Here are some potential filming locations for your horror movie trailer: - Abandoned buildings - create an eerie atmosphere - Woods at night - isolated and dark setting - Old factories/warehouses - large empty spaces - Tunnels/underpasses - enclosed and creepy - Remote country lanes - isolate characters - Derelict houses - interior scenes in run down buildings - Cemetery - haunting backdrop for scenes - Cornfields at night - long shots hiding things in the dark I'd recommend scouting locations that have a sense of isolation, decay or abandonment to help build tension and atmosphere for scary scenes. Mix up outdoor night shoots with interior scenes in dark buildings.

2. Before creating our movie teaser trailer, we had worked together and researched different
trailers, magazine covers and movie posters to get a better idea of the codes & conventions. This
research will help us when it comes to creating our movie trailer as we will be more aware of
what to include and portray by following the features of real horror trailers. To help attract the
audience we will produce a movie poster and magazine cover to promote our film.
We intend to make our movie trailer look as professional as we can by using different editing and
camera techniques. Our plan is to make an exciting yet short horror trailer; during our research
we found that the longer the duration of the trailer was the less effective it was in terms of
capturing an audiences attention.
Cast:
Amrik Bahia as the protagonist
Jamie Darbon as accomplice and boyfriend
Ellie Fudge as girlfriend and main victim
Khadija as victim
Summary of the movie
In an abandoned town located in …
Jamie and Ellie in the car Jamie has an outburst as he thinks he has seen Amriks face on the
window telling him what to do

3. Occupation;
16+ apprenticeship
waiter/waitress
sales assistant/manage
Crave Social life; student
excitement/action/ enjoy being with friends also
adventure spending time with family
enjoy the pleasure of
15yrs+
the outdoors
Lifestyle; Female & Male
lively, energetic, out-going
Sexuality;
Heterosexual
TAP Bisexual
Homosexual
Drinking alcohol socially/non
alcohol drinkers
Smokers/non smokers
Have a thrill for horror movies
May enjoy a numerous amount
TV shows/Music/Films; of genres
sci-fi
crime (CSI New York)
comedy (The inbetweeners)
soaps (eastenders)
rom-com (friends with benefits)
documentary‟s
horror ( Supernatural )

4. Haunted house is usually perceived as being
inhabited by spirits, who are usually former
residents or familiar with the residents.
The green and black effect
portrays how majority of the
scenes will be set at night.
Therefore add to the thrill for
the audience that they seek
The man is holding a weapon.
This could represent
disturbance, insanity and
violence.

5. Half of his face is in darkness, the shadow
effect suggests mysteriousness within the
character
I feel as if this text takes away from the
Stating a well known actor on the movie
poster attracts more people to want to watch
it.

6. Caption relates to the
movie Hannibal „what's
cooking‟ links with the
whole concept of the
character and his desire
to eating human beings
Extra news on
well known
celebrities,
attracts the
audience

7. The redness of the eye could
represent that this “person” is
somehow infected or a
“creation”.
If you look closely to the moth the head is
made up of 7 women body parts. These
women represent the 7 victims in the movie
The moth is symbolic Half of the face is in
of transformation, as darkness, the shadow effect
the character in the suggests mysteriousness
movie is male and he within the character. On the
wants to become other hand the white
female. The moth is contrast with the black, the
placed on the white could represent the
character mouth persons purity.
because in the movie
moths are placed in
victims mouths.
However if you have
not seen the movie Purple is the colour of Spirituality. It urges us to find our
people may mistake power within, not the kind of power that needs to control
the moth with a or dominate others, but power rooted in connection to
butterfly, which could Spirit.
possibly represent the
way the character
manoeuvres.

9. The medium close of the axe indicates to
the audience a sense of danger. In this clip
the villain is dragging the axe across the
ground; by showing weapon makes the
audience feel uncomfortable when
watching. The axe also represents the
violence in the film.
This is another clip from Sinister, the editor
has used a close up shot of the
„theoretical ghost‟. Also in the scene the
film editor has added a high contrast
effect for a split second in the scene
making it more striking when watching
the trailer for the audience. The quick
change in colour is discrete but makes a
big difference to the shock factor, which
is needed to build up the suspense for
the audience but also to go along with
the trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9tZSpv5mNs

10. Its also towards the end, it
makes the pace of the
trailer faster, making it more
intense.
In this scene from Sinister the director has
used flickering lights to keep the audience
at the edge of their seat, awaiting for
something to happen next. leaving them
thinking:
‘what’s going to happen next?’
‘Does the family survive?’
All the questions that may enter the
audience‟s mind is what the director wants
the them to think. This is a good technique
to use to draw in people to watch the film.

