Handheld Horror Trailers

Cloverfield

Cloverfield has a similar sub genre as it uses a handheld camera thoughtout the trailer and film, however they are different as our film uses a ghost rather than a monster as a villan, making it difficult for use to use some of their teqchniques.

Paranormal Activity

Paranormal activity is also uses a handheld camera as well as it having the same villan as our film (ghost). This means that we able to look at this trailer to see what techniques can be used to make the supernatural look realistic.

Production Schedule for Horror Trailer

Production schedule

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Cast, Costume and Props Analysis

Cast

Our cast follows the main conventions of cast in horror films in particular our main character "Sam". "Sam" (played by Naima) she is virginal, geek who is always well behaved compared to her friends and she also has a unisex name, this is found in most horror films as it conforms to the final girl theory much like the character "Sidney" in the film Scream. "Ava" is the opposite to "Sam's" character as she is very promiscuous and overtly sexy and flirty, in horror movies the girl that is seen to be ‘slutty' is usually the first to die, showing that sex=death which is often an idea shown in horror. Their are then the two characters "Jared" Ava's Boyfriend and "Michelle" a friend of "Ava" and "Sam's", we chose for the majority of our characters to be female because our research showed that these were characters people wanted to see in horror. We also chose to use a very small cast as we felt it would be easier to explain the storyline within the trailer and horror is usually scarier with a smaller number of characters.

Costume

Sam's costume will be much more conservative and slightly “nerdy” as this fits the profile of character. Ava's costume will be much more provocative and revealing as her character is supposed to shown as “slutty”, from these clothes that “Ava” is wearing the audience will think that the character is most likely to be sexually active. The rest of the class will be wearing modern and somewhat fashionable clothing as this is likely to be what the viewer will wear, making them more able to relate to the characters.

Props

The main prop we will be using is the handheld camera, as it is essential for this to be shown because the audience need to know why their is several handheld shots in the trailer. By "Sam" carrying the camera through out it makes it more realistic that she is filming the action. For our most important scene (Ouija Board Scene) we use a home-made ouija board, this is similar to what people would make them, making it realistic as it is likely equipment for teenagers to use when doing a seance. We also use candles to create a scary, spiritual atmosphere, this is because candles are often closely linked to religion. To show that the group are doing things that may be seen as morally wrong for teenagers to be doing we use alcohol in the second and third scene and then cigarettes in scene 4 of Eva alone.

Risk Assessment

Risk assessment

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Script

Characters:• Sam (Samantha) - 18, Tomboy, virgin, intellectual.
• Ava - 17 promiscuous; pretty, Sam’s best friend.
• Jared- 18 Ava’s boyfriend.
• Michelle- 17 friends with Ava and Sam, camera shy.


Scene1

Location: Classroom
Narrative structure: period of equilibrium.
Characters: Sam, Ava, Jared, Michelle.

Establishing shot of the corridor and then, Sam walks into the classroom with her camera and joins all her other friends, it switches to hand-held she talks about how excited she is that it’s Halloween. Sam produces an Ouija board and tells the others about her plan to do séance after school. The others laugh and joke amongst themselves about how it’s not going to work but they’ll go along with it just for fun.


Scene 2
Location: In the corridor
Narrative structure: Period of equilibrium
Characters: Ava, Michelle

A close up shot from within the locker. Showing Ava reaching inside and getting a book out. They get a text from Sam telling them about the details of the séance that night, they laugh and joke about how she takes spirits and ghosts to seriously.


Scene 3
Location: Walking up the stairs
Narrative Structure: period of equilibrium.
Characters: Michelle, Sam

Ariel shot of Sam and Michelle walking up the stairs to meet Ava and Jared. Close up of them discussing why they’re meeting them in the attic. Long shots of the empty playground, indicating that the school is empty and that they are alone. They walk into the attic and see Ava and Jared with bags full of alcohol and drinks.


Scene 4
Location: Gym hall
Narrative structure: Period of disequilibrium
Characters: Michelle, Ava, Jared, Sam


All the teenagers are now in the hall where they set up the Ouija board, camera pans around them in a circle as they do the séance.


