(planning) assignment 26: individual pitch

(PLANNING) ASSIGN 26: INDIVIDUAL PITCHDEAN LEAVY

HORROR: SLASHER

HORROR: SLASHER FILMS

KEY CONVENTIONS OF HORROR: SLASHER• Killer

• All slasher films have the psychopathic killer.• Violence

• 'Cabin in the Woods' has lots of violence as the killer/zombie torments the group of friends.

• Psychopath• In 'Scream' the killer Ghostface wears a mask so his victims are unaware of

his identity, we later find out that there are two people killing the victims making both characters psychopaths.

• Stalker• In 'Halloween' there is a creepy stalking sequence as the potagonist Laurie

walks home from school.• Close proximity weapons

• Lots of intense close proximity fighting with lots of close-ups in 'Friday the 13th'.

PLOT• NON LINEAR OTS.• WE ARE PRESENTED WITH A YOUNG STEREOTYPICAL MALE TEENAGER WHO IS DOING HIS ROUTINE BEFORE

LEAVING HIS HOUSE.• (CROSS CUTTING SEQUENCE) OF THE VILLAIN (WHO IS A STALKER), WHO IS IN A DARK AND MYSTERIOUS ROOM

WHERE HE IS STALKING THE VICTIM ON SOCIAL MEDIA.• CUT BACK TO THE PROTAGONIST WHERE THEY LEAVE THEIR HOUSE AND PREPARE TO WALK TO WORK.• *FLASH BACK* OF THE KILLER AS HE REMEMBERS ONE OF HIS OTHER VICTIMS DEATH. THIS WILL FORESHADOW

THE SAME FATE TO OUR PROTAGONIST.• PROTAGONIST WALKS DOWN THE ROAD AND GETS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT. HE IS FOLLOWED FROM HIS HOUSE

BY THE KILLER.• *FLASH FORWARD* TO THE VICTIM DEAD IN AN ALLEY WAY.• THE PROTAGONIST EXITS BUS/TRAIN AND IS STALKED BY THE KILLER.• IT STARTS TO GET DARK AS THE KILLER CLOSES IN ON THE PROTAGONIST (DOWN THE ALLEY WAY). THE

PROTAGONIST FEELS MORE AND MORE PARANOID AS HE FEELS AS IF SOMEONE IS FOLLOWING.• THE NUMBER OF CUTS SPEED UP AND WE THEN CUT BACK THROUGHOUT THE STALK/CHASE SEQUENCE. WE SEE

ALL THE KEY MOMENTS AGAIN BUT AT A FASTER PACE AND IN QUICK SUCCESSION.• THE SCREENTIME NOW FOCUSES ON THE ANTAGONIST AND SHOWS HIS PSYCHOTIC STATE.• THE KILLER CATCHES UP TO WITH THE VICTIM AND THEN WE CUT TO A CLOSE UP ON THE EYES OF THE KILLER

AS HE WAKES UP FROM A BAD DREAM.

MEETING THE CONVENTIONS

• STALKER• WE WILL HAVE A PSYCHOPATHIC KILLER WHO STALKS THEIR VICTIMS.• THIS WILL BE ORIGINAL AS OUR OTS WILL BE NON-LINEAR AND WE WILL GET TO

SHOW OUR KILLER IN A REALLY DISTURBING WAY.

• VIOLENCE• THE VIOLENCE WILL BE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE OTS (IN INSERT SHOTS)• ITS DIFFERENT AND ORIGINAL TO THE SLASHER SUB GENRE BECAUSE ITS SPREAD

THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE OTS.

NARRATIVE ENIGMAS

• WHO IS THE KILLER?

• WHO IS THE VICTIM?

• WHAT'S HIS MOTIVE TO KILL?

• WAS IT A DREAM OR WAS IT A FLASHBACK? 

WHAT WE WOULD ACHIEVE

• A VERY DISTURBING AND INTENSE OPENING• WITH VERY GOOD MISE-EN-SCENE• CAMERA SHOTS THAT PORTRAY THE SLASHER GENRE• AN OTS THAT CAN BE DISTURBING AND MYSTERIOUS FOR THE AUDIENCE

• A STRONG CHASE SCENE• NOT CLICHÉ• USE OF CROSS CUTTING AND INSERT SHOTS TO CREATE A NON-LINEAR OTS• WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE A VARIETY OF CAMERA SHOTS AND VERY GOOD EDITING TO

PULL IT OFF.