Shot number 4 is a medium shot of the three children (Emily, Amy and Samuel), playing football near the house. The audience now knows that the house and the children are linked.
For shot 5, I have chosen to show text that says “And the fright of a lifetime…” from the two previous slides the audience now knows that the house and the children are part of the ‘fright’. This makes the audience wonder what’s going to happen next.
The following six shots show the audience clips from the film, the first clip is of the children’s football bouncing into the door of the haunted house, the next four clips last for a second and sharp cut in, these shots show the children in the house. One of these clips is of Samuel peering from behind the door in a dark room, and loud diegetic footsteps, this shot will leave the audience wondering who/ what the footsteps are coming from. The next shot is of the two girls, Emily and Amy, huddled in a corner in a dark room; the audience will now begin to piece things together and realize something’s happened to Samuel. It then cuts into a close-up shot of all three children screaming, the screaming then fades and the shot switches to three body bags in a thunder storm surrounded by police tape. The audience is now aware that the children have been killed; they are now in suspense of how/ why they die. I have chosen to have shots 6 through to 11 sharp cut quickly into each other to leave a dramatic effect on the audience.
My last four shots are the names of the actors; Dakota Fanning, Thomas Sangstar and Eliza Bennett. The audience may or may not have heard of the actors I have chosen because it’s hard to find actors the age I wanted for the roles. Major studios nearly always go for star actors because the are well known and will help sell the movie, I have specifically chosen Dakota Fanning as one of the stars of my film because she is considered to be ‘child star of the moment’ and I think she will make more people interested in seeing the film, especially her fans.
My USP (Unique Selling Point) is posters, interviews, billboards and merchandise.
I would expect my trailer to be shown before other thriller movies at the cinema. On TV I would show my trailer after 9pm because some shots may shock younger viewers. By putting up billboards, posters and showing my trailer, more people will be aware of the film and hopefully think that it looks interesting and want to see it.
If my trailer was to be made I would know if it was a success by how many people actually went to see the movie and how many viewers viewed the programmes I showed my trailer before.
One of the problems I faced when making my trailer storyboard was the drawing and trying to express my ideas in writing and pictures.
