Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Intertext of Horror Trailer (Insidious)
We want to start our trailer in a way which is made to look happy, as if deceiving the audience that there's nothing to fear; so there would be non diegetic music playing that sets a happy feel to the beginning. Similar to this Insidious trailer; starting with a normal family who are shown to laugh and have fun. But with the metronome's ticking sound in the background, as if counting down time for something to happen. This is conventional of the horror genre because it creates enigma and suspense, the audience know it's going to get worse because the beginning is just too happy. But they don't know when.
We've thought about having the tinkling sound of a music box as the trailer starts with shots of the setting on a sunny day. This overall will generate a creepy feel and links to the music box; most films involving possession cast children (like Insidious) because they are stereotypically innocent and so to have this opposition that they become possessed will go against this stereotype. Because this is a shock to the audience (as it goes against their values) they will be fearful because of the change in what the child now represents.
Monday, 16 January 2012
Pictures of Our Trailer's Setting
I took these pictures around the area we are filming, i was trying to capture the dark, mysterious and creepy feel that we are trying to interpret into our horror trailer.The lighting being dark connotes death and fear; this gives the audience the feel to the trailer, it gives them a snapshot of what the actual film would be like. Creating this first feeling is important because horror genre audiences will want something that's scarier than anything they've seen before (so the trailer will stand out in their minds).
The settings of the photos are all natural, there are no modern buildings or main roads; this effect gives the audience the idea that it's deserted, there's no civilisation, the area is abandoned. This connotes mystery and creates enigma as the audience wonder why it looks so isolated (has something happened here?). And this is very conventional of horror films; it helps with our trailer because if the audience have seen other horror films that create the same kind of feeling it's likely they will be reminded of it.
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