Character Profile

Character Profile

The main star within my horror/thriller trailer, 'Hear My Cry' will be my friend Laura Purvis, she will be featuring as the young girl who is bullied throughout her childhood b her fellow peers at school and also by her alcoholic father who frequently abuses her, she is mysteriously murdered and seeks justice. Below are aspects of 'Hear My Cry's' actor.

Real Name; Laura Purvis
Actor Name; Annie Mcbeth
Age; 16
Nationality; White British
Hometown: Sunderland
Talents/Skills: horse riding and painting  
Siblings : None 
Significant Others; mother has died, has an alcoholic father who abuses her frequently
Height: 5.5
Weight: 9 stone 
Eye Color: blue
Hair Color: Dark Brown

Location

Here is a two images of a possible significant locations i am going to use in my horror/thriller trailer, 'Hear My Cry'. I think they will be effective towards my target audience as they meets the criteria required of stereotypical horror film, as it is dark and isolated. The trees are close together which i particularly like as i believe it creates more tension as you are unaware as to what is present in the forest itself. the dark lighting helps empathise the tension created as they audience are expecting something negative to occur. I am kind of breaking the generic conventions of a horror/thriller in the snow image if i decide to actually use this particular scene as they don't often contain snow, however i like how bright it looks, but also how cold and isolated it makes the audience feel.

Character Profile

Character Profile

One of my main star within my horror/thriller trailer, 'Hear My Cry' will be my step dad Kevin Logan, he will be featuring as the young girl's drunken and abusive father who constantly abuses her for no apparent reason. Below are aspects of 'Hear My Cry's' actor.

Real Name; Kevin Logan

Actor Name; George Mcadams 
Age; 50
Nationality; White British
Hometown: Sunderland
Talents/Skills: Enjoys drawing and pool 
Siblings : A brother
Significant Others; wife has died, is an alcoholic ans abuses his daughter frequently
Height: 5.6
Weight: 12 stone 
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Dark Brown

Potential Problems

Potential Problems

A significant obstacle i feel i will face is relying upon other people to act within my trailer or shot for my poster and magazine front cover, as if they they are unwilling to do it any more i have to find other willing people, or as some of them have to coursework to complete themselves for various other subjects they will want to concentrate on that topic and not be able to find time to help me out on mine.Therefore i may choose people i completely rely on so i know they are very unlikely to let me down, but also people who don't have to concentrate on coursework just yet so it's easier for them and don't feel under pressure. Also, another problem may be the weather, as i need it to be dark to meet my required criteria for the trailer so it creates more tension however because of the dark nights due to winter, i don't finish till 4.30 and 5 some nights from college therefore resulting in it been to dark to actually see any characters or objects. Therefore i feel the only way to tackle this specific occurrence is to film footage during a media lesson. The last significant obstacle i feel i may have to tackle, is finding the correct characters and props to suit my horror/film as they usually contain blood, vampires etc. To obtain this problem i will write a list of everything required before i even start to film my trailer and if i don't have anything needed i will modify the trailer with something i actually do have instead, hopefully i have everything though.

Character Profile

One of my main star within my horror/thriller trailer, 'Hear My Cry' will be my friend Brogan Nicholson, she will be featuring as the young girl's best friend who seeks justice and can't talk to her from the dead. Below are aspects of 'Hear My Cry's' actress.

Real Name; Brogan Nicholson
Actor Name; Emily Smith 
Age; 16
Nationality; White British
Hometown: Sunderland
Occupation: Student
Talents/Skills: Enjoys singing and drawing/painting 
Siblings : Only Child
Significant Others; Mother has died, and has a drunken father but no strong relationship
Height: 5.4
Weight: 8 stone 
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde

Experiment

I photoshopped an image that i may use on my dvd cover. I enhanced the colour to a more vibrant and effect colour for the target audience so it is more likely to catch the viewers eye and make them want to come and get the full experience by going to the cinema to watch this particular film. i decided to have dark makeup applied to her face to create a more tense atmosphere for the audience, also tried to make her look messy as she is a ghost who has been through a rough time, so i tried to portray this through the visual image. Therefore i personally believe i am containing good time management as i have experimented with various effects and giving me ideas of what the final product will look like.

Soundtacks/Sound effect

For my horror/thriller trailer, 'Hear My Cry' I would prefer an intense, scary sound track to create tension and make the audience expect something negative to happen at any point. This website link below its a link to various horror sound effects i feel are relevant to my trailer.
http://www.freesfx.co.uk/sfx/horror

Changes i made...

I decided to make the following changes to hopefully make my poster more effective to my target audience. I increased the size of the girl to make it feel more realistic as she is more life size now. Also another modification i made was the title style and font, i hand writing it then scanned it onto the computer as i feel it looks more messy and horror like, which you would find on a horror/thriller poster to create tension and empathy for the audience.

Prop - Teddy Bear

Here is an image of a significant prop i will be using in my film trailer, 'Hear My Cry' as it is a symbol for the young girl who is innocently murdered. I like the look of it being rough looking referring to the fact the young girl has had a tough childhood but is still battling on bar everything that she has had to deal with, being mentally and physically by her fellow peers at school and also by her drunken, abusive father. The colour of the teddy bear represents how innocent the young girl actually is.

First Draft - Poster

I created a first draft of how i want my final poster about my thriller trailer, 'Hear My Cry' to be like. i thought the dark, scary woods is effective as in the trailer the girl is last seen alive running into the woods, the dark lighting empathises the tension created for the audience as they are scared for her as they know woods are create a dark, eerie atmosphere altogether. The fact i placed the girl looking back in between the tree's indicates to the audience she isn't likely to return from the woods but also that she is the first aspect the viewer is going to see when first glancing at the poster itself. I decided on making her faded to create tension but also portray a deeper meaning for the audience to work out for themselves and allow various interpretations of the film, the actually reason i done this particular effect was to show she is fading away as she is a ghost, because she ends up dead in the film but is still present with us, like her spirit is still around. 'Hear My Cry' is placed right in the middle of the poster, in a very small font so it relates to the film itself as she wants people to hear her however only her best friend does resulting in only her cry hardly been heard. I think i am going to modify the font to a more scary handwritten font as the current one i personally believe is rather feminine for the meaning it is actually portraying. The fact the font is red relates to the thriller/horror genre as red represents danger and consequently she ends up in danger in my film.    

Images for my trailer

I practised a shot of a clock that may be featuring in my trailer for 'Hear My Cry' to give me first hand experience of what my overall trailer will look like when i'm finished, but also giving me an idea on various camera angles, and shots to find the most effective one for my thriller/horror trailer.

Consent Slip - 'Hear My Cry'

For all the actors/actresses featuring in my horror/thriller trailer and being a model for the advertisement of 'Hear My Cry', they had to sign a consent slip to show they are willing to be a part of the film.