The Amityville Horror

My teacher suggested looking at the trailer for Amityville Horror as the start of it is how I described the start of my trailer- it's a very happy atmosphere with establishing shots of the house and surrounding area. I want to do something similar to this in my trailer as it contrasts the horror which will take place in the trailer/film.

Here's what I analysed..

Did I Meet My Targets 25th September

My target for this week was to decide whether I was going to make a trailer or a short film.

I printed off my plot and showed it to my teacher and one of my classmates, we each went through and highlighted the parts of the plot that we thought should be in the trailer, if that's what I was going to make, and then discussed whether the parts that we had highlighted would have been enough in length for a trailer.

We concluded that I had enough plot for a trailer and that it would still be entertaining and scary as a trailer.

Short film or trailer 2

Last week I printed out a copy of my film's plot and gave it to my teacher and one of my classmates and asked them to highlight the parts which they thought would be essential or good to include in the trailer and how they would put those specific parts in the trailer. I did the same.

After doing this I feel more confident with my decision to do a trailer and think that I can make a decent sized trailer with lots of good camera shots without revealing too much of the plot or any of the twists.

Trailer or Short Film

I've been a bit stuck on what to do lately because I don't know whether to do a short film or a trailer.

My plot would work better as a short film because of the back story and plot twist which I wouldn't really be able to include in the trailer without giving too much away, but I really like the style of trailers and I would much prefer to make one.

I'm going to ask people in my media class for help deciding which parts of my plot I could include in a trailer. If these parts would fill out a trailer then I will make one rather than a short film.

My Poster Thoughts

For my poster image I think I might use the image which will be taken in the film of the boy with a ghost in/around him as I think this would look effective and also convey that it is a horror film, or I could do a shot of him being possessed as it's a pivotal moment in the film.

TAGLINE at the top

IMAGE in the centre- face?

BILLING BLOCK at the bottom.

Horror Poster Analysis 2

Horror Poster Analysis 1

I've been analysing a few horror posters recently to help me with ideas for mine.