Prop List

Prop List:

-Mask

-Fake Knife

-Fake Blood

We used a mask, as is typical of the genre as we thought it would initially aid an air of mystery to the character and thus make for more of an impact upon the reveal.  We use a fake knife for the murder scene and reveal as it too is typical of the horror genre, falling in line with Schatz theory. And we also used fake blood so at to make the piece realistic and aesthetically pleasing for the audience.  The rest of props were simply the clothing worn, which we kept consistent throughout re-shooting so as to not ruin the investment in characters. 

Heath and Safety

6 Panel Practice Storyboards

Shot Lists

Mood Board

Choice of Trailer & Synopsis

Captured: Trailer

Our trailer will be a psychological horror. The first scene will be the stereotypical group of teenagers finding the camera in the woods. We will use an over the shoulder shot to show them watching the footage on the found camera. Also a close up to show the emotion of the teenagers of the horrific footage they have seen. By slowing zooming into the camera when using the over the shoulder shot it will represent that the next scene is of the footage they have seen. The footage seen on the camera will be of a family playing maybe using a few establishing shots to show the location where the children are playing (two young children, 8 and 9 years old and a father) this will than cut to the children hanging on a tree dead. The pace of the trailer will pick up by using a quick montage of the teenagers running and mentally breaking down with the image of the children hanging running through their heads.  By using hand held camera shots it will create a feel of panic for the audience watching. The pace will then slow down again showing the tile of the film, CAPTURED, then cutting to a shot of the father pulling a mask over his crying face. Another title of the film release will be shown before using another hand held POV shot of a panicking girl stumbling across a dead body before a jump scare, close up of the killer’s masked face.  

Captured: Film Narrative:

A father kills his young children by hanging them whilst filming it, however this psychologically damages the man and turns him insane. Wanting to destroy the footage he travels to a wooded area and throws the camera away.  This is then discovered by teenagers camping for the night. After some time has passed the father becomes paranoid someone may find the footage. He backtracks to the woods to find it but finds it in the children’s possession. Slowly he hunts down and kills the children/ witnesses to his own children’s murders before then capturing the final girl. He locks her away but she gets free. She waits for him to return and then slowly beats him down with the original camera. She then exits.

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