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Due to Karlton and Faith thinking of a new narrative for our horror trailer - we decided to look into set locations. After searching and searching, we found a great place that would work really well for the assignment. It's spooky, rundown and bone chilling - which is exactly what we're looking for to scare our audience. We found that the location had a website, and an email for any enquiries. We decided to contact them to see if we could possibly use it.

 

As I wasn't here I was told a few days later, and I thought that the area was a good place to use as a horror location. Specifically because it looks so run down and abandoned, and would look like a specific place at night where some rebellious teenagers would go, and then would end up being a bit horrified, and panicked.

The final Girl Theory

'The final girl' theory is all about the idea that horror films have a female survivor at the end. This refers to having one female left at the end who is the last survivor, or the one to confront our monster. This theory, as said in the name, follows the conventional characteristics of them being female. This also aims to educate the audience, as the final girl tends to be good and pure - meaning the character may be the one who doesn't smoke or drink, and is represented as 'the virgin.' She is seen as an intelligent character who helps others around her - with an overall positive look on her. This theory also suggests that whomever this female  character is, they have a mixture of being the hero, the damsel in distress and attractive.

The final girl is usually a brunette as blondes are often sexualised and the first character to die. This is usually due to blonde haired people being stereotypically dumb, weakening them from the other characters. Blonde characters are also usually presented as the 'popular squeamish one.' This character is represented as an ordinary women so that audience members can relate to them. 

Carol J Clover was the person to discover this theory - she often examined slasher horror movies until she eventually noticed a pattern in the narrative. 

This changed the ways in which audience members looked at female characters in horror films - as it used to be that they would die first and run away from the situation. Now, with this theory, they are represented as strong and brave, which fights against the stereotype of women. Although this may be good for gender equality and female pride, todays society are saying that it's becoming too predictable. 

EXAMPLES OF THE FINAL GIRL THEORY:

'Scream' - It has a female at the end of the film who survives.

or 

'Carrie.'

- Produced by Faith

Horor Genres

Action Horror:
-Is a combination of horror and action.
-The resolution is usually involving guns, knives, hand to hand combat.
-Usually consist of supernatural creatures (zombies, vampires) (usually seen to die with decapitation)
- This sub-genre usually involves a lot of blood and gore.
- Examples of Action-Horror are: 'Dawn of the Dead'


Body Horror: 
- Deconstruction of the body. 
- Body parts used to create monsters 
- Unnatural movements being done. 
- An Example of this is 'The Human Centipede'


Comedy Horror: 
- Usually uses 'black comedy' within horror
- Typical usage of teenage girls 
- E.G. 'the scream films' 'Shaun of the dead' 


Gothic Horror:
- The earliest horror films are gothic
- Normally set in castles, dungeons, and may include the supernatural 
- An example of this is: 'Dracula', 'The mummy' 


Psychological Horror:
- Is produced on characters fears, guilt and beliefs, emotional instability. 
- There is a possibility that supernatural is used. 
- E.G. 'The conjuring', 'The exorcist' 


Science Fiction Horror:
- Usually science experiment gone wrong
- Usually involves a scientist
- Can include the paranormal 
- E.G. 'Alien', and ,'Mist' 









Slasher:
- Usually has a lot of blood 
- Involves a lot of violence 
- Lead antagonist usually a psychopath 
-Examples of this is; 'Psycho' and 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'


 




 

Ancillary 1 textual analysis - the Conjuring 2

Textual Anaylsis 3

I looked at for the trailer for the awakening and took note of all the non-diagetic and diagetic sounds that occurred during the trailer. I also took note of the longer shots and what they were used for. Silence also plays a big impact on suspense gliding in horror films/trailers. The first establishing shot is a shot reverse shot of an older looking woman, asking a younger looking woman if she is "prepared", which immediately gives tension, as the audience begin to wonder what she has to be "prepared to see".

    Produced by Karlton Armstrong