Possible Backing Track for my Trailer

It is evident that I am swaying towards using more of a 'cheerful' melody in my horror film trailer to manipulate my viewers emotions.
The contrast between the beauty of the music and the horror of the events that are happening confuses the audiences instincts.
The camera techniques used will create suspense as the screen emphasises on a horrific occurrence that is developing forcing the viewer to feel uncomfortable as they are enjoying the music and watching people get massacred.
I was inspired by Wes Craven's Nightmare on Elm Street because you will notice that whenever Freddy Krueger is chasing a character in their dreams you will hear happy disco music.
Listening to upbeat music is a common notion for someone to do when they're in the house on their own. It is a natural for my character to automatically put on the radio or their favourite playlist  to put on a playlist which is why my audience will be able to relate to it, creating an unsettling feeling.
I was also inspired by Quentin Tarantino who is well recognised for using cheerful and unnatural music when their is a big climax or murder. In Tarantino's film 'Reservoir Dogs' the ear cutting scene is very memorable mainly because the villain plays and sings along to the hit track 'stuck in the middle with you' by Stealers Wheel. This can enforce an almost comedic outlook on the situation or hopefully will make you feel nervous and anxious
The use of a heartwarming and tender song, a serenade about a fresh new journey of love and companionship is ironing to the situation as she hates Max and their future together will not be as long as the hopeful song depicts almost like an invitation of love that you want to ignore.
The song 'I only have eyes for you' lends itself to the purpose of the storyline as establishes an ironic opposite to the lyrics of the 1959 record. The song is all about love and new starts, singing the lyrics such as, "My love must be a kind of blind love, I can't see anyone but you". The on screen performance however will be conflicting against the lyrics as Cecelia is scared to fall in love and is being forced into the marriage by her partner Max. The use f this soundtrack is to enhance the calm before the storm as whilst The Flamingos sing about being blinded by love, ".. millions of people go by but they all disappear from view and I only have eyes for you" their is a horrific undertone as CeCe murders and stalks the ones she loves.

Inspirational Horror Directors

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. He was the son of Emma Jane and William Hitchcock. He had two older siblings, William Hitchcock and Eileen Hitchcock.

In 1920 when Hitchcock joined the film industry. He started off drawing the sets as he was a very skilled artist and it was there that he met Alma Reville however they hardly ever spoke to each other. It was only after the director for Always Tell Your Wife fell ill and Hitchcock had to stand in to direct. Because Alfred Hitchcock had done such a good job when he stood in they began to collaborate.

Alfred Hitchcock directed his first proper film from start to finish, in 1923 when he was hired to direct the film Number 13, however the production wasn't completed as the studio closed. Hitchcock then progressed to direct a film called The Pleasure Garden in 1925,  which was very popular and a big success. His success really began when he made a number of films in Britain for example, The Lady Vanishes and Jamaica Inn and which brought him attention in the US. 

In 1940, Alfred Hitchcock and his family moved to Hollywood, where he met American producer David O' Selznick who then hired him to direct an adaptation of 'Daphne du Maurier''s Rebecca. His fame as a director grew and film companies began to refer to his films as Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy. In the late 1970's, Hitchcock was knighted, making him Sir Alfred Hitchcock. On the 29th April 1980 he died peacefully in his sleep due to renal failure.

Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King was born on the 21st of September, 1947 at the Maine General Hospital in Portland. His parents are Nellie Ruth and Donald Edwin King. 

He began his actual writing career in January, 1959 when Stephen decided to publish his own local newspaper called "Dave's Rag".

Stephen King made his first small sale of $35 with his story called "The Glass Floor". In June 1970 King graduated from the University of Maine with a Bachelor in Science and a degree in English and a certificate to teach in high school. 

On January the 2nd 1971, he married Tabitha King. In 1971 Stephen took a teaching job at Hampden Academy, earning only $6,400 a year. King began working on a short story about a teenage girl named Caretta White however after completing only a few pages, he decided that it was not a worthy story crumpling the pages up and tossing them into the bin. Thankfully, his wife Tabitha took the pages out and read them and then encouraged her husband to continue the story, which he did. In January 1973 he submitted "Carrie". On May the 12th the publishers, Doubleday sold the paperback rights for the novel to the New American Library for $400,000. His contract allowed him to get half of that sum, and he quit his teaching job to pursue writing full time.

John Carpenter 

John Carpenter was educated at Western Kentucky university. He began making short films in 1962. He won an academy award for Best Live-Action Short Subject in 1970, for The Resurrection of Broncho Billy. Carpenter formed a band in the mid 1970's called The Coupe de Villes. Since then he has had numerous roles in the film industry including writer, actor, composer, producer, and director.