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Film poster analysis

Storyboard and screenplay

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As part of the planning stage, I made a screenplay and storyboard as a way to combine my final ideas. I looked at examples of  film storyboards and screenplays to get an initial idea of how to make one similar to the one's used. Here they are below: Storyboard: This is my storyboard, it contains rough sketches of what each scene of my short will look like. I have also included small descriptions of what sound will be included, the camera angle and what occurs in the scene. And in some of the panels, I have included an arrow which shows what action the camera would do in that scene and which direction it will be, such as pan towards the door or zoom in. Screenplay: This is my screenplay. As you can see, it is in a similar format to an actual screenplay, but because this is only a short film, the screenplay will only have a few pages. I have used the same font and size for it and I have made sure that I included when the scene cuts, when a character speaks and a descri

A small synopsis

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Transcript: After many hours of research and planning. I've finally managed to come up with a final idea. Here is a quick synopsis of my film: Girl plays with toys. Mysterious unknown being watches the girl play Girl checks it out But! It runs away into hiding And girl goes back to play [ Not with a balloon ] THE LIGHT BULB MOVES!!! AND THERE'S NOISES GIRL GETS SUSPICIOUS [ So she goes and checks again ] THEN SHE CHASES THE BEING whilst it's still under the bed And then, It hides back into the gap under the bed and the girl waits for it. It then reappears and the girl wants to play with it. It does so and then it goes away for the final time. It comes back, but it escapes and the girl confronts it as it hides on her bed. The being goes towards her and the scene cuts to black. The last scene consists of the light swinging and a zoom in of the gap. THE END 

Effects of horror films

Like all forms of media, horror films do influence the audience, whether that's good or bad depends on one's mental state and their personality. There are 6 main effects of horror films, and they are followed: Imitation : Many films, including horror, has been known to take significant effect on society. Films have been known to ferment actions such as general violence, murder and even hate towards a certain group, and this idea is backed up by the cases of "copycats", people who are inspired by a film character and act regarding that character. In 1999, two high students murdered twelve other students and one teacher at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado. The massacre ended with both perpetrators committing suicide. It has been confirmed that both students were fans of Natural Born Killers. Prior to the massacre, they had used the initials 'NBK' as their code and made many references to the film. Catharsis: Catharsis is "the p