Timeline shots in detail for Horror Trailer!

1.            Green Banner

2.            Studio Introduction

3.            Luke meets Isabelle and gives her flowers – Long/Establishing shot – Equilibrium

4.            Couple walking away from the camera – Mid/Long shot

5.            Proposal – Long shot

6.            Fades to black – Almost like a blink of the eye – Build up to Moment of Disequilibrium

7.            Jump cuts to Elizah burning photo – Mid-shot then close-up

8.            Tone card –

9.            Isabelle phones Elizah – Mid-shot

10.        Elizah on the phone – Shot reverse shot (x4)

11.        Elizah slams the phone down – Mid-shot

12.        Close up of Elizah’s face

13.        Pan out of Elizah’s face

14.        Tone card – The most spine chilling film after “A nightmare on Elm Street” – Times online.

15.        Elizah going in to the kitchen – Mid-shot from the front

16.        Elizah looks for knife in the drawer – Over the shoulder shot (Then pans to the side)

17.        Elizah holding knife – Mid-shot – Moment of Disequilibrium

18.        Close up of Elizah about to slit her wrist

19.        Close up of expressional face

20.        Elizah feeling dizzy – Mid-shot

21.        Knife drops – Close up

22.        Elizah falls to the floor – Mid-shot

23.        Tone card –

24.        Isabelle outside the house, knocking – Over the shoulder, pans to the side

25.        Isabelle gets keys out of her bag, open the door – Close up

26.        Isabelle calls out to Elizah – Mid-shot

27.        Isabelle looks in to the living room

28.        Isabelle walks in to the living room

29.        Discovers burnt photo, and picks it up

30.        Close up of Isabelle’s confused face

31.        Walks into the kitchen – Over the shoulder shot

32.        Isabelle see’s Elizah on the floor – Camera shot from behind

33.        Photo drops to the floor, Isabelle runs to Elizah – close up of the photo drop

34.        Isabelle falls on her knee’s, in shock – Side view

35.        Isabelle holds Elizah in her arms and cries – Mid-shot/Close-up – Build up to Disequilibrium

36.        Tone card

37.        Jump cut to graveyard – Establishing shot

38.        Luke consoles Isabelle – Mid-shot

39.        Isabelle puts flowers on the grave

40.        Tone card – Just when you think it’s all over…

41.        Jump cut to Isabelle’s house, Isabelle upstairs – Mid-shot

42.        Isabelle sitting on the bed, When something goes past her – Mid-shot – Period of Disequilibrium

43.        Quick shots of the unusual happenings –

·         44. When Isabelle gets close to Luke she hears whispers

·         45. Candles flickering

·         46. Isabelle in the bath when the water starts rising- (panic)

·         47. Writing starts to appear on the mirror after she comes out the bath

·         48. The bath door doesn’t open, looks underneath and see’s footsteps

·         49. Goes in to room, and the window slams shut

·         50. Elizah’s spirit crawling up the stairs

·         51. Isabelle gets dragged down the stairs

52.    Tone card – (End of trailer) -

53.        A Mid-shot/ Close-up of Elizah’s face

Pitch, scenario and treatment (EDITED)

Production Company: Lucrative Productions

Pitch: A rivalry between sisters leads to death.

Scenario: A couple madly in love Isabelle and Luke are the target of Isabelle's envious sister who wants Luke all to herself.

Treatment:
Isabelle and Luke are madly in love and have been together for 2 years, Luke thinks the times right and proposes to Isabelle. Isabelle is so ecstatic she rings up Elizah her sister to tell her the good news. Crisis strikes when Elizah is also in love with Luke. A jealous Elizah confesses her love for Luke to Isabelle and blackmails her to leave Luke or she will kill herself. Isabelle tells her not to be so ridiculous and go to bed and she will see her tommorow morning to sort this out. In a craze driven frenzy Elizah burns a photograph so the remains consist of just her and Luke. Rage driven and in a psychotic moment she takes her own life and only one person is to blame... The next morning Isabelle discovers Elizah dead and guilt takes over. Luke consoles her and reassures she's not to blame. But how VERY wrong he is!  From this day on Isabelle's life is not the same. Blood curdling creepy things start to take place which only Isabelle can witness such as doors slamming, candles flickering, Elizah's voice cursing in her ear every time she tries to get close to Luke, Elizah appearing and disappearing in a mirror whilst Isabelle is looking through it, dragging down the stairs, shadow of Elizah walking and Isabelle drowning in the bath. All these horrifying experiences take place with Elizah being present not physically but spiritually. Isabelle tells Luke who believes his girlfriend is just paranoid and still grieving. Elizah in a furious rage is sending all these messages from beyond the grave ruining Isabelle and Lukes relationship. She even tries to kill Luke by taking charge of his body and he attempts to strangle himself without willing to as she wants him to become a corpse like her, but Isabelle saves him. After this Luke finally believes Isabelle. The couple have had enough of Elizah playing games and trying to break them apart. Times up for Elizah when they discover a mantra for removing spirits and eventually Elizah leaves them alone.
 Locations and settings:
Woods, Grave yard, House.

