FInal Teaser Trailer: A Valediction

Poster Pictures, Unedited

These are some of the pictures that we thought we could use for our film poster; however they have not been edited yet.

Some of the ideas that we had for the poster was that for the picture showing the two main characters we would fade the colour a little to make it look dimmer and have the female character seem as if she was see through and more ghost like. This would then relate back to the main teaser trailer.

Another idea that we had was that for the other picture of the female characters face, we would add it in to another picture that we took of a mirror to seem as if she was in the mirrors reflection looking out at the audience.

Horror Film Trailer

Horror/Thriller Poster Research

Horror is one of the least respected genres of cinema, and yet it portrays much of today’s culture and values within its context. These movies show heavy symbolism, especially in the portrayal of women and femininity, through images of fear of castration, and the strength of females. Horror films are famous for portraying women as damsels in distress who are usually murdered within the first five minutes as punishment for their indiscretions. They are also portrayed as antagonists, which can be seen as a reflection of men’s pathological fear of women. Horror is a genre that rarely features women in a non-exploitative way, even with modern movies such as the new ‘Friday the 13th’ being extremely sexist.



There are however positive female characters in this genre and these films are usually much more respected by critics and the public. In movies such as ‘The Descent’ and ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’, women can be seen defeating typically male villains and exhibiting strength and intelligence, moving from victim to heroine.

The female subject is shown in horror movies in different ways through time. Women are beginning to come into their own in the horror genre, showing that they are as strong as men and are not the sexual objects they were once perceived.

The Male Gaze

Powerpoint of the Male Gaze

This powepoint describes what the Male Gaze is and how it links in with movie planning.

Possible Music

For this film / teaser trailer we are hoping to create our own music for it. So far we have a brief idea of what this might include. In the style of Pink Floyd it'll have to be slightly spaced and strange to say the least. to achieve this we'd used a ping pong delay but with the dry element reduced to nearly nothing, this would create the effect we need, making the music pan from left to right with delay, and whilst this is occuring, there would also be a lexicon ambient reverb under it, creating a huge spaced affect, this combined with the ping pong delay would with no doubt create the sound needed. The type of music you'd use with these effects would be extremely simple. No fancy dominent major 13 chords, just the root note with the 9th, nice, simple but effective.

G.Strivens