"Dead End" Final Poster

Film Trailer "Dead End"

This is our main production piece from our promotional package. The film is called "Dead End" and falls into the slasher sub-genre which comes under the horror genre.



Props

In horror productions props can be mystical books/dolls/jewellery and in some cases fairly plain and normal objects that are twisted/possessed or inter-connected with spirits, as seen in many physiological/supernatural horrors. However I’m looking at the genre slasher and so conventionally these violent storylines contain props that are used to harm and kill people and so are weapons. These weapons can tell what type of film it may be like or help the audience understand what kind of antagonist they are. The killer in horror’s in the past have used iconic weapons that stand out with Jason’s heavy machete like sword  which creates loud swooshes’ and shows his character being a mad and reckless heavy handed attacker, whereas Michael Myers smaller yet sharper kitchen knife portrays him as a frenzied quick killing sadistic individual. In my production props need to suit our antagonist, here are a few different ideas.

The Crowbar – This fairly unsinister tool, can become a weapon in wrong hands it can be used to bludgeon and would cause terrible injurys with it being a strong material and also having a sharp bent end.

The wood axe – An axe and this axe in example is very sharp used to cut away victims with heavy blows that can cause very gruesome deaths with limbs being cut etc. Again this is only seen as a weapon in the wrong hands.

Wooden Bludgeon – This weapon compared to the two above is made for or moulded to maime the innocent it is fairly barbaric with there being no sharp edges meaning an antagonist would beat their vicitm to death. 

Costume Ideas

Location I feel is going to be vital in terms of setting the film and also creating realism. With no state of the art created locations and affects, choosing the right location is vital, it has to be a place that has a true connection with the filming and plotline, and it must suit the story. Our ideas have led us to a woodland/forest location, which is dark, quiet and surrounded by huge overhanging trees. These rural landscapes are used in many films such as ‘Wrong Turn’, ‘Friday the 13^th’ and the ‘Blair Witch Project’, the vast areas stop the protagonist screams to be heard and so makes them isolated, heightening tension. We already have a strong location to use in mind it is a place all of us had visited and was close by it is Black Park in Buckinghamshire, it is very close the Pinewood Studios and has been used in the filming of many of the Harry Potter films to date, this gave us the incentive to also work here knowing the area had many qualities that would help in creating fear and tension within our film trailer. 

Media Production Pieces

Magazine Front Cover 

Mock-Ups

Film Magazine Mock Ups 

 Below our our two film magazine mock ups where we did two drafts as we wanted to ensure we were creating a cover that would appeal to our target audience. On the left shows our first draft which is very basic but we liked the lay out so we kept it for our final draft on the right but added more detail in which would further entice the target audience.

Film Poster Mock Ups

These are our two film poster mock ups. On the left is our first draft in which was far more basic and we were just starting to draft our ideas whereas on the right you can see a far more detailed draft where we developed our idea with more detail and were a lot more certain in how we wanted our poster to appeal to the target audience. 

Story Board