Daniela :Shooting Script

Our shooting script consists of only two scenes as the majority of the trailer will be captions. As a group we decided to do this as it minimizes the amount of the storyline that we give away to the audience and as its facile to film and produce. 

Scene One - 'Esther'

Interior Location - Karlos' Studio
Time of Day - Night 
Non-Diegetic Sound - Instrumental Created by Billy
Dialogue - None

Description

The greater part of our shots in the teaser trailer will be made to look like its set at night time; this will be accomplished by the sort of lighting, the brightness of the lighting and the blue screen that will be made use of in later shots. 

n this shot, a long shot of Esther sitting on the floor wrapped in a navy cloth will be revealed. This long shot will present her sitting on the floor surrounded by lit candles and her drawing some masonic pictures on a piece of worn out brown paper. A variety of camera shots will be explored for example a pan unveiling the contents stuck on her wall, which are loads depictions of satanic and masonic symbols. The majority of the camera shots and angles that will be used in this scene will mostly focus on the protagonist, Esther.

Example 1 - Satanic Ram

 

Example 2 - Star (2 triangles put together)

Example 3 - The all seeing eye

Scene Two - 'Spiritual Cleansing'                                                                                                           

Interior Location -Media Room 
Time of Day - Night 
Non-Diegetic Sound - Instrumental Created by Billy
Dialogue - None

This scene will be filmed in the media studio in front of the blue screen, to create a dark setting. In this scene there will be a tilt (going up) revealing the priest who will carry out the exorcism (Billy) and various close up shots of him getting ready and picking up props such as a wooden cross, small bible and holy water. A medium long shot will be used when the priest is carrying out the exorcism of Esther who at this point is laying down on the table moving dramatically and crazily. This scene ends with an extreme close up of a reaction shot of Esther screaming. 

Example 4 - facial expressions that will be seen from Esther









As well as the story line, some of the events in ' The Exorcism of Emily Rose' (trailer) are similar to the events in our teaser trailer for example, the whole scenario of having a young girl possessed by a demonic spirit and the priest carrying out an exorcism which stirs some controversy around town. 

Example 5 - The Exorcism of Emily Rose Trailer

Treatment For Teaser Trailer

Evolution Picture Production presents "The Possessed"

Format - Video Trailer

Genre - Horror Movie, based on bewitchment, demonology, religion

Length - 40-50 seconds 

Precise Summary of "The Possessed" (Idea) : This teaser trailer will consist of a little Caucasian girl (who's face is not shown as its covered by her long brownish/black hair) sitting on the floor in her bedroom drawing a masonic sign on a piece of brown worn out paper. Behind the little girl, are loads of drawings of devilish and masonic signs, writings and drawings drawn in black chalk stuck on the wall. Her parents who are black are aware that their adopted daughter is not normal and so seek the advice of a local church priest. The parents take the priest into the girls room to show him their daughter and her illustrations. The priest declares that he has seen enough and without delay tells the little girl's parents that she is possessed and that he must perform an immediate exorcism. The little girl is taken to a dark room and placed on top of a table where she laying down with her hands and legs tied. The priest starts reading verses out of an exorcism book whilst splashing holy water on the little girl. The little girl starts shuffling around as the water is getting on her; her movements start to become more violent and aggressive causing the table to shake. In the background you see the father holding the mother as she is traumatized and petrified at what she is witnessing. As  the little girl's movements become more vigorous  and brutal the priest splashes more holy water on her. Finally the girl breaks free from the ropes and throws her head back and has her mouth wide open. This is when the audience first see her face. 

