Planning Targets

Well done so far! Include some pie charts to support your analysis of your questionnaire and design or find titles that will create brand identity. Some location research and storyboard needs to be evidenced by Friday - that way you can film some footage over Friday. A long term target: video-blog things like make-up trails and costume sourcing! Keep going!

Influential Directors and Actors.

Directors;

 

Wes Craven

Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven is an American film director, writer, producer, and actor known for his work on horror films, particularly slasher films.

Wes Craven is the creator of such films like the Scream franchise,

My Soul to Take and the 1977 The Hills Have Eyes.

 

Guillermo Del Toro

Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, and novelist. In his filmmaking career, del Toro has alternated between Spanish dark fantasy pieces.

Guillermo del Toro most famous films that he has created are; The Hell boy series, Pans Labyrinth

 and the Blade franchise.

Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was an English film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres.
 

Plot Summary

Fifteen years have passed since the united nations released a virus that would help control the population of the world and the years that followed saw the population start to dwindle. The United Nations believed that the virus was succesful, and released it with no further testing. This mistake proved to be fatal. Two years after the second strain was released, a man in Colorado had his throat ripped out by his girlfriend, who then ate his internal organs, turning completely feral.
Fastforward eight years, where the world has been ravaged by Zombies, and the only people unaffected are those under the age of 18.

Soundtrack research.

1. Blue Öyster Cult -- Don't Fear the Reaper
2. Chuck Mangione -- Feels So Good
3. Crash Kings -- Its Only Wednesday
4. Doves -- Kingdom of Rust
5. Hank Williams -- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
6. John Stafford Smith -- The Star-Spangled Banner
7. Kristin Chenoweth -- Popular
8. Marching Band -- Feel Good About It
9. Metallica -- For Whom the Bell Tolls
10. Metric -- Gold Guns And Girls
11. Paul Anka -- Puppy Love
12. Ray Parker Jr. -- Ghostbusters
13. Success -- Hard to come back
14. The Black Keys -- Your Touch
15. The Droge & Summers Blend -- Two Of The Lucky Ones
16. The Raconteurs -- Salute Your Solution
17. Van Halen -- Everybody Wants Some
18. Velvet Underground -- The Oh! Sweet Nuthin'
19. Willie Nelson -- Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
20. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- The Marriage Of Figaro, K.492

Shaun of the dead- Zombie Nation.

01. Resident Evil - Red Queen 00:00
02. Slipknot - My Plague (New Abuse Mix) 00:04
03. Marilyn Manson - The Fight Song (Slipknot Remix) 03:06
04. Coal Chamber - Something Told Me 06:56
05. The Crystal Method - Name Of The Game (Clean Name) 10:18
06. Adema - Everyone 13:52
07. Fear Factory - Invisible Wounds (The Suture Mix) 17:26
08. Static-X - Anything But This 21:03
09. Rammstein - Halleluja 25:06
10. Depeche Mode - Dirt 28:46
11. Ill Nino - What Comes Around (Day Of The Dead Mix) 33:43
12. Mudvayne - Dig (Everything And Nothing Mix) 38:11
13. Method Man - Release Yo Delf (Prodigy Mix) 43:08
14. Saliva - 800 49:04
15. Five Pointe 0 - The Infinity 53:41
16. Resident Evil - The Umbrella Corporation 58:07
17. Marilyn Manson - Resident Evil Main Theme 58:38
18. Marilyn Manson - Seizure Of Power 1:00:47
19. Marilyn Manson - Reunion 1:04:40
20. Marilyn Manson - Cleansing 1:07:26

Marilyn Manson - Resident Evil main theme.

28 Weeks Later Theme - John Murphy

Title/Font Ideas

We decided that the font for our film title should be bold and red, as it is bold colour that makes people think of blood and horror. We researched different fonts that we thought would fit well with our film, once we'd selected a few we used them with a few titles we'd been thinking of using for our film: Outbreak, Virus, Zombie Run and Eighteen. 




Outbreak: Outbreak was an good title because it also looks at how the Zombie plague spread across the world and infected the population gradually. We used this font because it's similar to blood spattering and that will fit in with our film as people are fighting against zombies. 



Virus: We thought that Virus was an interesting title to use as it fits with the story or the zombie plauge, we used this font as it is reminiscent of zombies rising from the dead, we even thought about manipulating this title to animation, to make the hands move when the title is appeared, but this is still an idea. 





Zombie Run: We liked the title of Zombie Run as this is what the main characters would be running away from the zombies or even running towards the to kill them. This font is a very stereotypical horror font that is reminiscent of the classic horror films that were released in the 1970's.






Eighteen: The title Eighteen is linked into the fact that in the film no people under the age of 18 can become a zombie which is stated in our film summery, as that is the mutation of the disease and the main plot.We liked this font as it is quite messy and looks like it has been written in blood.

Questionnaire

Zombie Film Questionnaire:Please note that on questions with an asterisk (*) you can choose more than one answer.

1. Do you enjoy watching Zombie films?
- Yes
- No
-It depends on the content of the film.

2. Would you prefer a male or female protaganist?
- Male
- Female
- Either

3. Which of the locations would you like to see in a zombie film?*
- A school
- A field
- An Empty Multi-storey Car Park
- A House

4. Do you prefer the wounds/deaths in films to be tame or gory?
- Tame
- Gory
- Either

5. Do you think that having a protaganist at a similar age to you will make you want to see the film?
- Yes
- No
- Possibly

6. Which of the following things would you like in the trailer for a film?*
- Action
- Hints of the Plot
- Character Backstories
- All of the Above

7. Which Sub-genres would you like to be addressed in the film?*
- Comedy
- Romance
- Sci-Fi

8. Would you prefer the film to be set in the present of twenty years in the future?
- In the Present
- Twenty Years in the Future
- Either
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When Creating our questionnaires we came up with 7 questions we wanted to know the answers to in order to move forward with our development. As our target age group is for 25 and under we chose to only take results from this categorize. Above is the 10 sets of results we collected from the questionnaires. 

