For the majority of our cast, we chose to use teenagers because our storyline is based on a group of teenagers killing people. We thought having a younger cast would appeal to a larger audience than it would if we were to have a fun cast of older people. We had two cast members who were younger, to act as flashbacks of the teenagers in the main storyline.
We did use some of the same actors for different roles as you cannot see the faces of anyone in any of the shots, besides the shots of the playground, so we thought it would be easier to have less people and have them play multiple roles each, than having one person for each role.
We did use some of the same actors for different roles as you cannot see the faces of anyone in any of the shots, besides the shots of the playground, so we thought it would be easier to have less people and have them play multiple roles each, than having one person for each role.
Hannah Northcutt
We decided to use Hannah as both a victim and a killer because you can't see her face in either of the shots, so you wouldn't know it was her in both of them. We wanted to have a female killer as well as the male killers, first of all to add to the amount of murderers we have in the sequence, and second of all to challenge convention of a typical horror as you would generally have a male killer and a female victim. As Hannah is pretty, she would make the perfect victim for a horror but she wouldn't make your ordinary killer, which is why we wanted to use her for both.
We decided to use Hannah as both a victim and a killer because you can't see her face in either of the shots, so you wouldn't know it was her in both of them. We wanted to have a female killer as well as the male killers, first of all to add to the amount of murderers we have in the sequence, and second of all to challenge convention of a typical horror as you would generally have a male killer and a female victim. As Hannah is pretty, she would make the perfect victim for a horror but she wouldn't make your ordinary killer, which is why we wanted to use her for both.
In this shot, Hannah is seen on the right. Because the scene is so dark, it is up to the audience to interpret whether she is in danger or if she is a part of the killing.
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Hannah is sat in the middle of this shot, this is where the killers are sat in the church. We filmed this shot in Gloucester Cathedral.
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Joe is sat on the right of this shot, we wanted multiple heads in the church because we wanted it to look like there could be a lot of them following 'Gods will.'
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Joe Wright
We decided to use Joe for the majority of the murder shots because he can seem quite intimidating and in his black hoodie, he makes the perfect conventional killer. As you can barely see his face in all of the shots we thought it would be easier to use him for multiple shots and play it off as different people, rather than struggling to get more and more people to be in our trailer. We used him for two of the scarier shots (where he is shutting the boot and hitting the camera) but we also used him for the group shots to fill the space we needed to make it seem like there were a lot of followers to the cause. |
Joe is on the left of this shot. We used this shot multiple times throughout the trailer and towards the end to create tension, you can see that he is holding a baseball bat. It is up to the audience to interpret if he is a danger to Hannah (left) or not.
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In this shot, you can see the figures moving through the graveyard. We wanted this shot to be quite mysterious and menacing so we made it quite dark and filmed it as a wide shot to get more scenery in.
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In this shot, Joe hits the camera with the bat. It's intended to be a point of view of the victim and we felt we should include a shot like that to bring the audience themselves into the action.
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This is also another point of view of the victim, we had this shot also to bring the audience in at different points of the trailer to make sure they don't lose interest, and feel a part of the action the whole way through. We originally planned to have this shot at the end of the trailer to shut the audience in darkness, however, when editing, it didn't really fit and so we had to move it in amongst the fast shots.
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Brandon Hibberd
We used Brandon as one of our main killers for the single shots because we filmed these shots before we changed the storyline and they fit in with the timeline we created. Brandon's stance and mannerisms in the shots make for the perfect creepy killer and using him in these shots added to the mystery of the killers and adds to our list of killers within the trailer.
We used Brandon as one of our main killers for the single shots because we filmed these shots before we changed the storyline and they fit in with the timeline we created. Brandon's stance and mannerisms in the shots make for the perfect creepy killer and using him in these shots added to the mystery of the killers and adds to our list of killers within the trailer.
Chloe Harris
We decided to use Chloe as both a victim and a killer also. We wanted to use her as a victim because she would seem like your typical horror film victim. We used her as a killer due to circumstance as it was raining and we decided we wanted some shots in the rain. The shot we used could be interpreted as her being a victim or a killer, that is up to how the audience has understood the shot.
We decided to use Chloe as both a victim and a killer also. We wanted to use her as a victim because she would seem like your typical horror film victim. We used her as a killer due to circumstance as it was raining and we decided we wanted some shots in the rain. The shot we used could be interpreted as her being a victim or a killer, that is up to how the audience has understood the shot.
This shot is of Chloe running through the rain. It could either be interpreted as her being a killer, and running after someone, or she could be a victim and running away from someone.
