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.

Plot

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