Horror trailer pitch
What I would like to achieve is to create a trailer for a new and upcoming horror film. The plot I would like to include in this trailer is: Two mad scientists have created a monster that is mainly human but they have created him to be faster and strong then themselves. This creates a problem when the monster escapes killing one of the scientist in its rampage. The monster escapes into the streets of the and begins a small scale killing spree in a rural town in the country side. The trailer ends when two people are chased into an underground tunnel by the monster, believing they are safe they stop running and but this is when the monster appears behind them and screams are heard as the trailer cuts out to black. In this trailer also I want to keep the monster as mysterious as possible but at the same time still give it a presence that shocks/scares the audience. My reason for doing this is to give a level of mystery to the trailer and also letting the audiences imagination run away with them as to what the monster might or might not be, this will also mean the trailer could have different impacts on different people depending on how they see the monster.
Shot types that I would like to use in this trailer are: Hand held camera action, long shots, close ups and extreme close ups. I feel that with these shot types I will be able to display the emotion and the terror the characters are experiencing (close/extreme close ups) while also making the events seem vivid by using hand held camera shots for tense scenes. Longs shots would allow for audience to see in full view the characters included in the trailer, and also some of the setting in which the film will be set in.
I have various inspirations that have lead me to come up with this idea. My main inspiration for this trailer is the 1818 novel Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) In which a monster is re-animated out of spare body parts from a near by grave yard. However I have also taken inspiration from various zombie films such as: “28 weeks later” and “Automaton Transfusion“. In these two films zombies are the main threat and they have an uncontrollable desire to devour everyone in sight. From these two films I will take the zombie style idea in which when a human is bitten by the beast they become infected. As for Frankenstein I will be basing my main monster on the monster out of the book itself, using its super human body shape and height and also its almost unbearable ugliness to create a horrifying beast.
As for other characters in my film such as the scientist that have created the monster I will be sticking to a basic stereotype for scientists for the way they look and dress. So for example: White coats, glasses, mess appearance ect. Also a basic persona of these characters is: They are two young scientist (Henry and Patrick) looking for a solution for eternal life and they believe they have found it with this experiment, however they are horrified when it goes terrible wrong and the experiment becomes violent and blood thirsty. For the two civilian characters that will feature in the trailer I will be using a young teenage couple (man and women) my reason for this is it is fairly popular for teens to star in horror films and for there to be men and women. These to characters (Matty and Nikki) are simply two victims of the monster. In the trailer they will be seen running into a subway tunnel in which they think they have escaped from the monster. Upon leaving the tunnel the monster drops down from above and begins to attack the couple, killing Matty but Nikki manages to escape and tell people about what has happened to her sparking off the main narrative in which the hunt for the monster begins.
Locations I will need to find for this trailer are: Some sort of room or building in which I could make look like a lab where the monster has been created. One of my ideas for this location was to use college after hours when it would be dark outside. There are also other areas in the college grounds that I could use for this trailer such as the forested areas, as it would give the trailer more of a horror feeling. I will also need to find a location for the closing of the of the trailer. For this shot I will need some sort of subway tunnel of underground tunnel. One of the main features the tunnel must have is it must be dark and fairly long to add to the scare factor of the trailer.
