Presentation1

Presentation1

• 1.
  My trailer willstart of with a wide shot of the house, at night time. It will establish the location of the film as well as drawing all the links back to this house. The reason this shot will be done at night, is to give a horror and scary feel towards the house. The audience will feel the mood intended for the film, which is to feel uncomfortable and tense. Once the shot for this is show it will cut to the next shot but in a glitch way which I will do whilst editing. The next few shots will be fast and showing the murders of 5 children. They will be a mixture of midshot’s and close ups. There will also be close ups of children's shoes and also pictures of them when they were alive. I’ve decided to do this to not only make the audience feel uncomfortable, but to also set the narrative of showing what has happened in the woods which is close to the murder house.
• 2.
  The next shotwill be of the two murderers; Lyra and Kieran. This is shown to establish who the murderers are in the film, and what they had done which affects the film. They will be shown in pictures, and their prison mugshot. (The way the characters look in the picture are not how I actually want to portray them! The software I used to create the storyboard pictures has limited characters to use) The next shot will be introduced using a fade to show passing of time. It will show a midshot of two sisters carrying boxes with there stuff inside. This shot is used to connote them moving into a new house. Nora, will be presented to look moody and frustrated as she doesn’t want to move into this house. Whilst Jessica is presented to be happy and exited about moving in. You can see the contrast between both characters as they are different and this technique is used in films.
• 3.
  The next fewshots will be a close up of Nora looking at the house with a suspicious look on her face, whilst the next shot will show the house. I'm going to use this to foreshadow that Nora suspects something wrong about this house. In horror films there is always a character who has an instinct on something not being right. This links in with my previous post on the type of characters that are in horror films. The next few shots will be of the two sisters eating their dinner happily. There will be midshot’s and close ups to show the girls emotions of them being happy. It sets the mood of everything being at an equilibrium where there is no tension. The audience will be able to also feel relaxed at this point because it is something they can relate to also.
• 4.
  The next shotswill be of Jessica seeing Nora into her room trying to convince her to like the house. There will be shot reverse shot to show them having a conversation. This will be used to help the audience to see how eager Jessica actually is and to show Nora to contrast Jessica. It will also make Jessica look gullible as she doesn't’t know what will actually happen. The next shot will be a wide shot of Jessica cleaning the kitchen from the dinner they had, and then trying to open a cupboard. The cupboard wont open which makes her frustrated and force it open. At this point the audience will feel tense as they will know that the cupboard was sealed shut for a reason.
• 5.
  A close upof a Box will be shown. Jessica will pick the box up and look inside. Inside are DVD’s and a Diary. This will make the audience suspicious and want to know why this was locked away. A shot reverse shot will be used to show Jessica’s confused reaction of what these DVD’s are. A midshot shows Jessica thinking of what these DVD’s could be. A fast series of close ups then show her to be getting to her computer and watching one of the DVD’s. A shot shows her reaction as the DVD starts. This allows the audience to sit at the edge of their seat and wonder what it is that being shown.
• 6.
  A series ofshots on this film shows Lyra and Kieran to be taking a girl into the woods. Lyra seems cheerful whilst Kieran has a determined look on his face. The audience wouldn't’t suspect anything at the moment and neither does Jessica. A midshot of Jessica shows her neutral expression. We can then see that the DVD has a blank black screen, and then cuts into a scene where Kieran is taking a knife out. A close up shows Jessica to start looking scared.
• 7.
  Then a shotshows Kieran to be killing the child. I will be using a doll and a close up angle of Kieran's back facing the camera, as I don’t want a child involved in this scene and so the audience wont be able to tell that it’s a doll. This scares and shocks the audience as well Jessica. A Midshot shows her reaction as she stand up in fright and starts feeling out of breath. This is similar emotions to what the audience will be feeling. She leaves the room in a rush.
• 8.
  Jessica is shownto shake Nora awake and start shouting and panicking. Nora doesn’t panic because she wants to think realistically about the situation. I will use close ups to show this so that the audience can see the reactions of both characters whilst the trailer still keeps tense and tight. They are both shown this time to be watching the film together, but this time its another one. A mid shot shows Nora to be interested whilst Jessica is frightened. This is used to show the contrast between the characters. A track shows them watching the film whilst the camera moves closer in to them and this connotes someone is sneaking up on them. A midshot of the girls watching the DVD is shown as their reactions become frightened.
• 9.
  The same shotlingers and then as their expressions look more and more frightened, suddenly Lyra is standing behind them and grabs Nora’s shoulder. This scares the sisters as well as making the audience jump with fright. A series of fast shots are then shown of Lyra walking after them within the house. Shots of her screaming with blood on her hands. A shot then shows the two sisters to be looking through the box again and also through the diary. They realize that maybe Lyra wasn’t responsible for the deaths and she had no control over the situation. This keeps the audience sitting at the edge of their seats wondering what the trust answer is.
• 10.
  They both buildthe courage to search the woods for any answers. They come across a child’s shoe which they recognize from the DVD. This is shown through midshots, close ups and shot reverse shot. A wide shot then shows a woman ahead sitting down and crying. A track is used to show the two sisters walking towards her. An over the shoulder shot then shows Nora leaning to tap the woman to see if she is okay. The woman turns around and it is Lyra, she screams and the trailer cuts to the Film name. This is a good way to end the trailer as it allows the audience to be frightened one last time whilst holding onto suspense and want to see more.