Ideas from today - Final Shot List

Today we came up with our final shot list for our teaser trailer. We decided we wanted to include some of the storyline, but not all of it because then that would change this into a trailer, rather than a teaser. As a teaser is very vague over details, but makes the storyline slightly clear, this is what we brainstormed to achieve.

We also decided to change the amount of characters - we will have a ghost character who can occasionally be seen, they will be a mysterious hooded figure. We will have 3 other characters too, one who will be hung and two others who will witness the chaos that happens in the house.

Below is a shot list of what we want to include in our trailer.

We want the teaser to begin at night, to show this film goes across a couple of days, so it begins at night:

Transistion: Fade from black

• An establishing shot of the house (maybe the road also)

Transition: Fade to black

Then we want to include a bang noise, like a drum.

Transition: Fade from black

• A scene of a party to set the story, and one of the characters recieves a Ouija Board (shown by the dialogue) - this is covered by flashing of cameras and the character smiling at the camera
• Then there are quick shots of the characters getting photos taken of themselves together

INTERTITLE (we are still deciding on what exactly this text will be)

Then the time of day will change to daytime. We decided to change the time of day to day, because this adds to the feeling of that you feel safe at home and in the daytime, so this is a very intrusive feeling.

• In the morning one person is looking through the party pictures in the kitchen
• One of the pictures has the 3rd character with a noose around their neck and a mysterious person behind them (quick shot)
• 2nd person comes in saying "Where's ___ (3rd character)?"
• A bang noise - the characters look out to the hall way and there is a hung character (3rd) swinging

Transition: Fade to black

Noise: Drum

Transition: Fade from black

• Close up of eyes looking shocked

Transition: Fade to black

Noise: Drum

Transition: Fade from black

After this point we wanted to do a series of very quick shots giving a feeling of distortion and unease in the house as it's haunted.

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• Door slamming
• Close up of eyes
• People trying to escape the house but door is locked
• Point of view shots of feet running
• Distorted shots of camera moving around
• Dropping camera down stairs
• Lights flashing