Location Location Location

These are print screens that I took from Google Maps of potential locations in which we could film some of our horror trailer scenes. The first two images below are images of my favourite location as it already has a natural eerie feeling to it and it is also a detached house which are hard to find in South London, so the setting suggests isolation, loneliness and helplessness which are all key conventions of horror. The next two print screens are of an isolated location situated in Crystal Palace, opposite some woods which we could use to our advantage if we used this location for our horror trailer but the only issue regarding this location is that the houses are attached which does not suggest that the house is isolated. The final print screen is of a house in Thornton Heath, which looks very mysterious but I personally feel it does not look abandoned or old, the house looks too well maintained. 

Norbury

Crystal Palace

Thornton Heath

Ebay £££

Pictured below are some screenshots from my tablet of items that my group and I considered buying as props for our trailer. We did not buy the dress, spider web spray or the doll but we did purchase the necklace which is featured in our trailer. We did not buy the dress due to funds as we had no budget for this trailer and everything was coming out of our own pockets, I went home and grabbed clothes that we could dress our ghost ‘Annabelle’ in. We did not purchase the porcelain doll as Beth found one at home. Shria was meant to purchase the spider web spray but she did not and as we have a limited amount of time to film our trailer, we just went without it.

A Little More Than Just a Film...

So not only do people die in horror films, which is one of the rules of a typical horror film but people are now dying because of horror films. I stumbled across an article about a teenage boy in India that died from shock when he watched a horror film at his local school. It appears that horror for some has the ability to shock them so much that they die even though extremely uncommon. Being scared to an extreme can cause cardiac arrest. And it has been said that horror films can also influence individuals to behave in a certain way, this idea is demonstrated in a theory called ‘The Copy Cat Theory’ which is mainly about some things which are shown in media can lead on to people imitating the behaviour that they see, this can be either good or bad behaviour. The case of the murder of two year old James Bulger in 1993 was an extremely popular story and is still talked about now, as the story of how this innocent little boy was killed was just malicious. The murder was carried out by two young boys and many have been lead on to say that this horrible incident was influenced by ‘Child’s Play 3’ (1991) a film which was found in one of the murderer’s home.

So there is a very dark side of horror films as well as it being all fun and relishing.

Click the link below, to read this shocking article. 

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-06/hyderabad/28230672_1_horror-films-residential-school-student

Do You Believe in Ghosts? The Rubin Report Clip

          Do You Believe in Ghosts? | The Rubin Report

Nearly half of the American population believe that ghosts are real; this just shows you why paranormal horror films are generally so finically successful as I believe that people watch horror films to be scared (I found this out from some audience research I conducted) and If a lot of people believe in ghosts as they feel there is evidence for their existence then these films will scare them.

The fear of the unknown is a very chilling topic for many, as you hear so many ghost stories just as referenced in the clip above.  When horror films containing ghosts are shown it scares people due to all the stories they have heard or things they have witnessed. 

Male Gaze Theory

http://www.slideshare.net/1MariaaMariaa/male-gaze-29914550 Above is the link for a presentation which I created on the Male Gaze Theory by Carol J Clover. By using SlideShare. This theory is extremely relevant to the horror genre and is a theory that I will analyse closely when creating my own horror trailer. (This presentation was created originally prior to starting my horror trailer production work with my group but I never posted it so that is why it reads (January the 11th 2014)

Checklist 13/01/14 - 17/01/14

Next week is going to be an extremely busy week as my group and I have to ensure that all our filming is completed. Above is a screenshot of my checklist for next week which I downloaded from an app called 'Colour Note' on my Archos Tablet.  It is important to stay organised and type up what you need to complete each week, as this week I did not do that and I have not been able to achieve everything I wanted to as there was no visual reminder for me to look at. 

Fitting The Part

I found a YouTube makeup tutorial which I am going to follow on Monday, when I am filming the ghost scenes with my group with our actress Jozefina. Instead of using facepaint we are going to use baby powder, as Jozefina is allergic to facepaint.

I have gone on to google images and rounded up some makeup ideas for Monday's shoot.