script writing

                                                Script Writing

The purpose of horror movies is to give the audience a thrill and scare sensation, while also giving insight on their worst fears and nightmares. 

Case study

                                          The Conjuring

History/target audience

It is directed by James Wan. The conjuring movie is based of off true story form the experiences of Ed and Lorraine Warren. The genre of the movie are horror/thriller/supernatural horror/ mystery. It is meant for young adults, to adults.

Production

The production companies for the conjuring movies include New line cinema, The Safran company, Evergreen media group.

Distribution

The first conjuring movie was created on July 19, 2013. The movie was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is streaming on many platforms including Hbo max, Netflix. It can also be purchased on Vudu, Google play, Amazon instant videos, and iTunes.

Marketing

The conjuring movie has made a total of 319.5 million usd. And the franchise has grossed $2 billion in global ticket sales. On opening weekend it made a total of $41,855,326.

Cross-media convergence and synergy

The soundtrack got income through the CDs because of their attachment to the movie.

production, distribution, exhibition

                                                                       Production

Production- "The big six"

• These six "major" command approximately 90% of box office takings:
•         Paramount Pictures
•         Universal
•         20th century fox
•         Warner Bros. Pictures
•         Walt Disney
•         Columbia Pictures 
• They are a part of vast conglomerates that are both vertically and horizontally integrated.

Studios that work outside the major studio system are known as "independents" or "indies".

• Summit Entertainment
• Film 4 productions
• Icon Productions

Some of the leading "independent" studios have come to be known as "mini-majors" these include studio such as:

• DreamWorks
• The Weinstein Company
• Lions Gate Entertainment

Goes from production to distribution to exhibition. Production refers to the making of the film; finding the idea, writing the script, pitching it to a studio, setting a budget, casting stars and employing a crew, filming, editing.

Investors: For a film to go into production it needs investors to provide the necessary funding. Box office is success is never certain and so investors try to reduce the risk of losing their money by becoming involved in important decisions. 

• Key questions that they will as are: 
• Is the film's storyline similar to other films that have made money recently?
• Does it offer easy selling points?
• Are there obvious marketing spin offs to give added publicity?
• Is the star popular?
• Had the director had previous successes?

Risks include: what level of audience will it attract?, level of funding necessary?, is it marketable, will the funding make a profitable return?.

Green lit: Before a director starts filming the film has to be green lit, meaning funding has been made available by the investors. There is normally a time limit on an option, usually two or three years, if the film is not made throughout the time the rights can be sold. Non-digital films are made up images printed on acetate negatives, then spliced together, lastly fed through a projector at 24 frames a sec - Analogue. 

                                         Distribution

The distribution phase of the film industry is a highly competitive business of launching and sustaining films in the "market place". You must remember that the film industry is a business and the films are products to be marketed and sold. Every film has its own distribution plan to ensure it reaches the right audience. In UK distribution can cost from up from thousands to 4 or 5 mill. The school holidays all play roll in the success of  a film. Film release dates can be announced years before filming. The film can be removed on Monday by the cinema if the opening weekend does not make a lot of money. Films are released in releasing windows. Theatrical window is usually around for four months.

Film distributor has to decide how it will represent a film to a potential audience, they need to find its 'unique selling point' "USP". They also look at the stars of the film, are there new spectacular special effects in the film, and who is the director.

Different ways to market a film include, posters, trailers, online, and mobile, content, premiers, interviews, merchandising, festivals, awards.

                                                               Exhibition

The cinema release of a film marks the final stage of one part of a film's journey from idea to audience. After the cinema release, the film will the be available on several different formats. Each of these "exhibitions" of the film offer the opportunity to generate profit. 

The film value chain includes cinema, DVD/Blu-ray/Downloads, subscription television, free to air television.

Horror movies Research blog

This is the link the Horror research chart.

