Audience Feedback

1. What is the narrative?
The group of friends read a spiritual curse and they get cursed.

2. Do you think the effects used in the trailer are good, and why?
Yes because they are dark and scary.

3. Do you think the music used in the trailer links in with the genre?
The music fitted in with the genre.

4. What are the best features of the poster?
The red and black colours.

5. What improvements can you suggest about the trailer, poster and magazine?
None.


1. What is the narrative?
The group of friends are haunted by the ghost and they have to find a book.

2.  Do you think the effects used in the trailer are good, and why?
Yes, the static effects were good.

3. Do you think the music used in the trailer links in with the genre?
Yes, the music at the end was really good.

4. What are the best features of the poster?
The main name.

5. What improvements can you suggest about the trailer, poster and magazine?
Nothing.


1. What is the narrative?
Friends read a curse which affects them.

2. Do you think the effects used in the trailer are good, and why?
Too many effects can't see the characters faces.

3. Do you think the music used in the trailer links in with the genre?
Yes.

4. What are the best features of the poster?
The images and colour scheme.

5. What improvements can you suggest about the trailer, poster and magazine?
Fewer effects.


1.  What is the narrative?
Friends read a curse and then they are cursed.

2.  Do you think the effects used in the trailer are good, and why?
Yes, they suggest distort and confusion.

3.  Do you think the music used in the trailer links in with the genre?
Yes, it's scary and suggests mischief ahead.

4. What are the best features of the poster?
The colours and the image.

5. What improvements can you suggest about the trailer, poster and magazine?
Nothing.


1. What is the narrative?
Group of friends are cursed.

2. Do you think the effects used in the trailer are good, and why?
Yes, editing is good.

3. Do you think the music used in the trailer links in with the genre?
Yes.

4. What are the best features of the poster?
The colours.

5. What improvements can you suggest about the trailer, poster and magazine?
None.


1. What is the narrative?
A creepy girl haunts and stalks people.

2. Do you think the effects used in the trailer are good, and why?
Yes they are very good; they are more effective to scare viewers.

3. Do you think the music used in the trailer links in with the genre?
Yes, effective horror music.

4.  What are the best features of the poster?
The name.

5. What improvements can you suggest about the trailer, poster and magazine?
More shocking effects.

Film Poster Draft

The main image that is going to be on the poster is going to be of the ghost because she is the main character in the trailer that haunts everyone and the storyline is based on her. The ghost is going to be in the forest so there are going to be trees behind her, this adds to the genre of horror/thriller because the forest is isolated. The picture is going to be black and white, because those are the colours associated with the horror genre, and when i was doing research on existing horror/thriller posters most of them were black and white. Most of the writing on the poster is going to be red and white. This is because when researching existing posters the main colours of the writing were white and red. The red will show murder and blood, and the white colour shows the ghost may look like a normal girl and pure and innocent but she is really evil and deadly. I have also decided to add production information at the bottom of the poster, this is because in posters like 'Insidious' there was production information at the bottom of the poster, this gives the poster a realisitic touch. At the top of the poster i have added 'from the makers of paranormal activity and Insidious' i saw this in the Insidious poster. This is a selling point of films because when people see that it was directed from previously successful films they will want to watch it.

Magazine Front Cover Draft

I have decided to name the magazine Empire and it is going to be bold and red. The straplines are going to be white and red and the main image is going to be of the ghost, it is going to black and white and it is going to of a close-up of the ghost. The magazine that i was constantly looking at to produce my own magazine was 'Total Film' magazine, the magazine had a chilling and horror touch to it because of things like the colours used and of the black and white image.

THE FINAL FILM SCRIPT OF POSSEZED

INT.  ANISHA’S HOUSE – NIGHT

Friends in a circle, holding hands surrounding candles lit, chanting curse read from the possessed book on the table.

ANISHA, QASIM, ROSINA AND SAPNA (TENSELY) “Battle not with evil spirits lest ye become a evil spirit; and if you gaze into the eyes of the evil spirit, the evil will come into you.”

Hear ruffling sounds.

Silence.

Close up of the possessed book.

THE CURSE – BANG – ARIESES (static screen)

INT. QASIM’S HOUSE – DAYTIME

Ghost does a spider walk on the stairs, making weird noises.

Static screen appears.

EXT. IN THE PARK – DAYTIME

QASIM is walking in the park. He then hears a weird sound therefore he turns around to see who is there. GHOST appears but when QASIM looks back the ghost is no longer there. GHOST is highlighted – static effect.

INT. ANISHA’S HOUSE – NIGHT

GHOST appears and zooms quickly in the camera. STATIC SCENE.

INT. ANISHA’S HOUSE – NIGHT

ANISHA is under a table, she hovers her hand up to the table and then feels the GHOSTS feet. ANISHA screams.

INT. ANISHA’S HOUSE – NIGHT

GHOST’S hands hovers over the door. Static effect.

INT. QASIM’S HOUSE – NIGHT

QASIM closes the door and turns around in horror. Static effect.

***

ANISHA turns around tensely. Static effect.

***

SAPNA looks up the stairs scared.

(Quietly) “Who’s there? What do you want from me?”

***

ROSINA in the bath looking up scared

(Loudly) “What the hell do you want!”

GHOST appears and then goes. Static effect.

INT. SAPNA’S HOUSE – NIGHT

SAPNA sleeping quietly, windows are wide open. The GHOST touches her face, hovers her hand to her eyes and one of SAPNA’S eyes open. Static effect.

EXT. HARBOURNE WALKWAY 

GHOST is acting weirdly

EXT. PARK – DAYTIME

SONIA in the park explaining to QASIM, SAPNA, ROSINA and ANISHA (tensely) “You need to find part two of the possessed book or otherwise…”

BANG sound.

