Protagonist profile photo ideas, dan, emily

With this first photo I simply changed the eye colour to a more intense green colour. The eyes are a key focus point to this photo so my aim was to try and draw as much attention to them as possible. From this idea I also darkened her eye lashes. however, I feel I wasn't getting the desired effect. After taking the focus off the eyes I then looked at the lips and wanted to create a bright red colour to stand out. After changing these few things I was disappointed with the look and almost scratched the whole idea. I came to the conclusion that I liked the eye colour and the style of darkening the eye lashes but it had to be more extreme for fit our film genre.  

These two last photos show the last stages of the final look I was going for. The photo on the left looked good and I loved the black and white style, whilst keeping colour still in the frame. However, I knew I wasn't totally happy with the photo. I still liked the eyes but still needed more focus and I felt the lips began to look tacky and unprofessional. So from this I knew I had to go further and really embrace horror and look at lots of other horror images to come up with the final look seen on the right. 

I blacked out all features I felt important and took out unneeded focus like the shirt. I felt once that was taken out it draws more attention to the face and was pleased with this idea. I also decided the black out the lips and only keep the colour in the eyes. I feel this works very well and was starting to creative my desired effect. The best part of this photo and the decision I was most happy about was the over-the-top make up added through the burn tool. After this was done I was really excited about the look of the photo and it started to reflect our genre and our film. Once I done this I then showed my group my work and asked others in the class several different styles of the  final photo with only small changes and the one you see on the right was the most popular photo and from this point will hopefully be used in out marketing for our film. Even if this is not used in our final coursework I will feel happy that I done it because I established a style and a look of our protagonist, also giving me an insight of the synergy that may be created through our film trailer and style that might be directly linked. -Dan.

After Dan showed is his edited protagonist profile, I decided to take one and play around with it myself. I took the paint brush tool, and shaded in the entire eyeballs of the profile. This automatically made the profile scarier, thus fitting in with the horror theme. Dan's edited black lips also add to this effect, and all the black areas, the eyes, eyebrows and lips, all coincide with each other. - Emily.

Music by Emily Fry-Sheehan.

Suspense is greatly needed within our teaser trailer, and sound plays a large part in this. As well as sound effects we need sounds and songs that greatly create tension.
Click here to hear a rising sound, classically used in many horror trailers that we hope to use for the last scene, before Lily turns around.

Other songs we have thought to use are:
Can't Hold On by Shiloh. We will use this at the very start of the trailer, as the first nine seconds before Shiloh starts singing, as it will define the genre of the film straight away. We will play this softly behind Noah talking.
I'm So Sick by Flyleaf, instrumental with no lyrics. We will use this when the trailer really kicks off into the rapid scenes, as it is fast pace, and fits in.

Sounds - Beki

We have decided on a car alarm going off as a distraction in the trailer  and therefore a sound which will be for grounded. I have been researching into a variety of car alarm sounds to discover which is most appropriate. Some are posted below...
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These videos can be converted into mp3 files and incorporated into the trailer in the editing process.

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This car alarm sound may be the least popular one as it's American and our film is British.

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This last one is not a car alarm sound but it can be credible as one if edited into the trailer successfully,

Filming Location Ideas - Beki

As a group we have been discussing various places for us to shoot our trailer. There will be scenes shot both indoors and outdoors therefore we need suitable outdoor locations for firstly the panning shot of Nora and Lily's new house/apartment/flat we have yet to decided whether this will be shot in the daytime of night time.
We have decided to include a second panning shot, this time it will be shot indoors and be of the room in which they do the ouija board among the darkness, lit only by candles. Towards the end of the trailer we have decided on a bathroom scene making specific use of a mirror and the reflections of both characters within it. It is important we require a good size mirror to achieve this shot.
Possible indoor locations which are available for us to shoot at is studio in Bournemouth although this possesses a problem of being able to travel there and back a number of time to shoot then re-shoot what is needed therefore we would prefer to find an alternative location which is more accessible to us.
As a last resort we have agreed to use the indoor space in one of our houses and this is a definite possibility.
There is a wide range of outdoor building we can shoot and pan of such as 'creepy' looking houses/buildings around us and one of our own houses we believe suits this look.
We will make final decisions on these locations nearer to the filming date.

Trailer Ideas, Emily Fry-Sheehan.

Here is one of our ideas for the trailer, in terms of visuals.

