PRE: Film Poster Analysis by Eilish

As the Progression of our teaser trailer continues, so does the ideas for our posters. A common sign of fear is typically hands covering a face, with an eye still visible. Using this we have collected all horror film posters which revolve around the eye and used them to assess how they vary and it what ways.

'Saw 3D' takes the eye as an idea of torment and torture, in comparison to 'Scream' which uses the eye to express an emotion of shock and fear. Both of which show the eye of the protagonist however a different approach is using the strong fearless eye of the antagonist such as 'Fright Night' and 'Rosewood Lane' these show an eye to be frightened of rather than the eye being frightened. There is also the use of blood shown in 'Hostel' where the whole eye looks painful,  it looks gruesome and could potentially be the eye of a protagonist or the antagonist as the emotion could be fear or could even be insanity. The eye as a whole is highlighted in 'Candyman' and 'The Eye' by adding something to the eye to either foreshadow an event coming up within the film or give us more information. By adding another image within the lens of the eye connotes many different things whether it be that its what the individual is able to see, or if its foreshadowing events to happen later on in the play. There is also the option of blacking out the eye like in 'Halloween' which adds mystery and a secret, almost hiding the identity of the person behind the mask. In 'Shutter' there is a lot of information given away through the use of a collage which is representing the film to create the initial image, however removing the eyes from the image has almost taken the most vital part of the image which has left the viewer asking why? The ghost like effect also highlights the fact that something is missing which ultimately leaves you with something to fear.The Colours used are all very either dull and dark or white with the only exception of red which often is used denoting blood. The connotation of red is usually very happy, as its often related to love and roses however the connotation of anger and strength are much more evident and relevant. There are hints of other colours such as purple, blue and green which are all used to add mystery to the poster such as in 'Silence of the lambs' the poster image is already completely different to the title with a very confusing relationship. The green tint

Here is a collage of several recent horror films which we have analysed, as a whole they are harsh with their use of fonts however they are all very different. 

The use of serif fonts are evident throughout the majority of these film posters, 'The last Exorcism', 'A Nightmare on Elm street', 'Halloween' and 'Let me In' all use the serif fonts which is commonly used for headings instead of large blocks of text. There is also use of sans serif such as 'Scream' 'TrueBlood' 'Rec' and 'The Grudge' to name a few, an old fashioned expression used the term Gothic to explain sans serif which could be one reason why its used so often for horror films.

Textual Analysis of a Film Magazine - Ryan

The film magazine cover I have chosen to analyse is from “Empire”. The masthead for this magazine is in bold red letters positioned near the top of the magazine behind the cover picture. This cover contains a medium long shot of Hugh Jackman in character as Wolverine from the film “X-Men”. This immediately tells us that the main story in this particular magazine edition is related to the film “X-Men Origins”.  

There are also several cover lines on this magazine cover starting with “X-Men Origins on set world exclusive!” This cover line accompanies to photograph for this magazine, telling the audience more about the big story within the magazine. The cover lines for this magazine are in black and white, allowing the red masthead to stand out.

The price and date for the magazine is positioned above the ‘M’ in the header “EMPIRE”. It is extremely small and almost impossible to read as the magazine designer wouldn’t want to bring the audience’s attention to the price of the magazine.

The barcode is positioned in the bottom right corner of the magazine cover, not taking up too much room. Keeping the barcode as small as possible and in the corner allows more room for things that the audience is actually interested in looking at. The barcode is just for purchase use.

Textual Analysis of a Film Poster - Ryan

The Skeleton Key is a 2005 American supernatural horror film starring Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard and Joy Bryant. The film focuses on a young hospice nurse who acquires a job at a Terrebonne Parish plantation home, and becomes entangled in a mystery involving the house, its former inhabitants, and the rituals and magic that took place there.

The poster for this film shows an extreme close up shot of an eye which has been manipulated to show the back of a person in a wheelchair facing a big old house within the eye, making this the focal point of the poster. The colours used for this poster design are dark, consisting mainly of black, white and grey tones. This could connote that the film is very dark and instantly allows the audience to recognise the genre of the film.

