Film Idea. Creative coursework

Okay, well im not 100% on what exactly I am going to do yet but im thinking it would be best to focus on something that I can relate to really well. Im thinking about drifting more towards the horror side of genre seeing as these are the movies I enjoy watching. Something that gets the heart beating. I am going to use a couple of films for inspiration, as well as the knowledge I already have of what is involved with a scary film.

Im thinking about maybe the old school American type of horror such as "The Candy Man". I think this would be great because it is resonably acheiveable, It could be of the same storyline although i would add my own twist on it, such as instead of a mirror and saying "candy man" 3 times, there could be like a dark ritual that they think is a joke, along with quigi boards and so forth. I think this would work really well with teenages too because its something that alot of young people are curious about.

Another thing is that i could with this story make the audience jump which is something that I would love to do. It would be a great acchivment for me personally.

I think its almost certain that with the go ahead i could have a really good go at this and I know that i could be sucessful with what i want to acchieve.

Gomorrah -

I found this film to be quite strange. Although i felt involved i didnt feel emotionally attatched to any of the characters what so ever. I think the main reasons for this were simply the fact that we never met the characters for a long enough period of time. The cinematography worked well with this because we were always looking over the characters shoulders in every scene almost overlooking what they were doing. Also the fact that when anyone was killed, we never really saw them being shot, we only saw the aftermath. Apart from in the begining when we saw each individual in the tanning place get shot, I think the reson for this though was to instantly show the audience explicitly, what the film was about.

Because we were never fully involved with the characters, I didn't personally feel anything when they died which could possibly be giving a deeper insight into how the characters and people where they live thought about eachother. Seeing eachother as more like "meat" or just property. This was shown when one of the characters who i assume is very high up tells the "money carrier" that he will have to pay for his life. It seemed that the money hold the most power in the film because whatever action is taken, its always related back somehow to money which could be showing the theme of poverty in the film.

I found it really interesting the way that children were exploted in the way that they were, and especially the chinese in the sewing factory. Again i think this comes down to money because the higher up people realise that they dont have to pay them as much as they would have to if they were either adults or of the same race. Being that crime is such a big theme in the film, it wouldn't suprise me if the chinese were in fact illegal immigrants.