IDEA DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

I have just started thinking of ideas for my teaser trailer. I have already chosen the genre 'HORROR'and will be targeting at 16 - 30 year old. It would probably have a 15 certificate.

My first idea is called '17 MILES'

The idea is that a group of teenagers go out in one of their old highly prone to break down cars, to a club however they break down in a forest at exactly midnight. As they have no signal they decide to try and walk to the nearest town 17 miles away which is Marlborough, however they soon realise that the next 17 miles are going to be the worst 17 miles they have ever trekked!

After much thought into my idea my original idea, 17 Miles, I have realised that my first ideas has a few problems. The main problem is that I don’t have anyone to drive in the trailer. I have fixed this problem by making it so that it’s a family outing rather than a teenage outing. This way I can get a parent to drive which makes filming a lot easier.

 My improved idea is called ‘18^th Birthday’. It is about me as I turn 18 and am going out with my family to celebrate. It becomes an 18^th to remember but not for the right reasons.



 It is my 18th birthday and me and my family are going out. On the way the car breaks down in a dark forest. Unfortunately there is no signal so the parent goes to find help, however they don't come back so me and the rest of my family have to go and find help for ourselves. This was the worst idea as we were taking ourselves away from the security of the car, into the dark woodland. As we trek through the woodland, we start to realise that we are being followed and we start to disappear. At the end of the trailer, it is just me left. There is a shot from the murderers eyes following me, then as i turn it is a shot from my eyes and a train goes past so i don't get to see them. 

TRAILER CONVENTION

Piranha 3D

 Piranha 3D is a horror/thriller about a species of piranha which vanished 2 million years ago, however an earthquake has opened a crack in the lakes floor down to their cave and unleashed them once again! This has happened at the worst time as it is spring break and thousands of college kids have gone down to the lake to celebrate. The coastguard tries to warn them of the lake shouting "The sheriff has declared an emergency!" but a student shouts in response "Don't worry we've got beer over here" which puts a stop to the coastguards announcement and the party continues. But not for much longer! As one of the prehistoric piranha bits its first victim, it draws blood which draws in the whole pack to the location of all 20 thousand students. The trailer shows as the pack swarms in on the students, hunting down their prey.

 Piranha shows some conventions of a trailer however there are a few added extras to add tension. The first text that is shown is the film company logo, Dimension Films, which is shown in the 17th second to tell the viewer straight away exactly who makes the film. It then tells the viewer that it is the same director of 'The Hills Have Eyes' and producer of '300' which will show the viewer that this is very likely going to be a very good film. The next thing it tells you when the film will be released, and then it will reinstade this at the end of the trailer. It has an unusul title sequence in which is has single words every second which eventually says 'HOW FAST CAN YOU SWIM?'. This is to show the threat that they are under. The last thing after the trailer that you will see is the title followed by the release date.

PIRANHA 3D TRAILER

CONVENTIONS OF A TRAILER

Conventions of a trailer:

• Title
• Film company logo
• Actors
• Show genre
• Release date
• Elements of the plot
• Camera angles
• Music
• Dialogue

PURPOSE OF A TRAILER

 The purpose of a trailer is to:

• Attract an audience
• Advertise an upcoming film
• Give a taster of the film
• Show the actors
• Show the genre
• Helps the film company tell how much interest there is
• Shows a unique selling point - Special Effects, 3D, Actors