Main Character Photos

Characters

I have chosen to analyse all 5 characters which have all appeared within my horror movie trailer. I will be explaining in more detail of the reasons why i have specifically chosen these five people with my media partner Cody McMahon. this is shown below-

Cody McMahon- firstly the reasons why we chose Cody to appear within the story of our movie trailer was for one of the main reasons and this was to make the storyline come together and to represent a jealousy image by our other character chosen, 'Mitchell Stone'. the main reasons why we chose was because he was a male figure, young and suitable for the trailer we decided to base a story upon.

Mitchell Stone- moving onto the next character, 'Mitchell Stone' we have chosen him as the main character within the movie, even though we do not see his face as a mask is covered over it we have also chosen him as its suitable with the story we have decided, hes also young which also fits, and looks the type for being a scary person within the trailer to set an effect towards the target audience we are aiming at. another reason why we chose mitchell stone as he is a reliable friend and could attend all the scheduled dates and times of when we were planning to film.

Yasmin Callen- This is our next character and we have chosen her as another character on top of the group of girls including myself which are involved within the story line of the movie trailer. she is also young, made out to look vulnerable based on her image, this links to her clothing, and the way she acts within the movie trailer. another main reason why we actually chose Yasmin Callen was because she does drama as an a level in our 6th form. therefore we thought it was suitable as she could create an extra effect on the trailer to bring more suspense and to attract the right target audience.

Lauren Carraway- this is another character we chose to put within our media trailer as she overall represents the same and most similar image to the character explained above. she also looked vulnerable due to the fact of being young and also other main reasons is because she was reliable for me and my media partner Cody McMahon to use as she was available on all the dates we were aiming and scheduling for the filming to take place. the reasons why she was reliable was because she goes to the same school and we asked both of the 2 girls which were our main characters beforehand and they both agreed.

Izel Abdullah- i will also be giving reasons of why i was chosen to be part of the media movie trailer. i was one of the main characters also which set the whole story line to make sense and to achieve the best results of attracting the right target audience. i have the same sort of image as i have described above for the other two girls. i was also reliable and could attend all the dates scheduled for filiming to take place. this is a very vital part and i was also commited which helped the trailer to be realistic and viable for the target audience to see.

Filming Schedule

Target Audience

As my film trailer is going to be a horror movie, i have looked into what the majority of my target audience will be aimed at, for the majority of horror movies the target audience are usually teenagers to adults which will enjoy and watch horror movies the most. Overall looking over which target audience is aimed at by the majority of horror movies made in the media world my target audience will also be teenagers and adults, which will enjoy these type of films. This means that i will not be aiming at young children so there will be no limitations on how scary my film will be as there will be a age limit also targeting my specific audience. To make a horror movie and a trailer it is very important for anyone to know who the majority of their target audience is going to be in order to address this to my specific target audience. Throughout the Freytag's Triangle i will be following this and at the same time it will help me to link it to my target audience which are going to be teenagers to adults.

Freytag's Triangle

Exposition

The exposition provides the background information needed to properly understand the story, such as the protagonist, the antagonist, the basic conflict, and the setting. It ends with the inciting moment, which is the incident without which there would be no story. The inciting moment sets the remainder of the story in motion beginning with the second act, the rising action. While the exposition may employ the rhetorical mode also known as exposition, the two are not perfectly synonymous.

Rising action

During rising action, the basic internal conflict is complicated by the introduction of related secondary conflicts, including various obstacles that frustrate the protagonist's attempt to reach his goal. Secondary conflicts can include adversaries of lesser importance than the story’s antagonist, who may work with the antagonist or separately, by and for themselves or actions unknown.

Climax

The third act is that of the climax, or turning point, which marks a change, for the better or the worse, in the protagonist’s affairs. If the story is a comedy, things will have gone badly for the protagonist up to this point; now, the tide, so to speak, will turn, and things will begin to go well for him or her. If the story is a tragedy, the opposite state of affairs will ensue, with things going from good to bad for the protagonist.

Falling action

During the falling action, or resolution, which is the moment of reversal after the climax, the conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist unravels, with the protagonist winning or losing against the antagonist. The falling action might contain a moment of final suspense, during which the final outcome of the conflict is in doubt.

Shooter Fan Movie Trailer

This trailer opens with an image with the Paramount trade mark sign. We then get an immediate establishing shot to clearly distinguish the location of the film. We are sent straight into a busy location that gives us a sense that we are in a busy city in America. The next few shots are cut with fast editing and we further establish that we are within a busy city.

