Cast List

Main Protagonist

 

Harry Hughan - Harry is a good friend who both Tom and I would be suitable for the role as he is not shy nor will he back away from any suggestions we may give him. He will show a high level of moaturity and we can depend on him to get the job done effectively. The role he will take is that of 'Harry O'Brien' an 18 year-old male who is dropped into a world where he must go to any length to survive.

 

Secondary Characters

 

Shaun Johnson - Shaun will fit the role of news broadcaster perfectly due to his professional and proper manner. This create the desired effect, for a minor yet significant role. It is his news broadcast that will fill feed the audience pieces of the backstory to maintain their interest.

 

Scott Greenwood - Scott will play a mysterious motorcycle-riding character that appears in certain points of the trailer, but little is revealed, giving the audience a sense of mystery and need to know more. It would appear that our main protagonist may not be the last man alive as previously thought.

 

Infected/Zombies

 

Amy Brookes, Oli Fairway and Jack Machell. With other friends who have volunteered to step in for minor roles if we would require them to do so.

Initial ideas and production company name

For the A2 trailer task I shall be producing the piece with Tom Critchley. We agreed that our film genre of choice would be Horror, but more specifically the zombie/ post-apocalyptic sub-genre. We believe that although this would be undeniably challenging, preparation will allow us to create a convincing film trailer for this genre.  

 

We have began to plan ideas for our 'production company' whose name will feature in the trailer through the form of an ident as well as during the credits at the end of the trailer. One of our better, and most probable ideas is 'Antidote Studios', with the ident consisting of a vile falling over and pouring down a plug hole. As our film is specifically related to a mass infection/virus/pandemic, we believe that the combination of a vile and the name of 'antidote' will have suitable connotations, and will allow the audience to create the necessary links about our film. The significance of our ident is that it will portray an 'antidote' (Antidote Studios) being lost down a plug hole, giving the impression that there is no cure or solution to the crisis being experienced in the film and it's trailer. This begins to subliminally portray to the audience the feeling of stress or danger that is being experienced by the characters on-screen, before they have even watched the entirety of the trailer.

 

We may use the a professional distributor such as Warner Bros Pictures (who disturbed I Am Legend for example) as this would give our trailer a more mainstream and well-produced feel, as opposed to being a smaller more independent production.