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1. Film Pitch BY CHARLIE AND TAYLOR
2. Summary A teacher investigates a ghost that can only be seen
on video footage . . The film is a Mystery Thriller with horror
elements about a superstitious teacher at a school where some
students have recently gone missing. . The protagonist sets up a
camera and discovers a strange creature in the school. . The
protagonist then tries to get to the bottom of the disappearances
and discover how to stop the creature. . No one believes him
especially his wife and when he tries to prove it the footage is
destroyed. His wife leaves him after she is convinced hes gone
crazy. . He becomes obsessed with the ghost. He cant stop himself
thinking about it and his wife leaving him so he kills
himself.
3. Paranormal Activity We were inspired by Paranormal Activity
in the sense that the characters use a camera for footage. The film
had a small budget of $15 000 which is very small, and made a gross
of $107, 917, 283. The filmmakers made "The Marked Ones" with that
audience in mind, casting mostly Latino actors and bringing some of
the usually claustrophobic action out into the city streets. We
decided not to chose the producer Oren Peli as he has only produced
three films in his career and felt this wasn't strong enough for
our film.
4. The Purge The Purge uses surveillance footage for its title
sequence which creates a suburban feel - a convention of Thriller
film genre. We feel this approach is suitable in our title sequence
- to involve footage from a camera in a suburban area (school)
using post production editing in final cut pro if we are unable to
get a camera used for surveying. The title sequence only includes
an eerie soundtrack in the same way we would like to only use
distorted music.
5. 'The Purge' title sequence designer Aaron Becker is a
designer and director of title sequences, as well as founder of
Filmograph (previously known as Becker Design.) He has a BFA in
Visual Communication from Washington University in St. Louis. After
working at Prologue Films in Los Angeles and Digital Kitchen in
Chicago, Aaron founded Becker Design in 2010, which evolved into
Filmograph in 2012. He has designed and directed main title
sequences for films such as Insidious, Deception, The Purge, and
The Conjuring, as well as television titles including Bad Robots
Alcatraz and HBOs Clear History. His main- on-end title sequence
for the film Sinister received Title Design Finalist recognition at
the 2013 SXSW Film Festival.
6. The Purge: Title Sequence
7. Insidious: Title Sequence
8. Title Sequence The main character walks into an empty class
room to collect his camera. (first person) He plugs it into his
computer and plays the files. The videos are recordings of the
ghost lurking around classrooms and corridors, static effects and
camera angles keeps the monster from being in full view. At the end
of the sequence then video gets more distorted and then the title
appears.
9. Title Sequence: Visuals Distorted effects can be used to
hide parts of the shot or to put focus on certain areas we want
viewers to look. The static can also represent unease and the
villain being unpredictable.
10. Title Sequence: Visuals The transition effects will
emphasise that this is footage recorded by the character. It will
make it seem more realistic and therefore more threatening.
11. Title Sequence: Sound The music for the title sequence will
be the instrumental version of Death Grips Guillotine. The sound is
distorted and abrasive just like the video footage. Eerie
electronic rumbles build up tension.
12. Production Produced by Blumhouse Productions. . Founded by
Jason Blum . Blumhouse are best known for their Horror and thriller
films. . For example: The Paranormal Activity Franchise, Insidious,
The Purge and its sequel The Purge: Anarchy . Jason Blum has been
nominated for an academy award for producing Whiplash . Budgets for
their horror / thriller films usually range from $15,000 to $9
million which is low budget for US productions.
13. Director James Wan The film will be directed by James Wan.
Danny Boyle is an Australian director that has directed films such
as the Saw franchise, Insidious and The Conjuring He works a lot
with DNA films to produce his movies.
14. Cast Leigh Whannel Leigh Whannell will be the main
protagonist in this film. He is well known for being the co-
creator of Saw (along with James Wan) as well as playing the
protagonist in Saw. He also appears in Saw 2, 3 and 3D and
Insidious 1,2 and 3. Most of the films he has been in have been
produced by Blumhouse and/or directed by James Wan.
15. Cast Shawnee Smith Shawnee Smith will play the wife of the
protagonist She is well known for appearing as a main character in
all of the Saw films and regular cast member in the sitcoms Becker
and Anger Management. She has also played smaller roles in films
like The Shining and The Grudge 3
16. Timing Aside from Halloween and late summer, the beginning
of January has proved in recent years to be a prime season for
horror films. "Texas Chainsaw 3D" opened with $22 million, while,
"The Devil Inside" (which, unlike "The Marked Ones" and "Chainsaw
3D," didn't belong to a well-known franchise), opened at $33
million. In conclusion we intend to release our film in January to
have a hopeful come back from our budget.
17. Age What makes our film rated 15: . Strong violence .
Frequent strong Language . Substance abuse The American equivalent
to this rating would be R
18. Budget $5 million budget ~$90 million gross We think the
film will be successful because the director is well known for
successful horror films. The film isnt part of an existing
franchise so wouldnt make as much money as some other films, for
example Insidious had a $1.5 million and made $97 million but the
sequel made $161.9 million from a $5 million budget.