Evaluation Task One - Costumes/Props

In our trailer, we decided to limit the amount of props and costumes used, even though we understood how someone’s appearance can offer assumptions to the audience by the nature of the genre, using many costumes would question the suitability of the scenes. Also, we also knew that the costumes could also add to the realism of the trailer and contrast to the locations and settings we had used. We used small amount of different costumes to make it feel real that this is happening in or around a day or a couple days, so the audience can relate to the story line. 

This is something that was picked up in our research and planning, through the use of the found footage horror film, Grave Encounters 1 and Grave encounters 2, where the characters were in an area for a couple of days and still wore the same clothes, signifying that they were trapped/lost, in our film trailer, this is something that I believe we did well and had an impact on the audience.

In our trailer, we also used other conventional props that may or may not been as noticeable, but this can also add the realism to the trailer and also the feel of realness to the trailer. One of these props that were used was the torch that I held when I was giving the realism that I was lost in the dark.

One thing that I felt that could’ve been done better in this area would be that a more formal dress code could’ve been used to obtain a better back story but also that may not conform the conventional stereotypes of a found footage horror film, where they would normal wear non formal clothing as it is felt like their only going out for a night or a couple of hours

Here is a screenshot of the torch light being used, in the dark. The light I am using is a very important prop that is required to tell the audience the basic idea of the movie and makes the trailer much more understandable. As you can see, the light is the only prop in some shots. This gives it most prevalence and catches the audience's eye in the shot which again helps the audience identify the genre in the movie.

Here is a screenshot of Dan, again. As you can see here, as he is being filmed, he is also using a camera; this would a prop used to make it seem as if we were filming each other whilst following the narrative. Moreover, it also compliments the genre as it looks very realistic.