Storyboard of Final trailer production with analysis on my specialist area: Director.

Two of two focus film trailer/Carrie (1999).

One of two focus film trailers/Analysis - 'Jennifer's Body' (2009)

Individual story ideas.

Storyline 1:

A group of teens go on a four-day holiday camping trip to a 'forbidden' and mysterious, rumoured-to-be-haunted/cursed forest for the summer and plan to get high and party, not realising the danger of what extreme highs they would face and the fact that the rumours are true. One member of the group goes missing, but instead of finding them and making an escape, they face problems of their own. Strange happenings ensue, figures in the distance, shadows at night, and although they try to run away, they get closer and closer.

Storyline 2:

A troubled young teenage girl has struggled all her life to adjust to mirrors, with the fear that they will shatter if she looks into one, after numerous dreams and counselling when it was at it's worse stage (when she was younger). After moving house, she realises how her fear is a curse inside her, from an entity that has been trying to get her to this place all along. This entity possesses her to commit dark deeds/murders. (The idea that spirits travel through mirrors in the house).

Storyline 3:

A story of boy meets girl- with problems! She's the most popular girl in school, but has never had a relationship. Rumours decide thats she's not an option as there's an 'evil' side to her. A boy finally has the chance, but she takes complete control over him, changing his behaviour, to suit her needs- the possessive girlfriend is real!

Deciding on the genre type/'A Nightmare On Elm Street' (2010) - Trailer Analysis

After brainstorming as a group, we came to the conclusion of making a trailer that fits the teen supernatural horror genre, as a result we decided to analyse a trailer most suitable and similar.

The 2010 version of 'A Nightmare On Elm Street', directed by Samuel Bayer, whose work I became aware of through his contribution to music videos [at first Green Day's "American Idiot"music video(s)] came to mind. Bayer's modern take of the 1984 horror, shows a distinctive difference to accommodate young, modern audiences.

The trailer begins with dark, lifeless establishing shots with smoke and thunder-like music, suggesting that something is coming. Panting of a person running away from a noisy car driving awkwardly and fast, creates an uneasy mood 18 seconds into the trailer. The subtle transition of Kreuger running fast and then in slow motion, slows down the chase and gives the effect that I have seen occurrent in most horror trailers, where there is fast-paced action and often a montage of shots, then quiet or slow footage before a shot that shocks the audience.

Uncanny in the Inception (2010) trailer towards the very end, I noticed the sound to be repetitive 'thud' noises, getting faster, frightens the audience by making them involved in the action. It could be perceived, that they have played with the idea that the sound of a heartbeat suggests life whereas the heartbeat sound, in the trailer, getting faster suggests terror, as opposed to the safety aspect that it is supposed to represent. I would like to bring in these techniques during the editing stages of our trailer using SFX, so that it has a similar, yet unique effect on the audience.

Looking at the titles/credit sequences, I have an idea of how we need to merge them in cleverly, so that it is fluent and maybe use the titles as a cue which hides action, and so keeps to the suspense in the trailer. On an editing note, I notice how some frames are just a black screen, which plays as a tool to scare the audience and has the effect of them not knowing the full story, so engaging more interest. The background sound of a child singing gives the trailer a sinister feel to it, and it shows that the story of Kreuger has always been true, bringing the audience out of reality and into the fictional story.

The tagline for the film at the end ("Don't fall asleep") sounds more like a warning, but is memorable and frightening. I hope to use a similar idea in our trailer, as it is one of the last things you see before it ends.