Institutions

I think that a studio that is likely to work with me is Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures as they worked with the Saw franchise. Twisted Pictures works with horror films and the average budget is around $8,000,000.Twisted Pictures is a production company which helps with the production and the budget of the film. Lionsgate is a distributor which releases the films. The films are distributed through the cinema and on DVD.

Film Certificate

My film is going to be an 18 as most horrors are. This is because of the violence, gore and strong language that will be in my film. This will target my audience as my target audience is anyone aged 18-25. The film being an 18 will show anyone that age that it must be very gory and violent and therefore they will be drawn into watching it as many people enjoy horrors.

Audience

My audience will be aged from 18-25. There will not be any particular gender as it is just a general horror film. Although, as it is about a girl who is a Madonna she is quite strong and more girls may be interested in watching it. Many people enjoy watching horror films so there will be a wide audience and there isn't really a 'typical' horror genre audience. People who are into programmes like 'The Vampire Diaries' may like the film as it is similar with the doppelganger storyline.

Titles

In some horror films the titles are mostly shown after different clips. For example, you will see a small clip of film then a title, then film, then title and so on. Horror films with a killing sequence at the beginning tend to show the name of the film after the victim has died. The font normally looks quite sharp and given a scary look. Mostly in horrors the titles fade in on the screen as it comes across as quite tense. The titles tell you the producers, the director and the name of the film.

For my film I am either going to add the titles as subtitles over the film which will slowly fade in and out or I am going to do the same as the Saw films where I will show a clip of film then go onto some titles, then more film then more titles.

Music

The music in horror is very tense and scary. In some films the music is quite screechy and echoey. At times the music can be very fast when the action is happening but other times it is quite slow and tense. The music is mainly used to compliment the visuals to make the scene scarier rather than the music being obvious.

Sometimes the music is obvious like in Saw where at the end of every film they play the same music 'Hello Zepp' which is played when the events of the movie are all coming together and being explained.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deAkIoEe16w - Ending of Saw

Tobin Bell - Saw

Tobin Bell is most known for his role in Saw as the killer Jigsaw (John Kramer). Most of his roles in films are of the villian or serial killer. He has the typical old man serial killer look. Tobin really gets into his role therefore making him seem like a real serial killer who is quite sick in the mind. Whilst catching his victims he wears a long black and red coat (as seen in picture) and a pig mask. This is typical of horror films as it hides his identity and makes it mysterious to whoever he is catching.

Mood Board

This is a mood board of a selection of images that relate to my film and it's horror genre.