Experimenting with make-up effects

Before we started filming our trailers we experimnetd with make up effects which we could use for our own trailer.

Final Trailer (with annotations)

The Demented Annotations

Below are the annotations you can see in the video for The Demented.

We used these to analyse and evaluate our final product.

0.01

This shows the audience the film is rated 15, clearly indicating it is a psychological horror rather than a gory one.

0.07

Here we used a handheld camera which adds to the sense of chaos.

0.18

We zoomed in on Frankie here to show a close-up of her walking towards the house. The close-up adds to the emotion of the moment, and tells us she’s walking towards somewhere important.

0.21

We filmed a point of view shot at this moment, to establish that someone is behind the tree as if watching the car. Seeing through the eyes of the antagonist is unsettling for the audience.

0.32

We panned the camera here to create a sense of drama and scale to the enclosed location.

0.37

This shot shows the psycho/serial killer peering behind a tree. Her black hair connotes evil, but her white gown connotes innocence. This creates a conflict in the audience’s minds. Can she be trusted?

0.42

For this shot we had the psychotic serial killer on a swing. Reminiscent of similar shots from The Conjuring, this again shows her child-like side.

0.56

A close-up of Libby’s face shows the audience her terrified emotions. It also introduces the idea that the psychotic killer is targeting the group of teenagers.

1.08

The psychotic killer smears blood on the wall, connoting the sense of a murder and the general life threatening danger of the narrative.

1.20

The heartbeat sound effect in the background create a sense of urgency, and offsets the continuous shot to maintain the energy and tension of the trailer.

1.25

This is the vital “jump scare” that features at the end of all horror trailers. This utilises collision cutting – moving from a lengthy, slow shot to a quick one – to suddenly shock the audience.

The Demented: Evaluation Screening

Evaluation 4

 

Evaluation 3

 

Evaluation 1

 

Evaluation 2

 

Magazine Cover Analysis

The Demented Horror Poster Analysis

Shotlist For My Trailer

Theese images show the shotlists in which my froup all discussed and filled in before we went out and filmed our trailer. We tried as much as possible to stick to the shotlist becasue it, shows the order of what we ant to film in our trailer and what shot angles we want to capture.