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Final Piece
This is our final product and we are very happy with it as a group but we are a little disappointed with the quality of the film when we got the film of YouTube. We believe this makes our film look amateur which is the main thing we did not want to happen.
By Michael Keenan and Max Blanche
Friday, 26 March 2010
Decision making
Throughout the period of time we have had with our project, decision making has been crucial to the completion and editing of our opening sequence. As a group, i believe that we worked well to overcome problems and when faced with crucial decisions, such as filming schedules, genre ideas, camera shot ideas etc. We all have tried hard to give our input to the group with suggestions, whether successful or not and ideas that we thought may work well. When filming, we regulary did the same shot from different angles and points of view to make sure all members of our group had their say and we could then analyse the shots, therefore choosing the best shots for that particular clip. This worked well as it gave a better collection of shots which we could choose from. Once we had filmed a few shots, ideas came naturally to us and we all new what we expected from the opening sequence. We also had a decsion to make with the music for our film. We decided to find some copyright free music that we believed would fit our film. When looking through the numerous amounts of music files and samples, we all had our say to which we thought was best, therfore narrowing down the selection for us. We also all agreed on the typography that we would include on our opening sequence. As a group, I believe that we worked well with minimal arguing as we were all on the same wave length of what we wanted to achieve with our opening sequence. This is why i think our group has had good success with our opening sequence.
Joel Duxbury
Joel Duxbury
Thursday, 25 March 2010
Still Writing Typography
As a group we have now found our final Font, and effects to match it.
after blood sweat and tears, we have come to the conclusion to use the typeface 'Courier New Bold' and the size to the font, is quite a medium sized font, as we thought that this matches the style of our film.
All the still writing on the film is placed over a black background and writing in white writing in the mentioned typeface. On the title screen, the title stays on the screen for 5 seconds. and enters and disappears from the screen using a fade out effect.
we thought we would you this effect as we thought it matches the curious and mysterious nature of our supernatural film.
On the other still writing shots, the single piece of writing on average will stay on the screen for around 3 seconds, and will also follow the same routine as the title, to try and keep the suspensory atmosphere.
Louis Percival
after blood sweat and tears, we have come to the conclusion to use the typeface 'Courier New Bold' and the size to the font, is quite a medium sized font, as we thought that this matches the style of our film.
All the still writing on the film is placed over a black background and writing in white writing in the mentioned typeface. On the title screen, the title stays on the screen for 5 seconds. and enters and disappears from the screen using a fade out effect.
we thought we would you this effect as we thought it matches the curious and mysterious nature of our supernatural film.
On the other still writing shots, the single piece of writing on average will stay on the screen for around 3 seconds, and will also follow the same routine as the title, to try and keep the suspensory atmosphere.
Louis Percival
Copyright free music
As a group we wanted to emphasise the emotions that our viewers would hopefully feel while watching our opening clip. We thought the best way to do this was to add some music to our film to create suspense and excitement. But, as we were not allowed to use any copyrighted material in our films, we would have to get written permission by the artist allowing us the right to include the material into our opening sequence. This left us with only a few decisions we could possibly contemplate. As a group, we could make a our own piece of music to add to our film, we could try to get in touch with the specific artist whose music we would want to use, and hopefully get the written permission we needed. Or we could find some copyright free music to fit into our film accordingly. This was what we decided to do. We began to search on the internet on such sights as www.StockMusicStore.com, www.akmmusic.co.uk and www.royaltyfreetunes.co.uk. After browsing through such sights, we could not find any appropriate music to use in our film. We began to wonder whether we would ever find a tune that would fit with our opening sequence. Until, we got access to some college discs full of copyright free, usable material ranging from many music genres. We again, started to look for a tune that would run parallel with the first few shots of our opening sequence. We eventually found one that we altered accordingly to start at an exact point, then fading away after some time. This worked well with our film. We then decided to look for another piece of music, this time to create a sense of suspense and danger. We, again found a piece that we thought would do the job we wanted it to do,. The tune had a creepy sense to it making the viewers think something scary is going to happen very soon. As we hoped, both pieces of music worked well with our opening sequence and didn't clash at all. After all the hard work we did to find the sample music, I believe it was the best decision to use this music for our film.
By Joel Duxbury
By Joel Duxbury
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Filming and editing update.
we have now finally finished our full film edit. after we had evaluated and picked off all the rough bits to our rough edit, we have manage to finally get to the final product. We filmed all the relevant footage we spotted we needed to film from the rough edit, for example the close up shots of the actors to introduce them to the audience. also we have finished all of the typography, and we are pleased with the fonts found and the way the enter the screen. after the disastrous attempt to film our final footage the other day, we have managed to get all of our final footage in good time before the deadline, and we have now easily finished our film before the deadline. As a group we are very happy with all of the music we have got.
so overall as a group we are very happy with our film.
Louis Percival
so overall as a group we are very happy with our film.
Louis Percival
Filming and Editing update
We have now finished our rough edit of our film. As a group we are pleased with the edit but we feel we need to include a few more close up shots. We are also pleased with the music we have for our film. Because we feel that the film company that would make our film is film4 we have included the film4 opening sequence logo. We feel as it is only our rough edit we are in a good position to finish our film on time. To try and gather more footage we went filming but someone gave us a flat battery by accident so we were unable to gather all of our final footage. But we are still confident of finishing on time.
By Max Blanche
By Max Blanche
Filming update
So far we have filmed our full film but not fully finished editing the film. The footage we have got so far we think is really good and maybe we have to film a bit more footage to make our film complete so we have all the camera shots we want to. As we may need some more close ups or long shots, this is why we are finishing our editing now so we can film anything that is needing to be filmed.
Michael Keenan
Michael Keenan
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Problems and solutions
As a group we have encountered numerous problems but have worked out solutions for them to make our film to the highest quality we can possibly achieve. The problems that have occurred in our group include editing problems, filming problems, equipment problems, schedule problems and other minor problems that have also caused hassle. But, with good team-work and co-operation between ourselves, we allowed each other to give reasonable ideas to solve the problem and agreed how to overcome these problems. The first problem we had was what our opening sequence would consist of. This meaning, what genre would we choose and how we were going to create a sense of suspense to grip the audience. We decided to make a horror/supernatural thriller due to the fact we came up with quite a few ideas to create suspense. The next major problem was fitting the filming into our schedules. As we are all college students studying other subject, we needed to pick suitable days were all of us were free to film at the location we chose to film. Transport had to be sorted also to make sure we could get there and back. After we were happy with the first few shots of our film, we began to edit them on imovie. this started off fine, but as we carried o editing and cutting the clips, we all realised that some of our clips were not appropriate and some shots had to be re-done. This meant a temporary schedule was put in place to make sure we got the clips we needed. We went to get the clips, but as we got the equipment ready we noticed another problem, the batteries for the camera were flat and we hadn't got a spare. This meant a wasted journey and filming was adjourned for the day. But, after all these problems we encountered, we resolved them and carried on to produce our opening sequence.
