Peter Westwood created a PowerPoint presentation about the ideas for his movie trailer for a horror film. He chose the horror genre because it would be easy to replicate conventions and a trailer. Locations like his school and a nearby woodland area were selected because they were accessible. Character profiles were designed to add uniqueness, such as making one character lonely and another manipulative. The target audience is 15-30 years old as horror films appeal most to this demographic. The film will follow horror conventions like using a forest and including a psychotic killer.

1. By Peter Westwood

2. In this PowerPoint I will be looking at the ideas
which I had for my movie trailer and the reason
why I chose them I will also be looking ideas
which I didn't decide the use and why I didn't
chose them.

3. The genre which i chose for my film was horror, the
reason why i chose this is that a trailer for a horror
movie would be easy to replicate and so would the
conventions of a horror film, also this would be a
lot easier of a genre to do compared to say action
or a romance film.

4. The locations in which I have chosen for my movie
trailer are my school and a woodland area near
my house, the reason why I have chosen these
locations are that they were easy to find and easy
for me to replicate any scenes as a woodland area
adds towards the conventions of the horror film eg
films like The Blair Witch Project and Cabin Fever
have used woodland area for there films.

5. The reason why I chose the specific profiles for my
characters for example making Samantha
(Imogen) the lonely and distant character and
making Ryan (Scott) the manipulative and evil
character is because i felt that I had to add
uniqueness to every character and just make
them different so they were able to appeal more to
my target audience.

6.  My target audience for this film will be 15-30, the
reason why I chose this is that horror films will
attract more to this target audience than any other
audience. It is also attached to both genres but is
attracted to more boys than girls so has a 60-40
split.

7. I will follow the typical conventions which are used
in a horror film as the use of using a forest is
something you would normally see in a horror film.
Also the use of a psychotic killer is something
which is typically seen in a horror film as well.