Trailer Concept 1 - 'School of the Dead'
Our first idea was for a zombie survival film. We had decided to call it 'School of the Dead' as it was simple yet suggested what the movie was about.
Plot
This concept is inspired by the film 'Dawn of the Dead'
Plot
- A viral outbreak is unleashed into a small college. To prevent the virus spreading, a quarantine is put in place, and no one is aloud in nor out of the college. There are a small group of survivors who must survive until help comes, if it ever does...
This concept is inspired by the film 'Dawn of the Dead'
Feedback
We pitched our three concept ideas to our media class, and then asked them all to give feedback and ask any questions they wanted about our concepts. We then asked them all to vote for the trailer idea that they felt was the best one, and that would give us a basis as to which concept we would choose for our final product.
- Perhaps use school uniforms as props to clearly show that this is taking place in a school. Zombies in school uniforms will also give our trailer a creepy edge.
- Shoot a scene of the school gate closing, with the school guards outside them with weapons to emphasize the theme of the students being trapped
- Show regular school life, but then quickly cut to when the infection spreads to add a 'before and after' effect and emphasize the devastation
Trailer Concept 2 - 'The Poltergeist'
Our next idea was a psychological/supernatural thriller.
Plot
This concept is inspired by 'Drag me to Hell'
Plot
- 3 Teens play an ouija board type game. Supernatural events occur and out of fear they leave. As they have started the game and not finished, a demon is unleashed upon them that torments them by causing them to hallucinate and begin to go insane before it ultimately attempts to kill all 3 characters
This concept is inspired by 'Drag me to Hell'
Feedback
- Attach strings etc. to chairs to give the effect that a poltergeist is moving them to create a paranormal activity esque effect
- Perhaps re-assess how they find the ouija board
Trailer Concept 3 - THE RETURN
Our third idea is a J-Horror.
Plot
This concept is inspired by 'The Grudge'
Plot
- A Japanese British-born student named Nhien attends a new school, however doesn't receive a warm welcome from her peers. Only one girl named Emily is nice to her and befriends her. A troubled boy in her class named Zack becomes infatuated with her, which quickly turns to obsession. He works up the courage to ask her out, only to be turned down, and he accidentally kills her in a fit of rage. He disposes of the body, but she returns as a Yuri and unleashes her rage, but it doesn't just stop at Zack, she torments the entire school. It's up to Emily to discover why this curse is affecting everyone and to stop it
This concept is inspired by 'The Grudge'
Feedback
- Remove Emily, she doesn't add much depth to the story and isn't relevant
- Give Yuri a Japanese accent
- Perhaps replace the idea of Zack killing her