Introduction
The purpose of this report is to self-off my pitch and to express the
idea to producers to get the film made. From my research I can see horror short
films don't the amount of views thriller short films receives. I also know that
females watch horror/thriller movies more than men because they like the
suspense and the build-up more than men do.
My short film idea
The name of my short film is called 'The demon within' and the genre of
it is a horror.
It will be set up in the middle of the forest, where a man called Adrian
killed his wife Shantelle and their child Nicholas and he buried them in the
forest. The hook of my short film is the image in an unknown house. The twist
at the end is that the neighbour possessed Adrian to kill his family because
the neighbour was obsessed with Shantelle and their baby. Shantelle rejected
the neighbour therefore the neighbour thought if he can't have her no one can,
therefore he possessed Adrian to kill his family.
Twist: The neighbour possessed Adrian to kill his wife and child
My idea was mainly influenced by SAW, however there are a few other movies that inspired me into doing my idea such as Final destination and Nightmare on Elm Street.
Influences
SAW influenced my idea because in the middle of this clip two men both wake up in place they don't know with their feet chained to and at the beginning of my short film the wife and her child have been tied back to back. The whole idea of the characters waking up in an unknown place is creepy within itself and being trapped by being chained to poles is intense, therefore I thought for my idea they could all be tied up not by chains but by ropes and they wake up in the middle of the forest. Also because it’s an open ending therefore it always leaves the audience in shock and with a cliff hanger. This also shows that my short film will have a twist at the end that surprises the audience.
- The reason why I highlighted this is because it’s important that I add a twist to my short film because it's the trends and it's a good to leave the audience shock by a surprise. Because of this the short film will be more interesting because of the fact it will engage the audience's attention.
The nightmare Elm Street inspired me as well at 3.25 because Freddie Kruger killed people for his revenge and the demon in my short film kills the teenagers to get revenge on them killing him. Also the fact that you can't actually see him killing her gives off a possessed effect which I added into my short film to add more suspense. This also proves that I will be having flashbacks of the teenagers killing the man before he became a demon. -The reason why I highlighted this is because it's important to add flash forwards or flashbacks to show that my short film is non-linear. Because of this the short film will be more interesting.
Final destination also influenced me because it had one person that could see what was going to happen a couple min into the future and that everyone is going to die. In my short film the wife has this ability and that will allow me to have flash forwards in my short film. - The reason why I highlighted this is because it's important to add flash forwards or flashbacks to show that my short film is non-linear. Because of this the short film will be more interesting.
Unique selling point
My unique selling point is that my idea is based on
a real life situation. It's
based on an article about a woman called Sian Blake her partner, Arthur Simpson
killed her and her their two children, Zachary and Amon. The family was
reported missing on 16th December 2015. Another unique selling point
is that I have a possessed and an obsessed ability in one character. 
Research Log
Date of
search
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Location/Web
address
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Description:
title
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Purpose
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13.1.16
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Saw
(1/11) Movie CLIP - Waking Up (2004) HD
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To show
evidence that I was inspired by this clip in order to gain some ideas for my
short film. Also to show that my short film will have a twist at the end and
a hook
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13.1.16
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A
Nightmare On Elm Street 2010: Kris' Death
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To show
evidence that I was inspired by this clip in order to gain some ideas for my
short film and also to show that my short film will have flashbacks to show
them killing the man before
|
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13.1.16
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Final
Destination 5 Bridge Collapse (1080p)
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To show
evidence that I was inspired by this clip in order to gain some ideas for my
short film and also to show that my short film will be having flash forwards
|
Trends
I've noticed that the trends with a horror film is a twist at the end a
good hook and a strong beginning. The reason why it has to have a strong
beginning is because you have to capture the audience attention therefore they
won't be bored and they will carry on watching. Also a twist at the end is to
capture the audience and attention and surprise the audience therefore I’m
putting a twist at the end of my short film.
Box office and reviews
This shows the box
office of SAW. The reason why I picked this film is because it fits well with
my idea to do with torture and to also show what will be expected in the box
office if I was to show this in the cinema
Budget
$1,200,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend
This will be the original price for my short film
if I was going to pay for everything I needed in order to create my short film.
