MY FINAL IDEAKILLER

a film by Christopher Morris Mills

Inspirations from other filmsI drew inspiration from Horror films that I have previously seen, and that I thought would be easy to recreate in my own style. Home invasion is one of my favourite sub-genres of horror so I made the decision to use that for my film opening. Some of the film that I drew direct inspiration from are The Strangers and The Purge.

Costumes • The victimI am using a teenage girl as my victim character as victim so her costume will reflect the generic clothing of an average teenage girl, of our generation. This will make her seem innocent and relatable to my audience, which would be mainly constructed of people between the ages of 15-25

Costumes • The two murderers For my two killers I choice to use similar costumes to the ones used in the film, The Purge. I wanted to use masks as the main focus of their costumes, as this dehumanises the characters and their hidden identities makes them seem dangerous and threatening to the audience. For the female killer I also choice to have her hair slightly messy to represent her insanity and I have decided to put her in a white night gown to add a sense of misleading innocence.

lightingLighting plays an important part in creating the atmosphere in a film. The amount of light and the direction of the light source can give meaning to the viewer of the film. For example, lighting is used to indicate the time of the day.One of the main lighting styles I will use is called under lighting and it can be used to disfigure the face. Horror films make use of this technique. Horror uses dark gloomy and shadowy lighting to create tone

plot

a young girl named Georgina is home alone in the early evening of a seemingly normal day. She declines an invitation to go out with her friends, so that she can stay in and study. A news reporter of the TV reads a story about two escaped mental patients from a local asylum. She hears a strange noose and find her phone has been tampered with until finally she sees the reflections of two masked intruders standing behind her, both wielding knives.

setting

My setting was an easy choice as in order for my film to be a home invasion horror it would have to take place within one of the characters homes. I have decided to use a modern, suburban house to create a false idea of security, that is easily relatable to may members of my audience