Film Narrative - The Avengers Assemble

                                                         Main Plot:

The film starts with Loki steals a magic box that has the power to destroy the earth. It was called the Tesserac and threatens about Alien invasion on earth. The avengers starts by showing a Sheild base where the tesserac is being tested by special agents and when Loki enters he brainwashes the agent to work for him. After he steals it and escapes the building. Later on in the film the audience learn why he decided to escape and go to hide. Later Nick Fury who is the director for shield who he then forms a plan and this is call the Avengers Initiave and this brings together some of the worlds most extraordinary people to form a team then their aim is to form a team in order to save the earth. The avengers team contains Iron Man, Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye. Towards the end of the film Tesserac forms a portal and it lets the aliens go through this portal to invade the earth. Once the Aliens have invaded the Avengers have to then fight these aliens and after they also have to find a way to close the portal before all the aliens have invaded and its then too late for them.

A plot twist also occurs when the US government think that the only way they can save the world is by destroying it. The battle ends by Iron Man carrying a missile through the portal which leads to space, he risks his life doing this but he is a typical hero because he saves the world.

There are also several side plots within the film that are:

Tony Stark is a billionaire with his own business empire and he also has a mechanical super-suit that he designed himself. In the Iron Man films he is selfish and arrogant but in iron man 2 he finally realises that not everything is about him and in avengers he has to work in a team to kill Loki and the aliens. At the end of the film he also goes through the portal with the missile and this puts his risk at life but he does it for the greater good as he saves everyone else. Captain America and  Iron Man come face to face many times as they have fought against each other many times before the film. He also owns his own hi-tech suit which gives him power. On the other hand Captain America is the complete opposite to Iron Man because he is an old world was 2 veteran who knows nothing about the modern day. Most people also know who Tony Starks is as he is a billionaire and also  everyone knows that Rodgers is dead and he is also in a world which is alien-like to him because he has no family members and friends and this is why he doesn’t know what is happening because he doesn’t have any one to talk to.

Black Widow and Hawkeye also know each other very well because they have been fighting all over the world as a team, they both are very skilled fighters but they do not have any powers.

Independent Horror Film Research

Top 10 US Grossing Horror Films According to IMDB

1) Jaws (1975) - $260 million
2) What Lies Beneath (2000) - $155 million
3) Gremlins (1984) - $148 million
4) The Blair Witch Project (1999) - $141 million
5) The Ring (2002) - $129 million
6) The Grudge (2004) - $110 million
7) Paranormal Activity (2007) - $108 million
8) Interview with the vampire: The vampire Chronicles (1994) - $105 million
9) Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) - $104 million
10) Scream (1996) - $103 million

All these films are all stereotypical horror films because they all involve violence and blood. They also all contain a main scary figure within the film, they also all keep the audience on edge during the film because they know that something is going to happen because there is a lot of tension and suspense used in them films before the violence.

Plot of our film

Our film is about a young teenager who always gets bullied and finally he loses it with the bullies.
The film starts at the astro where the boys are playing football. The football then gets kicked over the fence and the boys can not decide who should go and get it. Harry has always bullied Rellik and he is getting fed up of it. After a long argument about getting the ball Rellik finally walks out of the astro to get the ball. The ball gets kicked back on to the astro but Rellik does not return after that. The other boys then think that he has just gone home because he got bored. Once all the other boys are bored they all go home, Harry has to walk home on his own as his house is not near the others. When he is on hi way home walking down a dark,long alley Harry starts to hear noises behind him, he turns round but there is nothing there. Harry then starts to run before getting to a small hole in the middle of some trees and he gets pushed into there by Rellik then gets killed by him. Once Rellik has killed Harry he finds out that he liked killing and later on in the film he goes on to kill the rest of the group and finally Jack is the last one who finally realises what Rellik has been doing but it is too late to tell anyone about it.

Actors, Characters and Props

We also had to try and make up the characters appearances so that we could try and find some actors that would fit that character.

Character Description:

Rellik - Blonde haired 16 year old,scary looking face, also has look of a killer

Harry - Tall,brown hair, 16 years old, needs leadership qualities as he is the leader of the group

Josh - Small,13 years old, bit chubby

Jack - 16 years old,about the same height as Harry, also best mates with Harry

Alex - medium sized teenager, 16 years old,bit quiet but still good mates with the rest of the boys

Matt - Smaller boy than the others, 16 years old, bit of a loud mouth,likes to bully Rellik

Actors:

Rellik - Rhys Williams

Harry - Harry Shipp

Josh - Lee Smith

Jack - Michael Smith

Alex - Adam Hayward

Matt - Harry Mclachlan

Props Needed:

• Pair of muddy football boots
• Pair of muddy goalie gloves
• Football
• Murder Weapon

Music Selection

We also had to choose some music tracks that we could use within our own film The tracks that we chose were:

- Dark Dimension Vol 7 - Drones
- Dark Dimension Vol 7 - Dark Flow
- Dark Drones Vol 3 - Science Lab
- Dark Dimensions Vol 3 - Un Explained

All music is from freeplay.com

The reason we chose these was because they will go well with horror films because they are dark and gloomy.

Group Roles

Dan Housden - Camerawork
Jack Payne/Ryan Hay - Editor
Harry Mac - Director
Jack Payne - Special Effects
Harry Mac - Music
Ryan Hay - Sound Effects

Filming Location Photos

Once we had completed all of our research we had to decide where we were going to film our title and opening scene. Before we chose the locations we had to make sure that those locations suited the events in our film. When looking for possible locations we also had to make sure that the locations created the atmosphere we wanted them too which was to build tension and make the audience feel uneasy and nervous.

The first location that we chose was the astro-turf. This is because in the opening scene this is where the friends are playing football together and the way that they all become friends is through football so the astro fits in the characters backgrounds before the film.

The next location that we decided on was the alley that Harry starts hearing noises from Rellik and it is also where Rellik starts to follow Harry. We chose to use this alley because this alley looks scary when it is dark and also has the trees overhanging it so it will create a scary atmosphere for the audience as they will feel tension for the characters.

We also found some more examples of some more locations that we could possibly use when Rellik stalked the rest of his victims later in the film because the friends live reasonably close to each other but they all walk home different ways.

We also chose this as the location where Rellik kills Harry later in the film. We chose to use this location because it is surrounded by trees and it is a dark and gloomy place to be at night.