Letter Request to film at The White Lion

This is a rough template of what I want to say to Xavier Diers who is the manager of The White Lion Pub on Great Missenden High Street.

However I was unable to find his email address so I therefore had to go into the restaurant to request permission to film in his pub.

After our discussion we came to the agreement that I would be able to bring in some friends and film my scene on Wednesday 5th November, 2015 from 4:00-5:30. Xavier did not want me to come during the restaurants peak times as it would be too difficult for me to film and it may cause some disturbance between his customers. Because I was filming whilst there was no one was around it therefore gave me free range of the entire pub and I was able to control the music and lighting to create different moods. 

The reason why I chose this location is because I was looking for a place that would be able to pass as a fancy restaurant where a hen night would take place. One advantage too filming at Origins is the fact that it is local and therefore easy for both myself and my actors to get there. Also putting into consideration that if I needed to do some more filming it would be easy for us to get there and film more for the clip. 

In Origins they supplied me with a remote that allowed me to control the lighting in the restaurant. I had a choice of Red, Green, Blue, White

Red: The colour of fire and bloods it is therefore associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire and love. 

Green: The color of nature, symbolizing growth, harmony, freshness, and fertility. Green has strong emotional link with safety. 

Blue: The color of the sky and sea and is often associated with depth and stability. Blue can also symbolise trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven. 

White: The colour white is associated with light, goodness, innocence, purity, and virginity. It is considered to be the color of perfection. 

I was initially going to chose red as I though it had the right connotations of the horror genre. However because this clip is so early on in my trailer where my character is not yet a total psycho I did not feel that red supplied the audience with a clear understanding of what was happening in that short clip. 

On second hand I did try the red lighting to see how it looked and I don't believe the tiny looked right on the camera.

Reviewing Genres

Horror Genre

A style of film that is unsettling and aims to evoke a negative sense of fear or enforce panicked reaction from the watchers by playing on their fears as a scare tactic. A horror film relies on scaring the audience through the portrayal of you worst nightmares and your nervousness surrounding your fear of the unknown.
Plots within the horror genre often consist of the intrusion or interruption of an evil force or persona in a common everyday scenario. Centered around this evil force, person or event, horror films often incorporate a substantial amount of violence and gore and are frequently based on a mythical creature such as a vampire, ghost or zombie.  

Some of the most widely recognized films are:

Psycho - Directed by the famous Alfred Hitchcock. This horror film is about a Phoenix office worker named Marion Crane who steals $40,000 in order to run away with her boyfriend when she is trusted to bank it by her employer. Tired by the long drive Marion's boyfriend Sam Loomis is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Getting off the main highway to avoid the police, they pull into Bates Motel to stop off for the night. Bates Motel is managed by a quiet young man named Norman who seems to be dominated by his mother.
Psycho was released on September 8th, 1960.







The Shining - Released on May 23rd, 1980 and directed by Stanley Kubrick this horror was already lined up for awards such as Staturn, Razzie and the OFTA film hall of fame.
This film follows the story of Jack Torrance, a former teacher and now writer who agrees to look after an isolated hotel for the winter which has a long, violent past where an evil and supernatural presence influences the father into violence.
As Jack grows more and more aggressive, his psychic son, Danny foresees their tragic ends and tries to use his special talent, the "shining" to tell people on the outside what is going on inside the hotel.
This horror film received rave reviews such as one that was written by The New York Times, "Meticulously detailed and  never less than fascinating, The Shining may be the first movie that even made its audience jump with a title that simply says "Tuesday"

The Exorcist - This classic supernatural horror hybrid film directed by William Freidkin created such a massive uproar that it is one of the most profitable horror movies ever made. 

Loosely based on actual events, this terrifying film us about an actress who notices dramatic and dangerous changes in the behavior of her 12 year old daughter. The teenager becomes possessed by a mysterious spiritual entity. Her mother attempts to win back her daughter with the aid of an exorcism carried out by two priests.
Originally rated X with cuts in the 1970's. The Exorcist was banned under the Video Recordings Act 1984 from home viewing and was temporarily removed from film stores.

Poltergeist - Unlike the majority of horror films this one was made even more scary when a series of sudden and mysterious deaths occurred. 

