The overall goal for my movie is to awaken a new and alarming sense of unknown horror in my audience. I want people who watch this film to be left feeling like an ice cold hand has gripped their fragile hearts. If I can put a unique, terrifying spin on the classic story of a naive girls stalker, then I will have achieved my goal. The horror/thriller genre has always been very stereotypical. We always view things from the side of the victim. Hopefully, by showing things through the antagonists eyes, this story will allow audiences to gain a fresh perspective on a pretty predictable genre.
Production Companies
While a dream is great, realities are only made when you think about the cost. I looked at multiple production companies before finding the one that was best suited for my vision.
Twisted Pictures: an American independent production company as far creating films of the horror genre. It was made in 2004 by Evolution Entertainments Mark Burg, Oren Koules and Gregg Hoffman. The company is best known for producing one of the most successful horror movies (SAW series).
Benderspink: A production company made in 1998 by Chris Bender and J.C. Spink. Both partners have got a long agenda of films produced by them and they were also nominated for a Golden Globe in the film ‘A History of Violence’.
Blumhouse Productions
In order to determine what production company was right for me, I had to look at other films similar to mine in the way of budget, genre, audience, etc. When researching other low budget horror films directed at audiences over the age of thirteen, these included Insidious, Paranormal Activity, The Purge and The Belko Experiment. They all had this psychological challenge in them, ways to open the audiences mind to new thrills. All of these movies were financed by Blumhouse productions, a production company which specializes in low budget horror films. Blumhouse productions is an American film and television production company, was founded in 2000 by Jason Blum. The company’s model is to produce films on a small budget, give their directors creative freedom and release them wide through the studio system. Having creative freedom when filming is something that is very important to me. I want He’s Watching to be a perfect visual representation of what I imagine my worst nightmare to look like. I also like the fact that they are not a large studio but a smaller, independent company. By researching these movies, and noting the level of success that they all reached, it made me realize that my ideal production company to shoot under would be Blumhouse productions.
He's Watching... 