This poster also consists of text, however not too much. The first text layer is positioned horizontally across the top half of the poster reading “KATE HUDSON”. The lettering for this text layer is small and spread out, allowing the two words to stretch across the poster. This text layer tells the audience who the main actress is that stars in this film. By adding the name of the main star or stars  to the poster it becomes more than just a visual. This text allows the audience to interact with the poster, gaining an understanding of who will be in the film.

The next text layer on this poster is the title of the film – “THE SKELETON KEY” which is positioned just below the eye. This text is much bolder and bigger in size than the previous text layer. This allows the audience to recognise this as the title of the film, as it stands out much more than any other text.

The last text layer for this poster is the small print. The small print is located at the bottom of the poster design and appears so small that it is barely readable. The reason for this is because this text contains information about the film which most of the audience will not find important or interesting. Amongst this text layer is the release that of the film “AUGUST 12” which is slightly larger to make it stand out. 

PRE: Textual Analysis of Teaser Trailer By John

A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American film classed as a Slasher, directed by Samuel Bayer, written by Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer and distributed by New Line Cinemas. The trailer has a duration 2 minutes and 8 seconds long which breaks the conventions of a typical movie trailer which is usually between 39-50 seconds long. The film centers around a group of teenagers being stalked and murdered in their dreams by a man named Freddy Krueger, eventually discovering they all share a common link from their childhood that is making them targets for Freddy.

The trailer begins with a couple of establishing shots of the outside of an abandon factory with a dull, low key lighting and a misty atmosphere, which is a connotation of something bad going to happen or an event that’s happening during a time crisis. It is then followed by a couple continuity shots showing Freddy being chased into the abandon building and having a petrol bomb thrown in, causing a fire. The introduction to the trailer indicates the movie to be a mysterious and haunting that those people had made a terrible mistake and will pay a price, also the quick close up shot of the woman’s face expressing her reaction which was connoting fear and horrified form her non-verbal communication.

Starting at one minute into the trailer, a song is being sang by a young child and it is the trailer’s soundtrack music which is there to build the tension and this is effective because the song is sang slowly with a dull atmosphere also their voice echoes and a drum beat plays in the background to amplify the progress building the tension higher and higher. There’s also multiple shots with silence to prepare the audience for the jumps and sudden shots and this helps because the silences gets the audience worried and panicking which makes them vulnerable to the jumps.

There were many low key lighting shots; approximately 80 percent of the trailer was dark which suggests how important the dark is and the terror and fear that is brought from the dark. Also there were multiple shots of different locations of the interior of warehouses or factory, and these shots are indicating that most of the violence are involved in these locations as shown form the shot, for example, the two little girls locked up, the claws scratching against the side and the grabbing of the teenagers head. 

PRE: Textual Analysis of Teaser Trailer by Peace

“Dread” is a 2009 movie directed by Anthony DiBlasi and written by Clive Barker. The film has been classified as a drama, horror and thriller with its diverse use of narrative technique and characters.

The trailer is 2 minutes and 30 seconds long which breaks the conventions of a typical movie trailer as it is suggested to be between 39-50 seconds long. The “Dread” storyline focuses on three college students who set out to document what other people “dread” the most by interviewing them citing their fears. However a deranged character out of the three has other intentions than just a college documentary.

The trailer begins with black and white shots which is a connotation of an event that happened in the past. The flash back is of a deranged character in his toddler years witnessing his parents being killed by a stranger, the introduction to the trailer open the movie to be a mysterious one that is filled with various psychological connotations such as fear, a haunting past that cripples someones future, or an unusual phobia. The point of view shot of the father looking up at the stranger denotes the stranger’s intrusion into the family’s house.

Similarly the tinted angel connotes confusion and possible death; it shows the state of mind towards the character, in particularly the fathers confusion to what is taking place. The sequence of shots that show the stranger killing the mother first connotes killing the most vulnerable and makes it more shocking and emotional for the audience to comprehend. The sting in the beginning of the trailer is heard after the father opens the door and says “Can I help you” this connotes misfortune and is also a paradox as the father offered help and ironically received death in trying to help. The diegetic sound of the father warning the mother in the house denotes warning and awareness that there is danger coming her way.