In this case I wouldn't be needing to hire an editing room, or pay
for my actors. I will only need to pay for transport and food which will cost
around £25 and I would have to pay for props and make up which will also cost
around £25. The cameras I will be needing will be provided by my college, the
equipment I need to set up the lighting will be provided by my college and
the facilities I will need such as, a mac to edit my short film, will
be provided by my college. Therefore my short film will actually cost around
£50.
Funding
Budget: The cost of my film will
be approximately £50
• The transport and to provide food will cost
£25
• Props and makeup will cost £25
• The cameras I will need will be provides by my
college
•The equipment for the lighting will be provided by
my college
•The facilities I will need to use such as; a mac
to edit my short film, will be provided by my college
Examples of what Kickstarter has funded
This is another
example of what Kickstarter funded. The short film is called love stinks and
it's a comedy which has been shot in Canada and they
funded 85% of it with $5,106. 46 backers and it has 24 days left. 
This is an example of
a short film that Kickstarter funded. The short film is called 'MNSTR'. The
location is in New York and they funded 119% into it with $16,176 with 54
backers and only 3 days left.
And these are a few more examples. This proves that Kickstarter would
help me with my short film
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Distribution
My short film will be distributing or shown at a short film festival and
it can also be shown on Netflix and YouTube.
The way I can get my
movie onto Netflix is to try and get it onto Netflix database, because it's not
possible to email someone who works for Netflix or within the company and ask.
However if your movie isn't picked it wouldn't be able to go on the Netflix
database. Netflix database is a long list of movies that Netflix chooses from
for them to go on its homepage. The good chances of getting your film onto the
the Netflix database is if you take of a distributor that has access to the
important roads your need to go down, however it is really hard to do so. On
the other hand it is possible to do. There is a distributors company which is
owned by IndieGoGo that would help you to get your film seen on Netflix, but
not just Netflix other services such as Distribber. The fee for Distribber is
$1,600 however all the money that your movie makes you will receive 100% of it
all and still have all your rights to your movie.
If you make it to the Netflix database you need to
show that your independent movie is worthy therefore you need to create an
army. The public need to queue in your movie by requesting it which is called
queue demand. Therefore you would need to ask everyone to do this so your movie
receives the most amount of requests. It depends on the amount of demands you
get, the bigger the amount the more of a chance your film will be considered
streaming through Netflix. Also to better your chances of getting your film on
Netflix you need to have a wide press coverage and a good IMDB listing.
Also I could stream my short film onto YouTube. To do this you would have to make a YouTube account and be registered to YouTube. Then you would have to go on YouTube itself and click upload. Your movie has to be MPEG for you to upload it, therefore after filming and editing your movie you would have to save it as an MPEG file. To find out if the file is an MPEG you would have to check through properties and it should say if it is or isn't. After clicking upload you would click upload video, then browse your movie and upload it and your film will be online for everyone in the public to see, watch, like and comment about it.
A short film festival is
where distributes go to watch short films and see which is the best
one. The short film that they are impressed with will get promoted in a particular area in the world and
because of this the maker of that short film will achieve some reputation and
praise and how creative they are.
The film festivals that my short horror film will be presented on are:
Manchester film festival, can film festival, London film festival, Raindance
film festival, Encounters international short film festival, Leeds
international film festival, Aesthetics film festival at all these film festivals there will be distributes
that will hopefully be impressed and then they would promote it for it to be
seen.
Raindance film festival
Raindance film festival is a film festival that show short films for distributors to choose. To submit my film to them I would have to call in to place an entry.
Raindance Film Festival is officially recognized by the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences USA, the British Academy of Film and
Television Arts and the British Independent Film Awards. Selected shorts
will qualify for Oscar® and BAFTA nominations. British short films that play in competition and all
British features that play in 2016 will be eligible for entry for the 2016
British Independent Film Awards BIFA.
Categories
The Festival accepts feature films (over 45 min.), short films (under 45 min.), music videos
(under 6 min) VR films (under 45min) and web series [Raindance Web Fest] of all lengths and
genres and is committed to showing the boldest and most innovative work, and
films that challenge the boundaries of filmmaking.
- Narrative Feature
- Documentary Feature
- Narrative Short
- Documentary Short
- Animation Short
- Music Video
- LGBT (Feature)
- Virtual Reality *new
Festival Strands
- In
Competition
- Discovery
- Documentaries
- Official Selection
- Raindance LGBT
- Special Screenings
- Raindance Symphony Orchestra
- Shorts
- Music Videos
- Raindance Web
Fest
Status of Your Film
- Feature Films must be at
least UK Premieres: they must not have been released in the UK on any
format, nor screened publicly online.
