Scamps (Other works)

Here I have created a number of quick rough sketches of various horror themed film posters to help with research into the styles and recurring themes within the work. I have done this to further develop my ideas and to refine my own designs, to make them look more professional to an audience. As you can see, the more detailed scamps were draw in Photoshop where as the quicker and messier ones were hand-drawn in pencil then scanned onto the computer.

Fan-Made Five Nights at Freddy's Song Lyrics

As a part of my research into the video game series 'Five Nights at Freddy's', I discovered a number of fan-made songs that tell stories about the night guards, animtronics and the gruesome history of the pizzeria. These five songs are my personal favourites and the best for story behind the lyrics. I have chosen these two artists because The Living Tombstone is the most well known artist for FNaF songs, and I have chosen MandoPony because I like the way he tells the story of 'Golden Freddy' in the song 'Just Golden' and how he portrays 'Toy Bonnie' as the leader (instead of Toy Freddy) in 'Survive the Night' and 'The Show Must Go On'. I have also added links to the original videos for future reference, if I should ever need to access the music videos for the songs.

Five Nights at Freddy's Song! - The Living Tombstone

It's Been So Long (FNaF2) - The Living Tombstone

Just Gold (FNaF) - MandoPony
Survive The Night (FNaF2) - MandoPony
The Show Must Go On (FNaF2) - MandoPony

The Brief

"You have been asked by Cawthon Film Studios to create a collection of posters for the release of two films based on the popular horror game franchise, Five Nights at Freddy's. Scott Cawthon, the games creator, has requested that the posters 'do justice to the fan-theories surrounding the characters'."


Key Points -

• 'Cawthon Film Studios' - The studios who are making the film, needs to be on the poster somewhere. Who I'm making the products for.
  
• 'Collection of posters' - I intend to make a group of posters for each film - possibly based around different fan-theories and character backgrounds. What products I intend to make.
  
• 'Horror game franchise, Five Nights at Freddy's' - The game series I intend to base the posters around. I shall collect different screenshots from the game to help with the characters and how they look/move around. The theme of the product.
  
• 'Fan-theories surrounding the characters' - I shall look into the different theories that have been created by the community and how they effect the plot/timeline of the restaurants and characters. Key points for the products.

Theme Development - Five Nights at Freddy's Video Game Series

During my brainstorm I started to link the term 'Glitch' into the theme and this got me thinking about technology glitching and becoming disused and out of repair. The popular horror game franchise, 'Five Nights at Freddy's' uses this as a plot to all three of it's games. Each being set around you (the player) becoming the new night guard at the popular pizza restaurant - Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.

I feel that I could base my project around this game franchise due to the mystery behind the games and the characters in them. The many fan-made theories can help with diversifying my theme and the ideas.

Game synopsis:

'Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food as far as the eye can see! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds! The robots' behaviour has become somewhat unpredictable at night however, and it was much cheaper to hire you as a security guard than to find a repairman.' 

          Five Nights at Freddy's - Steam Game Description



'Welcome back to the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's Pizza!

In Five Nights at Freddy's 2, the old and ageing animatronics are joined by a new cast of characters. They are kid-friendly, updated with the latest in facial recognition technology, tied into local criminal databases, and promise to put on a safe and entertaining show for kids and grown-ups alike!

What could go wrong?'

          Five Nights at Freddy's 2 - Steam Game Description



'Thirty years after Freddy Fazbear's Pizza closed it's doors, the events that took place there have become nothing more than a rumour and a childhood memory, but the owners of "Fazbear's Fright: The Horror Attraction" are determined to revive the legend and make the experience as authentic as possible for patrons, going to great lengths to find anything that might have survived decades of neglect and ruin. 

At first there were only empty shells, a hand, a hook, an old paper-plate doll, but then a remarkable discovery was made... 

The attraction now has one animatronic.'

          Five Nights at Freddy's 3 - Steam Greenlight Game Description

Brainstorm (Starting point)

As a starting point for this unit, I created a brainstorm and started thinking of different words that link back to the theme. The six words that popped out to me, I have listed with the definitions of each. Using this collection of words, I have started to think about what I will be focusing on during this project.