As my group has decided that we want to do a Horror/Thriller film in the style of a documentary I thought it would be beneficial to look into other productions that have been made in this style and are this genre.
Two extremely popular films in this style that I thought of immediately were 'The Blair Witch Project' and also 'Cloverfield'. Both of theses films were extremely successful and also have a cult following (especially the Blair Witch Project) behind them. More recent films that have been quite successful include the 'Paranormal activity' films, 'The last exorcism', 'The devil inside' and also 'Apollo 18'.
Speaking from my personal experience initially I believed that all of these films were true stories(apart from 'Cloverfield'). As I thought this, when watching the films I believe that they had more of an effect on me as I thought the events happening in the film actually happened in real life. Also as I personally find the supernatural scary the thought that the events really happened made me think about the film more and it actually scared me more. I found my self having to research some of the films after watching them as I wanted to find out more about the stories.
The following is a trailer for 'The Devil Inside' this is a red band trailer meaning it's slightly more graphic then a normal green band. I actually found this trailer very hard to watch as this kind of thing scares me. I thought the way the trailer was made makes the film look like it is a true story mainly because of the text that comes up throughout the trailer. At a certain point 'The Vatican did not endorse this film' appears on the screen. This made me automatically think that the film was true and that is was exposing some kind of conspiracy.
I also think that the news reports are a good touch to the film as this also makes it look like it was a true story. The hand held camera style of filming obviously makes the film look like it is a documentary leading the audience to believe the film could be real.
Throughout the film there are 'interviews' with people that also make it look like the film is genuine. The music used in the trailer is extremely effective as it jars against what is happening. By this I mean that religious music that sounds nice and angelic is being played over the top of a very dark piece of film. I feel that this works very well as the music makes me feel on edge and very anxious and leads the audience into a false sense of security.
Overall I feel this is a very effective trailer. I feel this because it scared me but also made me want to watch the film. I think that the style of filming, music used, lighting etc. all made the film look so effective. I think there are a lot of techniques my group could use from this clip in our own short film and I will share this with the other members of my group.
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