As a group Harley and I, didn't feel that we wanted to create a simple trailer we wanted to give ourselves the challenge of something a little more in depth. Although it is quite common to produce a horror trailer. We both sat down and brainstormed ideas and we both came up with the idea that we wanted to do a thriller.
The films that helped our decision were 'Obsessed', 'Gone' and 'Fatal Attraction' these all run along the same sort of narrative. They all include victims and a basic thrill plot line.
We wanted to use the stalker plot but give that plot a twist. So by creating various shots of both male characters we would make the audience indecisive about who they think is the stalker. This was an idea I particularly liked, the twist is you are made to think that the mysterious friend who suddenly came back into Harley's life is actually stalking her, however the twist is that the stalker is actually her boyfriend.
This idea worked well because it wasn't a normal plot and I think from our trailer you could actually produce a good story line and great film.
We did however before we produced the trailer, come up with an actual story line. With the thriller genre you have to make sure all the pieces fit and we did this by sitting down and writing out a story board. Quite a short one, but one that would make sense and we did this because we needed something basic to work with.
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