Horror Film Feedback

James, Ashley and myself (Mart) presented our horror film idea to the rest of the class.

On feedback they felt that our idea was suitable for a 15 certificate and for the audience that the 15 rating would bring. We moulded our idea to make it into a 15 as we felt that having a 18 certificate horror film would be to 'samey' as most horror films are 18's and that it would limit the audience that we felt we could reach out to.

The class liked our idea and commented that it was a good idea as it was simple yet effective, this is exactly what we tried to make. When you look at many other great films or drama's the plot that makes it so good is very often a very simple idea but drawn to the audience in such a way that makes them wanting to know more along with being gripped into the storyline. Why try to over complicate things when you could stay simple, why create a average complicated film when you could make a brilliant simple yet effective film?

The location which is set in St. Matthews church in Pentrich was another issue that arose, did we have the location for definite? Yes we responded, we have to fit our filming into the events that the church host such as church congregation and other meetings that are held there but there is enough time when it is empty when we will be able to film at the location. Another question was how are we all going to meet up as we all live quite a considerable distance away from each other and for James and Ashley the church location. I live the nearest to the church (5 minutes at the most), Ashley has friends/family that live close by as well and James is willing to catch a bus to meet up with us the problem of meeting up isn't a very big one.

The victim and the 'monster' was next on the list. Was the victim going to be a male or female?
To be honest we aren't quiet sure but we are edging towards a female victim as they would be the sort of people who might go to a church when they feel upset where as a male would just brush it off. The 'monster' that comes to get the victim is going to be a child threat, we haven't decided if the child will have lots of make-up on and have a scary costume on but all these details will be decided when we next have a brainstorming session.

As our film will be filmed early in the year, lighting might be difficult to arrange especially if we are shooting bits of footage outside of the church. When we are inside lighting wont be a problem as we will have electricity from the church's mains but having to have cables everywhere for filming outside might be a problem as we wont have big portable lighting like they have in movie sets.

Issues of continuity was also brought up, as our 'monster' vanishes and appears again somewhere else when the lights turn on and off, the 'monster' does this and slowly gets nearer and nearer to the victim before they sense that something is directly behind them. As we would be cutting at every 'monster' move the victim and props will have to be exactly the same and be in exactly the same place when we start to film again as any slight movement or minor detail missing or changed will come up on the big screen very obviously.

The overall impression that the class gave to our idea was very good and we will use the feedback to our advantage to create a great horror film, we can't wait to get filming!