This blockbuster movie is a supernatural horror thriller hybrid directed by Tobe Hooper that was released on June 4th, 1982. Written by the famous Steven Spielberg, this film became one of the most memorable and psychological films ever to be made. The plot focuses on a young family who are visited by a group of ghosts. At first the ghosts seem to be friendly as they move objects around the home much to their amusement. However these supernatural spirits turn nasty as they begin taking pleasure from terrorizing and frightening the family before they kidnap the youngest child, Carol Ann Freeling.
Mysterious stories surrounding 'The Poltergeist' :
1) Human skeletons - The whole ordeal began when Steven Spielberg insisted on using actual human skeletons as props in an attempt to save money during the production. One of the film's most famous scenes is when Diane Freeling falls into the family pool that is filled with mud and skeletons. The actors believed them to be either plastic or rubber however later found out that they were in fact real corpses.
2) First film star murdered - Dominique Dunne who played the part of the eldest daughter Dana was murdered by her abusive ex just four months after the movie was released. When Dunne turned down her former boyfriend he brutally strangled her on her own driveway.
3) The expulsion of evil spirits - An exorcism was performed on the set of the film by actor Will Sampson as he was concerned about the use of real human skeletons. The Native American star went to the set late at night alone to carry it out. At age 53 he died of malnutrition and kidney failure when the operation went drastically wrong.
4) Child star dies at 12 - The death of such an iconic young star is probably one of the most convincing cases for the "Poltergeist Curse". Actress Heather o'Rourke who played the lead role of Carol Ann Freeling died at age 12 a few months before the release of Poltergeist III from a cardiac arrest and septic shock caused by a misdiagnosed intestinal failure.
5) Ax murder - In 2009, cast member Lou Perryman who played the role of Pugsley was 67  years old when an ex convict brutally murdered him in his own home with an ax.

Thriller Genre

Thriller's largely develop and stimulate the audience's mood by creating a high level of anticipation, expectation, suspense and excitement. The aim for a film that falls under the genre of a Thriller is to keep the audience alert and on the edge of their seats. They tend to be fast paced, arousing and realistic. 

Thrillers often follow Vladimir Propps theory which involves a Hero, Villain and Damsel in distress. The Thriller movie will commonly be villain driven, where obstacles, feelings and challenges are presented that the protagonist must overcome in order to save a loved one, their beliefs or the world. The film will emphasize the danger that the protagonist faces. The suspense and excitement is built as the film continues and ends with either a massive climax, plot twist or cliffhanger.

Rebecca - Directed by Alfred Hitchcock this thriller film won two Academy Awards, Outstanding Production and Cinematography out of 11 nominations. Adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel this film is about a naive young woman (Joan Fontaine), whose name is never mentioned, who meets the wealthy aristocrat but brooding widower Maxim de Winter (Laurence Oliver) when staying in Monte Carlo where she is working as a paid companion to her stuffy employer named Edythe Van Hopper (Florence Bates). She and Maximilian fall in love and within two weeks get married. Returning from their honeymoon to his large estate in Cornwall called Manderley, the narrator in character is introduced to Maxim's mysterious dead wife Rebecca who lost her life in a boating accident the year before.
Maxim still troubled by her unexpected death fights to try and forget her revealing his past to the second Mrs de Winter after she continuously clashes with Manderley's housekeeper Mrs Danvers (Judith Anderson) who is trying to keep Rebecca alive in the household.
Released on the 12th April, 1940 in the United States this thriller, drama and romance hybrid is still a very successful movie.

Bourne - The trilogy consists of, The Bourne Identity (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and The Bourne Legacy (2012). The Bourne films are a series of action thriller hybrid spy films adapted from the novels written by Robert Ludlum based on the character Jason Bourne (Matt Damon). The film follows the story of a CIA assassin suffering from extreme memory loss after he was found floating in the Mediterranean Sea with two gunshot wounds in his back. The movie follows Bourne as he steadily recovers the secrets of his identity and past. 








Bond - Based on the novels written by Ian Fleming, the Bond films made its first appearance in 1962 with Dr. No where Bond was played by Sean Connery. Since then, the character of James Bond has been portrayed by actors, David Niven (1967), George Lazenby (1969), Roger Moore (1973-1985), Timothy Dalton (1987 - 1989), Pierce Brosnan (1995-2002) and finally Daniel Craig (2006 - present), in twenty-six productions.
The Bond films follow James, a British  00 agent working for MI6 who also answers to his code name, 007.
Ian Fleming portrayed Bond as a tall, athletic and handsome man in his thirties or forties. His addictions are women, drinking, smoking, gambling and automobiles. James Bond is known as an excellent marksman and is highly skilled in unarmed combat, skiing, swimming and golf.
The Bond films are as follows:

Dr. No 
James Bond: Sean Connery
Bond Girl: Honey Ryder
Director: Terence Young
Release Date: 8th May, 1963
Synopsis: This Bond film is the first 007 movie to be produced by EON Productions.
Britain's top agent, 007, is sent to Jamaica on a mission to solve the mysterious murder of an agent.  Once reaching his destination Bond teams up with Quarrel and a loyal CIA agent, Felix Leiter. James Bond meets the beautiful Honey Ryder and goes face to face with the evil Dr.  No.