Not all that is written in this summary will appear in the teaser trailer

Some Camera Shots That Will Potentially Be Used (Rough Idea): Throughout this teaser trailer we will be using a digital camera and final cut pro when we edit. We thought that it would be effective to do a pan of the room which exposes the drawings on the wall, so that the audience know where this shot is set and to also set the mood. Followed by the pan, there will be a tilt which will reveal the little girl sitting down on the floor with her legs crossed, hair covering her face, drawing. There will possibly be and extreme close up of the father struggling to open the door of the little girls room; an extreme close up of his face to show his reaction (reaction shot) to the surroundings and a shot of the father walking towards the camera angrily( the little girl) which will look as if he walking towards the viewer. The will be a long shot of the mother standing behind her husband, with her hands over her mouth as she is shocked at what she is seeing in he daughters room. An Elliptical shot will be evident when the audience see that the father drags the little girl out the room and all of a sudden she in laying down on the table tied down. A high angle shot will be used to show the girl laying down and to also connote that the priest is in power. The lighting of the basement ( where the exorcism will take place) will be very dark and we might possibly paint a bulb red, to give off a red light which sets the tone, mood and  consists of many connotations. An extreme close of the girls face will be used that will appear right at the end of the teaser trailer, which will expose her identity as its unknown to the audience. The extreme close up of the little girls face will expose her dark scary face, which will be done with the use of dark make up. Many more shots will explored throughout the teaser trailer, this is just a rough idea.  Sound will be thoroughly explored to manipulate the audiences emotions for example with the use of foley sounds, design sounds, background sounds etc. We decided that it would be best not to include dialogue from the characters, to create suspense for the audience.  

Definition Of Horror Films and Their Purpose: Horror Films are unsettling movies that attempt to extract emotions of fear, disgust and horror from the viewers. They often consist of scenes that frighten the viewer through the means of macabre (In works of art, macabre is the quality of having a grim or ghastly atmosphere. Macabre works emphasize the details and symbols of death. Wikipedia definition) and the supernatural, which causes an overlap with fantasy and science fiction genres. Horror also frequently overlaps with the thriller genre. As well as having the purpose to entertain, Horror Films deal with the viewers nightmares and worst hidden fears, revulsion's and terror of the unknown.     

Target Audience: Horror films obtain a very wide and diverse fan base. Horror movies are considered to be in boom cycle; not only are horror movies produced each year, but their gross is increasing rapidly and becoming more gross, explicit, vivid and gruesome. As a group we decided that our target audience would be people ranging from the age of 18-24, as we specifically want to attract a young and modern audience; an audience that are up to date with the ever changing trends of this era and that know what they want and like. As religion comes into this teaser trailer (Catholicism)with the use of the priest, we are aware that some audience members may be offended. So for these reasons we have decided that instead of dressing the priest in a stereotypical costume, we will dress him up in normal old fashioned clothing and instead of him using a Bible, he will use an 'Exorcism Book'. 

By Daniela Tome   

 

         

 

Tamika: Teaser Trailer Textual Analysis of Nightmare on Elm Street

The textual analysis will be focusing on the teaser trailer for ‘A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The dream child 200’, which was distributed by ‘New line cinema’. The teaser trailer is 47 seconds long, which is just in between the 40-60 second mark.

Media trailer

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child 1989 it was directed by Stephen Hopkins and the writers are Wes craven john skip and Robert Endlund, Lisa Wilcox and Kelly Jo Minter.

The video,’ A Nightmare On Elm Street 5 Dream Child’ teaser trailer starts with a green screen and it says that the preview has been approved for all audiences to watch by the motion picture association of America. The words ‘PREVIEW’ and ‘ALL AUDIENCE’ are in capital letters. This makes it clear to the audience that the movie is suitable for people to watch.

The teaser opens up with a fade from a black screen into a blue screen showing a silhouette of a push chair with sticks sticking out of it. A non- diegetic sound of a high pitched laugh and a lullaby called ‘rock a by baby’ is symbolic to the trailer because the song connotes a baby. The video also shows a push chair made out of wood. The branches are sticking out of it so it makes it look quite dangerous. As the song increases the push chair moves with it and the camera goes from a long high angle shot to a close up of the push chair. There is a fade in of a orange/red light that appears to show in the pram. Also, you can hear a faint sound of a baby making noise. As the camera is still, it follows the pram using a panning shot. The pram then disappears showing a jump cut. The setting is quite cloudy/ foggy and dark, making it look scary, using low key lighting. 27 seconds into the teaser the pram swings a little from left to right as if someone is rocking the push chair.

Then there is a cut from a side shot of the pram to the front of it showing a orange bright light in the pram with smoke surrounding it. There is a zoom in to the pram and the song starts to slow down and stops, then there’s a scream at the same time suddenly freddy’s hand appears from the push chair to the camera. There’s a quick zoom in to a black screen and red line scratches where the words a nightmare on elm street 5 on it.  

