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.

Final Storyboard

this is our final story board after discussing ideas and putting different part together we came up with an idea which we feel will work very well and which we can use to film our trailer. Below is also a picture of rough ideas which we put down on papaer so we could pick out the best ideas which we all agreed on to make our trailer work.

Initial Ideas

to start off within our group we had to think of a genre and a storyline so that we could start our planning our shots, sound, mise en-scne and location. we then produced an initial story board with our first idea on it. Our initial story board shows how we origianlly planned our trailer to look and our final storyboard shows how we improved and progressed using eachothers ideas to create the final piece.

Within the group we agreed on a horror movie so we then started to brainstorm our ideas of what we thought a horror movie would contain. However, when deciding on our characters we all argeed that we should have unconventinal characters fr example a typical blonde bimbo however she is actually clever and it is the geek look alike whi is the less intelligent one.

the last thing we came up with was the name of the film because we had a few ideas which we all liked, such as, revenge eye for an eye, trapped.

Mood Board

i have gathered a couple of photos to look at so that i can compare similarities in horror films such as the colour. from these imagine we can see that pale and dark colours are usually used to create a 'cold' feeling. there is also usually some type of distortion of someones face creating a sence of scariness making the audience feel uncomftable when looking at it which is the feeling they should be feeling.

Detailed analysis for 'The Orphan'

ths is a horror film which is about a couple who have previously lost their daughter so decide to adopt a child who is a 9 year old. They believe she has the potential to be a part of their family, however, the following events prove that she is far from a little 9 year old orphan who wants to be loved.

Ethner who is the orphan in the film turns out to be a murderer who isn't actually a little girl.

i will be analysing this trailer, whilst outlining the camera angles, editing, location it takes place, sound and mise-en-scene.

First off all the there are many different camera angles used within this trailer. The angles used draw the audiences attention and causing them to sit there tense and in suspision about what it's all about. The shot which really come to my attention was the shot of ethner as she screams and the camera is very close up to her face and instead of the camera being held steady it is infact unsteady causing suspision and making it come to life much more! There is a good example of equilibirum, it all start off perfectly until it is disrupted by ethner's actions. and the camera angles show this disruption with the jump shots throughout.

The editing in the trailer is very clever and also drew my attention. the trailer starts off with smooth shots merging from one scene to another however as we approach the middle of the trailer the shots become more jumpy and short, they tend to jump from one shot to another in the space of 1-2 seconds. this creates great attention and leaves the audience wanting to watch the trailer as it doesn't give much away.

There are many locations which this film takes place in. not only does it take place in a house which looks rather unsettling but it also takes place in places such as modern schools, orphanage, hospitals.

The mise-en-scene is very interesting. the movie looks very modern. everybody is dressed modern, the cars and houses are modern, however, esther is the only person who looks as though she belongs in a victorian film. her clothes look like rags from centuries ago and her hair is also un modern this tells the audience straight away that esther is not normal and it gets the audience thinking.

Sound plays a very important part in a trailer especially a horror movie. it builds the tension and allows the audience to feel the tension which is being let off by the sound.

The music starts off sweet then desends to a much louder attention grabbing noise. the music is broken when esther screams in the toilet building up more suspense. throughout the trailer the sound keeps the audience glued to the screen even if they are scared because it draws them in.

Film genres

Film genres are important as it puts films into different categories such as action, romance, comedy, chick flick, horror, western, thriller etc. it also helps to aim the film at a certain target audience. if you know that your making a comedy you know that you are targeting a certain audience so you can adjust your film to please the audience you are aiming for. e.g. a film such as SAW will be aimed at 18 or above, for people who like gore and blood. and this film provides these needs for the audience.

Film genres also make it easier when the film is being shot and for when it is being written. for example, for more older audience there may be much more complex camera angles and stong lanuage or sex, however for a younger childrens film there would be simple shots and simple language without strong language or scenes of a sexual nature.

theories

there are many media theories and we have learnt these in our media lessons.

We have been learning about how behaviourism ,structuralism,narrative genre feminism and post colonialist have been portrayed within different films of different genres.

Propps theory:

Vladimir Propp founded the study of narrative structure.

there were 8 character roles which he identified. the vilian, the hero, the donar, the false hero, the dispatcher, the princess, her farther and the helper.

Theres character roles help the form some sort of picture about the character in our minds. for example, it is predictable in mose fairy tales that the princess ends up with the prince and they all live happily.

Tsvetan Todorov's theory:

this theory as about equilibrium.

Todorov said that films are expected to start in and equilibrium. he believed that this is then disrupted which then sets of a chain of events (dilemmas). These dilemmas are then resolved when a new equilibrium is put into place.

this can be put into context with a film such as titanic. Rose is engaged to a man, she then meets jack, she leaves her fiance to try and be with jack, he then dies and rose at the end of the film is back to the start as an independent woman again getting on wit her life.