Cover work for TUESDAY 17/03/09

Halloween: UK

Me and my group have been told to remove some elements from the original movie of Halloween and exchange them with our own different ideas in order to create a different style of content including different elements of wider context, reflecting the film with the current Zeitgeist and try to match with the audience’s expectations.
I and my team members decided that we will be keeping most of the iconographic symbols and images that have been used in Halloween as the conventions used are typical for a horror film. Furthermore the symbolic representations as well as images are also typically associated with the horror genre.
Typical iconographic such as masks, the typical representation of a bunch of teenagers up to mischief, the pumpkin used at the begging will all still be included in our new franchise as this will create drama, tension and link to the stereotypical conventions of a horror film.
At the beginning of the film, through the iconography a thrill of Halloween day is created therefore I and my group decided to keep this how it is as it sets the scene for the audience.
However in our discussion we decided to change the setting that was used in the film which was large houses, this is common and stereotypical, in order to create a thrill and excitement for the target audience we decided to set the story in a mansion located in the suburb’s. Around it will be quite, deserted areas and grave yards in order to create the sense of Halloween to the audience and set the scene. Furthermore me and my group also decided to upgrade the sound by using certain sounds such as jumpy music when a scary scene comes on, also a beat to start up the tension and build up to the excitement. This will make the audience get in to the film more and link to it in several ways.
Linking this to SHEP there are certain issues that horror films raise. Women are usually represented as the weakest sex symbol who dies first and the men lasting, therefore we decided to change this as we will be using the idea of the “final girl” and therefore the men will be dyeing first. Furthermore I and my group also decided to use over weight characters in order to break the stereotype of all actors have to be anorexic and have eating disorders, this reflects on the Zeitgeist.