There is also a deep scary voice saying “spring delivers a nightmare on elm street part 5 The dream child” as it says that the red scratches fades out and fades into a blue coloured screen but at the side of the black screen with the push chair which is black covered with the blue coloured screen. The words ‘a nightmare on elm street’ are in blue just like the main colour used throughout the teaser and the words  ‘the dream child’ is in green writing. Most of the colours that are used for the title is the same colour scheme a used in the teaser.

There is a loud raspy laughter after the voice finishes talking and as the laughter continues there is also a fade out of the title to a fade into a black screen with white writing showing who produced the film and who the actors are the producer and editor. At the end of that it says “coming in august to a theatre near you” it is in capital letters, the size of the writing is bigger than the rest and it is in blue writing which makes it stand out more so that the first thing that people will see because  its in colour and remember will be it.

 The lullaby then starts and there is a fade out to a black screen.

Daniela : Teaser Trailer Textual Analysis of Saw 3D

 Saw 3D Teaser Trailer

The Saw 3D teaser trailer begins with a green screen, telling the audience that this teaser trailer has been approved for "APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES"; which is written in block letters to emphasis that the contents of this teaser trailer is not suitable for any age. In the green screen, it tells us that the film being advertised is rated "Restricted" and that viewers under the age of 17 should be accompanied by an adult or guardian that is of age. The fact that this green screen provides all of this essential information, shows that they are doing their job of trying to protect unsuitable viewers from the contents of the film, as well as helping parents decide whether the images shown in the film are appropriate for their children. The green screen lasts for about 6 seconds, giving the viewers sufficient time to read the text.

The teaser trailer begins with non-diegetic spoken dialogue, which we later realize is Jigsaw Killer aka Misnomer speaking. The tone of Misnomer sets the tone and mood of the teaser trailer as he has this deep, vindictive, malevolent and guiltless tone. There's a quick flash of a fuzzy TV screen, which is replaced by a black screen with text saying ' Every Master Craftsman' ; the text in this black screen grows, so its almost as if its coming straight at you. A straight cut from the black screen to a long shot of what looks like a garage with a care that is being fixed, is seen. Behind the car there's a long shot of a man; the low key lighting doesn't reveal his face. The male voice starts to list 3 words and with each word their is a shot to represent it. (1 )"FEAR": As the teaser trailer progresses, we see a mid-shot of a woman in blond hair. The mid-shot reveals that she is tied to something, as her arms are spread and stretched out and as her muscles are contracted. Using a woman with blond hair stereotypically suggests that she is dumb, naive, an easy target, hence explaining why she might be in this situation. The reaction shot of this woman reveals that she is afraid, due to her NVC. A fade transition is used to go onto the next shot. (2) "SUFFERING" : A side mid-shot is revealed of a man who has bruises and tattoos going down his arm. The reaction shot also shows that he is afraid and that he is trying to escape, as we see signs of struggle. An eye level shot is used which reveals that he sitting in a car witch shattered glass. By using an eye level shot, intensity and tension is created as its as if the man is looking straight at us (the audience, the viewers viewing the teaser trailer). A fade transition is used to reveal the next shot. (3) "DEATH" : A high angle shot is used to expose two people (two shot) struggling to hold onto chains, to prevent them (two people) from falling into the multiple numbers of spinning blades. The use of the rhetoric feature of triplets (triadic structure) and listing, persuades the audience to go to the cinema and watch this movie. as well as creating tension and suspense. Throughout the lighting in the shots mentioned above are in low key, which fits the dark nature of this film as well as the character Jigsaw Killer aka Misnomer. Non-diegetic music is heard throughout this dark part of the teaser trailer; this is only specifically heard every time there is a transition to a black screen with text on it. Diegetic sound is explored with the characters screams.  

