Representation and Stereotyping in our Film.

Our film's main cast is a group of teenagers that haven't been effected by the zombie virus that is infecting the world. As we are using teenagers, we have decided that we should use some stereotypes to build the characters, and then have some moments where their stereotypes are subverted. For example, the ditzy blonde girl will end up being smarter than the other people have realised.



One of the stereotypes we are using is the good looking, sporty guy. We decided to have the character because we thought we could subvert his stereotype by making him the most scared of the zombies. By subverting this stereotype we are trying to show that in certain situations, the person who is supposed to be brave and heroic is in fact a complete and utter coward.

As mentioned above, the other stereotype is the blonde girl whose quite ditzy. We wanted to have this character, as it would be interesting to subvert her stereotype by having her make some of the bolder scientific statements of the film. Also, the other characters will think that she isn't intelligent, and will therefore be talking to her as if she won't understand certain things, such as how the virus spread and other things.

Well done so far! Include some pie charts to support your analysis of your questionnaire and design or find titles that will create brand identity. Some location research and storyboard needs to be evidenced by Friday - that way you can film some footage over half-term. A long term target: video-blog things like make-up trails and costume sourcing! You need to revisit my previous targets George to demonstrate higher level research. Keep going!

Music Software

If we are unable to find a non copyright piece of music to put in our two minuets we will be using Garage band to create some.

Garage Band is an apple software we will be using. Due to the fact we will be using imovie, that influenced our choice in music software.

 

Influential Film DIrectors

Alfred Hitchcock

Psycho, Birds and Rear Window

Aspects of horror but mainly a thriller director. His ability to build suspence and keep the audience terrified for days after seeing his films.

Takashi Shimizu

The Grudge

I feel Shimizu is the best horror/ thriller director, I feel his films have a lasting effect on there audience. The clear language barrior he presents in the film between Gellar and the japanese people really emphasises how alone she is which i think is a big contributer to the success of the franchise.

Wes Craven

Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven is an American film director, writer, producer, and actor known for his work on horror films, particularly slasher films.

Wes Craven is the creator of such films like the Scream franchise,

My Soul to Take and a zombie themed

Guillermo Del Toro

Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, and novelist. In his filmmaking career, del Toro has alternated between Spanish dark fantasy pieces.

Guillermo del Toro most famous films that he has created are; The Hell boy series, Pans Labyrinth   

Plot Summary/Film Brief

Fifteen years have passed since the united nations released a virus that would help control the population of the world and the years that followed saw the population start to dwindle. The United Nations believed that the virus was successful, and released it with no further testing. This mistake proved to be fatal. Two years after the second strain was released, a man in Colorado had his throat ripped out by his girlfriend, who then ate his internal organs, turning completely feral.

Fast forward eight years, where the world has been ravaged by Zombies, and the only people unaffected are those under the age of 18. A small group of teenagers form a group in there school where they fight for survival until the arrival of Jen Lowe. After saving the group leader she is brought back to headquarters where she informs them of the possible cure being held in a government building.

Font and Title Research

We decided that the font of our film should be in red, as it is a bold colour that makes people think of blood. We went on to several different websites and found fonts that we thought would fit well with our film, once we'd selected a few we used them with a few titles we'd been thinking of using for our film: Virus, Outbreak, Zombie Run and Eighteen.

Virus: We thought that Virus was an interesting title to use as it fits with the story, and we used this font as it is reminiscent of zombies rising from the dead.

Outbreak: Outbreak was an interesting title because it also hints at how the Zombie plague spread across the world. We used this font because it's similar to blood spattering and that will fit in with our film as people are fighting against zombies.

Zombie Run: We liked the title of Zombie Run as this is what the main characters would be doing through the film. This font is a very stereotypical horror font that is reminiscent of the classic horror films that were released in the 1970's.

Eighteen: The title Eighteen is linked into the fact that in the film no people under the age of 18 can become a zombie, as that is the mutation of the disease.We liked this font as it is quite messy and looks like it has been written in blood.

Soundtrack Research

1. Blue Öyster Cult -- Don't Fear the Reaper

2. Chuck Mangione -- Feels So Good

3. Crash Kings -- Its Only Wednesday

4. Doves -- Kingdom of Rust

5. Hank Williams -- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

6. John Stafford Smith -- The Star-Spangled Banner

7. Kristin Chenoweth -- Popular

8. Marching Band -- Feel Good About It

9. Metallica -- For Whom the Bell Tolls

10. Metric -- Gold Guns And Girls

11. Paul Anka -- Puppy Love

12. Ray Parker Jr. -- Ghostbusters

13. Success -- Hard to come back

14. The Black Keys -- Your Touch

15. The Droge & Summers Blend -- Two Of The Lucky Ones

16. The Raconteurs -- Salute Your Solution

17. Van Halen -- Everybody Wants Some

18. Velvet Underground -- The Oh! Sweet Nuthin'

19. Willie Nelson -- Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain

20. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- The Marriage Of Figaro, K.492

Shaun of the dead- Zombie Nation.

