Seven - Opening analysis

• Movie starts with 'New Line Cinema'

A man is shown coming in the kitchen doing a bit of cleaning and then adjusting his wrist collar while going out of the room. The scene then shifts to the person adjusting his tie and slowly the camera moves upwards showing the face of our first character. The man as soon as he is done adjusting the tie he gets his necessary things. He takes his coat and switches off the light. The scene then shifts to two people talking about a murder case, the bodies are shown. The man then looks around here and there to see if there is anything. The second character then moves into an opposite room while a third character is coming up the stairs. As the third character comes and is shown looking for someone and introduces himself. The scene shifts to a building from where a body comes out on an ambulance bed, with the first and third character coming out while talking and then walking. First character is shown lying on the bed and reading a book, the camera then swiftly moves from him putting down his spectacles to a nearby tick-tock instrument. Then the sound of rain for a while. Finally the title scene comes.

Research on Psychological Horror

What is a Psychological horror?

It is one of the sub genre of horror fiction. These are often based on video games [as a narrative for example 'Resident Evil' (1996)]. This mainly relies on the characters' fears and emotional instability to up the tension for the audiences. There even novels based films in this genre for example Psycho (film) is directed by Alfred Hitchcock which is actually based on the novel with the same title by Robert Bloch.

Some examples of psychological horror are:-

• Black Swan
• The Blair Witch Project
• Stalker
• The Mirror
• Sinister
• The Omen
• Paranormal Activity
• 13
• The Ring

 

Target Audience - Psychological Horror

Questionnaire

Name:- 

Age:-

1. What is your favourite movie genre?

2. How do you watch films? (DVDs, Netflix, Download the movie?)

3. What is your favourite film?

4. What do you like the most about your favourite film

5. What do you think a psychological horror film should involve?

6. How would you feel if you were the main character of our film plot?

PDE (Production, Distribution and Exhibition)

PDE (Production, Distribution and Exhibition) - home work (2)

Production - The producer has a keen role in production. He is the one who gets the idea developing it into a script and eventually doing a film out of it. He then for profit includes the key crew team for the film-to-be e.g. celebrities. As soon as the key crew is decided and made up. The next step would be of finding a suitable director for the film. To direct the movie as they think is appropriate and as soon as all this done, they can move onto distribution.

Distribution - This is the next step after production. In this step the film is ready or nearly ready for its as this is the time when the posters, advertise, music videos or maybe DVDs/Blue-ray DVDs/download from the internet and there are many other ways of advertising the movie before and after the release in order to get profit and also entertain the audiences. Before release, distributors will present their film at film festivals and markets around the world.

Exhibition - It is when the film is released and being represented in any of the film festivals that are gonna occur after it ready for its release in the theatres, even in film premiere occurring in the parts of the world where films are going to or are already released.

PDE - home work

PDE (Production, Distribution and Exhibition) - home work

Production:-

1. the action of making or manufacturing from components or raw materials, or the process of being so manufactured.
2. the provision of something for consideration, inspection, or use.
3. the process of or management involved in making a film, play, or record.

Distribution:-

1. the action of sharing something out among a number of recipients
2. the way in which something is shared out among a group or spread over an area

Exhibition:-

1. a public display of works of art or other items of interest, held in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair.
2. a display or demonstration of a particular skill.
3. (in sports) a game whose outcome does not affect a team's standing, typically one played before the start of a regular season.
4. a scholarship awarded to a student at a school or college, usually after a competitive examination.