Our SynopsisA teenage vampire who's recently joined high school is trying to go day to day being undetected. Ever since he moved into town he has realised that whenever he feels sexual desires he becomes a slave to his vampire side. It is impossible for him to hold it back and due to a recent encounter with a young blooded female he ends up killing her and tries to put it behind him, as his urges continue his best friend becomes suspicious and realises his true identity, his best friend begins to assist him through this journey of temptation which is not easy and comes with a lot of

danger.

Genre- Horror

Horror is a genre of film which aims to gain a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing with common fears of ours. Horror's tell dark stories and taunt our imagination, sometimes by referring to the unknown and opposition of life, death. Horror films most commonly deal with hidden fears, nightmares and unknown terror and many also are combined with the genre's of Sci-fi and Thriller. Our opening will contain these elements of horror but contrasted with goodness, the reason why is because our character will have internal conflict with himself due to temptation and realising the difference between what he wants and what he needs.

CONVENTIONS OF HORROR

RELIGION/DEVIL

GOOD VS EVILDEPRESSION

STALKING

ENVY

INSANITY

SUPERNATURAL

REVENGE

VILLIAN

CHILDREN

ACCOMPLICES

STALKING

Target AudienceOur piece is predicted to be rated a 15 due to its infrequent use of strong language, implied however not graphically depicted violence, absence of nudity, mild sexual references and overall disturbing dark tone.

The 12A rating seemed more fitting due to the discreet and implied nature of both violence and sexual activity however the aim of our piece was to create a disturbing psychological horror theme and this would not be suitable for younger audiences based on this statement by the BBFC

"The overall tone of a film or DVD, and the way it makes the audience feel may affect the classification. For example, a work which has a very dark or unsettling tone which could disturb the audience would be less likely to be passed 12A even if the individual issues in the film were considered acceptable under the BBFC guidelines. Similarly, if a work is particularly positive or reassuring this may stop it being pushed up a category from 12A to 15.“

Therefore a 15 rating has been decided upon as appropriate.

Narrative researchViolence is an easy thing to write into a narrative however when the time comes to make a decision between explicitly showing the violence or implying it without graphic depictions; creative options are opened up to a director and producer.

In this short film violence is both explicitly depicted and explicitly implied. The latter is cleverly done through showing the aftermath of an attack instead of focussing on the injuries as they are inflicted. These are the issues that arise when taking into consideration what audience your piece is aimed at and what rating is expected to be placed upon it.

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Main Character

Main Themes• Internal Conflict• Anonymity• Sexual • Remorseful• Dark thoughts

The main character is called Xavier, he is considered to be a dark soul with little remorse, when instead he has feelings which he cannot voice. He feels a constant urge to kill and walks silently going unnoticed at all times. He lurks around his victims and stalks them like prey but somewhere inside a conscience speaks to him and tears his mind in two. The battle between himself going on in his head has lead to the point where he is on the brink of insanity. Can he overcome this?

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Vampire Diaries-The vampire brothers Damon and Stefan Salvatore, eternal adolescents, having been leading 'normal' lives, hiding their bloodthirsty condition, for centuries, moving on before their non-aging is noticed. They are back in the Virginia town where they became vampires. Stefan is noble, denying himself blood to avoid killing, and tries to control his evil brother Damon. Stefan falls in love with schoolgirl Elena. Damon also falls in love with her and they fight till the finish containing explicit scenes and violence.

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