From Russia With Love
James Bond: Sean Connery
Bond Girl: Tatiana Romanova
Director: Terence Young
Release Date: 27th May, 1964
Synopsis: In this next film, James Bond is on the search for a Russian decoding machine, recognised by Lektor. It is important for the 007 spy to find the decoding machine before the evil organization 'SPECTRE' locates it first. Whilst in Russia Bond becomes romantically involved with Tatiana Romanova and has to sneak his way around Istanbul as he tries to escape from a team of SPECTRE agents and Ronald 'Red' Grant who are trying to kill him.


Goldfinger
James Bond: Sean Connery
Bond Girl: Pussy Galore
Director: Guy Hamilton
Release Date: 9th January, 1965
Synopsis: This next mission takes Bond to Fort Knox where Auric Goldfinger are planning to raid Fort Knox and destroy the World economy. It is vital for this task that James Bond befriends Goldfinger and his henchmen, dodge killer hats and avoid Goldfinger's personal pilot, Pussy Galore. At first this Bond girl shows no interest to the handsome spy but can he help her change her mind?



Thunderball

James Bond: Sean Connery

Bond Girl: Domino Derval

Director: Terence Young

Release Date: 22nd December, 1965

Synopsis: In this movie, Bond's mission is to recover two stolen warheads which have been stolen by the evil organisation SPECTRE. In order to complete his assigned task James Bond must travel to Nassau where he meets the beautiful Domino. Bond is forced into an exciting fight against dangerous SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo when he is on his boat called the Disco Volante. This mission will determine whether on not Bond will be able to bare the pressure and save millions of innocent civilians.

You Only Live Twice

James Bond: Sean Connery

Bond Girl: Aki

Director: Lewis Gilbert

Release Date: 13th June, 1967

Synopsis: When an American space capsule is swallowed up by what is believed to be a Russian spaceship World War Three almost begins, however the British Intelligence Agency have suspicions as the spaceship went down over Japan. It is clear to the government that SPECTRE are behind the theft but their reason behind is unclear to Bond. For this mission James Bond needs to locate the captured space capsule before America and Russia start another world war.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

James Bond: George Lazenby

Bond Girl: Tracy Di Vicenzo

Director: Peter Hunt

Release Date: 18th December, 1969

Synopsis:  As you can see Sean Connery has been replaced by the younger George Lazenby. As Lazenby steps into role of this dashing spy Bond is sent to help Draco. For his first mission Bond needs to become a close friend with his daughter Teresa (Tracy) who is desperate with grief for her child who died of spinal meningitis. Tracy attempts to commit suicide by walking into the sea in Portugal only to be saved by James Bond. 

007 finds himself in Switzerland when he is trying to find Ernst Stavro Blofeld one more time, posing as Sir Hilary Bray to allow him to find out Blofeld's secret plan. Bond finds himself getting married. Is it part of his mission, cover or is Bond allowing himself to love?

Diamonds Are Forever

James bond: Sean Connery

Bond Girl: Tiffany Case

Director: Guy Hamilton

Release Date: 17th December, 1971

Synopsis: Diamonds are Forever is the seventh spy film in the James Bond series produced by EON.

Someone has been smuggling diamonds that are not re-appearing, it is James Bond's mission to find out who the culprit is. Adopting the identity of Peter Franks he partners with Tiffany Case to act as if he is the one smuggling the diamonds to try and draw out the guilty thief. However to make both Bond's and Tiffany's mission even more difficult they both have to continuously avoid dangerous couple Mr Wint and Mr Kidd who kills everyone in their paths.

Bond may have his chance to defeat his ultimate enemy when Ernst Stavro Blofeld re-appears wearing a different identity. Does this mean Blofeld is linked to the heist? 

Live And Let Die

James Bond: Roger Moore

Bond Girl: Solitaire

Director: Guy Hamilton

Release Date: 27th June, 1973

Synopsis: 007 is sent to New Orleans to investigate the mysterious deaths of several British Intelligence agents who have been murdered. James Bond must travel deep inside New Orleans where Mr. Big is brought to his attention, who is self producing heroin. On this mission Bond is introduced to Tee Hee who carries a claw in replacement for a hand, Baron Samedi a Voodoo master and the sexy Solitaire who likes to play with Tarot cards. Will Bond be able to complete his mission?

The Man With The Golden Gun

James Bond: Roger Moore

Bond Girl: Andrea Anders

Director: Guy Hamilton

Release Date: 20th December, 1974

Synopsis: The government are made aware of a hitman, Scaramanga who charges millions of dollars per job. He becomes a suspect in the death of a scientist who was working on a powerful solar cell. James Bond is called in to explore this link. As 007 tails the hitman Scaramanga he realises that he is highly respected by the killer. Could Bond use this to his advantage or will it just reveal too much about his mission?

The Spy Who Loved Me
James Bond: Roger Moore
Bond Girl: Anya Amasova (XXX)
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Release Date: 3rd August, 1977
Synopsis: James Bond's mission is to find out how a Royal Navy Polaris submarine holding sixteen nuclear warheads simply disappears whilst on patrol, where he meets Major Anya Amasova where they take on a web-handed mastermind recognised by the name Karl Stromberg and as his henchman called Jaws who has a mouthful of metal teeth. For this task 007 needs to track down the lost submarine before the warheads are fired.

Moonraker

James Bond: Roger Moore
Bond Girl: Holly Goodhead
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Release Date: 29th June, 1979
Synopsis: For this movie Bond's needs to find out who the mysterious corporation is who have hijacked a spaceship when it was travelling through space. Starting with the rocket creators, Drax Industries and the man behind the organisation, Hugo Drax. On this journey Bond meets Doctor Holly Goodhead and comes across Jaws again.



For Your Eyes Only
James Bond: Roger Moore
Bond Girl: Melina Havelock
Director: John Glen
Release Date: 26th June, 1981
Synopsis: Bond is sent to recover a communication device known as ATAC which was lost when a British spy ship sunk. It is important for Bond to be as quick as possible as the Russians are also after this communication device. Whilst on his mission 007 meets Melina Havelock whose parents were brutally murdered, Aristotle Kristatos and Milos Colombo who are all accusing each other of having links to the Russians. To complete his mission James Bond must team up with beautiful Bond girl Melina to reveal who their true ally is and find the ATAC before it gets into the wrong hands.


Octopsussy
James Bond: Roger Moore
Bond Girl: Octopussy
Director: John Glen
Release Date: 10th June, 1983
Synopsis: James Bond's next mission sends him to the circus. One of Bond's fellow British Agents was found murdered and holding onto a priceless Faberge egg. At an auction James Bond sees Kamal Kahn buy the egg however he becomes suspicious when Kahn holds a secret meeting with Russian General, Orlov. 007 finds out that both Orlov and Kamal Khan plan to blow a nuclear device at an American Airforce base. In this mission Bond needs to work fast and efficiently to try and avoid World War III. Teaming up with the circus that is run by Octopussy who is also a close friend of Kahn.


A View To Kill
James Bond: Roger Moore
Bond Girl: Stacey Sutton
Director: John Glen
Release Date: 24th May, 1985
Synopsis: Returning home from his holiday in the USSR with a computer chip which is capable of withstanding a nuclear electromagnetic pulse that would otherwise destroy a small chip. Bond sets off to investigate its owner Max Zorin of Zorin Industries. His research highlights to him that although Max comes across as an innocent guilty man he is infact plotting to trigger an earthquake along the San Andreas fault which will wipe out all of Silicon Valley. His partner Stacey Sutton tags along for the ride as Bond tackles May Day and the evil companion of Max Zorin.


The Living Daylights
James Bond: Timothy Dalton
Bond Girl: Kara Milovy
Director: John Glen
Release Date: 31st July, 1987
Synopsis: James Bond heads off to explore why an ally of General Koskov was sent to murder him. He therefore needs to organise the defection of a top Soviet general. Bond's mission leads him to Afghanistan where he needs to confront an arms dealer who calls himself Brad Whitaker. Will everything be revealed to James?



