Horror film posters

To get ideas of what I am going to do for my poster, I have

been researching some horror posters and looking at the different conventions used. By doing this it has given me some ideas on what to do for my own and shows me where abouts everything is positioned. I might look to breaking some conventions when designing my own as it may be more effective for the audience

FINAL TRAILER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=87&v=ZyZx_2ZOc6U

Anonymous poster

This is the poster i made for my film anonymous, the dirty hands represent the kidnapping of the girl in the film and she is being dragged along the floor, I feel by doing this and not showing any faces, will give mystery to the film and leave the people wanting to know more, therefore want to go and watch the film. One thing that i wish i put on my poster is critic reviews as i feel this would be good for the people to see what other people think about the film.

My Horror magazine

Early footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3QIGmYomAk

Location of filming

Location of the Film

To be able to make our horror trailer look as professional as we can, we needed to do some extensive research into the codes and conventions of horror films and where they are usually filmed. 

As a group we realised that deciding the location and time of filming is just as important as choosing the actors. Due to our film being on a microwave budget, we decided that filming in one house is the best way to keep cost down. This meant that we had access to many different scenes for our film so we could still make the trailer aesthetically  pleasing. Filming on location is cheaper, rather than filming on a constructed set or in a studio. However, a downfall of shooting in a real life environment is that the light and camera angles may suffer. The natural lighting on streets and inside buildings will be of a lower quality and standard, however, it is the best way to make the scenes realistic and believable for the audience. to overcome this problem, we can use our own lighting such as studio lights that we may be able to get hold of and by planning to film scenes at certain times of the day when lighting is at it's best for that particular scene. 

It would be more difficult for us to film in an outdoor public environment as it could be unpredictable, noises of traffic or members of the public could alter the scene and how it looks. 

Outdoor scenes

Throughout the trailer, there will be scenes showing an outdoor area. For example, Annabelle will be seen moving into her house to establish the film and give the audience an idea of the background to the film, without giving too much away. It will be difficult to film this as we cannot control factors such as the traffic noise and weather; meaning that we will need to try and film at times when you cannot hear any other noise. 

We will also take advantage of the use of the garden areas where we will film in the night-time to give an eerie feeling to our film as the night and darkness is associated with the fear of the unknown. Many horror films that we have looked at have scenes shot in the dark so this means our film will follow the codes and conventions of a horror trailer.

Indoor Scenes

Depending on the size of the scene, it may be more expensive to shoot a film on location, however in a house where Annabelle will be living, it will be very low budget as props will already be there and available for us to create the scene. There are always great benefits to filming on location; for example, the audience will get to see an inset into the characters lives and how they spend their daily lives in their home environment.

The kitchen is usually the hub of a home and where scenes will be filmed. The character of Annabelle will be spending time in the kitchen and watching outside her windows to the garden.

Character profile

As we have decided to change to horror, we decided to have only 1 main character so its all easy to understand for the audience and they will get to know the victim well.

We have looked into conventions of different characters in order to see what personality traits we can portray onto our victims.
Firstly, our main character is going to be called Annabelle. She will be of the age range of our target audience which is 15-25, this is because we want them to feel engaged throughout and keep the attention of them. 
We also thought that by having a young girl as the main character it will be appealing for both males and females to watch the film in the cinema. Another reason for having a female victim is that it is a convention of a horror film, it is easy for them to be portrayed as vulnerable and always being on edge. This is an important personality trait as it means when she jumps the audience in then will also be scared. This can build on the suspense in the trailer which is important.
As a group we decided that in the trailer we should make Annabelle a protagonist which means she herself will experience the horror of the anonymous figure at first hand. She has been awfully caught up in events that she could not help, which then lead on to show her personality as anxious and scared.
The female character Annabelle is at the heart of the entire plot, we get to see her change from a normal happy young adult and content person to a petrified and unsettled victim of an unknown figure that is stalking her new home. 
Annabelle faces the horror character by herself which isn't usually seen in most horrors. We made it so she is alone in the house where no one is able to come and save her. A typical convention would be a female character being saved, however, we thought it would be better to actually add a different twist and challenge usual conventions of a male hero. Annabelle manages to locate the source of horror that is on her home without the aid of a male, this shows annabelle to be a strong character.