Lewis Slingsby- Trailer Script

The Renegade- Movie Trailer Script        

               

Notes

Character Names

Lewis Slingsby- Simon Good

Shane Marshall- James Little

James Emmerson- Derek Williamson

           

 

(Opening Titles)

 

The phone rings in the living room, Simon answer the phone and faces away from the Window.

 

Simon- Hello!

James- It’s me James

Simon- What do you want!

James- There’s trouble, he’s out

 

Simon has a surprised and worried look on his face.

 

James- And he’s after us   

 

Another credit appears on screen about the makers of the film and what film they have created. After the credit ends a police radio is heard after we move onto the next scene. During the next scene we see Derek run until he finds and steals a car.

 

Police Radio- (Radio Sound) Attention all units, attention all units. All units be advised there is a report from St. Josephs Mental Institute, repeat there is an escape from St. Joseph’s mental institute. He may be armed and is in a bad state and considered a danger to the public, over. (Radio Sound)

 

The scene ends as Derek drives of in the car, after we see some information appear on-screen which says “Based on a true story”. The next scene we see Simon sat nervously on a bench, soon after James walk over and sits down.

 

 Simon- What we gonna do

 

We then briefly move of this scene to see Derek pull out a pistol from the glove compartment from the car he stole. Then moves back onto the bench scene.

 

James- Don’t worry about it, he’s not gonna find us (with a confident look on his face)

 

The scene then briefly moves on and we see Derek starts the car. Then the scene goes back to the bench scene

 

Simon- But what if he does? (Looking very worried)

James- He won’t

 

The scene then cuts away again and we see a low camera shot of Dereks feet as he climbs out of the car and close the door. We then see the message “Enemies will return. We then hear sounds of somebody running and panting until the camera begins to show us a distorted image to add effect. After he has finished running we see a first person view of him bent over and panting with his hands on his knees.

 

He then looks up and checks his surroundings. The screen turns black. We then see Derek driving the car to Simon’s house and parks outside. Then the rest of the trailer continues.

 

The flowing is many different scenes that are played straight after each other which is full of the character running and trying to escape Derek, as he is trying to hunt them. This added a great effect as we can see many different scenes of the characters on the run and trying to escape the person hunting them.

 

There is no script for the rest of the trailer as there is not talking, there is just sounds of people running, rattling gates, walking down and steps and more. There for no more script is needed for the remainder of the trailer

Film Poster- James Emmerson

Film Magazine- James Emmerson

Focus group questions- James Emmerson

We are going to film a focus group session about horror films these are some of the questions that will be asked-

What horror sub genres do you prefer? Explain why

How do you prefer the killer to make his kills?

What do you like about horror films?

What do you want the main character to be like?

What do you prefer the setting of a horror movie to be?

Conventions of the horror genre- James Emmerson

Characteristics of the horror genre

The number one goal of the horror genre is produce fear in the audience.Whether the antagonist is a monster, a ghost or a feral animal, the basic concept is the same: the hero must fight against horrific forces for his life-and often his soul.

There are a number of techniques used to create fear these are:

Gloomy weather, shadowy places, strange noises in the background are all are ways to make the atmosphere of a film more creepy and to build tension and suspense.

Many horror films often use graphic violence or bad language to evoke fear, anger and tension.

Most horror films feature a a supernatural antagonist however human like antagonists are more common in modern times.

The ending of horror films is sometimes unsolved this makes the audience think that the threat is just around the corner or much simpler could mean that there is a sequal!

Unexpected events also known as pop-outs are used in a lot of horror films. these are used to keep the audience guessing and keep the level of tension high. Falling objects, darting animals and sudden loud noises are examples of this technique.

Antagonists of the horror genre are often unreasonably cruel, unreasoning, and unthinkably evil. Their characters are very often extremely exaggerated and usually have something about them that is original and unlike any other character from another horror film.

Storyboard - Shane Marshall