• Open with a panning establishing shot of the couples new house, followed by another panning establishing shot of the room with the Ouija Board and candles, which is a second or two shorter than the previous first one.
• Over these twos shots are the voice over of Nora saying something along the lines of "Don't worry, this is just for my film project, it's just a game".
• We then snap to a handheld camera shot of Nora holding the camera pointed towards her own face in a bathroom, sorting out the focus etc, and you can see Lily over her shoulder and she looks extremely worried. She then says something like "I don't want to do this, what about what happened before, my past, what if it comes back". Nora then puts the camera on the side so you only see their waists, and they embrace and she tells her not to worry, that it's just a game, and whatever it was that was haunting her had left now.
• The next series of shots is the pair using the Ouija Board with Nora's voice over reading the instructions of the board "you must blow on the glass at the end of the game to release the spirit". There are many shots of them using the board from different angles, perhaps a over the shoulder, birds eye view etc. In between these shots, text with pop up saying things like "this year", "based on true events" etc. The pace of this section will be quite speedy. It then comes to a halt for the next scene.
• A car alarm goes of and they both jump up and leave the room to investigate. You then see the glass pull itself off the table and onto the floor. This is all from the handheld camera POV.
• Then the pace really speeds up, with rapid different shots all next to each other, of Lily screaming, Nora running, doors banging, hallucinations etc. In between these shots, text comes up one word at a time of "it's" "only" "a" "game" "isn't it?". The "isn't it" will be the last one, and that will fade out.
• It then cuts to a scene of Nora holding the camera, in a bathroom and you can see his reflection in the mirror. Lily is standing at the mirror with her head held down, breathing loudly, and you can see Nora approaching her in the mirror. He saying, "Lily? Lily?" over and over, and then when he reaches out and touches her shoulder, she turns around, and you get a full view of her face: Her eyes bloodshot, makeup everywhere, demonic eyes etc. 
• The scene then cuts to text of the title "Through My Eyes Only" and "Coming this Halloween". Over that, you can here Nora's screaming.

Audience Profile - Beki

The type of audience we would expect to go and see 'through my eyes only' is a young, thrilling spectator who is interested in the genre of horror movies. There is no gender specific for this film, it appeals to both males and females. The female character in 'Through my eyes only' plays the heroine, this is different to most horror films where the female needs to be saved by a man, however this is not the case. After casting our two actors we felt there was a sex-appeal and this would attract both male and female audiences.

The audience age range would be from 15-24, they would primarily view the film in a cinema as we believe this film would be most successful if it were to be released around the Halloween period. It would be likely the audience members are in education such as school, college and university. They are an audience who like to be challenged by a mysterious narrative and like to involve themselves in popular culture.

The audience will also enjoy watching films like paranormal activity 1, 2 and 3 as these relate to the genre of our film. Perhaps they would also be interested in british horror, film like 28 days later.

Movie Poster Analysis, Emily Fry-Sheehan.

This is the movie poster for the film "Grave Encounters". It has several elements to it in which make it a very effective horror movie poster. It doesn't give that much away in terms of story line, for example, you have no idea of what the said proof is for, and you'll have to watch the movie to find out. The text itself doesn't give to much away either in terms of plot, but it gives you enough to feel the tension in the actual film itself.  By disjoining the sentence "They were searching for proof... They found it" at the ellipsis creates a dramatic pause. It makes you want to know what they found. The colours used are all mainly dark and shadowy, besides the text colour, and the main colour theme is green and black. The green makes the poster look like it is being shot in night vision, which tells you they will use that effect in the actual movie and trailer for it. This night vision effect makes everything seem creepy, and the black adds to that, as you don't know whats hiding within it. There are two people within this poster, a man in the foreground with a torch and camera, and a silhouette of something unknown to the audience so far in the background at the end of the hallway. The man is looking away from this silhouette, showing that he can't see it, and it could jump out on him at anytime, creating suspense that is shown in the trailer. The silhouette doesn't give anything away of what it actually is, and that makes you want to find out whatever it is, is. 

Overall I think this is a great movie poster as it gives you a taste of the film without giving to much away and it makes you want to find out more.

