Its been an interesting and insightful month for me. I don’t think I have ever watched so many dark and disturbing movies. I really went off scary films when I was about 14 but this project has completely re-ignited my appreciation of them. Through our extensive research of the gothic movie genre we have ended up forming a completely different selection of films than we had set out to. Our initial ideas had been themed around the Dark Arts, however our final line up consists of films all based around a Haunted House vibe.

Our brief involves us putting on four late night screenings of Gothic films, the fourth of which will be an immersive event including music, visuals and installations. We are very excited about our chosen film for the finale, the Watershed as a space really lends itself to the project. We also plan to run a music workshop for dark instruments including the theremin.

Our events our aimed at an 18-25 audience, and more specifically people that wouldn’t normally venture to the Watershed. We all fall into that age bracket (more or less) so as a group we think we know our desired audience pretty well. Keeping this age range in mind we want to keep our events pretty low cost, we want to make them as fun and engaging as possible and we want to aim our marketing at universities, local music venues and bars. We also plan to spread the word via social media and influential online groups.

Our group seem to be working excellently together. Everyone has plenty of useful knowledge, experience and enthusiasm to make this project a success. We have all been highly motivated to complete the programme of films so that we can move forward into the next stage of planning. Which we are all really looking forward to.