 80% said the genres they would place with 'Zombie' films are Comedy and action.

 

40% felt the story line was the most important part of a film.

Moodboard.

1. still from Shaun of the dead- our characters want to look quite stupid and not have a clue whats going on.
2. these zombies look very lifeless, and that is what we want.
3. chaos, chaos is what fuels the fire to a good zombie film, and that's what we want.
4. we somehow want to include fire, fire comes with chaos.
5. we want the characters to be sort of lost and lonely, feeling very hopeless.
6. we are not sure how we want the zombies to look, we are even considering painting them green!
7. we somehow want to incorporate a water scene where water or a river is involved.
8. we want hoards of zombies, hoards make great action scenes, especially when you want to go on a killing spree!
9. the clothing is going to be very worn, like these zombies have been rotting for a while.
10. the survivors will carry warfare, guns and weapons to fight of these flesh eating parasites.
11. the world will be in post-apocalyptic times, and will convey to the stereotypical 'end of the world' scene.

Zombie makeup tutorials.

YouTube Zombie tutorials.

                                               

These zombie make-up tutorials are very helpful when preparing to do make-up.
we have researched into different types of zombie make-up and how to apply it, which is demonstrated in the YouTube tutorials above. 
these are also very helpful to see what type of zombies are out there, weather they are blood thirsty-blood everywhere zombies or timid yet freakishly weird zombies!

make up tests.

These photographs are some of my previous works using prosthetic make-up.

This is very helpful when doing a zombie trailer because i can use my skill throughout. 

this can be sort of like a magazine which demonstrates my ability, when doing the make-up we can look back at these photographs and pick what ones we should use at the time, and which ones would be good on each actor.

Film certificates.

 'PG – Parental Guidance Suggested'

PG means that a child need perental Guidance while watching a film, because some material may not be suitable for children.Parents are urged to give parental guidance and contains some material that parents might not like for the young children.

Such films may contain only mild violence, language, drug references, brief nudity and/or implied sexual activity.

 Another Certificate that is related to PG is 'Parental Advisory', Which is basically the same as PG.

PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned.

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious and contain some material that parents might not like for their children 12 and under.

Such films may contain violence, some suggestive material and nudity, some sexual situations, infrequent strong language and/or soft drug use.



12.

Nobody younger than 12 can rent or buy a 12-rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game.(Home entertainment) But when it comes to films anyone under 12 cannot see the film. 

12A

Films under this category are considered to be unsuitable for very young people.(Cinema only) Those aged under 12 years are only admitted if accompanied by an adult, aged at least 18 years, at all times during the motion picture. However, it is generally not recommended that children under 12 years should watch the film. Films under this category can contain mature themes, discrimination, soft drugs, moderate swear words, infrequent strong language and moderate violence, sex references and nudity. Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. Sexual violence may be implied or briefly indicated.

15

Nobody younger than 15 can watch a film in the cinema with this rating. Films under this category can contain adult themes, hard drugs, frequent strong language, strong violence and strong sex references, and nude scenes without graphic detail. Sexual activity may be used but without any strong detail. Sexual violence may be shown if discreet and justified by context.

18

Nobody younger than 18 can watch a film in the cinema with this rating. Films under this category do not have limit on the bad language that is used. Hard drugs areused, and explicit sex references along with detailed sexual activity are also allowed. Scenes of strong real sex may be permitted if it fits. Very strong, gory, and/or sadistic violence is usually permitted.



In conclusion, we have decided to make our films rating a 15, this is because we could have some heavy gore, strong language and some horrific moments, we did consider putting the rating up to 18 but then we thought with 15 we could have a wider range of viewers.

Audeince Profiling

For Shaun of the dead the male gender is the dominante in watching this specific film, this could be because not only is it a zombie film, it is a comedy also, this could mean that our trailer would be specifically aimed at men. The age range for this film is 15-24 which is basically teenagers an young adults, this could be because again, it is a comedy involving two actors known for being funny. 

For resident evil, the main age group to watch this film is 15-24 which means that our trailer should be aimed at young adults and teenagers. The male gender is the most popular to watch this film, this could be because the film involves horror zombie, and also an attractive young woman (Milla Jovovich), this means that are gender audience target should be male.

For resident evil: Apocalypse , the main age group to watch this film is 15-24 which means that our trailer should be aimed at young adults and teenagers. The male gender is the most popular to watch this film, this could be because the film involves horror zombie, and also an attractive young woman (Milla Jovovich), this means that are gender audience target should be male.

For resident evil: Afterlife, the main age group to watch this film is 15-24 which means that our trailer should be aimed at young adults and teenagers. The male gender is the most popular to watch this film, this could be because the film involves horror zombie, and also an attractive young woman (Milla Jovovich), this means that are gender audience target should be male.

For I am Legend the main gender group is male, closely followed by females, this would be because the main character is a male (will smith) an the audience can somewhat relate, and because the film is an action thriller/horror with zombies. The main age group that watches this film is 15-24, this shown that my trailer should be targeted at young adults and teenagers.