This clip has one long shot
of a blizzard showing mountains in the background. It looks like a very secluded
place away from anything or anyone else.
There is also an extreme
close up of what looks like blood splatters which then forms letters.
Sound-
It starts off with diegetic
sounds of a snowy blizzard alongside a non diegetic voiceover of a man
narrating what the film is about.
There is then the non
diegetic sound of a typewriter being used inferring that it will have a
significant part within the film.
Mise en scene-
The snowy mountains in the
background with the darkened sky could show the desolate place in which the
film is set.
The use of red lettering of
‘MISERY’ allows the audience to infer the film has violence, bloodshed and
death involved. The use of having misery written in the background but smaller
with a blue tint contradicts the red as it represents calmness and
tranquillity.
Editing- The use of the non diegetic voiceover explains partly
what the film is about without giving too much away as the on screen clues are
minimal. The cutaways used of the typing show the audience what the title is as
well.
•The trailer starts off with a blizzard being shown and
a turned over car in the distance, the fading between clips shows a man inside
the car. There is also a non diegetic instrumental soundtrack which is
repetitive and almost creepy alongside the sounds there is a non diegetic voice
over of a woman talking and seems very knowledgeable she is, we can infer, to be
talking to the man.
• The scene then changes to a house
with the man in a bed, the furnishings of the house are minimal and basic.
However there is some cutaway editing as a man and woman talk about a missing
person who again can be inferred to be the man.
• The eerie repetitive music still
plays in the background as there is a close up of the man’s chin as he is being
shaved by the woman ‘Annie’ she says ‘I was following you’ as though she was
stalking the man. It then jump cuts to a Point of view shot through binoculars
and a non diegetic voice over saying ‘Paul is dead’ is then fades to the
isolated cabin, showing it to have lights on, as someone is home.
• The non diegetic music then
changes to something more sinister and slow. Annie comes out from the shadows
calling the man a ‘dirty bird’ half of her face is shadowed as though she has
two sides, of her, one of which is darker and crueller, and we as an audience
are going to see it. She talks about ‘Misery’ as though she is a real person, not
a fictional character. As an audience we can infer she has an obsession with
Misery and the books, so also with Paul.
• There is a close up shot of Paul
turning over the phone and seeing it isn’t connected and it then jump cuts to
his face to see the realisation that he is in fact trapped in the cabin. It
then changes to match on action of Annie pulling out a gun, then of Paul
falling out of bed, crawling through the house and taking a knife, the parallel
editing alongside this shows Annie driving somewhere, which can be inferred
home. There is then a shot reverse shot of Paul in bed and the door.
• The non diegetic soundtrack
quickens the pace as each clip changes quicker and the intensity is being
increased. Throughout this montage of clips there is a cutaway of what seems to
be lettering and it becomes clearer as more letters are shown that it is the
title of the film.
Annie comes in and there is a point of view shot of
Paul looking at Annie putting a wooden block between his feet and says ‘sh
darling it’s for the best’ as though her using a hammer against Paul is
perfectly logical. It then blacks out as a non diegetic voice says ‘God I love
you’
The poster looks as though it’s advertising for a TV
programme, however the tag line is ‘on the air, unaware’ which indicates what
the film is about that although it’s a programme, ‘Truman’ is unaware. It is a TV programme within a film.
The title is at the bottom of the screen which doesn’t
follow the typical conventions of a film poster as it is not in the eye line.
The picture of him quietly sleeping is again
enhancing that he is blissfully oblivious to what is actually happening, and that people are looking at him.
The
fact it is a big screen with the words ‘live’ makes it seem even more real and
the 'Day 10,909' showing how long this has been on air.
After initial research of looking at images of good looking basements that fit the criteria of what we wanted, we started looking at films with basements in them. Basements that are a scary place to be, where the characters obviously want to get out, but can't.
The first film I looked at was a film with Danny Dyer called 'The Basement' which is about six friends who are lured to an underground basement for a sinister experiment. The bare and dark place is very scary, and is the kind of place we are looking for too.
This picture shows the kind of thing we are looking for. It shows a large space to any kind of 'torture' could potentially happen. The dull and bare walls make it seem as though it is unhabitual and desolate, which is the look we are looking for as it seems a very rejected place to be.
The picture to the right show different scene from the 'Basement' this is a corrider, the long shot straight down the corrider seems very creepy, as though never ending. again the bare bricked walls shows a neglected place. There is also lack of lights within the corridor, this could build up suspense as people wouldn't know where they are going or see if there is a way out.
This last picture shows a hand tracing the word 'HELP' which has been written in what looks like blood, this can be considered a typical convention of horror films, however it works as it can seem very scary and realistic.
This film shows the kind of basement we are looking for, it is very bare and run down. The walls and dull and almost neglected. the lack of lights adds to the scary effect as nothing is clearly shown and the wrting again makes the situation much more realistic, which is the aim we are also looking for.
Part of our interior location would preferably be in a basement or somewhere hidden, as it gives off a creepier effect of isolation.
The kind of basement we were looking at would be like this one as it is bare seeming empty and not homely at all.
It also has cracked walls and no paint work as though its a place that has not been tended to, a very rundown basement.
The fact there is only one window allows in some light, but not much.
The whole basement looks very run down, large, and desolate.
This second picture also shows a run down basement.
The concrete walls with rust stains look very rejected.
The non plastered walls with wires and floorboards make is look more dangerous and not safe.
There are no windows so no natural light can get in, the only light is from a bare light bulb.
A Different interior location that could be included in our teaser trailer would be a dining room. A room that looked rather traditional with a large table.
An idea could include having a large roast dinner on the table, this could infer a happy occasion. It could be over exaggerated so that it obviously looks fake.
another idea was to even have Christmas decorations in the background, as stereo typically Christmas is a happy time to be shared with family members.
The kind of look we could go for could be like the one below
As Johnny Depp as the main focus
as he is a well known actor and people would go see the film as he is in it.
‘Tim burton’ film, gives an
indication of genre, will be funny and quirky.
Indication that is fantasy with
the big castle in the background, huge mushrooms, and a blue caterpillar. This
also shows it is more directed towards children.
Dorian Gray.
Gothic style typography.
Main character showing two sides
of him: one is perfect, the other broken and tainted, indicating the films
content. That it will be about him tainting his life.
Gothic Church in the background.
Tagline ‘forever young, forever
cursed’ ties in with the picture.
All very dark colours; blacks,
greys, with a stormy sky. Deep red inferring seduction?
Then bright orange to look like
flames cutting right through him as though he is slowly disintegrating
Beautiful Losers.
Colourful typography. With same
colour rain drops as though they have formed the title.
Butterfly as a whole, with a
person in the middle as the body of the butterfly.
Tagline ‘Make something from
nothing’ very positive way at looking at a situation.
All very colourful random images
within the butterfly filling up the spaces.
Cast and crew names, pictures
from the film, and characters all fitted in, with brightly coloured typography
and outlines.
Blue sky in the background, like
an actual butterfly flying through the sky, carefree style.
Black stencilled leaves around
the edges, opposite to the rest of the poster, only part which has a negative
connotation.
As we changed our concept considerably, we decided we'd need to do more deconstructions that were relevant to our new idea.
Misery - inspirational for lead (obsessed female holds writer hostage)
Smiley - features masked villain; useful for our idea of using face make-up to create wounds on victim's face
Orphan - 'innocent child' villain; taps into personality of our antagonist especially how she doesn't have a family
One Hour Photo - male obsessed with perfect family and collects their photos
The Loved Ones - outcast girl steals boys and tortures them in revenge for not being invited to prom; revenge, hostage and torture aspect by girly female similar to our idea
The Imposter - documentary features family's side of the story of a man imposing as their son; can draw inspiration from family being tricked and their emotions
Jennifer's Body - strong female antagonist with gruesome torture scenes
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not/The Roommate - seemingly innocent but actually psychotic and obsessed female protagonist
The Sound Of My Voice/Martha Marcy May Marlene - genre of mystery, drama and psychological thriller and themes of secracy, cults, investigation and corruption which link to our idea.
Another Earth/The Truman Show - concepts is similar to those in Black Mirror. Both possibilities pin the future and technology highlighting the frightening repurcussions and consequences of such. These films focus on: the discovery of Earth 2 and one man's whole life being a TV show.
The Hunger Games - similar to The Truman Show as children fighting to the death is broadcast across the country; influences of media and the degradation of society.
Requiem For A Dream - hard-hitting and stylistic execution. We were interested in using various camera and editing techniques in our own trailer.
Doctor Who (The Empty Child) - to find horror influences, conventions and techniques.
Dead Set - from creator of Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker. Focuses on influences on and from the media which links to our ideas of goverment conspiracies etc. and our main inspiration of Black Mirror.
Deja Vu - themes of mystery and the unknown plus camera/editing techniques
