When thinking about my initial ideas for my film, I thought it important to try and think of a way in which I could express to the audience that the 'baddy' in my film is actually a young girl who was murdered in the flat currently occupied by the new University students. Therefore, I thought of opening my trailer with an image/ words of a newspaper article about a mystery, brutal murder of a young girl.This tells the reader more of the story and gives them a better understanding.
After the image of the newspaper, I was thinking to change into a shot of the main character travelling on the train, looking out of the window. She is anxious/excited to start her new life at University far away from home but this is ironic as she should be nervous for much worse reasons.
As the character gets off the train, I may film her walking around the train station trying to find her way in a new city. This could be effective as it presents the girl as vulnerable and away from her typical settings.
I will then do a shot of the flat in which the main part of the story will take place. I may do a high angle shot of the girl standing outside the flat making the flat look much bigger than her. This will be effective as, again, she will be shown as vulnerable but this time to the flat and the strange happenings which are about to occur.
I will then do a shot of all the girls together, I may play some happy/upbeat music in the background which could represent the typical University lifestyle and show the girls getting to know one another.
I will then contrast this equilibrium by cutting the music and changing it to more dramatic and eerie which initiates to the audience that the atmosphere is going to change.
I will then start to show the start of the strange happenings. I will show the girls possibly sitting in the kitchen together, the door knocking, someone going to answer and no one being there. I may do this various times to initiate a strange feeling.
I may also show the phone ringing, one of the girls answering and no one speaking other than a strange sound.
I will then speed up the pace of my editing to try and create fear as strange things begin to happen more frequently.
I may then use a shot of one of the girls going crazy and running out of the flat down the stairs from the chasing 'baddy' - here I may use the device of footsteps. I may then use a scene in the life where one of the girls is trying to escape by frantically pressing the buttons but it does not work. I could then use a shot of the 'baddy' standing in the mirror and then cut.
I will then cut my trailer to the title of the film and then possibly think of a tagline for my film. I got this idea when analysing the film 'The Strangers.' The tagline for this film is 'because you were home' which I think it effective as it creates a particularly eerie feel.
I will then cut to a final image of the 'baddy's' eye and then cut to the release dates.