The above photo is that of the movie, "The Fourth Kind"'s poster. In contains someone being "abducted" by an alien, and they're rising above the bed. There is a small range of colours used, mainly only blue, black and white. The poster is framed with dark black shadows, drawing your eyes into the center on the poster, making it more intimate, and drawing your eyes to the man in the center. Above and below the man are articles of text which adds to this. The text itself says "There are four kinds of alien encounters. The fourth kind is abduction", then below it says "The Fourth Kind. Based on the actual case studies". By repeating the words "the fourth kind" twice, it gives the title itself more impact, and thus makes it easier to remember the name of the movie. The writing appears blurry and hazy around the edges, and in a font of what could be like a type writers, and this links in with the fact that it's based on actual case studies. As it is based around true events, this makes the whole idea of abduction more scary, and therefore in some audiences more appealing. The man in the poster is risen above the bed, with his arms twisted in agony, and it appears he is moving towards the lit up window. You can't see this mans face, nor what is abducting him. As you can't see he face, it could be anyone at all, and that makes you feel like you could be in that position as there is no actual identity. As you can't see the alien either, this allows your mind to wander and create an image of what it might be, thus making you want to find out what it actually is.

The above is a photo of "Paranormal Activity 2"'s film poster. The poster, like the other two is dark, with blues and blacks used. This film poster differs from the other two as it is spilt into vertical thirds, the outside two black. This greatly draws your eyes into the middle third image, which gives hints of what the film is about. It contains a dog and baby looking intently, the dog even barking, at whatever is in the doorway. By just looking at this, it creates suspense. This is because whatever is in the doorway is disturbing the two characters, and those characters in question are both seen as vulnerable, an infant and an animal. The image is in night vision, which is a classic creepy setting. The text above in the highest third states that the film will give you "sleepless nights", yet it doesn't actually give away what the story line is or what will happen. The film title is in the bottom third, and is hazy and blurry like that in The Fourth Kind's movie poster. Overall, this poster creates suspense as it doesn't give to much away, but enough to make you want to watch and find out.

Our own Ouija board, Dan

We have now ordered our own Ouija board for our Film trailer. The reason for by a real one is to add to the realism of our trailer and to make it look more professional. Instead of this we could have made a Ouija board but we believe this would look tacky.

Film Posters - Beki

Insidious 

The insidious poster uses many elements which combine to produce a successful film poster: firstly the low angle image of the house, shot and edited to be in dark, over-cast weather which looks especially eerie: contrasting to this is the image of the young boy cropped and placed in the middle of the frame, this break the rule of thirds yet is still successful and works along with the rest of the composition. The boy is not looking vulnerable and 'cute', which is what you think a young boy in pajamas would appeal like, however his eyes have been edited and there is an inhuman quality about him: this fits in extremely well with the story line.
      There is a 5 star rating along with a comment and words such as 'sheer terror' are made bigger which stands out to the audience giving them a feel for the content of the film. Another way in which they have attempted to capture the audience's attention is referring to other famous and successful horror films which has been made by the same people; therefore bringing the audience along to their next film once they have recognized this film has been made by the same people who made their other favorite horror films.
     Lastly I feel the tag-line works especially well with the image of the house and the boy, 'It's not the house that's haunted' once reading this the audience will automatically believe that it's the boy who is haunted, this is something that hasn't been focussed on in a film before and will be new to the audience and attract their attention. The title of the film is made clear, in the center third of the frame in block capitals: simple and effective.


Paranormal Activity

This film poster is different from the previous one, it's main and only image is a shot from the actual film. It is portrayed as home camera footage and the time is included in the bottom corner, the couple are sat up in bed and the woman is pointing to something we can't see by the door: we are given an instant insight to content of the film. It is in black and white to emphasize the element of home filming and shot in a bedroom which I feel brings the element of horror and the theme closer to home and increases how scared an audience member could potentially be.
        The rhetorical question makes the audience think about what else the film could involve, 'what happens when you sleep?'. The title is in red font and the largest piece of text to stand out: underneath this there is a short imperative sentence, 'don't see it alone', this all adds together and increases the amount of horror we believe this film entails.
       The whole top third of the horizontal frame is used to show a quote from someone who is commenting on the film, this is longer than a usual quote and the audience would take time to read and think about it then review the rest of the poster.