Licence To Kill
James Bond: Timothy Dalton
Bond Girl: Pam Bouvier
Director: John Glen
Release Date: 14th July, 1989
Synopsis: Is this Bond's most brutal mission yet? 007's close friend Felix Leiter is left nearly dead by drug baron Franz Sanchez. Bond sets off to hunt for Sanchez but not everyone is happy about it and MI6 does not agree that Sanchez is their problem therefore 007 gets stripe of his licence to kill making Bond more dangerous than ever. In order to complete his task bond befriends Leiter's friend Pam Bouvier and sneaks his way into the drug factories, which Sanchez owns. This task requires Bond to be able to hide his identity but will he be discovered?


Goldeneye
James Bond: Pierce Brosnan
Bond Girl: Natalya Simonova
Director: Martin Campbell
Release Date: 17th November, 1995
Synopsis: In this movie a deadly satellite control system falls into the wrong hands and only 007 can save the world from total destruction. Having been returned his licence to kill, James Bond goes to Russia in search of the stolen satellite coding system for Goldeneye which is a weapon controlled from space that can fire a devastating electromagnetic pulse towards Earth.
A mastermind is up against James Bond who is able to anticipate his every move and motivated by years of his hatred for Bond he seeks to make 007 fail. Will Bond be able to resist Xenia Onatopp, an assassin who uses pleasure as her ultimate weapon.


Tomorrow Never Dies
James Bond: Pierce Brosnan
Bond Girl: Paris Carver
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Release Date: 19th December, 1997
Synopsis: The James Bond film includes the likes of  a media tycoon, his former lover and a beautiful chinese agent.
Elliot Carver wants to complete his global media empire, but in order for this to work he must achieve broadcasting rights in China. However Elliot Carver want to induce World War III by starting a confrontation over British and Chinese waters. In order to stop this 007 gains the friendship of Wai Lin on his mission to stop this media tycoon. How will Bond feel when he realises that his former lover is now Carver's
wife?


The World Is Not Enough
James Bond: Pierce Brosnan
Bond Girl: Christmas Jones
Director: Michael Apted
Release Date: 19th November, 1999
Synopsis: Bond is back when an oil tycoon is killed in MI6 base therefore Bond is sent to protect his daughter. Renard who has bullet stuck in his head when a fellow agent shot him, is planning the destruction of a pipeline. Bond gains the help from a research scientist, DR Christmas Jones who witnesses the action when 007 met with Renard but Bond becomes suspicious of Elektra King, especially when James Bond's boss M goes missing.


Die Another Day
James Bond: Pierce Brosnan
Bond Girl: Jinx
Director: Lee Tamahori
Release Date: 22nd November, 2002
Synopsis: This is Pierce Brosnan's last performance last mission as James Bond. To begin his task Bond starts in North Korea where he is portrayed and captured. 14 months later, Bond is set free but traded for Zao who was captured by MI6. Once Bond returns and gets back into his environment he heads back to North Korea to track down Zao. Once again Bond gets caught in another scheme that send him to Gustav Graves a millionaire who is holding another MI6 agent, Miranda Frost about a satellite found in space which can project a huge laser beam. James Bond needs to stop this madman with the aid of a friend in the CIA called Jinx.


Casino Royale
James Bond: Daniel Craig
Bond Girl: Vesper Lynd
Director: Martin Campbell
Release Date: 17th November, 2006
Synopsis: In Daniel Craig's first mission as 00 agent James Bond, he is introduced to Le Chiffre, the banker to the world's worst terrorists. In order to investigate this unrecognisable banker, Bond participates in a game of poker at world famous Montenegro in order to identify the banker, where he must win back his money in order to stay safe among the terrorist market. The head of 00 agents, M sends Bond along with Vesper Lynd to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning which will not allow him to support terrorism. Using the help of Felix Leiter, his friend Mathis and Vesper Lynd who poses as his partner enters the most important poker game in his life. If James Bond manages to defeat Le Chiffre does that guarantee
both his and Vespers safety?


Quantum Of Solace
James Bond: Daniel Craig
Bond Girl: Camille Montes
Director: Marc Forster
Release Date: 14th November, 2008
Synopsis: Is there solace in revenge? It is James Bond and M's job to try and reveal an international network of power and corruption receiving billions of pounds. As Bond locates the the agents who are part of the shadowy network, an assassination is attempted on M and all suspects lead to Dominic Greene, the owner of Greene Technology who is intent on securing a barren area of Bolivia in exchange for assisting a stage show murder. When the CIA mysteriously looks the other day, 007 receives help from M and a retired spy a mysterious beauty, Camille Montes to stop Greene. The head of 00 agents M is forced to consider whether or not Bond is overrun by revenge and vengeance or whether he is still trustworthy.


