Moodboard - Research and Planning

Plot

For our teaser trailer we are going to have a group of teenagers that go to a place (polsden lacey) which they belive to be haunted. They will spend the night on the grounds. Events then unfold. The teaser trailer will contain one of the teenagers speaking of the haunted grounds which will be put as a voiceover. We will then have a shot of the house and grounds so the audience know where the story is going to be set. There will also be a montage of the teenagers and things that are key to the story, and that wont give much information away.

Characters represented in horror films - Research and Planning

The typical character that you will find in a horror film is a blonde twenty year old. These characters are represented looking inoccent and vulnerable. For example in the film Scream, the first character that we are introduced to is Casey played by Drew Barrymore.
These characters are known not to last long in horror films.

Certificate - Research and Planning

Horror films are mainly aimed at15+ It's more common for a horror to be an 18.

15- No-one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No-one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.

18- No-one younger than 18 may see an ‘18’ film in a cinema. No-one younger than 18 may rent or buy an ‘18’ rated video work.

A 15 film would contain mild violence whereas with an 18 it would contain more violent graphic scenes.

Institution - Research and Planning

We have been looking at several institutions that are associated with horror films. We have been looking at more recent horror films that are currently popular at the moment and have come across Alliance Films which produced Insidious. We will also be using IM Global.

Audience research - Research and Planning

Horror is a genre that can be aimed at a male and female audience, yet men are more common to go and see a horror movie with women, more skewed to seeing romantic comedys. Horror is a popular genre with teenagers. Figures from the Grudge show that audiences are mainly males, who take up 55% with females slightly less at 45%.

Soundtrack - (non-copyright music) Research and Planning

In a media lesson my group went onto a software called Cubase. Which is a software that let's you create your own music. Because our group is doing horror, we used a lot of high pitched sounds. We will end up using this software for our final piece because the instruments that are avaliable to us will fit in perfectly with creating our own horror themed piece. The music that we will compose might not be continous because in most trailers the music is either quiet at then it's get louder towards the end, or the music is only played at the beginning of a clip or at a certain point in the trailer. This create's tension.

Trailer Treatment and Ideas (Research & Planning)