Group Post: Concept Development

Concept and Genre Development

• Our group decided to go with the genre of horror, with a sub-genre of psychological thriller.
• This is because from the film research of ;Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Liebesman, 2006); The Shining (Kubrick, 1980); The Ring (Verbinski, 2002), Se7en (Fincher, 1995) we decided techniques from each could be replicated. As well as this as a group we decided we all enjoy horror and could use our a opinion to create a tense title sequence creating climaxes and thrills for the audience.
• During the discussion we decided that we would use a psychopathic killer to be the main villain of our feature. One maybe resembling the murderer from 'Se7en'. Therefore our antagonist will not be a crazed killer yet a disturbed man who kills who victims with strategy in mind and makes it look like a suicide. The character will be played by a young male, but will be made to look older.
• We have already decided the location of our title sequence, an abandoned shed in Hever surrounded by woods. We feel this will be perfect for the genre and would create verisimilitude in the title sequence as it links effectively to the theme.
• We have decided on the plot, and the establishing shots will include shots of the surrounding area of the location and the abandoned shed. The title sequence will introduce the antagonist and where he lives, however his face will remain out of shot in order to create mystery and tension. Past victims will flash on screen and will be accompanied by a radio broadcast of police reports throughout. As well as this there will be panning shots of the equipment (chainsaw, work tools and poster board). We thought this would be a good idea for the genre as it gives a wide variety of information to the audience without revealing the antagonists identity, we found this to be common in our research (an example being 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre')