Evaluation so far.

Our media project uses many different forms of conventions and many of them have come from different projects that we had seen before and also real film trailers and existing films.
During the editing we used a well known effect in which the piece was shown disturbing a news report, this portrayed the power of the ghost girl and her overall status throughout the piece. We also used a scream which is very iconic for a movie within the horror genre. This was used a couple of times throughout our piece and allowed the audience to feel spine chilling moments that would happen within the real thing. We also used close ups of people’s faces to emphasize characters fears and emotions that they are portraying. We also used very slow and child like music to emphasise the fact that the ghost girl is only young and also the fact that Abi is the centre of the whole story line. We also added a white hospital gown to show that the ghost girl had been transported to the hospital after being attacked by her mother and father and had died on a hospital bed. We also used a white dress on the babysitter to show her innocence and naivety within the text.
In the opening of our trailer we show the news report of the anniversary of the death of a teenage girl that happened many years ago. This news report is disturbed by a sighting of the ghost girl forcing her way through the transition and stood within the house. There is also a shot of a child’s door to show that it will mainly be based on a child and the horror that she will have to endure. We also played child like screechy music over the top to show the disturbance of the piece and also the child like quality that Abi later adds to.
We changed many things throughout our piece and most of them worked quiet well. However, I do believe that we added certain things to the genre that probably wouldn’t have been used within other films, such as the possessing of a child. This gave our film a great depth as it pushed out of the normal stereotype of a child getting free; we focused it mainly around Abi so we could see how we could break the stereotype. Another thing we did that isn’t usually shown is the main fear factor within the first couple of seconds. Most horror movies wait till half way through the trailer or sometimes don’t show the feared character at all, where as we showed the ghost girl right at the beginning in a very effective and powerful way.
We used a popular stereotype throughout our text, and as Tessa Perkins said, stereotypes are usually a negative influence. We made sure that the main villain, although she is a ghost, is also a teenager. This will connect to the older generation because they have such a negative outlook on the youth of Britain today. It will also connect to the younger generation as horror is a very popular genre to them as it is crude and usually unforgiving. Overall I would give our film the rating of a 15 as it is a spine chilling horror that is disturbing and therefore needs a high viewing certificate.
I believe that many different media institutions would be interested in distributing our film. I think the main distributer would probably be Paramount as they have invested in many different horror movies that have all been successful. I believe institutions would want to invest in Abandoned because it is a different and wide spec film that will captivate the audience in an entirely new way. Our trailer shows a stereotype that is very well known in a different light. I believe this would enthuse the media institution and make them see a different, new and interesting text.