Final Films

Smiley 2012 (low budget)

The Budget- ....
The Gross-.....
Institution- Level 10 Films
Director- Michael J. Gallagher
Mareketing Styles- For this film there were very little marketing styles used, if not any ata ll. This film was not hyped up as much as it was a unseccefull film. There was some emntion about it on home websites but apart from that there was nothing really.


The Possesion 2012 (high budget)

The Budget- $14,000,000
The Gross- $49,000,000                 
Institution- Ghost House Productions
Director- Ole Bornedle
Mareketing Styles- For this film there were many marketing styles. The first one would be the offical website for the movie. This is place were you can read about the film and find out other infomation. An ither style would be the trailer, trailers are made to show the audinece what is to come in the film and act as a taster and give you a chance to see some of the film and what it will be like.

The Thing 2011 (genre buster)

The Budget-$38,000,000
The Gross-$17,000,000
Institution- Universal Pictures
Director-  Mathejiss van Heignihijjer Jr
Mareketing Styles- This film can be seen as having a head start in the marketting ctategory. As there was already a existing film called The Thing and this was a sequel so we learn that this film will already be popular, even it is yet to be reased it will still have a already existing fan base so this can be seen as one style of marketing. Websites are also a way of marketing aswell as posters. Another marketing style is the trailer. trailers are made to show the audinece what is to come in the film and act as a taster,

Horror Conventions

The codes and conventions of horror films I think are mostly the same. Sex, drugs, goasts, spirits, death is often what you expect in a horror film and that is what you pretty much get. I think at this very moment horror is going through a majour crisis as there is no originltiy left. Pretty much every horro film you have seen or will see all tie in together and there are a very little amount of films that are horror and are unique. I cant think of a film that was a horror and was differnt, however I think no one can really be blame as it is that type of a genre that does make it hard to come up with something good.

Whatever is said in horror films is also repetaive. 'who's there' is a phrases we have probabbly heard over a million times in horror film. Screaming, shouting and crying is also the same. I think all films lack originlity and we are in need of a good and differnt horror movie.
Props used I horror fils are also the same, almost evey horror film will have a knife used, if not then a axe, gun or another weapon that can kill. We also see the same typical people in horror film, a villian- which can be either supernatrual, a ghoast or spirit or normal and a hero. We also often the little children to make it extra better, I admit it does make it a slight more interesting but it is getting a bit old now.

I think the film that set the bar for all theese horror conventions and codes was Scream. this was the main big film in which we saw it all and in this we see they are all well embedded.

Some codes and conventions horror films follow are

• Use of low key lighting
• low angle shots
• high age rating like 15 or 18
• blurred sound
• young aged characters

The possesion

This film is a supernatraul horror film to do with exorcism. it was realaesed this year around Octobe rtime so the film is still quite new. after watching this film the first time i didjnt really like it as i thought it was a bit boring. the film is aout a young girl wh buys a old box from a yard sale and then becuase of it becomes possesed as it had a aceincient spirit wit in it, which i think was a bit predictable as i instantly thougth it would be something like that.

The reason why i did find it a bit boring was becuase it was just a nother typical exorsicm film and it was predictable. I think the film was ok as it had many partwhich were nice but overall i didnt really enjoy the film a a whole, but I know some people that found it amazing and really enjoyed it. It got a rating of 5.9 which can be considered as good ut i think it could have been better.

There were some parts with in the film where you did jump and you did become grossed out, but it wasnt as i expected a si thpught the fil would be alot better.

The Ring

This film is from year 2002 is a pyschological horror film based around a ring and a little girl and is about a tape which is like a myth and a investigator is after it. When I first watched the film I was really freaked out by it as I found it really scary as I was younger when I did watch it and I still would find it scary if I was to wath it again as I think it really makes you jump alot at many parts. The film is inspired by Japeneese horror nd i think tis was a really good idea as it was a good film. the rating it got on IMBD was a 7.1 out of 10 which i think it a really high rating. The budget of the film was 48 million but it made over 128 million which it a large profit, this shows the film was really succesfull. the age rating on this film is a 15 which shows again gives you a idea of how the film will be.

It includes many elements that scrae you and arevery disturbing which i think makes the film even better. over all i think this film want a dissapointment and i think financially it was very successful and i think it is a good film to watch.

Horror and Comedy Conventions

There are many horror and comedy films out there and there are different convention used for theese types of films. Some films that are a example of this would be; 'Lesbian Vampire Killers' and 'Zombie Killers'

To this we have a change from if it was the genre just on its own. For a film that has both of the genres mixed the music for exaple would be slightly scarry but will have a twist to it also so it is the best of both worlds.

The scenes for this would also be similar. You could have a really scary scene hat would make you jump and then there will be a funny part or a joke after to really amke you laugh. The mix of theese elements is what makes the film of both genres.

Horror and Thriller- Gothika

Gothika is a film that I really enjoyed. It is a double genre film of horror and thriller. This is a film i really liked as I  found it really interesting. the story line of the film is a ghost story. It is about a patiemt at a mental asylum who was once upon a time a psychologist that first worked there. The film was rated as a 5.7 out of 10. I think the film was really good and the film received a low rating and i think it should hve been higher as the film was both interesting and did make you jump as there were some gross parts in it.

I tink the story line of the film is also amazing as I find it is very unique as I havent seen nothing like this before and because fo this i really enjoyed it.

Film advertising - Twilight Breaking Dawn

E-Media

http://www.breakingdawn-themovie.com/

This is the official websie for the film. On the website you instantly notice the background images. the images are of the charaters and they are looking directly at you. There are many diffent things featured on the rest of the page like videos of interveiws and premeirs, photos from on set, posters and links from where you can buy merchendise or the films. This is a graet way of advertising their goods as it is on the hompage and is fully visable. There are also other links to extrenal websites that ar still theirs like Twitter pages and Youtube accounts.

Print

There were many differen print peices released for this film as it was a big things, and the mass advertising made it even bigger. this poster again show eye contact, the eye contact sugested they are looking directly at you and that the poster is aimed andis for the audience or reader of it. The 3 main characters of the film are all featured on the poster. This shows a true represenation of the film as it is relavent.