We observed that in typical scary scenes in buildings, there was always a scene located in the basement so we decided to use our college basement. The obejct and surrondings of the basement look scary, for example some of the lockers are broken which adds to scariness of the setting, also the pipes give the illusion that its underground, dark and dank.
We recently discussed the problem that it would be difficult for our cast to meet at Chislehurst Woods since most of our cast attend Westminster City School, we ultimately chose the school as our venue for filming. We decided on the ideal places to film our media text. We chose the school because it was the more accessible building we had, but also the possibilities that we had to change aspects of the school around was good. Also there were a lot of areas of the school that suited the scenes we had in place.
We have decided to drop the idea of filming a 70's horror trailer due to issue of actually getting all actors and props to the wood on a Saturday morning, but to now instead shoot an ordinary corny horror flick in the basement of our school which to be perfectly honest is scary enough without any killers lurking about. We're planning to use a gasmask to mask our killer giving him a rather soulless look, just generally no identity which already sets us on edge. We've already filmed a small portion of the opening and must now press on to meet our deadline.
For our ancilliary pieces we decided to create a magazine cover advertising our film and a corresponding poster to promote our slasher. We got most of our mock up ideas from old 70's horrors like Halloween as it has a very simple design but is still a very effective slasher poster, as is the Friday the 13th.
We discussed the music of the trailer and thought about the tone and how it would match and add to the atmosphere of the scenes we will record. Shaquille found a song by Funki Porcini called This Ain't The Way to Live on YouTube that was slightly dark and could be incorporated into the trailer. However, once we had heard the song, we knew that we would have to send a letter in order to use it and if we decided to do this, we would find a version of it with no lyrics (instrumental). We agreed that only the first few bars of the song were appropriate, as the mood lightens after that.
We may use this song as a basis of the music we will create ourselves. For the scenes where the tension mounts i.e. where the killer is silently lurking while the victim wanders by, dark creeping music will be heard to add the scary atmosphere and it will make the scene work flawlessly.
We have decided to drop the idea of filming a 70's horror trailer due to issue of actually getting all actors and props to the wood on a Saturday morning, but to now instead shoot an ordinary corny horror flick in the basement of our school which to be perfectly honest is scary enough without any killers lurking about. We're planning to use a gasmask to mask our killer giving him a rather soulless look, just generally no identity which already sets us on edge. We've already filmed a small portion of the opening and must now press on to meet our deadline. 
For our ancilliary pieces we decided to create a magazine cover advertising our film and a corresponding poster to promote our slasher. We got most of our mock up ideas from old 70's horrors like Halloween as it has a very simple design but is still a very effective slasher poster, as is the Friday the 13th.