One Missed Call

Personally I feel that this poster is potentially the most 'scary' as the background is completely back which accentuates the idea of darkness and being alone. The tag line is at the top of the frame which in the form of a rhetorical question and likely to be a question the audience have never thought of before and introduces the theme of the film.
      The main and only image in the poster of only the face and hand of a made-up creature, with large black eyes and resembling of a human. The creature is holding a mobile phone to his ear which adds to the name of the film; 'one missed call'. The creature is something that is unique to this film only and it is clearly conveyed in the poster. We do not know anything about the creature and how important it's role is in the film and this can be seen as a positive, as the audience will want to know what happens with this creature and the rest of the film.
      The title is in block capitals and clear to read, it's presented in white font which stands out from the jet black background. Overall the poster is effective due to the simplicity and mystery of
                                                                       

Magazine cover example analysis, Dan

From looking at many different magazine covers I have found a clear trend. This trend is eye contact, this is a feature of magazine covers from Film magazines to music magazines. The reason for this is to create a synthetic relationship with the audience, by having the Joker looking at the audience it makes the magazine a lot more personal. This eye contact is something that will be used in our magazine cover for our film. The colours used in this magazine cover will be similar to the colours used in our magazine cover. The dark tones I feel reflect the dark nature of the narrative within The Dark Knight and our film. Even with the colour purple they have still gave it a dark and creepy feel. Also there is a lot of focus on The Joker rather than tag lines and other stories. The attention to detail is clear in this cover, each piece of mise-en-scene links well into the character and the film such as, the messy make up on The Jokers face. personally, the best part of this magazine cover the use of fonts. Firstly, the masthead is obviously in the normal font for Empire and isn't surprising but it is a great font that is very clear and is easily recognisable to the audience as Empire. Secondly, the text underneath 'The Joker' text is a remake font of the classic font of Batman showing synergy and a link between the DC comic and the film. finally, The text for The Joker is a great font that shows a playful and stylish font. This font is clever and just by looking at it, it creates a link the The character. We have taken a lot of influence from this cover and many other but hopefully extract the best from each to try and create a professional looking magazine cover for our film.    

Film Synopsis, Emily Fry-Sheehan

Synopsis
Here is a brief summery of the story idea we have for Through My Eyes only.
Student couple Nora and Lily have moved into a new town and enrolled in a new university to escape Lily's troubled past. Nora is a very passionate film student, and has been given a student project to create her own research documentary, and she chooses to study the myth of the Ouija board. Lily doesn't think this is a good idea, as the supernatural have haunted her past, but Nora assures her that she has nothing to worry about as she believes they are nonsense and just a mere game. Nora uses her hand held camera to record the use of the Ouija board, and him and Lily behind to play. The message of the Ouija board gives to the pair is an anagram of "I'm back", which Lily figures out later. A rule whilst playing the Ouija board is that you must blow in the glass you use to hover over the letters at the end of talking to the spirit to release it, if not, the spirit will stay. Whilst using the Ouija board, a Nora's car alarm goes off, and they both jump and go to investigate, forgetting in their hurry to blow in the glass.The glass then drags itself across the table and falls off on it's own. Lily then continues to be haunted by the spirit, driving her to a point of insanity.

Photography Blog - Beki

We have created a blog via Tumblr specifically for photos which related to the making of our trailer such a possible filming locations etc.

CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG

Facebook Group, Dan

We have created a Facebook group to help communication within the group and help organise meetings and shooting. we will also be creating a Facebook page for our film to create buzz and to attempt viral marketing.
(Click for link to Facebook group)
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Film poster deconstructions, Dan

American Psycho Poster

Firstly, there is a representation of split personality showing that there might be another side to Patrick. This is not the most obvious representation to pick up but its definitly powerful even though it maybe subtle. This is shown by another image of Patrick in the blade. Not only does it show a separate version of him but more importantly Patrick is facing the opposite direction. The fact that they are facing two different directions depicts separate views, lifestyle and personality. One feature that does stand out is the contrast of a clean cut man in a professional suit wielding a blade. This symbolises that this film maybe strange and follow unexpected trends and topics. Also another contrasting feature of this poster is how it shows text saying 'monsters are real'. The 'real' in the poster is juxtaposed with the contrasting image of the poster being like a painting or a drawing instead of a 'real' photo. Also the 'real' may give the spectator and insight to the narrative, showing that realism and fantasy may be an underlining path within the narrative. Uncharacteristically the poster is extremely clean breaking stereotypical ideologies of murders and psychos. Once again giving the audience an idea of what Patrick maybe like. The title is interesting, I feel the two different font types once again represent the two different sides of Patrick. This poster is full of symbolism and I feel because of that it is very effective. For that reason I will use this influence on our own posters for our film.

