Taken and appeared in by - Jonathan Beeley, Adam Swannick, John Boocock
Friday, 26 February 2010
Gianni Aquazi - Jonathan Beeley
Taken and appeared in by - Jonathan Beeley, Adam Swannick, John Boocock
Hayden Astley - John Boocock
Taken and appeared in by - John Boocock, Jonathan Beeley and Adam Swannick
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
The Ankou
On this blog, we've been talking a lot about the Ankou but information has been a little vague on where this character came from. But no more! Here is the research I've done into this servant of Death and how his character functions and works.
The Ankou originates from the Celtic folklore of Brittany. He or she is an omen of Death and his official title is the 'King of the Dead'. He or she is the traditionally the last person within the parish to die during the year. They then take up the role as the Ankou and every parish in Brittany had their own Ankou.
This being would then travel to the houses of those about to die, accompanied by two ghostly figures and a cart, and knock on the door with a sound that can sometimes be heard by the living. They take the souls of the recently departed and loads them onto the cart before leaving for the next house.
There is an old story regarding the Ankou where three brothers come across the Ankou disguised as an old man upon his cart down a dark road one day and break it. The oldest two brothers scorn him and leave where as the third brother stays behind to help him repair the cart.
The next day, the ones who had scorned the Ankou had both died most horribly but the third brother, who had stayed to help, only had his hair turned white as a reminder of who the figure was.
The Ankou originates from the Celtic folklore of Brittany. He or she is an omen of Death and his official title is the 'King of the Dead'. He or she is the traditionally the last person within the parish to die during the year. They then take up the role as the Ankou and every parish in Brittany had their own Ankou.
This being would then travel to the houses of those about to die, accompanied by two ghostly figures and a cart, and knock on the door with a sound that can sometimes be heard by the living. They take the souls of the recently departed and loads them onto the cart before leaving for the next house.
There is an old story regarding the Ankou where three brothers come across the Ankou disguised as an old man upon his cart down a dark road one day and break it. The oldest two brothers scorn him and leave where as the third brother stays behind to help him repair the cart.
The next day, the ones who had scorned the Ankou had both died most horribly but the third brother, who had stayed to help, only had his hair turned white as a reminder of who the figure was.
25 word pitch
When former SAS squad member Gianni Aquazi organizes to meet with Hayden Astley in the woods, the atmosphere turns sharper than the sword Gianni holds . . .
Ankou Resemblance to similar individuals
This first link is to a character known as the Slender Man. Slender Man is much like the Ankou in that people hardly ever come into contact with him (or it) but when they do, it usually ends in death. However, the information on Slender Man that I can gather is extremely vague and sparse which is also a similarity to the Ankou. The similarity ends there though as Slender Man is not a servant for Death and acts of its own accord.
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs47/f/2009/210/7/8/Slender_Man_by_Gaara_Monster.jpg
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs47/f/2009/210/7/8/Slender_Man_by_Gaara_Monster.jpg
Treatment (Full)
Treatment: Supernatural Action Film Treatment
Programme: Dead Mans Dawning (working title)
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes
Audience: Psychological horror/drama Fan’s, mostly teens and older 15 – 34 more appealing to male gender because of gore, violence, mild swearing etc.
Resume: Hayden Astley, is a 24-Year-old English Ex SAS pizza guy whose old SAS friends/colleagues have turned on him, they’ve decided he shall no longer live. This leads to a massive change in Hayden, turning him into the servant of Death himself. He pursues his killer and the people who planned his apparent death across the country, picking them off one by one, until only Gianni, his killer is left to find. However Hayden is unaware that Gianni has acquired something to rival his supernatural undead talents, and killing his killer will take more effort than initially thought.... As Hayden hunts for his killer after realizing something is different about him now, he perceives there is more at hand than first met the eye about Gianni, and perhaps he is more of a threat to not only Hayden, but himself...
