Film School / Case Studies

In order for us to get an idea of the type of horror film we wanted to go for we needed to look at a few other films so that we could have an understanding of how the structure of the films and trailers are going to be and look out for the different characters that we want to create.

From this Film's School session we looked at how to make a good plot for our trailers, we looked at a technique that was called 3P's which stood for 'Profession, Personality and Problem'. This technique helped us to understand that our trailer needs this in order for our story to make sense an for people to be able to relate to. We especially wanted young female girls to relate to this so we came up with a plot the expressed how young girls are so insecure with themselves that they then try to make others feel bad due to their insecurities. As we are young females who also have insecurities about ourself we were able to enhance the emotional side of this plot to emphasise the fact that these girls don't appreciate each other or even themselves.

Here are some of the films we looked at to get some inspiration on plot lines and characters:

·         Cabin in the woods

·         Scream

·         Never been kissed

·         Mean Girls

All of these films have a range of different aspects that we want to consider in our film e.g. we want the outcast girl from Never Been Kissed, the popular girl group from Mean Girls and the slasher effects from Scream and Cabin In The Woods.