What is the genre?Action, Adventure & Sci-fi.Who directed the film? Mathew Vaughn directed X-men First ClassWhat is the estimated Box Office takings for the opening weekend in the UK/US?$55,101,604 (June 2011)How was it distributed? It was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It's a wide release exhibition; released in 3,692 theatres.How successful was the film?So successful that it grossed $146,405,371.
The location is very important to us as a group because we want it to be
the first thing that views see that establishes the genre. Graveyards
are very cold, shallow and moist places and often have a musky smell. They
are full of old and new headstones and very big and mature trees that
are blocking out sunlight. Graveyards give a creepy and intimidating
feel which we are aiming to do in film.
The ideal location for our film will be shot in a graveyard. As a group
we decided upon filming our film in a graveyard because a graveyard is
an area for the dead and before a human transforms into a vampire they
goes through certain stages and death is one of them. Because a
transformation will be happening in our film, if we were to film it in a
graveyard it will be indicating both death in the graveyard and the
death that happens to a vampire during a transformation.
These shots that have been taken will be the exact spot we will be filiming our movie. We have decided to use this section of the graveyard because it is the older area of the graveyard and it gives the creepy and intimidating
feel we are aiming for. Also in some of these shots, the lighting is very low and low key lighting oftern establishes the genre.
The
graveyard we have chosen as a group is in heston. It's local to us and
it would be no problem for us to meet up. Also the cemetry is the only
graveyard thats open during night.
A close up of an alligator with its mouth closed however with it's sharp teeth on show. The meaning towards this is simply its comparison to a vampires fangs. The alligator is mainly on focus showing that it is the main center of interest. The genre is established through the setting, lighting and the alligator.
A medium shot of a snake which is looks like it is about to attack an insect. Snakes often bite there preys with there fangs before eating them; biting signifies a vampire as vampires bites their preys with their fangs before sucking there blood. The lighting in the setting is dark however there is high key lighting on the snake showing it is the center of interest in this image. The genre is established through the dark lighting, the snake, its posture and fangs as well as the rocky setting.
A medium shot a a vehicle which seems to be trapped. The vehicle indicates a journey most likely before the vehicle got trapped. The setting is in a forest which signifies danger.The tree branches have been blurred slightly and the vehicle has high key lighting which shows that the trapped vehicle is the main spotlight. The genre is established through the setting.
An extreme close up of a young boy chewing on a body part (the image is not really clear so i just guessed). Blood is smeared all over his mouth. The meaning towards it is its comparison to a vampire that has just sucked on human blood. It also connotes a children whilst eating as they often eat messily and carelessly. The genre is established though the smeared blood.
A close up of a full moon. The meaning towards this is that in vampire movies, vampires are more active on a full moon and all their supernatural powers increase during that night especially their thirst for blood. The genre is established through the whole image itself.
A close up of two women looking disorientated. On of the women has her hands clasped together in a praying gesture. This could indicate danger is about to occur. The lighting is very low however high key lighting is just on their faces which is showing that their facial expressions is the main center of interest in this image. The genre established through there disorientated facial expressions as well as the low key lighting.
Extreme close up of a Venus fly trap eating away on a spider. The image denotates a very scary feeling as well as connotating death. The meaning towards this photo is its analogy to vampires killing their prey after draining their blood. The sharp thorns on the Venus fly trap is similar to fangs. The background of the Venus fly trap is blurred which shows that the main focus is on the fly trap. The genre is established through the thorns and the killing of the spider.
The words "TRUEBLOOD" is written in capital letters and white text colour. The meaning towards this is to simply make those words the main interest towards the image. The word 'BLOOD' refers to vampires as they drink blood. The red background also refers to blood. The cracks in the image signify trouble and exposure. The genre is established through the red background and text.
A long shot of tow men who seem to be fighting in the river. The timing of this image must be at night as it is pitch black however lighting is shown through the men in white t-shirts. The meaning towards this is that the men are trying to be made the main interest in the image as everything else is black. Black signifies death and the white signifies innocence. The genre is established through the setting.
- Blood - Fangs - Burning in sunlight - Dark Lighting - Supernatural powers - Pale Skin
- Night time - Women used as sexual objects - Red Eyes - Immortal - Graveyard
Synopsis:
"Soya Blood" -
(name still not decided)
Catherine is celebrating
her 16th birthday. Her parents send her out to pick up a few things at night. As
she makes her way back home after collecting the things her parents had wanted,
she gets bitten by a vampire.
(The vampire who
bites her is not shown)
She then becomes a vampire and returns home. At home there is
a surprise birthday party planned by her friends and family. She plays along for
a bit and celebrates her birthday. She then becomes really "thirsty" and pulls
aside one of her friends and drinks her blood but doesn't stop and her friend
dies; once biting her friend, a homing signal gets sent out (that she doesn’t
blocked out) to other vampires about 10 miles radius. Within minutes vampires
arrive and kill the entire party guests.
(Vampires not
shown; only the girl)
{The 2 mins
opening sequence will be up to here roughly}
The 16 year old is very regretful over killing her friend and
moves to Romania, Transylvania to live a life of a vampire but finds it
extremely hard and doesn't want to become a vampire however finds it hard to go
against what has become "natural" for her.
