“Now Go Create! This unit shared some seriously scary stories! Choose one of them and create a trailer for an imagined movie adaptation. Include onscreen text, images, and music. Make sure your trailer creates a menacingly creepy mood that will entice viewers. Analyze an example A trailer is a short preview of a full-length movie that gives viewers a taste of the story, style, and mood of an upcoming film. Advertisers use trailers to persuade people that the full-length movies they’re promoting are must-sees. A good horror movie trailer should thoroughly engage the audience’s attention and spark interest by using film clips that create a sense of mystery and deliver thrills. Critically analyze a scary movie trailer that has captured your attention before you create your own. Consider how the trailer both entertains and persuades its audience. plan your trailer To create a scary movie trailer, you’ll first need to choose a selection and consider how best to promote the screen adaptation. Then, you can plan by writing a script and creating a storyboard for your trailer. Choose a selection Review the horror genre selections in this unit. For each scary story, consider its elements. Think about the setting and characters, including monsters or other creatures. Note the plot, theme, and such literary devices as conflict or suspense, as well as any mysterious elements. Then, choose the selection you’d like to turn into a movie trailer. write Your Script Revisit the story you’ve chosen, considering how it might be adapted for the screen. Then, draft a script for your trailer. Envision how your video will flow, and draft voice-overs, dialogue, and onscreen text that will tease your audience into wanting to see the film adaptation—in a spine-tingling way. Like any story, your movie trailer should have a clear narrative flow. Follow these steps: Establish the Fear. Your audience immediately should understand that the film you’re promoting is scary. Set the scene for viewers: Is there a creepy setting, strange occurrences, or a monster sighting? Increase the Tension. Then, heighten the suspense by emphasizing the central, horrifying question. It’s usually something like: Why is X happening? Who is causing X? or When will X strike again? Think about what’s at stake for the movie’s characters or world. Capture a sense of how the conflict might affect them. Consider how to portray this with just the right images, sounds, and graphics. End in Suspense. No spoilers, please. Don’t give away anything too important, such as plot twists or the turning point of the story. End your trailer’s script in a way that will give people a taste of the horror, but be sure to leave them feeling as if they can’t wait to see the movie to learn how things will turn out. Storyboard your trailer Use your script to help you plan your storyboard, a shot-by-shot outline of the visual, verbal, and sound elements of your trailer. Creating a storyboard will help you visualize what you want to happen. Create a storyboard by hand, download a storyboard template, or use a storyboard application. Each numbered panel should contain a sketch of what happens in the shot, as well as the following information: description of the setting and action type of shot (inside or outside; close-up or from far away; from a low or high angle) camera movements (a pan shot that sweeps from side to side, a tilt shot that moves up and down, a zoom shot that moves in or out, and so on) any dialogue or voice-over narration sound effects and music Connect each frame in your storyboard to the next by using an arrow to indicate how you will transition from shot to shot—with a cut, a fade, a dissolve, and so on. This photograph shows a student's hand sketching two figures in one frame of a storyboard. The figures are viewed from the side and face each other. The bottom portion of the storyboard lies under a corner of a computer keyboard. create a movie trailer Use your storyboard as a guide to help you create your movie trailer. Once you start shooting, you can always make changes as new ideas develop or certain shots prove to be unworkable. Choosing video technology Decide how you will create your trailer. You can shoot footage with a video camera or smartphone or create the whole thing on a computer with still shots and video software. Choosing images Do you want to shoot live footage? If so, you’ll need to recruit actors, gather props and costumes, and direct the scenes. Would you rather use still shots to build your trailer? You can create these yourself or gather them from digital sources. You might also choose to illustrate and animate scenes yourself. Consider what images will best provoke fear and tension. Choosing sound Sound contributes to the mood of any film—and in a horror movie, sound is especially important because it adds to the tension and helps build suspense. As you consider possibilities for music, listen carefully to the music and consider how it affects you. Make sure that your musical choice suits the mood you’re trying to create. Also remember that sound effects such as footsteps, a door creaking open, or a blood-curdling scream can also create a perfectly horrifying mood. editing Use video editing software or an application to put your movie trailer together. Choose final footage and determine how to cut from one clip to the next. Add music, sound effects, and any onscreen text. Editing is a vital part of the creative process, allowing you to hone all of the choices you made as you assembled your material. As you edit, remember that in a work designed to deliver shocks, the pace, the length of time of each shot in sequence, matters. Quick cuts can help increase the trailer’s intensity. Make sure your material is compelling and rearrange it as needed. present your work Share your movie trailer with the class and gather feedback. Explore audience reactions, including similarities and differences in their responses or interpretations. Ask: Is the trailer scary or suspenseful? What elements might contribute to these effects? Does the trailer match what you had in mind when you read the work? Or does it offer a surprising new spin? Does the trailer make you want to see the full-length movie? Why or why not? Use this opportunity to gather suggestions for improvements, including specific suggestions about how you might use technology to create a desired effect. I NEED A REFLECTIVE ASSIGNMENT FOR THIS NOW THAT WE COMPLETED”