Our inspiration
We got our inspiration for our teaser trailer plot from the films Evil Dead, Last Exorcism, Paranormal Activity 3 and the Pact.
These films inspired us to base our genre on either paranornal , exorcism or both mixed together. The mixture of the genres will help create our trailer to stand out and pay homage to classic films whilst having our own unique twist. However we have now decided to just use the paranormal sub genre and a fantasy based theme where dreams become nightmares. AH
Evil Dead
The film evil dead inspired us with its evil and twisted plot. The use of the deserted and uncomfortable location of the forest created tension and an uneasy atmosphere. This inspired us to do something similar which would keep the audience hooked and on the edge of their seats. The use of the evil and disturbing creature also known as the 'Evil Dead' inspired us to create a similar creature as it would make our trailer more interesting and keep the audience asking questions. We have decided to use a demon and a possessed girl to grab the audience and make our trailer look more unique by making it more thrilling and more disturbing. AH
Last Exorcism
The last exorcism inspired because of the use of exorcisms. The girl in the film gets possessed by an evil demon/spirit of which we want to include in our final teaser trailer. This would help to grab the audiences attention. The Last exorcism teaser trailer is one of the main inspirations that inspired us to create a teaser trailer similar to this. AH
Paranormal Activity 3
This film inspired us as it is all based around evil spirits and possession. This film also inspired us because everything that happens is based in that house which makes it not only interesting to find out whats going to happen but tension building and atmospheric as you wouldnt expect things to go wrong in a safe place, in this case a house this is one of wes craven's theory's. AH
The Pact
The film 'The Pact' inspired us to create a paranormal trailer and also gave us the idea about basing our trailer around a room that should never be opened and a room that has never been noticed before as it contains something unknown. AH
Flat liners
The film 'Flat liners' inspired us to create a trailer based around the dream sequences of which they use in the film. However from recent studies we have decided that we will not include dream sequences in our teaser trailer. AH
Flat Liners - Dream sequence
Flat liners has inspired us because of the use of the coma scene that it uses, it also uses shots of flashbacks/dreams which is what we are basing our idea on. It isn't classed as horror but we were intrigued in how effective the dream sequences are in 'Flat Liners' it would make our trailer more interesting and unique. However we have recently decided that we are not going to use dream sequences within our horror teaser trailer as the idea of our plot had changed. AH
Insidious
The insidious trailer has inspired us because we want to create a similar plot to the film. In the film they enter a dream like world, which is a similar effect that we want to create. In insidious they enter a dream like world with spirits and demons, while their human bodies are in a coma like state. This is good inspiration because we want to create a coma like state in our teaser trailer. MO
By Abi Harris and Molly Owen