Influences from films and other media

Influences from other films

Prom Night - This film is an influence on our trailer, as the film is set at a prom and involves murders. This was an influence to us as the prom would be similar to a Halloween party and we could take some inspiration from how the party scenes were shot. It is also played a part in influencing us as the murders take part at the prom which we thought would be a good idea for our trailer. [Deconstruction]

Halloween - Halloween was an influence on us as it uses a masked killer. We thought this would be a good idea for our trailer as many people are scared of the unknown as so having a masked killer plays on the fact that they do not know who they are or whether they know them.[Deconstruction 1 2]

Sorority Row - This film is an influence to us as it is set an American college, which would contain similar aged characters, and involves a murderer killing all the young characters. The killer is also cloaked so their face cannot be seen, therefore making them anonymous. [Deconstruction]

Project X - Project X was an influence to us as it focuses on a party that has become out of control. Although the film is not a horror, it still gives us some knowledge on how to film party scenes, and helps us think of ways in which the party can go wrong.

Scream - Scream is an inspiration to us as it contains a masked killer. This is an influence as we liked the idea that people do not know how the murderer is and so we think that a new element of fear of the unknown is introduced. We also liked that the killer in Scream knew the characters and so although the killer is masked there is the fear that they could be someone you know. 

The Strangers - This was an influence as it involves three masked killers. We liked the idea that they could get into the house uninvited and it could happen to anyone ('Why are you doing this to us?' 'Because you were home'). We liked the fact that the characters were uninvited and used this in our trailer as the clown is not invited to the party but still manages to get in. [Deconstruction]





Influences from other media
Skins - This show is an influence to us as contains lots of party scenes, which gave us lots of inspiration for our trailer. It also gave us lots of inspiration on what some teenagers get up to during parties and their lives that we could use. 

The Simpsons - Lisa's First Word - in this episode Bart is scared by a homemade Krusty the Clown bed that Homer makes for him, which has a sinister looking clown painted onto the headboard. Bart imagines the clown coming to life and cannot sleep. He spends the night curled in the fetal position saying "can't sleep, clown will eat me". This has provided inspiration to us as it focuses on the fear of clowns which we wanted to incorporate into our trailer.

Slipknot - all the members of Slipknot wear masks and jumpsuits which makes them all look uniform. However, this look can make them look scary and threatening. The bands songs have also been linked to several violent and criminal incidents, for example in 2003 a man was stabbed to death but two people. The killers claimed to listen to Slipknot before and after the murder and according to detectives sang the lyrics to 'Disasterpiece' as they committed the murder.