2. FEEDBACK FROM OUR FIRST PLOT
IDEA
We both thought that it would be beneficial for us to receive feedback on a first draft of our
plot to ensure that we are going to appeal to our target audience. The target audience
feedback can be seen below:
3. 5 PART TODOROV PLAN OF
THE PLOT
This is our plot for our psychological horror trailer:
• A teenage girl called Lucy moves to a new town with her family and starts a new school
• On her first day she makes new friends who tell her about the girl called Melinda who has been missing
for years after entering the frightening woods.
• Lucy gets tricked into going into the woods by a demon and and sees Melinda who is possessed and tries
to kill her.
• She manages to get away but starts seeing the girl in numerous different places
• The “missing” girl’s body was found and the demon ends taking control of Lucy's body (new
equilibrium)
4. IDEAS..
• Possible Title: Melinda (This will be the name of the missing girl)
• We got this idea by typing in ‘scary names’ into google and doing some research into other film title
names. We also used a thesaurus to help us.
• Possible Shots/Lighting:
• Establishing shot at the beginning of the trailer to give the audience a better understanding of
where the film will be set.
• Low key lighting will be used throughout the trailer to make the shots throughout the trailer look
scarier.
• Low camera angles will be used when the girl walks into the woods to make it look like she has
more power as she starts to turn evil.
• Close ups will be used to show the girls facial expression
• Extreme Close ups: showing close up of girls eye and
• Editing: Fade to black/Jump cuts
• The pace of the trailer will speed up as the trailer goes on to make the audience want to see the film
as they won’t see the full storyline within the trailer.
• Voiceovers narrating the story
5. IDEAS..
• Key Characters: The girl (Melinda-Main Character) and her friends who go to school with her and the “murdered”
girl. We decided that a girl would be the main character because you don't associate a girl with being evil as girls
are normally associated with being more innocent. The girl will also be 17, which will appeal to the target
audience as it give the film a sense of realism and allows the audience to picture themselves in that situation.
• Setting: School/ Woods. This will allow us to meet the needs of our target audience as we will be able to show the
evil developing within the girl and how it effects her everyday life. This also may allow our target audience to be
able to relate to the story line rule.
• Genre: Psychological Horror
The moodboard that I created supports our main
characters and setting because most of them show a
young girl. This will appeal to the audience because
they will always be left wondering what is going to
happen next. Also, the setting of the mood board
shows most of the psychological horror films being
set in a woods or a haunted house.
6. INSPIRATION/IDEAS..
Style/Inspiration: We got our inspiration from films such as ‘Orphan’ and ‘The women in black’ and Insidious. These were all
successful psychological horror films, which gave us ideas on how we can make our trailer appeal to our target audience.
• Orphan is a psychological horror film about a girl who is adopted by a family. This film helped us decide the main
characters and location for our film because they don’t just use one location whereas other films may just use one
location e.g. a haunted house. We also liked the costumes used in Orphan as the old fashioned costumes created a
scary atmosphere.
This differentiates our horror film because we are using more than one setting, it is not all just set inside a house.
This research also gave us ideas for the promotion of our film as they used:
Print: Film Poster
Broadcast: Trailer
E-Media: social networking sites
7. CASTING...
• Antagonist: Melinda
• Protagonist: Lucy
• However, by the end of the trailer Lucy becomes the antagonist because what she has
seen in the woods had an effect on her (New equilibrium)
• Other characters: Lucy's new friends and family.
