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1. Test shots
Location, props, costume

2. Location
This is the exterior of the family home that will appear within
our trailer. We know that this location is conventional and will
work within our trailer due to previous successful horror films
which are based in similar locations. The use of a family home
makes the audience feel involved as well as making the overall
storyline realistic. The location could convey isolation to the
audience as it's down a street with few houses, making the
setting quiet and suspicious. This makes the trailer relatable to
the audience as well as contributing to the overall success of
the film trailer and storyline.

3. Location
This is the living room which is situated in the family house.
This will be used regularly within our trailer, especially when
the family are spending time together. This particular location
is also conventional be as it again makes the plot and storyline
appear realistic to the audience. This is because it is a normal
family environment in which most family’s enjoy their time
together. This will specifically be used when the little girl
wanders around the house once she is possessed and destroys
the family’s belongings as well as herself. This area is quite
spacious and will work well within our trailer.

4. Location
This is the small child's bedroom again within the main location
of the family house. This area will be most commonly used as
it is relatable to the main character which is a young girl.
Previous successful horror films that have been based in
houses such as paranormal activity, use younger child’s
bedrooms and environments to convey fear and realism. This
will create a frightening effect for the onscreen characters as
well as the audience due to the little girl finding clues leading
to her to be taken over. When this scene is used there will
usually be low key lighting to convey the correct mood for my
storyline and plot.

5. Location
This is the bathroom which will appear within our trailer, but
only for a shot amount of time. This area is conventional as this
is where the negative stuff will happen to the young girl. It is
also conventional due to the mirror that is within the room as
this is a conventional prop within horror films, where
unexpected things happen for the audience and characters.
Overall this room will be displayed with low key lighting to
create the correct mood of fear and tension as well as ensuring
that not too much of the storyline is given away.

6. Location
This is the kitchen, where the mother and father will be seen,
and also family time will be spent. This particular location
notices the change within the characters each day as they all
spend time around the dinner table but the young girl begins
to be distracted by other events around the house.

7. Location
This is the garden where we will be shooting the outside scenes
of our trailer. This is a conventional setting as it allows the use
of lighting so the characters can be seen but it also has some
dark areas in which the characters and the audience are
suspicious about. This environment creates a mysterious effect
as well as building up tension for the audience.

8. Props
One prop that will appear within our film trailer, but
discretely is this pen. It will make it possible to write on
mirrors and windows around the house without it
being permanent. The only character that will be seen
to do this is the young character Beth. To begin with it
gives the impression of blood, which creates fear and
tension for the characters.
This will help create an effective trailer which the
audience can find realistic and also relate to the
storyline. The use of the colour red for the ink helps
connote fear and danger for the onscreen characters
within the disturbing messages.

9. Props
This is one of the most significant props within our film trailer.
It is a teddy that belongs to the young girl, which her mother
didn’t want her to bring along when they moved house. This
will play the role of her main possession within the film and
will be associated with the main character throughout. This
will appear more and more relevant as the trailer progresses
and the evil spirit uses it to get the control of the main
character Beth. We ensured that the bear that we chose would
make a noise so that the young girl is aware when things are
happening to it as she can hear it in different rooms. The teddy
is of a normal size and is also normally coloured so that it is
easily noticed throughout the trailer.

10. Props
Along with the teddy, the note is also a significant prop within
our film trailer and to the title. It is the first clue to strange
events occurring within the trailer and is soon juxtaposed with
the teddy to lead the young girl into the evil spirits control. It
will also be the main character method of communication with
what she is not aware to be the evil spirit who is soon to take
control of her. This particular prop presents the young girl
stereotypically and shows her as being naïve within the trailer
before her possession. This will also be zoomed in on regularly
to emphasise its importance.

11. Props
This is another prop that will become relevant to the end of the
trailer, once the young girl is possessed. It will be used as a
weapon for the main character as she attempts to smash it over
her helpless mother’s head once she has been possessed. This
prop is conventional within our trailer as it is a normal household
object, therefore the audience will not expect its later
appearance as an attempted weapon.

12. Costume= Freddie (Lewis)
This is the outfit what Lewis will be wearing within our
trailer. He will look quite formal throughout the trailer to
ensure that he is a conventional character for the father
role he is playing. The clothing that he will wear will
represent a stereotypical masculine character to help
emphasise his role of a dominant character in the house
which is conventional to horrors films which involve
families . This is because the male is the protector over
the family.

13. Costume= Charlotte (Amy)
This is the costume that Amy will be wearing throughout the
trailer, the outfit that she will wear will show her formally and
conventional for a mother figure . It will make her look older
to portray the family image better. As well as showing her to
be not too dressed up as she has only just moved into her new
house. Amy will also be wearing make-up during the trailer,
again to emphasise her age and role.

14. Costume= Beth (Bethany)
These are all potential outfits for the main character
Beth. She will probably appear in 2 out of the 3 outfits
throughout the trailer. Presenting Beth in dresses
shows her as a stereotypical young girl. This costume
will emphasise that she is of younger age making her
appeal to the audience at the beginning, however, this
will soon change when she gets distracted by certain
events around her. She will look girly, however, as the
trailer progresses the clothing that she is wearing will
deteriorate and become ripped and dirty. This will
represent her personality which is also getting worse
due to the evil spirit taking control.