Inspirational Practitioners

One of the films that influenced our trailer greatly was the "Blair Witch Project" by Daniel Mryick & Eduardo Sanchez. The sense of being watched/stalked round a seemingly deserted area was something that comes up a lot in films. We thought that this very edgy, jumpy and ultimately scary way of filming was perfect to get audiences covering their eyes. The way they used the hand held cameras was perfect and gave the film and very low budget feel that would make the scenes feel more realistic. Because many of our factors were the same, for example...no budget, hand held cameras and little effets we thought we could make a good trailer from this common notion that even in the remotest of places someone is always watching. Films such as, Hills Have Eyes(Alexandre Aja, 2006) and Cabin in the woods (Drew Goddard).

There is and has always been a large audience for films such as these, the idea of no escape from an unknown horror. As audiences we like to feel emotion towards a character(s) or subject, this gives the audience the sense of vulnerability that is common in modern day society, whether it be where you live or somewhere that is unfamiliar with the individual. Film such as these are a very simple way of scaring an audience because there is no worse fear than feeling unsafe and that the situation is out of their control.

Audiences look for this when watching films, they use these films as a safe adrenaline rush. Also the notion of Good conquering Evil is always a winner with audiences worldwide. When creating our trailer we focused on making the lead character the only subject of concern to the audiences, this way we can make the audience feel concern for his well-being. When following someone like this with long shots and panning shots we can as an audience almost learn a lot about the character without them even saying anything. The way they walk, dress and places they go can show an audience what kind of person the character is and this helps an audience to relate to them. As youth we can easily relate to this character, walking alone at night and not feeling 100% safe.

The film Zombieland (Reuben Fleischer) is a film where you immediately feel concern/compassion for the main character because he is alone and vulnerable. He is of a similar age range to the horror 'cult' following, this means that audiences can easily put themselves in his shoes. From early on you learn a lot about the character and his mannerisms, these show him being very cautious and a bit of a loner, but very determined to get to where he wants to go(to find his family). The sense of helplessness for him immediately evokes emotion in the audience. We wish to recreate this feeling towards our main character this is important in establishish a connection between the audience and the subject.