We get a very fast series of editing that shows us mixed locations but with a lot of action, enforcing the genre of film. We get different locations in this section including a warehouse, a riverbank and busy city roads. There are also several clips showing the main character and his sidekick at war seeming to be in Iraq or Afghanistan. This further enforces action to the viewers and tells us that Mark Whalberg was a sniper in the war. All of these locations show the main character Mark Whalberg getting beat up, shit and in a constant fight for survival. But as we have seen he is a sniper. So the next section of shots, we see Mark Whalberg in his primary location fighting back. We see him in forests, on mountains and in other secretive places sniping people from a distance. This shows our main character fighting back and again enforces the genre of action. This brawl continues for a long period of the trailer and we see Mark Whalberg in his primary status. Its almost as if he has created another war by the amount of action we see and the locations we are shown.

The last location we are shown is Mark Whalberg in an orange prison suit trying to prove himself in some kind of court. He has his sniper with him that shows the court is trusting him. This trailer uses many different locations to emphasise the amount of action that the film encages.

Superbad New International Trailer (Characters)

There are several different characters that appear in the Superbad film trailer. The first two characters we come across are Seth and Evan. We immediately tell that Seth is going the be the main funny character due to his clothing and his image. He has funny hair, clothing and an all over funny attitude is what we can see. Whereas, we can tell Evan is a more serious character by the use of geeky clothing and serious facial expressions. We can tell that Evan has a crush on a girl when we see a point of view shot that shows him looking at her breasts. This is another character that we get involved with and we learn that she becomes quite a main part of Evans life within the film.

Our last main character is then shown in the trailer as we immediately take him as another funny, joking type of person. This is again related to his image with a funny look to him and his expressions give off humor. We learn from the trailer that his name is Fogel. Shortly after, we see a series of clips of our three main characters doing funny things where we distinguish that these three ,Seth, Evan and Fogel are good friends.

Next we are shown some more characters who play a big role in this film. These are the girls that Seth, Evan and Fogel try to buy alcohol for as the girls have a party. We can tell that the boys are trying to get in their good books by them doing this. Also at 1.04 we are introduced to some characters who are two policemen. We can tell that these are a big part of the film due to the series of clips that follow their appearance with Fogel. We establish these policemen as more main characters. At this point, all of our main characters have been introduced by the trailer makers and the fast series of clips show their attitudes within the film. Again, Seth has a funny attitude, Evan is continuing his serious appearance and Fogel is being a 'nutcase' with the two policemen. We also establish from these clips that the policemen have a very comical way within this film.

The Grudge Official Trailer (First Detailed Analysis)

The first horror movie trailer in which i analysed is the official trailer, the Grudge.

to start with the beginning of the movie trailer to this movie starts with creepy non-diagetic music and then it goes from shot to shot with the same slow and creepy atmosphere, the music then stops and it goes from short shots to the different locations of the movie to tell the story.

The first shot which shows the location is of a town which is a master shot which goes into another master shot with the camera held from a high angle to a lot of people walking on a street and to a house which then switches to text which tells parts of the stories with also the same font, non diagetic music and colours which builds up tension to the audience which are watching it to see what the movie is going to be about, this then cuts to another shot of a woman in a house looking around looking scared and then there is screaming from inside the house which also builds up a lot of tension. following this, the non diagetic music gets faster and faster which also builds up tension following a mixture of very fast shots in a dark location. after these shots it then goes back to text which tells another part of the story, all of these shots including the text starts off from the beginning with a normal and ordinary day with a lot of people on the streets, which then turns to a house and shows within the house that it is dark and creepy which is followed by the type of text which is shown. this then is all changed as it shows the main character which looks always a bit scared and the lighting at this time is dark and gloomy and also the location is like this as she arrives in the house. the trailer stops from being slow shots once again to going very fast again, the lighting is still dark and the location stays the same with the same people. when the trailer ends it finishes with the mis-en-scene being even darker and has much slower music and ends with the title and the credits with a loud noise, it also asks the audience a question which builds up tension to watch it.

Introduction

Hi my name is izel and i am doing my As media blog. i will be creating a Horror Film Trailer, with my chosen group. last year i done a magazine cover and a contents page, and this year i will be focusing on putting together a movie trailer i will be doing my pre production coursework along side this and i will showing my design and ideas with planning and putting my horror movie trailer together.