Thursday, 7 October 2010

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   

 

         



 

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