I decided to change the version of my story again as i believe this is a more effective story line and fits the conventions of a horror film.

Key scenes of my Horror trailer EDITED

•  Luke and Isabelle madly in love Elizah looks over them with envy. 
• Isabelle and Elizah have an argument over Luke where Elizah threatens to kill herself.
• Isabelle discovers Elizah lying dead the next day
• In a grave yard where Isabelle weeps to Luke "This is all my fault" 
•   To put the past behind them Luke proposes to Isabelle whilst walking with her through the woods which leads them to a beautiful view 
•   The engaged couple are deeply in love 
•  Elizah even more malicious returns from the dead as a spirit and sends out messages to ruin their relationship from beyond the grave 
•   Isabelle witnesses weird things and is tortured: Elizah appearing in the mirror, cursing her in the ear when she tries to get close to Luke, shadows of Elizah walking, doors slamming, candles flickering and Isabelle drowning in the bath.
• Luke consoles her that nothings there and whilst hugging her Isabelle sees Elizah appear in the mirror again
• Isabelle makes a stand and tries to find ways in which she can get rid of her sister’s spirit; she finds an ancient mantra book which Elizah also slams shut as Isabelle starts reading.
• Elizah's grave

I decided to change a few scenes as i realised  it would be better to end it as a cliff hanger to keep the audience encapsulated and wondering what shall happen next.

Key scenes of my Horror trailer

• Couple madly in love sister over looks them with envy
• Isabelle discovers Elizah lying dead 
• In a grave yard Isabelle weeps to Luke "This is all my fault"
• To put the past behind them Luke proposes to Isabelle whilst walking with her through the woods which leads them to a beautiful view
• The engaged couple are deeply in love 
• Elizah returns from the dead and sends out messages to ruin their relationship from beyond the grave
• Isabelle witnesses weird things and is tortured: Elizah appearing in the mirror, cursing her in the ear when she tries to get close to Luke, shadows of Elizah walking, doors slamming, candles flickering and Isabelle drowning in the bath.
• Luke consoles her that nothings there and whilst hugging her Isabelle sees Elizah appear in the mirror
• Isabelle makes a stand and researches a mantra which can remove spirits
• Elizah's grave

Pitch, scenario and treatment of Lucrative productions EDITED

Production Company: Lucrative Productions

Pitch: A rivalry between sisters leads to death.

Scenario: A couple madly in love Isabelle and Luke are the target of Isabelle's envious sister who wants Luke all to herself.

Treatment:
Crisis strikes when two sisters fall in love with Luke. Isabelle and Luke have been together for two years, they are madly in love. Isabelle’s envious sister Elizah is in love with him as well, and cannot bear to see her sister with Luke who she believes is the one for her. Seeing them together makes her go crazy, and one day she becomes so infuriated that she loses it. She confesses all to Isabelle asking her to leave Luke as he was hers and if not she shall kill herself! Isabelle tells Elizah not to be so stupid and go to bed. In a moment of frenzy Elizah takes her own life. The next morning Isabelle discovers Elizah is dead. Guilt is driving Isabelle insane but Luke consoles her it wasn't her fault. To put the past behind them Luke proposes to Isabelle leading her through the wood towards a magnificent view in the open air and asking her to be his wife. The engaged couple are deeply in love and just when everything seems good Elizah rises from the dead and ruins their relationship from beyond the grave. From this day on, Isabelle’s life isn’t the same. Every time she tries to get close to Luke, Elizah would whisper in her ear cursing her which only Isabelle could witness, and to frighten her such as slamming doors, dragging her down the stairs, drowning her in the bath, candles flickering, appearing in the mirror and aiming to ruin there time together. Isabelle believes she's going mad, thinking why can she only witness these things? and besides the point why does no one else believe her?  Elizah returns from the dead and is about to kill Luke as she wants him to become a corpse like her but fails. Luke and Elizah discover a mantra for removing spirits out of their lives and eventually Elizah returns back to her grave.
 Locations and settings:
Woods, Grave yard, House.

