An American Werewolf in London

After we had decided that our film was going to be a werewolf film I decided to do research into other werewolf films, one of which is An American Werewolf in London. It is a 1981 British-American horror comedy film written and directed by John Landis. The film's plot concerns two young American men, David Kessler (played by David Naughton) and Jack Goodman (played by Griffin Dunne), attacked by a werewolf on a backpacking holiday in England. The film grossed $30.56 million at the box office. It received positive reviews from critics and over the years, the film has accumulated a cult following and has become a cult classic.

The clip below is the second scene in the film and features David and Jack walking across the moors when the come across something growling in the distance. The camera circles around the two characters just like what the werewolf is doing. I wanted to try and do something similar in our opening sequence. We use Point of View shots to show to the audience clearly that our main character is being stalked. Later on in the clip one of the characters is brutally attacked by a werewolf, i would have loved to incorporate this into our film but we didn't have the special effects, the budget or skills to produce something similar. However we did create a gash in Ciaran's neck to show that he had been attacked by something.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb7zhYzenhY