Suggested Elements:
1. USP – Voice over all the way through giving in-depth thoughts of characters and flashbacks
2. Use of special effects to signify when a scene is a flash back
3. Supernatural themes
4. Stalk and slash movie
Film Days – 21 Day’s. Extension available and foreseeable depending on success rate
Budget Estimate - £5,000,000 – More may be available due to on-going negotiations with possible investor’s.
Programme: Dead Mans Dawning (working title)
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes
Audience: Psychological horror/drama Fan’s, mostly teens and older 15 – 34 more appealing to male gender because of gore, violence, mild swearing etc.
Resume: Hayden Astley, is a 24-Year-old English Ex SAS pizza guy whose old SAS friends/colleagues have turned on him, they’ve decided he shall no longer live. This leads to a massive change in Hayden, turning him into the servant of Death himself. He pursues his killer and the people who planned his apparent death across the country, picking them off one by one, until only Gianni, his killer is left to find. However Hayden is unaware that Gianni has acquired something to rival his supernatural undead talents, and killing his killer will take more effort than initially thought.... As Hayden hunts for his killer after realizing something is different about him now, he perceives there is more at hand than first met the eye about Gianni, and perhaps he is more of a threat to not only Hayden, but himself...
Suggested Elements:
1. USP – Voice over all the way through giving in-depth thoughts of characters and flashbacks
2. Use of special effects to signify when a scene is a flash back
3. Supernatural themes
4. Stalk and slash movie
Film Days – 21 Day’s. Extension available and foreseeable depending on success rate
Budget Estimate - £5,000,000 – More may be available due to on-going negotiations with possible investor’s.
Friday, 12 February 2010
Images of 'The Ankou' from different sources...
this is from the source - http://images.elfwood.com/art/m/i/miny/ankou.jpg
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Questionnaire
1) How old are you?
15-19 [] 20-29 [] 30+ []
2) Your Gender.
Male [] Female []
3) Do you like horror films?
Yes [] No []
4) Do you like supernatural films?
Yes [] No []
1-5 [] 6-10 [] 11+ []
Vampires [] Ghosts [] Lycanthropes []
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7) Do you like lots of gore in a horror film?
Yes [] No [] Maybe []
8) Do you like horror films that build up suspense?
Yes [] No []
Yes [] No []
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Example of an Amateur Action Film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdxDNS5Vc-A
This is an example of another amateur action film short conducted by others for us to use an an example of sorts. The music is distinct from ours as s the style but the moves in some of the scenes can be integrated into our own piece.
This is an example of another amateur action film short conducted by others for us to use an an example of sorts. The music is distinct from ours as s the style but the moves in some of the scenes can be integrated into our own piece.
The Film Genres and Sub Genre
The main film genre is an action film, established as being full of chases, fight scenes and battles across many different possible locales and optionally containing disasters and obstacles in the environment for the heroes and protagonists to overcome n order to defeat the villain. They are constantly full of high energy, containing races, rescues, martial arts (which will not be present in this film) and spectacular rhythm. The camerawork will have fast cuts through the action to keep the pace of the film but will contain many reposes to place exposition.
The Sub Genre of the film is supernatural. Supernatural films involve beings that are unexplainable by science, do not appear in pop culture fantasy and are closely related to the dead and the consequences of dying in a certain way. People surviving death is common (as is the case of Astley/The Ankou) and may contain ghosts, gods, apparitions and many other things that can be classed as extraordinary phenomena. This can be played in many ways, from horror, comedy and romance but in the case of this film, it will be played for action and partly horror.
The Sub Genre of the film is supernatural. Supernatural films involve beings that are unexplainable by science, do not appear in pop culture fantasy and are closely related to the dead and the consequences of dying in a certain way. People surviving death is common (as is the case of Astley/The Ankou) and may contain ghosts, gods, apparitions and many other things that can be classed as extraordinary phenomena. This can be played in many ways, from horror, comedy and romance but in the case of this film, it will be played for action and partly horror.
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