My Horror Trailer

the final version my horror trailer 'Kidnapped' this is the edited version from the first trailer, there were in perfections in the trailer which i fixed to get my grade higher. to edit the trailer i used 'adobe premier' to edit the clips and added in on-screen writing which i created in photoshop.
the footage i used was filmed in the park/woods and in garage made to look like a basement. in the woods i tried to film just before it went dark. so its still gave the scary and dark effect but you could still see everything that was happening. in the basement i really used duct tape to tied my friend to the chair and makeup to create the bruises. a lot of the footage had to be taken out because either it was too dark or was too blurry. next time i will use a better camera because a lot of the footage was blurry. better costuming aswell because the costuming i used was dirty and kept breaking. one of my actors was also not well and couldnt really do many of the things so duriing the trailer it is more of a comedy than a horror.

Trailer Plan: Schedule for filming

Our first lot of filmimg will start on Friday 28th febuary and finish Saturday the 29th. Over the two days we will start all of the filming done at sidcup park in the woods.

Trailer plan: Costumes and Props

Costumes and Props

The charactrs will have different outfits depending on the scene the main character will have more outfits than the others not all charcters have been included below as we are still not sure if all actors are going to be included. these three are the main characers in the film. Jade is our main character, Aisha is the the kdnapper and killer, chloe is the other girl who goes missing in the end. 

How to Plan a Trailer

Planning a Trailer

• Trailers use Long shots at the start to establish character and setting.
• Fades to black that suggest shifts in time.
• Transitions/cuts with by booming SFX build tension.
• Transition screens place significant text on screen, images and shots before/after should echo the text.
• Short shots and quick cuts of some of the most exciting moments from the film, the ‘events’ that lead to resolution but not necessarily in chronological order.
• Resolution should be left out, viewers left guessing.
• Music should build to a crescendo.
• Sudden moments of quiet and silence will have impact on mood and pace.
• The voiceover and text on screen will most likely feature the film’s USP, its unique selling point.
• The USP is anything that would make people want to see your film over any other films currently released. This could be at the beginning or end of your trailer.

          Award screens may be put before the trailer or after the title.

Target Audience Moodboard

this a  moodboard representing the audience for my horror trailer. 

my target audience will be 18 and over. both male and female.

Representation

Representation

What is Representation?
Representation is the way the media portrays the way we see things. the media re-present  the world to us n a different way. they may show us what something actually is but then change it to what it should be. Representation is everywhere and the media change it all the time.

Our Characters
The Bad Guy: in our movie the bad guy in the film will be represented as a mysterious, dark way. it will be a stereotypical bad guy in a horror movie she will always be wearing black or very dark colours in a cloak like form. You will rarely see her face or hear her speak. her action will be very stereotypical comes at the main character with a knife or a weapon. she will live in 8either a dark abandoned house or live in a normal house but you only ever see him in the basement where he keeps his victims.

The Main Character: the main character also known as the good guy will be first seen as your typical teenage girl will have long blonde , tall. Hangs out with her friends, gossips normal teen girl stuff. she will start wearing trendy clothing have a London accent, always abbreviates words. Then when she gets into trouble with the killer we start to see her change. instead of wearing trendy clothes she starts to wear a baggy jumper and jeans. becomes very brave and fights. get seen as a hero. lives in a small town just outside the city in a small house. has a normal life with her friend and family.

The Main Characters Friends: we still haven't decided if the friends are going to be a big main part in the movie however they are seen regularly with the main character there will be a varity of different girls at least 4 or 5 we will see them in school uniform. They all have the same personality as our main character. they will all hang out together all the time having fun, gossipping etc. they will have handbags and mobile phones on them.very stereotypical teenage girls. they all live in separate house but all live around 10 minuets away from each other. Easy walking distance.

The Next Victim: coming to the end the main character thinks she has escaped that he is now gone but she not. she has travelled far away and has captured a new girl. this victim will only be seen near the end. you will only see her eyes and hear here panting in complete silence then as she screams the screen will go black.

Then the title will slowly appear and disappear and the date will slowly appear and disappear.

Film ideas

Film ideas

I will be making my film with my friend Izzy.
Check out her blog here: http://issysmediastudies.blogspot.co.uk/  

Titles: Gone

           Forgotten

           Revenge
           The basement

           Trapped
I like these because they are short and easy to remember, they all have a mystery to them. they tell a story themselves. Revenge someone wants to get back at someone. Gone someone goes missing. They all have a horror sound to them. they sound like a horror movie which will get the target audiences attention.

