Blog 5 - Evidence Of Wider Reading

I decided I would research 'Teen Horror' to help me come up with some good ideas for my own teen horror movie. The first film I decided to look at was 'Sorority Row' this is a slasher movie, the reason viewers liked this film was because they were kept in suspense always wanting to know who would get it next (and how), and who is doing it. One review liked the idea of not knowing who the murderer was as it started '..who is the murderer guessing game'. This shows that they like a sense of mystery in the film so keeping the antagonist a secret in my film would be a good idea. The second film I decided to look at was 'Jennifer's Body' this is about a possessed teenage serial killer specializing in killing her male classmates. Viewers liked this film because it was sexy and flirty 'The fact they used megan fox gained them a lot more male viewers because she's very attractive'. This shows that the type of target audience I am aiming at like to have young attractive women in the films, so this would be a good idea for me to use them. The film 'Sorority Row' is shown in the order that it happens, where as in 'Jennifers Body' the film begins at the end leading viewers wanting to know why the ending happened. Both of these 'Teen horrors' have the same setting in there opening sequence, a big house surrounded by woods and its night time. Setting my opening sequence at night would be a good idea because it adds mystery and fear the the film before you even learn anything about the plot and characters. The music used in both 'Teen Horrors' is a low beat that gets faster and louder without any words in, this makes you get worked up thinking that the music is leading you to a big event that could happen. This can also give away when something is about happen because the viewers would be expecting it and so it wouldn't be as scary or thrilling to them. Making sure that the cast I use in my film are teenagers is important because my target audience is going the be for 18-29 years olds. They prefer to have teenagers/young adults as the cast because they find it easier to relate and connect to them. My research showed that more males watched 'Sorority Row' and 'Jennifers Body' than females, so having young attractive women in the film could also be an important factor.