Horror made here – Festival of frights

October is known for two major celebrations one of them being Breast cancer awareness month and the other being Halloween. Some people around the world celebrate Halloween and its nothing compared to the celebration in America.

In America, Halloween is considered to be Americas Darkest Holiday. Most people do not celebrate Halloween because of their personal religious believes. They believe it is the process of inviting evil spirits into their homes. And some people do not believe in such things. Certain schools do not celebrate Halloween and most Christian schools do not allow that. This has caused a challenge for some parents whose kids attend schools that do not celebrate Halloween. “I brought my kids to this event, so they can also enjoy the fun part of it because their school doesn’t allow them to celebrate, Jenise said.”

Jenise is a single mother of 3 teenagers who believe that kids should have fun and learn about certain things. Though she is a devoted Christian she believes in teaching them what they need to know whiles she allows them to have fun. She allows them to dress up for Halloween parties and gives them the time to explore. “Being a devoted Christian and celebrating Halloween doesn’t mean you worship the devil, Jenise said.”

She shared an interesting discussion about how she read 7 Ways a Christian can celebrate Halloween. Chantel Moore manager at the Halloween haunted house event expressed why they hold such events on weekends during the month of October. “We do encourage parents, families and the general public to come and enjoy the haunted house event to have a feel of certain things they see in Halloween movies, Chantel said.”

The haunted house also consists of  A Horror show event  with different mazes from various Halloween movies such as IT, The Conjuring, Exorcist, Batman; Arkham Asylum just to mention a few. They had actors dressed up as characters from those movies to create scary scenarios to scare guests whiles they went through the maze. Horror made here event takes place each year and it brings together a lot of people to enjoy a night of fun and scary adventures.

Exploring Warner Bros Stage 48

Warner Bros is known for its incredible works in the television and movies industry. It is well known for their Detective Comics (DC) and its franchise as well. Founded by four brothers Harry, Albert, Sam and Jacker Warner. According to an article published by Tom Shone in The New York Times, titled David Thomson’s ‘Warner Bros,’ a History of the Studio and the Family It talks about their journey into the filmmaking business and the legacy they have built through the studio. It has opened its doors not only to Hollywood but has studios in different countries like London, Australia and the recent one which was commissioned in Abu Dhabi.

 

A visit to stage 48 at the Hollywood studios gives one some interesting view on how most of their movies and television shows are created. Whether on location or in the studio. Every production goes through three main phases namely Pre-Production, Production and Post-production. Through these processes, there are different tasks assigned to everyone on set to make sure things run smoothly. This article  20 Awesome Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Moviemaking  also gives an insight into how most movies are made and showing some tricks to it.

* Display of awards won by Warner Bros studio

Through the pre-production, face writers come on board to work on the storyline for the production and that is when all the creativity and brainstorming is done with the creators of the upcoming movie or television show. During the pre-production process, the casting director also works on finding the actors who fit the roles whiles they also work hand in hand with wardrobe and set designers making sure the vision becomes known with their creativity.

After the pre-production process is done, production starts right away where scenes are being filmed either in the studio or location. During this time the creator, directors, set supervisor, and other production staff comes together to bring what was put together by the creator and writer come to live. This is the time camera crews also get busy making sure everything is captured. Stage 48 has created a unique way to give visitors the step by step process through which all their movies and shows come to life.

The final process of each production is post-production, meaning the process where sound editing, scene editing, visual effects, and other important adjustments are made. Also, this is when directors may need actors to reshoot certain scenes if they need to be done. After everything is done and approved by the directors it’s time for promotions and premiere dates to be set. A visit to Warner Bros stage 48 gives a person more insight into the magic that happens when it comes to making their favorite movies or television shows.

 

 

Warner Bros, host horror movie exhibition.

*Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007

October is known for the celebration of Halloween. Each year people dress up for Halloween parties or even decorate their homes and front yards for the celebration.

Warner Bros. studios tour Hollywood is exhibiting costumes, props, and pictures from some of their great works. Being known for their great productions they have warmed the hearts of people around the world for over eighty years. According to an article published by Tom Shone in The New York Times, titled David Thomson’s ‘Warner Bros,’ a History of the Studio and the Family I t talks about their journey into the film making business and the legacy they have built through the studio.

This year they decided to add an exhibition to show their horror side of movies and get the public to come to check them out because this is the closest they would ever get to actually items used during production.

 Tim Burton’s Exhibit

Some of their best works in horror movies include Mars Attacks, Sweeney Todd, Beetlejuice and Corpse Bride just to mention a few. The exhibit is scheduled from October first till the thirty first. which gives the public time to go check it out. “The purpose of this exhibit is to get fans closer to some of their favorite movies and the stuff that went into creating them”, said Drew, head of the production for the exhibit.

The exhibit includes Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon of Fleet-street (2007), Burton has always hated musicals. But, when he saw the first production of “Sweeney Todd: The Barber of Fleet Street” as a young college student he was immediately intrigued. Burton saw its macabre story of a barber in 19th century London who slits throats, and his downstairs neighbor, Mrs. Lovett who turns the bodies into meat pies as an old-fashioned, silent-era horror film set to music.

Corpse Bride (2005) marks the first feature-length stop-motion film directed by Burton as his fifth collaboration with Johnny Depp. Filmed at the same time as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” Depp played an eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka by day and voice the nervous Victorian gentleman, Victor Van Dort, by night. In a scene from the film, Elder Gutknecht sends Victor and his accidental bride, Emily back to the Land of the living.

Mass Attacks (1996) based on the Topps 1962 trading card series of the same name, the movie delivers a comical look at a Martian invasion. Seeing the film as a chance to pay homage to the Sci-Fi b-movies of the 50’s, Tim Burton jumped at the chance to direct. As a nod to the era, Burton planned the animate the aliens using stop motion photography. When this method proved costly, the production turned to industrial light and magic to employ new “CG” technology to provide “live action” aliens at a fraction of the price.

*Mrs. Lovett’s meat processor which she used in tuning bodies into meat pies

Beetlejuice (1988) all through the movie titled “Beetlejuice,” the character is credited as “Betelgeuse”, which was the name of the ninth brightest star in the Orion constellation. Burton is known for his exceptional directorial skills in movie producing, screenwriting and illustrator. In an article published online about his life, one can get to know him more including his works  Life of Tim Burton .

*Beetlejuice 1998 – Costume designed by Aggie Rodgers and worn by Alec Baldwin as Adam Maitland, Geena Davis as Barbara Maitland and Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz (From left to Right)