SETTING
TIME OF DAY
Filming in the daytime narrows the chances of creating a horror feeling within the audience and putting them at unease as night time is more associated with horror and scary films, For example in 'I Am Legend' the creatures can only come out at night as darkness will make them more terrifying towards the audience. As we are using shadows as a key feature in our main plot of the trailer. Filming at dusk will be perfect as it will be still be eerie and mysterious to have an effect on the audience. However it will not dark enough to affect the camera quality so our trailer will still look professional.
J.B
J.B
Time of day will be important to our film as night time is associated with horror and darkness our main scary shots will be based at night to have a big effect on the audience. If it is dusk in our trailer then it adds a more eerie experience to our trailer, this could leave the audience guessing and could add a bit of suspense to the trailer. Filming at night and even when its raining symbolises horror and is used throughout all kinds of zombie films therefore we do not need to break the mould.
G.S
G.S
LIGHTING
In our trailer, the majority will contain a use of low-key lighting to create a sense of darkness and obscurity. Sometimes we will use high-key lighting to portray the characters thinking they are safe when really they are far from it. We chose to do it at night and not in broad daylight because we researched other trailers carried out in daylight and they were not as effective as the trailers at night. The horror being at night also tells the audience immediately that something bad is going to occur. Low-key lighting puts the audience at unease as they would be assuming something to happen at any time. Another reason we used low key lighting was in many popular horror films the scarier parts usually happen when its dark because it resembles evil.
J.E
J.E
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At the beginning of Sinister, a long shot is used to show the house, dark lighting is used to make the setting mysterious and eerie. Throughout the trailer the daytime is used as a sense of safety as nothing bad happens, then at night when its dark bad events start to occur. The main supernatural horror character is only shown at night the trailer, this is because the film uses the dark lighting to make the character seem more frightening and mysterious as the dark is associated with horror as it limits how much you can see. J.B
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Lighting in horror films usually have that dim effect to create suspense and darkness which emphasises something evil is lurking around them. In insidious the house is used to create the horror effect, all the lighting is very dull and always quite dark. For example the hallway shot shows a very dark corridor with only a small light at the end, this is effective because the audience are limited to only seeing slight visuals in the distance which means anything could be lurking around. Following this there any many bright flashes of lights used in the trailer which promotes insidious a more paranormal feel as well as usual horror. J.B
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In our trailer we tried to use dark or low key lighting to our advantage as much as possible. Our main idea for using dark lighting is because it gives of a sort of sinister feel to the trailer as darkness in horrors is usually linked with danger. This promotes the feel of fear within the audience. Following from this our use of character as a silhouette is largely emphasised in low key lighting as it almost looks like a shadow which leaves the audience questioning what it is. A classic horror convention is that bad things always happen at night or in the dark and we are aiming to mirror that visual in order to our trailer as effective as possible. J.B
This is the lighting from one of our shots that we plan to use in our trailer. I feel this is a extremely effective shot as it really shows up the hooded figure and gives a sense of mystery and confusion to the unusual person in the light.
Also the light coming from the floor shining up on to him symbolises him being powerful and god-like. S.T |
LOCATION
Location is a key feature to impact a horror film, horror films usually use locations that cause dread and alarm within the audience and to invoke our worst fears. Some popular elements that incite a dark and eerie atmosphere is usually places like abandoned houses, cabins, woods, graveyards etc where the audience wouldn't feel comfortable. Choosing the right location is a important for a horror film as it can put the audience in a vulnerable state and at unease before the plot even begins.
It sets the scene of the movie and helps to create a more eerie feel to the film. For our trailer, we are using multiple locations where we can build up suspense and keep the audience guessing. For example in the car park of the Guild Hall, there are corners to run past and we can set it up using a good chase scene with POV shots and long shots of the scene. We would use another chase scene by the abandoned warehouses by Gloucester Quays, short and snappy used post-production can produce a rush of adrenaline for the characters. Also in the graveyard of the Chosen Hill, we can create an unnerving atmosphere with no dialogue, just establishing shots of the graveyard. J.B J.E
Our Actual Locations:
This is taken from Kingswalk Car Park. We thought this was one of our strongest locations as it has so many opportunities for effective and constructive shots. The inside and out is empty and late hours from 6pm onwards and makes it look like an abandoned area. There is shots such as long dark staries and metal fences which all look good for a horror film.
Our favourite place to film was outside on the rooftop. This is a perfect place to show isolation as it has a long view of everything around us. S.T
Our favourite place to film was outside on the rooftop. This is a perfect place to show isolation as it has a long view of everything around us. S.T
This is the view from the car park looking towards the sky. We felt the sky looked a really strange and un-natural colour to what the sky usually looks like. This brought a unease and edge to the shot as its not something use to the audience, which also gives the idea of a unease feel to the surroundings. This long-shot also helps to give a idea of the scale of the location and help show the isolation of him being on his own.
S.T
S.T