Initial Planning Ideas
For our horror we have been influenced by The Cabin in the Woods and YellowBrick Road as they use a group of young people exploring the myth that has been left in the woods. We are going to try and incorporate these ideas into our trailer as we like the idea of the mystery in the woods and the fact these young victims are away from home making them vulnerable and easily targeted.
As a group we decided to use Gore and Paranormal because as a group we loved the films The Purge:Anarchy and The Women in Black. In the Purge trailer it uses a lot of dialogue, quick shots and a variety of different shots. This is a contrast to The Women in Black, as it uses less shots but they are extended in time. Also the sound track used is slow paced and goes well with the theme of the spooky house which makes the trailer come across intense and frightening. This interested us to combine both genres of horror to make our own trailer.
As a group we decided to use Gore and Paranormal because as a group we loved the films The Purge:Anarchy and The Women in Black. In the Purge trailer it uses a lot of dialogue, quick shots and a variety of different shots. This is a contrast to The Women in Black, as it uses less shots but they are extended in time. Also the sound track used is slow paced and goes well with the theme of the spooky house which makes the trailer come across intense and frightening. This interested us to combine both genres of horror to make our own trailer.
Plot
Our plot follows the life of a psycho path man that has escaped prison to kill his beloved family, to then later on hang himself. 20 years later 4 young teenagers go on holiday to the same house where this man killed his family, when the 4 teenagers get to the house they notice newspaper articles framed all over the hallway; these explain the story of what happened 20 years ago.
As typical teenagers one of them got dared to stare into a mirror and repeat this mans name, Mr Cullen, however by doing this they release the spirit. This young teenager who will be played by Holly then gets possessed throughout the film and gradually kills her friends one by one, under the influence of the Mr Cullen.
Potential Order for our Horror
Throughout our trailer we will also be having flashing images from the past of Mr Cullen's family enjoy themselves and shots from their own death. The shots from the family's death we had the idea that we could recreate the deaths with the 3 teenagers, during these scenes we had the idea that there would be shots of his family getting killed. For example with Ryan's death he is being hung, our initial idea is to have flashing images of Mr Cullen hanging in the same place 20 years before.
Our plot follows the life of a psycho path man that has escaped prison to kill his beloved family, to then later on hang himself. 20 years later 4 young teenagers go on holiday to the same house where this man killed his family, when the 4 teenagers get to the house they notice newspaper articles framed all over the hallway; these explain the story of what happened 20 years ago.
As typical teenagers one of them got dared to stare into a mirror and repeat this mans name, Mr Cullen, however by doing this they release the spirit. This young teenager who will be played by Holly then gets possessed throughout the film and gradually kills her friends one by one, under the influence of the Mr Cullen.
Potential Order for our Horror
- For our opening shot we were thinking of having an establishing shot of our abandoned cabin and the 4 teenagers arriving at the cabin realising that there holiday destination isn't what they booked.
- Followed by this we were going to have a shot of the teenagers walking through the door and noticing newspaper clippings and photographs all over the hallway ways. however the newspaper clipping are clippings from 20 years ago about the events and killings made by Mr Cullen.
- In the evening we were then going to have a shot of the 4 teenagers around a table or sat on the floor messing about and playing truth and dare, this leads to Holly being dared to go and look into a mirror and repeat Mr Cullen's name 3 times, this is similar to the myth of Bloody Mary. Holly eventually does the dare but in the result of this she sees a flashing image of Mr Cullen's face causing her to freak out and made fun of by her 3 friends, as they didn't see it.
- After seeing the Yuri Mr Cullen, at night Holly starts acting weird and the same night she saw him she follows Ffion to the bathroom. Ffion notices her in the bathroom mirror however when she turns round she is gone. For this shot we have decided to have flashing images of Holly killing Ffion by smashing her face into the mirror causing the mirror to shatter and getting stabbed in the neck.
- Next morning Holly makes an excuse to why Ffion isn't at the cabin any more and the 3 teenagers enjoy the rest of the day.
- That night Hannah is washing up the dishes from tea when she suddenly notices Holly's reflection in the window, this will lead to Holly then forcing Hannah face into the water causing her to drawn.
- The following night the electricity goes off within the cabin so Ryan goes to the garage where the power box is but he discovers within the mess of the garage Ffion and Hannah's cold bodies. Suddenly Holly appears in the door way and it closes behind her.
- The potential final shot is of Holly running way in the woods and a news report saying that 3 teenagers have been killed and one is missing.
Throughout our trailer we will also be having flashing images from the past of Mr Cullen's family enjoy themselves and shots from their own death. The shots from the family's death we had the idea that we could recreate the deaths with the 3 teenagers, during these scenes we had the idea that there would be shots of his family getting killed. For example with Ryan's death he is being hung, our initial idea is to have flashing images of Mr Cullen hanging in the same place 20 years before.