Further Make-Up Trials/Poster Ideas

After further make-up trials and edited photographs, this is the sort of result we are getting, could be a possible poster idea? Although we acknowledge that this has been done alot already in the past, so for the first try it is a good result, however we will continue to develop ideas and create an original film poster for our teaser trailer...

Child Evil - Research

Since deciding on creating a teaser trailer for the sub-genre of child evil, research was needed to determine a believable child character similar to those in the films below.

A key element was to decide if we were going to cast a young boy or a young girl, therefore we've looked into both genders to establish our decision.

Child evil: The Victims

In more detail, this slide concentrates on the possession of Aiden's mind in 'The Ring Two' as Samara's victim...

And now the mind possession of Emily in Hide and Seek:

Child evil: The Villains

There is a difference between those children who are possessed to be evil and those who are naturally born to be.

These are a few more child evil horror films that we could look into:

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So... What is horror?

Horror, the most unsettling of film genres, is designed not only to frighten and panic, but to evoke our worst, hidden fears.
Horror films captivate and alarm the audience by creating and stimulating fears such as: Nightmares, vulnerability, alienation, the unknown, death, loss of identity/dignity.

In terms of the characters and plot of a horror film:

- The protagonist is usually the survivor of the film

- The source of evil (killer/demon) often has a trademark in the way they act, eg. the weapon they use to kill

- It is usually 'good' against 'evil' (Levi Strauss' Binary Opposition), and the audience follows the 'good' side.

- The outcome is the 'good' side wins/survives and a new state of equilibrium between the characters is formed.

What horror films are there?

The Grudge, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, The Hills Have Eyes, The Ring, Psycho, Saw, The Shining, The Strangers, The Exorcist, Dawn of the Dead

These films are very influential in the horror world and will act as inspiration for our teaser trailer. We will not only be producing detailed deconstructions of these films as examples of narrative, but their teaser trailers in order to construct our own.

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