Skyfall
James Bond: Daniel Craig
Bond Girl: Sévérine
Director: Sam Mendes
Release Date: 9th November, 2012
Synopsis: When 007's latest assignment goes terribly wrong when it results in the exposure of every agent's around the world which meant that MI6 got attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. This causes M's position and authority to be challenged by Gareth Mallory who is the new chairman f the intelligence and security committee. MI6 now being compromised from the inside and out, M is left with only one trustworthy ally, Bond. Aided by field agent Eve, 007 starts following the trail to the mysterious Silva aided by field agent Silva, whose lethal and hidden motives have et to reveal themselves.


Spectre
James Bond: Daniel Craig
Bond Girl: Madeleine Swann
Director: Sam Mendes
Release Date: 6th November 2015
Synopsis: A cryptic message from the past is bought back into the present which sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and Rome, where he meets Lucia who is a beautiful widow of the infamous criminal. Bond attends a secret meeting and uncovers the unexpected existence of the organisation recognised by the name of SPECTRE. Back in London, Max Denbigh, the new head of the centre of national security questions Bonds actions and challenges his actions relating to MI6.
Bond enlists the aid of Moneypenny and Q to help him seek out Madeleine Swann, the daughter of his old enemy Mr White, where there is a possibility that he holds the clue to untangling the web of SPECTRE.
As the daughter of an assassin, she is able to understand Bond unlike any other woman has been able to. As James Bond learns more about the sinister organisation he learns that he has a connection between himself and the enemy.

Camera Angles & Shots I Want to Include in my Trailer

Extreme close-up :

This will provide the audience with intimate personal details between yourself and the character making it personal as the on screen character focus will be on you as the viewer. By using this type of shot it will capture and highlight emotions that you can see in the personas eyes and helps to caption details in important clips.

Medium close-up :

This will show my viewers the characters actions and I will use this camera shot to reveal the setting. This shot still provides a personal feeling between yourself and the actor.

High angle shot :

I am considering using this shot in the clip when "the husband dies" to show helplessness and a vulnerability. This shot helps the audience to consider the hierarchy and reveals the dominating partner in their relationship.

Low angle shot :

Just like for the'high angle shot' I am wanting to use this technique when the husband dies. This will exhibit her power and determination as if she is a preditor resolute on killing its prey. This shot helps to emphasise authority.

Tracking/panning shot :

This shot will be used to create suspense as it follows either the killer or possible victim. I may use this technique to reveal an object or person in a clip.

Long shot :

I will use this camera angle to reveal the location.

Point of view shot (POV) :

This shot will help me establish a feeling of realism, making you sympathise with the character or create an intimate awareness to the object or person. With the aid of the POV I hope to create conscious gut feeling that you are part of the horror.

Actors & Actresses

• Max - Will Hadden

• Cecelia - Mollie Semple

• Conrad - Pip Rook

• Anne - Judith Bielby 

• Jessica - Tooey Jones

• Phoebe - Holly Bidgood

• Isabelle - Sian Evans

• Eden - Lydia Gould

• Spencer - Georgia Jones

• Georgie - Erin Fyfe
• Carlos - Conor Taylor
• Posey - Rosie Williams
• Freya - Daisy White
• Luce - Holly McCammond
• Alexa - Frankie Barron

Focus Group Using Another Age Group

Below you are able to see a survey I carried out amongst a small group of people with a variety of different ages and interests. I found out when carrying this out that the majority of people's favourite style of genre tend to steer away from Horror. Many of them said they enjoyed watching Horror movies however they could not watch a scary or physiological film every weekend therefore it came under a second favourite. 

This survey has highlighted to me that I will be targeting a middle class audience between the age of 17-30 as this is because I will be able to appeal to wider target market as the majority of the population fall under this category. 

The reason why I have chosen to direct my trailer to viewers between the age of 17-30 is because I believe that this audience are more keen and enthusiastic towards scaring themselves and are more comfortable when using the social media programmes such as YouTube,Twitter and Facebook which is where I would advertise a lot for my film trailer. 