Creep

This poster is a lot more in keeping with its genre compared to the American Psycho poster. This may be because the genre is a lot more clear cut and understandable. What I personally love about this poster is how gritty and realistic it feels when looking at it. The dirty and dark colours used in this poster shows an insight into the grim and disturbing narrative. Also an enigma code is introduced, visually we see a hand pressed against the train window with blood added as well. Because the spectator cannot see who that person is or what's going on it creates question and interest. This therefore draws the audience into the film and gets people thinking about the film. This then creates a relationship with the spectator involving the audience within the film. Another fascinating feature of this poster is the red light on the end of the train. I feel this makes it look like a face, a face of a creature. This may seem strange but it does link into the antagonist in this film. The title on this poster has a cool effect however, I feel it looks a bit bland and doesn't stand out a lot and too much of the focus it put on the train. I do think this is an okay poster but I feel that there are much better posters and I wont be using too much influence from it.  

Hostel

This is a poster I feel is lacking some what, the style seems lazy and simplistic. I feel the best USP (unique selling point) is the fact that Quentin Tarantino is mentioned. The idea of the narrative is clear from the imaging of a person strapped to a chair and the theme colour being a dark red. This I guess is a good representation of violence and pain. The title blends into the background and doesn't stand out and no clear connection is made with the audience. Although I was disappointed with this poster it has made it clear to me that I don't want to base my poster around this design or idea. I guess what is does do well is vividly show what the audience will be getting themselves into, not in a predictable way but in an easily understandable style and genre of film.    

Film Posters - Beki

Indidious 

The insidious poster uses many elements which combine to produce a successful film poster: firstly the low angle image of the house, shot and edited to be in dark, over-cast weather which looks especially eerie: contrasting to this is the image of the young boy cropped and placed in the middle of the frame, this break the rule of thirds yet is still successful and works along with the rest of the composition. The boy is not looking vulnerable and 'cute', which is what you think a young boy in pajamas would appeal like, however his eyes have been edited and there is an inhuman quality about him: this fits in extremely well with the story line.
      There is a 5 star rating along with a comment and words such as 'sheer terror' are made bigger which stands out to the audience giving them a feel for the content of the film. Another way in which they have attempted to capture the audience's attention is referring to other famous and successful horror films which has been made by the same people; therefore bringing the audience along to their next film once they have recognized this film has been made by the same people who made their other favorite horror films.
     Lastly I feel the tag-line works especially well with the image of the house and the boy, 'It's not the house that's haunted' once reading this the audience will automatically believe that it's the boy who is haunted, this is something that hasn't been focussed on in a film before and will be new to the audience and attract their attention. The title of the film is made clear, in the center third of the frame in block capitals: simple and effective.

Paranormal Activity

This film poster is different from the previous one, it's main and only image is a shot from the actual film. It is portrayed as home camera footage and the time is included in the bottom corner, the couple are sat up in bed and the woman is pointing to something we can't see by the door: we are given an instant insight to content of the film. It is in black and white to emphasize the element of home filming and shot in a bedroom which I feel brings the element of horror and the theme closer to home and increases how scared an audience member could potentially be.
        The rhetorical question makes the audience think about what else the film could involve, 'what happens when you sleep?'. The title is in red font and the largest piece of text to stand out: underneath this there is a short imperative sentence, 'don't see it alone', this all adds together and increases the amount of horror we believe this film entails.
       The whole top third of the horizontal frame is used to show a quote from someone who is commenting on the film, this is longer than a usual quote and the audience would take time to read and think about it then review the rest of the poster.

One Missed Call

Personally I feel that this poster is potentially the most 'scary' as the background is completely back which accentuates the idea of darkness and being alone. The tag line is at the top of the frame which in the form of a rhetorical question and likely to be a question the audience have never thought of before and introduces the theme of the film.
      The main and only image in the poster of only the face and hand of a made-up creature, with large black eyes and resembling of a human. The creature is holding a mobile phone to his ear which adds to the name of the film; 'one missed call'. The creature is something that is unique to this film only and it is clearly conveyed in the poster. The creature's face has been manipulated using photoshop or a similar editing program to make a woman's screaming mouth and nose, this has worked extremely well as it is not noticeable instantly as once time is taken to look closely which is subtle but effective. We do not know anything about the creature and how important it's role is in the film and this can be seen as a positive, as the audience will want to know what happens with this creature and the rest of the film.
      The title is in block capitals and clear to read, it's presented in white font which stands out from the jet black background. Overall the poster is effective due to the simplicity and mystery of the creature.
                                                                         

Character Profiles, Dan

Character One

Name: Nora
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Height: 5ft 6"
Build: average
Appearance: Long dark hair with pale toned skin. Dark eyes and is stylish.
Interests: Loves music, she plays guitar but her real passion is film making.
History: A 'normal' life growing up in the city and meets a girl a film school that she instantly clicks with.
Aspirations: She has always had aspirations within the music industry but once again her love is for film and would love to be a huge Hollywood director.
Fears: fears living his entire life as a nobody.

