Making of the trailer . .

This is the location of where we film - Sheldon Country Park. We chose this area because it is typical of a 'fairy tale' and 'make believe' and we wanted our teaser trailer to have a weird feel to it, that isn't stereotypical to usual horrors - this is what makes ours different and a psychological horror. Horrors are usually filmed at night time but we turned this expectation on it's head by filming it in the sun, we had to do this so it made it seem like a real picnic, we chose a picnic to fit with the 'fairy tale' feel of the teaser trailer and also adds to the childlike aspect we went for. Although we did choose to film in a secluded, quiet area where people don't usually go near, which tends to be favored in psychological horrors as it suggest that no one see's what is happening and that no one can save the people in trouble, it conveys the feeling of being alone. 

This is an image of Jack who acted in our teaser trailer for us, we got him to dress in 'normal' clothes as it shows that the killer doesn't mind who she chooses for her prey, it also contrasts with the main character as she is almost dressed up. Jack was the one character that was alive so he is aware of what is going on, it adds an element of torture to the story. In the trailer we have used a close up of Jack moving/wriggling to show this, it's only a short shot as we don't want to give too much away. We told him to breathe deeply and make it more exaggerated so the camera would pick it up, breathing deeply also connotates being scared and panic. The wriggling also shows that he was trying to escape and doesn't want to be there.

This is me tying the feet of another actor - Ellis. We wanted to tie them together to show that he couldn't escape, Ellis is dead in this piece and we just show blood running from his ear, this doesn't inform the audience on how he was killed but just gives them a taster of what they might see in the film. As this is a violent image it tells the audience that they are going to see blood and gore. The tying of hands and feet are a vital part of the teaser trailer and we have shown this on the teaser trailer by showing close ups of Jacks' tied hands and Ellis' tied feet.

This is also me making the blood that we used on Ellis and Jack, we just mixed Tomato ketchup and BBQ sauce together instead of using fake blood because we think that can often look too fake. So we thought we'd experiment and I think it worked well. 

This is a shot of Ellis in his horse mask, this was him when he was 'playing dead' as you can see he is limp and leaning up the tree - we did this to show that the killer had placed her 'guests' in an upright position to look like they're alive and are able to participate with her 'games', in this case it is a tea party. We chose to use masks because we thought it was an interesting way to hide the identity of the victims and of the killer. It also adds the element of fear as you don't know what to expect and people are always afraid of the unknown.