Why we chose to release our film on October 31st

WHY DID WE CHOOSE TO RELEASE OUR FILM ON OCTOBER 31st?

You could probably guess why we chose this particular date to release our film 'False Awakening'. We chose to release it on this day as it is the day of Halloween!

WHAT IS HALLOWEEN?

the night of 31 October, the eve of All Saints' Day, often celebrated by children dressing up in frightening masks and costumes. Halloween is thought to be associated with the Celtic festival Samhain, when ghosts and spirits were believed to be abroad.

There have been countless amounts of horror films released around the day of Halloween and this is why our group thought it would be clever to release it on this particular day as it is the day that most people are fascinated by horror. Films such as 'Ouija, Annabelle, ABC's of Death 2 and Dracula Untold' were all released in October 2014 around Halloween. Our target audience would be likely to be looking for a horror film to watch because of the event and this is why we chose to release our film on this day.

Trailer invites

 

These are our invitations for our trailer premiere. We used our final poster as the background and added information as to where and when the trailer would be showing.

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Sound choices

This is a screenshot of all of the sounds we managed to find. The sounds were found after a long period of time. We listened to most of these sounds whilst the trailer was playing in the background to make sure that it suited the trailer. This was very helpful as it helped us to make our final decisions. We were still deciding which sound was the best as we couldn't choose between them. However, after feedback, we were able to choose a final sound for our trailer.

This is the sound we chose as our overall soundtrack for the trailer. The reason we decided to use this one is because it has a crescendo which is extremely conventional in horror trailers. It builds up which creates suspense for the audience and notifies them that it is getting more intense.


We also found this sound which had a variety of different sound effects we could use to make our trailer more exciting. This soundtrack features a number of screams and loud, sudden noises which is common in horror trailers. Although we didn't use all the sounds, we still kept the whole soundtrack incase we wanted to change our mind. When importing the sound into Premiere, we cropped the sounds we needed and placed it in the areas which needed sound to assist the action.

Relation to Flat Plan (Magazine)

We managed to keep many things the same in our magazine. When making the magazine, I put the flat plan into Photoshop to assist me with the overall layout. After receiving feedback from teachers and students, we realised that a few things were missing or needed to be added. However, we were very consistent with our magazine. I looked on dafont.com to see which fonts we were using. This didn't take long as we wanted to make sure we were using the same fonts as the poster and the trailer. I already had these screenshotted and saved so I already knew the names of the fonts which made it easier to locate them on the website. 

Horror Poster Analysis

Poster Photos