Genre: The Genre will be horror because we realised how its easier to scare someone than it is to make them laugh. we also knew that its easier to set horror scene, e.g. woods, alleys basements etc.

Idea 1

Girl is at school hanging with her friends having an ordinary day. when she gets home she sees her mum and dad, it all seems like an ordinary day. they enjoy the rest of the day as a happy family.
But on the second day she feels like shes being watched, starts seeing shadows follow her.
Girl is walking home from school, its dark and late so the streets are very quiet.  When she gets home, the house is silent, she cant see her mum or dad. She walks into the living room nobody is in there, then a man creeps behind her and wraps a bag over her head. Then the screen goes black.
When she wakes up again, she is tied up in a chair in a dark small basement.
she doesn't know where she is or why she is here but she is very scared
a man suddenly comes in in a dark cloak, she cant see who he is but he knows who she is. Its here Stalker from school. she attempts to escape from the rope but its too tight. when she does escape she whacks him over the head with the chair and runs out of the basement. she finally sees who has trapped her. 
she escapes and runs into the woods across the road. it night time now so she can barely see where she is going. she now has to run away and find her parents before its too late.  
on her adventure to find her parents she goes through a lot of weird scary things. the stalker catches up with her and attempts to slice her throat, he catches her face but barely, she knocks him out unconscious and steals his phone. she escapes but is now injured and is running low on food and money, she doesn't know where to go or what to do. She gets a text through the stalkers phone, its a picture of her parents tied up they look ill and starved. the text says meet me in the field behind your grandfathers house if you want to see your parents live. her grandparents live in a small town just outside of London. when she gets to the house its empty and abandoned she is now very scared. in the distance on the field she see a black figure, she assumes its her stalker, she has a small pocket knife in her back pocket but she knows hes probably got something worse. when she gets to him he doesn't say anything he just walks away she follows he takes her too a shed she see her parents they are next to being dead. he is about to turn around when she stabs him in the stomach he bleeds falls to the ground and dies. she goes to attempt to save her parents but they collapse as well they die she is now alone in a shed with three dead bodies the movie ends.

This will get people attention because it has all the main events in a movie. and the main character has a clear objective that everyone will be wanting to see. it Also ends on a cliff hanger which gets peoples attention as well.

Idea 2
the movie starts with three teenage girls in the park, they are having fun messing about doing normal teen stuff, the shot then goes into a dark view someone is watching the girls from a bush. the girls start to walk home when they are stopped by a stranger he takes one of them and shoves her in a van.the others run to call police but then they are stopped too. they are drugged and the wake up without remembering a thing.
the other girl who was taken finds herself in a room tied up in a basement. she looks around and sees there are pictures of her and her friends on the walls. the man who took her comes in he tells her she goings to be here a while. he wants to keep her alive but trapped. he feeds her daily and gives her water, meanwhile the rest of the girls are still confused to what happened. slowly each one of them gets taken by the same men but the world doesn't know. until one girl gets out and calls the police they don't believe her until they see how most girls in that area have started to go missing. when they find the girls the kidnappers are taken away to jail. the girls still have no memory of what happened to them and their friends.

This is very mystery type film. its on a lot of cliff hangers. has good potential though.

Idea 3
young boy is out with friends, he wants to gout for longer but wants his parents permission. his house has cameras everywhere so he can check up on his phone to see if his parents are awake or not. when he checks he discovers that his parents aren't awake but dead on the dining room floor. he rushes to call the police they cant find any evidence of a killer or a killer weapon. weeks later and still no news on the murder. he decides to take matters into his owns hands. its not long until hes on a journey trying to find the killer. a lot of strange things happen, such as the police almost giving p on the case, is friends not caring about him and he feels like hes being followed. he finds the killer its his dads best friend, who is also his best friends dad and the killer is a undercover cop. when he finds out why he killed his parents its because he apparently killed his wife and wanted revenge the boy then tries to escaping but cant he traps him just as hes about to slice his throat when suddenly the boys best friend charges through and wakes his dad round the head with a baseball bat. it was him who was following him. the boys go back to normal life and lives with his best friend and his mum. they are happy but the killer is still out there and is always watching.

this is another good idea because from the start it goes into a disasters and mystery. the audience is immediately intrigued.