- There is
no Premiere policy for short films and music videos, they may have
screened at other Festivals and/or online.
- Raindance
accepts work-in-progress cuts but we will not accept subsequent cuts of
more complete versions. Please send your film in the most complete and
finished form possible to be reviewed.
How to Submit
Submissions are open via withoutabox or filmfreeway only.
*VR films to be submitted via filmfreeway only.
Completion Date
To be eligible to Raindance 2016 your film must
have been completed after 1 January 2015.
Submission deadlines and fees
Date
|
Deadline
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Feature Fee
|
Shorts Fee
|
Music Video Fee
|
22 April 2016
|
Early Deadline
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£55
|
£25
|
£25
|
20 May 2016
|
Regular Deadline
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£70
|
£35
|
£35
|
10 June 2016
|
Late Deadline
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£100
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£50
|
£50
|
17 June 2016
|
WAB Extended Deadline
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£150
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£80
|
£80
|
All Withoutabox submissions for Raindance Film
Festival are to be paid by credit card. The submission fee is non-refundable.
Raindance Members
RAINDANCE MEMBERS CAN SUBMIT ONE SHORT FOR FREE OR
A FEATURE AT HALF PRICE.
Raindance members can submit one short/music video for free, or a
feature at half price. If you are a member
emailfestival@raindance.co.uk to receive your unique waiver code. Please
include your membership number and expiry date. To join Raindance please go
to: http://www.raindance.org/premium/
Selection
Submissions are reviewed and selected under the
following criteria:
– Quality of narrative and production values.
– Independent nature of the production.
– Quality of narrative and production values.
– Independent nature of the production.
Notification
Raindance endeavours to complete all selection procedures by 31 August
2016 and inform all submitting parties, in writing, if their film has been
successful or not after that time. Successful
submissions will receive a Filmmaker Festival Pack that will include important
information on shipping the DCP to the Festival, press and publicity, guest
accreditation, contact information and how to make the most of participating in
the Festival.
Screening
Selected films MUST provide a Digital Cinema
Package (DCP) in order to be screened at the Raindance Film Festival, as well
as a back-up Blu-ray. (Except VR films)
Festival Prizes
– Best Film
– Best Director
– Best Screenplay
– Best Actor
– Best Actress
– Best UK Feature
– Best Documentary Feature
– Discovery Award
– Best Short
– Best UK Short
– Best Music Video
– Best Director
– Best Screenplay
– Best Actor
– Best Actress
– Best UK Feature
– Best Documentary Feature
– Discovery Award
– Best Short
– Best UK Short
– Best Music Video
Here are other film festivals that I could enter my short film into.
• Raindance
Film Festival *Oscar qualifying
• London Short Film Festival• Edinburgh International Film Festival
• London Short Film Festival
• Manchester International Film Festival
• Encounters International Short Film Festival *Oscar qualifying
• Leeds International Film Festival
• Aesthetica Film Festival
• London Short Film Festival• Edinburgh International Film Festival
• London Short Film Festival
• Manchester International Film Festival
• Encounters International Short Film Festival *Oscar qualifying
• Leeds International Film Festival
• Aesthetica Film Festival
Film regulation
The BBFC won't
regulate my web series as thy only regulate movies and cinematic shows and theatre shows.
If the BBFC was to regulate my short film they would give it a (15)-(18). The
reason why the BBFC will rate my short film and 15 - 18 is because the short film includes Strong violence, and strong
language. The reason my short film will be allowed to be rated as a
15 is because there can be strong threat and horror as long as there is no
sustained focus on sadistic or sexualised threat. The
reason my short film can also be aged 18 is because it contains strong horror,
strong blood and gore and sustain threat. From my research I’ve
noticed that the audience that mostly watch thrillers is 18+ because the
intensity will be to for young children because it could cause nightmares.
Another reason why females enjoy horror movies more than men is because they
love the story behind it. The statics are 36% of
men under the age of 35 watch thrillers. 5% of
women under the age of 35 watch thrillers and 65% over 35. This is why my web serial is aimed at people
who are 18-35.
What does the 15 symbol mean?
No-one under 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the
cinema or buy/rent a 15 rated video. 15 rated works are not suitable for
children under 15 years of age.
