Week Three - Planning: General Plot for Teaser Trailer

The genre of the film that I will produce a teaser trailer, poster and magazine cover for is that of a horror. It involves the main characters of two teenage girls, who are best friends. One of the girls is confident and outgoing, which means that she likes to try new and different things in her life. The other is more innocent, vulnerable and can be easily influenced. The confident teenager has a background in witchcraft and has become a new age witch, although, the audience will not fully know about this point until the story develops further on. However, it is hinted upon within the teaser trailer to give the audience an idea of her character. This is due to the confident girl, visibly having a tattoo of the Pentacle, which is the most recognised symbol for witchcraft, on the back of her shoulder. This can be easily seen when using over the shoulder shots and quick flashes of this particular tattoo, which will show that it is relevant to the film’s story. Witchcraft and supernatural acts are also portrayed through the girl carrying out a tarot card reading on her friend, which is the main focus of the film. This is because the reading shows that the future for the innocent girl is in danger when the card of death is seen. This event leads to the character becoming possessed and later killing her best friend. They carry out the act of tarot card reading in a a typical girl's bedroom while they are at a sleepover. This portrays a sense of normality as most teenage girls take part in sleepovers with their close friends. To produce an eerie atmosphere throughout the film, we will use a variety of lighting which includes candles so that the room will still be dark but it produces enough light so that the audience can see what is happening. The candles will also be used as the ending to the teaser trailer. This is because there will be a close up of the candle, which will then be blown out to reveal a black screen with the film’s title and date of release on.