The document outlines four students' ideas for a thriller/mystery film trailer. Sonila proposes a story about a girl murdered by her father while others suspect her mother. Shanice's idea involves friends covering up a murder at a dinner party. Keera's centers on a girl stalked after something she did over the summer. Valjeta's is set on a train where a man threatens some girls. The group then combines elements into a final synopsis about girls confessing their dislike of a boy who is later found dead. They discuss target audience, props, locations, permissions and safety for filming their teaser trailer. Roles for each student are outlined, along with ideas for individual posters, a joint magazine, and
2. SONILA’S IDEA
• GENRE: Thriller mystery.
• LOCATION: Dead at her house.
• IDEA: a girl who gets murdered by her father
but everyone accuses her mother as she is an
alcoholic and not a proper parent figure. Each
character apart from the murder (father) to be
revealed. For the murder it can be just close up
of their hands with blood or the weapon which
they used to kill her. But the twist in this is that
her father has another wife whom he has
children with. To be through the use of
montages and also flashbacks of the victim’s
parents arguing while she was a little girl. Also,
flashbacks of the father leaving them and
joining another family. I would like it to start off
with her talking and also her dead at the same
time, almost like we are flashing back to her
days that she was alive. That’s when she will
introduce all the characters as if she is writing a
note to each and every one that she knows.
3. SHANICE’S IDEA
• GENRE: Thriller mystery
• LOCATION: Dinner Party
• IDEA: A group of friends who try cover up a murder. Begins with a
black screen that fades into long shot of the girls sitting down at a
dinner party discussing about what they had done and the plan of what
they need to do next in order to not get caught. There is so much
tension in the room because they don’t know what to do and what is
going to happen if anyone outside the group finds out. There is
shouting, screaming and crying because everyone is stressed until one
girl just walks out because she has had enough. No one knows where
she has gone and no one knows what is she planning to do but she is
gone. The girls shout come back then this cuts to a black screen
where there are footsteps with someone dragging the shovel that is
covered by blood across the grass. This scene is set at night time
where there is no one there. It is quiet however incidental music is
used to emphasise this scene. Throughout this there are constant cuts
to the medium close up shots to introduce the different characters and
also add tension because every one of them do not know what to do
and they are panicking however there is already someone out there
who is handling it. This is kept as a mystery.
4. KEERA’S IDEA
• A girl is getting anonymous notes and texts from
a sinister stalker. They are claiming to know
about something she did in the summer which
no one else knows. She doesn’t want anyone to
find out as it could get her into serious trouble
but the stalker doesn’t care. He uses what he
knows to get her to do whatever he wants which
causes tension in the relationships in her life.
He gives her a deadline to find out who they are
or they’ll reveal her secret. It’s all a game to
them. The girl has to use the clues he gives her
and the hints around her to find out who the
person is before her life is destroyed. The
person is closer to her than she thinks.
5. VALJETA’S IDEA
• GENRE: Thriller Mystery
• LOCATION: on a train
• IDEA:The trailer is going to begin with a group of young females roughly around the age
of 17/18 on a quite train. A group of girls continuously laugh and conversate between
each other without concentrating on their surrounding. One of the girls from the group
notices a man come onto the train and sit across from them. His action is seen as
unusual as the entire train cart is empty. He is sitting next to one of the girls. As the girls
become aware of the man sitting besides them staring they suddenly fall quite. One of
the young females turns to the man and says ‘Excuse me sir that seat is taken’, whilst the
rest of the girls giggle under their breathe. He turns to her suddenly and pulls out a silver
can and sprays in into her and her friends face. They cough in struggle but eventually fall
silent. The girl sitting right besides the man sits completely still staring at what the man
has done to her friends in disbelief. The train finally comes to a stop and the doors pull
apart. She stumbles and manages to pull herself onto her feet as an attempt to get away
from the man. He grabs her and sprays something in her face. There is none diegetic
sound of one of the girls explaining what is happening. “I didn’t know where I was or
where he was taking us. But I remind frozen still due to the about of fear that had entered
my body. There was no use in screaming for help…”
6. FINAL SYNOPSIS
There is a group of girls drinking and confessing their hate
for the popular boy in the school. The next morning they go
to school and find out that the boy is dead. In a tribute
assembly and find out that he was killed in the way they
said they would do it. They realise that someone was
listening to them and is framing them for the murder. The
constant threat against them causes their lives to come
crashing down around them.
7. INTENDED TARGET AUDIENCE
Our intended target
audience for our teaser
trailer is the category
classification of 15. This is
because our teaser trailer
contains violence, scenes
that some viewers may find
upsetting and sensitive
content. The teaser trailer is
based upon a teenage
audience and therefore is
more suited as the
audience will be able to
relate and sympathise with
8. PROPS
The props that we will be using in our film is:
• A shovel
• Fake blood
• Pictures
• Flowers
• Candles
• Phone
• TV/Radio
9. SETTINGS
Our teaser trailer is set in different locations such as:
• School
• Houses
• Graveyard
• The Woods
• Police Station
• Restaurant/Cafe
10. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS
Filming this teaser trailer will require our group to make
special arrangements. Firstly we need to ask to use both
the school and the restaurant as part of our location to film.
The school will be more easier as we already attend there
however, we need to ask one of the drama teachers to
feature in the trailer as the school head teacher.
With the restaurant we must ask permission beforehand
and we also need to make sure we are allowed to use the
shovel as the public may assume that we are just carrying
it around for danger when really we are just using it to film.
11. HEALTH AND SAFETY
1. Shovel- As we are filming it in a public space and area
we need to ensure we are careful when using the
shovel and also ensure that we put the safety of the
public first to avoid conflict or anyone from getting hurt.
2. If the weather is not so great equipment we use to film
with such as the camera or the wires for lightening may
get et so we need to ensure we pick a day where the
weather is not too bad but also it may be slippery so we
need to ensure we have suitable shoes to avoid any
injuries.
3. As we will be filming in the dark we need to ensure all
parents are informed and everyone has a way of getting
home safely.
12. INDIVIDUAL FILM POSTER IDEAS
By Shanice Khalef
By Sonila Cobaj
By Valjeta Rekay
By Keera Gustave-Balaam