The document summarizes a horror/thriller trailer remake of the children's show "Postman Pat". The trailer is aimed at teenagers and features two young girls investigating a case where the mayor receives a severed finger delivered by Postman Pat. The trailer will show key scenes and plot twists through the girls' camera footage and an ominous voiceover. It will end on a cliffhanger to engage audiences and set the release date for summer 2021. The cast will include the document authors and their friends in the roles, and it will be filmed using filters, transitions and camera movements to enhance the scenes and narrative.

1. Deconstructing a trailer
Postman pat remake

2. How does the trailer appeal to its audience?
The name of our project is post-mortem pat, which is play on words of the original series title,
and the theme of death. Our genre for our trailer to fit our target audience is a horror/thriller.
We think this works because teenagers seek excitement and fit into the psychographics of
mainstreamers, aspirers and explorers. In the demographics of our trailer we have decided
that it can be for any gender, ages 13-18 and predominantly white. This is because the cast
will all be white, as we live in an abundantly Caucasian populated area.

3. Summary and ideas
Our trailer is a remake of the children’s show postman pat, which was originally a cartoon
about a man with his cat Jesse delivering parcels. Our version is IRL and a bit more
sinister, for those who would have watched it as a child but have now grown up. In our
trailer we will show a scarier side to the old show people remember to be fun and
innocent. The trailer is about a postman delivering body parts instead of packages, hence
the audience is for teenagers. Our narrative starts with two young girls who aspire to be
detectives and come across a potential case, when their friends dad (the mayor) gets
delivered a severed finger. Throughout the narrative, there are numerous plot twists and
chains of events such as this, resulting in a dramatic trailer. In our trailer, we are going to
show some of the important scenes leading up to the new equilibrium, resorting in the
trailer being a cliff-hanger; engaging a wider audience.

4. Summary of trailer
In our trailer, it begins with the two girls, who are part of an unofficial society who upload their
findings to a detectives blog and share ideas. The first scene will be a clip of them hiding, recording
themselves explaining secretly that they’ve figured something big out. This will be shown through
the POV of a camera so you will see the filters of the camera for affect. In the background the
faded whistling of the postman theme tune gets closer and closer until it cuts off abruptly and
goes to a black screen, starting the voice over introducing the trailer. During the voice over It will
show the key scenes of the film, but not anything that will spoil the narrative
Release date, summer 2021.
the narrative.

5. Cast/crew/props/costumes/settings/effects
For our cast and crew, we have planned for the two girls to be us, Postman pat to be Jasmine’s
father, the Mayor to be Emma’s Grandad and their friend to be Sophia Groves, our friend. The
costumes/makeup/hair, will suit modern generations, except for the postman who will be in
uniform. The uniform may not be an actual post-man outfit, but we will find appropriate clothing
similar to the original. The locations we want to film in are fields in our village, our houses,
gardens, streets etc.
For special effects, we decided we were going to use filters, like the camera effect and dark filters
in dramatic scenes. Also using various transitions to switch between the shots, so it looks natural
rather than cheap. We have a few ideas for what interesting camera movements we would like to
include, such as a dolly zoom and canted angle. For instance the scene where a victim realises
there’s no escape, or when showing the disoriented mind as the postman gets closer.