PRE: Feature Magazine Initial Research

Empire is a Film magazine which is published by Bauer and is currently the biggest selling film magazine in Britain. Its not often that you see a film magazine in your local newsagents although there has to be somewhere for the latest films to be reviewed, previews and coverage of film news. There are features like "Top 10 ___" which encourages readers to give their opinion. The main attraction is known as the 'Masterpiece' which is a written article about a film selected by Empire. 

 

The Front page is more like a normal music magazine for instance, where you have the main attraction on the front cover which would be an actor/character from the film in order to highlight the quality of the film and to highlight what will be included within this edition. The image is normally one from a professional photo shoot.  

There is not one main focus for the genre which is written about within Empire from my opinion it has covered lots from 'The Shawshank Redemption' to 'Harry Potter' although i feel that there is a heavy influence of Action with a huge variety of action films being reviewed and taking the front cover. There is also a youtube channel which interviews actors and cast members about a film which they have been in, here i feel that the genres are much wider which means that there is a bigger target audience.

The Magazine have their own website and bring out a new edition monthly, which means that they get a huge amount of their profit from subscriptions although none of this information is given on the front page, there are also different editions of certain front covers which are similar to a collectors edition. They each have the same information inside and even written on the front of the magazine, they just have different covers featuring specific characters such as Harry Potter, having Ron Weasly and a Hermione cover for those who are willing to collect them all. Here its shown again with the Avengers which is this months edition:

Here is an interview with Eli Roth on Hostel: Part ||: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wfcyukDbQU  

  

When looking through a selection of TOTAL FILM magazine front covers and those also from EMPIRE, I came across a few editions of the same front cover. Initially i found this image which i thought was very simple and missed loads of the normal conventions for a magazine front cover, it was only then while i was continuing my search that i found the latter which is the edition in the form i would have expected to see it. They have used the same image, although it has made a huge difference with the differences in what is written surrounding the image

PRE: Textual Analysis of a Horror Film Teaser Trailer by Ryan McKean

28 Days Later is a 2002 zombie horror film directed by Danny Boyle and distributed by 20^th Century Fox. The plot depicts a breakdown in society after a highly contagious ‘rage’ virus is accidentally released, causing an epidemic infection. Throughout the film we follow four survivors in their struggle to cope with the destruction of their society.

The teaser trailer for 28 Days Later is a minute and a half long. It starts with a caption reading “On the first day” which flashes in time with what sounds like a warning alarm. This immediately tells the audience that something bad has happened. Another caption then follows, reading “EXPOSURE”. At this point, the sound consists of ape like noises, and then a woman crying “let me out”. This could connote that the virus which will be released in this film makes people react in an animalistic behaviour.

It then cuts to a point of view dolly shot lasting one second, in which the camera tracks towards a woman at a fast pace. This adds to the tension as the speed of the dolly shot and the NVC of the woman allow the audience to believe the point of view shot is from someone who is infected with the virus.

It then cuts to another screen caption which reads “Day 3”, followed by “INFECTION”. Again, audio is included which sounds like an animal of some sort; however, it is not quite definable. This sound adds to the tension of the trailer because it is the unknown. Not knowing what the noise is pacifically would keep the audience on the edge of their seat, wanting to discover more from the trailer.

It then cuts to another shot which lasts less than a second. It is not too clear as to what is happening in this shot due to the speed of it and dark lighting conditions. There are three characters in the shot, two of which are running towards a car whereas the other is stood still. It is unclear as to whether or not the people in this shot are infected or not. There are also, what appears to be rats crawling along the ground in the shot. By adding hundreds of rats in this shot, this could connote that the virus is spreading further as rats are known for carrying diseases. This extremely quick shot adds to the tension from the previous shot in which the audience is left confused, wanting to see more.

It then cuts to another screen caption shot which reads “Day 8”, followed by a quick shot of a woman lying on the floor. Again, the audience is left unaware as to what is going on in the shot. It then cuts back to another screen caption shot reading “EPIDEMIC”. These short screen captions help attract the audience because it doesn’t give away too much about the film. By not explaining in much detail, this makes the audience think about the film more, as they have to figure out what is going on themselves.

It then cuts to a low angle shot of people running and then a flash of light. These extremely quick shots are then followed by another screen caption reading “Day 15”. By now the audience will have come to realise these screen caption shots are stating the increase in time since the virus began spreading. It then cuts back to another shot of people running in which the camera is tracking alongside their legs.

