Props & Costume List

Props and Costume list

Costume/Outfits:

·         White makeup

·         White gown/dress

·         White mask

·         leather boots

·         leather tights/jacket

From watching other Horror action Movies, we have realised that these costume/Outfits are all general conventions of the genre. For example in the film, 'Scary Movies' the killer wears a white mask and does not reveal their identity.

We added the leather wear to portray the action theme of the short film. For example in the action movie, 'Kill Bill' the main character is wearing all leather with a sword in her hand. In most action films, where females are shown as the hero/survivor they are usually wearing fitting black outfits, as in our movie. This helps to show that the woman in our film, will be the hero/survivor, and also helps to portray the personality of the character.

Props:

·         Red can [Budweiser](the item that disturbs the dead and begins the chase)

·         Frisbee/ball  (symbolizes the representation of a spoof)

·         Light saver (symbolizes the representation of a spoof)

·         Lights (used when filming in the dark to give the audience a clearer view)

·         Camera and tripod for filming (to enable the movie to be at its best)

 The Red Budweiser can is used as a warning to the audience, that there might be danger. Also, we are using the Budweiser can because of the content of our opening sequence where the characters playfully imitate the budwiser advert, which is also imitated in the 'Scary Movie'.


The light saver is taken from the sci fi action film/series, 'Star Wars', this is a random convention added to the movie to symbolise the representation of a parody. 

Run Hard Questionnaire

Run Hard Questionnaire

1)      Are you male [  ] or female [  ]?

2)      What age group do you belong too?

15-17 [  ]   18-20 [  ]   20+ [  ]

3)      Do you watch movies frequently?

Yes [  ]  No [  ]

4)      What is your favourite genre in a movie?

Horror [  ]  Comedy [  ]  Thriller [  ]  Action [  ]  Drama [  ]  Adventure [  ] Western [  ]  Crime [  ] Other, please state: ________________________________________________________________

5)      Do you enjoy mixed genres movies?

Yes [  ]  No [  ]  Sometimes [  ]

6)      Do you like the name of our film?

Yes [  ]  No [  ]

7)      Do you think action and horror would be a good combination for a movie?

Yes [  ]  No [  ]

8)      Name three things you would expect/like to see in an action horror movie.

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9)      Name three things you do not enjoy watching when watching an action horror movie.

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10)  Do you like movies with a twist at the end?

Yes [  ]  No [  ]  Sometimes [  ]

Thank you for your time. J

Recce Report

We will be using Harringay Cemetery, to shoot the first scene of our short film. This cemetery has good lighting at night, so we would be able to see the characters clearly when shooting at night. It also helps to generate the scary atmosphere, to enhance the story line of the short film.





























For our second location, we will be using this local park, Lordship lane, to shoot our last scene. This park is easily accessible to all the crew members including the actors so no one has to travel a long distance.
The park also has a lot of tree's giving it forest look, which will suit the storyline of our film.
There are many lamp post in the park, so lighting wouldn't be a problem for us, as we will be shooting in the dark.

Treatment

Date: 23rd September 2010
Production Company: R.I.P Productions
Director:
Production Crew: Ana, Neringa, Catania and Diandra

Working Title: Run Hard

Resources

Equipment:-

• Micro phone
• Camera
• Camera Stand

Stock:

• SD Card

Facilities:

• Editing Suit
• Library
• Classroom 

Crew:

• Make up Artist
• Camera man
• Actors
• Editor
• Director

Diandra: Director & Editor
Neringa: Director & Actor
Ana: Camera man & Make up Artist
Catania: Camera man & Editor

Description of Programme:
The structure of our film will be typical to it's genre. It will have a normal equilibrium, and disruption fitting to the conventions of an action horror film. However the new equilibrium will be different and has a twist at the end. Ultimately the structure and form of the film will be a linear narrative.

The style of the film will be dark and gloomy. We would like to create a scary atmosphere to help emphasis the intensity of the story line. We will be filming in a cemetery and late at night to create that atmosphere. The movements of the camera will be sharp and quick, a lot of panning and straight cuts to help intensify the chase scenes. To also give the film a sense of action, we will be adding similar non diegetic sounds from famous action movies such as Kill bill, & Die Hard. Sound effects may be used to help portray the parody aspect of the film. There will be montage editing and the pace of the film will be fast to match the action on screen, such as the chase scene.

Proposal

Date: 23rd September 2010

Director: Neringa and Diandra

Production Company: R.I.P Productions

Production Crew: Ana, Neringa, Catania & Diandra

Working Title: Run Hard

Medium: Video

Format: SD Card

Duration: 5.00 Minutes

Storyline:

In the early hours of the morning November 2nd, three friends are hanging out in a grave yard, drinking and smoking. They then see a white vague image in the distance, and one of the actors decides to throw a beer can at the figure. So the chase begins.

Description of content of the Short Film:


The film will include a free running scene, and a fight scene.
The free running scene will be between the ghost and the male character in our short film.
He will be free running through the grave yard into a forest/park trying to escape the ghost.


The fight scene will be between the ghost and the main character. They will be using weapons to fight with and  it will be similar to a "Western duel". They will be both fighting in the park/Forest, just left to see who wins the fight.

Purpose:

Entertainment 

The purpose of our film is to change to general conventions of a typical action horror film. Also, there aren’t that many films with the genre, Action Horror Spoof, so it'll be bring something slightly different to the media world. The film is for the target audience to enjoy and to entertain them, by making fun of typical predictable horror and action movies, that have been made in the past.

Target Audience:

15 - 30 years old, both genders.

Mostly teenage audience

We chose this range, because we believe that the genre is suitable for this age group, from doing research on other Action Horror Films, such as Freddy vs. Jason. Also, this age group was chosen because we believe that they are more likely to understand the film.

Getting Ideas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZM4Hkw5CPk

Our short film will have a fight scene in it. The protagonist will be using a Lightsober for a weapon and so we have looked up some vidoes on youtube to get ideas for the scene. From the link above we were inspired to do some reverse effects in our short films fight scene. We thought that it was very creative and it made the action look superb.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7hH-0mauV0
 This is a scene taken from the movie, "Kill Bill Vol 2". We will also be taking ideas from this scene to generate the genre of a parody. Also, we are going to make covers of the non diegetic sounds from the fight scene, to add to our short film.
We believe this would enhance our film and allow it to be more enticing to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsJLhRGPv-M&feature=related
This clip is taken from the movie "Scary Movies" an action horror parody, which suits our film genre. We will be using the dialogue within our film and making it to suit our short movie.




Our poster desgin will be very similar to this poster. Our characters will be running forward and there will be a sillouette of the ghost in the back ground. The title will be placed about the character, as it is done here with the shank poster, & the names of the characters will also be stated above them.
Our Slogan however will be placed at the bottom of the poster.

Movie mix

Our movie is a mixture of district 13, scary movie & Kill Bill.