I decided to change the version of my story as i believe the previous story was more of a thriller rather than horror.

Pitch, scenario and treatment of Lucrative productions

Production Company: Lucrative Productions

Pitch: A rivalry between twin sisters leads to death.

Scenario: A couple madly in love visit the woods to get away from everything, only to find out they’re the target of an envious sister who creates a cunning plan to break them up so she can be with the boy.

Treatment:

Crisis strikes when twin sisters fall in love with the same guy. Isabelle and Luke have been together for two years, they were madly in love. Isabelle’s twin sister Poppy is secretly in love with him, and cannot bear to see her sister with Luke who she believes is the one for her. Seeing them together made her go crazy, and one day she lost it. She plotted a malicious plan against her twin sister.

It was after noon that Isabelle and Luke decided to meet at the woods to get away from all the hassle and noise of the city. They would do this quite often without anyone knowing where they’d gone, but not for long. Poppy had found out that no matter how hard she’d tried to break them apart they became more deeply in love. This infuriated her and her and craziness took over. Acting like an obsessed psycho Poppy wanted Luke all to her self and would do anything to get him. It was then she decided that in order to get Luke she would have to get rid of her sister.

That night while her sister was in bed, she suffocated her to death.

A few days later Luke and Poppy were at Isabelle’s grave, mourning for her, while Poppy acted sympathetic and gave Luke a shoulder to cry on. Taking advantage of Luke’s weakness she gets close to him and pulls him into her trap. A Few weeks later they became an item. Luke had started seeing Isabelle in Poppy and would often remember Isabelle every time Poppy smiled or laughed he’d tell her of their resemblance this made Poppy’s blood boil but she remained sweet with Luke as her plan had succeeded.

Poppy is so pleased with herself plan that she returns to Isabelle’s grave to laugh at her dead sister. As she was leaving she threw a stone at the grave, grinned and walked away. As soon as she turned away the gust of wind made her shiver, she looked back to see nothing but the grave and walked on, not knowing that the ghost of Isabelle had rose from the dead to take revenge.

From this day on, Poppy’s life wasn’t the same. Every time she tried to get close to Luke, Isabelle would whisper in her ear cursing her and do other things which only Poppy witnessed to frighten her; slamming doors, dragging her down the stairs, ruining their night together. Poppy was going mad, only she experienced these things and no one else believed her.

End 1:

Isabelle kills Poppy the way she killed her…

Luke is at the grave, and Poppy is now behind Luke with a knife to kill him as well.

Locations and settings:

Woods, Grave yard, House.

How Childsplay triggered torture and violence

• Childsplay 3 was mentioned to be the inspiration for the murder of James Bulger.
• The murder of a 16 year old girl involved her being tortured through listening to the catch phrase of ChildsplayChuckiewanna play?”

Childsplay a successful horror film of the 80's

• Childsplay 1988 it consists of a sequel and was the only film in the series to be released by MGM/UA as the rights of the film were sold to Universal.
• In 2008 a remake of the film was confirmed and is now set to be released in 2011.
• During the intial release of the film a ban was called through protesters claiming the film would incite violence in children but was shortly ended.

The rejected horror films of the 80's

• In England several movies were proceeded against by the Director of Public Prosecutions as they were seen to be too explicit.
• The movies were Cannibal Holocaust ,Driller Killer, I spit on your grave, Eaten alive (aka Death Trap) and SS Experiment camp.

Horror films of the early 80's

• Friday the 13th by Sean S. Cunningham released in  1980 a “slaughter spree” low budget splatter movie was greatly successful.

• Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (Dr.Hannibal) the fictious character creates the notions of the perfect serial killer in film.
• This created such a trend that it continued in sequences such as The silence of the lambs, Hannibal, which was adapted from Red Dragon masterfully.