Saturday, 6 February 2016

Possible Sound Effects


The creaking door effect would be a great sound to implement in our trailer as our main concept for our trailer is for the storyline to be a paranormal possession. The creaking door would enable a spooky, uncanny atmosphere to derive in the trailer and so presenting fear amongst our audience.  It would also indicate that there is an evil spirit doing harmful things as the creaking of the door in most films show that there's an unwanted presence following the victim.  Saying this, in many popular horror films this effect is used and always prepares the audience for some fright, such films include; Insidious and Sinister. By including this effect in a trailer specifically will make sure that those 30 seconds-1 minute leaves the viewer frightened before the initial release of the full length film. The creaking door effect is something that creates mystery as the audience are not sure what to expect which is what a horror is about, it’s a typical convention that is used but still constructs a series of horrendous, ghostly moments.







A whispering effect is definitely something to be included in the trailer. This effect is what leaves the audience on the edge of the seats as if frightful and almost makes you feel as though someone is whispering in your ear. The impact that it has is that it enables the editor to build suspense and build a tempo to influence the pace of the scene to end it with a huge bang! To summarise, it would enable us to build up the scene and increase the pace and end it with a huge heart-racing tremor, whether it’s being that the audience are face to face with the demonic creature or the audience are seeing through the eyes of the victim being trapped in an abandoned house or room; a typical horror convention.




An evil laugh effect will create a sense of the evil antagonist inviting the audience into the film and initially placing them in the position of the protagonist. Placing this effect in a scene in the trailer where everything is at a slow pace and silence would encourage the fear factor as the silence and dawdling pace would highlight the laugh even further and produces a sensation of suspense and uncertainty and again the audience will not know what to anticipate. As well as this, imposing this effect in a long shot would develop a mysterious atmosphere as it will almost exaggerate the noise as the distance would only make the effect echo and leave the audience questioning; who is it? Where is this noise coming from? What should I assume will happen next? 

 



Having screams in a horror trailer is a common characteristic seen in most horror trailers, the idea of having the screams in our trailer would be placed at the end to leave the audience wanting to know what happens next, it also allows us to build up the pace and scene with a POV shot, which then the scream would end it all.  The screaming would symbolise a sense of thrill and terror. 





Implementing nursery rhymes is something as a team we agreed we would place in the trailer. Importing something that signifies purity and innocence into a shadowy and obscure atmosphere makes it just that little bit horrendous. The trailers we watched that had this effect made illustrated further terror, and indicate to the audience that a child is in a dangerous situation and that a powerful force is using the purity to manipulate evilness. The typical nursery rhyme that has been used in horror films is the Jack in the box melody or ringa-ringa roses song, both of these have elements of fright that make the audience think the worst. Having a nursery rhyme as an introduction for the trailer would present intensity of the trailer and placing it at the end would enable a scream sound effect to produce from it. Having either of these techniques would have the same qualities of producing the same level of terror. 


Friday, 1 January 2016

Possible Locations


We conducted various researches from watching trailers, films and creating questionnaires we decided to explore various amounts of locations to find the perfect location that we deemed suitable for our horror trailer. The first location was a derelict house in Greenwich; the house had many characteristics of creating a generic abandoned haunted house story-line. The house was in an isolated area which further produces a generic story-line of the protagonist being watched by the antagonist. The isolation of the house created the fear of not coming out of the house again which has been used as a key story-line in many, or most horror films. We liked the idea of this, and the fact that the lighting would be very natural and dimmed and would just shine through parts of the house that had been broken down. 



This is a google image take of the location 

Our second location was a tunnel that was quite remote, the tunnel would allow us to have long camera shots that would imitate something or someone looking at the victim and would enable a fear of ‘no-where’ to run. We liked the idea of the tunnel as it would enable the audience to be terrified of how the victim would escape. As well as this, we liked the fact that there is no natural light and so if a paranormal story-line was put in place the idea of only artificial lights would increase insensitivity, as the lights going out would allow sound effects such as screams and whispers to be apparent and intensified. The location also gives the feeling of walking into the unknown as the long distance tunnel would feel as though there is no exit and goes on and on.





Here is an image of the Woolwich foot tunnel in Question.





The final idea for a potential setting was a discreet, spooky woods by a lake in Thamesmead, the woods would be a perfect location for a stereotypical running scene from a mysterious creature or spirit. The woods lacked lighting which would exaggerate the direction in which the victim should run or not run into. The woods would be a great location for a POV shot that would enable the audience to see the view from the victim and hear the panting and hectic breathing that would generate a sense of urgency. This location would allow us to create the fear of something coming out of nowhere. As well as this the wide lake would allow us to see reflections of the moon of rear distance lights that would emphasise how isolated the victim would be.




Here are images of the Thamesmead woods by the lake that was taken on my phone.
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