My inspiration for the horror genre and to do a story based on a clown came from the recent story of the 'Northampton Clown'. This story gained a lot of attention from people around the world with many people posting on the clowns supposed Facebook page. A small prank gone viral had hit many newspapers including The Daily Mail, The Independent and Huffington and Post. I think this idea is great as clowns are meant to be fun and exciting however they have become scary with many people having phobias over them.
An insight into the story
The story first came about in Early September where the mysterious clown started popping up in random places around Northampton. The Facebook page 'Spot Northampton's Clown' had many posts giving people clues where he was. At the end of each post was 'Beep Beep!' which is heavily referenced to Steven Kings IT. The clown was receiving a lot of media attention from newspapers all over the world. This made Northampton famous overnight with even tourists visiting the clown in hope that they will see him. The clown made startling headlines such as 'Creepy clown terrorises Northampton' and 'Terrifying clown strikes Northampton'. It grabbed my attention as this was such a striking true event that it would be great for a horror trailer!
Our story
Our story will be based on the Northampton clown story however with a twist. I like how the story is current and how we can mention this in our evaluation.
Spot Northampton's Clown Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/spotnorthamptonsclown
A good, interesting explanation of your ideaand inspiration!
ReplyDelete-Get those photos on there and all news stories relating to the Northampton Clown to support this post.