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Audience Research

Lighting & Sound

Lighting

Our film will consist mostly of dark, dim shots. But due to filming purposes, we will begin to record footage early evening as it will be too dark, and before closing time for Polsden Lacey. We have chosen to film it in dark secluded light as it is a popular cliche of horror films. They normally take place in a dark emptiness, which will really emphatise the isolation of our characters. With limited sight, it will also impact the audience as they will be left more clueless as to what is going on

Sound

We will be having the voiceover throughout part of our teaser trailer. However to make the audience feel uncomfortable, we will also be involving high pitched sounds. The reason for this is because these sounds are what people aren't used to hearing, it will make the audience feel stressed as it's a sound we don't associate to. 

So far we have thought of two ways to use our sounds efficiently. These are:

1. We hear the sound every so often, to make sure it doesn't overshadow our teaser trailer. As well as still being able to hear the dialogue clearly
2. Our second way to use our use of sound it to have a gradual build up. As the teaser trailer comes to a end, we will have the sound getting higher in pitch and louder, ending it dramatically, which will leave a bigger impact on the audience as it increases the tension.

Plot

For our teaser trailer, we have been debating which type of genre we were going to do, eventually we came to the conclusion that we were going to do a horror. Our film takes place with a group of teenagers. One of these characters starts to tell a story of a haunting which takes places in a building (Polsden Lacey) and the surrounding grounds. Throughout our trailer, we have a voiceover of the teenagers voice as they tell about the haunted grounds. We will be shown the area (pan shot)  

There are several things which will be needed in our horror film to make it more effective. Using these things will make the audience feel whats needed to help make it scary, without using these, the film may not have the impact we want on our audience;

• Camera angles - different angles gives us different feelings (low camera angle, making something seem dominant in a scene, useful in horror films that could possible represent an attacker)
• Lighting - dark lighting will be used in our film considering our genre is horror, this will hopefully make our audience feel scared while watching it, and characters in the film seem more vulnerable
• Sounds - such as high pitched noises, normally associated with horror. The sounds in horror films are a nessecity to give us the full on effect of what the audience should anticipiate from watching it
• Setting - dark isolated areas are the most common area to have in horrors, this could be because no one is there to help when vulnerable characters need it. It also puts the characters in one area to not confuse the audience and to make us aware of the area it's set in

Film Genre: Horror

As we have chosen to do a horror film for our piece of filming we need to look towards what makes films scary. In the horror film we will be needing to use dark lighting, this gives us a feeling of uneasiness, and we do not get a clear picture of what it happening. We can only see what the limited light is shown on. Often the high pitched sounds in the background will make the audience feel uneasy while watching it. The best environment for a good horror film is in rural settings. With little around the characters in the film, it means we feel the isolation and its often hard to seek help when needed.

Framing Shots