Storyline Ideas

Since we have completed preliminary tasks such as analysis, we plan to move forward into the production process. We have started thinking about story lines (see post below) and plan to narrow them down into three main contenders. We are going to publish theses thoughts on Facebook - a top social networking site and get people to review our ideas. This will be good research as our target audience is young adults, the main users of Facebook. We will then consider people's reviews and votes, helping us decide which idea will become our storyline.

Idea Generation

We have produced this quick brainstorm to get some ideas flowing & help us move further in our project:

Three Become Two

From being a team of three for this project, Tom has been separated and now the trailer shall be produced by myself and Briony.



Maybe it's for the best, not.

Costumes

Costumes are a big part of the film and can make or break a character. Some films take different approaches to their costumes depending on the storyline and can have their killer/victims dressed in ripped, bloody clothing to portray a sense of chaos. This can be seen within the film,The Strangers when the victims are killed, however the killers themselves are dressed in everyday outfits, suggesting that they are normal people too, with the difference of a mask covering their face, dehumanising them from their seemingly normal clothes and taking away and emotion that would be seen upon their faces.

For the victims of our killer the costumes aren't as key as they are portrayed as just normal everyday people, so jeans, jumpers, leggings are easily appropriate. However the clothing for the 'washed-up' killer need to be thought out more carefully to portray the idea of her being a bit darker. 

For our killer we have chosen the clothing to consist of black leggings, a ripped up grey t-shirt and no shoes. This suggests the worn down, scruffy look of the killer and as if she herself has been attacked before by somebody else.

Magazine Cover

One of our tasks was to find and analyze a scary movie magazine cover, but we found it difficult to find one. We think this is because scary movies is a specific genre with a select audience, which doesn't appeal to everyone. Editors will have this is mind therefore choosing bigger, blockbuster movies to put on the cover which appeal to a broader audience in order to get best profit.
When we come to make our magazine cover we will take this into consideration, choosing our images, tag lines, layout etc carefully. We want our cover to appeal to a wide variety of people in order to promote our film.

Trailer Analysis

COLLEEN TO DO
The Grudge:


The Ring:


The Strangers: