STORYBOARD

Explanation of why young people like horror films – the psychology of horror

Young people enjoy horror because they like to be frightened and entertained. Dr Glenn walters speaks of the phycology of horror, said that people watch horror for the tension, mystery and shock. Dr Deirdre said that there are four main differences for why people like watching horror; he said that each person usually has something about them that encourages them to watch one. The first psychological theory being that thriller watchers usually have higher where as independent watchers had a high positive effect for overcoming fear.

Furthermore Marven Zukerman said that people who scored high in sensation seeking scale often reported a greater interest in exciting things like rollercoasters, bungee jumping and horror films. The gender socialization theory by Zillman consider the snuggle theory this found that boys enjoyed a horror film with their female companion who were visibly scared where as girls found that they enjoyed the film more when there boys were brave and could handle fear more.

FONTS

DIFFERENT FONT TYPES by leah helman

Sound Effects for our film

Images of how our location is similar to other films

Feedback of our idea

From this feedback I learnt that the viewers have a positive thought about our thriller because it is relevant to todays life as it involves diseases that can be caught easily making people more aware of ways to stay more clean and healthy. I also learnt that it will attract all ages which is good because it will give us a bigger audience.

Run Through

Analysis of the effectiveness of our run through and what I have learnt so far

Our run through is effective because it gives a clear outline of our story, because it shows different people touching objects all around the school. This shows how a virus is spreading all around the school and therefore highlights our main points for our thriller. I have learnt from this that viruses spread via anything even sharing a packet of crisps. By using a run through it makes our filming easier as we know what scenes to film, although this was filmed with a mobile phone I learnt ways to film a panning shot and close ups to highlight the spread of the virus. Therefore when filming the real thing with high technology cameras I will be able to use these skills again but in a more professional way.

SURVEY ON OUR FILM

PROPS

RISK ASSESSMENT

Pie chart on potential target audience

PROPS, SETTING, COSTUME, ACTORS, SUB-GENRE AND SYNOPSIS

Mood Board

The idea of our thriller is a infectious disease is spreading around the school and in public places such as buses and trains, therefore from this it is evident that this mood board has helped me develop by thriller as each picture shows a different scene and symbolises the key aspects to it. The first one being blood, this represents the illness that has resulted from the virus, blood also highlights danger. The  photo of the bus and train, is a place where viruses are spread easily through touching handles, polls and the seats. The handles to the door are infected with germs and the toilet further signifies the dirt and diseases spreading.

Shot by shot guide

TIME	TYPE	WHO	WHERE
1-3 seconds	Mid shot	Girl walking into toilet	Toilet
3-4 seconds	Mid shot	Girl touching toilet door	Toilet
4-6 seconds	Zoom In	Girl closing door	Toilet
6-12 seconds	Mid shot then close up	Queue of girls in toilet, close up of each face	Toilet
12-15 seconds	Close up	Girl leaving toilet and another girl walking into the cubicle	Toilet
15-17 seconds	Med- close up	Girl touching the toilet door where other girl touched it	In the office
17-20 seconds	Med- close up	Girl and boy talking	Corridor
20-22 seconds	Mid shot	Girl sneezes	Corridor
22-25 seconds	Mid shot	Boy touches the girl	Corridor
25-28 seconds	Side Shot	Boy enters toilet	Corridor
28-32 seconds	Close up	Someone leaves the toilet and touches the door where he touches it	Corridor
32-38 seconds	Mid shot	The Boy touches a girl and the disease spread	Corridor walking outside school
38-43 seconds	Mid shot	Girl getting on the bus touching the bars	Bus
43-46 seconds	Close up	Someone else touching the bars whilst getting on the bus	Bus
46-51 seconds	Pan	Someone opening the window when walking on the bus	Bus
51-54 seconds	Tilt Down	Someone closing the window when sitting on the seat	Bus
54-64 seconds	Long shot	Girl getting off the bus and enters the train station	Road
64-70 seconds	Mid shot	Girl touching railings whilst walking down the stairs	Train station
70-74 seconds	Close up	Busy train so girl touching the railings	Train
74-85 seconds	Med- long shot	There is a seat so the girl sits down and someone else touches the railing	Train
85-90 seconds	Close up	The man who touches railing sneezes	Train
90-100 seconds	Side shot	You watch the people on the train spreading germs and sneezing	Train
100-115 seconds	Tilt Down	Time lapse of the station	Station
115-125 seconds	Close up	People coughing	Station
125-135 seconds	Wide Shot	People in kitchen cooking food	Kitchen
135-145 seconds	Mid Shot	People serving food contaminated	Restaurant
145-150 seconds	Close up	People coughing	Restaurant
150-160 seconds	Mid shot	Someone coughs up blood, falls to the ground, foaming effect	Restaurant
160-178 seconds	Mid shot	News Report	Classroom