Extra Written Material For My Film

Below is some extra written material I have filled in for my film including a storyboard of part of the cricket bat scene (scene 4c) , a call sheet and a risk assessment sheet. Double click on the images to enlarge each one.

History Of Horror Research

Films I have heard of in the horror genre include:

* ones which I have seen

Psycho*

Alien

The Shining*

Aliens

Zombieland

The Thing

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein*

Frankenstein

Rosemary’s Baby

Let The Right One In

The Exorcist (and sequels)

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers

Night Of The Living Dead

Dawn Of The Dead

Shaun Of The Dead*

The Birds

Grindhouse

Evil Dead

Halloween (Both versions)

Halloween 2

Peeping Tom

Freaks

The Hound Of The Baskervilles

Misery

The Haunting

The Wicker Man (Both Versions)

The Phantom Of The Opera (Both Versions)

Dr Jekyla And Mr. Hyde

Predator

The Others*

Metropolis

I Walked With A Zombie

House Of Wax

Village Of The Damned (Both Versions)

Children Of The Damned

Quatermass And The Pit

Witchfinder General

Count Dracula

Black Christmas

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Both Versions)

Jaws

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Carrie

The Omen (Both Versions)

The Hills Have Eyes (Both Versions)

Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes!

The Amityville Horror

Silent Night, Deadly Night

Salem’s Lot

The Fog

Friday The 13^th

An American Werewolf In London

Creepshow*(Not Seen Sequels)

Poltergeist (and sequels)

Children Of The Corn (and sequels)

Gremlins (and sequels)

A Nightmare On Elm Street (and sequels)

Re-Animator

The Fly

The Hitcher

Little Shop Of Horrors

Hellraiser

The Lost Boys

The Blob

Child’s Play

Fright Night

Pumpkinhead

It*

Tremors

Bram Stoker’s Dracula

The Hand That Rocks The Cradle*

The Lawnmower Man

Leprechaun

The Tommyknockers

Graveyard Shift

The Craft

From Dusk Till Dawn

The Frighteners

Scream

Anaconda

Event Horizon

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Mimic

The Relic

Urban Legend

The Blair Witch Project

Deep Blue Sea

End Of Day

Lake Placid

The Mummy*

The Ninth Gate

Sleepy Hollow*

Stir Of Echoes

Dracula 2000

Final Destination*(and sequels)

Hollow Man

Ghosts Of Mars

Jeepers Creepers

Thirteen Ghosts

28 Days Later

Cabin Fever

Deathwatch

Dog Soldiers

Eight Legged Freaks

The Eye

FeardotCom

Ghost Ship

Jason X

Queen Of The Damned

Resident Evil* (not seen sequels)

The Ring

Darkness Falls*

Freddy vs. Jason

House Of 1000 Corpses

Ju-on: The Grudge

Underworld

Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?

Creep

Godsend

Saw (and sequels)

Boogeyman

The Cave

The Descent

The Devil’s Rejects

Doom

Hostel

Land Of The Dead

White Noise

Wolf Creek

All The Boys Love Mandy Lane

An American Haunting

Black Sheep*

The Host

Severance

Silent Hill

Snakes On A Plane

1408

28 Weeks Later

30 Days Of Night

Alien vs. Predator* (not seen sequel)

Grim Reaper

Hannibal (and sequels)

Hatchet

I Am Legend*

The Invasion

The Reaping

Shrooms

The Mist

Teeth

Cloverfield*

The Cottage

Diary Of The Dead

House*

Let The Right One In

The Number 23

Drag Me To Hell

Jennifer’s Body

My Bloody Valentine

Orphan

Pandorum

Sorority Row

Triangle

Beetlejuice*

Common similarities between horror films include:

Ø A haunted house (e.g. The Others, House) or graveyard setting (e.g. The Omen, Graveyard Shift)

Ø A main central villain (e.g. Frank Cotton, portrayed by Sean Chapman/Oliver Smith in Hellraiser, and Freddy Krueger played by Robert Englund in A Nightmare On Elm Street.)

Ø A terrifying, lengthy finale (e.g, like the one in The Blair Witch Project).

Ø Horror films are sometimes combined with science fiction (e.g, in Alien, and Quartermass And The Pit).

Ø Thriller films can also be combined with horror films (e.g. 28 Days Later, and Cabin Fever).

Ø Some horror films rely primarily on special/visual effects (e.g. Final Destination, and Cloverfield).

Ø Other horror films have loud, over-emphasised soundtracks for additional effect (e.g, Alien, and Psycho).

Ø Most horror films provide scary situations and taboos, which are out of the ordinary for an audience (e.g, the graphic, violent scenes of Saw and Hostel).

Ø Over time, people have grown used to horror movies and some have become hard to impress. Films such as Black Sheep, a horror comedy, and The Blair Witch Project, a horror film shown from a hand held camera, demonstrate novelty value or plenty of comedy to satisfy the viewer.

