2. Sub-genre.
THE SUB-GENRE I HAVE CHOSEN FOR MY HORROR FILM IS PSYCHOLOGICAL
HORROR LIKE THAT OF SINISTER AND PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.
3. Setting
THE SETTING OF THIS MOVIE IS IN A NEW HOUSE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. THE SETTING OF THE
COUNTRYSIDE ISOLATES THE FAMILY FROM OTHERS AS THEY LIVE OF THE BACK OF MASSIVE
FILED WITH A JOINED ON WOODS THIS IS A TYPICAL SETTING FOR A HORROR MOVIE AS THE
WOODS WILL HELP ADD TO ELEMENT OF HORROR IN THE NIGHT SCENES.
4. Story-line
THE STORY-LINE FOR MY TRAILER CONSISTS OF A MODERN NUCLEAR FAMILY
MOVING TO A NEW HOUSE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. THIS PLOT CONSISTS OF THE
FATHER OF THE FAMILY BEGINNING TO GET FREAKED OUT BY THE
ENVIRONMENT OF THE HOUSE AS THINGS MAGICALLY KEEP MOVING AROUND
AND BREAKING, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY BLAME HIS DISTRESS AND
PARANOIA ON THE STRESS OF MOVE AND CHANGING JOBS FROM THE CITY
TO COUNTRYSIDE WORK.
5. Youngest daughter?
AS THE FAMILY HAVE BEEN SO WRAPPED UP IN MOVING HOUSES THEY HAVEN’T
REALISED THE CHANGE IN THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER. THIS CHARACTER IS THE
MAIN CHARACTER OF MOVIE AS THE AUDIENCE SEE HER BECOME QUIET AND
MORE OUT OF TOUCH WITH HER FAMILY IN DEPTH BECAUSE OF THE MOVE.
HOWEVER THINGS STARTED TO GET WORST WHEN THE AUDIENCE SEE HER
TALKING TO HERSELF OR SOMETHING AUDIENCE MEMBERS CAN NOT SEE,
WAKING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WALKING ROUND AND PAINTING
DEMONIC SYMBOLS AT HER NEW SCHOOL.
6. The demon?
THE DEMON IS A POLTERGEIST THAT IS NEVER SEEN IN THIS MOVIE AND IS LEFT
TO THE AUDIENCES IMAGINATION LIKE IN MOVIES SUCH AS PARANORMAL
ACTIVITY AND THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. AS THE PLOT DEVELOPS WE LATER
FIND OUT THE POLTERGEISTS MOTIVE IS TO GET THE FAMILY OUT OF THE
HOUSE BUT THIS IS DISOBEYED IT HAS MOVED ON TO CORRUPTION OF THE
YOUNGEST CHILD IN THE FAMILY.
7. What happens next?
THE TEENAGE SON OF THE FAMILY IS THE FIRST TO NOTICE THE EFFECT
THE POLTERGEIST IS HAVING ON THE DAUGHTER AS THE MOTHER AND
FATHER ARE TOO WRAPPED UP IN THE DADS PARANOIA AGAINST THE
HOUSE. NOTICING HOW THE DAUGHTER HAS LOST ALL MEANS TO
SOCIALISE WITH THE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS THE FAMILY QUICKLY FLED
THE HOUSE TO GET AWAY FROM THE POLTERGEIST BEFORE ITS TO LATE
8. The element of horror
THE NIGHT THE FAMILY LEFT THE HOUSE TO GO STAYS WITH THE GRANDPARENTS,
THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER GOES MISSING AROUND MIDNIGHT, HOWEVER THE
OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS ONLY NOTICE AT AROUND HALF ONE IN THE MORNING.
THE DADS FIRST INSTINCT IS TO GO TO THE OLD HOUSE BUT WHEN THEY GET THERE
THE DAUGHTER IS OUTSIDE WAITING FOR THEM. THE FAMILY DON’T NOTICED THE
GIRL BEING OUTSIDE THE HOUSE AND GO TO SEARCH INSIDE WHIST SHE LOCKS
THE DOOR BEHIND AND AS THE BACK DOORS AND WINDOWS ARE ALSO LOCKED
IT LEAVES THEM WITH NO WAY OUT AND HAVING TO FACE THE POLTERGEIST.
9. The cliff-hanger
THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY THAT MAKES IT OUT OF THE HOUSE THE FATHER
WHO THEN COMES INTO CONTACT WITH HIS DAUGHTER, THIS IS WHERE THE
MOVIE FINISHES AND WE ARE LEFT TO WONDER WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. THIS
ELEMENT OF MYSTERY IS ALSO GOING TO BE PRESENTED IN MY TRAILER AS IT WILL
CUT STRAIGHT FROM THE LAST SHOT OF THE FATHER AND THE DAUGHTER TO A
TEXT OF THE TITLE OF THE MOVE. SO THE VIEWERS OF MY TRAILER WILL STILL
EXPERIENCE THE ELEMENT OF A CLIFF-HANGER IN MY MOVIE THOUGH THE
TRAILER.
10. How I’m going to
make it work
SETTING: AT THE START OF THE FILM TRAILER I’M GOING TO DISPLAY THE
HOUSE IN HIGH KEY LIGHTING TO ESTABLISH THE SETTING, THIS IS THE
SAME LIGHTING THAT WILL BE USED IN DAYTIME SHOTS OF THE FAMILY,
HOWEVER WHEN THE HORROR CLIPS ARE PRESENTED ON THE TRAILER
THEY ARE IN THE EVENING/NIGHT SO I’M GOING TO USE DARK
EXPRESSIVE LIGHTING.
COSTUME: THE SHOWS THE AUDIENCE THE CHANGE IN THE
CHARACTER OF THE YOUNGEST GIRL I’M GOING TO CONTRAST HER
CLOTHING AS WHEN THE HORROR TAKES PLACE SHE WILL BE IN WHITE
NIGHT WEAR WHERE AS IN THE DAY SHE WILL BE WEARING NORMAL
BRIGHTLY COLOURED CLOTHES. I HAVE DECIDED TO USE THE COLOUR
WHITE AS IT CONNOTES PURITY AND PRESENTS HER AS A VICTIM OF THE
POLTERGEIST.
