Questionnaire Answers:

We asked ten people to answer our questionnaire to help us gain audience feedback and this was our outcome:

What did you like about the storyline of our trailer?

·         It didn’t give away too much about the film  x4

·         Left a lot of un answered questions about the film   x2

·         Made me want to go and watch it  x2

·         The naivety of the protagonist when walking alone in the woods   x1

·         The realistic looking make up  x1

What would you of changed about the storyline?

·         Say what the protagonist was like before x2

·         Give an insight into who the antagonist is  x2

·         Why the antagonist is snatching the protagonist   x4

·         Why did the protagonist change into the antagonist   x2

How does our trailer follow the stereotypes of a horror?

·         Scary setting  x1

·         Clothing of the characters  x2

·         Choice of characters  x2

·         Sound used  x1

·         Editing  x1

·         Camera angles  x1

·         Camera shots  x1

·         Make up  x1

After watching the trailer would you go and watch the film in the cinema?

·         Yes   x8

·         No   x2

What was the most memorable part about the trailer?

·         Beginning  x1

·         Middle  x1

·         End  x4

·         Characters  x3

·         Intensity  x1

What was strong about the editing of the trailer?

·         Fast pace   x4

·         Cutting  x5

·         Variation of scenes occurring within the trailer  x1

Did the sound within the trailer fit the convention of a horror?

·         Yes  x8

·         No  x2

What was strong about the sound used within the trailer?

·         Links to the characters within the trailer  x2

·         Adds mystery  x2

·         Makes the trailer eerie  x2

·         Intense  x2

·         Follows conventions of a horror  x2

What was strong about the characters clothing?

·         The colours used on the character clothing fitted the connotations of the character  x3

·         They were easily distinguished between  x2

·         They were easily identified  x2

·         They met the expectations of characters within a horror movie x3

Questionnaire about Narrative, characters, branding and use of technical skill in your productions:

Questionnaire questions:

What did you like about the story-line of our trailer?

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What would you of changed about the story-line?

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How does our trailer follow the stereotypes of a horror?

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After watching the trailer would you go and watch the film in the cinema?

·         Yes

·         No

What was the most memorable part about the trailer?

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What was strong about the editing of the trailer?

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Did the sound within the trailer fit the convention of a horror?

·         Yes

·         No

What was strong about the sound used within the trailer?

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What was strong about the characters clothing?

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Feedback from peers:

Feedback from peers:

Presentation of our trailer:

Presentation of our trailer:

Codes and conventions:

How has you established genre across the three products?

Our chosen genre was horror, i believe that all three of our products show this very successfully. This is shown through our original photography/camera shots, editing techniques, the mise-en-scene used and the sound used in our trailer. The photography was very successful because it does not give too much away but it does conform to the genre of horror and allows the audience to be interested in the film and what is going to happen. 

Magazine front cover:

We conformed to our chosen genre of horror very successfully in our magazine front cover and it is clear that the magazine front cover is advertising a horror film. This is especially shown through the editing. We edited the front cover on the editing program Photoshop. To get inspiration on how to edit the front cover i did a lot of research on what a professional film magazine front cover looked like. I found out that magazine front covers which are promoting a particular film, also include different bits about what the magazine includes, this suggesting that they are not only promoting the film which is on the front of the magazine but also promoting the rest of the magazine so as many people buy it as possible. This also conforms to the expectations of a film magazine and will encourage the target audience to go and see the film. 

The dark lighting used conforms to the expectations the most because it adds a very eerie effect. The dark editing around the outside of the cover also does not give the background away, this meaning that the audience will want to know where she is and why she is in the state she is in. This then links to the models blood. The editing process using Photoshop allowed us to enhance the colouring of the blood and the bruises meaning that it conforms to the horror genre and the target audience will like this and be encouraged to want to see the film and read the 'horror' magazine. 

The writing also adds an eerie effect to the cover and conforming it to the horror genre. The colour used for the writing is mainly white. This connotes the protagonists innocence and links to the colour of her top. All of the writing is in capital letters, this again makes it stand out and also makes the lettering look very sophisticated. Our slogan "if you go down to the woods today, will you return?" this is in the colour red. This connotes blood and this is conformed by the models face as she is covered in blood and bruises and her white top is also covered in blood. This suggests that the model did not get out of the woods and this will scare the audience and encourage them to want to watch the film because they will be interested to know what happens to her. The titles also have a 'dirty' effect which connotes the protagonists dirty face and clothing and could also connote the area she is in. Her top is white to show innocence which links to Stauss's theory of binary opposites between the black colouring/lighting and her top.

