The Pitch for my trailer idea - A2 Media

2. Research
 For my genre I have chose horror. In horror films the
main plot of the film tends to focus on the audiences
fears, hidden fears and terror. The plots tend to be
an evil force, an event or something supernatural
happening.
 The main elements in horror films include ghosts,
demons, gore, cannibals and serial killers.

3. Research
 Insidious (2010)- This film shows the gripping story
of a family in search of help for their son Dolton, who
fell into a coma after a mysterious incident in the
attic. Strange happenings begin to take their toll on
the families lives.
 Scream (1996)- A masked killer beings killing
teenagers in a small town and as the body count
rises, one girl and her friends contemplate the ‘rules’
of horror films as they find themselves living a real
life one.

4. Plot Ideas
 Plot 1- Stalker: A teenage girl and her family starts getting strange text
messages and creepy calls from an unknown number. One night the
girl is walking home through the woods with her friends when she
begins to see mysterious figures through the trees. A strange man
appears in front of the girls and they begin to run one girl trips and is
dragged away and murdered by the man. The other girls are left
wondering who’s next?
 Plot 2- It’s the weekend of Halloween and two girls are left home alone
for the weekend whilst their parents are away. They decide to have a
Halloween party. Everyone turns up in there best Halloween
costumes, but some are a little more unusual than others. A
mysterious group of people turn up in masks, this is when everything
begins to take a horrible turn for the worse when a body is discovered
upstairs in the bathroom…

5. Soundtrack Ideas
 Screams (high pitched)
 Creaky doors
 Voice-over
 Heavy breathing
 Diegetic and non-diegetic sound
 Sounds of footsteps

6. Location
 Houses
 Woods
 Derelict areas
 Preferably at night time

7. Cinematography and Editing
 Eye-level and mid shots
 Worms eye
 Birds eye over location e.g the house or woods
 Point of view (of the actors in the scene)

8. Poster and magazine
 The poster and magazine will match the rest of the
trailer by having similar colour schemes e.g blacks,
reds and whites. The same font of writing as what’s
on the trailer, the same actors on the front of the
magazine and poster to show an insight into the
trailer. Quotes from the trailer printed on the front of
the magazine and poster.

9. What need to do next and to create my
trailer
 Actors (reliable people)
 Location
 Deciding roles within the group
 Props
 Research more trailers to gain more ideas.
 Software and equipment available.