Research and Planning: Treatment

• MPAA Message and Rating
• Distribution/Production Company Logo
• Close up of photograph of all four friends
• Dissolve/Graphic match of friends sat in assembly with one boy missing
• medium close up shot of head teaching announcing is assembly that Josh Thompson (the friend) is missing
• Back to shot of three friends who are now crying
• Cut to quick, fuzzy shot using hand held camera of missing boy tied up 
• Close up of missing poster
• Long shot of missing poster stuck onto a tree
• Close up of the missing poster on the floor, going through different seasons (covered in leaves, wet and rainy, and sunny and dry)
• Medium long shot of man reading newspaper showing that the headline 'Missing Boy Is Dead'
• Long shot of three friends gathered around grave stone, grieving
• Fade to black
• Shot of each friend receiving a text message is class using different shots, such as high angle and birds eye view
• Close up of mobile phone showing 'Message received from Josh
• Shot of friends walking out of classroom discussing the messages they just received
• Establishing shot of house
• Cut to a master shot of the friends in the bedroom, playing video games etc.
• Close up of two friends on game
• Close up of each friend as their phones ring and they realise it's Josh calling, showing their reactions
• Close up of mobile phone so the viewer can see who is calling
• Fuzzy shot using hand held camera of Josh tied up again
• Two shot of friends discussing the phone calls
• (Montage begins)
• Long shot of a car pulling out of a drive as the friends set out to find Josh
• Long shot of friends at Josh's house, and they realise his parents have gone
• Shot of Josh's parents driving away, looking suspicious
• Long shot of a wall in Josh's house with the word 'HELP' written in blood
• Another fuzzy shot on a handheld camera of Josh tied up
• Shot of friends back in car on the way to find Josh
•  Long shot of friends driving into a wood/forest area
• Close up of shoe on the ground, which the friends recognise as Josh's
• Shot of Josh being dragged along the floor face down
• Shot of headteacher on the scene
• Black screen with writing "FROM THE MAKERS OF"
• Slow motion shot (expansion of time) of the three friends running away as the headteacher tries to attack them
• Close up of dead body, Josh?
• High angle long shot of pile of dead bodies on the floor of the woods
• Long, over the shoulder shot of all three friends looking at the pile of bodies
• Title and release date text on black screen
• Fuzzy, close up shot of Josh, dead?

Research and Plannings: Proposal 1

A group of friends go camping and are enjoying themselves, but one by one they start to go missing. The killers are beautiful looking mythical creatures who are relying on human blood to keep them alive and youthful.

Editing:
The editing would start off slow paced as the group of friends are having fun and everything is fine. It will gradually get faster as the drama begins. Fades to black will be used to create drama and pass time. A lot of straight cuts and jump cuts to make the plot more realistic.

Sound:
There will be a lot of diegetic sound, like the dialogue from the people camping and the natural sounds of the woods and surroundings. There will be non-diegetic background music to make is eerie and create tension, this music will gradually get louder and faster along with the editing, but will then return back to normal and will end with a sting. We will use a voice over to announce the titles and release date etc.

Cinematography:
There will be many different shots throughout the trailer to show different angles. We will show close ups of the mythical creatures to make them more dramatic and emphasise their distinctive looks. We will show a master shot and longs shots of the pile of bodies on the floor.

Mise-en-scene
The main location for this trailer will be the woods. The costumes of the campers will be ordinary casual clothes, but there will be blood used when they are killed. The mythical creatures will be wearing out of the ordinary costumes, and their makeup will be very distinctive and colourful.

Research and Planning: London Trip

We went on a Media trip to London and visited The Film Museum; this helped me understand how a lot of things are featured in films and how things are represented. Also how special effects and things such as dead bodies are shown. The horror room really helped with this and rooms such as the Harry Potter room also helped. A lot of costumes that have been featured in films were there and a lot of props which was very interesting. It showed me how certain looks were achieved and how things are made to stand out.
We also visited the BBFC which was very interesting and helpful as it gave me an idea as to how films are certified and regulated. This helped because my group and I were struggling with how to rate out trailer as we didn't know what aspects were given each a rating and how they were certified. For example, we were shown two clips from 'The Hunger Games', one was rated a 15 and the other a 12. The only difference between the clips was a few splatters of blood, so it showed how such small features and aspects could drastically change the rating of a film, therefore we now know what we can and can't include in our trailer for it to be suitable for the 15 rating that we have chosen.

