Original/Untouched Photos for Poster

Original/Untouched Photos for Magazine

6 Panel Practice Storyboard

My Film Poster for 'Jilted'

My Film Magazine - FILMNOW

Moodboard

Notes:

1.    Psycho: Alfred Hitchcock is the master of suspense and as we want to create a psychological              horror trailer, Psycho is a good source for clever horror techniques such as collision cutting and          montage.

2.        Ed Gein : Ed Gein was a notorious serial killer during the 50s/60s and the male character in our          horror trailer is loosely based around him taking very small aspects into his personality and                  placing them within our plot, male because of the horror towards women.

3.        The Uninvited: Is psychological horror which we have gained inspiration from and the poster              itself has an element of voyeurism.

4.        Fortune Teller: We would like to include a fortune teller in our trailer to add to the psychological        aspect which also adds an element of mystery.

5.    Abusive relationship:One of the key themes we're going to feature within our trailer is abuse

6.   Japanese Film Poster: We decided to include this image on our moodboard as we liked the effect of the girl crying blood and would perhaps consider using this type of image from our film poster.

7.  Poltergeist:  is a type of ghost or other supernatural being supposedly responsible for physical disturbances such as loud noises and objects moved around or destroyed. We plan on including a poltergeist in our trailer.   

8.  Writing on a Steamy Mirror: we want to include this technique in our trailer.

9.  Tarot Cards: These go with the inclusion of a Fortune Teller in our trailer as they help tell the future or past.  

10. Love Cards: Our trailer is planned to include a love game.

11. Jilted:  This is the name of our film and perhaps one of the fonts we may use for a film poster. 

12. Insidious: Another psychological horror that we have got inspiration from as it includes a poltergeist.               

13. Alcohol: With an abusive relationship comes guilt and people often turn to alcohol to deal with this, as will be seen in our horror trailer.

14. Death: One of  themes in our trailer is death, leading to a poltergeist character.                                    

Prop List

 • Crystal ball 
 • Tarot cards
 • Spade
 • Table & chair 
 • Jack Daniels bottle 
 • Glass/tumbler
 • Mobile phone

Synopsis for Trailer

The narrative of our trailer begins with a boyfriend going to visit his girlfriend. He is fiercely jealous of her, and suspicious that she may have been cheating with another man… even though she hasn’t.  He confronts her demanding an explanation and she asks that they break up from each other. This makes the boyfriend fly into a rage and she begins to strangle her. Ask she whispers: “I haven’t cheated on you…  I haven’t cheated on you…” he strangles her until she collapses to the ground. She falls to the ground, near death, and whispers “I love you… I still love you.” Shocked by his moment of rage, the boyfriend leans over and shakes her. She’s now dead. He kisses her on the forehead, tears running down his face. “I’m sorry… I’m so sorry…” He panics and rushes to the garden. Looking around frantically, he sees a shovel resting against the shed. He begins to dig the hole that he will bury her in…

He sobs by the graveside, but manages to get away with the crime. However, he haunted by the memory of his girlfriend. He suffers nightmares during the following weeks, waking with the memory of her imprinted in his mind. To try to find some solace, he visits a tarot card reader. The first card she turns over is “death” and he shudders, feeling that he may have been discovered. The next card she turns over is “justice,” suggesting that his crime will soon be discovered. The last card she turns over is “the fool” and she looks him intently in the eyes.

He goes home and starts to drink. He gingerly takes the first shot, but continues to drink with increasing speed. By the twelfth shot he staggers around and falls onto the bed, and suddenly his girlfriend is lying next to him.  She whispers “I still love you.” He blinks his eyes and she disappears. He blacks out.

In the morning, the man goes to the shower. We hear the sound of the shower and the bathroom window starts to steam up. In the mirror, the words “I used to love you” are animated into it.  She places her hands on his face as though to go and kiss him, but slowly digs her nails into his face, drawing downwards leaving bloody scratches. He looks at her, shocked, crying. The ghost of the girlfriend disappears as he turns around frantically looking for her. Suddenly she appears again right in front of his face, “But I hate you now.” She screams.

Hysterically, he runs around the house, entering every room. However with every room he enters she’s standing there in front of him. Finally when leaving a room he sees her at the end of the hall and stops. They share eye contact as she slowly moves towards him. Then, with her point of view shot we see her hands shoot for his neck.

Choice of Trailer Type

Our intention is to make a highlights trailer called ‘Jilted’. We prefer the look of a highlights trailer because we feel they are more captivating and exciting. We also feel that our particular narrative is much too complicated for a scene trailer as showing one scene from our film idea may leave our audience feeling lost and confused, where as a in a highlights trailer we can reveal enough of the plot without out giving too much away leaving the audience feeling intrigued and wanting to see more.  We liked the construction of both ‘Pusher Trilogy’ and ‘Evil Dead’ as highlights trailers as we felt the pacing of the trailer kept the audience absorbed within the world of the trailer more than ‘Cloverfield’ (2009) did as a scene trailer. We found the ‘Cloverfield’ (2009) trailer fairly boring due to the fact that we’re only introduced to a few characters in a shambolic way and the only moment of interest is when the severed Statue of Liberty head falls down the street. Also, the pacing wasn’t as exciting as both the other highlight trailers that followed the horror trailer conventions perfectly. Both of our favourite trailers started with a slow pacing to establish the narrative before creating fast montage of thrilling shots to create a sense of panic and exhilaration.

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