Construction Linked to Theories and Storyboard

Above we can see some shots taken and how they link to the storyboard that we had created during initial stages of production. During the filming process we decided to alter some shots and scenes as well as incorporate more features of mise-en-scene that were based around Christmas as we found that it was effective for our horror genre to incorporate subversions such as a jolly Christmas theme. During this process we also looked into more conventional horror trailers in order to understand what kind of scenes and shots were most effective and professional looking. 

Attention to Framing

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Rough Cut

This video presents our rough cut which was created at initial stages of production, The rough cut does follow our story-line yet it was within the process of creation that we discovered that elements of our story-line didn't make sense or didn't follow through with conventions of a horror film. Making the rough cut enabled us to find out which scenes we were missing so that we could plan other days to film. This rough cut is still missing some integral scenes to the plot however, we were soon able to fill these gaps with two extra nights of filming. 

Shots Taken and Mise-En-Scene

The images taken for poster by Slidely Photo Gallery

These images show the test shots for our poster, the majority of these shots were taken outside with the light from the front garden and flashlight apps from our phones. We used high angles to simulate the "peep-hole" effect which places emphasis on the element of intrusion and voyeurism. 

Research into Use of Music

When deciding what kind of music to include in our trailer we looked at a multitude of trailers with similar concepts. We found that the majority begun with happy and upbeat soundtracks that then progressed into slower tracks, got cut off completely or got distorted. An example of this would be the "The Visit" trailer which was a film that came out last year in September. 

This is also achieved in the trailer for "Unfriended" which was released in January. The music progresses from light and happy to suddenly being cut off by non-diegetic sounds which is a feature that has been used in out trailer. 

When deciding on the types of sound effects we wanted to use, we looked into existing media texts to find out what worked best naturally without appearing out of place. Below are two clips of sound effects that we have used in our trailer.

Use of Sound Effects

The sound clip below highlights some of the sound effects we used throughout out trailer. We found that the majority of the sounds we included, appeared to elevate and get higher in pitch to come across as scarier and to build up tension; this was included after the period of the disruption of equilibrium.  After putting in sound effects with music included, we started putting in diegetic sounds such as heavy breathing and panting as well as door knocks and phones ringing. We did this as after the production process, we found that most of the sound made during recording was made fainter by music and other sound effects put in during post production. The diegetic sound effects put in and heightened allow the audiences to really understand how the characters are feeling and this is especially important with the genre of horror. 

Posts on titles and font use

From these fonts chosen from www.dafont.com, we have narrowed it down to the font circled below. As a group we came to this conclusion as the font was at an adequate thickness for manipulation on Photoshop but also narrow and professional enough to keep the theme of our magazine (horror) intact.