During the stage of planning we were discussing where we were going to shoot the various scenes we had planned for our teaser trailer. Seeing as the plot is based around a school environment, we simply had to choose where in the school would be appropriate. For ideas on mise en scene and how to utilize objects within the frame properly & setting , we looked at how various other directors have adapted mise en scene within their teaser trailers. We wish to give enough away about the school so viewers can relate , however we wish to keep a part of it ambiguous so there is suspense within the viewers ,making them want to see more and that it's not just an average film in a based within school.
An example of what we looked at was the theatrical trailer for The Faculty, it is a film based within a college using mise en scene for the users to be able to relate to but still have a horror feel to. This was achieved by fast cuts , making it gripping & exhilarating.However it kept true to it's general scenery of school , it attempted to make it obvious that the school was the setting. So we decided not to try and stray away / hide the fact we were in a school ,however utilise this and convey it in a way that no one normally views it. This way we still hit our target market of teenagers, yet with a fresh outlook.
We went around and took images of where we plan to film for reference, these below were the places around the school that we originally planned to shoot at for the teaser trailer.
We later chose to limit the scenes to strictly the science room and the gymnasium as these were mostly available at the time and these were appropriate for the shots we wanted to get. These also conveyed more appropriately the school "feel"
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