Narrative

Jamie is reflecting on her childhood to her therapist. She talks about the times her grandfather would tell her stories about how he was a medic in the war, and the story of how he was attending to a man who was bleeding to death, but had to leave him and deal with a group of men dying on the field – so the man bled to death. Before she was institutionalised, she researched and discovered that the man’s body was never found. These are what led to the night terrors that made her hallucinate and drove her insane.

The night terrors then change from being figments of her imagination, to real life when a killer fitting the description of the man in her dreams goes on a killing spree to find her.

Scene 1: Script

It’s a dark room in the middle of the night. There’s the sound of an erratic heartbeat. Jamie is sleeping, softly trembling and murmuring in her dreams. Sweat is pouring down her face, while it twitches as the sound of whispers overtake the voiceover that has been on since the scene fades in from darkness.

Jamie (voiceover):

 ‘They’re just stories’ they said. ‘Remember, it’s all in your head’
they said. Such empty words. Words that they expected would
help me. Now I’m too far gone, trying to decide whether I can
control whatever’s going on inside my head, because I need to
face the fear of knowing my dreams are real. Even though
others may not see it or believe it, he’s real. And I made him so.

 

Jamie jolts awake, with a startled look on her face. Immediately, she glares to the corner of the room, looking afraid but aware of what is going to on. Before she has a chance to gather herself, she is thrown into a spasm of fits and is then thrown off the bed by an unseen force. She is unable to even scream from writhing in pain. Suddenly, the pain goes away and she gets up and goes to the mirror; where she can see a flash of the killer behind her.

Blackout and silence.

Reflection on my blog

During this lesson, my blog was analyzed by another student in order to provide me with some feedback on the work that I have posted on my blog so far. Here are some of the notes that I have collected from spectators of my blog:

• I have made good progress and provided detail in the mention of my influences for my horror trailer
• I need to analyse more trailers for my research section
• I have a good range of media forms
• I need to post more entries on my blog

I am taking great consideration of this feedback because I think it is important to understand where I am in this project and how to keep organised and on track with updating my blog.

Influences

Nightmare on Elm Street: the reason for this film being one of our influences is the focus of the narrative; this is because of the concept that Freddie Krueger (killer) established the slaying of his victims in their dreams, making him a dangerous figment of the imagination, which is what we will incorporate into our trailer.

Friday the 13^th:  This is one of our influences because of the idea that the killer is concealed by a mask and this dehumanises his character, which makes the film more intense because he is practically blank. This makes the film scarier for audiences because the less they know about the killer, the scarier he will appear.

Slender man: Slender man became one of our influences because of his appearance, being very blank and simple, which appealed to the concept of ‘less is more’. This is why our killer will be wearing a suit with his gas mask in order to prevent him from standing out too much and being excessively gruesome.

As you can see, this is what my group and I have decided to use for the costume of the killer within our horror trailer. The concept was that the killer would be from the early 20th century, taking the form of someone who was involved in the first or second world war. The large trench coat gives a very intimidating feeling because it is large and covers most of the persons body, making it appear he is very concealed and this can be a scary feature for a killer because the less the audience know, the more intrigued they are to figure out who it is. The gas mask reflects the time period in which the killer comes from. It could possibly be ironic of the fact it is helping him breathe but he is trying to kill people and stop them breathing. The colour white is an important feature of the mask because it emphasizes that the killer is a complete blank and mysterious, leaving the audience curious as to what he may look like; there is no indication of his facial features, which effectively de-humanises him.

Horror trailer marking and analysis from agingerfreak