Research and Planning: Sound Test

I made my sound test on garage band. I used a very high pitched piano sound for the screeching sound. I downloaded the sound of the woman screaming and added that on the end to add a creepy atmosphere and to shock the audience. I also added a very deep drum beat on top of the screeching sound, and after uploading my sound test twice to find that the drum beat is no longer on my sound test, I know that I have to always double check and to be very careful with the sounds I use as they may not always work. When it comes to making the actual trailer, my group will be cautious that this can happen and will make sure that it stays on the music.

Research and Planning: Questionnaire Results Analysed

Question 1

The answers given to this question are very helpful as initially we wanted to use fades to black, jump cuts, straight cuts, slow paced and fast paced editing, so we will be using those. The other answers will definitely be considered and most of them probably used as this is what our audience would like to see.

Question 2

We are still unsure whether to use a voice over or not, but as the majority of the audience said yes, it will be discussed within the group and definitely considered.

Question 3

All of the shots suggested in these answers are very helpful; we had looked at using all shots other than canted and high/lows shots of the villain/victim. These are very good ideas and I think a canted angle could be very useful to emphasise certain characters, such as the mythical creatures, to symbolise how strange they really are.

Question 4

The woods are the main location we will probably be using, which was also the most suggested answer. This is very helpful as it shows that the audience like the ideas that we are thinking of. I also like the idea of underground, but I don’t think this location would be achievable due to the lack of resources and the places available to us.

Question 5

All of the sounds/music suggested by our audience are very good suggestions, we have thought of most of these already other than “slow eerie music contrasted with fast paced high pitched music”. I think this will work very effectively and I will discuss it with my group. As it is a suggestion from our audience, it is important that we look into it.

Question 6

The audience have mostly chosen 1^st person, this could be possible for our group to do, but as the audience didn’t know the whole story line, they don’t realise that our story will work better in 3^rd person, therefore we will probably stick with our initial idea of 3^rd person.

Question 7

The audience answers back up our initial plot idea, the three mythical characters will be the main characters and all be female. This is helpful to us as we don’t have to reconsider the plot.

Question 8

I particularly like the idea of increasing pitch or using contrasting music to create suspense within the trailer. I am going to ask the rest of my group what they think about these ideas as I think they could be very effective. All of the ideas will most probably be used, although some are very simple, such as ‘music’ which is going to be used anyway. 

Research and Planning: Questionnaire Results Continued

1. What types of editing would you expect to see?

• Fade to black
• Fast Paced
• Fade in/Fade outs
• Cuts aways
• Jumps cuts
• Dissolves
• Slow paced
• Straight cuts

3. What shots are typical to a horror film?

• Close ups
• Wide shots
• Canted
• Low angle
• High angle of victim/Low angle of villain
• Master shots
• Extreme close ups
• Over the shoulder shots 

4. What location would you expect to see in a horror/fantasy film?

• The woods
• Dark building
• Graveyard
• Underground
• Abandoned area
• Old looking mysterious places

5. What non-diegetic would music would you expect to hear?

• Suspense building music
• Background music to create tension
• Fast paced beats
• High pitched 
• Themes and stings
• Mood music
• Slow eerie low pitched music contrasted with fast paced high pitch music  

 7. Do you think the main character should be male or female?

       Male (3)

• Because it isn't stereotypical for horror
• Attract female attention

       Female (6)

• They seem more vulnerable
• It is easier to create fear
• It breaks the stereotype of men always being the hero
• They show more fear and are more vulnerable
• "I've seen most films with girls as the main characters"
• You feel more for the character

       Either (1)

• "It could be either depending on the situation"

8. How do you think we could create suspense?

• Slowing down scenes
• Editing to build climax
• Increase of pitch
• Faster editing
• Music
• Slow editing 
• Fast editing
• Contrasting music
• Close ups
• Lots of jump cuts

Research and Planning: Target Audience

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