Throughout the trailer we chose our cast members carefully to fit the conventional mannerisms and similarities to villains and victims in a horror film.
The Care taker(villain)- DAN JOHN |
we chose Dan John to play the role of the "care taker" (villain) as he is tall which naturally makes him seem more intimidating and dominant which is important for the villain as the villain should look intimidating to the audience to make the villain seem more scary.
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main victim - Lewis Angel |
we chose Lewis Angel to be the main victim as this goes against horror conventions of the victim being a dumb blonde girl. so instead we chose a Lewis Angel as he is the opposite of a dumb blonde girl as he is male with dark hair and looks like he can actually defend himself so this makes the trailer more surprising to see him getting tortured as the audience would not expect this.
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secondary victim - Morgen Taylor |
we chose Morgen Taylor as the secondary victim because she is similar to the classic horror film victim also this shows that the villain has no trend to who he kills making him seem unpredictable to the audience. Also having a mixture of both male and female audiences means that the trailer appeals to a wider audience.
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