Camp Ivy - Rough Cut 2 (without sound)

This is the second rough cut without sound.

Audience and Ratings

BBFC Age Ratings: http://milliej2013.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/kh-bbfc-age-ratings.html

Friday the 13th (Marcus Nispel, 2009) is rated as an 18 in the UK but the ratings are different worldwide from 12 to 18+. Although our production has a similar plot line and some violent scenes of the same nature (e.g stabbing), the content is not as explicit, which shows why the age rating of 15 for Camp Ivy is suitable for a younger teenage audience. IA 15 age rating for a production like Camp Ivy would be suitable, as it attracts a teenage audience, yet not too young for scenes of a violent nature.

Another film which has influenced our production is Eden Lake (James Watkins, 2008).Eden Lake also has an age rating of 18 in the UK, and differs from 12 to 18+ worldwide. In Eden Lake:

 'A boy, around 10 years old is doused in petrol, A tire is thrown over his head and he is burnt alive. His screams can be heard yet he is not seen burning. Only from a distance we see him yet no detail can be seen at the distance'. 

We do not have scenes at this level of violence in our production, which again proves our age rating is suitable. 

PP - Camp Ivy Rough Cut 1

This is our first rough cut of our film Camp Ivy. By making this rough cut we have found it easier to establish which part of its don't work and what we could change to make it look more effective. Also from doing this we saw which parts of our production worked well and knew what we definitely want to keep in our final production.


From making this rough cut we saw that our narrative lacked anchorage, and a lot of what happens isn't clear, and may cause the audience some confusion. An example of this is when the chase scene starts. The final girl is in a wooded area but it isn't very clear as to why she starts running. We wanted it to come across that she noticed she was being stalked, but this didn't come across very strongly.

We also thought that due to the acting not being very strong we thought there was an unnecessary amount of speech, that makes the production come across more amateur. An example of this is when they are talking about their friend Mikey who died there the previous year. We intend to get shots of the friends putting flowers on a grave or somewhere at the camp to try and signify his death that way and this will hopefully improve our opening.

The inside of the buildings looked very derelict and looked quite effective. However, we probably didn't use the building to their full potential and should have used them for a flashback of how Mikey died or involved more of the chase involving the buildings, as they were one of the main reasons for us choosing this location.

Overall, doing this rough cut has helped us get an overall impression of how we want our production to eventually look and helped us decide what worked and what didn't. We plan to upload this initial rough cut to social networking sites. By doing this we will get feedback from our target audience and see if they agree on the same areas that need to be improved and if they have any other problems or queries about it that we have not yet noticed.

KH - BBFC Age Ratings

BBFC Classifications

Examiners for the BBFC classify films for theatrical release using guidelines. The examiners look at the following issues:

 

• discrimination
• drugs
• horror
• sex
• nudity
• language
• imitable behaviour
• sexual violence
• violence
• theme
• context
• tone
• impact on audiences feelings
• format e.g. DVDs create a higher risk of underage viewing.

We have rated our film as a 15. This is because there is a strong theme of stalking and violence. The BBFC guidelines for a 15 classification allows the following to appear in films:

• strong violence
• frequent strong language
• portrayals of sexual activity
• strong verbal references to sex
• sexual nudity
• brief scenees of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
• discriminatory language or behaviour
• drug taking

 

 

A 15 classification allows for strong violence, which is what appears in our opening when the scream queen is killed. We felt this rating was appropriate.

PP - Actors and Casting

Actors and Casting

Sydney Prescott - Scream

Alys

We cast Alys as the final girl as she has dark brown hair which is comparable to final girls from a lot of slasher films. She also has done a lot of drama which meant we could trust her to act well and work well when given direction.

Alys

Ben (middle)

Ben

We cast Ben as the outsider of the group as he was willing to play this part and when asked to found it easy to portray this character. 

Danny

 

jock (Dylan) from All the Boys love Mandy Lane



We cast Danny as the Jock of the group as he also has had some experience with acting and found it easy to switch into the role of a Jock. Being good friends with people in the group meant he was very willing to participate and like Ben and Alys listened to our direction well and understood what we wanted to achieve.

Danny

Poppy

 

scream queens

Poppy played the part of the scream queen as she is blonde (fitting the scream queen stereotype) and the opening to our film was based around the scream queen being the victim it made it a lot quicker and more productive to shoot when i knew exactly what we wanted to achieve and what shot variety was needed. It also made it easier if anything needed to be reshot as we would just need me and not have to ask everybody else to give up free time and volunteer again.

Poppy

Primary & Secondary Audiences of the Slasher Genre

Primary Audience

The primary audience of slasher films is 15-24 year old's, almost entirely made up of adolescents. There are a few reasons why teenagers are drawn to the genre. Critics argue that it is the frequent violence, nudity and sex that attract a teenage audience.  Slasher films usually feature teenagers as the main characters, and adults are portrayed to be useless. The age of the characters attracts the target audience of 15-24 year old's, as they can relate to the emotions and feelings expressed by the teenagers on screen. 

Secondary Audience

The secondary audience of slasher films is 24-35 year olds, or mature youth. 

PP - Fake Blood

For our shoot Millie made fake blood for us to use in our killing scene to make it look more realistic. It was easy to make and looked quite effective on the shoot.

Here is the recipe we used to make it:

• cocoa powder (to make it darker in colour)
• corn flour
• red food colouring
• water

Its a really simple way of making fake blood and saved us some expense on the shoot as well, we also discovered that a little bit of it goes a long way and it looked really effective against the scream queens white top. 

KH - Shoot Planning 1: Script

[walking towards camp through a field]

Ashley: We better not have much further to go I need to sit down... These shoes are killing me.

Charley: Well I did say it would be a long walk it’s your fault for not wearing sensible shoes.

Ashley: I don’t remember it being this far last time.. I really need to sit down.

Patrick: Look, it’s there in the distance we will be there in a minute. You’ve already slowed us down we’re not stopping again.

Ryan: Leave it out man, you’re the one rushing us it doesn’t matter when we get there.

Charley: Come on let’s not argue tonight we’re here for Mikey, tonight isn’t about us.

[arrive at camp] *putting bags down*

Ashley: This place creeps me out.

Ryan: Watch out there’s something behind you.. (false scare).

Ashley: (screams)

Charley: Shut up Ryan.. just ignore him Ashley.

Patrick: Ashley.. where have you put the flowers?

Ashley: Oh man I knew there was something I forgot.

Patrick: But you still managed to remember your make-up.. You’re so self-centred you couldn’t even remember the one thing we asked you to, what are we going to do now?

Ashley: I’ll go into the woods to pick some flowers, if you’re all so bothered.

Ryan: Patrick stop winging on it doesn’t matter, I’ll I come with you..

Ashley: No I’ll go on my own I’ll only be 5 minutes.

[leaves group]

*walking in woods, hear rustling*

Ashley: Hello? Ryan stop trying to scare me I know it’s you.

Ashley: Stop messing around! You’re scaring me now..

Mikey: Hello Ashley.

[Ashley turns around and is stabbed]

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