Sound and Music

sound is a large part in creating a trailer as the music helps the audience feel the genre that the film is. for example in a horror movie the music is tense which also leaves the audience feeling tense and really helps them connect with the character.
So for our movie trailer we started off with soft music and as the equilibrium was disrupted the music changed to a more rock/scary music to create a real sence of tension and suspension.
Near the end of the trailer the music cuts out and all that there is to hear is a heartbeat which the audience can relate to as the trailer gets your heart racing. Then when you least expect it there is a scream right at the end this creates even more tension then cuts out. this creates a real sense of scariness and will leave the audience wanting more.

final film trailer

film magazine cover and Film poster

Sound

sound is a large part in creating a trailer as the music helps the audience feel the genre that the film is. for example in a horror movie the music is tense which also leaves the audience feeling tense and really helps them connect with the character.

So for our movie trailer we started off with soft music and as the equilibrium was disrupted the music changed to a more rock/scary music to create a real sence of tension and suspension.

Near the end of the trailer the music cuts out and all that there is to hear is a heartbeat which the audience can relate to as the trailer gets your heart racing. Then when you least expect it there is a scream right at the end this creates even more tension then cuts out. this creates a real sense of scariness and will leave the audience wanting more.

Location analysis

the location of a horror movie is usually in a dark, haunted looking, trapped area. we chose a forest situated near us so it was easy to get to and safe to film in. after filiming our first practice scene we agreed it fittd well with the genre we were aiming for

Character Analysis

As a group we decided that we would have unconventional characters so we have goe with a very different idea.

After analysing typical horror films it seemed that the villian was usually the male, so we have gone for a female killer. We have chose Jodie (as shown below) as the murderer as we feel she is not the type of girl you would look at and think she looks like the evil type. she has a sweet, kind and loving look to her so using her as the villian in the film would be a shock to the audience and make it much more interesting to watch as it would be less predictable.

Before choosing her as the villian Jodie shared with us that she has a past of being bullied so she has all the emotions and can use these emotions during filming which made it much more realistic for her and for the audience.

the typical survivor in a horror film would be thought to be the strong man! however we have chosen a girl to be the survivor. Philippa looks like your usual dumb blonde bimbo as she is short aswell however she is far from that. She is the clever one out the group. so we added this twist so we could be unconventional once again.

Geeks are always seen to be the clever ones just because of the way they look. However, we have decided to use a girl who looks like a geek but is however the least intelligent one out of the group. She becomes the first to die.

we also have a loud girl, Miranda, who is seen as the leader of the pack. she drives the car in the trailer so you can tell that she tries to be the controller of every situation.

every group has a dopey girl. Natalie was chosen for this role as she is usually a little dopey in real life so it would be easy for her to get into character. It was good to have a girl like this as you sometimes have funny parts in a horror movie and this character would help to create these parts.

Kelsey is the tom boy of the group. we have an all female cast so having a tom boy would be good to show a little masculinity within the film. we chose kelsey because just like natalie the dopey one, kelsey is a tom boy in real life so she can also find it easy to get into her character.

Target Audience

target audience is very important as you need to know who and which age group you are aiming your film at.

we chose a horror film so we then straight away decided it should be an 18 as we are 17-18 year olds our selves it would be easy for us to aim our film at teenagers our own age. our film could have been aimed at the certifcate 15 but the killing scenes if the actual film was produced would be for 18 year old s 15 year olds may find it disturbing. However we came to a conclusion that it would be targetted at males and females and not just one catergory.