A pan of the top of a high building (crane shot) is shown which is then quickly interrupted by elliptical editing, which reveals an establishing shot of this new location with loads of pedestrians walking around. The establishing shot is used to set the scene and reveals what looks like some sort of business/ accounting building society. The establishing shot also brings  back some sense of realism to this teaser trailer, as we are finally seeing light and pedestrians who are freely walking around and not in some life or death situation. We are moving away from darkness and gritty scenes to light; this is short lived. There is a straight cut into a wide shot of  a large crowd of people standing outside a shop watching the active window display.  The teaser trailer goes back to its dark nature and with this the non-diegetic music which builds into a crescendo, therefore causing a climax in tension. A high angle shot of a man in a cage reveals him reaching out to pull a chain, which in fact is a leaver and opens up the bottom part of the cage making him hold on to the metal bars of the cage to prevent him from falling into blades facing upwards. A zoom of the upright blades are shown to show how sharp they are and consequently the music also becomes sharp. The blond haired woman is shown again, this time in a long shot which shows her standing upright with her legs and arms spread put wide. The music speeds as we see some sort of machine with a sharp pointy blade heading towards her at full speed. What the large crowd of people were seeing on the window display is shown to us. Diegetic sound is heard of the man screaming and struggling to push a spinning blade that is pushing its way towards him. The mans screams and noise coming from the blade creates anxiety and suspense, as we want to know whether the man got hurt or not which makes the audience want to go to the cinema to watch the film as the teaser trailer doesn't reveal it.

At the end of the teaser trailer we see a 3D writing of 'SAW" and a blade cutting through the 'W'. The month of the release of the film is written, alongside a metaphorical cover-line ' THE TRAPS COME ALIVE'. 

Daniela Tome' 

 

       

Billy: Teaser Trailer Textual Analysis of [REC]

[REC.]

Teaser Trailer

The video starts with the diagetic sound of walkie-talkie static and chatter over a blank screen with the studio logo that flickers like it has some kind of interference wit it this suggests the paranormal and fits the feel of the rest of the teaser the sound connotes an emergency or police or fire fighters which is related to the main content of the teaser.

The transition to the next shot is done as if the camera has just turned on which suggests the film has an ammeter element to it and is trying to portray it as real

The shot is cantered and the colours are mainly black and white this is immediately unsettling for the viewer the figures shot are in shadow and are not immediately recognisable as friendly leaving the viewer still feeling unnerved.

The camera angle is corrected from the cantered position but still retains the hand held ammeter feel the mise en scene suggests the that the men are firemen as they enter the light in a two shot the setting seems to be a darkened house the sound is entirely diagetic such as the walkie-talkie and a scream adding to the realistic feel the teaser is trying to portray, both fire fighters look up showing its from upstairs this connotes immanent danger, it then flickers to a black screen with white writing on that reads “last year Spanish emergency services  received over 23 million calls” the text slowly emanates towards the viewer, the non diagetic sound of dial tones is heard over the top to illustrate the “call” element, there are clearly three digits to the number which suggest an emergency call which denotes distress.

The teaser then cuts to a tracking shot of the fire fighters running up the stairs presumably to investigate the scream the shot is hand held or steady cam so is wobbly maintaining the first person, ammeter element to the filming suggesting its real and un-staged. The mise en scene is a darkened stairwell.

There is a cut to another black screen with white writing

That reads “ the firemen of Barcelona attended to 15,003 incidents” this use of facts almost makes the teaser feel like it’s for a documentary again the non diagetic sound of a telephone it is ringing this time building up tension as it is someone waiting on an emergency call. The filming never really strays further than a medium close up which makes the scene feel claustrophobic therefore making the viewer uncomfortable it also doesn’t give away to much information. The shot of the firemen hurrying up the stairs in the same manner continues there is another there is another black screen that reads “fires: 4,171” the delivery of this text is a lot faster which also builds tension and reflects the emotions of the characters as they near the source of the scream the non diagetic ringing continues. The next shot is a bird’s eye view shot from over the banisters looking down the spiralling stairwell and the firemen ascending them the camera is moving which suggest it is a point of view shot this hints there is someone waiting up there for them the high angle also suggests the firemen are powerless, one of the men look up as if he has noticed whatever is looking down on him. Another black screen flickers on reading “rescues: 4,059” again with the ringing, then the firemen reach the floor they want to one tunes towards the camera as if looking for reassurance this shows they are scared the camera is close p to him showing they are all huddled together. A black screen reads “other: 6,768” this way of braking down information is hinting at and building up to a climax of some sort. The next shot is a close up tracking shot of a fireman walking towards the camera he is looking around with his torch, suddenly the trap door in the ceiling swings open with a the camera pans around to see it but there is noting there this is a false climax moment in order to keep audience members on the edge of there seat and to further the build up of tension. The meise en scene is a darkly lit apartment.