Character two

Name: Lily
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Height: 5ft 8"
Build: slim
Appearance: dark long hair, stylish but withdrawn clothing.
History: A mysterious and unknown history
Aspirations: She aspires to be a writer, writing for films is something she has always wanted to do.
Fears: that her past memories will once again come back into her life.

Trailer analysis, Dan

American Psycho - Mary Harron
Cinematography: There are a lot of close up shots within this trailer, these close ups are used so the audience can get idea to who the protagonist is. These close up shot reveal a lot about the character and also shows how character driven the film will be. For example, there is a shot of Patrick pealing off a face mask whilst looking into a mirror. This close up allows the audience to see that Patrick is a harsh and concealed character. The interesting part of this shot is how he is pealing off a face mask. To me this represents a separate side to himself and side of himself he has to hide and cover up with a mask. Having seen the film I can say that this is a valid analysis of this shot. Shots like this inspires me to do something similar within our film. It could be a clever tool to add a stylish look to the cinematography.
Editing: The editing in this trailer shows no long drawn out shots, the editing is fast paced with many close up and medium shots. There next to no continuity editing in this trailer, the editing in this trailer is for affect and shows this throughout the trailer. The editing also cuts between 'normal' life and vial and vicious shots which once again represents the separate life he has compared with his 'normal' life. 
Sound: Sound is the most interesting part of this trailer and is the main reasons why I have used it as an example. I love how this trailer has used the happy non-diegetic sound contrasted with the horrific images and horrific diegetic sound from the killings. This feature has fascinated me and I would love to use it in our own trailer even if its only for a little part of the trailer. A part from this every other sound is drowned out even when you see a shot with clear sound, once again I think this is an impressive style. Hopefully we can achieve this within our trailer.
Mise-en-scene: The mise-en-scene in this trailer gives an insight into the sickness of this film through the blood soaked bodies etc. An important piece of mise-en-scene is the suits and business style seen on pretty much all the men in the trailer. This shows that the blood lust shown in the trailer has come from the professionalism from businessmen in wall street. Once again showing an odd link that is a frequent theme and giving an insight to the future of the narrative.   

Creep - Christopher Smith
Cinematography: The camera style in this trailer is the reason why its one of my examples, I like the use of hand held camera work. This is an amazing feature that we will most definitely use, I feel its the perfect why of creating realism within a film. This has added importance in a horror film because giving the sense of realism makes the horror that little bit more horrifying. This technique also has relevance to the narrative as well because the protagonist in this film is a film maker. Also I noticed that a lot of the camera positioning gives the feel of enclosure and claustrophobia. This then adds to the idea of being trapped in a train station. The trailer is given pace and beat through the flashing of light to dark as well as the sound. All of these small little features add up to create a haunting feel to the trailer that american psycho lacks.
Editing: There are no eloquent editing styles or techniques used in this trailer that stands out. however, it doesn't follow continuity editing either. The main use of editing in this trailer that creates affect is the increase in speed of editing as the trailer gets further on and as the situation in the trailer begin to get worse. This connotates drama that will increase as the film goes on just like the editing. This also shows that tension is being built for a climatic ending.
Sound: The non-diegetic sound in this trailer is very creepy and extremely unnerving, which is a great affect that is instantly achieved. Also there is hardly any diegetic sound in the trailer, only a few voices and crashes. So even though there is this very prominent background music there is also a strange and quiet ambience created. Although the sound in this trailer was impressive I still feel the sound from American Psycho fits to the style of our film better. Smaller objects of sound that are unusual in the trailer like the monkey add a certain sense of strangeness creating an uncomfortable situation, which is all a part of the horror film and experience.     
Mise-en-scene: What stands out in the first few second of this trailer in terms of mise-en-scene is the font type of the text that comes up into the centre of the screen. Text is something that we'll use in our trailer so this trailer was important to us because it gave us a good understanding of what works and what doesn't. The mise-en-scene gives us an understanding of the character, her situation and what could happen to her. The mise-en-scene shows a very 'real' women in a 'real' train station in possibly and 'real' situation. Once again realism has been shown to be so effective within this genre, with having this knowledge now we can adapt this to our own trailer keeping in mind how realism adds so much fear to a horror film.

