Filming for Trailer

On Wednesday we went to our locaation in Leicester which was a cellar in the bottom of the restaurant and filmed our short trailer, it went really well! Everyone turned up on time and so did our actors and we were depending on them heavily! Our make-up artist also showed up on time and she did our actors make up, re creating bruises and cuts and burns to add effect to our trailer. We also did mutiple shots of what we were filming so that we can decide what the lighting is like and how good it looks, we also took some pictures that we can possibly use for our magazine and our poster aswell. Overall we were there for about 6 hours so hopefully we have filmed all that needs filming!

Here our some pictures of the looks the make up artist created.

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Today in media we showed our pitch to the class, it was 17 slides long but was very detailed and we covered all aspects about our trailer, film and magazine with posstive feedback from the class amd the teacher saying that out work is promising and we begin filming in out location next wednesday with our make-up artist! :)

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Research
We decided on producing a horror that was going to shock an audience, we chose to do this through mise en scene; the chracrters, the costumes, the lighting and the location etc.
Our starting point was to research trailers from horror films and to see what conventions they have in common with each other.

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This is a teaser trailer from the film 'Saw 4'. This is a very good example of the conventions that horror films use. It is produced by Twisted Pictures which is widely recognised for producing the Saw Series. In this clip we like the idea of the serial killer watching them, like he is an organised killer. We can see this from the mise en scene as there is a clock in the room, counting down to something he obviously has planned for them. We also took some inspiration from this clip, the part where you see a mid shot of the newspaper articles on the walls, like he is revelling in the fact his murders are being talked about, we also liked the way this was flimed, with single mid shots flashed across the screen to demonstrate how much he is being talked about. The next few shots are then establashing shots of the location, showing the audience that there are yet again, people trapped in a room. Then you see Jigsaw, the director is able to do this as the audience already know who the killer is as they have probably watched the first 3, and so have wanted to watch Saw 4 to find out what happens, hence using a shot of Jigsaw, drawing previous audiences in.You then see various shots of what looks like toture, we also like this idea as it doesn't give too much away about whats going to happen and it is a tease, which is exactly what we want to produce, a teaser trailer. The next thing you see is white background with black writing on, introducing the date when the film will be released, and some added location shots at the end, with Jigsaw and also some very gory shots to shock the audience into wanting to go and see the film.

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Plans for the holiday as as follows; to film all that needs filming and to plan our story board out, we also need to finish off anything on our powerpoint that is going to be our pitch to the rest of the class.This weekend we are going to our filming location and we are going to take pictures and possibly do some filming.

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We reasearched into different serial killers that the serial killer in our film could be based on. We decided that we could use the serial killer Ed Gein, as he fitted the profile, he was known as 'The Butcher of Plainfield'.Our serial killer is going to be based on him, this is so our film can have a more realistic feel to it. We will do this by using makeshift newspaper cuttings and sticking them on a wall, to make it almost look like a shrine. This may be hard for us to recreate though as Ed Gein, was not listed as a serial killer. He was a grave robber, necrophilia, cannabilism, sadism and death fetishism. He used his victims flesh to sew up lamp shades and couches. He inspired films like 'Psycho', 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and 'Silence of the Lambs'.

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Today we started on our powerpoint to pitch our idea to our class, i also researched some film review magazines. Our powerpoint is designed to give the members of our class a good idea of what our trailer is about and our magazine cover. Over the coming weeks we will adapt our powerpoint and update everyone on our progress.

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These are posters for some famous horror films and they all share some of the same conventions for advertising their films. They are all dark and have a very moody feel to them, and they also have quite disturbing images on the front. This is to attract an audience and to shock them into going to see the film, intrigued by the picture and curious as to what is going to happen in the film, this is also due to the fact that the title doesn't give much away about the film, a clue, but not a detailed insight into what is going to happen. If the film companies did this then they would not attract their target audience as they would already have an idea what the film's about.This research has given us an insight as to what our poster needs to look like, it needs to look professional and it needs to attract our audience, just like these films have done.