Account of the research sources that you considered / used

As a group we researched several opening sequences to different horror movies that involved lakes including the movies Eden Lake and Lake Placid.

Both Eden Lake and Lake placid are good examples of how a lake is incorporated into a horror movie, as they both have lakes heavily incorporated into the film and are almost even a character within the film.

Lake placid for example is about a giant crocodile which eats tourists that swim and canoo on the lake. There is a scene in particular where the crocodile comes out of the water and eats a grizzly bear alive. This gives the impression of the lake itself coming alive, helping add to the idea that the lake is a character / prop as it conceals the horrors within it.

The team also looked at different types of music that would help give the film a creepy atmosphere. One of the members looked at a video in which children can be heard singing in the background, however i suggested that this was to cliched and showed her a different range of music types that i believed would compliment the movie. These included the silent hill soundtrack (game) and the resident evil movie theme song.

Coming back to Eden Lake we looked at the poster for ideas for what a horror poster would look like if it were to be centered around a lake, and believed that the poster for eden lake would make a great poster for the film we were doing (dillusions).

Account of first production group meeting

We were put back into the groups that we filmed the preliminary task with so that way we would already have a bit of history together, and work better as a result. We spent the lesson discussing our ideas for our opening sequences.

We decided that everybody's idea was equally good and that no idea was much better than the other, which was great as it meant the equilibrium of the group was higher. We then judged which opening sequence we were going to ahead with by the complexity of the sequence. That means camera shots, props, actors, locations etc. and the accessibility of each.

We decided that sophies idea was the easiest to go ahead with, as it largely takes place near a lake. Considering the fact that there are many lakes in the surrey area this was a fairly easy choice to make.

Account of giving presentations for possible Thriller ideas

The following slideshow gives a description of the three horror movie ideas that i originally came up with, including the final idea. The final idea is then developed and described in detail as three separate acts.

The slideshow then goes on to describe the USP (Unique Selling Point) of the film.

Thriller Idea

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What is a horror film?

What Is A Thriller

A Horror Film Serves many purposes

1) Personal - The audiences own identification with the fears or Threats of The narrative tapping into primal fears of

- The creature / other in the darkness. Body being mutilated

- Emergence of terror but from a safe (vicarious) distance

2)Ideological - The implicit (Hidden) or explicit (obvious) Messages embedded in the narrative. Themes of punishment / Redemptions and / or revulsion at any subject which deviates from 'correct' thinking Begginning with 'Basie' Textual messages (The virgin 'Good Girl Surviving at the enxpense of the 'slutty' Rebellious friend) and developing into more nuanced subtle 'fears' of strangers / Hitchhikers / different Religious beliefs / power of science to 'Conquer' the darkness - new faith at the expense of 'old' religion

3) Financial / Industrial - without a doubt one of the most lucrative genres to continually Reinvent and exploit. Horror franchises Regularly stretch beyond other genres in terms of sequels, spin offs + Re - makes because of the profit