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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.

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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.