Hostel - Eli Roth
Cinematography: Once again we see a lot of mixed camera shots with not a lot of movement. There is a lot of fixation with close up shots on objects and areas. By having a lot of these close up shots we get the feel of something be held from the audience, creating questions. This is a good effect because it makes the spectator think about the trailer and maybe discuss it with friends. One of the shots for example, shows a close up shot of a toe about to be cut off. This gives a visual idea of whats going to happen within the narrative. However, it cuts before the audience see the toe get cut off. This keeps tension high and gives the effect of the unknown. The lighting for these shits are extremely dark throughout the trailer showing connotation of death and fear. This trailer comes across aggressive and potentially a shocking film.
Editing: The editing in this trailer like Creep starts slow and increases in speed and the action gets more intense. The shots fade in and out of total darkness and the parts of darkness is when text is shown over the top. For example, 'sickest fantasies' this gives time to explain the film as well as show it by using a dark fading technique. Also slow motion is used towards the beginning of the trailer to accentuate the terror of the shot.
Sound: It has a creepy string band in the background creating a sense of foreboding. This non-diegetic sound is then layered by an extremely low voice that sounds like its part of the trailer and blending into diegetic sound. This then has an extra layer of movement and things that are going on within the frame. The speed of the band then picks up as the editing increases with added sound effects such as screaming as well. From this a beat and tempo is introduced giving the trailer rhythm and pace, like a heartbeat. This then stops and the sound is decreased as the focus then turns to what going on in the frame. The loud and fast paced music then comes back in to create a dramatic and climatic anding to the trailer.
Mise-en-scene: The mise-en-scene in this trailer is generally orientated around weapons and torture, linking into the films narrative. It also shows a dark and what appears a underground or enclosed location adding isolation to the fear of the film and makes it more easily relatable to the audience. From the mise-en-scene it allows the audience to create a mental picture of the film and by making it real in their head then the film reaches a whole new level of horror and entertainment.  

Cinematic Ideas, Dan

Cinematic Ideas


Narrative: It will be restricted narrative because it will be very character driven and the tension will be built through the enigma coding. By creating questions that we find out with the protagonist it allows the audience to relate and connect with the spectator. This synthetic relationship built will increase emphasis at the scary/thrilling sections of the film. Overall this creates a more realistic ambience to the film and therefore increase the realism to the horror.  
Target Audience: The target audience will be generally mainstream with an age range from 18-26. It is mainstream because it focuses on an audience that likes blockbusters. However, the difference will be on the age range. Due to it being a horror the age range cannot be the usual 15-24.
Where it would be shown: Although the film won't be huge budget, the film would still be shown in big multiplexes and premièred in London. However, this doesn't mean this wouldn't be shown in more innocent independent cinemas. This small budget but big ambition comes from the influence of Paranormal Activity which has been a huge inspiration to the film.
Cinematic Style: Cinematic style was a feature of the film that was clear from the start. Realism is vital to horror and because of this a lot of the cinematography will be hand held to give a home made feel which also adds and links into the narrative. For establishing shots and some others the fixed camera will used because hand held for the entire film/trailer may look a bit too home made and may start to look tacky instead of realistic.  
Editing: For the film/trailer the editing will be mixed with fast and erratic editing to create pace, tension and mood. However, in places the editing will slow to give time for narration, text and time for tension to build and time for a story to be portrayed. If time is taking with editing it could create the perfect feel to the film and make a trailer that is most importantly memorable.  
Sound/Lighting: In terms of sound the contrast of joyous non-diegetic music juxtaposed with disturbing and creepy cuts works really well and this idea was found from the American Psycho Trailer, this concept is something worth trying. The diegetic sound within the trailer will go from soft and quiet sound to loud and abrupt sound, this will be linked with the lighting doing a fading affect. These effects are all to go towards a hazy and disturbing effect.
Influences: Personally I have taken my influences from American Psycho, Hostel and Creep. Other members of the group have the own influences to our trailer and all of our ideas will come together to try and create a professional looking trailer.