SCRIPT
The script for a trailer is always very important as it cant be to long but cant be too short. The main speech on a trailer usually comes from quick catchphrases yelled at iconic points or short conversations which match the pace of the trailer.
As our trailer is very fast paced and runs through quick our script must include quick clips of dialect. Zombie trailers usually do not include large amounts of speech but just simple shouts or screams heard over images.
Our script follows the usual zombie genre connotations such as screams and shouts heard in the background, this allows us to potray fear and fright throughout the characters. (TB)
THE SCRIPT:
(Distribution company logo features)
(Opens with several shots of dilapidated buildings) (from outside)
(Shot of ruined building from the inside)
(Production company logo features)
(Close up shot of zombies hands peeping through a crate)
(Long shot watches a zombie moving down an alley)
(The first title appears on a ken burns effect: 'It has be said')
(Shot of hands grabbing a lock through crate doors)
(Long shot of zombie wandering)
(Mid shot of zombies eating a victim)
(Next title features: 'That man kinds biggest threat')
(Long shot of a gloomy looking entrance or exit)
(A low angle shot watches zombies trudge across a bridge) (sound overlays: There eating people!)
(Close up shot of a zombies face snarling and biting)
(3 continues long shots of a zombie wandering through an empty field)
(The next title flashes: 'In devastation in destruction')
(Shot of a zombie reaching out to the camera)
(Shot of the three characters from behind walking through a field) (Sound overlays: Dont trust anyone!)
(An action shot where a character is hitting a zombie with the bat) (Sound overlays: Zombie groans and monas when hit)
(The same action but a shot from behind where the bat is swung) (Sound overlays screams are heard in the background)
(Long shot of a zombie tackling one of the characters) (Sound overlay as a character yells: Lets go!)
(The final title displays: 'Is themselves')
(Shot of the characters running away from the zombie)
(Mid shot of the zombies snarling through a fence) (sound overlays: Zombies growling)
(Long shot of the 3 main characters arriving at the safe heaven)
(Shot of them walking through the entrance, a character scrapes his bat along a rail)
(A flashback shot see's a body dead on the rail, the event has occurred before the characters arrived)
(Mid shot of the three characters walking up the stairs)
(Next soundtrack begins to play, starts with a slow pace)
(A mid shot shows the leader of the cannibal group who has others around him he says: Welcome , which is echoed into the soundtrack)
(The soundtrack builds and starts to play louder)
(A quick paced style of shots start to play with fast heart beat sounding track, theres a mix in-between different shots: dialect is also mixed in with some shots 'The meats escaping', 'There gonna eat us':
-Longshot of the characters running out of the room
-Shot of the Cannibal's grabbing a character and dragging him away
-Mid shot of the cannibals leaving calmly and confidently after the characters escape
-Main characters jumping of a fence and running off
-Shot of a character being draged by two members of the group
-Mid shot of another character being strangled from behind in a low lit room
-Shot of the cannibals locking a crate
-Quick flashing shot of zombies, this occurs twice
(The ending title flashes on a dirty looking background where the title Demise draws in closer, a title reading coming soon follows the main title and 3 social networking logos appear on screen.)
The script follows shot by shot analysis of how the trailer will be structured, we have tried to keep it as relevant to other zombie trailers by including short but memorable uses of dialect and catchphrases.
As our trailer is very fast paced and runs through quick our script must include quick clips of dialect. Zombie trailers usually do not include large amounts of speech but just simple shouts or screams heard over images.
Our script follows the usual zombie genre connotations such as screams and shouts heard in the background, this allows us to potray fear and fright throughout the characters. (TB)
THE SCRIPT:
(Distribution company logo features)
(Opens with several shots of dilapidated buildings) (from outside)
(Shot of ruined building from the inside)
(Production company logo features)
(Close up shot of zombies hands peeping through a crate)
(Long shot watches a zombie moving down an alley)
(The first title appears on a ken burns effect: 'It has be said')
(Shot of hands grabbing a lock through crate doors)
(Long shot of zombie wandering)
(Mid shot of zombies eating a victim)
(Next title features: 'That man kinds biggest threat')
(Long shot of a gloomy looking entrance or exit)
(A low angle shot watches zombies trudge across a bridge) (sound overlays: There eating people!)
(Close up shot of a zombies face snarling and biting)
(3 continues long shots of a zombie wandering through an empty field)
(The next title flashes: 'In devastation in destruction')
(Shot of a zombie reaching out to the camera)
(Shot of the three characters from behind walking through a field) (Sound overlays: Dont trust anyone!)
(An action shot where a character is hitting a zombie with the bat) (Sound overlays: Zombie groans and monas when hit)
(The same action but a shot from behind where the bat is swung) (Sound overlays screams are heard in the background)
(Long shot of a zombie tackling one of the characters) (Sound overlay as a character yells: Lets go!)
(The final title displays: 'Is themselves')
(Shot of the characters running away from the zombie)
(Mid shot of the zombies snarling through a fence) (sound overlays: Zombies growling)
(Long shot of the 3 main characters arriving at the safe heaven)
(Shot of them walking through the entrance, a character scrapes his bat along a rail)
(A flashback shot see's a body dead on the rail, the event has occurred before the characters arrived)
(Mid shot of the three characters walking up the stairs)
(Next soundtrack begins to play, starts with a slow pace)
(A mid shot shows the leader of the cannibal group who has others around him he says: Welcome , which is echoed into the soundtrack)
(The soundtrack builds and starts to play louder)
(A quick paced style of shots start to play with fast heart beat sounding track, theres a mix in-between different shots: dialect is also mixed in with some shots 'The meats escaping', 'There gonna eat us':
-Longshot of the characters running out of the room
-Shot of the Cannibal's grabbing a character and dragging him away
-Mid shot of the cannibals leaving calmly and confidently after the characters escape
-Main characters jumping of a fence and running off
-Shot of a character being draged by two members of the group
-Mid shot of another character being strangled from behind in a low lit room
-Shot of the cannibals locking a crate
-Quick flashing shot of zombies, this occurs twice
(The ending title flashes on a dirty looking background where the title Demise draws in closer, a title reading coming soon follows the main title and 3 social networking logos appear on screen.)
The script follows shot by shot analysis of how the trailer will be structured, we have tried to keep it as relevant to other zombie trailers by including short but memorable uses of dialect and catchphrases.