Scene 5
Location: Toilet
Narrative Structure: Period of disequilibrium
Characters: Ava

Ava goes to the toilet for a cigarette and hears weird noises ad taps turning on, the others hear her scream and run to investigate they find only her cigarette on the floor.

Scene 6
Location: Various locations
Narrative structure: Period of disequilibrium
Characters: Michelle, Jared, Sam


Various shots of the others running around the school screaming and shouting.

These consist of Jared’s characters running scene into the classroom, Michelle and Sam running down the stairs.

Scene 7
Location: Corridor
Narrative structure: Period of disequilibrium
Characters: Sam

This is the final scene where the handheld camera falls to the floor, long shot of Sam running and then it switches off.

Locations Analysis

Treatment Analysis

Treatment

Our group have decided to name our horror film The Summoning. The main plot revolves around a group of secondary school pupils who summon a ghost using an Ouija board. Set on the eve of Halloween in their deserted school (which is rumoured to be haunted), the group hear voices that seem to be coming from the walls. At first they do not choose to take the voices seriously and amuse one and other by pretending to be ghosts or monsters. However, one of the characters named Sam takes it all a lot more seriously. Sam is the ‘geeky, horror film lover’ and the focal character in the film. She is seen as an outsider within the group of friends as they do not agree with her beliefs in magical and supernatural forces. She is a horror film ‘fanatic’ as well as a keen video producer and so film’s the night’s events on her handheld camera. Although Sam believes the voices could be some kind of summoning from a spirit she is not scared, instead she is very excited at the prospect of witnessing a spirit and is curious about what her and her friends may find.

The film will begin with the group of friends spending their Friday afternoon Media lesson to discuss their plans for the night of Halloween. They decide to begin by hiding from teachers at the end of school so that they are eventually left late after hours, locked in, and unsupervised. They finally manage to do this and end up in the sports gym where they sit around drinking and smoking. Sam, being a lover of all things horror, has a Ouija board in her backpack and asks the others if they want to play it in the gym, where it is rumoured long ago a girl hung herself from the weights machine. The group are sceptical and think of it as a joke but agree to go ahead with it anyway. However, it comes as no surprise to all but Sam that nothing happens. They then decide to continue hanging around the school and have their own private party in one of the classrooms. It is only when they start to hear noises they realise they are not on the school premises alone, but the students still don't believe that it could be a ghost, so they blame it on Sam just playing tricks on them. The students find that they keep losing members of their group and eventually realise that one by one, they are each being hunted down and tortured. They try to escape their horrific fate but are all inevitably captured and graphically killed. Apart from Sam who is the only character that originally believed in the ghost.

Supernatural Horror Movies

Supernatural horror

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Pitch Analysis

Pitch 

"Paranormal Activity" meets "Scream " creates the Summoning. On the night of Halloween a group of teenagers summon a ghost, just for fun. But do they know what they've really got themselves into?

Final Idea

On the Night of halloween a group of teenagers try to contact the dead in their school, just for a bit of fun. They then realise that they have reserected the evil spirit of a child that was murdered in the school. Each charcter is then killed by the ghost leaving just one girl who had always believed in ghosts, amiing her the final girl.

Horror Film Idea 3

In a small religious town a young teenage couple decide to summon a ghost in a deserted house which is said to be haunted. After doing the ouija board nothing happens and the teenager think that the whole thing was silly as there is no such thing as ghost. Then in the middle of the night girlfriend then gets possessed by an evil spirit and stabs her boyfriend to death. She then goes on to kill the rest of the people in the town

Horror Film Idea 2

A group of teenagers backpack across Britain, whilst travelling they discover a deserted village. They soon realise that the town is not deserted at all, the residents have all been killed by a crazy man. Once they have discovered this the killer brutally kills them all with a machete.

Horror Film Idea 1

A group of young women decide to go on a camping trip in the woods, to get away from the stress of the city on the weekend of Halloween. As their trip goes on they find that they are not alone as there is someone or something watching them. They are then all killed by an escaped mental patient hiding in the woods with an axe.