Soundtrack music for Trailer

Brainstorm of music I possibly want to use for effect

• Muse 
• Radiohead 
• Wolf Alice 
• MSMR : This isn’t control // Bones // Dark doo wop // Salty sweet 
• Little dragon : Twice
• Waldeck : Midsummer night blues // Dope noir 
• Vance Joy 
• Hozier : Arsonists lullabye 
• David Bowie : Aladdin sane 
• Bailero : Alan lee 
•  Gaz Coombes : 20/20

I chose each of these soundtracks focusing mainly on the how the lyrics related to that particular clip and the feeling you got when listening to the track. My favourite songs out of the ones stated above are, Little Dragons Twice, MSMR's Dark Doo Wop and Gaz Coombes 20/20.
I did not want my chosen soundtrack to be happy or jolly as that would  not fit into my style of genre or the scenes they would be escorting but creating an eerie tense atmosphere that holds you in a suspense so you constantly feel on age, confused and frightened.

Background Music for Trailer

Location Request Letter to Church

Plot Narrative

I think it is very important that a Horror film has a reason for its narrative. I have decided that the message behind my story is to support feminism. The base of the story is saying that a woman should not be defined as to whether or not she has a husband. It is not a lesbian cult or political film it is a story that although morbid it explains to the audience that a woman can care for themselves. Cecelia is pushed into her marriage with Max because he is an over baring control freak who does not want his wife to leave his side because he is obsessed and infatuated by her. This angers CeCe making her target the curse at him.

My trailer is lightly based around airing Dunn's feminist slogan "a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bycicle". My narrative isn't saying that women should never get married because a husband can offer you support and loyalty but it's revealing that you shouldn't need a man to define you. If you believe that women don't objectify men your wrong. Women don't reduce their husbands to a few desired body parts but make them bit-players in their narcissistic life plan. This isn't a form of power as it is not a woman's to toy with as its dehumanising both to women and men. Secondly it continues a game of pointless deception in which women are the ultimate losers.

I chose to make a trailer under the horror genre as I want my audience to feel claustrophobic and get sweaty palms and uncomfortable. 

Locations

- Church

- Graveyard

- Cellar

- House

- Kitchen

- Restaurant

- Public Cubicles

Characters

- Husband (Max)

- Wife (Jessica)

- Step mother (Anne)

- Father (Conrad)

- Friends (Phoebe, Inka, Isabelle/Is/Isy, Eden & Spencer)

- Maid of honour (Cecilia/CeCe)

- Snarky friend (Georgie)

Props

- Necklace

- Flowers

- Presents

- Torch

- Hair pins

- Wine

- Box

- Old and new photos

- Knife

Costumes

- Wedding dress

- Suit

- Party atre

- Casual wear

Film Advertisments

Film Trailer Storyboard

1) Appropriate audiences MPAA graphic clip.

2) Pan up to house. Men in kitchen drinking beer. Grooms friend laughing and says "I can't believe you're getting married you lucky bugger" Groom replies "Neither! I'm so lucky. She's amazing"

3) Father goes to gravestone of dead wife. Talks to her stone, giving her an update on their daughters wedding plans. Leaves flowers on her grave and kisses stone.

4) Bridal shower. Step Mum gives step daughter necklace (family heirloom) which she presents to her in an old box full of letters, diaries, drawings and pictures.

5) The man and woman at home alone. Bride to be sat on his lap discussing their future. Everything is still normal.

6) Institutions(s) logo.

7) Hen night. Girls laughing around a table talking, laughing and having fun. Maid of honour spots necklace, "Oh that's lovely!" Bride to be replies, "Yeah, I know *name of step mum* gave it to me. She said it was Mums" A friend at the table jokingly says "See she's not such a bitch after all"

8) Scary toilet scene. Friend who previously made the joke about her dead mother leaves table to go to the toilet and check on her hair and makeup. Lights suddenly go out. As you watch the friend rummaging through her bag to find her phone (so that she can use it as a torch) you are able to see the bride-to-be watching her in the cubicle mirror. As soon as friend finds phone and puts on torch she shines it around the toilets but nothing is there.

9) Wedding day. See her getting ready with her Step Mum, Bridesmaids and Maid of Honour for the big day. Bride turns her back to everyone in the room and sticks a hair pin from her up-do into her finger making it bleed. 

10) Writing on screen. "Every family has it's black sheep"

11) Her parents and husbands family come over for a dinner party. Run out of wine. Step Mum goes down into the cellar to get some more alcohol but trips on the bottom step and falls over, dropping the torch. Reaches for torch and hears a noise. Grabs torch and shines it to where noise came from. Nothing there. Stands up and grabs wine bottle and begins to go back upstairs again when once again she hears the noise again. Shines torch to where she heard the creak coming from and the Bride is in the corner looking down and scary. Step Mum runs back upstairs confused and frightened.