How The Genre Has Changed Over Time

The genre has changed over time from its beginnings in 1890, to present day. The most notable first horror film was Le Manoir du diable (or The House Of The Devil), in 1896. This was brief at only 2 minutes long. The early 20^th century introduced monsters into horror films for the first time. The first monster ever to be introduced to the genre was Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame, in films such as Esmeralda (1906), and The Hunchback (1909).

Some of the earliest lengthy horror films were created by German filmmakers in the 1910s and 1920s. 1922 even brought around Nosferatu, the first vampire themed film ever and an unauthorised version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Dramas also borrowed aspects from the horror genre, including The Hunchback Of Notre Dame in 1923, and The Phantom Of The Opera in 1925.

The 1930’s brought American Producers, who subsequently popularised the genre and introduced gothic horrors such as Dracula and The Mummy. Freaks, a 1934 horror film offered a different kind of horror, and portrayed circus sideshow performers as monsters instead. The film M, was also slightly different as it involved a serial killer instead of a normal monster. Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Hyde was also a classic important film of the genre.

The 1940s brought The Wolf Man, which wasn’t the first werewolf film, but the first major, influential one. Several B Movies including I Walked With A Zombie, and The Body Snatcher were also created in this time period. The first horror movie produced by an Indian film industry was Mahal, in 1949, which was also one of the first films to deal with reincarnation.

In the 1950s, the genre was divided into three subgenres:

The Horror Of Personality (films which do not contain monsters or supernatural beings, but ordinary villains who possess horrific personalities). Examples of these films include Psycho (1960), and Whatever Happened To Baby Jane (1962).

The Horror Of Armageddon (The horror concerning the end of the world). Examples of these films include 28 Days Later (2002) and I Am Legend (2007).

The Horror Of The Demonic World. Examples of these films include The Exorcist (1973), and The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow (1999).

Also around this time, the themes of alien invasion and mutation were brought in by the Japanese in the form of low budget films. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) also incorporated the paranoia of the cold war into horror films. Science fiction elements were also weaved into horror films round about this time. During the 50’s and 60’s production companies also focused on horror films including the famous Hammer Film Productions. These films included The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957), Dracula (1958) and The Mummy (1959).

Around this time, American National Pictures made a series of Edgar Allen Poe themed films starring famous actor Vincent Price. Teaming up with Tigon British Film Productions, the company would produce the film Witchfinder General. More horror of personality films followed with Peeping Tom (1960), and Whatever Happened To Baby Jane (1962) being the main ones, plus The Birds, a horror of Armageddon film about nature gone mad came about in 1963.

In 1968, Night Of The Living Dead pushed the boundaries of the genre further than ever before. Blending gore with psychological insights, it succeeded in bringing horror into everyday life and rebelling against the earlier gothic horror trends. Most gory films at the time were low budget and include Blood Feast (1963), and Two Thousand Maniacs (1964).

The Production Code Of America (censorship guideline company) ended in 1964, and the 1970s subsequently gave way to A movies, gory horror movies with sexual undertones, mixed with the occult (latin- knowledge of the hidden). The success of Rosemary’s Baby in 1968 encouraged the success of many 70s A movies including The Exorcist (1973), and other films which portrayed the devil as the main source of evil.

Evil children and reincarnation also became popular themes in films including The Omen (1976) and Alice, Sweet Alice (1977). Satan also became the villain in some horror films round about this time. Horror movies which were influenced by the 1960s such as The Hills Have Eyes (1977) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), related to the Vietnam war of that period.

Famous horror writer Steven King also allowed films to be made of his books at this time, starting with Carrie in 1976. Slasher films also became quite popular with Black Christmas (1974), Halloween (1978) and Friday The 13^th (1980). The success of Jaws in 1975 spurred off other marine based horror films in the 70s including Orca and Up From The Depths. Jaws used a considerable amount of B-movie elements and mixed them with a big budget to successful results.

1979s Alien combined horror with science fiction effectively to become one of the greatest horror films ever made. Foreign horror films dubbed into English also came about round this time.

The 80s were well known for producing a number of horror sequels, some starting in that time with films such as Poltergeist (1982), and A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984). Comedy elements were also added to horror films at this time including American Werewolf In London (1981) and Fright Night (1985).

Horror films also became popular on video, especially the gory ones. It was also a growing fact that it had become easier and easier over the years for children to get hold of and watch unsuitable horror material. More sequels followed in the 90s, including films, which linked between fictional and real life horror. Scream, a film which mixed horror and tongue in cheek humour to new grounds in the slasher genre.

In 1994, Interview With The Vampire combined theatre like styles with horror. By this time, the genre was exhausted due to a large number of slasher and gory films in the 80s, and fans of these movies grew up to like fantasy or science fiction movies instead, which incorporated computer graphic imagery.

