In Fear British Production Context

In this blog post I will be discussing the production context in the film 'In Fear'. I will be discussing the genre, stars involved in this film and how the narrative, dialog, characters and locations which relates to the production context.

In Fear fits into the horror thriller genre category because there are many jumpy scenes, intense music building up and they left cliff hangers.

The production context of In Fear would be known as a British production because of where the film is set, typical British weather, swearing and they have used typical British names. The location of this film was set in Cornwall England which is a typical place where there alot of country roads. By using this location made it more effective because they used the real natural environment of the country roads and they had many hills, forest areas close by and many trees on the side of the right, which makes the road look like a maze. This film can also fit into the British production context because of the weather. For example; at the beginning of the film as Tom and Lucy are getting in the car the weather looks like a cold day as it was all dull and wet. As the film went on and Tom and Lucy were driving around in circles the weather started to rain alot. This represents the British weather as Britain is one of the most typical countries to rain alot each year.

There were many stars included in 'In Fear' such as; Iain De Caestecker, Alice Englert and Allen Leech. These aren't very well known stars compared to some of the stars in World War Z, this is because World War Z was a more popular film due to the production context and the stars involved. These actors in this film are well known in the UK because they have mainly stared in British Films. Alice Englert was one of the bigger stars involved in this film as she has been in many films such as Beautiful Creatures which is a well known film. Iain De Caestecker is also a quite well known actor to the British audience as he starred in one of the biggest soap opera's 'Coronation Street'. The lastr star which I noticed in this film was Allen Leech which stared in another big British drama 'Downton Abbey'. By using well known British stars brings different audiences in from the UK. This is because they have all starred in many different genres which will bring in different audiences. They have also starred in different creative industries such as TV and Film.

The narrative of In Fear is completely different compared to World War Z and Rise of the Zombie because its about a young couple that have only known each other for about 2 weeks and they are travelling to a hotel the night before they go to a music festival to meet their friends. They then get lost in a maze as they keep ending up in the same place. This film is different to the Hollywood and Bollywood films because they are about zombies and In Fear is orginal and is showing the scenery and using all the British environment.

The dialog used In Fear is completely different compared to World War Z and Rise of the Zombie as they are both very formal and this film includes the typical Irish and British accents and they have used a lot of bad language such as; 'fuck' and 'piss'. The Hollywood and Bollywood is completely different because they use very formal language as they don't want their age ratings to be put down as it limits the audiences and it makes American people look always happy. British films don't care about using bad language because it's the natural British environment as British people always uses bad language.

This film 'In Fear' is also very similar to Rise of the Zombies when it comes to characters as British and Bollywood films never follow Vladimir Propps theory of the 7spheres of characters. They may stereotype some of the characters in their films such as a villain. In Fear uses one of the stereotyped characters from Propp's theory which is the villain. Max could be known as the villain in this film because he was acting as he was attacked in the woods and Tom and Lucy let him get a ride with them. As time passes and he is in the car he pretends to attack Lucy and say he has a knife if you don't drive faster. They instantly think he is the person changing all the road signs around to make them keep ending up in the same place.

The location used in this film links to the production context British because of the scenery and the weather. The location they used was in Cornwall which has many bendy roads and trees along side of them. They have have chosen this location because the main idea of this film was to get lost in wooded area and this is the best location as they have many roads with alot of woods by the side of the road. This is a good location because it is showing that the road has control over the couple because they want to make the film mysterious and you don't know what will happen as the sounds have been moved.

The technologies that have been used in this film are voice over’s, split screens and shots of the scenery from above. The voice over was used at the beginning of the film when it was using split screens of the location and showing the main credits. In this voice it was stating that Tom was leaving a voicemail message to Lucy asking her to come to Ireland to go to a festival with him and his friends and she could bring some friends along. I think this is giving a back story on how they know each other and where they are going. You could tell that he was leaving a voicemail message as they used a voicemail sound effect so it tells the audience that he is leaving a message to someone. Voiceovers is a good way to tell the audience what's happening/back-story at the beginning because they want the audience to understand what’s happening. Voiceovers are becoming quite popular in the film industry as it is a good way to let the audience know what is happening or a back-story of the film or characters. As the voiceover is playing there are many split screens being showed as the credits appear. Within these split screens they are showing some of the locations and the character moving signs and changing a map so people get lost and end up in car crashes that he has caused previously. This is another good way to show a back-story in a film as it gives the audience a small clue on what might happen. You don't find out who causes these car accidents until Max pretends that he has been attacked so Lucy and Tom let him get in the car. He then tells a story about a child that was obsessed with causing car accidents in the same place the were and killed the people in the car. There are also alot of scenery shots of the location from above as Tom and Lucy are driving through the forest area as they are going to the hotel. This is also another good way to show the audience that this film is a British film because of the location in where the film was filmed. This technique is also becoming quite popular in films. World War Z also have used some of the same technologies as In fear such as split screens and location shots from above.