12) Wife's perspective. Looking through box that the necklace was delivered in. Picking up and riffling through pictures of different female relatives with one thing in perspective. The necklace.

13) Short fast paced clip of Brides friend looking at an old photo in the corridor. Looks closely at it. Hand comes through frame and grabs her neck. Managing to get free of it's clasp she runs away.

14) "Murdering Husband" Different perspectives. Knife through the throat.

15) Film title.

Idea Three for my Horror Film Trailer

My most recent idea I believe is my favourite one. I have come to the decision that I want to do a thriller trailer. This trailer is about a bride to be. A pendant has been passed through generations of females throughout her families history and now it is her turn to look after it. Her uncle Tobias has saved it for her as it was his wives dying wish to pass it down to her favourite niece.
On the day of her hen night her step mother produces this necklace inside a small box filled with letter, diaries and pictures. The necklace she spots straight away, putting it on to please Anne (step mum) and show how much she loves it.
From that point onwards the pendant does not leave her neck. Taking its effect within a few hours.
What she does not know is that the gift is cursed. The longer you wear it the stronger its hold over you is. The necklace turns you psychotic and makes you hurt the people you love until you die within five years.

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Idea Two for my Horror Film Trailer

Although I thought that my previous idea for my trailer was good I did not want to get attached to one idea when I hadn't thought of any others. I therefore thought it would be important to come up with some more.
My next horror film trailer is about someone who falls in love to quickly and becomes obsessed as opposed to in love and would more likely have other people describe them as infatuated as apposed to in love. Being to immature, they are not able to accept and identify the truth. Viewing them self as a hopeless romantic. Instead they are more along the lines of desperate getting increasingly more and more attached, growing an unhealthy obsession with the person, thinking about that individual no stop all day. They are too afraid to tell this person about their love for them developing a manic and crazed attachment.
Whenever he sees Inka with another boy it makes him angry. A protective angry wash comes over him which is causes him pain that she doesn't even know his name. This feeling grows to intense one day and he decides that he doesn't ever want to loose her and doesn't want any other man but him laying their eyes on her, so he decides to kidnap her where he beats and tortures her when he realizes she doesn't love him back.

Survey Monkey Questionnaire

I have created a questionnaire on a website called Survey Monkey so that I can do my own research on what are the most successful conventions of a horror film trailer and poster. The questionnaire will highlight to me, the audience I will be targeting and what what their interests are. I will use this information when I come to making my own horror film trailer and poster as I want it to look as professional as possible.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/75LH5Z5

Idea One for my Horror Film Trailer

After weeks of thinking about what I am going to do, I have finally come up with an idea for my horror film trailer.
My trailer is about a man and a woman who are continuously trying for a baby. Each time the couple try, Clementine (the woman) has a miscarriage when shes only around 9 days in. Eventually when they both decide that they are going to try for a child one last time as it is making them to sad and unhappy C (Clementines nickname) manages to stay pregnant for longer than she usually can. With this excitement she decides to tell her husband the news that she is still with child.
In the evening they are holding a dinner party in celebration for Max's birthday where they plan on telling their close friends and family.
That afternoon C miscarries as their guests begin to sit down for dinner. Rushing to the toilet with the dreaded heavy feeling in the pit of her stomach she excuses herself to the lavatory where she sits contemplating how she will now tell not only her husband but all of their guests. In the end Clementine doesn't have the heart to tell her husband out of embarrassment and  in fear that she will ruin their marriage. She therefore decides to hold on to the burden.
The following day out of exhaustion and distraught, she picks herself up out of her bed telling herself that everything is going to be fine and that it is normal, convincing both herself and her husband.
C in commitment to her lost children decides to pretend that she is still pregnant but gets paranoid that her husband will grow suspicious so after 9 months of stuffing her dress and sleeping in separate bedroom due to her using the excuse that she has a bad form of morning sickness and getting hot and cold sweats which gives her the opportunity to stuff and mold her dress appropriately.
Her husband tells her one day that he will be going away on a work trip and will not be home for two weeks which Clementine uses to her advantage, faking going into labor and giving birth at home. However their was one thing missing from her carefully depicted plan. The baby. That evening C goes into the Hospital in the next town and kidnaps a child from the baby ward returning home with her new baby.
When her husband returns she greets him babe in arm and makes him believe it is his.

I have decided to call this film : 9 days

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