ASK & DISCUSS INDEX

9 years, 9 months ago - Dan Selakovich

You might want to put a link to your trailer.

9 years, 9 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin

Oh, swapsies by the way...

'Awaiting' trailer https://youtu.be/BKmZcXbEf8oo , currently in HMV for just £7.99, got 3* in Total Film magazine review, dividing audiences. We shot it last summer :)

9 years, 9 months ago - Colin Metcalfe

Hi Alex,
I think you have pulled this off well, (yes I did jump at the appropriate time!) considering the limitations you mention in the bulletin.

Only comments I would make are perhaps the pace could be quicker in the middle part (maybe a few more cutaways) and secondly maybe, although you reproduce the standard elements ever-present in horror trailers, could it benefit from a lesser used idea, y'know just to give it fresh appeal.

Good luck with the project.

Colin M

9 years, 9 months ago - Alex Walters

https://shootingpeople.org/watch/132646/Horror-Movie-Teaser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlTKVX-_3m0

9 years, 9 months ago - Nick Goundry

Hi Alex. I'd suggest you need some really strong images, as that's what a teaser's supposed to be about.

Your basic story concept has obviously been done over and over in horror cinema - there's nothing fresh in the narrative. Some unexpected and creative images will be the best way to snare an audience, so it's about getting really creative with your lack of money and resources, and figuring out how to make an impact with what you've got.

Also, I'd cut the run time at least in half. I'm not sure the opening sequence rushing up to the attic is necessary and the whole sequence with the agent showing the girl around the house is actually pretty dull. On a technical level, it's not clear to me whether I'm supposed to be able to hear the dialogue. Get creative and you can establish the basic set up in a fraction of the time.

But the images are key. Aim for unexpected and memorable.

9 years, 9 months ago - Dan Selakovich

Sound: what Paddy said.

As for the rest, cut it down considerably, and just scare people the best you can. The formula for a horror trailer is basically; calm, calm, scare, calm, scare, calm, scare, scare, scare.

I really wouldn't put the MPAA notice up. They take that shit seriously if you haven't actually been through the process. Rating movies is how they pay their lobby in congress to fuck indie filmmakers and give Hollywood a pass, so they take it seriously when people don't go through the ratings scam.

9 years, 9 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin

Quite fun :)

Sound mix is bit off - dialogue levels vs music/fx, but you clearly had a good time shooting it and the direction is technically competent.

One thing though - seeing as I'll bet you a quid it hasn't been MPAA approved, why use an MPAA card to open? ;-)