'The Connection' poster first and second draft

First Draft

Final Draft (edited due to target audience feedback)

Original and edited photographs

Before and after editing...

Poster layout plan

Poster research analysis

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Filming schedule

Trailer Filming

Director: Grace Fowkes

Camera: Molly James, Harriet Stockwin and Grace Fowkes                                                                   

Date	Scene	Day/Night	Shot Description/Summary	Location	Characters	Equipment/costume/requirements
7/12/15	Road scene	DAY	1.       Mid shot of people sat in the back of the car 2.       All the friends sat in the car laughing and joking 3.       Eye line match from Michael. 4.       Tracking shot 5.       The car is driving on a long country road	School/Towcester Shires	Michael Smith Stephen Daniella Megan	Equipment: Camera, Car, shot gun mic, Costume: Casual clothes, jeans with a plain top/t shirt. Light colours.
5/12/15	House Scene	DUSK	1.       Establishing shot of the house to show its isolation from everything else	Radstone, will’s house	Michael Smith Stephen Daniella Megan	Equipment: Camera, Car, Costume: Casual clothes, jeans with a plain top/t shirt. Light colours. Requirements: Access to house
8/12/15	House Scene	DAY	1.       Long shot of people exiting the car walking towards the house 2.       Mid shot of group of walking up towards the door and opening. 3.       Mid shot of group walking through the door	Charlotte’s House	Michael Smith Stephen Daniella Megan	Equipment: Camera, shot gun mic Costume: Casual clothes, jeans with a plain top/t shirt. Light colours. Requirements: Access to house
8/12/15	Walk through scene House scene	DAY	1.       Mid shot of people walking through the door on the opposite side. 2.       Over the shoulder shot of watching TV and on laptops. 3.       Wide shot of group of friends all sitting together. 4.       Flick back to TV, mid shot, just before complete blackout. 5.       Close up of individuals faces with torches shining on their faces.	Charlotte’s house	Michael Smith Stephen Daniella Megan	Equipment: Camera, shot gun mic, tripod Costume: Casual clothes, jeans with a plain top/t shirt. Light colours. Requirements: Access to house Props: laptop, torch, tv
9/12/15	House scene Electric box scene	DUSK/ NIGHT	1.       Medium close up shot of electric box 2.       Michael looks in cupboard 3.       Close up shot of the board	Molly’s House	Michael Smith	Equipment: Camera, shot gun mic, Costume: Casual clothes, jeans with a plain top/t shirt. Light colours. Requirements: Access to house Props: Ouija board, torch
14/12/15	Ouija board scene	NIGHT	1.       Aerial shot off characters 2.       Panning shot of their faces 3.       Medium close up of Michael opening the box 4.       Over the shoulder shot, Michael finds image 5.       Close up shot of his face, confused.	Charlotte’s house	Michael Smith Stephen Daniella Megan	Equipment: Camera, shot gun mic, tripod Costume: Casual clothes, jeans with a plain top/t shirt. Light colours. Requirements: Access to house Props: Ouija board, torch
15/12/15	Game scene	NIGHT	1.       Close up shot of board piece moving 2.       Extreme close up of letters. 3.       Sudden black out 4.       Eyeline match from Michael, panning shot of other characters faces.	Charlotte’s house	Michael Smith Stephen Daniella Megan	Equipment: Camera, shot gun mic, tripod Costume: Casual clothes, jeans with a plain top/t shirt. Light colours. Requirements: Access to house Props: Ouija board, torch
16/12/15	Haunting scene	NIGHT	1.       Fairly long shot of items falling off mantle piece 2.       Over the shoulder of picture being picked up. 3.       Flashes of light due to torches on/off 4.       Close up of stricken match 5.       BLACKOUT	Charlottes’ house	Michael Smith Stephen Daniella Megan Ghost	Equipment: Camera, shot gun mic, tripod Costume: Casual clothes, jeans with a plain top/t shirt. Light colours. Requirements: Access to house Props: Ouija board, torch, matches, lamps, candles, picture frame
18/12/15	Possession scene	NIGHT	1.       Long of shot Michael being pushed 2.       Close up of Michaels face to show evil inside him 3.       Long Shot of other characters running 4.       Medium close up of Michael and Stephen.	Charlotte’s House	Michael Smith Stephen Daniella Megan	Equipment: Camera, shot gun mic, tripod Costume: Casual clothes, jeans with a plain top/t shirt. Light colours. Requirements: Access to house

Storyboard Animatic

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Horror Trailer Sound Analysis

Horror trailer Mise-en-scene Analysis

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Horror trailer Camera Work Analysis

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Plot and Character Summary

Characters:

• Michael Smith
• Spirit/ghost of boy murdered in a village
• Main Character, josh
• Female friend
• Male Friend
• Male friend 2

Plot:

10 year anniversary of boy’s death approaching and with the killers unknown he becomes a vengeful spirit within his old house.  Friends all come together in the isolated house that the main character has just moved in to (Michaels house), laughing, joking. Power cut occurs due to bad weather and they begin to look for something to do together. Find an odd looking board, one is intrigued and wants to play it the others are slightly less inquisitive and don’t really what to get involved in something that looks spooky. They begin playing and immediately realise this isn’t a game when the board piece moves after joking asking a question. A series of events unfold and they realise that what they discovered is the spirit of the local boy who died 10 years to the day ago, wanting revenge he kills the friends leaving the main character, josh possessed. 

Include:

• Ring a ring a roses
• ‘Spirit Board’
• ‘Communicate with the other side’

Moments of horror:

• Board moves upon a rhetorical question    
• Lights flash
• Scream
• Doors crash

Survey Monkey Results and Target Audience Analysis

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Survey Questions

Paranormal and Supernatural Film Research

Horror Movie Sub-genres and Research

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What I have learnt from my research...

There is a clear progression within the themes of horror films, which in many respects are in conjunction with the changes in society over the past fifty decades. From my research its evident early horror movies relied on creating fear through the use of monstrous characters, resulting in a lot of death and violence (most renowned as shown in Dracula 1931 and Jaws 1975). Back then they could easily use props such as teeth and blood as a key feature to attract audiences. As time goes on you see a development of humans becoming the antagonists. Due to  a greater scientific understanding of psychology films portraying madness such as Psycho 1960 became significantly successful. Furthermore, into the 70s the benefits of using children as a antagonist was realised. Typically kids being shy and innocent, the idea of them being evil was not only frightening but proved enticing to audiences. The ever growing fear of gun/weapon control, particularly in America has also seen wide popularity towards the Slasher and Home Invasion genres. The films portray real life concepts which therefore scare people more when watching them. In addition, antagonists have become more intelligent. Unlike a monster, there seems to be an attraction to films (predominantly thrillers) that keep the audience on their toes. The Purge 2013 is a prime example, as the antagonists wear masks, not only appearing more sinister but also showing a cunning side of the story which makes audience think. In the past decade the Psychological and Paranormal sub genres have taken hold. From the overwhelming success of the first Paranormal activity film, it is clear through the now advanced special effects and use of editing technology, fear of the unknown plays a huge role in film plots.

Task

A promotion package for a new film, to include a trailer, together with:

-A website homepage for a new film (ancillary 1)
-A poster for the film (ancillary 2)