11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mra_Z3cpGCM

12. Caption is used to scare the audience
build up fear
The whole concept of
Voice in background - screams the movie being
„inspired by a true story‟
Leaves the audience with suspense
They want to know what‟s happening to
the character

13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjYKXr9w0QI

15.  Amrik Bahia:
A psychopathic serial killer – Not given a name, this makes the audience feel detached to the
character, builds up more suspense and keeps them on the edge of their seat.
-who is he?
-why is he doing this? Etc.
 Jamie Darbon:
Comes across as the humble and noble boyfriend to the character Ellie Fudge/audience. However he
suffers from a condition called schizophrenia, which is a mental health problem affects his thinking,
feeling and behaviour.
Ellie Fudge:
Character plays the main victim in the trailer girlfriend of the schizophrenic character. Unaware of his
condition she willingly attended to her boyfriends every need.
 Khadija Larkins:
Role of the beaten/bruised/abused character. Has been tortured and withheld against her own will by
the psychopath. Eventually she escapes to warn the couple of what‟s ahead however meets her own
death.
 Make-up/Costume
Amrik Bahia:
white face, Chelsea smile, messy hair, dirty finger nails, white contact lens for a eye
White apron/shirt with blood splatters, black dirty trousers, boots
 Jamie Darbon:
Black jeans, white shirt/t-shirt, vans
Beginning of trailer: Neat hair, well groomed
End of trailer: Messy hair, facial hair, dirty clothes,
Cuts on his arm
 Ellie Fudge:
Shorts/jeans, vest top, cardigan/hoodie, flat shoes
Beginning of trailer: Well groomed, curly hair
End of trailer: Bruised, cut, blood, dirty clothes
 Khadijah Larkins:
Scruffy clothes; baggy top, ripped leggings, messy hair, cuts, bruised, dark eyes, crying, barefoot

16. Name;
Age;
Gender;
Ethnicity;
Nationality;
Weight;
Height;
Features;
A psychopathic serial killer – Not given a name, this makes the audience feel detached to the
character, builds up more suspense and keeps them on the edge of their seat.
-who is he?
-why is he doing this? Etc.
 http://vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/147/scary-shooting-techniques

17. Name;
Age; 18
Gender; Male
Ethnicity; Caucasian
Nationality; British
Weight; 6 stone
Height; 6ft
Features; Dark brown hair
Brown eyes
Clean shaved  Stubble

18. Name;
Age;
Gender;
Ethnicity;
Nationality;
Weight;
Height;
Features;

19.  Make-up/Costume
Amrik Bahia:
white face, Chelsea smile, messy hair, dirty finger nails, white contact lens for a eye
White apron/shirt with blood splatters, black dirty trousers, boots
 Jamie Darbon:
Black jeans, white shirt/t-shirt, vans
Beginning of trailer: Neat hair, well groomed
End of trailer: Messy hair, facial hair, dirty clothes,
Cuts on his arm
 Ellie Fudge:
Shorts/jeans, vest top, cardigan/hoodie, flat shoes
Beginning of trailer: Well groomed, curly hair
End of trailer: Bruised, cut, blood, dirty clothes
 Khadijah Larkins:
Scruffy clothes; baggy top, ripped leggings, messy hair, cuts, bruised, dark eyes, crying,
barefoot

20.  Car
 Tools: Hammer, Axe, Saw, Screwdriver and others – These will be
used to create a forbidding atmosphere when being encountered
with the villain; they are also his weapons.
 Rope
 Duck tape
 Chair
 Lamp
 Keys?
 Duvet covers
 Blood
 Wound gel
 Cotton

21.  Open clear road – Harmondsworth Lane
 380 Sipson Rd. West Drayton, Middlesex, UB7 0HR  Shed 
This will be where the main event for the trailer will occur
the protagonists killing area