INT. QASIM’S HOUSE- DAYTIME

QASIM is in the hallway, GHOST is behind hime but he does not realize. QASIM turns around (Shouts) “Who’s there?”

INT. ANISHA’S HOUSE – NIGHT

NO MATTER WHAT YOU HEAR

ROSINA is trying to escape from the GHOST however GHOST touches her hand. ROSINA screams. The GHOST pulls her to the floor; GHOST is on top of her trying to make ROSINA look into her eyes.

NO MATTER WHAT YOU SEE

INT. ANISHA’S HOUSE - NIGHT

GHOST appears in a keyhole, ANISHA screams.

IT WON’T

INT. ANISHA’S HOUSE - NIGHT

GHOST appears, and her arm is coming out of the door.

STOP UNTIL

INT. QASIM’S HOUSE - NIGHT

QASIM is shrieking in terror trying to escape, the GHOST is right behind him.

THE POSSEZED

INT. ANISHA’S HOUSE – NIGHT

Rosina is against a wall, the GHOST’S mouth is wide open leaning onto ROSINA.

IN CINEMAS 12/12/12

INT. QASIM’S HOUSE – NIGHT

SAPNA is in the bathroom washing her face. She then bends down and gets back up. She sees the reflection of the GHOST in the mirror. (Shouting/loudly) Screams.

BLACK SCREEN ENDS.

Possezed storyline

A group of four close friends come across an old book called 'The possezed' and they decide to read it together, they sit around a table together and put the book in the middle of the table with candles around it. They read out loud a curse from the book without knowing what it means. Little they know that once they read the curse they will be possessed by the ghost and the ghost will never leave them alone and she will scare and make their life hell until they find part two of the book.

The possezed book is an ancient book that goes back to the Egyptian period. The book belonged to a superior family where the evil spirits possessed their ancient. One of the ancients survived from a tragic event that burned his family alive. In the book he was recording all the possessive behaviour his family were experiencing. The book was travelled down by his family but was never talked about, and no one opened or read this book apart from the four friends. If somone finds the book and reads it they will be cursed and they will experience a rollarcoaster of tortourous events that will scare them and that could be fatal. Until someone finds part 2 of the book the ghost will not leave them alone and she may even kill them. 

****

One of the girl took the book from her mother's room without knowing the consequences of her actions. The group of friends decide to read the book together and they begin to recite some words, little they know that as soon as they begin to recite this curse they will be possessed. The group of friends recite the follwoing words: 'Battle not with evil spirits lest ye become a evil spirit; and if you gaze into the eyes of the evil spirit,

the evil will come in to you.'

After they read this nothing happens to them so they think it is fake and they have nothing to worry about. However the next day a series of unexpected events happen....

When Sapna goes under the table to get her phone she feels something going up on the table, she puts her hand on top of the table and she feels the ghost. When Rosina is in the bathroom she is washing her face and she hears something behind the curtains in the bathroom, she moves the curtains and she sees the ghost there. Many of these events happen throughout the film.

At the end Sapna is in the kitchen making tea and when she looks up she sees the ghost right next to her in the reflection in the window.

Will the friends find part two of the book, or will it be a fatal ending?

Production Logo- 'SQK Motion Pictures'

This is our production logo and we named it 'SQK Motion Pictures'. 'SQK' stands for Showcase Qasim and Komal motion pictures. We decided to name it this because the word 'showcase' suggests that our trailer and production work is something we want everyone to see, and then we put our names because the trailer, magazine and poster is made by us.

We chose to have a picture of a Jaguar because they are scary, firece and dangerous animals. The Jaguar links in with the genre of our trailer because out trailer is horror/thriller and we want it to scare people. And so when people look at out production logo and see the picture of the Jaguar they will know our trailer is horror/thriller.

Planning Details

Week Beginning: Monday 3^rd October 2011

·      -To complete all research in similar media texts: trailer, poster, and front cover magazine.

·      -Planning: to come up with three storylines and to decide on a confirmed storyline

·      -Discuss all characters, their roles, their fact-file and their purpose in the film

Week Beginning: Monday 10^th October 2011 (Research and Planning deadline)

·      -To plan scenes: Annotates sketches – shots, costume, mise-en-scene.

·      -To get a script prepared for each shot.

Week Beginning: Monday 17^th October 2011

·      -Start Filming – make use of time to film

·      -Film outer school

Week Beginning: Monday 24^th October 2011 (Half-Term)

·      -Objective to complete all filming ready to start editing

·      While filming, take images for ancillary task

Week Beginning: Monday 31^st October 2011

·      -To start editing, and to try and make use of time

Week Beginning: Monday 7^th November 2011

·      -To maintain the hard work in editing of the film

Week Beginning: Monday 14^th November 2011

·      -Aim: To finish all editing for next week 25^th November

·      To try and finish editing

Week Beginning: Monday 21^st November 2011

·      -This week to be concentrated on to finish the editing

DEADLINE: MAIN TASK: 25^TH NOVEMBER!

Week Beginning:  Monday 28^th November 2011

·      -To start on producing a film magazine front cover

·      -To start producing a poster

Week Beginning: Monday 5^th December 2011

·      -To complete all posters and film magazine front cover

DEADLINE: ANCILLARY TASK 9^TH DECEMBER 2011

Week Beginning: Monday 5^th December 2011

·      -To start on evaluation

Week Beginning: Monday 12^th December 2011

·     - To maintain work on evaluation and to complete it by this week

DEADLINE: EVALUATION DRAFT 1 16^TH DECEMBER 2011

DEADLINE: COMPLETED COURSEWORK: 13^TH JANUARY 2012