Evidence of Filming

This is a timelapse of the filming of scenes for our trailer, and photographs of me filming some scenes for our trailer. This mainly included the bedroom and stairwell scenes.

Choosing Character Names

Test Shots

These are the test shots that we took for the different locations that will feature in our trailer.

Model Consent Forms

Shot & Prop List

Storyboard with Trailer Conventions & Theories

This is the storyboard for the trailer, with the trailer conventions and horror theories used. 

Overall Narrative (Synopsis)

Discussing Plot/Narrative Ideas

Omniscient Productions - Production Company Logo

Choosing a Font for Production Company Logo

Choosing a Font for Production Company Logo from jassinta

These are the fonts we considered using for our production company logo, and why we didn't use them.

Taking Pictures for Production Company Logo

This is a short video of us preparing, and taking pictures for our production company logo.

Choosing Production Name & Logo

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Choosing a sub-genre

In this clip, my group discussed the different sub-genres that we could revolve our trailer around, and how different theories can relate to each sub-genre.

Analysis of Research & Results

Research into Horror Trailer Conventions

Research into Horror Trailer Conventions from jassinta

This is some research I did into the conventions in horror trailers. The trailers I researched:

Target Audience Research: Survey & Results

These are the results from my survey, which I conducted on my target audience for their thoughts on the genre of horror.

Target Audience Research: Trailer Reactions

In this clip, I had members of my target audience watch some contemporary horror film trailers, so that I could see their reactions. From this, I was able to directly see what they found effective in horror films. I also saw what made them laugh, which is the unrequited reaction, and I can use this in my trailer so that my trailer is reflective of the horror genre,

Target Audience Research: Fears

In this video, I asked members of my target audience what fears they had. With this information, I will be able to include key elements that my target audience will find scary, and therefore make my trailer successful in the genre of horror, as it will have elements that they find scary.


I created this word cloud, to summarise the most popular fears that my target audience displayed.

Research Rationale

PRELIM: Evaluation

PRELIM: Final Clip - The Blair Witch Project - Please Help Us!

This is the final edit of our remake from the film 'The Blair Witch Project':

PRELIM: Construction

This Slideshare includes some of the things that we edited, whilst recreating our clip from The Blair Witch Project. We used Adobe Premiere Pro CC (2015.3) to edit our footage.

PRELIM: Construction & Editing from jassinta

PRELIM: Planning/Filming Schedule

This is the shooting schedule which we made, in order to plan for our filming.

PRELIM: Storyboards

These are the storyboards which we made so that we knew what we were filming, and what each shot needed to include.

PRELIM: Analysis of Chosen Horror Clip: The Blair Witch Project - Please Help Us!

This is a Soundcloud clip, where I have analysed the clip that my partner and I aim to create.



Key Shots that I analysed:

The Monstrous Feminine

Clover's Final Girl

The Cabin In The Woods

This is a Prezi, on the horror film 'The Cabin In The Woods'.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre Vs Psycho

Mulvey’s Male Gaze & Voyeurism

This post is about Mulvey's Male Gaze Theory in horror, and how it relates to voyeurism.

The clip from Jennifer's Body:

Barthes Enigma Code

Audience Theories

This is a video, explaining the different audience theories and how they work in relation to horror.

Wells' Research & Cohen's Moral Panic

This is a slideshow showing Paul Well's audience theory, and Cohen's theory of moral panic, with examples of moral panics in the genre of horror.

Wells' Research & Cohen's Moral Panics from jassinta

The Representations of Vampires

This is a presentation on the different representations of vampires in different films, over time in films.

The Representations of Vampires from jassinta

Camera Shots & Angles

Propp's Narrative Functions Theory

This is a video on Propp's Narrative Functions, using examples from the horror film The Woman In Black.

Levi Strauss - Binary Oppositions

The clip:

Todorov's Narrative Theory

 Todorov's Narrative Theory can is split into five main sections:

1) A state of equilibrium - There is a sense of balance in the story
2) A disruption of the equilibrium - There is an inbalance in the story
3) A recognition of the disruption - The characters become aware of the change to their situation
4) An attempt to repair the disruption - The characters try to fix the unsettlement
5) A reinstatement of the equilibrium - A new sense of balance is instated within the narrative

Horror Poster Deconstruction

This is a Horror Poster Deconstruction I have made, which shows the different aspects of each poster, and its effect.

Conventions in Horror

Horror Timeline

This is a timeline showing the development in the genre of horror, and the common themes of horror in each era.

Horror Villain Deconstruction - Norman Bates

Norman Bates - Psycho

Norman Bates is a character created by writer Robert Bloch, and portrayed by Anthony Perkins as the primary antagonist of the 1960 film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Bates suffered from an identity disorder and psychotic behaviour, believing that he was his controlling mother. At the same time he suffered from visual and auditory hallucinations, in which his mother apparently convinced him to commit violent acts. When the ‘Mother’ personality took over, Bates would transform into murderous rages, targeting women who aroused him.

Bates manifests the fact that horror in the 1960s followed themes that were more psychological and had ‘slasher’ elements, as his character is based around the development of the understanding of the psyche, and how it affects audiences. Also, from technological advancements horror moved from being gothic, in the 1950’s, to following more contemporary concerns, making the scenes from Psycho seem more likely to happen, and therefore more frightening to audiences.

When the film, with the character was released in 1960, common gothic motifs for horror included violence, fears of the devil and the role of the female threat. The character of Bates embodies these motifs as he had violent outbursts which resulted in him murdering women, as he saw them as a threat, which stems from his mothers manipulative and controlling nature. The motif of ‘fears of the devil’ is shown through his belief that sexuality is a sin.

Introduction and Views on Horror

This is a short video on my initial thoughts on the brief, and my thoughts on the genre of horror.