1. “IN WHAT WAYS DOES
YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT
USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND
CONVENTIONS OF REAL
MEDIA PRODUCTS?”
2. CHARACTER
O u r o p e n i n g s e q u e n c e b u i l d s o n g e n d e r a n d r a c i a l s te r e o t y p e s . T h e p r o t a g o n i s t V i o l et
i s a c h a r a c te r i n s p i r e d b y o t h e r f e m a l e v i c t i m s s u c h a s S i d n ey i n S c r e a m a n d Ro s e i n
S i l e n t H i l l . V i o l et g r o w s s t r o n g e r f r o m h e r ex p e r i e nc e s a n d t r i e s to r i d h e r s e l f o f t h e
d e m o n p o s s e s s i n g h e r. S h e g o e s a g a i n s t t h e „ w h i te f e m a l e d i t z y b l o n d e ‟ h o r r o r
c o nv e n t io n .
3. TITLES
We r e s e a r c h e d t w o h o r r o r f i l m s to
gather ideas for our titles – Silent
H i l l : Rev e l a t i o n a n d P s yc h o .
We d e c i d e d to g o f o r a v e r y v i s u a l
s t y l e f o r t h e t i t l e s l i ke i n S i l e n t H i l l :
Rev e l a t io n w h i c h m a ke s o u r t i t l e s
q u i te c o nv e n t i o n a l . H o w ev e r o u r f o n t
„ N o r t h wo o d H i g h ‟ i s e n i g m a t i c a n d
g i v e s o u r t i t l e s a u n i q u e q u a l i t y.
4. SETTING
Influences: A f te r d e c i d i n g t h a t
w e w a n te d h av e a
h o u s e a s o u r s et t i n g ,
w e l o o ke d f o r s i m i l a r
s et t i ng s i n o t h e r
horror films for
i n s p i r a t i o n . We
d i s c ov e r e d t h a t t h e
h o u s e i n Pa r a n o r m al
A c t i v i t y w a s q u i te
s i m i l a r to o u r i d e a .
Our setting: Our opening
sequence also
d ev e l o p s t h e s e
c o nv e n t io n s – p r o p s
l i ke t h e te d d y b e a r
a n d V i o l et ‟ s c r e e py
d r aw i n g s i n h e r r o o m
m a ke t h e s et t i n g
p e r s o n a l to o u r
n a r r a t i ve .
5. NARRATIVE
O u r n a r r a t i v e b o r r ow s s ev e r a l f e a t u r e s f r o m ex i s t i n g h o r r o r f i l m s .
T h e t h e m e o f s o m e o n e b e i n g p o s s e s s e d h a s b e e n u s e d i n m a ny
ex i s t i n g f i l m s w h i c h w e to o k s o m e o f o u r i d e a s f r o m – f o r ex a m p l e ,
T h e E xo r c i s m o f E m i l y Ro s e a n d T h e R i te .
T h e n a r r a t i v e i s a l s o c o nv e n t i o n al a s w e f o l l owe d To d o rov ‟ s
n a r r a t i ve t h e o r y, m a k i n g s u r e t h a t i t h a d a n e q u i l i b r i um, d i s r u p t io n
a n d r e s o l ut i o n . A t f i r s t V i o l et i s s a f e a n d s o u n d a t h o m e , b u t s o o n
s h e h e a r s s o m e s t r a n g e n o i s e s . A s s h e g o e s to i nv e s t i g a te , t h i n g s
g et w o r s e a n d s h e t r i e s to c o n t a c t h e r f a m i l y f o r h e l p . L a te r s h e
w o u l d f i g h t a n d f i n a l l y o v e r c o m e h e r d i s t ur b e d m e n t a l i t y.
