1. ADVANCED PRODUCTION-RESEARCH-TRAILER RECORD SHEET
Film TE/TR Question's raised Category Comments (Genre, Shot list (B/W, SFX etc)
(Teaser/ (True story, own reaction)
Trailer) novel, comic
fictional,
film,docu)
Paranormal Teaser Why is furniture Horror/thriller I found the teaser - movie picture association of America sign stays on for about
Activity 2 and pans moving really spooky as the 10 seconds
by itself? whole effect of every - cuts to black background
Why is every room room getting - fast cut to broken camcorder effect
getting recorded? recording and things - cuts to black again
What is the dog moving randomly - fast cut back to broken camcorder effect
barking at? makes it more - back to black for about 5 seconds
Why was the man realistic and makes - cuts to a man getting thrown and comes straight at us really
thrown in the you think does this fast
beginning? happen while your - captures the scenario into a picture and freezes for about
asleep or not here another 5 seconds
- the same broken camcorder effect comes on with the image in
the background
- zooms in slightly with the same effect
- the text ‘in 2009’ fades out
- the text ‘you demanded it’ fades out beneath the date
- fast cut to broken camcorder effect
- fast cut to audience in cinema
- fast cut back to the same effect
- fast cut to audience in cinema again looking surprised
- fast cut to a room with a open door that seems shadowy and
zooms in on it
- fast cuts to the broken camcorder effect
- goes into a scary possessed woman in the front of the screen
and comes out to the screen
- fast cuts to audience in cinema screaming
- fast cut with broken camcorder effect x4
- goes to black for 3 seconds
- back to the same effect
- fast cuts to an empty babies room with a dog and baby
- uses the effect to fast cut to the back garden

2. - uses the effect to fast cut to kitchen
- shows pans moving by themselves in the kitchen for about 3
seconds
- uses the broken camcorder effect to go back to the babies
room
- dog moves his head to chair
- fast cuts to broken camcorder effect
- fast cuts to black background with the text ‘NOTHING CAN
PREPARE YOU’ fading in
- text slightly zooms out
- fast cut to broken camera effect
- back to babies room with dog barking at something near the
door
- fast cuts to broken camcorder effect
- to black background and the text ‘FOR WHAT’S NEXT’
- broken camera effect and fast cuts to sitting room for about 3
seconds
- broken camcorder effect used to fast cut to babies room with
a possessed lady standing by the door
- broken effect camcorder
- fast cuts to black background for about 4 seconds
- the number two twitches out
- the rest of the title does the same effect and carries on
twitching
- fades out whilst still twitching
- cuts to website ‘PARANORMALMOVIE.COM’
- broken camcorder effect is on while website is on with a
twitching effect
- while this effect is going on the website disappears and the
title appears again ‘PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2’
- it goes off with the broken camcorder effect