Research on a trailer

During our filming and editing, we watched various trailers to get some ideas of camera shots and angles we could use in our own trailer and how evaluated how effective they were. An example of a trailer we watched was Scream. We chose this trailer because our target audience are both males and females and teenagers. Scream has the same target audience therefore the conventions for this trailer will be aimed at our target audience.

We liked this tracking shot of the victim being chased by the killer because it is thrilling and makes the audience alert. We used this shot in our trailer and included a scene of the masked killer chasing its victim and stabbing her.

 

We found this establishing shot effective because it shows the setting of your trailer and by making the location look mysterious and dark adds to the fear of your trailer. We used this shot in our trailer at the beginning showing the location slowly and clearly.

Evaluation Of Our Filming & Locations

Our group has started some of our filming and there were many good things aswell as improvements which need to be made.

Our trailer is based outside of school therefore there were some complications however we decided to make full use of our time and film some footage in school such as close ups. This was effective because there is less focus on the background when the shot is a close up so our audience will not recognise that it was filmed in school. We filmed shots of Waseem - our main character , in many angles such as establishing shots and close ups. We used close up shots because it allows our audience to see the facial expressions clearer and this will emphasise the fear. We used an establishing shot because it allows our audience to see the costumes clearly.

                                                                                                                                                                                              Waseem Our killer was wearing a costume- a white boiler suit and a white mask. This costume was effective because it was simple which makes it more realistic and scary. We used a mask because it is part of the generic convention of a slasher movie and we wanted to follow these convention. We used a several sounds during our trailer such as dialogue and diegetic sound.

Majority of our footage will be filmed outside of school hours which was inconvenient because we did not have much to do during lesson times. However, this extra time allowed us to work on our blogs and coursework to improve it. In addition, this has also allowed us to be more independant and complete work outside of school.

We filmed at Russel Square Park because it is a popular location for our target audience according to our questionnaire and it is a well known landmark in London so our audience will be familiar with the location.

We filmed at a block in the Brunswick Centre, London. We chose this location because teenagers often hang out in blocks and live there therefore it will add to the fear if things are happening in places that they are familiar with.

Another location we filmed at was a block in Russel Square. We chose this location because it is often where teenagers hang out therefore they will empathise more.

Thriller analyses

Trick 'r Treat is a 2007 American anthology horror film written and directed by Michael Dougherty,I have chosen this movie thriller (TRICK OR TREAT) because I think that this thriller will give us ideas of Halloween horror thriller and I think this is an a great example of horror Halloween thriller, we could us some  of there ideas in our own way, this will be different from the original one because we don’t have the thing they have so we have some sort of costumes that we can use, this horror film inspired me because I think this horror thriller has the thing we might be intrested in to it because this is perfect thriller we   have been looking becasuse this matches to our target audience, which i think this is very good we could relate thing that are in the thriller. Also i like the sound track because this gives a effect on the audience and how they react e.g. is it seacry or not but for me i think this thriller has got the things we would add to our thriller.

Target Audience

Target Audience

The target audience for our trailer ‘Trick or Treat’ this is teenagers and young adults who want an adrenaline rush from being fearful or even scared by the trailer. Also, males that aged 14-35 are most likely to watch our trailer. Most horror films are 18 certificate this shows that the audience must be 18 and over to watch it, hence the film being violent which goes throughout the film but we are going to try to make it 15 certificate because we want to appeal to our hole target audience as we are the same age too; we also have an advantages in making the trailer 15 certificate because our trailer will include a child as a main character but will also have a level of gore into it. However, as we had of mentioned young adults and men the trailer is also aimed at women because the story line is aimed at women. This will more or less attract women to watch it because when they do there are most likely to watch it with a manly person which will boost our views of the trailer.

Audience Profile 

The audience that are the younger ages (young teenagers) 'Boys' they will have a lot of interests such as having the weekend to go to the cinema and relax while they have a lot of stress over exams; they go to the cinema to take the stress off they would most likely go to watch a horror film because while watching a horror film they have to have their full attention on the film otherwise they will miss the story line and even the scary bits this draws a lot of attention because when watching a horror film they forget about everything and focus on to the film/trailer like they’re in their own zone which gets them more scared. The teenagers will go the following shops to shop for clothes or to buy accessories … the main shops they will go to is Top man, Zara and Urban Outfitters etc... Also young teenagers that go to the gym because they think they can handle watching it without jumping out of their seats.

