Transcript
MOVIE TRAILER CHOICE
Horror Film Trailer
Sub-Genre of Trailer: Supernatural
Run Time: 3 minutes minimum.
Modern Trailer conventions
Old and Modern settings
PLOT
The protagonist of the trailer comes home to find an newspaper
of some description, or a newspaper clipping which contains his
obituary from several years ago. Upon discovering this, he begins to
have visions of the past, or of himself in another time, which causes
him to try and leave the house. Upon trying to leave, he is prevented
from doing so by a demonic version of himself.
PLOT..
Whilst attempting to find a way of the house, and uncovering the
circumstances behind his death, which may or may not have
happened, the protagonist begins to have visions from the time he is
said to have died (1920s-1940s.) This doesn’t confuse him
however, causing the audience to question his sanity and if this isn’t
all the work of his own mind.
PLOT…
The protagonist begins to see more and more visions, until the two
worlds merge together and become one. With neither the audience or
the protagonist able to tell the worlds apart, a constant sense of
unease will hopefully be inflicted upon out audience. The shots will
also follow an illogical pattern, keeping the audience second guessing
themselves all the way through.
KEY PARTS OF THE
TRAILER
The jump scare at the end will more than likely be when the
protagonist goes outside, and is forced back into the house by the
demonic version of himself.
The fact he is soon to die, or already dead will be established early
on, otherwise the audience will have nothing to think of, and may not
get as involved in the story as if they knew it.
COSTUMES
The protagonist of the trailer will constantly be
changing between a 1920s-1940s
costume to a modern day one, and
so, costumes from both eras are
necessary for the plot.
Suits; Jackets and Ties
Hoodie, Jeans and a shirt.
POSSIBLE ACTORS
Due to the nature of our trailer and as our conventions have
shown us; a young, vulnerable protagonist will be best. To this
end, we have a choice of actors, whom will be available to film upon
request and will not require much notice before they are able to come
and film. We will have to work out exactly who would be perfect, as
with a few of our ideas, such as the masquerade masks, one actor may
be all we need for the trailer.
POTENTIAL LOCATIONS
We have made a big thing out of our location, designing a plot and
setting around it. Aside from the house we plan to make use of, we
also know of a few exterior areas if they may be necessary for the
trailer.
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