By Joel Duxbury
By Joel Duxbury
Monday, 15 March 2010
What we still need to do
As we have filmed the first minute or so of our sequence we have still to film which we are doing tonight. we have a few scenes to do and we have all of our group together and we shall be able to finish all our filming tonight which will allow us as a group to finish the editing. We need to make some of our cutting between shots smoother. We also we need time left to make sure everything we have done is perfect and if it isnt we can edit it in due time so it fits well with the rest of our film.
By Joel, Max, Louis and Mike
By Joel, Max, Louis and Mike
What we have done so far part two
We have filmed up to one minute of our opening sequence thus far. We have also found the music for various parts of our film. We have nearly made our first rough cut of our film. We have included a few transitions in our film. This is to symbolise a change in time. We picked our transition very carefully because we didnt want our film to look amatuer but we couldn't not include a transition because it shows a change in time. We have got one shot that we need to do again because we feel it is poor quality. But apart from this we are pleased with our progress so far.
By Max Blanche, Michael Keenan, Louis Percival and Joel Duxbury
By Max Blanche, Michael Keenan, Louis Percival and Joel Duxbury
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Questionnaire Results Anaylsis
As a group we wanted to get a wide range of peoples opinions from different age groups and background to the relation of what films they prefer to others. As we are college students, it was easy to get students views for our questionnaire, but we had to go out of our way to get older and younger peoples answers. As we wanted a wider collection of answers for our questionnaire, we did not mainly base our questionnaire on our idea of making a horror/ supernatural thriller due to the fact younger generations may not of experienced watching this sort of genre due to the age certificates. The first question we asked was "How old are you?". This is a personal questionnaire, but we needed to know this to get a more accurate answer. If we had more time to create the questionnaire again, we would of made tick boxes and age groups to avoid offending anyone. Secondly was "What gender are you". This question is easy enough to answer. To hide identity of the people who answered the questionnaire for us, we did not ask for their names so they do not feel pressured into falsely filling in the questionnaire. This question was sufficient for us. The next question we asked was "What do you look for in a opening sequence". This was the first of our questions relevant for our media coursework. This was an effective question which got the participants of our questionnaire thinking of what they appreciate from their films to keep them gripped and wanting to watch more. Our next question was to find out whether our participants preferred American films to British films. We wanted to know this due to the fact we are making an amateur British film with no budget, whereas American made films with well known actors and directors representing them can afford all the special effects and extras. Many of the teenagers who we asked, surprisingly said they prefer the British, gritty style films to the American high budget films. But overall, we had a shared view on what our participants prefer. Another question we asked was "Do you like being scared". As a question this caused confusion with the participants at first. The question we asked was due to the fact of us contemplating on a horror/ supernatural thriller. We wanted to know whether our participants enjoyed being scared in their films to an extent. Overall, the questionnaire that we made was a success in getting the results that we wanted to achieve from it. The results gave us key information and we were all pleased with what we achieved with this questionnaire.
By Joel Duxbury
By Joel Duxbury
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Target Audience
Using the Theory GRAS, (gender, race,age,sex) we have come up with our ideal target audience, and i will briefly describe through this, throughout this post.
The specified target audience, is 15 and above, or should i say that is the age limit for the film, so the film applies to ages from really 15-25 really, but this is only a rough estimation and im sure that the film will be watched by all ages and sex. The target audience is this age group because the film's genre of action/horror ususally applies to this age group. Seen as our film doesn't involve any seens of gore, or extreme violence, there is no real need for this film to apply to an older age group. our film is concentrating on the paranormal side of horror, with unknown species, existing in a house, or as thought by, by a group of teenage boys.
socio-economic status is of no real matter in this film, aswell. because it is not really a complicated film so there is no real need or use of education, to enjoy and understand the film. so there is no advisable socio-economic status. the same also applies with race. there is no existing, barriers or caution for any races. The ideal gender for this film, is male. due to the fact that after looking into it, males prodominatly prefer horror/action films to women. so ideally the target sex, would be males, but like ive said, im sure it will be watched by both males and females.
By Louis Percival
The specified target audience, is 15 and above, or should i say that is the age limit for the film, so the film applies to ages from really 15-25 really, but this is only a rough estimation and im sure that the film will be watched by all ages and sex. The target audience is this age group because the film's genre of action/horror ususally applies to this age group. Seen as our film doesn't involve any seens of gore, or extreme violence, there is no real need for this film to apply to an older age group. our film is concentrating on the paranormal side of horror, with unknown species, existing in a house, or as thought by, by a group of teenage boys.
socio-economic status is of no real matter in this film, aswell. because it is not really a complicated film so there is no real need or use of education, to enjoy and understand the film. so there is no advisable socio-economic status. the same also applies with race. there is no existing, barriers or caution for any races. The ideal gender for this film, is male. due to the fact that after looking into it, males prodominatly prefer horror/action films to women. so ideally the target sex, would be males, but like ive said, im sure it will be watched by both males and females.
By Louis Percival
Roles in our film
In our film we have three main roles which are editing, filming and acting. As a group we have already planned these roles and researched into how to produce and make the genre we are trying to achieve. We have decided as a group of which shots to be taken and the positioning of the camera and Max Blanche will operate the camera whilst the rest of the group have to act in our film.
The editing that will be done in our film will be done by all of the group members using the program imovie. The editing will be done in our class time whilst our filming will be done outside of the class time.
By Michael Keenan, Louis Percival, Max Blanche and Joel Duxbury
The editing that will be done in our film will be done by all of the group members using the program imovie. The editing will be done in our class time whilst our filming will be done outside of the class time.
By Michael Keenan, Louis Percival, Max Blanche and Joel Duxbury
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Progress So Far
So far we have filmed 20 seconds of our film and feel we have made good progress. We have filmed us leaving the house with a camera and a bag of things robbed from the house. We have scheduled to do more filming next week so hope to have filmed the first minute by this time leaving us one spare week for more filming and our three weeks for editing. We have also added copy right free music to our first twenty seconds, and we have also edited our film so that it flows really good. I am happy with what we have done so far and if we carry on with the progress we have made so far but still have a lot of work to do.
