The film

Radio trailer for the film

Radio Trailer by lmcmedia
This is our radio trailer for our film. We used music from the film as we felt it would interlink with the film well and the music in the film is quite dramatic and adds suspense. We added other sounds over the top, for instance, we used a heartbeat and a clock ticking. We got some of the sounds off of Soundjay.com as they had a wide range of noises and sounds.
There are two people speaking in the trailer, firstly there is the main female character and we have taken the dialogue from the film and put it into the trailer as it interlinks the two again. There is also the male voiceover which uses the captions from the poster and adds the release date at the end along with where it will be released. The voiceover is there to create suspense and fear and to show off the fact that it is a horror film.
There are also other noises that create suspense such as the heartbeat and in particular the scream at the end of the trailer. We wanted to keep it as close to the trailers we looked at so that it came across as professional and flowed well.
I am very happy with the outcome of the trailer, however there are some aspects that could be improved, such as changing the volume of certain parts of the music to make them more protrudent or quieter to make the trailer more smooth overall.

First draft of our film and feedback

This is the first draft for our film. We are happy with how this came out, however, we do know that there is some tweaking to do with the music and adding credits. We also wanted to gain some feedback from the targeted audience to see what they though of the film and any improvements that could be made. To do this we used Facebook and uploaded the video so that people could give their opinion easily.

Trailer script

This is our script for our trailer. This script should make the creation of the radio trailer a quick and smooth process; we have written it in some detail so that we know exactly where things need to go. We will be taking some parts from the film, for example, the female dialogue and some of the music to make the trailer and film link well. We hope that having the script to make the process smoother will mean that we will have alot more time to edit the trailer to make it sound as professional as possible.

Radio trailer script

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Trailer research

These are two trailers that I have found on youtube to help give me some ideas and conventions of what need to be in our radio trailer. Although both are film trailers, you can interpret both into what they would sound like as radio trailers by just listening and and not watching them.

This is the film trailer for the film 'When a Stranger Calls'. I chose to look at this particular trailer because it has the same sort of story line as our film and therefore it shows the sort of things that would be good to have as in our radio trailer. The music in this trailer i feel is what creates the fear and suspense in the audience. It starts of quite but has a spooky feel to it so the audience know something may happen, but soon gets louder and scarier. However, in certain parts they cut the music and then add in a band about a second after the music stops to really make the audience jump and sit on edge. The dialogue within the trailer also adds to the suspense of the music as the lines that are said are panicked and scary which add to the fear. There isn't a voiceover in this trailer but it may be because it is a film trailer not radio trailer. However one thing I did notice was included was the caption of the film 'Have you checked the children?'. This it would seem is what combines the film and trailer together as it is the website name also. The release date is also included in the trailer which seems to be conventional because the audience need to know when the film is going to be in cinemas.


This is the trailer for the film 'The Strangers'. Similarly to the previous trailer, it is also a film trailer so you have to listen to the trailer rather than watch it. I also chose this trailer because it has similar aspects to our film and therefore would be helpful in giving me inspiration for our own trailer. I think the dialogue in this trailer is what makes the overall feel of it scary. They have picked lines from the film that create emotion within the audience and also fear and panic so that the audience that are listening to the trailer are gripped and want to go and see the film. There is some music in the trailer that slowly builds suspense, but they have silenced it in some parts as a second later there is a sound effect of a loud bang etc. This is something that I also noticed in the previous trailer, it seems to be an aspect of horror trailers that keep the audience gripped and creates fear within them. This trailer also has the caption that is in the poster and film combining the three products together and also adding a fear factor within the audience as it is quite a scary caption and could relate to anyone listening to the trailer. It would seem that this is also conventional of a horror genre trailer as it is also in the previous trailer.

Final poster

This is our official poster. We followed the sketches as best we could and took in the feedback about colour and other feedback that was given also about shadowing on the images. I am extremely happy with the outcome of this poster, I feel that the text has followed conventions of a horror as it signifies blood and gore because of thew font. Also the colour has followed conventions with the black connoting darkness and danger, the red connoting danger and blood, and the white connoting purity and death. I feel that the colours stand out from each other aswell making the text clear and easy for the audience to read.

The images have also create a sense of danger and fear within the poster. We have specifically placed the 'Stalker' above the girl as it signifies his power over her and over the conscious and subconscious of her mind. Also the way the darkness of his face and hat blend into the background add to the mystery of the poster. However, if I was to criticise anything on this poster it would be the image of the girl. If I was to improve it I would add a glow or shadow to her image to make it a bit more outstanding and fearful.

We have also added in the website that information about our film would be on, making it accessable worldwide for people to find out as much information as they like. Not only this but we have also added the Youtube and Vimeo logo onto the bottom of the poster to make sure people know they can watch the film for free online and where it can be seen. This means that the more hits we would get, would be a deciding factor as to whether we could ever make a film that would be able to go into cinemas and be paid for.

Poster sketches

These are two sketches for two different posters. They are two designs we have drawn to decide which one we will create as we feel it has a better look than the other. We personally found that the poster with the title at the top was the better poster but we also asked for other feedback. We found that everyone was in agreement that it was the better poster, however, suggestions such as very few colourings to make the poster scarier were made. This is something we will be taking into consideration when creating the poster.

Poster research

Today I started to research film posters in the horror genre. I picked two posters that fit into this genre and they are also from well known horror films. I chose these two posters because they have many similarities making it clear what the conventions of a horror poster are. However, they do have a couple of differences which show how you can challenge the conventions to create a unique product. These are analysis's of the two posters highlighting the similarities and differences.

Film posters analysis

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Ancillary tasks

For my ancillary tasks I have chosen to create a poster and radio trailer with Lauren Jackett. We have chosen these particualar tasks as we feel that these are the most conventional for the distribution of information about films. Although a magazine article could have positives, we feel that the poster and radio trailer would have more of an effect on the film. In particullar, we have discussed the idea that you can make the poster have a 'fear factor' along with the radio trailer to add emphasis to the film, and continue to portray conventions of a horror film.