1. GENRE RESEARCH
Slasher/stalker

2. DEFINITION OF SLASHER/STALKER
 A slasher film is a subgenre of horror film, and at times
thriller, typically involving a mysterious psychopathic killer
stalking and killing a sequence of victims usually in a
graphically violent manner, often with a cutting tool such as
a knife or axe. Although the term "slasher" may be used as
a generic term for any horror movie involving graphic acts
of murder, the slasher as a genre has its own set of
characteristics which set it apart from related genres like
the splatter film.

3. EXAMPLE OF SLASHER FILM
 Friday the 13th.
is an American horror franchise that comprises twelve slasher films, a television show,
novels, comic books, and tie-in merchandise. The franchise mainly focuses on the fictional
character Jason Voorhees who drowned as a boy at Camp Crystal Lake due to the
negligence of the camp staff. Decades later, the lake is rumoured to be "cursed" and is the
setting for a series of mass murders.
The first film was created to cash in on the success of Halloween (1978),
Although the films were not popular with critics, Friday the 13th is considered one of the most
successful media franchises in America—not only for the success of the films, but also
because of the extensive merchandising and repeated references to the series in popular
culture.

4. FAMOUS SLASHER/STALKER FILMS.
Black Christmas (1974)
If this was a message board, Black Christmas would be posting ‘First!’ for
killer POV camera, weird phone calls, and well known calendar date
setting. Members of a sorority house are stalked over Christmas by a
gibbering stranger. Still creepy as hell.
Black Christmas (abbreviated as Black X-
Mas) is a 2006 American slasher film written for
the screen and directed by Glen Morgan and
starring katie Cassidy, Mary Elizabeth
Winstead, Crystal Lowe, Lacey Chabert,
Michelle Trachtenberg, Oliver Hudson, Kristen
Cloke, and Andrea Martin. The film takes place
several days before Christmas, and tells the
story of a group of sorority sisters who are
stalked and murdered by one of their house's
former inhabitants during a winter storm. It is a
loose remake of the 1974 film of the same
name.

5. PART 2 (SCREAM)
Scream
Part spoof, part satire, part slasher, this flick manages to balance funny
and scary at a level normally reserved for that creepy uncle that would
play with the kids during family reunions. The post-modern twists on
normal slasher conventions (ala, multiple killers) made this film a
classic.
Wes Craven's Scream series features a large
cast of characters created primarily by Kevin
Williamson with contributions from Craven and
Ehren Kruger. The series focuses on the
character of Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell)
and a succession of murderers who adopt a
ghost-like disguise, dubbed Ghostface, to taunt
and attempt to kill her.

6. COMMON ROLES IN A SLASHER/STALKER FILM
PART 1
The Hero—The hero is the protagonist. The main character is usually a female (sometimes
male in other slasher films) and the most quiet, nervous one. Whenever one their friends
goes missing (i. e. killed), they are the first to notice it.
The Killer—With notable exceptions, the killer in the slasher film is usually male. His identity
is often, but not always, unknown and/or concealed either by a mask or by creative lighting
and camera work
The Victims—The victims tend to be young, attractive, high school or college-aged
adolescents. Much has been made about the choice of victims. Some theorists claim that
they [young people] are punished for indulging in vices such as pre-marital sex or illegal
drugs.
The First Victim—Often a minority. In later films, the minority victim is actually turned into a
Sisyphean figure who is aware of his tragic fate, expecting to die early in the movie
The Location—Many slasher films are set in isolated locations such as on islands, deep in
forests, small towns, abandoned buildings and farms. The killer may have a connection to
their chosen location, such as from a tragic event or just live/frequently visit.

7. PART 2 CONTINUED
Final Girl—Slasher films frequently have only a single survivor. She is frequently a female
peer of the victims but is cinematically developed in comparison to his or her cohorts. She
usually does not indulge in the illicit activities of her friends.
The Adults—Many slasher films have adults that are unaware that the youths are being
attacked by a killer. Usually after the final girl calls the police or parents, either the phone is
dead or they never make it in time. In some slasher films, the adults are sometimes
attacked/killed by the killer themselves and the group of friends have no help at all
The Violence—One thing that separates slashers from thrillers and murder mysteries is the
level of violence. Slashers generally de-emphasize plot and character development in
favour of violence and terror. Plots are constructed around giving the audience the
experience of watching the killer murders. The deaths are often violent and graphic, with
originality being valued in the later films to hold audience interest
The Police— The police generally fall under one of three categories in horror, and
especially slasher films. They are either extremely slow witted, and get killed after laughing
off a threat, or are extremely competent (one example being Deputy Dewey Riley in the
Scream series) and either get killed, or turn up at the end of the movie when most
characters are dead to arrest the perpetrator.

8. CONVENTION OF MY FILM GENRE.
Our film will be in the style of Todorov: in the sense that it start of happy
and peaceful, then a incidence is caused to disturb the peace and the
effect of that would have severe consequences, and in the end you
resolve the disruption with a solution.
Our trailer could be compared to films like Friday the 13th. In the scene
everything is peaceful and once the peace is disturbed there is a lot of
blood shed. But our trailer subverts from the stereotypes implemented on
slasher stalker films because we have a female killer which is uncommon.
This trailer will be set in the ‘present’ time frame, and with local setting
because, this may make it more scarier knowing our audience can relate
to a killer in the present era making it more convincing.

9.  Mise en scene
A range of props and clothing which would help portray our trailer in the way we wanted it to be
portrayed and constantly keep the audience interested in what’s going on by diversification on
different locations used to enable the audience to link different location to different characters
the purpose of the location has effected the scene.
 Cinematography
A wide variety of camera angles which would portray different scenes in different way to keep
the audience guessing and not giving away much about the film.
Also the use of handheld camera’s because it will create the feeling of being followed and the
audience can engage much easier and see the film through the actors eyes.
 Sound
The use of diegetic and none-diegetic sounds which would create different moods for the film
and also help amplify the film to a possible climax, also external sounds which may help
emphasise on certain sounds
 Editing
A variety of editing such as; quick cross cutting between scenes to help give and idea of what
the film has to offer and making sure that the plot is not discovered.
Also seamless editing such as fade to black would be implemented because it will tie in with
that theme of mystery.
Conventions