Plot: A person is lying asleep in bed, tossing and turning. They lie still for a moment and mutter some words. Zombies dressed masks are crouched in front of the bed. Music starts and the Zombies start dancing. The person in the bed jumps awake when the dance ends, thinking it's just a nightmare. The Zombies climb over the bed headboard to show its real. Title flashes up with tag line.
Times: It would be held in the afternoon/evening time to create a darker lighting effect. A small lamp will be used to provide enough light to see what's happening but not too much to ruin the effect.
Location: I have decided to film it in my house using my sisters room as its big enough to perform a dance routine in and it has a small lamp in and a blind to block out sunlight from outside which would ruin the effect.
Script: I made changes to my script to fit the plot, as my original idea was to have people walking around lost in the woods and to find an abandoned house and the people inside start dancing. However, this idea seemed to have too much comedy in it (especially at the start when its revealed they were literally walking round in circles) and it seemed like a rip-off of The Rocky Horror Picture show. I wanted dancing and music involved, so i changed my idea.
Genre: Horror has always been my main choice for the main task because it's easy to use and you can create any characters in any situation. I thought about mixing it with a dance routine and music after watching a YouTube video of a university campus who organised a huge routine to Black Eyed Peas: I gotta feeling. I also then thought about adding a comedy element in, after thinking about song choices. But I didn't want it to be a rip-off from other films, like High school musical, The Rocky Horror picture show etc. So I changed the ideas to fit in with the horror genre completely.
Costumes: I wanted fairly dark, identical costumes for the dancers and instead of re-doing make-up and hairstyles the same, I decided they should wear plain masks as it looks creepier and if any make-up runs underneath or their hairstyle falls out a bit, it won't be noticed easily. My final costume choice for the dancers is: plain white masks, a plain top (black or grey, dark colours) jeans (dark blue or black), black or grey socks and no shoes. The person asleep in bed will be wearing pyjamas and no mask, to signify their difference with the dancers.
Music choice: It took me a while to decide what songs to use for the dance and for the introduction. I thought about using 'The Time warp' as the speaking part at the beginning of the song is creepy and funny, and the dance is easy to perform. However, this would make it too much like The Rocky horror picture show. I then considered using 'thriller' by Michael Jackson because the song is very creepy and also has an easy dance routine. But there is no speaking part at the beginning and I wanted to use an original song. I had been listening to Rihanna's new album Rated R and liked the song 'Madhouse' because the speaking part at the beginning is extremely creepy and effective, but the music at the end is too slow for the routine i was thinking about. I still decided to use the start of 'Madhouse' for when the dancers first run in and line up in front of the bed. I then listened to some of the old album, 'good girl gone bad' and liked the fast pace and creepy horror style of the song 'Disturbia' so i decided to use it for the dance routine. 'Madhouse' and 'Disturbia' are my final song choices.
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Camera Use: In the preliminary task, i practised using the camera, trying different shots and angles. I tried Long shots, mid shots and close ups. We also used wide angles and angles from above characters.
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