By Max Blanche
By Max Blanche
Location Shots
These are the photos of our location of our film. We have taken the pictures in the light so it can be seen clearly. We took a variety of different shots because we are still unsure on what kind of shots we are willing to do.
By Max Blanche , Michael Keenan and Louis Percival and Joel Duxbury
Monday, 22 February 2010
opening sequence to 28 weeks later
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHf6Th-E3kE
I have chosen the film 28 weeks later due to the fact that i think it posses all of the qualities to make a fantastic opening sequence for a action/horror genre. It makes you want to grab hold of and hide behind a pillow with fright, but also at the same time leaves you hanging on the edge of your seat, killing you to find out what is going to happen next! so if the film does this to you in the first 3 minutes in this case. I'm sure it will make you want to carry on and watch the rest of the film. The film is of no real relevance and comparison to the film we as a group are intending to make other than there are unknown creatures pursuing them, and that is what are intending to base our film opening about. the best thing about this opening sequence is how it leaves you hanging on a complete cliff hanger. with is also a must in our film opening.
The lighting used in this opening sequence is generally quite dark, gloomy, and low key which therefore backs up its horror genre. This also shows that the mood of the film is depressing and sad for the time being. for example right at the beginning of the sequence, and in fact all of the way through the sequence, there is no signs of electricity, but signs of electrical equipment, which means that it is following on from the previous film almost immediate, because that happened in the first film. there is also signs of side lighting of one the young men's face, which could show signs that's he is hiding something, or that he is evil, or is going to play a big part in the film.
also towards the end of the sequence when it shows outside. and it shows how bright the light is, this could mean more than one thing, it could mean that due to it being such a pure white light, that outside is where the secret lies, and where the solution to the problem lies. or it could be deceiving the people and leading them outside for the wrong reason, and due to it being a horror movie, it could be either of these two. also the sound throughout the whole clip is none existent. there is a constant scary silence, you can just hear the clinging of all the cuttulery and dishes. this also fulfils the needs of the horror genre.
There is a specific shot from the passage that i particularly like. it is when there is like a downwards shot from the top of the stairs looking down on the people, its like they are being watched and this makes the film look even more horrorified.
so overall i feel that this is a good opening sequence to a horror movie. because it has all the key elements, and it has been useful to us in the making of our film opening.
Louis Percival
I have chosen the film 28 weeks later due to the fact that i think it posses all of the qualities to make a fantastic opening sequence for a action/horror genre. It makes you want to grab hold of and hide behind a pillow with fright, but also at the same time leaves you hanging on the edge of your seat, killing you to find out what is going to happen next! so if the film does this to you in the first 3 minutes in this case. I'm sure it will make you want to carry on and watch the rest of the film. The film is of no real relevance and comparison to the film we as a group are intending to make other than there are unknown creatures pursuing them, and that is what are intending to base our film opening about. the best thing about this opening sequence is how it leaves you hanging on a complete cliff hanger. with is also a must in our film opening.
The lighting used in this opening sequence is generally quite dark, gloomy, and low key which therefore backs up its horror genre. This also shows that the mood of the film is depressing and sad for the time being. for example right at the beginning of the sequence, and in fact all of the way through the sequence, there is no signs of electricity, but signs of electrical equipment, which means that it is following on from the previous film almost immediate, because that happened in the first film. there is also signs of side lighting of one the young men's face, which could show signs that's he is hiding something, or that he is evil, or is going to play a big part in the film.
also towards the end of the sequence when it shows outside. and it shows how bright the light is, this could mean more than one thing, it could mean that due to it being such a pure white light, that outside is where the secret lies, and where the solution to the problem lies. or it could be deceiving the people and leading them outside for the wrong reason, and due to it being a horror movie, it could be either of these two. also the sound throughout the whole clip is none existent. there is a constant scary silence, you can just hear the clinging of all the cuttulery and dishes. this also fulfils the needs of the horror genre.
There is a specific shot from the passage that i particularly like. it is when there is like a downwards shot from the top of the stairs looking down on the people, its like they are being watched and this makes the film look even more horrorified.
so overall i feel that this is a good opening sequence to a horror movie. because it has all the key elements, and it has been useful to us in the making of our film opening.
Louis Percival
Saturday, 13 February 2010
Script for film
This is the script of our film:
Mike: Come on lets go!
All: Quick quick!
Mike: Get over come on!
Louis: Go come on quick!
All: Come On!
Louis: Oh yeah!
Louis: Lets throw this bag in here.
Mike: Oh
Louis: Wow, Oh man
Mike: This doesnt look too nice does it?
Louis: Not at all
Mike: Jesus! Did Anyone see that then?
Joel: What?
Mike: Look top window!
Mike to Joel: Have a go with this Camera.
Louis: Is it open?
Door Creaks then Slams shut
Mike: We have some light, Lets see whats down here.
Louis: I'm not going down there!
Mike: Go on dont be a girl!
Joel Gets taken
Both Mike and Louis: Where's Joel?
Mike: Come on lets go!
Louis: Were going to have to go back!
Mike: Come on then lets go!
By Max Blanche and Michael Keenan
Mike: Come on lets go!
All: Quick quick!
Mike: Get over come on!
Louis: Go come on quick!
All: Come On!
Louis: Oh yeah!
Louis: Lets throw this bag in here.
Mike: Oh
Louis: Wow, Oh man
Mike: This doesnt look too nice does it?
Louis: Not at all
Mike: Jesus! Did Anyone see that then?
Joel: What?
Mike: Look top window!
Mike to Joel: Have a go with this Camera.
Louis: Is it open?
Door Creaks then Slams shut
Mike: We have some light, Lets see whats down here.
Louis: I'm not going down there!
Mike: Go on dont be a girl!
Joel Gets taken
Both Mike and Louis: Where's Joel?
Mike: Come on lets go!
Louis: Were going to have to go back!
Mike: Come on then lets go!
