Age rating

The BBFC have stated that a film is rated 18 only when there is material in it that breaks the criminal law, or has been created through the commission of a criminal offence. These types of criminal offences can be the likes of:

• Where there is material or treatment that put people in harm or, through their behaviour, to society. For example, the detailed portrayal of violent or dangerous acts, or of illegal drug use, which may cause harm to public health or morals. This may include portrayals of sadistic or sexual violence which make this violence look appealing; reinforce the suggestion that victims enjoy sexual violence; or which invite viewer complicity in sexual violence or other harmful violent activities

• Where there are more explicit images of sexual activity in the the material or the purpose of the material is to connote sexual arousal In the case of video works.

The reason for why our film has been given an 18 rating from the BBFC is because of the amount of criminal offences, including murder, kidnapping, etc. There is also sexual activity which isn't shown in the trailer but is included in the film. 

Trailer timeline

0:01- We advertise our production company 'Eclipse Studio's'.
0:03- The caption comes up saying "A Film Brought To You By Eclipse Studio's".
0:04- An establishing shot is taken of an empty grassy field.
0:07- Another establishing shot is used to show another empty field that has been fenced off.
0:08- Establishing shot of the same fenced off field but at another angle.
0:10- A mysterious looking man standing alone in a dark area.
0:11- The scene then cuts to the man still standing in the field but this time he is murdering an innocent man.
0:12- A closer shot of the man being murdered.
0;14- the man that had been killed is now laying in a muddy ditch.
0:15- Another establishing of a house and the neighbourhood.
0:16- A close up shot of the man suffering with multiply personality disorder looking very upset and angry.
0:18- There then a jump cut to a flashback of the man, which shows what the man went through to gain his multiple personality disorder. The scene shows some sort of fatherly figure abusing him.
0:20- A close up of the fatherly figure slamming the door where you can also see the man being roughly pulled up by the fatherly figure man.
0:21- There is then a jump cut to a different man driving his car as though he is looking around and investigating.
0:24- The man driving the car is then on photo and being filmed via a Point Of View shot to signify that he is being followed.
0:27- There is then a shot of the detective looking man walking up a flight of stairs.
0:29- There is then another shot of the detective man walking up the stair going towards a door.
0:30- There is then a close upshot of the detective man investigating some documents.
0:31- The next shot shows the psychopath/ the guy with multiple personalities trying to get through a door.
0:34- This shot shows the man with the split personality looking into a mirror and seeing his evil, psychotic personality.
0:39- This shot shows the evil personality torturing one of his victims, who has been tied up to a chair in some sort of garage.
0:42- Shows the evil personality putting knife up at the victims throat.
0:43- the screen then jumps to black.
0:44- The caption then pops up saying "PSYCHOSIS".
0:46- Another caption comes up saying "Coming Soon".
0:47- Another caption comes up stating all information about the film, such as the the production company, the film 4 association, the makers of the film, the costume maker, editor, etc.

shots used in the trailer

Establishing shot- The first few shots that we used in our film trailer was an establishing shot which was done for more than one reason. Firstly it was done to give the audience an idea of where some of the action was going to take place in the actual film, which in most films of any type of genre this I why an establishing shot is used. The other reason why we used the establishing shot is to create tension as soon as the film trailer starts because the shots were just random shots of different fields etc. The fact that the shots didn't have any context to it, helped create the tension of the unknown. Later on in the trailer, we did then use another establishing shot which was focused on a house, which this times had more context as it showed the audience that the house did have some connection to one of the characters in the trailer.  

medium shot- When shooting some scenes in our trailer we used a variety of medium shots, which was used for mainly the same reason. For instance, there were many times in our trailer where we wanted to get a shot of more than one character and also be able to be close enough to show each of the characters emotions, such as there is a scene where the villainous psychopath has tied what seems an innocent man and using the medium shot allowed us to fit both characters in and we were also allowed to witness the anger of the psycho character and the fear of the innocent man that has been tied up.

Long shot- Another important shot that was used many different times is the long shot which was used in used in our trailer when there was any graphic action being used, for example there is a scene in our trailer where again the villainous psychopath is murdering someone, so we used a long shot to show the murder. The reason for why we used a longshot mainly during graphic scenes is because we didn't want t give any of the storyline away in the trailer and the fact that the person being murdered wasn't shown will make the audience be more intrigued to watch the film and find out who was murdered and why.

Tracking shot- The tracking shot was perhaps the most popular type of shot that was used within our trailer and the reason for why we used the tracking shots is to basically allow the audience to be able to follow any action. For example there is a scene were the protagonist is driving his car whilst he is investigating and using the tracking shot allowed the audience understand where exactly the protagonist is heading and where and what he is investigating.

POV shot- The next shot that we used in our film trailer was the most unused shot but was perhaps the most affective shot. Using the POV or point of view shot again was used to create huge tension and fear to the audience. We used the POV shot when the camera was focussed on again on the protagonist of the film and using the POV shot made it look like the character was being followed, which is what create the fear and tension in the trailer.

psychosis magazine cover

psychosis trailer

1408 analysis

Synopsis 
 

The main storyline of the film is a man who specialises in searching for any type of paranormal activity and within the film he checks into an eerie looking room with the number 1408 in the dolphin hotel. During his stay in the room he experiences normal behaviour at the start, but as he starts to settle in the paranormal behaviour starts to kick into where even for a man who searches for paranormal activity he was still terrified. The film ends with the hotel room being destroyed by a fire, however Mike who is the main protagonist, manages to escape the room with all of the recording tapes in perfect condition.

Characters

Mike Enslin (The main character)

In the film John Cusack plays the character of Mike Enslin, who is a profound writer non-fiction stories based on the theme of haunted places and paranormal activities.

Katie Enslin (Mike's daughter)

 In the film Jasmine Jessica Anthony plays the character of Katie Enslin, who is the daughter of Mike Enslin. Within the film she is portrayed as alive even though she died of cancer, and see can see as alive in the film when the paranormal activities were taking place in room 1408.

Gerald Olin (The Hotel Manager)

In the film Samuel L. Jackson plays the character is Gerald Olin, within the film he is seen trying to dissuade Mike from checking into room 1408 because he was aware of the paranormal activity in the room and he didn't want mike to notice, this is due to fact that it would negative press for the hotel.

The Activity within room 1408

 With the room 1408 there had been over 30 deaths had been recorded over the years before Mike's arrival at the hotel. The manager was aware of this so when Mike arrived at the hotel he tried stop Mike from checking into that room, however Mike is a very stubborn character and risks his life by checking in anyway.

Paranormal Activity

During a section of dialogue within the film when Mike is in the room. Mike meets his daughter Katie after her death, this occurs during the destructive rampage scene were the walls and furniture come crashing down. After a while of being in the room a noticing paranormal activity Mike shows the signs of insanity settling in, due to fact of numerous hours of torment and excruciating pain and suffering.

psychosis poster