To revive itself, the genre turned to self mocking ironic films, often using parody, especially in the late 1990s. Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer and Urban Legend helped to re-ignite the slasher genre. The Blair Witch Project was also successful in 1999, as it was original and new at the time.

The early 2000s did not produce many horror films. Among the most successful were Final Destination (2000) and The Others (2001). The Others was also different, as it relied on psychology rather than gore to scare it’s audience. The zombie genre also increased in popularity after the 2000s and several films (Dawn Of The Dead, 28 Days Later etc.) were created. Extreme graphic violence as depicted in films such as Saw (2004) and Hostel (2005) was also popular around this period.

Film remakes such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2004), The Hills Have Eyes (2006) and Halloween (2007) also dominated the 2000s.

How Changes In Technology Have Influenced The Genre

There have been obvious changes in technology since horror movies first began and a fair majority of modern horror films rely on computer graphic imagery. Some of these films may focus too much on the computer graphics and the plot becomes weak or nearly non-existent and everything else is second best to the imagery.

Although older horror movies did not incorporate effects of the same quality, most of them did possess a certain quality unmatched by effects of any kind. Some modern horror films are quality, but an equal amount follow the technology mentioned above.

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What Must Be Done Scene 5a Script

Scene 5a Script:

Paddy: What’re you gonna do now, Sam?

Gabe: The same thing that you did to me two years ago. You see, the thing is, you never really cared, did you? Was I weak, feeble, I mean you obviously had something against me. You don’t even look surprised to see me. I don’t even think you feel any remorse, regret or guilt for your actions.

Paddy: I can’t feel anything, that’s the problem. You don’t think I’ve tried to forget? You think I’m glad that I drove you to such circumstances? I have taken the blame, I just cannot deal with the guilt-

Gabe: Oh, I do sympathise. You were always one- sided, only caring about yourself, always pushing the boundaries too far. Doesn’t look like much has changed. In fact, you even seemed to be having quite a relaxed, pleasant time until I showed up. Just thought I’d drop by, y’know as I was passing, give you a little reminder of the past.

Paddy: I’m sorry, I didn’t know it would stretch that far.

Gabe: Did you not? Did you not have some idea of what was eventually going to happen? You are a bully, Daniel. You were like a broken record, scratching and scratching against the surface of my tolerance. Sooner or later, that tolerance was going to break. I wasn’t going to stand for this. And what did I do? I took my own life, because of you. And you didn’t even care.

Paddy: Don’t presume that I haven’t thought about it. I can’t live with myself now, so go ahead, take your revenge and go. Perhaps you’ll even do me a favour.

Gabe: But I refuse to do it. After all, I am not a murderer, unlike you. I do not take pleasure in watching suffering, that’s why I will venture out of this room while you perform the deed. After all, you know what must be done.

(Gabe holds his hand out with the knife. Paddy takes it, and Gabe leaves the room).

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Project Work- Film Scenes

Below is a list of all the scenes in What Must Be Done, and below that is a summary of all the camera shots/ angles in a couple of scenes.

Scene 1: Strange Disturbances

Scene 1a: Lounge (Watching TV)

Scene 1b: Kitchen Part 1

Scene 1c: Bathroom

Scene 1d: Upstairs

Scene 2: Drastic Measures

Scene 2a: Phone call

Scene 2b: Montage

Scene 2c: Sleep

Scene 3: The Intruder

Scene 3a: Nightmare

Scene 3b: Wake up

Scene 3c: Kitchen Part 2

Scene 3d: Conflict on the stairway

Scene 4: Paranoia

Scene 4a: Reality check

Scene 4b: Downstairs check

Scene 4c: Sudden attack

Scene 5: What Must Be Done

Scene 5a: Explanation

Scene 5b: What Must Be Done

Scene 1:

Shot of bedroom from left back corner. Bedroom door, shelves, mirror etc are visible. Transition into second shot: upstairs landing shown from toilet door. Transition into third shot, a shot downstairs from the upstairs landing. Next shot is from the front door, with the kitchen door fully open, which allows view of kitchen and back door. Shot of the dining room from inside kitchen.

1^st Kitchen Scene:

Shot 1: Door handle from the right side at a slight angle. Turns at medium speed.

Shot 2: Shot from back door looking towards kitchen door. Kitchen door opens and ? walks towards the fridge.

Shot 3: Fridge from the left side at a medium close up. ? opens the fridge , gets out bottle of sprite, then closes fridge. ? moves out of shot.

Shot 4: Big close up of glass, as ? places it on the table. Bottle becomes visible, but ? does not pour, and music can be heard softly in the background.

Between shot moves up slowly from the glass to ?’s face who is seen frowning at the sudden noise.

Shot 4: ? puts the bottle and glass down, as seen from the back of the top surface.