As time gradually passes, she meets a human boy and falls in
love with him. Her teenage hormones kick in but as well as her new 'vampiric'
hunting instincts. The vampire then stalks the boy and confronts him. He sees
her for what she really is and he gets frightened and tries to get rid of her
but she refuses to be put down. She becomes violent and kidnaps him and tortures
him. She then begins to play games with him (as in let him run away for a bit
but then chases him). Whilst he’s sleeping, she grabs him and bites him. She is
unable to control herself and drains all his blood. Once again she is very
regretful for killing yet another person who is close to her. She then walks
into the sun and burns to ashes. Unfortunately she doesn't sparkle, she
dies.
Research
Transformation of Vampires - The first step to the
transformation of becoming a vampire is the draining of the blood. A vampire
must drain you almost completely of blood by drinking it out. Then the vampire
must feed you his or hers blood (only a certain amount so that you change).
After that, the body goes through death and usually by the next nightfall the
transformation is complete and you are a vampire. However when the
transformation is finished you will have this strong thirst and must find a
donor and drink some of their blood. This is the typical steps to the
transformation of a vampire. Although in our vampire movie, we will be having
this transformation happening a lot quicker.
An example of a typical vampire transformation would be this
clip which is a scene from ‘Interview with The Vampire. As shown clearly in this
scene, the young man goes through the exact steps to the transformation of a
vampire.
Female Vampires - Carmilla was the first female vampire. She was stunning, seduced men all the time with her scanty tight clothing's, posture and seductive gestures. She has all the typical conventions of a vampire (such as pale skin, fangs etc) and as a result, female vampires in movies today are representing seductiveness and sexuality just like Camilla.
Rough Script
(FADE IN)
1 PAVEMENT – ON SIDE OF EMPTY DARK ROAD –
NIGHT
Camera: LS – road – street lamps – CATHERINE lying on
the pavement
An empty road and on the pavement is Catherine turning into
a vampire. She is having fits and is screaming – there is lots of blood around
her neck.
CATHERINE
(Heavy breathing)
Camera: CU side shoulder
CATHERINE turns onto her front and tries to get up but
falls again and clutches her side in pain.
CATHERINE
(Screams/ Shouts in
pain)
CATHERINE attempts to get up again and tries to crawl
forward but her pain stops her from getting any further. More blood spills out
of her neck and she collapses onto the ground and her eyes are
closed
CATHERINE
(Whispers)
No..no..
CATHERINE opens her eyes suddenly. There is a change in her
appearance slightly. She is more refreshed and stands up fast. She looks around
with an evil, almost laughing expression and then runs towards the end of the
road.
The opening sequence starts off with a pregnant women who's being rushed to a hospital room. It appears to viewers at first that the lady is just about to give birth but later on realise that she's been bitten by a vampire. Very low key lighting is used during this scene which gives a disorientated and dull tone; it also connotes death which indicates a flash back. The women gives birth and clip then jumps to a long shot of a urban building; the camera slowly zooms in to the building and then a range of fast flashing images is displayed simplifying a futuristic time. The non-diegetic music being used during the whole clip gradually builds up creating tension and making viewers think danger is about to occur. Another jump cut is made to a close up of a couple driving somewhere. The close up of the women portrays to viewers that the women has some vampire conventions like pale skin. The costume of the man includes a red jacket and a red hat; the color red indicates danger and violence. The couple then a arrive at what seems to be a meat shop; they continue to walk and enter what seems to be a club. A long shot showing people wearing just white clothing's with their hands in the air, listening and raving to music is displayed. This shows the setting of the film. The people look rather odd and have a few conventions of a vampire. The women walks away from the man and starts dancing with another women. Several close-ups of the people in the club is shown dancing. The man walks through the dancing people and looks out of place. The fact that he is wearing very vibrant colours suggest that a conflict with these people is about to occur.
25 word pitch for a horror movie: A summer surrounded by girls but the only one he wants is dead. Patch is sure that he knows who the murderer may be and is determined to find the evidence against them. Will he allow Nora, the girl of his dreams death remain a mystery or will he continue to search for the evidence fully aware that his life is at risk? (i know this is way over 25 words but its difficult okay. 25 words is just too little sir. sorry)
250 word synopsis: Four friends (Patch, Nora, Scott and Vee) decide to travel around Madagascar during the summer holidays. Three weeks into their holiday they discover a long lost island (but they don't know this yet). They decide to go to the island and meet all the beautiful people there. The people they meet aren't the average people they see daily. They're all very pale, have unusual eye colours, are always indoor and try to avoid sunlight. (They're really vampires living on an old island). One of the girls in the group (Vee) soon discover that they're really vampires. When she attempts to tell the rest of her friends she killed by one of the vampires. The vampires then torture the three friends daily by sucking their blood, making their death slow and painful but then the group of friends find a way to escape the island; only one of them escapes (Scott) however the other two get caught. The vampires decide to give the two remaining friends a choice; They either become vampires and kill the next souls to encounter the island or to be killed. They decide to become vampires but good ones. They stay low for a couple of months, follow all the vampire rules and regulations. When they're friend Vee comes back to rescue them, she is caught and is just about to be murdered when Nora and Patch save her. They kill the whole vampire gang with the help of Vee and demolish the island.
(EXACTLY 247!!! it's a rubbish synopsis anyways; sorry that i'm not creative)
