The document outlines ideas for the genres of romance and horror films, including typical elements, plot ideas, soundtrack suggestions, and locations. It also provides direction for a horror movie trailer focusing on fast cuts, close-ups, and flickering light to build tension. Props, costumes, makeup, actors, and video/audio equipment would be needed to produce a trailer combining elements of romance and horror.

1. PITCH

2. Idea 1: Romance Idea 2: Horror
• Always an attractive cast with the • Dark, gothic and eerie settings such
lead male and female looking good as churches, graveyards, abandoned
together as a couple buildings and the woods
• Cheesey jokes and cliches based • Contains something paranormal or
around love and relationships psychologically scary – like the fear of
• High emotion shown by both the cast the unknown
and the audience • Jump cuts and fast editing is common
• Always a happy ending for the main as it causes suspense and tension
characters • Blood, death, screaming or deformity
• Warm colours and light romantic is usually found in this genre
settings are used such as reds, • High pitch music and haunting tones
yellows and green grassy fields lit from violins and pianos often
with bright sunshine accompany the main horror scenes
• Example movies such as: “Love • Example movies such as: “Repo! The
Actually” and “Friends with benefits” genetic Opera” and “The Haunting”

3. Plot Ideas
Idea1 : Romance/Horror Idea2: Horror/Thriller
A dead guy has a fixation with a girl who A girl finds a necklace in a graveyard at
finds an old dusty music box in the attic night when she’s reading to her mother’s
planted by the dead guy and opens it up. grave. The necklace has an image of her
The music from the box plays, its really inside and a folded message from the past
haunting music and every time she hears which she believes is from her mother.
the music again a paranormal presence She puts the necklace on and things begin
appears (the dead guy) and she begins to to change. She starts seeing dead people
see things such as disasters and people’s and seems to be being stalked by a dead
deaths. It begins to change her (veins guy every time she’s wearing the
sticking out more, eyes changing colour necklace. Every time she sees the guy she
etc) – the more she changes the more begins to change.
times she sees the dead guy and the
closer they become until eventually she’s
in his grasp and in his World.

4. Soundtrack ideas
Idea1: Romance/Horror Idea2: Horror/Thriller
• Eerie music to cause tension and • Eerie music to cause tension and
build up suspense, leading the build up suspense, leading the
audience to believe something is audience to believe something is
about to happen. Created by: violins, about to happen. Created by: violins,
piano, synthesizers, cor anglais. piano, synthesizers, cor anglais.
• Gentle romantic, but sad sounding, • High pitched screeching sounds to
music at times of romance to show cause both shock and build
the romance is doomed as it’s a psychological fear. Created by: violins,
horror movie. Created by: flutes, the higher octaves on a piano.
violins, piano, acoustic guitar. • Creepy repeating tune, played on
• Low pitch, fast paced music to build piano or guitar, that is used as a
suspense and cause intense tension. sound motif for a specific character
Created by: Bass Guitars, the lower or object to signify its presence
octaves on a piano. before seeing it/them.

5. Location ideas
Idea1: Romance/Horror Idea2: Horror/Thriller
• Romantic looking woodland • Dark woodland area
cabin • Run down/boarded up
• Campsite house/building
• Graveyard • Graveyard
• Bedroom with multiple • Church
mirrors • Attic/Basement
• Church • A maze
• Hospital • Long corridors
• Run down funfair • Opposite mirrors/glass
• Creepy hotel • Hospital

6. Typical Direction
Typical direction for a horror genre movie trailer:
• Fast paced straight and jump cuts to build up tension in the trailer and give a sense
of urgency and danger to the trailer and movie.
• Clips fading in and out from black, as black is the colour associated with darkness
and psychological fear, giving the trailer an over all horror feel.
• Close ups and mid shots of characters and specific body parts to show reactions,
deformities or something which will convey visual horror.
• Over the shoulder shots and mirror reflections to build suspense as the audience
will be able to see something that the character may be unaware of, causing
psychological fear to the audience.
• Captions/titles will be included between clips to provide more suspense and make
the overall plot-line of the movie clearer and cause the movie to potentially appeal
to the audience more.
• Flickering light and partial darkness will play a large part in the horror movie trailer
as they are things strongly associated with horror and are simple yet effective
methods or causing suspense and fear.

7. What’s needed
Main idea (combination of ideas 1 and 2):
• Relevant props such as an old looking • Actors who are reliable, suitable and
music box, or old looking necklace to available to be in the trailer. I will
center the plotline and trailer around hold an audition process and create a
• Make sure the locations I want to use filming schedule to ensure suitability
are free, accessible and I have of the actors
authorisation to use them • Video camera, tripod, lighting and
• Appropriate costumes that fit the colour filters for the lighting to
trailer and the characters created for ensure the video used in the trailer is
the trailer suitable and of a high cinematic
• Make-up resources and many trial standard.
runs and make-up tests to ensure • Computer software such as iMovie,
realistic deformity/zombie and Garage Band to edit, add music
skin/wounds are realistic looking and put the trailer together with.