By Max Blanche and Michael Keenan
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Overall story line
The film will start off in an exciting action packed manor. The actors (thugs) will come bursting out of a fire exist door to the beat of some fast music. then they will run as a group to a wall to evade the premises where they stole the goods from. Then, they will carry on the chase down a back street, only to find out they have luckily got away. then the film will move on a little. this is shown by a transition used. then the thugs are walking down a busy main road, and walk past a big old house/hotel what is up for sale, being the curious young lads they are. they taunt each other and decide to go and have a look in the house. by this time they are already using the camcorder they stole to film the experience. as they walk up to the location one of the lads see something mysterious in the top window of the building. they then look back and the thing has gone. they then decide to go on, and they make their way to the front door. luckily enough they find the door to be open, so they decide to creep in. they then make there way down the hallway looking in various rooms turning on numerous lights. then one of the lads gets dramatically unexpectedly captured. as a result of this, the other two realise that there friend has been captured they sprint out of the premises as fast as they can and then realise that they need to go back in and find him. then the open scene ends.
obviously there are other bits to the film. but that is the main part to the film.
Louis Percival
obviously there are other bits to the film. but that is the main part to the film.
Louis Percival
Costumes
It is essential that when we are filming our film we use the correct clothing for our actors. which have to follow a thuggish nature. because that matches the theme of the film. and you cant have a thuggish film, dressed up as opera singers, because that just wouldn't work. so the so cold thugs, will have to dress like thugs. the actors will provide the clothes we need, so the costumes have come to no expense for us. We are also making the actors dress like there certain stereotypes, so it makes the audience understand the film more easily from the beginning. also the colouring of the actors clothing is rather important as it could resemble the characters actions in the film. for example. one of our actors is wearing a different type of clothing in the film (jeans) so could this indicate that something is going to happen to this character or will he have two sides to him. So to try and en-thesise this as much as possible, this characters clothing will be a lot darker than the clothing of the others.
Louis Percival
Louis Percival
Extra's and Props
In the making of our film, we have not really needed many props. This is due to the fact that we want the film to look as realistic and ecologically valid as possible to the lifestyle of normal people. So the only real props we have used were an extra camcorder, when doing the third person shots, as our actual camcorder we do the filming with was in use. and also a bag. for the beginning of the film to carry our stolen goods (camcorder) in. other than that, there was no other real use of props as everything else was just the natural scenery.
The location that we did all the filming in was no problem because it is the home of one of the members of our group. so the location and everything that comes with it good for us.
we didn't need the use of any extra's either in our film, due to the fact that our film doesn't consist of extra's in it. so we didn't have to worry about finding another actor in our film.
Louis Percival
The location that we did all the filming in was no problem because it is the home of one of the members of our group. so the location and everything that comes with it good for us.
we didn't need the use of any extra's either in our film, due to the fact that our film doesn't consist of extra's in it. so we didn't have to worry about finding another actor in our film.
Louis Percival
What We Are Doing As A Group
Each member of our group will be playing a big part in our filming and editing of our film. For our actors we have said That myself (Michael Keenan) , Louis Percival and Joel will be acting. Our camera man will be Max Blanche and he will be doing all the camera shots from a distance and when we are doing point of view shots we will have the actors filming this. We also have an extra in our film (Jack Cunnigham) he will be playing the part of the figure seen in the window he will not have any camera shots from his point of view so he will not having anything to do with the camera or the editing side of our film. The editing in our film will be done by all of us so it will be a group effort and group decision on what we decide to do.
By Michael Keenan
By Michael Keenan
Filming Scheduels
We Our going to film our film our film on Monday the 15th of February 2010. We plan to start filming earlier on in the day because we can always edit our film to make it look darker but it is hard to make it look lighter. We are going to try and film all of our steady/still shots first then our other shots with the camcorder free hand later on because the quality of them shots is not as important. We are going planning on filming all of our shots more than once so we have atleast double the shots we need incase we find something that we don't like so we can just get rid of it. We have also scheduled to do more filming on the tuesday after half term because we will have had chance to look through what we have filmed and retake shots we are not happy with. If we keep to this schedule i feel we can keep on top of our film.
By Max Blanche
Equipment/Props
Because we want our film to look realistic we will not not need many props. But we will need one extra person to appear in our film. We have found our location so that side of filming is already covered. To ensure our shots are filmed steady we will need a tripod and of course we will need a camcorder. When it comes to editing the film we will need such items as a mac we will need a mac because it has the program Imovie on.
By Max Blanche and Michael Keenan
Costumes
For our film we have to choose the correct clothing to make sure our film looks realistic. For example the 'lads' will have to dress like 'lads' and be in like joggers and a hoody as this agrees to ideology, which is what we are trying to do so people will see them as maybe 'young thugs'. They will have to wear distinctively different clothing so the audience will be able to see which character is which. Also the thing that will be stood in the window just needs to be in black and covered so none of their face can be seen on the camera. due to us filming in the dark we will have to have the actors in lightish clothes so they can be easily seen by the viewers. We have decided to have two out of the three lads will be in light clothing and one o them will be in dark clothing as the one in dark clothing will be the one who the spooky things happen to so the dark colours resemble this.
By Michael Keenan and Max Blanche
By Michael Keenan and Max Blanche
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Synopsis of the film sequence
For our film we have decided that it’s going to be a film with the genre of a supernatural thriller. We have chosen this type of film as it is the choice that the group finally made the decision to choose this genre. Also this genre is a good choice for us as we have found the ideal location for this. The main characters are myself (Michael Keenan), Louis Percival and Joel Duxbury. All three of us are going to take part in the filming and editing of the film as well as Max Blanche who will do the main part of the filming as the actors are in the shot. Our film is going to be about three 'lads' who are seen running out of a house with a bag and find a camcorder in the bag and start recording themselves as they walk towards an abandoned house and they think it would be fun to go into the house. As they are walking towards the house a number of things happen which scare the 'lads' for example one of the 'lads' looks up to one of the windows in the house and it sees a person in the window and tells the others of what he has seen but they don’t believe him. Then as the 'lads' walk towards the front door they see someone or something run across the hall way, this frightens the boys. Upon entering the house two of the boys realize that one of them are missing and white noise comes on the camera and they run out of the house. a shot of the boys on the car park leaves them thinking about going back in for their friend and are wondering what has happened to him they both decide that the best thing for them to do is to go back in and the last shot is of white noise and its slowly disappears of the screen and shows the two boys stepping foot into the house again and then that finishes our opening sequence.
By Michael Keenan
By Michael Keenan
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Questionnaire
To establish our target audience we have produced a questionaire. We have decided to ask random people to answer our questionaire to help us with our film. We asked some simple questions like Gender so we could establish the differnce in film choice between the sex's. But we also asked some questions that will help us choose our genre by asking questions like what is your favourite genre.
