Research and planning - location and setting for our trailer

- For our location and setting we chose a deserted countryside house based in the middle of nowhere which was Oxfordshire. The reason of the chosen location consisted of many reasons, firstly the location has big fields which has a few houses which were separated out. This creates the effect of mystery towards the audience. Furthermore, this creates an eerie effect as its going to be quiet and the use of a 'abandoned' house infers that someone has left the house and could be coming back to haunt the house. However, in our trailer we have a girl which lives there which has run away from an asylum.

- The use of the swing within our trailer creates information towards the audience as it connotes children which links towards our antagonist as she is young and was young when living in that house when she was a child and it creates mystery and confusion as the swing is just left there hanging on the tree. Furthermore, the use of the swing in our trailer gives a brief guideline of the antagonist and how she used to be and how we lived a normal childhood life.

- These are the fields that surrounds the house creating the feel of isolation, making our location conventional to our chosen genre.

- The use of using an old looking cottage gives the horror effect more suspense as it could create the audience to feel as if the house is haunted and links within the story of 'Martha' within our trailer.

 - The way the road which leads up to the house has no other houses based on that road nearby, this creates the feel of the house being alone and deserted which gives the audience more to question about what the house is going to in tale and what they are going to expect to find within the house which creates the audience to have questions which creates the audience to be intrigued which shall create the trailer to be successful within the media industry.







- Inside the house it linked within the conventions of a horror genre film. The rooms we used and certain places and items within the house we chose to use gives more of an effect towards the audience and we used a diverse set of shots and ideas to create a sense of realism towards the audience which shall make the film successful within the film industry.