purge film released, the purge anarchy  

Budget for THE PURGE
$3,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend
$34,058,360 (USA) (9 June 2013) (2,536 Screens)
HUF 4,530,709 (Hungary) (8 September 2013) (18 Screens)
€88,579 (Netherlands) (21 July 2013) (50 Screens)

Gross
$64,423,650 (USA) (4 August 2013)
$64,265,620 (USA) (28 July 2013)
$64,064,410 (USA) (21 July 2013)
$63,833,975 (USA) (14 July 2013)
$63,552,965 (USA) (7 July 2013)
$62,791,315 (USA) (30 June 2013)
$59,604,075 (USA) (23 June 2013)
$51,962,845 (USA) (16 June 2013)
$34,058,360 (USA) (9 June 2013)
$64,473,115 (USA)
$89,328,627 (Worldwide)
$24,855,512 (Non-USA)
€468,551 (Netherlands) (21 August 2013)
€441,232 (Netherlands) (14 August 2013)
€386,441 (Netherlands) (7 August 2013)
€312,638 (Netherlands) (31 July 2013)
€183,652 (Netherlands) (24 July 2013)

Weekend Gross
$89,745 (USA) (4 August 2013) (132 Screens)
$117,750 (USA) (28 July 2013) (157 Screens)
$129,475 (USA) (21 July 2013) (156 Screens)
$161,995 (USA) (14 July 2013) (179 Screens)
$322,555 (USA) (7 July 2013) (256 Screens)
$1,228,595 (USA) (30 June 2013) (1,122 Screens)
$3,587,630 (USA) (23 June 2013) (2,201 Screens)
$8,317,995 (USA) (16 June 2013) (2,591 Screens)
$34,058,360 (USA) (9 June 2013) (2,536 Screens)
€18,238 (Netherlands) (18 August 2013) (18 Screens)
€37,684 (Netherlands) (11 August 2013) (40 Screens)
€40,753 (Netherlands) (4 August 2013) (48 Screens)
€82,057 (Netherlands) (28 July 2013) (50 Screens)
€88,579 (Netherlands) (21 July 2013) (50 Screens)



Budget for THE PURGE ANARCHY
 
 
$9,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend
$29,816,675 (USA) (20 July 2014) (2,805 Screens)
HUF 3,426,150 (Hungary) (20 July 2014)

Gross
$68,547,000 (USA) (10 August 2014)
$63,264,220 (USA) (3 August 2014)
$51,272,000 (USA) (27 July 2014)
$29,816,675 (USA) (20 July 2014)
$71,962,800 (USA)
$110,602,999 (worldwide)
$38,640,199 (Non-USA)

Weekend Gross
$2,299,000 (USA) (10 August 2014) (1,602 Screens)
$5,853,245 (USA) (3 August 2014) (2,656 Screens)
$9,896,000 (USA) (27 July 2014) (2,856 Screens)
$29,816,675 (USA) (20 July 2014) (2,805 Screens)

the highlighted words and numbers show how much was obtained by the movies being screened in which show us how much money and work was put in the making of the film to how much profit (Gross profit) was made from the film being screened. it also tells me that the first 'THE PURGE' film (the first one) made much more profit from the amount they spent of the creating of the movie it also tells me that it was much preferred than the second part of 'THE PURGE ANARCHY' as you can see from the box offices above the profits made and the amount spend for the creation of the film.

 SAW (2004)
 
 


  Would you kill to live? When a madman tries to teach how much life is worth, two men find themselves in a room with no idea how they got there or why they're there.



Storyline
After waking up in a tiny cell, two men find themselves victim of a serial killer who plays games with his victims and gives them one last chance to survive. If they wish to live, they each have to play their own game as the killer has told them on an audio script. As the film goes on, connections between the victims and the true identity of the never-showed-up killer are revealed.





Box office Saw (2004)

Budget:

$1,200,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend

$650,051 (USA) (31 October 2014) (2,063 Screens)
$18,276,468 (USA) (31 October 2004) (2,315 Screens)
£1,239,813 (UK) (3 October 2004) (301 Screens)
ARS 147,593 (Argentina) (16 January 2005) (31 Screens)
AUD 1,646,279 (Australia) (8 December 2004) (161 Screens)
BGL 4,772 (Bulgaria) (13 March 2005) (2 Screens)
€1,326,149 (Italy) (16 January 2005) (267 Screens)
¥35,300,113 (Japan) (31 October 2004) (40 Screens)
€53,627 (Netherlands) (12 June 2005) (21 Screens)
SKK 96,134 (Slovakia) (19 June 2005) (5 Screens)
THB 4,601,254 (Thailand) (14 November 2004)



 Scream


Scream (1996) Poster



Storyline
1 year after her mother's death, Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell), and her friends started experiencing some strange phone calls. They later learned the calls were coming from a crazed serial killer, in a white faced mask and a large black robe, looking for revenge. His phone calls usually consist of many questions, the main one being: Whats your favorite scary movie? Along with many scary movie trivia, ending with bloody pieces of innocent lives scattered around the small town of Woodsboro.






 Scream Box Ofiice
Budget
$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend
$6,354,586 (USA) (22 December 1996) (1,413 Screens)
£1,872,660 (UK) (8 May 1997) (214 Screens)
ARS 286,617 (Argentina) (17 September 1997) (24 Screens)
AUD 1,598,210 (Australia) (19 February 1997) (89 Screens)
ATS 1,039,340 (Austria) (6 November 1997) (40 Screens)
FRF 12,432,470 (France) (24 July 1997) (250 Screens)
DEM 4,281,030 (Germany) (5 November 1997) (490 Screens)
ITL 1,766,381,860 (Italy) (18 September 1997) (126 Screens)
¥53,229,810 (Japan) (28 August 1997) (13 Screens)






kickstart:




what is kick starter:

Kickstarter is a starter funding platform for new creative projects that want to be made real. which allows everything from films, games, art, music and technology. kickstarter is full of ambitious and innovative ideas that are initial brought to life with the necessarily support needed.


How does kickstarter work?


Thousands of creative projects are funded by Kickstarter. Each project is independently created and crafted by the creator of the idea. The filmmakers, musicians, artists, and designers you see on Kickstarter have complete control and responsibility over their projects. They spend weeks building their project shooting their videos, and planning what rewards to give backers. When they're ready, creators launch their project and share it with their community.

Every project creator sets their project's funding goal and deadline. If people like the project, they can pledge money to make it happen. If the project succeeds in reaching its funding goal, all backers' credit cards are charged when time expires. If the project falls short, no one is charged. Funding on Kickstarter is all-or-nothing.

what is backing in kickstarter:
Backing is when you help the creator/artist by helping them with financially but its more than just giving money it's supporting their dream to bring to life what they have longed for (dreams/ideas) 





What makes a good horror?

The first is tension – created through mystery, suspense, gore, terror, or shock. This is pretty straight forward elements of horror, the craft and technique of film making.

The second factor is relevance. In order for a horror film to be seen, it has to be relevant to potential viewers. This relevance can take the form of universal relevance – capturing the universal fear of things like death and the unknown, it can take on cultural relevance dealing with societal issues.


The last factor, which may be the most counter intuitive is unrealism. Despite the graphic nature of recent horror films, we all know at some level that what we are watching is not real.