Pitch

Genre- Horror/Thriller.
Cast- four females aged 17/18- Blair Witch Project

Story line of film - The three members of cast travel in to the woods for a camping trip, while there unsual things start to happen to each of them such as the video camera starts to break up (goes fuzzy), things start to go missing.
There is someone/something in the woods that is taking members of the group
Then  people in the group start to go missing and there is eventually one person left who is panicking, crying, upset
The person in the woods eventually takes the final person, and then will wonder off in to the woods.
Finally the footage they have took is found by an investigation group.


Story line of trailer (Actual idea piece for A2 coursework)-
Starts by showing an opening scene of wording saying what basically has happened like what the blair witch has.
Then goes to a long shot of all of the teenagers walking in to the woods dancing with music playing and laughing.
Then fades in to a shot of them sitting down talking, drinking, laughing when its night lit with a camp fire and torches.
then goes to a long shot of just one person with the camera moving along them to show the woods in the background you can vaguely see a black figure in the background.
there is then a sound of twigs snapping and you see all three teenagers looking at each other asking 'did you hear something?'
After this it then changes to peoples faces flashing up across the screen is a quick motion these shots will be hand held so that they are shaky and look quite dramatic. The sound to these shots will be wind, people panting, screaming and the sound of leaves crunching on the ground so that it sounds like they are running.
I also may play some dramatic music in these scenes.
The final shot is the camera on the ground and all you can see is someone walking away in to the forest.
Then there will be credits and a demand button.


Location/Time- Forest/Woods during the day and night in autumn/winter.

Props- I will not need any props due to my footage just being a short trailer that includes just short clips of a film mainly of trees and peoples places

Costumes-  Winter clothing but with an indie style such as parkas, skinny jeans, vans/converse, backpacks, hats.

The Blair Witch Project poster

Above is a poster that advertised The Blair Witch Project, I have chosen this poster as inspiration as it is the same genre of film as mine. One thing I like about this image is the quote in the center of the poster as it is quite mysterious and makes the onlooker question it and want to watch the film to see what sort of footage was found and to find out what happened to the people missing. I do not like how the title is not very big and is at the bottom of the page so your attention is not drawn to it first which I think it should have stood out more. I also don't like the image of the person as I think it would have been more effective if it were just the forest like what it is at the top of the page. Although I do like the symbol above the writing as is it a symbol that is repeated in the films trailer so when people see it they will recognise the film. If I were to take one thing from this image it would be to use a quote like what is in the center of this image as it makes people question the film and want to go and see it.

Paranormal activity poster

Above is a poster which advertised Paranormal Activity, I have chosen this poster as it is the same genre as the trailer I am creating so would be good inspiration. One thing I like about the poster is the quote along the top which is from a magazine, the quote boasts about how good the film is which has an impact on anyone looking at it as they feel as though if its that good they have to go and see it for themselves. In my opinion the image in the middle is a pretty boring image and a better more effective image from the film could have been used to explain what happens in the film more and catch the onlookers attention; although I do like how a screenshot from the film is used to show actual footage from the film. Also I do not like how the title is not very  effective due to the font but I do like how the red writing stands out against the dark colours to catch your attention. Another thing I like is the demand button shown on the poster and how to find it on a website meaning that people will go on the website and demand the film meaning more screenings will be shown. If I were to take one thing from this poster it would be the demand button as I think it is a good way of increasing the films profit and making people feel more involved.