Film Actors

In our film we have a group of teenagers that are all year 13 drama students. We decided to use these characters because they all fit in with the range of the target audience which therefore makes it relatable for them aswell. Here are the names of the actors that we have included in our film;

Shara Hobbs
Oliver Roberts
Amber Kibble
Laura Browning 

Stereotypical Locations Of Horror Films

When researching stereotypical horror film locations i found 3 main locations that are used frequently, these locations are large houses/hotels, forests and old buildings such as asylums. Here are some images of stereotypical horror locations, they are used because they are all unique and individual. When looking into them, each horror film has its own location which seems to be separate from any surroundings like towns, villages, etc. As shown in each of the images below you can see that the locations have no surrounding areas.


 

Shotlists

This is the shot list that we are going to being using when filming our title sequence and opening scene.


Shot List

· Establishing shot of the group and séance - pan around the room
·High angle looking down at the séance
· Close up on the Ouija board letters
· Close up on the pack of cards turning over
· Close up on the bible
· Extreme close up on a extract from the bible
· Close up on the candles
· Close up on the 'illuminati' name on the  table
· Mid shot showing the back of the mysterious figure on the balcony
· Point of view shot looking down at the séance low angle looking down at the séance
· Long shot of teenagers walking to school
· Mid shot of teenagers talking
· Long shot of caretaker sweeping
· Mid shot of caretaker
· Extreme close up of caretakers illuminati symbol on his necklace

Roles - Illuminati Film

When we first got into our groups for this project we had to decide on some key roles that we would all have to do within the group. These are the job roles that we all decided on in our group.

Harry Shipp - Director of the film - This means that I am the one that was in charge of making sure all of the actors knew exactly what they were doing and also it was my job to ensure that all of the settings where correct and appropriate for the scene.

Jack Sutton - Producer of the film - Jack job was to make sure that all of the other film members knew what they were supposed to be doing and to make sure that they were involved throughout the film. 

Independent Research - Plots of horror/thrillers

Before deciding what we wanted to base our film upon we each did some research into horror/thrillers to see what the basic plot lines where.

The first horror film that i researched was paranormal activity. Paranormal activity is a supernatural horror film that is based around a young couple that move house, only to find out that they are being haunted by supernatural presence. The reason that i researched into this film is because it uses the filming technique 'found footage' which means that it is being shown through the characters on screen recording it. I also researched this film because it includes the idea of paranormal activity which was one of our initial ideas for our horror/thriller.

The next film that i researched was

Stereotypical features of Horror Films

In Horror Films lots of different techniques are used to build up suspense and frighten the audience. For example some of these techniques are;

A fierce Creature/Animal
Supernatural Humans
Paranormal Scenes
Murders/Killers

Each of these techniques are used to scare the audience in different ways, for example a fierce creature or animal is usually known as being a savage or a hunter, which means that the animal is going to kill. An example of this that is used in a film is in the film 'Anaconda'. In this film a large snake goes round hunting and killing explorers on a mystery island. This frightens the audience because they never know when the snake is going to appear.
 

 

Finished Storyboards

The following images show are completed storyboards for our film illuminati. The storyboard also includes information such as the shot, the angle of the shot, the script within the scene (If needed) and how long each shot will last.