As you probably know the genre that my group has picked for our 2 minute trailer is "Teen Horror" and the two trailers that have inspired me are 'My Soul To Keep' and 'When A Stranger Calls'.
My Soul To Take
My Soul To Take is an upcoming 3D movie which is produced by Wes Craven, Iya Labunka and Anthony Katagas. The film is not released yet and already it seems to me that it will be viewed by many teenagers around the world. Teen Horror films to me have always been amusing to watch, the trailers that they show are very predictable however some kind of twist behind the story. The cast in most Teenage Horror films have attractive actors and actresses; this is a technique that nearly all the films use to attract the opposite gender, you can see this in the trailer. The reasons why I had chosen this trailer is because it dose not seem to be difficult to produce as it has simple shots of the scenery in Riverton, and at my school we have a lot of beautiful scenery and open spaces to film. There are simple shots such as close ups, tracking shot and mid shots. Also the mise-en-scene dose not seem to be a problem as nearly every teenager wear simular clothes to one another, such as a pair of jeans and shirt. The editing throughout the trailer is very simple, but fast. Within the editing the producer has placed the most exiting scenes into the trailer to really attract the audiences.The only nuisance would be that we would not have any SFX, however this is not a problem as if there aren't any SFX then it makes the trailer more frightening as it seems more realistic if a man is chasing you rather than a large monster. In this trailer I also like the soundtrack as well as the editing. It really gets the audiences attention as it is aimed at teenagers.
When A Stranger Calls
I would expect our film trailer to be a bit like 'When A Stranger Calls' as it does not contain a lot of special effects. I think that this film is original to the other Teenage Horror films as its not about a curse, monster or a ghost, but just something that could happen to anyone. I like the idea of the stocking of the young teenager as it really makes the trailer effective as to other trailer such as Paranormal Activities. The beginnings starts off with a shot which slowly gets closer and closer to the phone this is called a 'close up shot'. This is really the key prop in the film as the stalker keeps calling the young girl and describing every move that the she makes. The scenes are also very simple and very possible to take as it is scenes of the girl walking around the house. Also there arent really any difficult shots to put in execpt for the crane shot when the girls father drives her to the house. There isn't really a soundtrack in the background however there are sudden hart beat sounds to shows the audiences how frightened the girl is or a continues high pitched sound to build up the climax. The film also includes ambients sounds such as the ringning of the phone, this again concentrates on the phone and makes it the key element. The picthed sound and heart beat make the audiences mind to anticipate the next beat, this is to get the crowd in the cinema or in the living room to get involved with the moment and concentrate on the scene, this also shows that you do not need music to produce a scary atmosphere, just a simple beat; unlike in 'My Soul To Take' the editing are much more and faster. And as a group our aim is not to make a complex storyline; just something very simple so that everyone can watch with good filming, sound, mise-en-scene and editing.
Posted by Sultan Mackinnon
Candidate Number 3641
My Soul To Take
My Soul To Take is an upcoming 3D movie which is produced by Wes Craven, Iya Labunka and Anthony Katagas. The film is not released yet and already it seems to me that it will be viewed by many teenagers around the world. Teen Horror films to me have always been amusing to watch, the trailers that they show are very predictable however some kind of twist behind the story. The cast in most Teenage Horror films have attractive actors and actresses; this is a technique that nearly all the films use to attract the opposite gender, you can see this in the trailer. The reasons why I had chosen this trailer is because it dose not seem to be difficult to produce as it has simple shots of the scenery in Riverton, and at my school we have a lot of beautiful scenery and open spaces to film. There are simple shots such as close ups, tracking shot and mid shots. Also the mise-en-scene dose not seem to be a problem as nearly every teenager wear simular clothes to one another, such as a pair of jeans and shirt. The editing throughout the trailer is very simple, but fast. Within the editing the producer has placed the most exiting scenes into the trailer to really attract the audiences.The only nuisance would be that we would not have any SFX, however this is not a problem as if there aren't any SFX then it makes the trailer more frightening as it seems more realistic if a man is chasing you rather than a large monster. In this trailer I also like the soundtrack as well as the editing. It really gets the audiences attention as it is aimed at teenagers.
When A Stranger Calls
I would expect our film trailer to be a bit like 'When A Stranger Calls' as it does not contain a lot of special effects. I think that this film is original to the other Teenage Horror films as its not about a curse, monster or a ghost, but just something that could happen to anyone. I like the idea of the stocking of the young teenager as it really makes the trailer effective as to other trailer such as Paranormal Activities. The beginnings starts off with a shot which slowly gets closer and closer to the phone this is called a 'close up shot'. This is really the key prop in the film as the stalker keeps calling the young girl and describing every move that the she makes. The scenes are also very simple and very possible to take as it is scenes of the girl walking around the house. Also there arent really any difficult shots to put in execpt for the crane shot when the girls father drives her to the house. There isn't really a soundtrack in the background however there are sudden hart beat sounds to shows the audiences how frightened the girl is or a continues high pitched sound to build up the climax. The film also includes ambients sounds such as the ringning of the phone, this again concentrates on the phone and makes it the key element. The picthed sound and heart beat make the audiences mind to anticipate the next beat, this is to get the crowd in the cinema or in the living room to get involved with the moment and concentrate on the scene, this also shows that you do not need music to produce a scary atmosphere, just a simple beat; unlike in 'My Soul To Take' the editing are much more and faster. And as a group our aim is not to make a complex storyline; just something very simple so that everyone can watch with good filming, sound, mise-en-scene and editing.
Posted by Sultan Mackinnon
Candidate Number 3641
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