The final blank screen appears and reads “unclassified: 4” the screen goes fuzzy and the number 4 is subtly changed to 5 connoting that what we are witnessing on screen is an example of an unclassified case meaning the film has a paranormal element to it.

The screen flickers to a canted shot of a small figure in a doorway which we find out is a little girl later she is lit from behind from the slightly ajar door opening she is nearly all in shadow but you can till make out he legs and she is standing completely still which is unnerving as she dose not react the fire fighters presence the fact is canted makes it more unsettling. The firemen cautiously walk towards her and non-daigetic music is playing which is like a drone connoting tension, danger the camera tracks close behind in a two shot placing the viewer in the scene the girls face remains in shadow making viewers expect the worst is yet to come, suddenly the girl springs to life and screams as a bright light tilts onto her face revealing her to be pale with black eyes in the short glimpse we get before a black screen cuts in with the title of the film “[REC.]” which is designed like the graphic seen on video cameras reflecting the hand held point of view nature of the filming in the film there is a non diagetic beeping sound that is synchronised to the flashing of the red dot of the film logo which is tracking towards the camera much in the same way as the “facts” used previously.

The teaser trailer ends with the deathly looking girl screaming and struggling against the firemen who seen to be trying to hold her back the camera work is shaky and is braking up is shown from all the movement a black screen reads “coming soon” and the audience would feel relieved that what they think is the “scary bit” is over when a flash of the girl lunging at the camera and head butting the camera is shown to finish it, this is cleaver because it leaves a lasing image of the film in peoples minds but manages to obscure any detail thus retaining the films mystery.

I think this teaser trailer is simple but affective and definitely has the desired affect on viewers.

Billy Waterworth

Beatrice : Teaser Trailer Textual Analysis of Sorority Row

Sorority Row 2009

Director: Stewart Hendler

Producer: Summit Entertainment

Actors: Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung, Margo Harshman, Audrina Patridge and Carrie Fisher

Films Origin: The film is a re-imagining of the 1983 slasher film The House on Sorority Row

Synopsis:

A prank goes wrong and leads to a bloody murder spree. It was supposed to be a practical joke, but when their friend was accidentally murdered no one was laughing. Desperate to go on with their lives and avoid taking responsibility for their actions, the surviving sisters and their male accomplice agree to dump the body and never speak of the incident again. Just after graduation, however, a mysterious killer begins stalking everyone who harbours the bloody secret, leading the survivors to fight for their lives against a masked maniac.

The genre of this film trailer is Horror, but at the beginning of the film it is does not start of like the typical horror film. Stereotypically, a horror would start of with very dreary music followed by harsh scenes but this movie started with very upbeat music followed by much livened scenes with teenagers partying and having an overall good experience. Breaking this barrier connotes that the movie will not follow any other mainstream typicality’s of a horror trailer. The first scene in which the film relates to an actual horror is in the 30^th second when one character stabs another and from then onwards the film continues as a horror.

There is no narration to the film for the first 38 seconds; the characters are just acting normally whilst the story is slowly unfolding whilst we are getting to understand the storyline. Then a few seconds after the first horrific scene is shown, the film cuts to a blank screen with the words ‘A SECRET’ on them. Throughout the movie there are 6 black screens all with very fast cuts into and out of them. They all reveal crucial information and add to the dramatic horror effect and they connote that the following scenes will be even darker and bleaker than the previous. The adding of black screens with bright white writing on them entices the viewer to see even more as they feel as if they have missed out on crucial scenes of the movie.

The first scene gives us a huge hint that the location is on a College/University campus as wild scenes of partying are going on and some of the girls are wearing pyjamas suggesting that they all live there. This is later confirmed when they are seen graduating towards the end. Then whilst they are in the car, there is no obvious sign of location apart from a scene which shows them entering some sort of forbidden entry with a sign at the entrance of it. The location of where the murder happens is very unclear as there are a lot of quick changes in the scene. However we are able to tell that the area is very enclosed and very spacious which connotes that is it far from normal society. 

