Storyboards

 These are our shot lists which were used to aid us in the pre-production planning for our main product.

Group Idea For A Horror Film

Our group idea was completely different from any of our inital individual ideas, we went off on a slight tangent for our trailer.We decided that it would have to be realistic for two reasons, 1 Because we needed to be actually able to film it and still have it look professional. 2. We felt as if we could make a connection with the audience through the fact that it could happen to anyone we would have a better chance to tell our story.We then went on to think about our monster and what it could be, we decided on a "monster" in a gas mask which meant we could link to freuds theory of "return of the repressed" as gas masks were mostly around during the world wars which obviously was a stretching time for and something we don't want again.


This then set up the title for our film nicely "Crash Site" and it's about 2 students who are interested in discovering artifacts and they decide to go to a swamp where they have heard there are some rare World War 2 artifacts at the location. They vist the crash site regardless of bad stories "rumours" they've heard about in the hope of a big discovery. Once they're there they are confronted by a gas masked villan. We are then left to wonder what happens to our two protagonists.

Moodboard for our trailer

This is my moodboard for horror. There isn't a particular horror genre I'm more scared of than others so I thought about what in particular was scary about all these films, and for me it was the faces, whether they be deformed, demoic or just deeply horrific. This is because they stick in my mind after I watch a horror film, they are always lodged in my memory for a decent few hours. This is why my moodboard contains scary faces from previous horror films.

Planning - Initial Meetings, Prop and Location Talks.

All of our planning (shoots, pre-production etc) occured in our media studies lessons this is because we all lived far away from each other and this was the most convenient place for us to organise our trailer.
Our starter meetings included us coming up with the idea for what we wanted our trailer to "say" and the premise behind it. We decided on a slight tangent genre as we wanted to differentiate ourselves from our fellow class mates. We eventually decided on a paranormal/documentary style horror film with the antagonist being a gas masked mystery. After this was confirmed we thought about shots, locations and a vague storyline so we could plan out how it was going to come together.


We decided on a location, a swampy/forest type area would be the main location for the trailer, and also Doms' house for the pre-event scenes. We also gathered together props, tent, metal detector, bags, map and ordered a gas mask as our icon of the trailer.

Results of Target Audience Research

Survey results

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Inital idea for a new horror movie

A normal boy Tom was travelling to college on the bus as always. Then one day he sees through the windscreen coming towards them a lorry on the wrong side of the carriage way which they inevitably crash into (or we assume) as the next thing that happens is Tom wakes up on the now deserted smashed bus in an unknown location. As he gathers his bearings on what has happened a hooded figure enters the bus and starts walking towards Tom, Tom then looks for a way to escape and as he is about to try something drastic to escape the hooded figure speaks to him (not revealing his face) in a crisp cold chilling voice and explains that he is in limbo and that to save his friends on the bus he must complete various challenges testing his morals and integrity. He then completes gruelling task by gruelling task as he believes he has completed the final task the hooded figure then appears, to gives him one final challenge he must either sacrifice himself here and now to guarantee the safety of everyone who would be involved in the crash or enter back in his reality and chance whether the crash will happen by being decided with the flip of a coin. He chooses after much turmoil and anger towards the hooded figure to sacrifice himself. The hooded figure recognises this as true proof of his morals and sends him back but with a warning that one day he will return to claim him back to his world of manipulation and games.