Phone Scene:

Shot 1: Close up of my face from previous shot, looks round and hurriedly turns away out of the door. Camera quickly follows.

Shot 2: Camera positioned at the very end of banister. I rush across the corridor and down the stairs until out of view.

Shot 3: POV walking down second half of stairs, slows down when near the bottom, is about to pick up the phone.

Shot 4: Side shot from a slight angle of me medium close up. I pick up the phone and start talking. Shot stays like this for a while.

Shot 5: POV shot from behind left of me coming from the downstairs corridor. Gets closer and closer to me until almost directly behind. I put the phone down.

Shot 6: POV. Camera spins around very quickly, as if to suggest that something was behind me.

Shot 7: Inside lounge looking out onto corridor. I walk past door.

Shot 8: Camera is positioned on the window ledge next to back door. I notice something on the floor.

Shot 9: Close-up of my face.

Shot 10: Hand reaches down to grab a knife in the middle of the floor. Moves out of the shot.

Shot 11: Medium close up of me standing up, a strange expression on my face.

Wakeup Scene:

Shot 1: Medium close up of bed head, until I suddenly spring to a sitting up position on bed very close to camera. I turn round.

Shot 2: Shot from behind. I reach underneath the pillow to discover the knife is gone.

Shot 3: Shot from end of bed. I turn round and sit on the edge of bed. Shot blurs to…

Shot 4: Focus shot with book in focus next to camera by bedside, and me blurred in the background.

Shot 5: Shot from second to highest bookshelf, with video in focus and me in background out of focus.

Shot 6: Shot from where the mirror would have been, with blurred visions. I rub my eyes, and suddenly everything becomes in focus. The camera view is a sort of mirror which reflects what I am seeing at the time. Shot then turns as I walk towards the door.

Shot 7: Shot from upstairs corridor window ledge.

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What Must Be Done Film Plot

Following on from an intense argument involving ?’s ability to survive without his parents, ? is left inside the family home for two days on his own. His past is generally unknown to the viewer, apart from the fact that he was once a bully, and two years ago, one of his victims committed suicide under the circumstances. Now toned down a fraction, ? is much less volatile, although still headstrong and stubborn, especially towards his family.

After the opening, ? is sat on a chair in the lounge watching TV. Subsequently, his program draws to an end, and he turns off the TV and goes out into the kitchen to make a drink. He is about to pour the drink, when he hears the TV in the background. Puzzled, he goes back into the lounge, to find a glass on the table, empty, except from the TV remote in it, and the TV turned on once again. He is about to turn the television off once again when he hears the faint sound of a running tap in the distance.

He goes out into the hallway and notices the toilet door open a fraction. He slowly advances towards the door, and looks inside to find both taps running. He turns them off, but one his way out, hears a door closing upstairs. He creeps slowly upstairs, and opens the door to his room to find a letter placed on his bed. He is about to open the letter, when the phone rings. He pockets the letter, then rushes to answer the phone.

He picks up the phone, and strange electrical noises are audible, until ? eventually puts the phone down. He feels a strange presence behind him, but turns around to see a knife in the middle of the kitchen floor. He panics, locks all the doors, shuts all the curtains and windows, turns all the taps and TV’s off, puts the phone off the hook, and goes upstairs to sit on the edge of his bed.

He eventually falls asleep, and dreams that a mysterious character unlocks the house’s back gate and door, grabs a knife from the kitchen top and proceeds upstairs. He opens the door of ?’s room, his hands over his face. He is about to remove his hands when ? wakes up with a start, sits up in bed and notices the knife he kept by the bed is gone. ? goes downstairs cautiously and gets a drink, convinces himself it was just a dream and proceeds upstairs.

Suddenly, a hand grabs his leg in an attempt to pull him back down again. ? looks back, and is horrified to see a man with blood all over his face roaring at him. He tries to break free, and at last manages to, but looks back down the stairs to discover the man has gone. He grabs a guitar in his room and hurries downstairs to check the house. He finds no-one and assumes that he must be imagining things, there is no other explanation. He places the guitar down, and exits the room only to dodge a large object aimed for his head. He man has grabbed a large pole and starts attacking ? with it. ? manages to dodge the blows, but falls over near the stairs.

The man slowly advances and is about to strike ?, when ? wriggles out of the way and races up the stairs. He goes into his room and closes the door, only to find nothing to use in self defence against the man. The man opens the door, to find ? sitting helplessly on the bed. The man begins to reflect on ?’s past life of bullying against the lad who committed suicide, and how nothing can be done to change the past. He reveals the knife which ? had kept by his bed, and hands it to ?.

The man then exits the room. ? remembers the letter the man had placed on his bed earlier and reads “you know what must be done”.

The final shot of the film features ? closing the curtains as seen from outside the house, implying suicide.

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