Are there any limits on what sort of theme a work
can have at 15?
No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15
year olds.
What might I see in a 15 rated film or video?
Any
of the following:
·
strong
violence
·
Frequent
strong language (e.g. 'f***').
·
portrayals
of sexual activity
·
strong
verbal references to sex
·
sexual
nudity
·
brief scenes
of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
·
discriminatory language or behaviour
·
drug taking
What does the 18 symbol mean?
Films
rated 18 are for adults. No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18 film at the cinema
or buy / rent an 18 rated video. No 18 rated works are suitable for children.
Are there any limits on what sort of theme a work
can have at 18?
No theme is prohibited at 18. Adults are free to choose their own
entertainment provided the material is not illegal or potentially harmful, so
it is possible some themes tackled at 18 may be offensive even to some adult
viewers.
What sort of issues might I find in an 18 film or
video?
18
works are for adults and can contain strong issues such as:
·
very strong
violence
·
frequent
strong language (e.g. 'f***') and / or very strong language (e.g. ‘c***’)
·
strong
portrayals of sexual activity
·
scenes of
sexual violence
·
strong
horror
·
strong blood
and gore
·
real sex (in
some circumstances)
·
discriminatory
language and behaviour
The BBFC would regulate my film a 15 or an 18
because my film reaches that standard. The reason why my movie will be rated a
15 or an 18 is because it contains everything you need for it. My film will
contain blood and gore, it will also include strong violence and strong horror.
This is the reason why it wouldn't be regulated at any regulation under 15
because it wouldn't be suitable for that type of crowd such as U or 12. However
some horror films can be shown at a 12 or a 12a but the horror sequence can’t
be frequent and the short film can't be disturbing. In a U and PG filming
violence would be very mild.
My film rating would be age 15 because it will contain very strong
violence while their being tortured, strong horror, very bloody and gory
throughout and only a little amount of strong language.
As you can see to the left is a short horror film from my research
called 'The black hole', which was a thriller received 19,606,627 views with 110,964 and 'Jack' which is a horror
received 349,255 and 1,585 likes. This proves thriller is more
liked then horror because thriller create more suspense and mystery with
numerous of jump scares whereas horror has more violence.
From my research I’ve noticed that the audience that mostly watch
thrillers is 18+ because the intensity will be to for young children because it
could cause nightmares. Another reason why females enjoy horror movies more
than men is because they love the story behind it. The statics are 36% of men under the age of 35 watch thrillers. 5% of
women under the age of 35 watch thrillers and 65% over 35. This is why my web
serial is aimed at people who are 18-35.
If the BBFC was to regulate my short film they
would give it a (15)-(18)
Also as I was watching the thriller short films I saw what the viewers
liked to see more in thrillers therefore I took them into to consider to put
into my short film. What I saw in the thrillers were some use of montage to not
make it boring therefore it could make the audience think a bit. A lot of flash
forwards and flashbacks to tell the story and to show what is going on in the
movie.
I also saw that the trends were the Twists at the end because it
surprises the audience and leaves the audience shocked, therefore I added a
twist in my short horror film to shock the audience.
Because of the fact that my short film
is based on the movie SAW I highly guarantee that it will receive a good amount
of views considering on box office it had
247.7 million USD. SAW is one of the best horror films containing a twist and a
hook.Finance: Film producers get their finance through different ways. One of the ways is through their own savings; this benefits them in the long term if their film makes profit successfully. Another way is through investors investigating on a certain part of the money that needs to be paid back after being helpful to produce their movie. For my production I wouldn't need to provide a big amount of money because most of the materials that I will be using will be provided by my college. My only input in money wise would be to provide food for my actors and that will be paid with my personal savings. The transport is already established because I and my actors all have free travel oyster cards.
The gender who watches horror the most is women because they like the intense moments within the film and they like the jump scares.
Budget Requirements: the costs to everything I will be needing for my
web-serial will be below
Cameras - Are from £93.99 up to £32,549.46. I would have to purchase one
camera as I’m using a single camera to shoot my web-serial. However in this
case I will be booking a camera from my college for free.
Lights and microphone - £54.99-£183.64 for both lights and microphone.