It then cuts to another screen caption reading “EVACUATION” with the sound of sirens playing. A quick shot of a character swinging a sharp weapon towards the camera is then shown, lasting approximately half a second. It then cuts back to another screen caption reading “Day 20”. These quick paced shots between each screen caption continue to build to the tension. By making each shot no longer than a second, the audience is left unsatisfied, wanting to see more from each particular scene.

It then cuts to six shots consisting of different angle shots of a shop blowing up and an extreme close up of a man’s eye opening. These six shots are shown within the space of two seconds. By speeding up the pace of the shots even more, the tension builds even higher than before. It then cuts back to another screen caption shot reading “DEVASTATION” which holds the tension at a standstill for the audience as they wait to witness more. It then cuts to a shot of the man who opened his eyes in a previous shot getting up from a hospital bed. It is shown from a high angle, in which the hospital setting is completely messy. This helps set the scene for the audience and also the character as we are both unsure as to what is happening. However, the audience has already seen half of the trailer before this character appears. This adds dramatic irony to the trailer because the audience is aware of the virus already, whereas the character that now appears in the trailer seems to have no idea as to what is going on.

It then cuts to another screen caption reading “28 days later...” which could connote that this is where the film really begins because ’28 Days Later’ is the name of the film. It then shows a series of shots where the character walks around the messy hospital setting where there appears to be no sign of civilization. It then cuts to a series of shots including high and low angles of London in a complete mess, where again there are no signs of civilization except the character from the hospital who is now calling “hello” repeatedly. The man who appears in the trailer is the only person who appears in the trailer for a consistent amount of time, allowing the audience to identify him as the main character in this film.

This teaser trailer continuously consists of fast shots and screen captions. No shot lasts longer then a second or two, making the trailer extremely tense for the audience and quite literally ‘teasing’ the audience by not giving away too much so that the audience is left wanting to see more.

PRE: Textual Analysis of Teaser Trailer By Eilish Roche

INBRED (2011)

'INBRED' is a 2011 film directed by Alex Chandon otherwise known for films such as 'Cradle of Fear,' having worked with New Flesh Films to produce the newly released film?

The teaser trailer consists of simply 3 long shots lasting for 50 seconds. The teaser trailer starts with a tracking shot which denotes trees on the outskirts of a field to panning round to reach a group of children in the distance playing with and hitting what seems to be a scarecrow. The distance in which the shot is taken from the children could connote a sense of mystery fitting the conventions of a teaser trailer purely to tease although they are more than likely playing where they shouldn’t highlighted by the wired fence which is directly in front of shot towards the bottom of the frame, the tracking shots expresses the surroundings which are fields spreading far into the distance connoting that they are again where they shouldn’t and probably alone. The sky looks grey and with the use of high key lighting, it looks natural as if the weather was miserable for the day indicating a miserable mood adding to the mystery of what they are doing. The children are all wearing very dull colours apart from one little girl who is wearing a small pink tutu which could connote she is different from the rest of the children, possibly being more innocent and not understanding what the rest are involved in which is not shown. The Non verbal communication of all of the children is slowed down to highlight the fact that they are whacking and stabbing at a scarecrow similarly to how a bully would pick on a child at school for example. “Every year an average of 150 people go missing in Yorkshire, England.” This caption is added to the very start of the tracking shot where only the trees are seen, the non-serif font is very plain but bold and clearly gives the message intended. Being placed in front of the trees implies that what is behind the trees is going to implicate that 150 people go missing, connoting that the children, being behind the trees may be involved in some way. Yorkshire is also a very peaceful place which is huge in comparison to other counties of England which means that being so big,

The sound at the start of the teaser is very tense and repeats the same regular beat until finally revealing what is behind the trees where the music becomes much more harsh and the beat slows in order to suit the slow motion of the shot, this sound connotes that the children are the much more negative aspect of the piece as if the building up of tension was for the introduction of the children. Although why they are negative and for what for is unable to be revealed. There is a strong, harsh sound irregular to the beat when there is the gap in the fence which could imply that entering would be dangerous and harsh, almost warning you away. The music then softens and its almost like the long remainder of a note has been left to end the shot connoting that as the tone of the notes reduce that its only downhill from there onwards which is going to be very long and deep. After 30 seconds the second shot has been edited to fade into the end of the first shot with a musical sting to highlight the changing of scene.

