Planning Proposal

For my film, I will only be working with myself and outside actors. I've settled on a Psychological Slasher film as my subgenre. I think I'm going to use a professional camera to film because filming off a phone will never give the same effects as a real professional camera. Though I've had experience with such cameras, I need a better understanding of how to use settings like ISO and different filters to ensure my visuals are at least near-perfect. I want to edit in Premiere Pro because that's what I'm most familiar with. To execute this film correctly, however, I will have to do a lot of editing and research on how to do certain things. This includes: smoothly adding title cards, using color correction, and getting an overall understanding of the editing software itself.

Audience and Representation

As explained before, I will have my film target American girls born into the Gen Z demographic. This is easiest to achieve because I meet all of those traits. Also, that is the most common type of person to watch horror films, according to statistics. 

The social issue that I chose to present in my brief is family dynamics and gender roles/representation. I chose these two because in my film opening, I want the main character to be a teen girl who lives in a dysfunctional family where her older brother is the killer of the family. I want the brother to be somewhat overprotective of the MC to a point where it's concerning. This displays the view of men thinking women are less dependent, while also showing how the dysfunction of the family can take a toll on each member's personal life.

Film Outline

  Now that I've pretty much completed my research, I will create a basic outline of things that will take place in my opening. 

So, in the first minute of my film, I want it to show the killer in their room/workspace with there signiture weapon. I think this might be a knife and then a cut to tiltle card. I then want it to cut to the main character doing something basic in their home, like waking up for school and getting ready. I want the elder brother to come out of his room and watch her suspiciously. I want him to continue to remind her to be careful out and mentioning killings happening. All the while, his left hadn isnt shown in the camera, and when she leaves the house, it will show the brother entering his room and locking it with his left hand being shown with the weapon in hand. 

This is a very basic and subject to minor alterations. To make sure I know how to execute this right, I will try to practice filming different camera angles and get examples from movies. I will do little excersizes off my phone going scene by scene, making sure I have a clear view for how I want the scenes to be filmed.