Creating the Poster

This is how me and my partner created our poster

Poster Shots/Use of Mise-en-scene

This post is about the shots my partner took for the Poster. They are taken at different angles and lighting.

Construction linked to theories & storyboard

This Prezi shows the theories linked to my trailer and my trailer in relation to my storyboard,

Evidence of Use of Shot Transitions

This post shows all the shot transitions we have in our trailer.

Pans

These are all the pans we have used in our trailer. This allows the audience to get more detail and information from a scene but only as much as we are giving them. For example, the first one shows a slow pan towards a red door. We did this to slowly reveal the red door (connotes danger) but only for so long that the audience is curious as to what is behind this door.

Fade to Black

These are all the times that our trailer uses the shot transition fade to black. We used this because it created a calmness at the beginning during our equilibrium and then unease when we used it later on in the suspenseful parts of the trailer. We noticed that it was used a lot in current horror trailers so we decided to use it in ours.

Fade to White

We only used this transition once throughout the whole trailer. It was used to contrast all the other fade to blacks we had used. Also we used this transition when Sydney/Persephone is the villain so it contrasts the whole white = innocence with dark/evil = bad/dangerous.

Quick/Jump Cuts

These are all the quick/jump cuts in our trailer. Some of these are sequences rather than just one clip. We used quick and jump cuts to add/create suspense for the audience leading up to the climax and eventually the jump scare. It is especially effective in our action sequence where suspense is a must have.

Careful Use of Mise-en-Scene

This post will go though some of the careful uses of mise-en-scene that we have used within our trailer.

Setting:

Hallway

Hibah turned a light on downstairs to create the yellow shadowy glow. This was effective because when the "Villain" walked past you could see her shadow which created a scary atmosphere. The banister also looked black which gave the silhouette of it. This added eeriness to the trailer.

Bedroom

The bedroom we choose had two beds which allowed use to do pan shots of both beds if needed. The bedroom walls are red which connotes danger however, it also has white flowers on it which represent purity and innocence. We used this to contrast between innocent/good and dangerous/bad. The bed frame is also white, again to symbolize purity and good.

House

The house on the left has a red door to connote danger. This is Sydney's house and a little hint to the audience that something bad lies ahead/in this house.

Other:

Mirror

We use a hand mirror as it was easier to frame Sydney's face. In the background of this scene, the audience can see red curtains. Again was used to represent danger especially as later in the same spot the evil Sydney shows her face in the mirror.

Bad Mirror

There is a dark lighting use to create a scary, dark atmosphere. This framed Sydney well and made the villain look scarier. There is still the same setting in the same space, just zoomed in more to focus on Sydney. This shot helps the audience understand the connection between the girl and the spirit. 

Cupboard

We added a shot of Sydney shaking back and forth to add to the fact that the voice is within her and that she could have voices in her head. This is the last place a person should feel safe however Sydney went there for hiding.

Bad Cupboard

We use the cupboard again to show a jump scare. Someone opens the cupboard and a changed Sydney jumps out and scream showing the evil within her. She is wearing all black giving of a dark vibe and overall giving off a dark atmosphere.

Vinyl

We wanted to portray a dark, old vibe in our trailer and to do so we included a vinyl player. In this modern age, people tend to download music so to give off a old aesthetic we used a record which aren't as common nowadays. It added a creepiness to the trailer.

Knife

We used a bloody knife as it is a convention of the horror genre. it also gets the audience curious as to whose blood is on it and why is Anmol holding it.

Sink

We wanted to experiement with different household objects that could reflect our actresses face. We like this shot as the water looks like she is trying to wash the face off but in actualness it is her face.

Sleepover

This has bright lighting to show happiness and is kind of a reminder of the good old times. Sydney is smiling as she has just come out of the mental hospital. They are having a good time and playing spin the bottle. However, we have that red and white wallpaper in the background again connoting the mixture of good/innocence and bad/dangerous.

Use of Sound Effects

This post is about the sound effects we use in our trailer.

When everything seems to go wrong, we used a breaking glass sound effect to make the glass dropping look more effective and realistic.

This is the sound effect we used:

At the beginning of the trailer there is a phone ringing. We wanted a modern phone ringing noise so we used the one below. It fit our clip really well and made it look realistic that the phone actually was ringing.

This is the sound effect we used:

Titles and Use of Fonts

This post is about the titles in our trailer and the fonts we used.

These are some other titles we were trying before finding our final one: