Filming Schedule

Social Media

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We are using our social media sites to ensure that we stay in contact with our target market.

Horror Production Companies

Horror Production Companies are very famous for their logos, names and the films they represent. Here are some horror production companies that we would want to take specific influences from their multitude of films.

Blumhouse Productions - Sinister, Oculus, Paranormal Activity 1,2,3 and 4.

Lionsgate - Saw 2, Deliver Us From Evil and See No Evil

Twisted Pictures - Texas Chainsaw 3D, Dead Silence and The Tortured

Our Demographic

Test Shot for Lead Actress

We wanted to test the female lead to make sure that our casting was correct and that she would be able to demonstrate the emotions that we have envisioned for the trailer.

Why we chose our Actress and Actor

After a lot of time we chose to use these two people as our male and female leads. 

Bethan Williamson- THE FEMALE LEAD

James Allen- THE MALE LEAD

We have decided to go for these people as they have the ideal visual appearance that we have envisioned for our piece. We also think after the test shots we have carried out we know they will be able to act in the way we need them to portray the story appropriately.

Filming Planning

To ensure we have everything that we need for the making of our trailer we made a list of the various shots and scenes we need. This has provided us with the ability to also list potential others possible shots that will add to our piece.  

We have found lists have worked best to illustrate the shots we intend to use and are more easily used when see actually start filming as we then can simply use a picture of the story board rather then taking it with us and struggling whilst on set.

Health and Safety for Filming

We wanted to ensure that we remained safe whilst we filmed as this is vital to the filming.

What do you expect from horror?

Trailer Location and Prop Research

Demographic Research

Creating Our Animatic

Our Anime involved us testing out the songs we liked during research and seeing if they would work well with the theme of our Trailer so far. 

Animatic

Website Conventions

Poster Analysis

Website Analysis

Dyer's Audience Theory

Potential Actors and Actresses

We have a variety of actors and actresses that we are deciding on as it is important to us that we are able to chose the correct visual appearance for the characters we have envisioned.

Iconic Horror Directors

James Wan is famous for his work in Insidious, The Conjuring and the Saw films, Wan's work has been influential to us as it has allowed us to look into the supernatural possibilities  that we could apply to our work.

Wes Craven is famous for his work The Hills Have Eyes, Nightmare on Elm Street and the massive franchise Scream that has become a phenomenon in the horror industry.  

Alfred Hitchcock, arguably the most famous horror directors that has ever lived. His work is famous all over the world but his most famous work includes, Psycho, The Birds and Frenzy. We intend to use similar techniques that he used throughout his films to make normal things that are seen or used everyday scary, to challenge the norms of daily life.

Horror Vs Crime Thriller

CRIME THRILLER TRAILER - CRAWL

This is similar to the horror but has questions that are give a more interesting storyline 

Vs.

HORROR TRAILER - SCREAM 4

This horror is part of a franchise so the overall storyline is clear and well-known for the viewer. Normally horrors like these the slashers have very little meaningful stories behind them but they are still very popular.

Trailer Inspirations

Many trailers have been inspirational to the development of our story line.

Broadchurch is a phenomenon that has spread all over the United Kingdom, it has influenced our trailer based on its method of keeping the audiences in a constant state of in balance and on the edge of their seats. We intend to bring the same adrenaline rush to the audience of our film trailer.

The Boy Next Door, is a very recent and modern film. The trailer suggests a moral conflict within the male lead himself; understanding what is right and what he feels is the challenge he faces. This is revealed within the 2 and a half minute trailer and entices the watcher to find out what the outcomes is. We took inspiration from this as we want to draw the watcher into the story of the male lead and the continual struggle he faces due to his actions.

Crime Thriller Mood Board

 

We chose to use the genre hybrid of crime thriller as we wanted to create something that could create tension within the audience.

 

 

 

 

Genres

Music Inspiration

Alex Clare's song, Whispering is the song featured on the 'The Boy Next Door' trailer. It is powerful and builds up to a dramatic peak. We intend to use a similar build up to add tension to our piece.

This is also a very interesting remix of the original Beyonce, we really like the way it is a take on the well known hit; but also makes the trailer more interesting and anticipated.

Leona Lewis' Broken is a song we are very interested as it has lyrics that could relate to the storylines we have considered. We also like the idea of using the song and the songs title potential name of the film itself. 

Intersellar Trailer Analysis

During this lesson, we discussed the Intersellar trailer and analysed it, within these three categories. As well as 4 of the most important scenes during the trailer.

Website Branding Conventions

 



Website Branding  

Narrative Choices

Narrative Choices



Poster Analysis

As brand cohesion is a very important aspect of the films overall selling point, we analysed the poster for 'American Hustle'. The main features we evaluated the overall layout and whether spoiler were present which would disappoint a potential customer. This is for example, if the poster gives away too much people are less inclined to want to spend money to see it.

Final Company Logo

We chose to change the Logo of Skyline Studios as we felt this was more minimalist design and works effectively on many backgrounds so is versatile.

Our Coursework so Far

Casting Ideas

Male Lead:

• Normal Teenager
• Stylish fashion sense
• Good looking
• Friendly and Approachable 

Female Lead:

• Fashion Conscious 
• Pretty
• Friendly
• Innocent
• Brunette

Specific Shot Inspiration

We really liked the way these two shots have used normal things and taken specific specially designed shots like slow motion explosions in Inception or the underwater shot in Twilight. 

Both are very influential to the work we intend to make as we would like to use more unusual shots to make sure that our piece is effective in our desired affect and also cinematically advanced.

 Inception

Twilight

Initial Storyboard

Our initial storyboard is simple yet explains the main aim in which we would like to go down with the thriller and supernatural infusion. Although it is small and simple to begin with, it is important to us that we develop from this and use this to create the best trailer we can.

Genre Theorists

Genre Theorists

There are many genre theorist however, we looked at some specific examples and I researched some into more depth.

Trailer Deconstruction

We deconstructed teaser and theatrical trailers to understand the difference as well as the multiple features of different genre trailers. The lines '/ / ' refer to jumps the orange line to the overall pass of the trailer. The 'T' states the sections that create tension and finally the music notes is where the music peaks or creates an emotion within the audience.

Teaser Vs. Theatrical Trailer Analysis

Teaser Vs. Theatrical Trailer Analysis

https://magic.piktochart.com/output/3380831-untitled-infographic 

Final Logo and Name

Final Logo and Name

we chose Skyline Studios as our final production companies name as we felt this represented the company in a variety of ways, and therefore not limiting us to one genre stereotypes.



The Notebook Trailer - Todorov Analysis

The Notebook Trailer - Todorov Analysis

The Notebook is a well -known film which is frequently acclaimed for its portrayal of a touching love story. We analysed this based on Todorov's 5 main stages:

1. Equilibrium
2. Disruption of equilibrium
3. Recognition of equilibrium
4. Repair of damage/issue
5. New equilibrium

We chose to illustrate our analysis in a timeline, as it allowed us to visually represent the stages of Todorov's theory.

Logo and Name Development

Logo and Name Development

Nine Frame Analysis of Annabelle

Genre Change Over Time

Genre Change Over Time

Genre has been influenced by many different variables over the years. We chose to research this by dividing key events into three categories, What Came Before, Technology and The Outside World. 

Each category allowed us to understand what has implicated film genres as we know them now.

Brief

The Brief

we intend to create a promotional package for a film, which will include a trailer, poster and website homepage. 
we hope to end this year with a more developed idea of the effect that promotional packages have on our society today, and we feel, as team that this coursework will be successful in aiding our process of finding this knowledge.