Evaluation of first cut: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real products

For our trailer we looked into coulrophobia which is the fear of clowns and chose to base it on this, we therefore researched in to this and how it affects to people in order to know how to use clowns in our film to scare the audience. 

We were inspired by films which use masks to disguise the killer as we cast our killer in a clown outfit, we therefore looked at the films Halloween, The Strangers, Scream and also films with party scenes as we included a halloween party in our teaser trailer

Halloween

We thought this would be a good idea for our trailer as many people are scared of the unknown as so having a masked killer plays on the fact that they do not know who they are or whether they know them. 

The Strangers 

We liked the idea that they could get into the house uninvited and it could happen to anyone ('Why are you doing this to us?' 'Because you were home'). We liked the fact that the characters were uninvited and used this in our trailer as the clown is not invited to the party but still manages to get in.

Prom Night 

We chose to look at prom night as it includes a party scene and also a murder and killing, both of which we included in our trailer.

Project X 

Although the film is not a horror, it still gives us some knowledge on how to film party scenes, and helps us think of ways in which the party can go wrong.

We also looked into other real media texts including TV and the music industry:

Skins

This show is an influence to us as contains lots of party scenes, which gave us lots of inspiration for our trailer. It also gave us lots of inspiration on what some teenagers get up to during parties and their lives that we could use. 

Slipknot

All the members of Slipknot wear masks and jumpsuits which makes them all look uniform. However, this look can make them look scary and threatening. The bands songs have also been linked to several violent and criminal incidents, for example in 2003 a man was stabbed to death but two people. The killers claimed to listen to Slipknot before and after the murder and according to detectives sang the lyrics to 'Disasterpiece' as they committed the murder.