Final Outcomes for the A Glitch In Nine Saves Time Brief
Gothic/Street:
For my final outcome for the Gothic/Street theme, I did a short film. I made a short film about a supernatural vampire like being who walks the streets whilst an internal monologue plays about how his race had been persecuted and forcefully exiled from their land by humankind and the hatred he has for humans. He then goes on to kill two humans and progress to say that soon his race will return and get revenge by hosting a giant hunt, a feast where they will prey on all humankind (as humans are their prey) and reverse the scales of authority, showing who will be at the top of the hierarchy. I decided to film this film in black and white to emphasises the Gothic feel and nature seen in most Gothic horror films. Vampires are very common feature in Gothic horror movies and are sometimes the primary antagonist. I decided to film it in the street for a more urban feel to the narrative and to put it into a modern context. I also thought by adding a bit of Parkour would add to the street theme of the film due to it being a primarily urban discipline which is useful for exploring the streets and urban environments. It is also fitting for the movements of a supernatural being as it is quite, swift and animalistic and the best way to represent and convey supernatural movement. I deliberately filmed in a location with many trees to create the gothic "haunted forest atmosphere" especially in black and white.
Putting it a modern setting reminded me of 'modern' vampire films such as Daybreakers, Night Watch, Day Watch and Blade which really influenced me with their dark and urban feel. Another influence would be the Underworld film series where although the vampires are antagonised, the main protagonist is a vampire likewise with the film blade. This gives the audience a sense of sympathy with the character, or view them more as a anti-hero. In the fourth Underworld film where the human government have killed 95% of vampires and believe that lycans (werwolves to be extinct) and I wanted to represent that kind of situation in a shorter story so that the audience feels sympathy with the vampire. In the monologue the vampire declares about vampires coming back to take the authorative role in society and the film Daybreakers influenced me as in that film, the vampires are the species that dominate the world and are in charge of the governments whilst humans are the ones who are hunted for farming and harvesting. The films Day Watch and Night Watch are urban fantasy that has vampires and are also considered modern Gothic horror films and these influenced me with the 'modern vampire' idea as my vampire is a day walker.
I made two versions of the film which are exactly the same except one has a voice over and the other version does not have a voice over. I thought that without having a voice over would leave some ambiguity for the audience and let them decide the story of what's going on in the film's narrative as there is no dialogue, only action. I thought the voice over may add more sense to the narrative of this movie rather than audience trying to work out or get confused by what the film is trying to convey.
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