Here is a copy of our questionaire:
Questionnaire
How old are you?
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What gender are you?
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What is your favorite genre of film?
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What do you look for in a opening sequence?
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Do you prefer American Films or British Films?
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How many times a year do you go to the cinema?
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By Max and Louis
Monday, 1 February 2010
Opening sequence-Halloween 2
An opening sequence is a crucial part of any film. It must set the tone of the film, whilst setting a scene and still managing to keep the viewer watching. Halloween 2 is a 1981 horror film and the second installment in the Halloween series. Halloween 2, directed by Rick Rosenthal and written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill is gripping directly from the opening series, sending viewers into a sense of panic due to the eery theme tune associated with the halloween series. Halloween 2 starts directly where Halloween left off. This breaking the classical narrative due to the fact, place and time needs not to be explained to viewers. The opening sequence begins with many enigmas, hooking the audience in and not letting go, this is done by using the dark, low key lighting leaving us in suspense of who the attacker who can be seen lurking in the shadows is. This used effectively to show the sense of danger in the house. The lighting used in this opening sequence is the most powerful way for the audience to grasp what genre the film is (if the viewer has not already grasped this by watching Halloween). Halloween 2 is known for its opening sequence in the horror genre, mainly because it explodes into action right from the go. This is admired for it technique of building so much suspense in such a little time.
By Joel Duxbury
By Joel Duxbury
Opening Sequences
The opening sequence that i have decided to do is the opening sequence of the film 'The Ring'. I have chosen this film as it is a very similar film to which we are wanting to produce an opening sequence for. The Ring is a good example of this type of genre (horror/action) it seduces the viewers into the film and also makes them jump which makes the viewers, off the opening sequence, wish to carry on and watch the film so they can find out what happens at the end of the film. Also what i like about the opening sequence of this film is that it leaves it on a cliff hanger which gets the viewers on edge wondering about what’s going to happen.
The lighting which is used a lot in this opening sequence is mainly low key lighting which sets the mood of the film and also the sounds that are used in the opening sequence is perfect for the type of film it is as we always associate films of this genre to have a sound as it does as it is a very slow tempo and low volume but gets louder when something is about to happen which, along with the lighting, sets the mood of the film and builds up the tension of the film ready to frighten the audience. The setting that is used is in a modern house with it all white but with the low key lighting that is used it makes the rooms seem very dull and has the house all one colour.
The main character in the opening sequence is a girl and this is because girls are deemed as vulnerable to others and are supposedly more scared according to ideology, also in this opening sequence when they aren’t playing anything in the background there is the heavy breathing of the girl and the noise of the television this causes suspense for the viewers as it a thrilling sound which makes the viewers tense up as they are waiting for something to happen. Another sound which happens at the end of the opening sequence where it zooms in on the girls face and her face changes and then suddenly just zooms into the television screen where the screen is all fuzzy and has that sound which sends a shiver down the viewers spine this causes a thrill and a great cliff hanger ending leaving a lot of questions to be answered to the viewers.
The thing i like most about this opening sequence is how it leads you into suspense and also wondering what is going to happen during the film and why the television was fuzzy downstairs and also upstairs and why her face changed, also the viewers want to watch it to see where a bout’s the girl is that she is shouting. All these are unanswered questions which the viewers want to know which is why its such a good opening sequence as it is near enough making them watch the rest of the film as they want to know what is going to happen and how it ends.
The lighting which is used a lot in this opening sequence is mainly low key lighting which sets the mood of the film and also the sounds that are used in the opening sequence is perfect for the type of film it is as we always associate films of this genre to have a sound as it does as it is a very slow tempo and low volume but gets louder when something is about to happen which, along with the lighting, sets the mood of the film and builds up the tension of the film ready to frighten the audience. The setting that is used is in a modern house with it all white but with the low key lighting that is used it makes the rooms seem very dull and has the house all one colour.
The main character in the opening sequence is a girl and this is because girls are deemed as vulnerable to others and are supposedly more scared according to ideology, also in this opening sequence when they aren’t playing anything in the background there is the heavy breathing of the girl and the noise of the television this causes suspense for the viewers as it a thrilling sound which makes the viewers tense up as they are waiting for something to happen. Another sound which happens at the end of the opening sequence where it zooms in on the girls face and her face changes and then suddenly just zooms into the television screen where the screen is all fuzzy and has that sound which sends a shiver down the viewers spine this causes a thrill and a great cliff hanger ending leaving a lot of questions to be answered to the viewers.
The thing i like most about this opening sequence is how it leads you into suspense and also wondering what is going to happen during the film and why the television was fuzzy downstairs and also upstairs and why her face changed, also the viewers want to watch it to see where a bout’s the girl is that she is shouting. All these are unanswered questions which the viewers want to know which is why its such a good opening sequence as it is near enough making them watch the rest of the film as they want to know what is going to happen and how it ends.
By Michael Keenan
Opening Sequences
For my Opening Sequence i have decided to pick the Film Dawn of the dead. I have decided to do this film as it is of similar genre to us. Both films are horror films. I like how Dawn of the dead is made because it is very 'jumpy' and scares the audience. I also like how the film makes it look like what is happening is real as it shows news clips reporting on what is happening. I also like the camera angle that is used when following the car because it shows you what the driver of the car can see so it uses a point of view shot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr57GJgGxjQ
In this clip it shows a Nurse coming home from work, when she gets home everything is normal. But in the morning her daughter comes in covered in blood, this would confuse the audience because no one knows why she is covered in blood this would also keep the audience wanting to find out more. But you soon come to the conclusion she must have been bitten by a zombie. She then bites her dad who also turns into a zombie, blood and special effects make this scene very gory to scare the audience. Because so many people are ringing the police the lines are jammed this adds to the suspense for the audience. Then she gets out the house and there is a state of panic because people are running around and being chased by zombie's this would add tension and creates suspense because you don’t know who survives and who dies. The Main Character then gets into her car because her husband tries to kill her would add to the fear in the audience. She is then driving through a Town when a car crashes and explodes this is good use of special effects. She then tries to get her car stolen of her but she drives of but crashes whilst doing this. It shows her crash and then that it is for the opening. I personally feel it is a really good opening sequence because it contains lots of action and makes you want to carry on watching even though it is scary.
