Initial Ideas

My initial idea for my trailer is to have a storyline based on a missing girl, a serious of threats and a hostage/killer. I can work this storyline into a trailer by filming shots of the girl and her normal life to introduce us to her, the threats, her being taken and what bits of what happens when she is taken. I have created a storyboard for my first trailer idea and this will be uploaded in one of my next blog posts. There is not much narrative involved in my trailer so I have not yet typed up a script however I will do once I have decided finally on all of the dialogue involved.

Above is my first idea of a location for where the hostage will be shown to have been kept. I chose this location because it has been abandoned for years and is located in a hidden part of the woods giving it a very creepy eerie feel. It is a small hut enclosed all the way round with occasional gaps in the wood, as seen in the photo, and a swinging door entrance with a lock.

Another location I plan on using is the Lords Woods wooded area. From my research I found that the woods was a popular location used in thriller/horror movies. I went down into the woods and tested the location and found that you could get some great sound effects and shots from down there.I went during the evening time around 7:00pm as it was still light enough outside to get a clear but dark shot although once going into the woods it was too dark to be able to see the shots clearly so I plan on going early to film now.

My third location is for the victims home. I have chosen to use this house because it has a great and obvious looking driveway - easy access for the 'killer' and also a great looking shot which clearly shows the victim leaving or entering her house. My home looked too hard to get into and was too close to the Lords Woods location so I got permission and used my friends house up the road. 

I'm not using my house for the home location because you can see the woods located right behind and their are too many obstacles in the way of the actual house shot e.g the wall and the car which no longer runs so we are unable to move. This means the shots of the victim leaving the house would not look as good as clean as I would like.