The second shot denotes a wheat field at eye level with a deep depth of field which has the focus set on a single overhead electricity cable; this shot connotes again mystery and loneliness which automatically leads the viewer to use their imagination. Being an electricity cable could connote that although people may visit regular, they may not stay long similarly to the electricity although possibly implying that they may not last long relating back to the first caption about people going missing. The sky is miserable similarly to the first shot and only the tops of the trees can be seen in the distance which could connote that something is being hidden within the wheat field whether it be secrets or people. ‘INBRED’ is placed just in alignment to the electrical cable and directly on top of the wheat field on this shot which stirs up the message which is being given. Inbred means being produced from related individuals, the word is disturbing and even worse as a thought, although placed with a deserted place it would not explain the reason why hundreds go missing every year in Yorkshire. Inbred implies that their will be sex within relation which connotes that the children in the first shot could be a result of inbreeding, or have some kind of inclusion. This could also relate to the third and final shot which is a wide angle shot, showing 3 boys and 2 girls from the first shot being still and close to the camera while there are still 3 children hitting the scarecrow in the background. The Non-verbal communication of these children is very distant; the 3 boys and 1 of the girls are looking in different directions avoiding the camera while the other girl has all of her hair covering her face. The faces of all of the children look spotty and dirty which could connote that they are inbred once again, and the fact that they are staring off in different directions shows they are different from the 3 children who are running around still. Now that the shot is much closer it seems that what was thought to be a scarecrow has red patches all down the torso and there is a bag being used as a head although it could connote that in actual fact it is a real person and this is what happens to all of the people who go missing in Yorkshire.
The sound covering the third shot is children laughing which is normally used in scary situations, this also implies that if its actually a human they are hitting that they are enjoying it which connotes that they could be mentally unstable which is a common sign of incest.

PRE: Audience Demographic

PRE: Initial Audience Research Response

1. Do you watch Teaser Trailers and do you find them useful?

100% of people asked do watch teaser trailers, which only highlights how essential the teaser trailer is for a film. This means that you are unable to give too much away as you can easily sway our viewers into deciding not to watch it or encourage them to watch it; the balance has to be correct. They have also been useful to the majority of people asked because the producers have kept the correct balance and only enhanced the chance of the viewer going to see the film at a later date. This balance which keeps being mentioned is not actually set in stone and often relies on personal opinion which only makes it harder. 

2. Do you think that films with the genre of Horror rely more on teaser trailers/trailers than other genres?

The Majority of people asked have said that horror do reply more on teaser trailer because of the use of unknown actors and because horror needs to draw the attention of the audience more an create suspense. Although it was suggested that the genre of comedy relies more as horror films are able to use posters as an alternative.

3. What is it specifically that you enjoy or dislike about horrors in general and why?

There have been suggestions such as unusual story lines, the psychological effect it has and the whole pace of the are what the viewers look forward too  and enjoy about the genre of Horror. There was also mentions of some conventions such as final girl and typical traits which are found throughout films. The use of special effects and make up also mean that people enjoy the visual effect of the film. This means by including some conventions of horror films, and using visual effects such as make up we are more likely to attract a bigger audience.

4. What would you expect to see in most horror films and do you think its effective?
 The mention of unknown actors is in our favour, as we will be using unknown actors which mean that there isn't as much of an impact if we were to be comparing ourselves to famous actors. People also expect weird situations which means that storylines can be as exaggerated as possible, with a common victim seen in every horror film. The effectiveness of the horror films relate back to sound, lighting and editing which is where our input will take over and hopefully improve its effectiveness.

5. If you dislike horrors but saw a teaser trailer which interested you, would you automatically go and watch the film?

Depending on whether you are really interested in all genres it seems that those who watch films on a regular basis would definitely be willing to see the film which is the majority of those asked, although over half said that it was a maybe. The fact that nobody said no means that we also have the opportunity to persuade anyone to come and watch the film even those who dislike the genre horror as long as they are interested in the trailer.

