Initial Ideas and Inspiration for Psychological Thriller Trailer -Zoe Firth

To begin planning our trailer of the psychological thriller genre we created a mind map including initial ideas on;

• the trailers narrative
• settings we will use
• actors we could enrol
• cut to black editing technique
• having inspiration from the Alton Towers 'Swarm' ride for sound

This is a photo of our initial ideas mind map.

In order to make our psychological thriller trailer appealing, we decided that sound has a massive impact on the audience. So, we have taken inspiration from the ride SWARM at Thorpe Park due to the sound effects it involves. Also, we took inspiration from the rides post apocalyptic mise-en-scene as we are capturing empty roads in our trailer. The sounds of cars crashing and sirens are impactful as they imply that the world is in an apocalyptic state.