Title ideas

List of words associated with horror
dark
scary
death
fear
terror
nightmare
silence
hell
evil
black
halloween
ghosts
devil
blood

Shot List

Shot list

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Production Plan

Below is a list of locations of where we will be filming our horror teaser trailer.

Production Team;  Gemma Brammer, Molly Vandervell, Matt Lakey.


Cast:

Molly Vandervell
Aged 17
Currently Studying: media, English and history
Hobbies: Photography, Dance


Character- Chloe

                                                     Joe Sutton

                                                     Aged 17
Currently studying:

                                              P.E, biology,history

                                              Hobbies: Guitar,

                                                                                 Singing, football


Character- Sam
     

Gemma Brammer
Aged 18
Currently Studying: media, English and Sociology
Hobbies: Dance
Character- Ella

                            Matthew Lakey

                            Aged 18

                                                                    Currently Studying:

                                                                    Media, business, graphics

                                                                    Hobbies: Golf, Hockey


Character: The Awoken

Ollie Haylock
Aged 18
Currently Studying: English. sociology, business
Hobbies: football, computers.





Character- Joe
















We have choose both girls and boys for the characters to fit our target audience and to make them relatable to our audience. The characters are each aged between 17-18, this is the age of our target audience so this will make our trailer more appealing as the characters are relatable.




Filming Dates

• January 20th 
• February 16th
• March 8th
• March 15th 

Equipment

• Camera
• Tripod
• Camera Charger
• Voice Recorder
• Mac

Software

• iMovie
• Sound cloud

Props

• Ouija Board
• Planchette (Counter)
• Knife
• Fake blood
• Mobile Phones
• Locker
• Mirror

Costume

• Gemma - Leggings, plain top and cardigan
• Molly - Jeans, cardigan and vest top
• Ollie - Black hoodie and tracksuit bottoms
• Joe - Trousers and grey top
• Matt - Zip jacket with hood and plain bottoms.

Risk Assessment;

Corridor;

• Risks - Bumping into other students and causing other students to trip on tripod.
• Precautions - Make sure we film during lesson time so the corridor is less busy and guard the tripod to ensure no one is able to trip.

House;

• Risks - Injuring self with knife prop, tripping up the stairs, slipping whilst running
• Precautions - Do not mess around with props and ensure actors are clear on their directions so little time needs to be spent using the knife. Take extra care when running and ensure actors are confident.

Car:

• Risks- being hit by a car
• Precautions- Have someone watching the car park to check for moving vehicles

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Film Script

Overall plot.
scary,
set in a house
4 teen characters
dark
Ouija board
fast paced editing
characters get really scared
lights go out
bottle smashes
starts out as a joke with friends and then turns serious and doors slam and they are trapped in the house


Script out line


Black screen with writing of opening scene, ' four friends set out to make a joke'
The four friends sitting around the Ouija board (Sam, Joe, Chloe, Ella)


Boys start joking around, winding the girls up, spelling out girls names on the board, freaking them out.
Sam: (moving the counter over letters) E... L.. L (laughs)
Joe: (Laughs) Oooo somethings going to get you ellaElla: (laughs) shut up now
Transition slide 'And then it all went wrong'


(Ella asks when is Sam going to die, Ouija board starts working properly, spelling out NOW. Girls scream, boys still taking it as a joke, Joe asks the board how? The Planchette starts moving really fast across the board, the boys take their hands off and it doesn't stop.)


Ella: your such an idiot, when is sam going to hurry up and die? (directed at the Ouija board)
(counter moves to the letter NOW)
Chloe: stop it now its not funny your freaking me out
Joe: yeaah funny one ella (laughs) how? (directed at the Ouija board)
(counter begins to move again)
Sam falls down and grabs his throat
Transition (and then it was too late)
Chloe:(screams)
joe: ok, calm down, sam stop it and you ella


Ella: its not me! (takes hands of counter)
(counter keeps moving)
Ella: (screams)
fast paced editing, Sam gasping for air, noises throughout the house, lights flicking,
Chloe runs to the glass of water
Chloe:(screams) Sam! please Chloe gets a glass of water for Sam and it smashes in her hands. (screams)
Sam: Help me


 Joe: (running to the door, trying to open it) get us out of here! (screams)
Ella(running to the window) (screams) (tries opening it wont open) help! someone help us!(hand touches her shoulder) scream
Blackout/fade to white.