The lighting in this scene is very natural but in some scenes like when the daughter is in the hallway it uses low key lighting. There is some music when the Main character leaves the hospital to add tension because the audience thinks there maybe a zombie in the back of a ambulance but it is not and the music is just there to scare you. When the main Character turns her radio on the song have a nice day comes on which is using black humor because she gets attacked by zombies. There is also a element of irony when she says "see you tomorrow" to the girl because she doesn't. There is also music when the girl comes in the room and the door opens this adds tension and fear in the audience. When she steps through the door there is a loud noise to scare the audience and the loud music carries on until she is thrown out the room. When her husband comes to attack her the music is really fast to add to the tension. To create drama at one point the music goes silent and then the man comes through the door. This is really good at scaring you. I personally feel that the opening sequence is very typical of a horror film because it keeps you wanting more and is very scary. Overall i think that it is a really good opening scene and makes you want to carry on watching which is the main thing that a Opening sequence can do.
By Max Blanche
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr57GJgGxjQ
In this clip it shows a Nurse coming home from work, when she gets home everything is normal. But in the morning her daughter comes in covered in blood, this would confuse the audience because no one knows why she is covered in blood this would also keep the audience wanting to find out more. But you soon come to the conclusion she must have been bitten by a zombie. She then bites her dad who also turns into a zombie, blood and special effects make this scene very gory to scare the audience. Because so many people are ringing the police the lines are jammed this adds to the suspense for the audience. Then she gets out the house and there is a state of panic because people are running around and being chased by zombie's this would add tension and creates suspense because you don’t know who survives and who dies. The Main Character then gets into her car because her husband tries to kill her would add to the fear in the audience. She is then driving through a Town when a car crashes and explodes this is good use of special effects. She then tries to get her car stolen of her but she drives of but crashes whilst doing this. It shows her crash and then that it is for the opening. I personally feel it is a really good opening sequence because it contains lots of action and makes you want to carry on watching even though it is scary.
The lighting in this scene is very natural but in some scenes like when the daughter is in the hallway it uses low key lighting. There is some music when the Main character leaves the hospital to add tension because the audience thinks there maybe a zombie in the back of a ambulance but it is not and the music is just there to scare you. When the main Character turns her radio on the song have a nice day comes on which is using black humor because she gets attacked by zombies. There is also a element of irony when she says "see you tomorrow" to the girl because she doesn't. There is also music when the girl comes in the room and the door opens this adds tension and fear in the audience. When she steps through the door there is a loud noise to scare the audience and the loud music carries on until she is thrown out the room. When her husband comes to attack her the music is really fast to add to the tension. To create drama at one point the music goes silent and then the man comes through the door. This is really good at scaring you. I personally feel that the opening sequence is very typical of a horror film because it keeps you wanting more and is very scary. Overall i think that it is a really good opening scene and makes you want to carry on watching which is the main thing that a Opening sequence can do.
By Max Blanche
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Ambition
When a sinister figure offers them success in exchange for murder, a group of old school friends struggle with paranoia and distrust as they turn on each other to complete the arrangement.
Production Company:
Rock Solid Entertainment
Format: 16mm digitally mastered
Year of production: 2005
Running time: 97 mins
Director: Nicolas Forzy
Producer: Nicolas Forzy
Executive/Co-Producers: Thomas Benski, Axel Beranger
Editor: Pete Mitchell
Screenwriter: Nicolas Forzy
Director of Photography: Daniel G. Cabrero
Sound: Marc Reveyron
Music: Roby Meola
Principal cast: Matthew Rutherford, Luke Robert, Alex Childs, David Rosenbauer, Marem Hernandez, John Robson, Martin T. Sherman
Blair Witch Project
The Blair Witch Project is an American horror film released in 1999. The narrative is presented as a documentary pieced together from amateur footage, filmed in real time. The film was produced by the Haxan Films production company. The film relates the story of three young student filmmakers (Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael C. Williams) who hike into the Black Hills of Burkittsville, Maryland to film a documentary about a local legend known as the Blair Witch, and subsequently go missing. The viewer is told that the three were never found, although their video and sound equipment (along with most of the footage they shot) was discovered a year later. This "recovered footage" is presented as the film the viewer is watching.
Directed by Daniel Myrick
Eduardo Sánchez
Produced by Robin Cowie
Gregg Hale
Written by Daniel Myrick
Eduardo Sánchez
Starring Heather Donahue
Joshua Leonard
Michael C. Williams
Music by Antonio Cora
Cinematography Neal Fredericks
Editing by Daniel Myrick
Eduardo Sánchez
Studio Haxan Films
Distributed by Artisan Entertainment
Release date(s) United States
January 25, 1999
(Sundance Film Festival)
July 16, 1999
(Limited)
July 30, 1999
(Wide)
United Kingdom
October 8, 1999
(Raindance Film Festival)
October 22, 1999
(Wide)
Australia & New Zealand
December 9, 1999
Running time 86 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget $500,000-$750,000
Gross revenue $248,639,099
Followed by Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D51QgOHrCj0&feature=related
Halloween
Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film set in the fictional suburban midwestern town of Haddonfield, Illinois, on Halloween. The original draft of the screenplay was titled The Babysitter Murders. John Carpenter directed the film, which stars Donald Pleasence as Dr. Sam Loomis, Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, and Nick Castle, Tony Moran and Tommy Lee Wallace sharing the role of Michael Myers (listed in the credits as "The Shape"). The central theme of the film is Myers' escape from a psychiatric hospital and his subsequent murder of a number of teenagers, whilst Dr. Loomis' attempts to track and stop him. Halloween is widely regarded as a classic among horror films, and as one of the most influential horror films of its era. In 2006 it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Halloween was produced on a budget of $320,000 and grossed $60 million at the box office in the United States, equivalent to over $150 million as of 2008, becoming one of the most profitable independent films. Many critics credit the film as the first in a long line of slasher films inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). The movie originated many clichés found in low-budget horror films of the 1980s and 1990s. However, the film contains little graphic violence and gore.
28 Weeks Later.
28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror/science fiction film directed by Danny Boyle. With a screenplay written by Alex Garland, the film stars Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Noah Huntley, and Christopher Eccleston. The plot depicts the breakdown of society following the accidental release of a highly contagious virus and focuses upon the struggle of four survivors to cope with the ruination of the life they once knew.
A critical and commercial success, the film is widely recognized for images of a deserted London, and was shot almost entirely on digital video. The film spawned a 2007 sequel, 28 Weeks Later and the graphic novel 28 Days Later: The Aftermath.
