Planning for production - Idea of a Shot I Had

Lately I've been thinking deeply about the variation of shots we should use in our trailer, particularly in the killing scenes. In class recently we have been talking about how we might show, as the last shot of the entire trailer, someone getting dragged back of a chair of finishing 'the killers exam', this is in order to shock audiences by creating a lasting visual effect that they will remember. This will appear after the title and release date of the movie is shown and so kind of spoils this, appeared to be, equilibrium in order to shock and surprise audiences.

My original inspiration for this show as from looking at the poster of a song by rapper Kanye West called 'Monster'. In this poster there is a image of a arm around his shoulder almost pulling him back, whilst makeup is used fantastically to make Kanye West himself, and the actual arm look horrific, thus playing on themes of horror.



This use of a image to shock audiences as the last shot in a trailer has also been used in a variety of horror movies, including Freddy vs. Jason where the director has used a shot of Freddy Kreuger appearing out of nowhere to create, as a said before, a last shocking image that audiences will remember. We plan to similarly do the same.