Institutions

Researching in to Saw again, i looked into the company that distributed all six Saw films are Evolution Entertainment. They are an independent film production company based in America publishing different accredited films. The company was first started by Mark Burg and Oren Koules who have published many films however they are best known for the Saw films, other films that they have published include:

Spoils of War

Lockdown

Good Advice

John Q

Saw

Saw II

Saw III

Catacombs

Dead Silence

Death Sentence

Saw IV

Saw V

Saw VI

Saw VII

These films are not that popular however after they brought out the Saw films the production company has got more accredited and is now a growing company.

Ident

We designed this ident playing on the fact we are making a horror film. 'Blood Bath Productions' is the name of our company which reflected the idea of the horror genre. The blood splatters are a simple way of showing an audience what type of company we are and the type of audience we are trying to target. Also the blood splatters are a universal sign so people around the world can recognise the symbolism in our ident.

To design our ident we used Adobe Illustrator CS5, it was really easy to use and had a wide range of different brush strokes and colours.

By Beth, Brad and Chloe

IDENT

BETH BRAD AND CHLOE ALL CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING THIS IDENT

Research - Saw (film)

We decided to research the film Saw as it gave us our main inspiration. The basic plot of Saw follows the life of a man through different sequels torturing and giving last chances to people who have abused life. He does this because he wants to teach them the meaning of life itself.

'The franchise revolves around the fictional character of John Kramer, also called the "Jigsaw Killer" or simply "Jigsaw", introduced briefly in Saw and in more detail in Saw II, who, rather than killing his victims outright, traps them in situations which he calls "tests" or "games", to test their will to live via physical or psychological torture. Despite the fact that Kramer was murdered in Saw III, the films continue to focus on the posthumous effects of the Jigsaw Killer and his apprentices by exploring his character via flashbacks.'


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_(series)


Our film is similar to the Saw sequels as it does revolve around a character like the "Jigsaw Killer" however it is not just one character there are a group of circus freaks who want to teach society a lesson.


'Flashbacks from Saw IV reveal the earliest roots of the series, presenting John Kramer as a successful civil engineer and devoted husband to his wife Jill Tuck, who opened a rehab clinic for drug addicts. Jill lost her unborn baby, Gideon, due to the unwitting actions of a drug addict named Cecil, who fled the scene. Saw VI later showed that another drug addict, Amanda Young, also had an unintentional role in the death of Gideon. John grieved over the loss of his child, and distanced himself from his friends and his wife.'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_(series)

Like in this part of the film we will also show the upbringing of our villain showing his psychological change through his life. We will show his treatment at home, school and by society and how this contributes to make him a savaged man.

The difference between our film and the Saw films is that we're not using specific people to teach a lesson but by using one person to reflect on the whole of society, this is shown through the mediums of flashback, present day and looks on the future and how corrupt it would be if people carried on treating people in a discriminative way.


By Bradley and Chloe

Target Audience

Our target audience for this film is age 18 - 25. We decided on this target audience as our film is not appropriate for any younger age. Also this age range consists of the most popular cinema goers. Because it is such a wide age range we have to make sure we appeal to everyone including the different classes e.g. A - Upper Middle Class B - Middle Class C1 - Lower Middle Class C2 - Skilled working class etc. However we think will appeal most to the class B, C1 and possibly C2. Because most of us are in this age range we should be able to develop a quality production.

By Chloe and Brad

Treatment

Treatment

For our media practical production we are going to choose the option of creating a film trailer. We decided to choose this because we felt that it was the best option for our group. Our group consists of 3 people that all have good ideas, which we can culminate to make a quality production. We have decided to call our company “

For our film trailer we are developing a storyline based upon rejected members of society who have joined a circus freak show and want to punish people who don’t appreciate life. The genre of our film is horror/thriller and it aims to be a certificate 18. We have chosen this genre as is it most popular within our target audience age range and as we are around the same age this not only interests us but we also know what our target audience would want.

Our film is influenced by the film Saw as it loosely relates to the story line, it relates to the story line as the ‘jigsaw’ man in Saw wants to teach people the meaning of life, and so from that we have developed our own storyline which gives the same moral as Saw.

            We want to achieve a trailer that will hook and excite our target audience; we will do this by letting on part of the storyline but then also hold the audience in anticipation. This is a key feature of what film trailers do and so by doing research we will cleverly craft a trailer featuring a memorable cliffhanger.

            We are all very excited about creating this production because not only will it be fun to make we think that it is a good idea and would appeal to our target audience as an accredited film.

LOCATION

There are quite a few locations to our trailer as it is little snippets from the film, and in most films including ours they do change location. The first location will be a park or a communal area where our protagonist in the film and her friends are hanging out. Then we will se her walking also a main street where she refuses the flyer given by a circus clown. The next sequence will be shot in the woods as the girl is walking home. The final location will be in a dark room or an abandoned place where only the clowns face is shown saying “welcome to the circus!”

COSTUME

           

            Throughout our film trailer the girl will remain in the same outfit, as it will all happen in one day, just normal casual dress. Her friends will also be dressed with the same sort of casual look, like many girls would dress on a weekend. The clown to start with will be in a stereotypical clown outfit whilst advertising the circus, which is coming to town. However as the trailer progresses and the sinister outlook comes across over the clown, his face paint will change to a more horrific clown style, and his clothes will become ripped and tattered as if reflecting his psychological state.

PROPS

            In our trailer we will need to have props such as flyers which are handed to the girl in the street and possibly a weapon of some form, such as a knife/axe. We are sure when it comes to filming this, that more props will need to be used, such as face paint, but we will establish this when we storyboard our trailer.

By Beth, Chloe and Brad 

Introduction

For our advanced media portfolio we decided to develop a horror movie trailer. We chose this as we thought that we could explore plenty of experimentation and a wide range of ideas. We will get inspiration from other films that are similar to our idea, and from that create our own unique trailer.