Film Magazine Cover Deconstructions

Storyboarding

This is our initial storyboard:

Location Scouting

We found an area of quite large, derelict buildings located in Tunbridge Wells. This location is far easier to access than the other buildings we have previously sought after, however there are only certain rooms and parts of buildings we could film in, due to graffiti and rubbish. If we were to film here, we would most likely have to change some aspects of our storyboard to fit with the available set - for example we did not have access to a building with lots of different rooms as we have storyboarded.

Newspaper articles

As part of our storyboard we have a shot of a wall plastered in newspaper cut-outs/missing posters, so this is an example of some we have already created.

Facebook Group

We've made a facebook group to promote our trailer and for people to see our development. It is also an easy way of promoting questionnaires etc (: We posted potential locations and various other photos we ave taken, such as make up trials, to get feedback. We have 117 members so far :)

Questionnaire Results

So far, we have collected 60 responses from our questionnaire and here are the results:

- 90% of the responses were people aged 15-19, which is our target audience.

- When asked what horror film they prefer, 61% of people answered 'Psychological'. 'Slasher/Splatter' was the least favoured, with only 10.2%.

- The results for the question 'What are your biggest fears?' are as follows:
(NB - they could choose a possible 3 answers)

- The most recurring answer to where they would feel most afraid was somewhere 'abandoned', 'isolated', 'alone' and 'dark'. In terms of actual location, 'woods' and 'big houses/buildings (e.g. hospitals)' were frequent answers. 

- Their favourite horror films predominantly included films such as 'The Grudge' and the 'Saw' series. We will deconstruct these in further detail to establish why they are most popular. 

- Results of what key elements of a teaser trailer are most appealing are stated in the graph (the higher the rating the better):

                   

- The most common answers for what is expected in teaser trailers include 'suspense', 'fast editing' and 'jumpy shots'.

- People do not want to see girls running around screaming, 'fake blood' and bad acting. 

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Analysing existing posters...

We decided to look at some existing posters in the horror genre, which will eventually inspire us for our own.