Preliminary Focus Group

I interviewed a group of people who are the target audience for my product (horror films) before i began constructing my own to find out the key things are they enjoy, so i can then get feedback before i start my construction.

The question i am going to ask my focus group are

What did you like about the clips?

What didnt you like about the clips?
Would the clips make you want to watch the film?

The First trailer i showed my focus group was paranormal activity i interviewed 3 people here is their answers to my questions.

Respondant 1:
1) What did you like about the clips? I liked the hand held camera used in paranormal activity, made me on edge as you didnt no what to expect.
2) What didnt you like? I didnt really understand the story line of paranormal activty there was to much going on in a short space of time, it just wasnt clear.
3)Would the clips make you want to watch the film?
 yes

Respondant 2:
1) What did you like about the clips? good use of sound, it fitted in really well, good use of younger characters as they are seen as innocent, good use of blackouts make you on edge and nervous. 2) What didnt you like?. It is a bit to short, dont really understand whats happening
3)Would the clips make you want to watch the film? no

Respondant 3:
1) What did you like about the clips? I liked the build up of suspence with the music and the chanting from the girls, i really like the dramatic fade to blacks, i also like the use of low key lighting2) What didnt you like?.i dont like the characters they are too young, they almost distract me
3)Would the clips make you want to watch the film? yes
 
The Second trailer i showed my focus group was paranormal activity i interviewed 3 people here is their answers to my questions.


Respondant 1:
1) What did you like about the clips? i liked the sound affects in orphan they were really effective and made me jump.
2) What didnt you like?  The start of the trailer is a bit slow in getting into the actual story line and scary bit.
3) Would the clips make you want to watch the film? yes

Respondant 2:

1) What did you like about the clips? i like the build up of fast paced editing and then the fast cross cutting its really effective with the fast paced music2) What didnt you like? I dont like the long introduction as i dont really understand whats happening
3) Would the clips make you want to watch the film? Yes

Respondant 3
1) What did you like about the clips? I like the look of the story line it looks different and really intresting the music fit in really well with the speed of the editing i like the dialogue as it explains more about the story and breaks it up a little.2) What didnt you like? It was quite long i think id of prefered to have seen more at the cinemarather most of it in the trailer
3) Would the clips make you want to watch the film? yes

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Drag me to hell magazine front cover analysis

Layout

The route of the eye shows what the audience see first when they look at the poster, The first thing to meet the eye is the woman the route of the eye runs through her face which is important because its distressed so the audience know she is the main character. The route of the eye then runs through her body where you see the monster hands this also is important as it tells the audience more about the film. Finally the route of the eye runs through the masthead which is located near the bottom having it at the bottom means its more memorable if it conforms with the route of the eye. The principle of thirds also focus on the woman this is because she is the main character and the poster makes this obvious by making her stand out. The hot spots focus on the monster hands this is because these are clearly significant in making the woman distressed.

Image:

The main image is of the woman this overlaps another image of the location which is the house. The flames over lap both pictures this is significant as it means that its dominant and important if it overlaps two pictures.

Colours: The poster uses colour which is not common but they have fogged it over in a grey colour which does conform to conforming to the conventions of a genetic film poster. The flames are in bright orange and red to make the poster stand out they are at the bottom as well which means they are more memorable which is helped by the bright colour, the colour shows dominance which is realistic to fire. The fonts are in white to make them noticeable and eye catching against the busy background.

Font:

There is a lot of writing on this film poster which doesn't conform to the conventions of a genetic film poster making it unusual and unique. The pug is in a small serif font making it hard to read. The masthead font is in bold San serif making it readable and stand out it is also distressed which relates well with the surrounding flames, and helps the audience relate. The credits are at the bottom which is the convention of a genetic film poster and 'coming soon' is bolder to make it eye catching so the audience is excited and know it is coming soon.