It would cost £500 per day to hire a camera man who would sometimes bring their
equipment and sometimes not. In this case I wouldn't need to hire anyone
because I will be shooting my web-serial myself, also there will be voice overs
of my actors voices being recorded over the videos and I will be filming in
daylight for most of my film and for the dark scenes will use a flash light to
create more suspense.
Editing Suites - These suits can cost £500 per day/hour but in this case
I will be using the editing suite that is provided in college.
Talent - to hire talent/talents will cost £500-700, however I will be
using my colleagues who take drama as a course, because they will be more
professional and they won't ask for any pay.
Crew - In order to hire a crew for a web series would usually cost more
than £5, 100. For my web series we will be in a group of 6 and we will split
the jobs between us.
Facility hire - the experience to rent an edit suit to have videos
edited will cost around £550 per day. In this case I will be using the schools
editing suit for free.
Budget: The cost of my film will be approximately £50
• The transport and to provide food will cost £25
• Props and makeup will cost £25
• The cameras I will need will be provides by my college
•The equipment for the lighting will be provided by my college
•The facilities I will need to use such as; a mac to edit my short film,
will be provided by my college
Time
This part of the media industry is very important, time and scheduling
is everything in the media world. It's all important because you have deadlines
to meet and if you don't meet the deadlines you would have to spend more money,
For an example if you have booked a editing suit for 2 days which is £1,000 and
your deadline was to finish editing the videos within those 2 days given but
you haven't finished and you need an extra day you have to pay another £500 and
then everything else will have to be pushed forward; different deadlines will
have to be made and it will waste a good amount of time and money.
The most time I will be filming is on weekends as I am occupied within
the week and so are my actors because we have college. Two - three weeks would
be a good amount of filming and editing time considering we can get some done
within the week in spare hours. The extra props my college wouldn't supply will
be coming out of my personal savings but they will be at a cheap price.
Materials
Clearance is paying for copyrighted materials to used e.g. music tracks/
sounds. For every time a copyrighted material is shown on another show the
owner of the material gets paid a certain amount of money in
order for them to use their material, which ranges from £50 upwards
depends on how much was negotiated. Because of the fact this is a
college project we won't have to pay for the use of other sound track, however for
my web serial my plan is to create my own original sounds due to the fact I and
most people know how to use Logic Pro X. Also we have access to non-copyrighted
sound from YouTube which is a free download and example of this will be
below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOrxwqvfD2E
In order that I have my equipment on time and to make sure I will get it
I will book from advance.
Crew and personnel
The availability of personals I'm going to be doing this project with 2
or 3 other people so the roles of the production will split amongst us, for
actors we will be gathering talents from our college and outside our college
that also take a drama course. However in the real world auditions will be
taken place to get actors and this will cost the production crew money as they
will have to rent out a location in order for the auditions to take
place.
The people I will be hiring will be listed below:
A camera man who will be in charge of the camera and responsible for the
filming
Editor who will edit and put shot in order from the camera in to a
story
Sound Engineer who will be in charge of the sound from the ambient sound
to non-ambient sound
Director who will direct the whole plot and I will be the producer
Location
The majority of our shots will be filmed in a local area, so around
Sidcup/Kent and we will need a permit from the Kent council in order to film in
particular places, when the weather is not suitable we have two options, we can
either use the weather to set a mood in the series or film it in that condition
and edit the footage to make it look better and clearer. The location of where
we are going to shoot the footage won't be far from the crew member’s
houses.
Most materials will be provided by my college but the rest will be
coming out of my personal savings and will be booked of a booking company for a
certain period of time. The BBFC won't regulate my web series as thy only
regulate movies and cinematic shows and theatre shows.
The location I will be shooting my short film is I’m the middle of the
woods.
My short film will be distributing or shown at a short film festival and
it can also be shown on Netflix.
A short film festival is where distributers go to watch short films and
see which the best one is. The short film that they are impressed with will get
promoted I’m a particular area I’m the world and because of this the maker of
that short film will achieve some reputation and praise on how creative they
are.
Facilities
Production Equipment: equipment such as cameras, lights and other things
can be booked for free form the college. But in a real life situation it
will cost around £1000 to get a camera man alone cost around 500 pounds that's
half of the money gone already therefore it's not cheap.
Post- production equipment: edit suite can be booked for £550 a day and
this suites will contain macs which will run the software Final cut x which is
the software that will be used to edit our shots. I will be using the editing
suites in school as they have free access.