In this trailer, the girls are portrayed as the typical popular American girls-party animals who love to play with boy’s minds, however when the tragedy happens that is when we see their different personalities come to the surface. As soon as the tragedy happens, all of them start to cry except for the blonde girl who is the one who has the idea of covering it all up. In horrors there is normally a brave one, however they are mainly male and so this breaks this convention and represents her in a strong manor. When the murders begin, the girls are portrayed as weak and scarred as there is a lot of screaming involved and the facial expressions which are shown reiterate this, at the end however the last scene shows their head ‘mother’ trying to challenge the killer which is unusual for a woman to do so it breaks that convention.

At the beginning of the film, the pace is very fast with various partying scenes being shown and very upbeat music being played in the background. This really gets the viewers attention because you are lead on to believe that the film will be fun. The pace then dramatically changes to a medium one and as the music drowns out the impact this has is that we listen carefully to what is being said and we are fully focused. Then as they get to their destination the pace is very slow which makes us anxious as to what follows and as soon as the girl is murdered the pace turns fast with fast changing scenes which suddenly changes to a slow one as they come to terms with what has just happened. The impact this has is that it leaves the audience anticipating what is going to happen next. The following scenes have a slow pace up until the first of the girls is killed whilst lying down. After this, the pace rapidly increases with melodramatic music being played in the background and simultaneous ghastly scenes being shown. The impact of all of this is that the mood becomes more intensive and keeps the viewers full attention whilst leading them on to a black screen as the pace slows right down to a halt.

There is no narration in this film, however there is on-screen captions which are shown on a pitch black screen. The writing is bright white which really stands out on the black background and the writing is in serif text which connotes a sense of seriousness. The information revealed is kept to a minimal and altogether there are 7 with the sixth one showing the name of the film and the last one showing the date of the film release. Altogether it says “A DEADLY PRANK, NO ONE WOULD EVER FORGET, A SECRET, THAT NEEDS TO STAY BURIED, SISTERS FOR LIFE, AND DEATH”. The first two captions are shown whilst the music playing is very relaxed and so the viewer is alert and waiting for something dramatic to happen. This happens and is followed by scenes which show the next two captions -the use of the words “deadly” followed by “buried” connotes that the language used will tie in with the theme of the film-this happens as a killer sets out to kill the rest of the girls involved.

This film includes a lot of fast cuts to give different affects at different points of the story. At the beginning there are eight fast cuts which grab the reader’s attention immediately and you expect it to continue with the fast pace but it drastically slows down which enables the viewer to concentrate on the storyline better. Fast cuts are then used again whilst the boy is panicking and this evokes a sense of panic within the viewer this is very effective as the viewer gets very involved with the film. Fast cuts are then used to show the killings happen and we get to see the reaction of the girls after which is very alerting for the viewer. Throughout the film fast cuts are used the most which leaves the viewer wanting to see more and connotes a sense of anticipation as we do not know what is to happen next.

At the beginning of the movie, there is fast paced music being played in the background which coincides with the party activities going on in the film –it then continues in the background which gives the girls a sense of power. As the next scene is played, the music changes to a mischievous tone which is effective because the following scenes show the actresses up to no good. As the murder happens and he plunges into her chest, there is a sound effect in the background which connotes a real sense of horror as the scenes that follow are very graphic. After this, the following two on-screen captions both have very climatic sound effects played before them which gives a feel as to how deep the problem is. Then as the run-up to the weapon is thrown down the well this intensifies and finally reaches a climax once it is finally dropped. After the first blonde girl is killed whilst lying down, different sound effects are used in sync with the change of a scene. The last music clip played is used after one of the girl’s screams and this sets of a series of different screams from different parts in the film. The effect this has is that the screams are stressed even more because they drown out the music clip in the background and this connotes a sense of realism as the screams are really alarming.

When I consider all of these points I would say that the target audience for this film would be predominantly females aged 16-24, however it also has an appeal to males as the female cast would also generate male viewers. They would have to have an interest in horror but also be entertained by an American storyline with its culture being inherited into the film. 


By Beatrice Adong-Otim

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