Investigation Of Props, Location And Cast

Investigation of Props

In investigating props myself and my group chose to photograph weapons that potentially the antagonist could use in order to murder his victims. We chose bricks and knives for props because they would be easily accessible to the antagonist because they are located around the school site. I think that the image of the knives is particularly effective because they look menacing and threatening - something which as a horror trailer the props should portray. The bricks could be used by the 'killer' in order to strike the victim over the head.

Investigation of Location

In order to photograph location my group and I took photographs of various locations around the school that we thought could potentially be used in our teaser trailer. I thought the most effective settings were the ones on the field, where the the trees add shadow and cover which I think would be good in order to set a spooky tone to the trailer. It also would be good to shoot this area at night since it could be replicated and used as a 'woods' when in reality it is not. The fence also adds a sense of entrapment and closure, so that the victim could be shown trying to escape from the 'woods' in the trailer to no avail. The pond setting would also be an effective setting because it could provide a place for the killer to store the 'bodies' of his victims without getting caught. I think this would be a very effective storyline and would add realism to the plot, as it is a typial convention of the horror genre.

Investigation of Cast

For our cast investigation my group and I took a variety of photographs of students and teachers in our school. After we had reviewed our images we decided that to fit in with the conventions of the 'horror' genre we would generally include a younger cast in order to gain the 'slasher' movie feel. Our cast will only include students from our school in order to add verisimilitude to our teaser trailer, and also to save time. The students will mainly be from the sixth form so that it targets a 15+ audience, however there may be a few shots of younger children in the school as extras.