Use of Transitions (Trailer)

Creation of our Logo

Creating this logo had only benefits for our trailer. I personally came up with the idea of having the company name distort and shake for the intro as the name of our company is 'Distorted' and this worked well. In addition to this, again it links with the fact that Kwamina is suffering from many mental illnesses. The way in which we did this was by snipping the clip several times and moving the frames to each side of the screen which created the flickering, jitter effect.

Model Consent Forms

Empire House Styles

Choice of Production name

Research into Horror Posters

Analysis of a contemporary horror advertising campaign

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Strangers 2

As seen above, red and black are common feature colours used within the horror genre for advertising campaign as the red signifies danger and death. Also, there is no real faces visible, this adds to the mystery of the film as you are not able to see the protagonist. It seems as if there's an effect of blood smeered on both posters. In addition to this, the text on both of these posters are either white or red as these are colours which contrast a lot with black and allow for them to stand out. The same font is used throughout each of these magazines and both include dates of the release. These are all common conventions of a horror movie poster. The main features of the magazine such as the name of the movie and common logos which identify to be from the movie are placed in large where as the less relevant information such as the names of the actors and such is placed in very fine text showing that as importance of a piece of text increases, so does the size.

Shot List

Trailer Narrative

1. The Last Night- Narrative
2. Begins with Elijah killing his girlfriend Victoria
3. Distorted Studios logo
4. Gets off at bus stop and goes home
5. Puts music on and tidies up
6. Music changes/ skips- freaky weird music
7. Elijah gets weirded out more and tries to turn off music but is unable
8. Gets frustrated
9. Videos of his wrong doings appear on screen
10. ‘Based on a true story’
11. Trying to take off videos from screen
12. Sleeping in bed and phone rings from Cora, tidies bedside table
13. Gets notification on phone of his killing again, lashes out and throws phone
14. Psychiatrist talking to him about how he’s doing- ‘i’m fine’
15. Videos of him lashing out, kicking things
16. Victoria visits him
17. Elijah gets angry and strangles Victoria in the woods

Shooting Schedule

Prop list

• Camera & Tripod- Provided by school to film our horror footage 

• House/Kitchen/Bedroom/Bathroom- Sophia’s house which will be the location 

• Speakers- Sophia’s speakers, used for sound 

• Laptop- Nidhi’s laptop, to show videos 

• Knife- In Sophia’s kitchen 

• Fake Blood (maybe)

• Phone and a broken phone- Use Khurram’s phone and use an old broken phone for a scene

• Bed and bedside table- In Sophia’s room

Reason for choosing 'Distorted Studios'

The reason we chose the name ‘Distorted Studios’ was due to the fact that ‘The Enigma’ is a psychological thriller in which he is suffering from psychosis and many other mental disorders like schizophrenia, distorting his reality. Also, Kwamina experiences distortions between several personalities which he cannot control which is going to be portrayed on the poster and magazine cover through the use of lighting and image placement.