Film poster analysis

Practice shot 2.

Type of shot: A pan
- This was a still shot from the footage of Damian walking into a enclosed part of the wood, he is closely followed in by the watcher, the shot pans across Damian as he walks into the opening and then quickly goes back to where he came from with the watcher now standing there following Damian.

Practice shots 1.

Type of shot: Long Shot
- I originally used this, as it being The Watcher watching Damian from a distance, I shot several shots of this from several different distances.

Type of shot: Mid Shot

- I shot this in a enclosed woodland part of the

park to set the theme of isolation, I thought that 

the mid shot would show Damian's unease of

walking through the wood home on his own.

Type of shot: Point of view

- For this footage I took It was of the watcher
watching Damian walk down a path, I actually

took the shot aiming for it to seem real realistic
i.e. with slight jitters in the movement when

looking forward and moving backwards, when 

hiding behind the tree.

Showcase Magazine Analysis

Film still shot No.2

Shot: Damian Calling Kate back

-          For this scene I gave away part of what you would you see in the actual film, Kate shows Damian her phone, revealing it to the audience, next you see the killer attack Kate, then you hear a phone call and Damian runs to answer it, but there is no answer so he calls her back, there is no reply, then Kate rings again and Damian is left wondering what has happened. I thought up this scene as it touches Damian’s mind, the stalker playing with it, as if he has Damian in his own game, the setting I thought should have been simple so I kept it to my own house. The scene ends with Damian calling Kate back with a shot of him looking confused as to why there is no response on the other end of the line.

Film still shot No.1

Shot: Stalker walking behind Damian.
-  The thinking about this scene began from my own knowledge of horror films, I enjoy the genre so I watch quite a lot of films, and I like the suspense that is built up within each scene, so I thought that including a shot of the watcher walking closely behind Damian. I chose the long pathway in a park as I feel long strips of land filmed upon creates a sense of loneliness and separation from any other people, i.e. in the need of help or unheard screams... the perfect location for a typical horror film, I think the frosty background and snow on the floor adds to the atmosphere in a positive way giving a more natural setting for a scene in my film trailer.  The shot is so simple but effective as Damian is totally unaware of the watcher behind him so he could easily turn round but doesn’t, this raises the level of suspense as it leaves the audience wondering what the watcher is after as he isn’t doing anything other than stalking Damian. Closely following Damian, the eerie scene helps to continue the trailers suspense building up unto the end.

Poster analysis (The Exorcist)

Empire magazine analysis

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Trailer Questionnaire

Questionnaire on my trailer

·         Can you clearly see from the trailer that it is a horror/thriller movie?

·         Do you like the trailer’s background music; do you think it fits in with the trailer?

·         Do you think that there is a good range of camera angles and that the edits in the film have a positive effect on the trailer?

·         Do you like the plot/ storyline in the trailer; do you think it would make a potentially good film?

·         Out of 10, 10 being the highest what would you give the trailer?

·         Seeing this trailer, would you go to the cinemas to watch it?

·         Do you like horror/thriller films? If yes why?

·         Do you think the scenes in the trailer are effective in attracting people to watching the film?

The Watcher's mask.

This is the Balaclava used in the trailer.

The reasons behind why I chose the costume for the watcher started with me looking at the stereotypical stalker/killers in films like scream, prom night & the strangers, Usually the colour of the clothing they wear is black and other dark colours. I thought as my main character is a young teenager and my film is meant to be realistic I thought it would be more appropriate to have my stalker to dress in a plain black hoodie with plain black trousers and shoes. I used a black balaclava with white patterning on it to hide the killers face also the watchers has the hood up over his head, this keeps up the sense of mystery and makes it hard for the audience to know who it is under the mask, I researched famous masked villains in horror movies like Jason that wears a ski mask scream with the long white face I used these as a basis for what I wanted to use to conceal my killers face.

Development of my film poster

  For my film poster I began researching into horror film posters such as the original Exorcist film and psycho 2 by looking them up on Google images. I looked at there characteristics such as dark background's or dark backlights, which are then in direct contrast of the other colours on the poster which really stand out, these colours need to be more outstanding so that the audience notices it, often re-occurring colours are red and white.
  Also on these posters you will often find a tag line for the film, on the poster for the film Jennifer’s body the tag line says ‘She’s evil... and not just high school evil’ I believe the use of a tag line on a poster is an essential way to take a firm grasp of the audience’s attention, on my poster I have came up with my own ideas of a tagline ‘Just don’t look back’ I came up with this by thinking of re-occurring themes in horror movie’s, like when the victim looks back they do it as they feel something is wrong making them very vulnerable.