Audience Interviews
Thursday, 24 March 2016
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Monday, 21 March 2016
Saturday, 20 February 2016
Thursday, 18 February 2016
Friday, 12 February 2016
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Saturday, 6 February 2016
Possible Sound Effects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BXEbdUrsDQ - Creaking Sound Effect
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YOqglrTeyo - Whisper Effect
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbiGLA24bTU - Evil laugh effect
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?
![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iNkrF43SZEU/maxresdefault.jpg)
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl7O8_kWeOc - Nursery Rhymes
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.
Monday, 18 January 2016
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
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.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/WoolwichTunnelLondon.jpg/220px-WoolwichTunnelLondon.jpg)
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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