UK Film Council Statistics

Thrillers

In 2007, 28 thrillers were released in the UK, (more than romance & horror) this was 5.4% of all films released that year. The most successful thriller of the year being 'The Bourne Ultimatum'. The genre achieved £67.6million at the box office, therefore 7.2% of the gross box office of all films released that year.

Horror

In 2007, 24 horrors were released in the UK, (more than romance but less than thriller) this was 4.7% of all films released that year. The most successful horror of the year being 'Saw 4'. The genre achieved £28.8million overall at the box office.

Romance

In 2007, 21 romances were released in the UK, (less than horror & thriller) this was 4.1% of all films released that year. The most successful romance of the year being 'P.S I Love You'. The genre achieved £15.7million therefore 1.7% of the gross box office of all films released that year.

Conclusion

My group and I still believe that the horror genre is the best way forward so we have decided to mix a little bit of both the horror and thriller genres in. This way we can use our original idea and just incorporate some thriller conventions in to make the film appeal to a wider mainstream audience.

The Storyline Of Deadline

The movie begins with a chase scene through Dartmoor woods, in which a boy falls prey to two zombies. The zombies are victims of a new virus that has unleashed epidemic terror upon an un-expecting world, causing people to decay and result to cannibalism, However the characters and audience are unaware of the cause, till later in the film. A group of teenagers stroll casually through the woods. Laura who is one of the four teenagers gets an odd frantic call from her mother, who is trying to warn them of the virus outbreak, The line goes dead. The zombies finished with the boy decide to stalk the teens. Suddenly the zombies set chase to the four youths, hunting down Natalie and killing her. The other three run off in a different direction and manage to get to the cycling path outside the woods alive. Luke is next, he is bitten by a zombie and begins to transform into one himself. Laura & Shaun the last surviving two, run out onto the main road, after attempting to save Luke, they try to start their car and get weapons out the boot. A zombie jumps up at the window trying to bite Laura, luckily she is saved by Shaun who stabs the zombie through the head. Luke now a zombie runs at Shaun and tackles him to the ground, making him drop the gun. Laura gets out the car and runs to pick up the gun in panic, she shoots Luke but is to late. Laura grieves over Shaun's body as he lays limp in her arms. She decides to make a move taking the gun with her. As she does Shaun gets up and runs after her as a zombie. Laura shoots him, then the title and a few credits kick in. Throughout the rest of the movie Laura faces more zombies and obstacle's as she becomes the notorious zombie slayer.

Questionnaire

1) What gender are you?
Male
Female
2) What age are you?
Under 16
16-18
19-29
30-49
50+
3) What’s your preferred movie genre?
Rom-Com
Horror
Thriller
4) Why do you prefer the genre you picked above?
………………………………..............................................
5) What do you associate and expect to happen within a Horror genre?
………………………………................................................
6) What do you associate and expect to happen within a Thriller genre?
………………………………................................................
7) What do you associate and expect to happen within a Rom-Com?
……………………………….................................................
8) What is your favourite film for each genre?
Horror ………………………
Rom-Com ………………….
Thriller ……………………..
9) What colour/music themes would you associate with the following genres?
Thriller …………………………
Horror ………………………….
Rom-Com ………………………

Twenty-four people answered the questionnaire above, twelve males and twelve females at various ages in order to provide accurate results. Horror was the chosen genre of both sexes, seventeen out of the twenty-four asked favored horror films. Therefore my group and I have decided that horror is the way to go, however we will research into it more before we make it concrete.

Character Profiles

We decided to keep our real names and age range for most the characters as we didn't want to give to much depth to them, as all the cast except one is killed off in the starting sequence of the film. We choose to keep the ages of the characters between 16-18yrs as it would be easier for us because we could use ourselves and friends to star in the film, this is also the age range which is most supportive of the horror genre.

On the left is Eliot, he played as a zombie. As you can see we used fake blood capsules that foam when you chew them, we also used liquid fake blood to give a more dense and dark colour to the blood, creating a more authentic look.

On the right is Jacob, he also played as a zombie.

On the left is Tom, he is the first victim attacked by the zombies, however is a minor character and has no relationship with any other characters throughout the story.

On the left is Natalie the second victim to fall prey to the undead after a frantic chase scene.











Above are pictures of me, I play myself in the film and I get bitten just after Natalie is killed and I get infected and transform into a zombie. We showed my transformation through the use of black contacts which contrast with my normal blue eyes, as seen in the above pictures.



Shaun and Laura in the picture to the left, survive the woods and run out to their car, however the zombies are relentless and Shaun is killed, or so Laura thinks. Laura however goes onto become the zombie slayer heroine throughout the rest of the movie to avenge Shaun's death. The relationship between these two characters is of unspoken love, that is taken for granted until one of them dies.

Location Photos

Natalie took some photos of Tamworth Nature Reserve a few days prior to filming to give everyone involved a sense of the location.

The location gives off eerie
and spooky connotations, perfect
for our horror genre film.