Directed by Danny Boyle
Produced by Andrew Macdonald
Line Producer:
Robert How
Written by Alex Garland
Starring Cillian Murphy
Naomie Harris
Noah Huntley
Christopher Eccleston
Brendan Gleeson
Megan Burns
Music by John Murphy
Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle
Editing: by Chris Gill
Studio DNA Films
British Film Council
Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release date(s) United Kingdom
1 November 2002
Running time 113 min.
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget £5,000,000
Gross revenue $82,719,885
Followed by 28 Weeks Later
Fox Searchlight Pictures.
The institution we are looking at to produce or film is something along the lines of a British film company who work on low budgets, but still produce top quality highly recognizable films. usually british films like this are distributed by american companies. for example, Fox searchlight pictures. This company is a sister company to 20th century fox. so is of high quality, and is known for creating great movies. fox searchlight pictures specialises in producing british, indie/horror films. for example 28 days later, and 28 weeks later. so this would be a perfect production company for us to use due to it specialising in what film we are producing. it has also distributed a high number of recognized films, such as, hills have eyes, the ringer, and slumdog millionaire. so i think that this company would be a wise choice.
Warner Bros
Another production company we could use could be, Warner Bros. but we are very unlikely to be able to get our film distributed by these, as the are of a high statutre, and we will definately not be able to afford the costs of this company due to its recognition. an example of a british film distributed by these is The Shining.
so ideally the best option would be to use fox searchlight picures, due to its availability and good quality.
By Louis Percival.
When a sinister figure offers them success in exchange for murder, a group of old school friends struggle with paranoia and distrust as they turn on each other to complete the arrangement.
Production Company:
Rock Solid Entertainment
Format: 16mm digitally mastered
Year of production: 2005
Running time: 97 mins
Director: Nicolas Forzy
Producer: Nicolas Forzy
Executive/Co-Producers: Thomas Benski, Axel Beranger
Editor: Pete Mitchell
Screenwriter: Nicolas Forzy
Director of Photography: Daniel G. Cabrero
Sound: Marc Reveyron
Music: Roby Meola
Principal cast: Matthew Rutherford, Luke Robert, Alex Childs, David Rosenbauer, Marem Hernandez, John Robson, Martin T. Sherman
Blair Witch Project
The Blair Witch Project is an American horror film released in 1999. The narrative is presented as a documentary pieced together from amateur footage, filmed in real time. The film was produced by the Haxan Films production company. The film relates the story of three young student filmmakers (Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael C. Williams) who hike into the Black Hills of Burkittsville, Maryland to film a documentary about a local legend known as the Blair Witch, and subsequently go missing. The viewer is told that the three were never found, although their video and sound equipment (along with most of the footage they shot) was discovered a year later. This "recovered footage" is presented as the film the viewer is watching.
Directed by Daniel Myrick
Eduardo Sánchez
Produced by Robin Cowie
Gregg Hale
Written by Daniel Myrick
Eduardo Sánchez
Starring Heather Donahue
Joshua Leonard
Michael C. Williams
Music by Antonio Cora
Cinematography Neal Fredericks
Editing by Daniel Myrick
Eduardo Sánchez
Studio Haxan Films
Distributed by Artisan Entertainment
Release date(s) United States
January 25, 1999
(Sundance Film Festival)
July 16, 1999
(Limited)
July 30, 1999
(Wide)
United Kingdom
October 8, 1999
(Raindance Film Festival)
October 22, 1999
(Wide)
Australia & New Zealand
December 9, 1999
Running time 86 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget $500,000-$750,000
Gross revenue $248,639,099
Followed by Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D51QgOHrCj0&feature=related
Halloween
Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film set in the fictional suburban midwestern town of Haddonfield, Illinois, on Halloween. The original draft of the screenplay was titled The Babysitter Murders. John Carpenter directed the film, which stars Donald Pleasence as Dr. Sam Loomis, Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, and Nick Castle, Tony Moran and Tommy Lee Wallace sharing the role of Michael Myers (listed in the credits as "The Shape"). The central theme of the film is Myers' escape from a psychiatric hospital and his subsequent murder of a number of teenagers, whilst Dr. Loomis' attempts to track and stop him. Halloween is widely regarded as a classic among horror films, and as one of the most influential horror films of its era. In 2006 it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Halloween was produced on a budget of $320,000 and grossed $60 million at the box office in the United States, equivalent to over $150 million as of 2008, becoming one of the most profitable independent films. Many critics credit the film as the first in a long line of slasher films inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). The movie originated many clichés found in low-budget horror films of the 1980s and 1990s. However, the film contains little graphic violence and gore.
28 Weeks Later.
28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror/science fiction film directed by Danny Boyle. With a screenplay written by Alex Garland, the film stars Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Noah Huntley, and Christopher Eccleston. The plot depicts the breakdown of society following the accidental release of a highly contagious virus and focuses upon the struggle of four survivors to cope with the ruination of the life they once knew.
A critical and commercial success, the film is widely recognized for images of a deserted London, and was shot almost entirely on digital video. The film spawned a 2007 sequel, 28 Weeks Later and the graphic novel 28 Days Later: The Aftermath.
Directed by Danny Boyle
Produced by Andrew Macdonald
Line Producer:
Robert How
Written by Alex Garland
Starring Cillian Murphy
Naomie Harris
Noah Huntley
Christopher Eccleston
Brendan Gleeson
Megan Burns
Music by John Murphy
Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle
Editing: by Chris Gill
Studio DNA Films
British Film Council
Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release date(s) United Kingdom
1 November 2002
Running time 113 min.
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget £5,000,000
Gross revenue $82,719,885
Followed by 28 Weeks Later
Fox Searchlight Pictures.
The institution we are looking at to produce or film is something along the lines of a British film company who work on low budgets, but still produce top quality highly recognizable films. usually british films like this are distributed by american companies. for example, Fox searchlight pictures. This company is a sister company to 20th century fox. so is of high quality, and is known for creating great movies. fox searchlight pictures specialises in producing british, indie/horror films. for example 28 days later, and 28 weeks later. so this would be a perfect production company for us to use due to it specialising in what film we are producing. it has also distributed a high number of recognized films, such as, hills have eyes, the ringer, and slumdog millionaire. so i think that this company would be a wise choice.