01. Resident Evil - Red Queen 00:00
02. Slipknot - My Plague (New Abuse Mix) 00:04
03. Marilyn Manson - The Fight Song (Slipknot Remix) 03:06
04. Coal Chamber - Something Told Me 06:56
05. The Crystal Method - Name Of The Game (Clean Name) 10:18
06. Adema - Everyone 13:52
07. Fear Factory - Invisible Wounds (The Suture Mix) 17:26
08. Static-X - Anything But This 21:03
09. Rammstein - Halleluja 25:06
10. Depeche Mode - Dirt 28:46
11. Ill Nino - What Comes Around (Day Of The Dead Mix) 33:43
12. Mudvayne - Dig (Everything And Nothing Mix) 38:11
13. Method Man - Release Yo Delf (Prodigy Mix) 43:08
14. Saliva - 800 49:04
15. Five Pointe 0 - The Infinity 53:41
16. Resident Evil - The Umbrella Corporation 58:07
17. Marilyn Manson - Resident Evil Main Theme 58:38
18. Marilyn Manson - Seizure Of Power 1:00:47
19. Marilyn Manson - Reunion 1:04:40
20. Marilyn Manson - Cleansing 1:07:26

Marilyn Manson - Resident Evil main theme.

28 Weeks Later Theme - John Murphy

Questionnaire: Part 2

When Creating our questionaries we came up with 7 questions we wanted to know the answers to in order to move forward with our development. As our target age group is for 25 and under we chose to only take results from this catogarie. Ubove is the 10 sets of results we collected from the questionaries.



80% said the genres they would place with 'Zombie' films are Comedy and action.

40% felt the story line was the most important part of a film

Zombie Film Questionnaire

-The responses we get from our questionnaire will help us in shaping our film and the content of our trailer. We decided we'd like to ask questions to do with characters and locations as well, as they will help us to craft our trailer.

Zombie Film Questionnaire:

Please note that on questions with an asterisk (*) you can choose more than one answer.

1. Do you enjoy watching Zombie films?
  - Yes
  - No
  -It depends on the content of the film.

2. Would you prefer a male or female protaganist?
  - Male
  - Female
  - Either

3. Which of the locations would you like to see in a zombie film?*
  - A school
  - A field
  - An Empty Multi-storey Car Park
  - A House

4. Do you prefer the wounds/deaths in films to be tame or gory?
  - Tame
  - Gory
  - Either

5. Do you think that having a protaganist at a similar age to you will make you want to see the film?
  - Yes
  - No
  - Possibly

6. Which of the following things would you like in the trailer for a film?*
  - Action
  - Hints of the Plot
  - Character Backstories
  - All of the Above

7. Which Sub-genres would you like to be addressed in the film?*
  - Comedy
  - Romance
  - Sci-Fi

8. Would you prefer the film to be set in the present of twenty years in the future?
  - In the Present
  - Twenty Years in the Future
  - Either

Zombie Film Moodboard

Audience Profiling

For Shaun of the dead the male gender is the dominante in watching this specific film, this could be because not only is it a zombie film, it is a comedy also, this could mean that our trailer would be specifically aimed at men. The age range for this film is 15-24 which is basically teenagers an young adults, this could be because again, it is a comedy involving two actors known for being funny.

For resident evil, the main age group to watch this film is 15-24 which means that our trailer should be aimed at young adults and teenagers. The male gender is the most popular to watch this film, this could be because the film involves horror zombie, and also an attractive young woman (Milla Jovovich), this means that are gender audience target should be male.

For resident evil: Apocalypse , the main age group to watch this film is 15-24 which means that our trailer should be aimed at young adults and teenagers. The male gender is the most popular to watch this film, this could be because the film involves horror zombie, and also an attractive young woman (Milla Jovovich), this means that are gender audience target should be male.

For resident evil: Afterlife, the main age group to watch this film is 15-24 which means that our trailer should be aimed at young adults and teenagers. The male gender is the most popular to watch this film, this could be because the film involves horror zombie, and also an attractive young woman (Milla Jovovich), this means that are gender audience target should be male.

For I am Legend the main gender group is male, closely followed by females, this would be because the main character is a male (will smith) an the audience can somewhat relate, and because the film is an action thriller/horror with zombies. The main age group that watches this film is 15-24, this shown that my trailer should be targeted at young adults and teenagers.

Make-Up Tutorials

Make-Up Tests

Production Companies

- Twisted Pictures: Had it's first success with the Saw film franchise. It's an American independent production company, specialising in the horror genre. It was formed after the box office success of Saw in 2004, which lead to a nine-picture deal with Lionsgate. The company went on to produce six sequels in the Saw film series.

 

The clip shows barbed wires and a nail, resembling the scenery in the saw series. I think this is a very effective studio clip as it clearly shows the audience what the genre is before its even began. The animated clip also has the wire wrapping its way around the text in a very eerie sinister way after leaving scars. This personifies the text making it seem as if it can be scarred.
 

- Hammer Films: Based in the UK and founded in 1934 its best know for its Gothic films made in the 50s-70s. Its success can also come down to its partnership with major studios such as Warner Bros. Some of the popular films made by these companies include: Frankenstein, Dracula and The Mummy. 

This studio has alot more films to its name than twisted pictures and shows this by presenting these films in the title. Although its impressive and good they are crediting all of there previous accomplishments, I feel it takes the attention way from the current film. It feels more like a TV advert and less like a movie studio clip. 

- Between the two we would most likely be using twisted pictures to be the film studio company we use in our opening. It looks more creative and sets up the genre of the film better than Hammer films does. Our films also have very subtle colours so Twisted pictures is more fitting.