Plot/narrative

A group of friends hear a story about an abandoned hotel being haunted. So they go and explore it one weekend for themselves, but it all takes a quick turn as they come across someone in the hotel with them.

Everything is fine at the start of the visit, until a random phone rings on the hotel registration desk. One friend answers it, and the person on the other side of the line will be slasher, who then puts the phone down. From this point things start to happen.

3 friends end up getting killed. Apart from two who manage to escape. One friend turns against the others and gets killed after trying to go back to his friends for help, but they of course left him on his own.

 

Characters:

• The hotel slasher (a serial killer)

• 5 friends (college age)

• Dylan- big head- turns against his friends- gets killed.

• Toby- looks out for everyone- survives

• Hugo- joker- gets killed

• Sophia- smart- knows what to do- survives

• Daisy- worrier- gets killed

Who: serial killer

What: 1 by 1 each character is taken. Who will survive?

Where: abandoned hotel

When: present day

Why: friends want to visit the hotel after hearing a story

How: visit the hotel in my village and look for places to film, plan out scenes.

 

 

Mise en scene:

Props: rope, knife, torches, old telephone

Costume: FX wax to make the thriller look as realistic as possible, with some ripped up old clothes. The others will be wearing normal clothing.

Lighting: The film is going to be filmed in a dark environment with a low level of lighting, which will help create suspense for the viewer.

Shot types: close up, zoom, point of view shots, birds eye view, tracking. I’ll be using a tripod for most of my film, although there will be some hand held shots involved.

Representation: In my film I want to represent 16-17 year olds who are still attending college. They will be typical teenagers who like to explore new things. A few of them will represent maturity but the rest will be acting less mature.

 

Codes and conventions of thriller genre:

• Low key lighting

• Tense music

• Shadows

• Variety of angle shots

• Protagonist is in the mercy of the antagonist

• Compilation of shots

• Black and white shots

 

Links to real media products/production companies:

• Identity

• American horror stories

 

Codes and conventions of title sequences:

• Name of production company

• Name of the director

• Name of the producer

• Name of actors

• Film title

• Name of make-up and costume artists

• Name of the musicians who create the backing music

• Location