Poster:

Our poster also successfully shows our chosen genre of horror. I think this is a very successful final because we have included both the protagonist and the antagonist within the main image. This final poster gives an indication to the audience about what the film is about, this is especially shown within the title because it is in big, white font and the word 'snatched' suggests that someone is being taken. This is also suggested because of the photograph, the audience see the protagonist dressed in white which suggests that she is innocent and in danger. The effect on the image also emphasises the whiteness of the model and makes her look as if she is a ghost which could intrigue the audience and make them wonder if the protagonist is alive or dead. 

When editing the poster we decided to make the actors names red because it is suggesting they are in danger or one of them is the antagonist and they are going to do something bad to the protagonist. The background is also blurred out to make it look like the protagonist is running away from the antagonist who looks as if he/she is going to grab her and 'snatch' her. We also took the photograph in the environment because we want to link our poster to the film as much as we can. The woods is also a very common setting for a horror film to be set because it has the stereotypes of danger happening in the woods, especially when you are alone. The woods is a very eerie place because it is so dark and the trees are big enough to hide people. 

The slogan is the same song which we used in our trailer. 'If you go down to the woods today, you better not go alone.' This gives an indication to what is happening in the film and that maybe the protagonist went to the woods alone and put herself in danger. So maybe it is her fault? This should stand out to the target audience because they will most likely remember the nursery rhyme 'teddy bear's picnic' which was probably sung to them when they were younger and it might bring back memories. It also will add a scary effect because it is suggesting we are making a happy memory into a horror movie. The small font explains who produced, filmed and wrote the film and also explains the release dates. 

Strauss's theory of binary opposites is also shown in our film poster because the antagonist is wearing black and the protagonist is wearing white suggested one is evil and the other is innocent.

Trailer:

Our trailer in many ways links to the chosen our chosen genre of horror. This is shown throughout because of the mystery and the unanswered questions which are involved in the trailer. One theorist which linked to our trailer was Propp's idea of 'The False Hero' this linked to our trailer very well because our protagonist 'Hannah' is innocent and vulnerable at the beginning but is also shown at the end to come back and haunt her friend, this suggesting she is now a bad character. Propps described this as the same idea as our trailer suggesting his theory had a big impact on our trailer. I think this has a good effect on our trailer because it shocks the audience and will hopefully encourage them to go and see it. 

The theorist strauss also links to our trailer. He suggests the idea of 'Binary opposites' which is when opposites come together. For example black and white, villian and hero and good and bad. This is shown in our trailer when the protagonist is shown to be wearing white, meaning she is innocent and the antagonist is wearing black to show he is evil. It is also shown when the protagonist is innocent and gets taken by the protagonist who is evil. 

Barthes enigma code also links to our trailer, conforming to our genre of horror. Barthes enigma code suggests the idea of unanswered question which leaves the audience guessing and trying to come up with an answer to what could have happened. This conforms to our expectations of a trailer because it leaves the audience guessing and will encourage the audience go and see the film. Barthes enigma code is used in our trailer a few times. This is when the protagonist is taken and the audience do not have an answer to why she was taken. Another unanswered question in our trailer is when the audience don't know who the antagonist is and they will want to know why they are trying to hide their identity and who they are, this adds an eerie effect.

Our trailer:

Script for our presentation:

Presenting our production:

Caitlin:

Initial ideas:

The idea of doing an action trailer stood out to us as we have seen previous years and they worked really well. Although this was the case we decided that doing a horror trailer would work better, this is because we have had experience doing a horror opening 2 minutes and our coursework in year 12 was based on the horror genre.

Lydia:

What is your film about?

Our film is about an innocent teen who gets ‘snatched’ she is walking through the woods alone and gets taken by an unknown character. The teen who gets taken then comes back at the end to haunt a close friend. This adds mystery to our trailer because the audience are going to wonder why she is back to haunt her friend and was it her friend who was the unknown character who took her?

Caitlin:

Where we filmed:

We filmed in Norbury woods because it was well known to our group this is because Hannah walks her dog there and she suggested filming there. The reason we decided to film there was because it is very eerie and dark which conforms to the stereotypes of a horror film. Also the area we chose is very quiet which meant we weren’t going to be disturbed by the public and we also knew we weren’t going to scare people either.

Lydia:

Obstacles you had to overcome:

On the first day of filming Hannah wore a blue coat and when we went back to film on another day she wore a grey coat, meaning she wore different outfits which didn’t work, we only realised this once we had filmed and got back into class to edit so we had to re film it again on another day, this set us back quite a bit because it was quite difficult to get all the group together because of different jobs and lessons.

Caitlin:

Strengths of your production:

We believe that the most successful part of our trailer is the music, we recorded this ourselves and it adds a very eerie effect. The voice sounds like a child which also makes the trailer really scary and works very well.