Research horror film trailer

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Opening Sequence In the opening sequence of the horror film trailer I want to set the scene before any footage is seen. By doing this it will help the audience to picture the storyline better through the use of text. This is something that you see a lot in handheld styled horror film trailers even though I am not doing this style of horror film. An example of this was taken from the horror film, The Blair Witch Project.

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Opening SequenceIn the opening sequence of the horror film trailer I want to set the scene before any footage is seen. By doing this it will help the audience to picture the storyline better through the use of text. This is something that you see a lot in handheld styled horror film trailers even though I am not doing this style of horror film.

An example of this was taken from the horror film, The Blair Witch Project.

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Editing TechniquesWhen it comes to editing my horror film trailer I want to change some footage. I want to make some of my footage look like home videos. Doing this will show the audience what life was like before Alice’s best friend died.

I have shown and example of this from the horror film, Paranormal Activity 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90r3CnPI0AM

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SettingI have chosen a graveyard to be one of the settings in my horror film trailer. This setting is seen as a typical convention in this genre. Therefore the audience will be expecting to see this type of setting. It also links to how the main characters best friend has just died.

Another setting that I am going to use a lot in my film trailer is going to be a house. This is the type of place you would feel the safest especially when you’re alone therefore it’s not typically seen as a scary place. Even though this is a setting that gets used a lot in horror films.

Night of the Living Dead

House at the End of the Street

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IconographyIconography in a horror film is the typical codes and conventions that you see in every possible type of horror film. This can be from the type of characters to the way lighting is being used.

Through doing research into horror film trailers here are some of the types of iconography that you would see:

• Symbols of death • Blood• Screaming victim (normally a female character) • Murder weapon – knife, chainsaw and axe• Dark places – woods, graveyards and cellars• Binary opposites of good and evil