Film Trailer Planning

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Film Promo Treatment

Using what you have learnt about the process and conventions of film promotion create a treatment for your chosen genre.

Group members:        4                                           

Chosen genre:       Supernatural Horror                

Title of film:               Say Your Prayers                    

Outline of Ideas:

What is the basic plot synopsis?

The main character and her friends who are 17-18 have been assigned a project in school to make a short horror film. During the making and editing, they experience paranormal activity that is caused by a curse. The course is because they use and destroy a photo they found in an old book. They are haunted when making when fake bleeding cuts turn out to be real and when editing, they review the footage to have apparitions of the dead also wanting to rest in peace.

What type of characters will be in the film?

The main protagonist

·      an 18 year old student who hard working and ambitions planning to go to a good university

·      out of all characters she is the most level headed

·      She is a sceptic however she does eventually believe what paranormal activity is happening to them

  

Where will your trailer be set?( details of interiors, exteriors, etc)

·      School - classroom, library

·      Night scene in park– students filming location

·      Unknown locations – in a dark room, only characters are visible

What other aspects of mise-en-scene do you need to consider?

·      Makeup, costume – gore/horror needs fake blood and injuries, clothes are damaged

·      Ouija board, shot glass, old photo, camera props

·       Found footage – camera is blurred (in editing)

What conventions of the genre will be included in your trailer?

·       Jump scares

·       Blood found on random places – walls, ceilings, unknown injuries

·       Hiding from something – behind doors and closets

·       Blunt weapons to defend the characters

Storyboard Sketchups

Here are our Storyboards for our trailer Say Your Prayers. During some filming sessions, we decided to remove other scenes or single shots that weren't needed in the trailer therefore not everything on our storyboards were made.

 When we were trying to come up with ideas, we would communicate them through rough sketches thinking about angle, camera movement and action of characters. These sketches continued until until we agreed on a scene or single shot.

Group Chat Screenshots

Discussing and planning photoshoots.

Deciding when to film and enquiring about props.

Discussing filming locations.

Analysing the look of scenes in certain times of the day and costumes.

Cooperating when everone is available for filming.

Requesting and organising props.

Communicating status and location just before meeting up.

Debating which location is best and most accessible.

Discussing if costumes in scenes would make scenes to the overall trailer.

Filming Vlogs

Editing Vlogs

Editing Screenshots

Early edit of main video sequence.

Editing main titles by After Effects Editor Katrina.

Editing sound effects (voiceover).

Main video edit by editor Beamari.

Testing audio before syncing with video.