Halloween

I've broke up for a week from school, I have brought the camera with me and I am planning on filming over the week. As it is Halloween I will also be watching scary films, I am going to analyse the editing etc so I can pick up on the typical camera angles used as they have a massive impact on how scary the film/trailer is as you can put the audience in the characters shoes by using POV shots and you can also suggest that they are being watched. Camera angles makes you able to make the character appear small by using high angles and you can make them look bigger and more dominant by using low angles.

Carrie

I have been looking at the behind the scenes footage for the 2013 remake of Carrie. I am very interested in this film as it is a horror but it is also psychological which makes it the same genre as my trailer. I have got some ideas of some shots to film also, I am going to film some of my trailer tonight. It will be the scene in which the victim realises that her boyfriend is evil, however, as this is just the trailer, it will not be revealed that it is her boyfriend, it will remain unknown that he has multiple personality disorder. He is the trailer for Carrie, I am a fan of Kimberly Pierce and her way of directing. http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/carrie-2013/trailer

Comparing Different Genre Trailers

I have been looking at trailers for comedy films and comparing them to the trailers in the genre of horror, this is so I can compare them and see the difference between them. The music for comedy trailers are more upbeat and cheerful, the music used has a huge effect of the trailer, on horror trailers it is usually slow and deep, it suggests darkness. The colour schemes in horror are also a lot darker than they are in any other genre of film. The editing in horror trailers has a massive impact on how scary it is, they usually start slowly and then speed up and each shot used is very short. Whereas in comedy trailers the pace is steady and is the same all the way through. I have looked at comedy as it is the complete opposite to horror and I want to make sure that I use all the correct conventions for horror.

Poster editing

This is another improved version of my poster. I have edited the font by adding effects and I have also taken out the names of the actors and changed the position of the slogan.

Poster Progress

This is my improved poster, I have looked at the poster for the film 6 Souls and looked at the credits that are on the bottom of the poster, this was so I could have an example.

 

Editing

I will soon put the shots that I have filmed onto the computer so I can edit them. I have quite a lot of shots but I will need to pick the best ones and edit them. I wanted to have a lot of shots as in every horror trailer that I have seen the pace is very quick and it jumps from shot to shot so there has to be a lot.

Filming

Tonight I will be going to my cousin's house as she has and can play the piano, I will film the victim in the house and then the piano will start playing, the victim will then go to see who is there but when she gets there, nobody is playing and the music has stopped. My cousin has a very big house so which includes a loft so I think it will be a good location to film parts of my trailer.

Poster Progress

This is the progress I have made on my poster. I decided to call the film 'Derangement' as it means insanity. However, I need to take my own photo of the person at the window im just using that for the minute until i have my own.

Poster ideas

I liked the dark sky on the backgroud of this poster, that is why I have also used that, I think it gives a great effect and is typically used in horror films as the bad weather is pathetic fallacy. However, I will need to go out and take a photo of the sky as the one I am currently using is from the internet.

Poster progress continued

I have used House At The End Of The Street as a style model for my poster, I liked how the character is at one side of the page and the information was on the other.

Poster Progress

I have been looking at different effects for my poster and I found that this one would have the biggest effect as I find that when the audience can't see the villain's face it makes them more intimdating and it also keeps up suspense because you dont can't see who it is. However, I wasnt sure what to do about the other side of the poster so I have changed the design.

 

This is what I have changed it to, I will use red writing as that is a typical colour for horrror as it suggests danger and blood.



I would like to use this kind of background for my poster, however I will have to take my own photo as this one is taken from the internet. The stormy sky is typical for a horror film.

Starting a poster

This lesson I am going to begin to create the poster for my trailer as I took photos of the characters. I m not 100% sure on what I am going to do on my poster but I will use the stereotypical conventions such as the dark colours. I will post my progress.