6. Have modern horror films changed that much more than older horror films?

The responses where mixed from this question as some suggested that old horror films were boring as they were black and white and not as entertaining as modern films, although the other view is that the use of camera work and editing back in old horror films were both really effective at scaring the audience and there is the argument that a lot of modern horror films are based on old horror films with the change in the amount of blood and gruesomeness which is used. This is an interesting response as its down to personal opinion which is hard to please everyone and entertain everyone.

7. Do you prefer watching horror films at home or in the cinema and why?\
This question depends lots of whether you enjoy horror films as much, some suggest that being at home you are able to lock yourself away and know that you are safe although some same the cinema as it makes you feel that you are leaving it behind when leave. With most people suggesting that they prefer watching horror films which friends it shows that horror as a genre is effective as we prepare ourselves to watch it. There is a percentage who will go to the cinema with the other half buying DVD's or renting to watch at home which mean there is profit in it either way. 

PRE: Audience Research

To gain the best response from our audience we have decided to get their opinion in relation to the genre of Horror, we will ask a variety of people who will hopefully give us information to work with in order to enhance our teaser trailer as a whole. Here are the questions asked:

1. Do you watch Teaser Trailers and do you find them useful?

2. Do you think that films with the genre of Horror rely more on teaser trailers/trailers than other genres?

3. What is it specifically that you enjoy or dislike about horrors in general and why?

4. What would you expect to see in most horror films and do you think its effective?

5. If you dislike horrors but saw a teaser trailer which interested you, would you automatically go and watch the film?

6. Have modern horror films changed that much more than older horror films?

7. Do you prefer watching horror films at home or in the cinema and why?

Adem is a 17 year old male college student, who enjoys watching horror films:

Nichaela is a 19 year old female in full time employment, she often goes to the cinema although only occasionally to watch horror films:

By asking friends and family we were only getting a specific demographic based in the area in which we live, which is why we thought that by using www.monkeysurvey.com we have reached a wider range of audience. The website allows people to be anonymous  and answer all of the questions which we have given on our published survey which means that they are much more likely to be honest and feel free to say what they want. 

Here are our 8 responses: 

Here is some other opinions through an interviewing technique: 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ol94oEVj6Y&feature=plcp&context=C4d25034VDvjVQa1PpcFPHwfsx99EYLeDZ5mIF3xl5sffOcaEvgck%3D

PRE: Poster Ideas

Originally we named our project 'Insanity' although as the process of the project unraveled we thought that the name was to predictable and has been used before. This was the reason why we chose to change our name to 'Woe is me' which brings a whole new style to the overall project. Woe is me is in reference to Shakespeare and his work, which means that we are able to use a more specific font as well as incorporating quotes from his famous work. Being set around and for students, this can also be something for an audience member to relate to.

One section of our Media Coursework is to create a film Poster to advertise our filming production. For our poster design we want to create something which doesn't reveal too much about the film.

    

Here were some of our basic ideas:

We liked the idea of keeping the identity of the villain a secret which is why in the first idea his back was facing the audience, the lighting of this picture would have been essential as it would have to be dark and mysterious similarly to the second. The weapon is a huge prop within the teaser trailer so to showcase it as the poster would give a direct insight into what could happen.

 

When looking through common images associated with fear, we have found pictures which have expressed our own understanding. There is a a common theme of being followed or watched, and there is a strong sense of the theory of 'Male Gaze' which relates completely to our teaser trailer. We liked the thought of using an object in the poster as it gives the audience something to fear almost and also adds to the confusion of the teaser trailer. 

Its often said that 'Eyes are the window to the soul' which means that you can read something through the expression within their eyes, they can express an emotion so easily which is why its effective to use it as a point of focus within our poster. It also means that we can either express the eye of the villain which is the thing to be scared of, or we show the eye of being scared, both of which add tension and mystery. 

PRE: Final Storyboard

PRE: Shooting Script

This is an outline of our shooting script. We have ordered it according to our storyboard and have thought about any shots that we would like to film but may not neccesarily use. We have also thought about make-up and basing the order around when make up needs to be off/on and actually done.

