Individual Contribution

Here I’ll be explaining my individual contribution to the project. Firstly I gathered research which I then shared with my group. For my research phase I deconstructed horror posters, magazines and trailers to understand the conventions, I also watched horror films and analysed the plots/narrative, then I researched a range of theorists such as Clover – the final girl theory, Todorov's – Equilibrium, Levi Straus – binary opposition and more, this was to help me  keep these theories in mind for when I began planning my trailer.

I carried out an online survey using SurveyMonkey.com to gather the audiences feedback on what features in horror trailers interested them? what sub-genre they preferred? What gender they preferred to be the leading role? And so on. This feedback helped because when comparing the results I received on my survey with the other members of my group I noticed that we all had similar results, which made it easier to decide on what sub-genre we’d pick to do.

Next we had to design our production company logo, we all made a brainstorm and drew out our ideas then once we reached an agreement, so once we reached a final decision I used Photoshop Pro CC to create the final design. I then drew out the storyboard with Tyanna. When doing the construction for the trailer I was a part of the production team, this included filming, directing and editing alongside other members of my group.

Before we began filming I made sure to review different types of shots so I’d have a clear vision of what to once we started to film. I also gave a selection of ideas in terms of different angles and locations we could use as well as mise en scene. During the editing process I gave ideas as to the placement of certain clips, then I took over most of the editing of the trailer such as colour correcting, cutting, adding transitions, changing speed duration and so on.