Friday, 23 September 2011

My Changed Concept

I have decided to change my concept as it was too similar to the trailer of 'Quarantine' however I will still use the final shot when she gets dragged along the floor. My idea is a couple are out hiking and it begins to rain, they look for shelter in barn. Man goes off to search for help and a phone. The barn has no light and she only has one torch. As she stays in there, the rain isn't dying down. They here a bang, they find some newspapers from years ago, and recent ones that have been circled and drawn over.  The woman wants to leave she can't, in background there is a possessed woman.  The phone rings, with no answer. finds a voodoo dolls of her, screams, then dragged along the floor in the same shot as the quarantines.

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Repertoire of Genre Elements

Settings & Locations: Isolated areas, a desserted house or area, in the woods for example.
Characters: The protagonist is usually a woman with family or friends.
Narrative Structures: Small events lead into a major one like an attack, series of events set off by a catalyst, usually the woman survives, there may be death, torture. Lots of screaming and surprise scenes.
Themes & Ideologies:  A force or object from the after life or unnatural being attacks a normal group of humans for a specific reason, maybe they have messed with the forces or they want something.
Iconography: Vulnerable girl, haunted, isolation, woods, monsters, red, black, the dark, blood, death, pain, torment, fear, group of friends, no escaping, no one to help.
Styles: In the dark, hand held camera, filter used over camera, shaky, low key lighting the typography being red or white on a black background with a soundtrack emphasizing these. Can also be like typing style letters as if it is a secret government document. Usually in the perspective of the protagonist.
Audience Responses: Should provoke fear, play on their mind, make them want to not watch because of how scary it is, for them to talk about it with their mates & to make them jump
Target audience: Older teenagers and young adults because they are most likely to watch a supernatural horror.

My Presentation

My Presentation On Chosen Genre

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Wednesday, 14 September 2011

The Trailer History

I found a really useful link which explained all about why trailers began and the history of them:
http://www.horrorfilmhistory.com/