A2 Media - Pitching our Ideas

THE PITCHBY: JACK AND SHAKELA

INTRODUCTIONIn this PowerPoint we will be discussing:• How existing trailers have inspired us• Any theorists that may be evident • How our research has impacted our planning

INSPIRATION: PLOTTHE GALLOWS (2015):

Similarities: • Set in a school• Psychological • Teenagers• “Hand-held”/”Found-footage” sub-genre of horror

Differences:• What we wont take from the trailer however, is that it

reveals too much of the plot – links back to our Prezi on ‘The Do’s and Dont’s of Horror Trailers’.

INSPIRATION: THEMESTHE WOMAN IN BLACK (2012):

Similarities: • Ghosts haunting the characters • Revenge

Differences:• Instead of a woman being the ghost we will use a

teenager to make it more relatable for our target audience.

INSPIRATION: EDITINGThe Conjuring (2013)

Similarities: • Jump Cuts• Fades

Differences:• Night-vision

INSPIRATION: SOUNDTHE STRANGERS (2008):

Similarities: • Use of silence• Impact sounds

INSPIRATION: MISE EN SCENEPROM NIGHT (1980) & CARRIE (2013):

Similarities: • Use of a school• Low-key lighting • Minimal use of props• Costumes that reflect the time period (casual,

suburban clothing)

Differences:• We will solely set our trailer within a school, showing

the viewers different locations within the school rather than different locations altogether (e.g. parks and houses etc.)

THEORIESTodorov’s Narrative Theory• Elements of all 3:

• State of equilibrium• Recognition of

disruption• Middle of disruption

Propp’s Character Types• A group of

“Princesses”• A villain

Levi Strauss• Teenagers vs.

Supernatural

INFLUENCE FROM OUR RESEARCH

Horror Timeline

Analysis of trailers

Horror Trailers: The Dos and Don’ts

Horror Questionnaire

OUR IDEA• Students know of a rumoured spirit that haunts the school around Halloween, and decide

to stay behind after school, to find out more about this “ghost”• Thinking it is a hoax, they jokingly call the spirit, and begin to ask questions.• After calling the spirit over a couple of days, they find out that the spirit is actually real,

by asking the question “Will someone die this Halloween?”• Then begins the disruption, as the spirit starts to haunt the students

Ways in which the spirit will be present:• Lights flickering/ off and on (Lights Out)• Doors slamming• Objects falling• Use of Sound• Dragging• Clap and basement scene (The Conjuring)