Characters, Actors, Setting/Location and Props.

Characters and Actors:


Alex – The victim. Alex is an ordinary teenage boy who hears a rumour that whoever watches a series of YouTube videos called Marble Hornets will become part of the story and will eventually die. He tells his friends about the rumour, they think it is a joke and watch the videos anyway. However this proves to be a fatal mistake as he starts to notice things happening to him. Alex will be played by my friend Matt Shaw.

Tommy – The second victim. Tommy’s character is similar to Alex however he does not personally experience anything strange happening to him, he only experiences things when is in Alex’ company. Tommy will be played by my friend Conor Cruse.

The Man in The Mask – the villain. The man in the mask is a friend of Alex and Tommy who watched the videos, however the videos had a different effect on him as he turns into the bad guy. 


Setting and Location:


We are going to shoot our trailer in quite a few locations.

Calverley Park – We want to film here because there are quite a lot of trees to hide in and film from, these shots will be of Alex and Tommy being watched and followed.

Underground Car Park – we are going to film the majority of our trailer in an underground car park, the car park we are going to film in is quite run down and therefore gives an element of horror.

Matts house/Garden – There will be two shots at Matts house, the main one will be the one of them talking about the rumour they have heard.

Conors house – there will be a very brief shot at Conors house of the two main characters running into a room and the lights going out.

Outside – there will be a few other shots filmed on the streets of Crowborough, these shots will be more shots of Alex being followed and watched. 

Props

We will only be using two props which will be the mask and a knife. 

Target Audience

By looking at other horror movies it is clear that the usual certificate and therefore target audience is normally 15 or 18. The 18 certificates are for the horror films that are quite gory and shocking; the 15 certificates are for the horrors that are a little bit softer and not so scary. Based on this knowledge I think it would be best for our target audience to be 15-20, as our trailer is for a film that is not gory but quite jumpy. I have looked at trailers for films such as mirrors http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790686/, 30 days of night http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389722/, and the haunting in conneticut http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0492044/. All three of these films are rated at 15 and are similar to our trailer.

  

New Trailer

Due to a low mark on our trailer, we have decided to do a new trailer with a new concept; we hope this new trailer will improve our mark.

Our new trailer will be a horror movie based around the YouTube series called ‘Marble Hornets’. The story is about a group of teenagers who hear a rumour that whoever watches these YouTube videos will become part of the story and will die. However they think its only people being superstitious and watch the videos anyway, the rumours then turn out to be true and things start to happen. 

Title

·        The Man in the Mask

Genre

·        Horror

Characters

·        Alex – Victim

·        Tommy – Victim

·        The Man in the Mask – Villain

Actors

·        Matt – Alex

·        Conor – Tommy

·        Alex – The Man in the Mask

Locations

·        Matts house/garden

·        Car park

·        Lake

Crew

·        Editor – Betty May

·        Camera – Maria Gonzalez

·        Idea – Betty May and Maria Gonzalez

Target Audience

·        15-25

What I Have Learnt From My Research and My Initial Ideas For My Cover and Poster

After researching two different magazine and poster covers for different films, I have decided that I am going to use a dark coloured background and black and red writing as our trailer is meant to be a horror. I am going to use tag lines such as ‘World Exclusive!’ to draw attention to my cover. For my poster I have decided to use the same kind of colour scheme, so that my cover and my poster are linked together. The photographs I’m using will be of the main characters and will be taken on the main setting of our trailer. The poster will have the title of the film and the actors names in bold letters at the top of the page I have not yet decided how I am going to lay this out, I will do a mock up on paper for both the cover and the poster before I begin to create the products.

The Dark Knight Rises Poster Research

This is one of the many posters published for The Dark Knight Rises. The poster indicates to the audience that this film is quite sinister by use of black and grey colours. The main feature of this poster is of course Batman himself, the clever editing of that bats falling from the in between the sky scrapers gives the audience a clear picture of what the film is about. There is very little writing on the poster, the Batman logo at the bottom of the page with the words film title written across it tells the audience what the film will be called, bellow that it has the year of which the film will be released so that the audience will know to look out for the film.

The Dark Knight Rises Magazine Cover Research

The third and final film of the Batman Trilogy is on its way to the cinemas, Empire magazine once again managed to convince director Christopher Nolan to give some knowledge to the magazine about the film. Empire also printed two different magazine covers, giving the readers a choice between good and evil in this case ‘Batman vs Bane’. The cover shows the film title in bold letters, which stands out of the page and attracts the reader’s eye to the page. The photographs also dominate the page, the photographs used are appropriately quite dark as is the film. The whole cover however has quite a bit of colour, the yellow sticker like area advertising the two different covers stands out the page along with the yellow writing beneath it and the blue writing on the opposite side of the page.

Avatar Film Poster Research

This is the poster for James Cameron’s Avatar. It shows the two main characters, with the title and the director’s name above it. The black background makes the images of the characters stand out; it also draws attention as there is nothing else on the page to distract the eye. The simplicity of this poster draws in the audience; it’s also quite mysterious as only half of their faces are shown. If you look closely you can see their ears in the dark, giving a sense that they are coming out of the dark shadows. These are all used to make the audience want to find out more and therefore go see the film. The second poster shows only one of the main characters, but in the same style of the first poster

Avatar Magazine Cover Research

We have three parts to our main task: a film trailer, a magazine cover and a film poster that all relate to each other. In order to complete to three task properly I need to research the products that are already out there. I have previously researched two film trailers, one for ‘A Single Man’ and the other for ‘Fight Club’. However I feel as if I did not analyse these trailers in full detail, therefore I am going to analyse the trailer, the magazine cover and the film poster for the same film. I am going to do this for three different films so that I can get a good idea of the finished products and gain inspiration for my own products.

Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer Consumer Media. It has been one of the best-selling film magazines since its first issue in July 1989. Empire also organise the annual Empire Awards, sponsored by Jameson; the awards are voted for by the readers of the magazine. Similar to most magazines Empire makes the majority of its money from advertising. Every month Empire magazine has the newest film splashed across its covers, with in depth reviews of the top films for that month, plus interviews with the directors, the stars and the stories from behind the scenes.

In 2009 Empire magazine was lucky enough to be given the chance to have the first look at James Cameron’s Avatar which went on to be the highest grossing film of all time. The main feature title of the film is shown at the bottom of the page with the director’s name above draws in the reader, the capital letters attracts attention. The words to the left of the cover ‘The planets first look at the movie even of the decade…’ also draws in the readers, the words indicate to the reader that the film is going to be a massive hit, the use of ellipsis shows that there is more inside and will make the readers want to buy the magazine so that they are able to read on. The cover photograph is a shot taken straight out of the film; this is interesting as other magazine covers normally have a separate photo shoot just for the cover. The whole cover is quite minimal, there is very little writing; the photograph of Neytiri, is the main feature and therefore not much else is needed on the cover. 
Here is a link to the Empire website - www.empireonline.com