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Horror/ Thriller
Social RealistComedy
Most people felt that the genre was clear but those that didn’t said it was because:
The music was too friendly It was too obvious that the narrator was reading off
of a script It needed more darkly lighted shots and ‘graphic
content’
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Most Popular Scenes/ Shots
The Body/ The Pentagram
Misc. Running Scenes
The Main Character Running Into The Clearing
The Girl Being Dragged Off Sceen
Other
Other shots that people commented on were the title scene, the scene with the knife and some of the dialogue scenes. The reasons they gave were; because they like the angle, they thought it had ‘strong horror connotations’ or because they felt that the scene was effective and added to the action.
The main things that people felt could be improved was:
The acting The narration – it was too obvious that she
was reading off a script The music – it was too cheery/ not dark
enough The editing – transitions needed to be
smoother And the lighting needed to be darker
Non-linear narrative Sequence of shots with music Short shots Specific fonts and colours
fitting to the genre Taglines Voices being used to narrate Voiceovers Cliff-hanger Introduction of main
characters Creepy music Running Writing/ captions (“It was
supposed to be a normal picnic”)
Tells parts of the story/ basic story outline
Blood Jump cuts Studio logos Title Narrative Reviews Inter titles Cross cutting of scenes “Coming Soon” Endorsements and star ratings Directors – previous films Questions with no answers Age classification
Low key lighting When it was going to be out Usually writing on the screen such as rhetorical questions Critics’ comments Quite a lot of talking – not generic conversation telling
the story Short snappy shots Multiple story lines A couple of other people commented on things such as
whether or not it was coming soon and that there wasn’t a voice over or narration. I, however, disagree with both of these things as our trailer has a title slide saying ‘Coming Soon’ and also has both a voice over and a narrator.
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Storyline
Acting/ Music
The Mystery/ Tension/ Scares
Genre
Appropriate Inappropriate
Appropriate – made more of a horror feeling Too cheery at the first bit but like the teddy bears picnic
Quite appropriate – spooky Haunting but too slow paced
Works well with the title and narrative Bit slow paced compared to the visuals
Quite bland but worked well Not tense enough
I liked it, it was unique It needed to be creepier
Appropriate – really creepy Inappropriate – reminds me of happy children
Appropriate but needs to be clearer Didn’t fit
Excellent, really creepy
Fits well, especially at the end
Appropriate/ Good (9 times)
Very good – simple but quite effective
Okay – seems appropriate to some extent of the tale
Threatening
Music is good Idea great, some great shots, editing
okay, voiceover could be improved Looked quite funny
Well done An excellent trailer. Well done! The last comment from character works
really well to leave an impression
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