Shots: 1, 4, 7, 12        - Low Angle Walking Shots
                                
Shots: 2, 14                - Interviews/Focus Change Shots

Make-up on Both Victims

Shots: 9, 11, 15         - Second Victim
                                   - Close Up on Eyes Shot
                                   - Side Shot
                                   - Close Up on Hands Shot
                                   - Focus Change Shot From Victim to Villans Hand

Shots: 5, 6, 8, 10, 14 - First Victim
                                  - Close Up on Eyes Shot
                                  - Close Up on Mouth Shot
                                  - Low Angle Shot of Victim
                                  - CCTV Shot
                                  - Steady Cam Shot of Victim Grabbing Meat
                                
Shots: 6, 3                 - Setting
                                  - Door Opening Shot
                                  - Pan of Workshop
                                  - Pan of Victim Room

Optional Shots:        - Meat Shots
                                  - Plastic Bag Shots

PRE: Production Name/logo

Production Logo

- Using a Planet to symbolise the production team as a whole, although adapt it depending on what genre the piece fits. We have considered having blood dripping off of the planet to symbolise our genre of horror. Below are our initial ideas for the logo design, showing different layouts using the same colours and design. Here are our initial ideas:

We were happy with our final design although we felt that it wasn't representative enough of our production teams skills which is why we thought we would add to it. 

- Our final production logo consists of a red planet held by a manipulated hand. Using Photoshop we cropped the finger tips on the hand and inserted them over the planet to make it look like the hand is grabbing hold of it.

Through the use of brushes and adapting the colours this is our final production logo suitable for the horror genre: 

However to show the full representation of our production team we have created a logo to suit all genres including Romcom, Comedy and so on: 

PRE: Treatment

A Working Title - Woe is me.

Production team name - Planetary Production

Format - Film/Digital

Genre or Subgenre - Psychological Thriller

Length - 45s - 1minute

Synopsis - A man tortured by his past, and obsessed with peoples fears sets up a project to test the behaviour of those who have to face them. His main project being a young female who fears meat; her tortured past relates back to when her abusive father would force her to repeatedly slaughter animals on their farm. She was quickly transformed into a vegetarian and haunted by the thought, sight and stench of the gruesome flesh and monstrous father. She is under the impression that she needs to be interviewed for a documentary which he is planning and also unaware of is the fact that he is compulsive and psychotic through his over-analytical thought processes revolving around his Shakespeare English coursework, which results in her becoming his guinea pig. She is tormented and tortured by being locked in a room with a piece a meat beginning the psychotic events. Are there more to follow? 

Intended Audience - Ages 15 -35, psychological horror fans and those who prefer the sub-genre thriller to the sub-genre slasher

What do you intend to do?

We intend to use montage editing throughout our teaser trailer as there are shots which cross-reference and change the setting and plot. Our teaser trailer doesn't tell a story so continuity editing would be ineffective and would be hard to use, montage is much more practical and adds to the tension and mood of the genre.

How will you do it?

feasibility - We will ensure that all of our ideas are reasonable and practical. If any problems occur then we are able to adapt our ideas to make them suitable for filming, for example being able to access all of the necessary props such as a butchers knife which is not accessible, although finding an alternative such as a plastic butchers knife and including make-up to make it exactly what we are looking for or even alternative weapons. 

Why is it worth doing?

This project will help each member of our group gain experience in certain fields which they may not have been involved in before, and will enhance skills which could later be used in their careers. We will be working in a team and sharing ideas to eventually create a final project, if we want the final project to be good then we will have to work cooperatively as well as individually. We will have to get used to new equipment and we will also be able to achieve a good grade by working hard which means a better future within education.

PRE: Story Board Drafts

This is our initial storyboard for filming. For our storyboard, we start our timeline with a settled opening and then gradually built the tension with a quick and snappy shots, which also give the audience a clear idea of the theme without giving too much away.

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We've also made a digital version of our storyboard. We practised using an iPhone 3Gs to get an idea of what it would be like to shoot through a basic storyboard taking into consideration the shooting script. The quality of this is poor although we have learnt how to order our shots and to also correct several mistakes which have been highlighted.
We have also created avery detailed description of each of the shots:

On reflection we have noticed several mistakes which means that there have been several changes within our storyboard. we felt that it was too conplex and did not seem professional enough for all of our standards so we have created a Final storyboard colaborating all of our finalised ideas which looks like so: