Recce Report

During the construction of the film trailer, we decided that we would need to show the main character in their natural environment. Therefore we used one of the group members house to portray the normal life of a person our age. The pictures below show the house we used for the filming of our trailer.

As you can see, the house is in no way different from any other therefore the audience would get the impression the insanity and disturbing things could happen to anyone, adding to the horror effect of the trailer.

We also needed to travel to our locations when we went filming, therefore we would need a mode of transport. We travelled to our location in my car, in which we also filmed some of our trailer. This was to show the journey from normality (the equilibrium) to the location where the problem happened, coincidentally beginning the horror story. The picture below shows the car, as you can see, it's a normal car for someone our age (17-18) fortifying the idea that the story is happening to normal teenagers.

Finally, when we arrived at our location we instantly knew it would be the perfect place to film a horror trailer. The derelict church was instantly creepy and the graves scattered around the church added to the horror atmosphere. The way the church as falling apart, with no roof and some walls missing gave the impression it was very old and therefore possibly haunted. Also the spire on the church was an important element as it was always dark, regardless of the time of day, allowing us to film scary shots of the evil character in the trailer. As you can see below, the church is old and very isolated, therefore the audience would instantly feel fear for the characters in the trailer. The picture below perfectly shows the church and the audience would easily be able to feel the atmosphere of the location.

Kieran Browne