Plot Ideas
Now that we have done some research into the horror genre, similar films, and conventions, codes, make-up and costume, we came up with several plot ideas which we've roughly storyboarded.
We decided to keep our plot lines simple, because from our research we found that simpler, straightforward plots were more effective in achieving their given conventions, rather than over complicated plots, or stereotypical ones. From here, we'll ask other people what they think and which is the most popular plot, which will become our final idea.
Plot 1
>There's a slow zoom out plus increasingly longer snippets of a killing
> When it zooms out to a long shot, there's a woman seen struggling
> The killer kills her, and the sequence ends abruptly.
+This plot is inspired by Psycho (1960)
Plot 2
> This plot involves a baby
> Starts with different shots of a house, plus a nursery
> Shows a close up of a mother humming and rocking a baby cot
> An over-the-shoulder shot from the mother's POV then a pan into the cot, where a baby doll is seen
> Slow zoom in to the doll's face, a baby laugh is heard, then cut to black (The laugh is heard till the end)
+ This plot is inspired by The Woman In Black (2012)
> Starts with different shots of a house, plus a nursery
> Shows a close up of a mother humming and rocking a baby cot
> An over-the-shoulder shot from the mother's POV then a pan into the cot, where a baby doll is seen
> Slow zoom in to the doll's face, a baby laugh is heard, then cut to black (The laugh is heard till the end)
+ This plot is inspired by The Woman In Black (2012)
Plot 3
> Close up/ Extreme Close up shots of meat, and blood
> Shots of the person infatuated with the food
> Every so often a muffled sound is heard, but not clear enough for the audience as of yet
>Eventually the scream is heard, then the person stops, (Classical music reaches a climax)
>The person goes down to a basement (or where ever)
> The person drags the screaming person to the kitchen (Screaming person is tied up)
> A mid shot of the kitchen door, then it's closed behind the person.
+ This Plot is inspired by Silence of the Lambs (1991)
> Shots of the person infatuated with the food
> Every so often a muffled sound is heard, but not clear enough for the audience as of yet
>Eventually the scream is heard, then the person stops, (Classical music reaches a climax)
>The person goes down to a basement (or where ever)
> The person drags the screaming person to the kitchen (Screaming person is tied up)
> A mid shot of the kitchen door, then it's closed behind the person.
+ This Plot is inspired by Silence of the Lambs (1991)
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| In addition to coming up with 3 different ideas, we asked our friends and other people 3 questions about what they thought of the plots, and their opinions on what we can do to make an effective horror film opening. Plot 1 had 18% of the vote, Plot 2 had 46% and Plot 3 had 36% |
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| This question was important, as we would like to keep our main plot as simple as possible, because less is more with Horror movies. Plot 1 was voted as the easiest to carry out with 55% agreeing, followed by plot 3,36%, then plot 2 with 9%. (Partially because of the gothic victorian theme). |
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| For our final question, we asked which one would scare them the most, if it were a real movie. Plot 1 had 18% of the vote, Plot 2 had 36% and Plot 3 had 46%. |
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