Statement of intent *updated*


For my film trailer, I plan on making a 90 second - 2 minute trailer which will present a British low budget horror film. The narrative for the film is a multi-billionaire CEO named John Lateman who holds a dinner party and invites 5 of his best hand men within the company. Included in the letter sent to the businessmen, it mentioned that they must bring their 'Next of Kin' with them to make the event more memorable. When the businessmen arrive, they are taken into the first room where all mobile phones and electronic devices are confiscated; they are then taken into the dining room where dinner is served by the staff and they talk about business. After dinner, Mr Lateman tells his men that they are going to play a game which entails the 5 business and their next of kin to decide whether they wish to endure the pain of the torture devices being brought out, or whether they pass it to their next of kin. At the end of the game, the last business man standing becomes the new CEO of the company. The funding company that is most likely to fund a film of this low budget and narrative is the BBFC as they are usually known for supporting low budget British films.


The target audience of my film is going to be between the ages of 16-25 as they are most likely to watch and relate to my narrative.

Some factors is am going to include within my trailer to meet the brief is having three locations – the room they are first taken into, the dining hall and lastly the front of the house when Mason and a couple other people escape and run away. Throughout my trailer, I will also be using diegetic and non-diegetic sound; this will ensure that the audience gets an eerie feel when the non-diegetic sound is playing but are still able to relate to the characters and what they are going through, through the diegetic sounds.


Propps character type’s theory is one of the narrative theories I will be referring to within the trailer which the audience will be able to relate to; for example, the main protagonist/hero is Mason Rodriguez and his wife is the princess who is pregnant and he tries to escape with. The villain Mr Late man who is the dinner host and the character to proposes the torture game.  


The audience will be able to relate to my trailer and poster because there will be factors which are very specific to these types of promotion. For example, typical trailers usually include factors such as credits, awards the film has acquired, the funding company and the BBFC age certification – these are all factors that I plan on using. Regarding typical film posters, factors I will be include are mostly images and very little text, references to the film and film trailer as well as having the tagline and social media references that the audience are able to recognise instantly.




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