Three Iconic Ideas
- a group we were instructed to come up with three original storylines that the trailer we make will be based on. We had to put the same effort into all three ideas. When all three ideas were presented to the class, everyone then had one vote to choice what they thought was the best film trailor to produce & this is how we ended up with our decision for our horror movie trailor,
Okay, So What Is a Storyline?
- A storyline also called a plot is a literary term defined as the events that make up a story, particularly as they relate to one another in a pattern, in a sequence, through cause & effect, or by coincidence. one is generally interested in how well this pattern of events accomplishes some artistic or emotional effect.
First Idea
Title: Run, Run As Fast As You Can
- PLOT: This film is a supernatural horror & its about a young girl named Nicki in high school who had basically been bully throughout her educational life. Now an adult, Nicki believe she's living the life and hasnt even considered thinking about the scars (physically & emotionally) left on the bullied victims. Well one day Karma finally catches up with her. Nicki starts receiving strange letters in her home, locker etc and also starts receiving strange 'signs' like items that belong to the bullied 'victims'. Eventually Nicki starts seeing the people that she had once made their lives hell, but are they really there? We aim for the trailer to buid suspense using the theme 'paranoia' I guess the moral of the trailer will be 'If you bully, you dont get off scot free and you will get your comeuppance.'
- Feedback: the feedback we received from the class was good they liked the storyline and the fact that the 'movie' has a moral to it. A limitation that was discused was it might not be able to grip the audience enough in the trailor based on the content.
- VOTES: 0/21
Second Idea
Title: POSSESSED
- PLOTThis film was about a little girl named Olivia whose mother noticd from a young age she seemed slyly different from the other children. Her mother noticed her murdering mice, rats pigeons & ripping the heads off her dollies bodies. Her mother eventually took her to the church to be 'cleansed' (we had some inspiriation from the exorccist) unknowingly the priest is an apprentice of the devil, he puts the soul of a demon into the body of Olivia & it takes over. The next day Olivia starts at her new school and she basically massacres her whole class and moves onto killing the whole school. Is there a saint alive to stop her ?
Originally this film was supposed to be a slasher/supernatural film, but after our producer Joshua presented it to the class they thought it would be far too complicated to make it appear to be a slasher & supernatural in the space of a 1 minute trailer. To avoid confusion they advised us to just base it on a supernatural perspective, as a group we agreed and decided to make it a supernatural film.
- FEEDBACK:The feedback we received from the class was very good feedback, they liked the idea of a possessed child and they thought the concept was very interesting. However, they were unsure of how the whole idea would fit into the trailer and a lot would have to be cut out in order to fit the time space - if this was done the audience may not get what the trailor is about.
- VOTES: 0/21
Originally this film was supposed to be a slasher/supernatural film, but after our producer Joshua presented it to the class they thought it would be far too complicated to make it appear to be a slasher & supernatural in the space of a 1 minute trailer. To avoid confusion they advised us to just base it on a supernatural perspective, as a group we agreed and decided to make it a supernatural film.
- FEEDBACK:The feedback we received from the class was very good feedback, they liked the idea of a possessed child and they thought the concept was very interesting. However, they were unsure of how the whole idea would fit into the trailer and a lot would have to be cut out in order to fit the time space - if this was done the audience may not get what the trailor is about.
- VOTES: 0/21
A Comparison Trailer:
The Exorcist
Third Idea
Title: best friends forever
- PLOTThis film is a psychological horror. The main characters are two best friends called Demi & Jodie. Jodie has been unstable for the majority of her life - the death of both her parents when she was a baby, being moved from home to home, never had somewhere to call home, Jodie doesnt know any of her family and has no-one. Demi is Jodie's rock, her first friend and her best friend. When the girls are 16 Demi's dad gets a new job abroad and she has to leave. Jodie is devastated & goes back to being alone. Jodie who is already emotionally unstable has a psychological breakdown and becomes a psycho. Jodie may appear normal and go unnoticed but is now extremely dangerous. Years later when the girls are adults Demi moves back to the UK with her Fiance, John. Demi finds a way to locate Jodie and the girls are reunited - Demi still unaware that Jodie is mentally ill. Jodie fears anyone coming in the way of her and Demi's friendship and fears her being taken away again. Jodie sees everyone as a possible threat and is determined to keep Demi all to herself. Jodie sets out to kill anyone and everything that threatens her relationship with Demi and I mean EVERYONE. When will Demi realize why all the people she loves are mysteriously 'dying'? Hopefully, before its too late.
- FEEDBACK:When Joshua presented this idea to the class, we receive very good feedback. One again everyone like the concept of a psycho best friend killer & the irony of the title being called 'Best Friends Forever'. The class all enjoyed the storyline but feared that Similarly to 'Possessed' how it would fit into the short amount of time we have to put it into a trailer. The class then gave us some advice on where and how to cut down the story to fit into the trailer.
- VOTES: 21/21
- FEEDBACK:When Joshua presented this idea to the class, we receive very good feedback. One again everyone like the concept of a psycho best friend killer & the irony of the title being called 'Best Friends Forever'. The class all enjoyed the storyline but feared that Similarly to 'Possessed' how it would fit into the short amount of time we have to put it into a trailer. The class then gave us some advice on where and how to cut down the story to fit into the trailer.
- VOTES: 21/21