For women there interest will be having the intention in going to university as there still young teenagers going into adult hood. They will also like to enjoy being with their friends and listening to music and going to parties and reading books. The artist they will like to listen to are Rihanna, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Drake and Usher; there favourite genres will be Indie, alternative rock, urban, rap and hip pop. They will also care about how they mainly look. They will also tend to spend most of their time studying like the boys so they will most likely go out to watch horror films to divert their tension off education. They will also like to shop a lot as they are girls (stereotype) the shops they will shop at is H&M and Top Shop and Miss Selfridge.

Trailer Analysis

                                                    Trailer AnalysisT
The trailer I will be analysing is 'Scream' which is an American slasher film made in 1996.
I have chosen this trailer because it is a well known slasher film and is popular with teenagers and the characters are based on teenagers. The sub-genre of this film is slasher which is the chosen sub-genre for our own trailer. This trailer includes the typical conventions of a slasher film. An example of a generic convention used is the use of a psychotic masked killer stalking a group of young adults and killing them one by one. The choice of weapon is a knife or a machete. The main character is a vulnerable, young girl who has some sort of link or past with the killer. All of these conventions are evident in the Scream trailer.

I like this trailer for many reasons, one of these reasons are the establishing shot that the trailer begings with. I think this shot is effective because the audience are able to see everything in the scene. The makers of this trailer have used this shot effectively by making the mise en scene include scary looking and mysterious things. For example, a large empty house and an empty swing. I like this idea of filming the setting of a house or estate that looks quiet as this creates tension and suspense. The image of a big house has many connotations with murder and mystery.

The use of lighting in this trailer is effective because at points where the level of fear and suspense is high, the lighting is often dark and the focus is on the main character or object of the scene. When the level of tension is low, the lighting is light and ordinary. This is effective because the lighting goes from normal and light and suddenly changes to dark and scary. The mood of the audience will change quickly and this adds and emphasises the shock.

The music and sound effects used in this trailer is dramatic, fearful and fast. It almost symbolises the heart beating fast and the footsteps of a person running. This music is only used half way throughout the trailer when action is present. This is effective because the music used gives the audience an adrenaline rush and makes them feel frightened. The change from normal speech to fast and scary music will shock the audience and emphasise their shock and fear. We will use diegetic sound, dialouge and a voiceover in our own trailer.
 

music and actors

                                                     Music And Sound Effects

 

 

We will get this music by first of all filming the trailer once we have done this and added our effects to it then we can edit the trailer and use appropriate music to get with the rhythm of the trailer and the flow to it. This will build up the tension and would be effective. We will be using instrumentals rather than the actual lyrics because it will be more effective and the audience will not be distracted by the actual music and the instrumentals will draw in other viewers as it might be one of the favourite song but it will an instrumental.

 

 

Actors and character roles:

Yahaea – The director and creamer man and editor
He is good at instructing people what to do and he is good at recording thing and also good at editing.

Naimah - Creative input and research and actor
Creative ideas and good knowledge of what will work well in a horror thriller and how we can develop other horror film and adapt it to our video.

Waseem- Group leader and actor
Good at taking the role of a leader and giving instructions. Also, good at making sure everyone gets involved and sticks to their roles.

Faisa- Props, costume and locations and actor
A good knowledge of London and which areas will suit well with our horror thriller. Also a creative mind about what props and costumes will be suitable for our thriller and also she is acting because she has high level acting skills.

 

sub-genre

                             
                                             Sub-Genre Of Our Trailer

We have chosen the sub-genre of a Slasher because it entitles us to do certain things to make the trailer more realistic and to try accomplishing the outcome of it. It involves us to be; a mysterious psychopathic killer which stalks and also kills a sequence of victims in a violet manner. Usually in horror trailers they use special effects as we are limited to the resources we have, our trailer won be as high standards to theirs. The sub-genre ‘Slasher’ entities us to use a cutting tool such as a knife or axe, as we wont be using these we can easy get hold of fake knifes and an axe which would mean we are safe and not using it for the wrong reasons and would not cause havoc. We also decided to use this sub-genre because it will appeal to our target audience as they often feature in these films as actors. I