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This is one of a few still shots of dead Chloe. We originally intended the wound on her neck to be a stab wound, but we didn't have the right makeup to give the right effect so it ended up looking more like a strangle mark, which in the end still gave the correct effect we needed to make her look dead.
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Callum Kirby
We decided to use Callum as both a killer and a victim also, however this was due more to circumstance even though it did add to the storyline in the end. We put him in one of the group shots to add to the killer count and to make this shot a completely male shot to make it seem a lot more intimidating as whole. We also decided as a last minute decision to put him in the boot and tie him up to challenge the norms of a normal horror trailer. In my opinion, having male victims as well as male killers adds to the tension created within the trailer because it isn't something you would usually see.
We decided to use Callum as both a killer and a victim also, however this was due more to circumstance even though it did add to the storyline in the end. We put him in one of the group shots to add to the killer count and to make this shot a completely male shot to make it seem a lot more intimidating as whole. We also decided as a last minute decision to put him in the boot and tie him up to challenge the norms of a normal horror trailer. In my opinion, having male victims as well as male killers adds to the tension created within the trailer because it isn't something you would usually see.
We wanted some male victims as well as the female victims because we wanted to challenge the norms of a conventional horror film.
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There are three figures in this image: Joe, Callum and Ryan. We wanted there to be multiple people walking through the graveyard for this shot because we wanted to add to the amount of people that were in and around the church area.
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Eve Davis
We decided to use Eve as one of our victims as she is small so would seem vulnerable stood next to some of our more intimidating figures. We also decided to use her for this particular shot because she is quite fast and it would have made for a more fast paced shot. We had another shot within the trailer of a running shot, a low view point of the feet running past, and we used Eve for this shot as well to make it seem as though it was in the same location but then edited them apart to add to the pace of the timeline. |
This shot is from the point of view of the killer, we wanted to contradict the other point of view shots (from the victims perspective) because we thought it would make the overall effect more exciting than just having one or the other.
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This shot is also from the point of view of the killer, to show the amount of control he/she has over their victim.
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Chloe Hayden
We decided to use Chloe as one of our victims, mainly sue to circumstance, but also because she would seem like your conventional victim. We also thought that this shot specifically would seem menacing and intimidating in itself which is why we chose to do it, using a female victim for this one would add to the feel of intimidation. |
Playground Kids (Ben Whiltshire & Grace Whiltshire)
We used the kids for this scene specifically to create a sense of innocence within the trailer that would be contradicted with all of the shots of the murders. They are supposed to represent the killers as kids and how they haven't always had bad influences or taken part in bad behaviour, that they were normal children and then were influenced into doing bad deeds for 'God.' This will make the entire trailer more realistic and menacing in itself because it shows that any normal person/child could become bad due to different influences in the world. |
There were multiple shots of the kids in the playground, all from different angles and in different areas to show the innocence of the kids before they were influenced by 'God.'
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Elizabeth Medhurst
We used Elizabeth as the victim in this shot because she is small and vulnerable looking, she was also in her uniform at the time which adds to the vulnerability and adds to the storyline of the killers murdering anyone they want to. There isn't a specific brief to who they will kill. |
This is a shot of a murder, we wanted a lot of different murder shots to fill out the trailer and make it more exciting.
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Oli Dunn
We used Oli as our murderer for this scene as he is taller than Elizabeth and will seem more intimidating when standing next to her. Oli was also a help when it came to filming, he filmed quite a few of the 'point of view' shots and featured as the murderer in the shot of Chloe Hayden as well. |
Ryan Drew
We included Ryan in multiple different shots, as a killer and a victim, because in the killer shots you cannot see his face so it was easy to use him as one of the victims as well. Ryan is quite tall, so it was easy to make him seem intimidating in some shots, whilst also being able to make him seem vulnerable in the bottle murder shot because of the angle of the camera.
We included Ryan in multiple different shots, as a killer and a victim, because in the killer shots you cannot see his face so it was easy to use him as one of the victims as well. Ryan is quite tall, so it was easy to make him seem intimidating in some shots, whilst also being able to make him seem vulnerable in the bottle murder shot because of the angle of the camera.
Ryan is seen in the left of this shot. We used laid out the shot like this to make it seem as though they are comfortable in the church whilst also making it seem as though they are up to no good.
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This is a running shot also, however, unlike the shot of Eve, he looks more like he is chasing someone in the shot due to his intimidating stance and how fast he is running.
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-SB