PLANNING: Story Board

PLANNING: Bonfire Night Film Synopsis

Four friends are meeting up around a bonfire on the 5^th November. These include; Faith Richards – the promiscuous girl, Alex Martin – the lover turned killer, Scott Chegg – the stoner / comic relief and Lucy Jones – the innocent/final girl. Faith dares Alex to go into the shed for ‘7 minutes of heaven’ with Lucy. Lucy is not too sure about this as she is not as promiscuous or loose as Faith, and therefore lets Alex go in on his own.

In a frenzy, Faith accidentally tips over the bonfire and fire begins to spread. They try to get Alex out but to no avail, and they have to run away whilst he screams for help inside the shed. They believe he has died, and no one speaks about it again, out of guilt and shame.

A year later, on the same day, the 5^th of November, the group are sitting in their college’s common room. As they are conversing with one another, a masked figure jumps into the room and scares them, but its revealed to only be Scott playing a prank on them. They all laugh about it and go back to their discussions, however as they are talking, they notice a masked figure standing at the window holding a metal bar. He begins to walk towards the door as Faith exclaims “That’s not Scott! That’s not Scott!”.

The group spends the next few weeks afraid, as they believe figure is coming to kill them. Eventually they find out that the killer is Scott, back for revenge after they left him for dead. He developed major scarring on the face, hence he wears a Hessian bag for a mask to cover his face. He returns again, this time chasing them into a theatre. They sprint down the stairs to avoid him, as he watches them from above. Alex fails to kill them all, but manages to attack Faith, and she dies from her injuries.

They continue to be weary, and they tell a police officer about their stalker, but to no avail, and he believes there are bigger problems. Faith turns up to college the next day to find Scott died in his sleep, murdered by an unknown suspect. She knows who did it, but the police force do not help her. That day she walks through the empty corridors after college has closed, staying after to speak to a teacher about everything that went wrong.

As she walks through the corridors she hears footsteps behind her, and she runs into the school hall, and attempts to hide inside the curtains. She looks up and finds him above her on the rafters, rattling his metal rod against the gating. She runs into another room and tries to stay quiet, but her screams still come out. He tracks her down and manages to get his hands on her, but she darts to the side and swipes the metal pipe from his hands, and snatches it from his grasp. She hits his legs with it as he falls to the ground, she unmasks him and asks why he did it, why he killed all her friends. He tells her that they ruined his life by locking him in the shed and leaving him to burn alive. She calls the police and tells them she has him here, but they laugh it off as a silly prank call and they hang up. Whilst she’s on the phone, Alex jumps up and sprints out the door. He turns around to smile evilly at her as he runs into the night. Lucy falls to the ground and bursts into tears.

RESEARCH: Prosthetic Make-Up Practice

I used prosthetic makeup to make it appear that I was severely injured on my head. I used Moulding Liquid Latex with tissue paper to create a new layer on my skin so that once it had dried I could rip apart the middle and make a wound using fake blood and face paint.

 

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POSTER ANALYSIS

PARTY NIGHT

 'Party Night' is a horror film about six friends who become prey for a sadistic psychopath when they decide to ditch their high school's after prom party for their own celebration at a secluded house and The film was released on the 28th April 2017 and directed by Keri Collins.

 

 

The figure on the left of the poster is clearly the killer as we can see he is holding a bloodied knife which is probably the weapon he uses to hunt down his victims. We cannot see his face which makes his identity unknown and leave a sense of mystery to who he is and why he is preying on a group of friends. However, he is wearing overalls which looks similar to caretaker overalls. Therefore, we can assume that he participate in labour work and his occupation can be a rail worker, electrician, caretaker or a factory worker.

On the right of the poster we can see a quite large suburban house in a suburban neighbourhood. The suburban neighbourhood is a recognisable location and is conventional in slasher films. Using this location in a slasher film instils fear into the audience as after watching the film in the cinema, they go back home to their suburban neighbourhood and make them feel conscious as they usually feel safe,

The typography for the title is red and upper case, the 'Night' looks like it has been slashed and stabbed with a knife, we can assume that as it is what the killer is holding and this can suggest that the font foreshadows the film as it is a slasher film. The title of the film is 'Party Night', parties can usually consist of alcohol and drunk young teenagers. The strap line is "Try to make it until morning", which suggests that the killer is hunting people through the night and they may not be alive in the morning. As the title suggests that there is a party involved in the film, this can be a target for the killer as parties are for many people gather in one place. However, we do not know the killer's motive.

The principle cast and crew is placed at the bottom of the poster as it is a conventional position. The typography is also conventional to any other film poster with tall and slim lettering.