Horror trailer music

These were my ideas for the music for my trailer. My idea was to have the first song "tonight you belong to me" playing at the beginning of the trailer when one of the characters go to answer the door.  Once the character reaches for the handle and goes to answer the door the music will stop."Scary tension/ suspense music" would play during the typical build up of action scenes in the middle of the trailer. I would then have " special death" playing as the credits came up at the end of the trailer.

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Breakdown of shots for my horror trailer

1.       Equilibrium the people arrive at the house, sunny day people are chatting. They get out the car and walk into the house.

2.        Inside the house they are looking around at how old it is. High angle shot. One of them reacts in a bad way and says they have a strange feeling.

3.       They are all sitting in a room together. There is a knock at the door so one of them gets up to see who it is.

4.       She goes to the door and opens it but there is no one there so she goes out and looks around the garden then shuts the door.

5.       Long shot of her at the door from behind a tree/ bushes.

6.       Shots of people in hoods going through the garden

7.       She’s in the house and can hear creaking on the floor boards.

8.       Goes to a window  yells ‘I thought I told you to shut the window’ woman then gets grabbed

9.       2 friends try to look for her in the woods nearby with torches. Include point of view shots from friends running through the woods.  Shots of her friends running.

10.   Ends with her friends shouting the friend’s name. Shot of their faces. Phones won’t work at house and their car won’t start. Realisation on faces.

11.   Fast paste scenes. Interference on tv. Can hear her friends shouting back from the woods. Chase sequence. Message written on the window in blood.   Bathroom look in mirror door shits behind her. Close up of killers face. Dead body. Someone being dragged through the woods. The back of the killer with a knife behind his back. Running down the passage. Slamming doors. Girl goes into room on her own, hear the killer coming.

12.   Shots off doors being locked, point of view. Weapons. Phone ringing message. Door bursts open and you don’t see anything.

'Final scare' ideas

1. Woman sitting in the corner of the room holding a torch in her hand with all of the lights off. She turns on the torch to see a close up, point of view shot of a man wearing a mask right in front of her.

2. Woman hides under the bed. Diegetic sound woman heavily breathing. man drags her from under the bed by her feet.

3. Woman hides in a wardrobe with a torch on and you can see her face light up through the torch light.  

Horror film narrative

A group of teenagers stay in a rented house in a small town for the weekend. Things take a dreaded turn when the house gets invaded by terrifying trespassers in frightening masks. Little do they know the whole town is in on it...

Conventions of a horror trailer

 

Empire magazine -Cover analysis

 

The cover has the "Empire" masthead which is displayed on every cover of empire magazine. Even though some of the image is covering the masthead, because Empire is such a well known magazine the audience can easily recognise the magazine from the font and the colour red.

 

The colour scheme for this edition is red, white and black. The red has connotations of danger which links in with the genre of the film featured on the cover which is the thriller movie "I Am Legend," The white contrasts and stands out behind the black background and the image.

 

It is clearly shown that Will Smith is the man character in the film featured as he is the character on the cover and the image of him is the largest and centred on the cover.

 

The black and white background gives us the impression of a light Vs Dark effect and Will Smith is standing in the light, therefore the audience knows he will be the "Hero" type character.

 

The use of fog in the background adds to the sense of mystery in the image and has connotations of something being unclear which draws the audience into the magazine.

 

In the main image Will Smith is holding a gun, this gives Will a strong, masculine image and makes him look powerful. His reaction however gives the audience the impression he is scared of something.

 

The smaller images at the bottom of the page make the cover more visual and is more likely to attract the audience.

 

The story hooks are placed at either side of the image in white and red to link with the colour scheme of the cover. The "I Am Legend" story hook however is in a much bigger font as it is the most important article and is the one which is more likely to engage most readers.

 

Other typical conventions are also displayed on the cover such as the barcode, issue date and price of the magazine.

 

 

The Ring -Poster analysis

 

This poster varies from other existing horror posters as the main image isn’t of a character in the movie. Instead there is a ring in the middle of the page. The white contrasts with the black background making it stand out. The ring itself also gives a supernatural sense to the film.

The font in the middle of the page is written in a handwriting type font. This may indicate to the audience that there is a small child involved in the film, however to poster does not give away a lot of information, making the audience want to see the film.

The slogan to the film, at the top of the page, links in with the name of the film ‘Before you die, you see the ring’ This gives the audience some information that the ring is involved in the film and immediately gives it bad connotations and makes the audience look out for it.

The colour scheme of the poster is black and white. The black gives a sense of mystery to the film. The black also gives connotations of death.  

The credits at the bottom of the page are a typical convention of a poster as they give credit to the producers and cast members.

It is typical that a website is shown at the bottom of  a poster. This gives the audience a place they can visit to get more information on the movie.

The lines in the poster and the reflection of the slogan could give the audience an insight into the narrative as it cold represent the static on a TV.

The srtangers- Trailer analysis