Warner Bros
Another production company we could use could be, Warner Bros. but we are very unlikely to be able to get our film distributed by these, as the are of a high statutre, and we will definately not be able to afford the costs of this company due to its recognition. an example of a british film distributed by these is The Shining.
so ideally the best option would be to use fox searchlight picures, due to its availability and good quality.
By Louis Percival.
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Preliminary task
In our preliminary task, we have done as instructed and created the sequence of a boy walking towards a room, walking through the door, and sitting down and have a short converstion with another person. In this we demonstrated the 180 degree rule, aswell as showing continuaity. During our time doing are preliminary task we found a number of problems that ocured but also we found alot of things worked well and we learnt alot during the filming of this task. For example we leanrt in depth how to use the camcorder and its accesories aswell as learning the basic skills on iMovie.
The first problem we encountered was to keep quiet during recording as we found that the camcorder picked up background noise which affected some takes which lead to early cuts in our filming. Another problem we faced was the size of the area that we were allocated to film in and props were to a bare minimum. Another problem we faced was keeping the 180 degree rule as the size of the room was so small which affected our filming however due to these circumstances we felt we did well at keeping this rule. Another plus, is when we threw the bag from one person to another, we edited it quite well, to make it look continuous and smooth. We also found that we had a good range of shots with good stability thanks to the tripod which helped tremendously with keeping the camera still and holding the camera in place.
By doing this preliminary task we found a number of ways we could improve in our film making for example, we could make takes last longer to give us more editing time so have more time to edit. Also we found we could improve on our shots and have a variety of different shots, but one thing that stopped us doing this in our preliminary task was the size of the room we were giving to film in and also our surroundings we had to work within.
By Michael Keenan, Max Blanche, Joel Duxbury and Louis Percival
The first problem we encountered was to keep quiet during recording as we found that the camcorder picked up background noise which affected some takes which lead to early cuts in our filming. Another problem we faced was the size of the area that we were allocated to film in and props were to a bare minimum. Another problem we faced was keeping the 180 degree rule as the size of the room was so small which affected our filming however due to these circumstances we felt we did well at keeping this rule. Another plus, is when we threw the bag from one person to another, we edited it quite well, to make it look continuous and smooth. We also found that we had a good range of shots with good stability thanks to the tripod which helped tremendously with keeping the camera still and holding the camera in place.
By doing this preliminary task we found a number of ways we could improve in our film making for example, we could make takes last longer to give us more editing time so have more time to edit. Also we found we could improve on our shots and have a variety of different shots, but one thing that stopped us doing this in our preliminary task was the size of the room we were giving to film in and also our surroundings we had to work within.
By Michael Keenan, Max Blanche, Joel Duxbury and Louis Percival
Monday, 25 January 2010
BBFC certificate ratings
As our general idea is to make a horror opening sequence we needed to look at the official BBFC certificate ratings to see were our film would fit. We believe our film would fit in the 15 range meaning the film is unauthorised for people under the age of 15 to purchase or watch the film in the cinema.
By joel Duxbury
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Box office figures for Supernatural thriller movies
There is a vast range of Box office figures for Supernatural thrillers from Paranormal Activity generating a estimated $141,911,135 but it only cost a estimated $15,000 to make. Another film that is of similar genre is The Sixth Sense which generated a estimate Worldwide Gross of $672,806,292 but had a estimated Production Budget of $40,000,000. Another film which is of similar genre to ours is The Blair Witch Project which has had a Domestic Total Gross of $140,539,099 and had a low budget of $60,000. The Blair Which Project is similar to our film because it uses a Handheld camera. As you can tell by these figures the Supernatural Genre is very popular worldwide.
Hear is a list of the top 20 Supernatural Films of all time.
Hear is a list of the top 20 Supernatural Films of all time.
| Rank | Title (click to view) | Studio | Lifetime Gross /Theaters | Opening / Theaters | Date | ||
| 1 | What Lies Beneath | DW | $155,464,351 | 2,925 | $29,702,959 | 2,813 | 7/21/00 |
| 2 | The Blair Witch Project | Art. | $140,539,099 | 2,538 | $1,512,054 | 27 | 7/16/99 |
| 3 | The Ring | DW | $129,128,133 | 2,927 | $15,015,393 | 1,981 | 10/18/02 |
| 4 | The Grudge | Sony | $110,359,362 | 3,348 | $39,128,715 | 3,245 | 10/22/04 |
| 5 | Paranormal Activity | Par. | $107,911,135 | 2,712 | $77,873 | 12 | 9/25/09 |
| 6 | The Others | Mira. | $96,522,687 | 2,843 | $14,089,952 | 1,678 | 8/10/01 |
| 7 | The Haunting | DW | $91,411,151 | 2,881 | $33,435,140 | 2,808 | 7/23/99 |
| 8 | The Amityville Horror | AIP | $86,432,000 | 748 | $7,843,467 | 748 | 7/27/79 |
| 9 | Poltergeist | MGM | $76,606,280 | 1,060 | $6,896,612 | 890 | 6/4/82 |
| 10 | The Ring Two | DW | $76,231,249 | 3,341 | $35,065,237 | 3,332 | 3/18/05 |
| 11 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | SGem | $75,072,454 | 3,045 | $30,054,300 | 2,981 | 9/9/05 |
| 12 | 1408 | MGM/W | $71,985,628 | 2,733 | $20,617,667 | 2,678 | 6/22/07 |
| 13 | The Amityville Horror (2005) | MGM | $65,233,369 | 3,323 | $23,507,007 | 3,323 | 4/15/05 |
| 14 | White Noise | Uni. | $56,386,759 | 2,279 | $24,113,565 | 2,261 | 1/7/05 |
| 15 | The Haunting in Connecticut | LGF | $55,389,516 | 2,732 | $23,004,765 | 2,732 | 3/27/09 |
| 16 | The Omen (2006) | Fox | $54,607,383 | 2,723 | $16,026,496 | 2,723 | 6/6/06 |
| 17 | Final Destination 3 | NL | $54,098,051 | 2,880 | $19,173,094 | 2,880 | 2/10/06 |
| 18 | Final Destination | NL | $53,331,147 | 2,587 | $10,015,822 | 2,587 | 3/17/00 |
| 19 | Stigmata | MGM | $50,046,268 | 2,901 | $18,309,666 | 2,899 | 9/10/99 |
| 20 | The Skeleton Key | Uni. | $47,907,715 | 2,784 | $16,057,945 | 2,771 | 8/12/05 |
By Max Blanche
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