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The different films I chose were chucky's bride, and scary movie 2. The location of chucky's bride took place in the evidence room at the police station and scary movie 2 opening scene took place in a haunted house. Most horror movies take usually take place in a haunted house or in a cabin in the woods with a lake. Different groups are sometimes stereotyped with people of color dying first, or the weak girl is running away and trips on air or nothing and falls and gets murdered. In almost all of horror movies someone dies and they reveal some of the main characters. Horror movies are mostly enjoyed by teens and young adults because they enjoy the thrill of it. The very first horror movie was called “ The house of the devil” which came out in 1896.

Chucky's bride's opening scene was about a cop who took evidence from the evidence room in a prison and was taking it to a woman whom he was talking to on the phone. He was very curious and nosy and wanted to see wat was in the bag and he let his curiosity get them best of him and opened the bag but the lady popped up out of no where and slit his throat. It then shows a house where she was sowing something it turned out to be chucky. It has dark to lowkey lighting, police uniform, all black leather outfit, doll sized overalls, flickering lights, lightning. 

Scary movie is a horror comedy but it started with a group of people singing around a piano then a little girl shows up and pees on the floor. Turns out she was possessed and they called a exorcist to perform an exorcism on her and it did not quite turn out the way they wanted it too. It includes very lowkey natural lighting, older clothes which tells me it possibly could've been a flashback. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB1bW9gne2Y&t=30s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1HAPCJQwGU&t=289s

Types of Movies/Movie Genres

 There are many different type of movies narrative, documentary, & documentaries. And there are also different genres in film comedy, horror, romance, action, Horror comedy, etc. A genre is a style or category of art, music, literature or film. When thinking about a genre you should think about the different parts of the film, this helps the audience identify the type of fil they are watching.

                               Background knowledge 

From my own research and my classmates film genre project, I have learned that drama contains stories with high stakes and a lot of conflict. These drama films started in the 1940's but they began rising in 19700. When the audience analyses these films they must look at the role characters: relationship, atmosphere, and the tension created. 

                                                     Content Application

The content that was applied for my project was horror comedy. To construct this project I first had to understand my genre the horror comedy, a sub-genre that sets blood, gore, and screams right next to gags, prat falls, and laughs. To analyze this genre the audience might take a look at the lighting, the costumes, camera techniques, giant sharp fonts the color of the fonts which would most likely be red representing blood. The intended audience for this genre is more young adults to teens that enjoys the thrill scare and laughter of a horror comedy film.

Cinematography

 Cinematography is “the art of photography and visual story telling in a motion picture or television show. It has different camera angles and different camera movements. It supports the overall mood of the film. You also have to set up the camera and many different angle for every single shot. There are many different techniques and terms.

“ The history of cinematography began in the late 1880s, when people began combining multiple consecutive photos to create the illusion of a motion picture”.

•some techniques used in in cinematography are high angle shot, low angle, undershot, P.O.V. shot, full shot, medium shot etc

A shot is an unbroken span of action captured by an uninterrupted run of motion pictures

Content that I applied was identifying shot types and angles. I used my phone for  this assignment to take multiple shots of pictures also at different angles. My peers were in different settings for each shot and I used the camera app to take the pictures. which after I inserted them into a word document and labeled each shot.

https://www.skillshare.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-cinematography-for-todays-creatives/

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/film-101-what-is-cinematography-and-what-does-a-cinematographer-do#6-duties-and-responsibilities-of-a-cinematographer

Mise-en-scene

  What exactly is Mise-en-scene? Mise-en-scene is a French word meaning “the action of putting onto the stage”. In films it may refer to the overall look of a movie. It contains two major components design which is the overall look of the whole setting the characters etc, and composition the way everything balances and is organized. When analyzing mise-en-scene you have to wire down everything you see, considering the categories and the purpose of the scenes.

 In the 1950s when reviewing movies, the magazine “cahiers du cinema” and film critics were calling it mise-en-scene.

 •Mise-en-scene affects how we think of the characters and story.

• In film mise-en-scene refers to the overall look and feel of a movie.

Learning about  mise- en-scene  has changed my whole perspective on how I will see movies from now on. Whenever I’m watching a movie with my family now I will explain to them what mise-en-scene is so they could try and understand more.

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-mise-en-scene-in-film#what-is-mise-en-scne

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mise-en-scene