Idea for my cousework

I would like to create a horror movie trailer based on the recent clown craze. This character could be a female, subverting gender roles as the majority of horror movie serial killers are male. A plot idea I has was having a group of people camping in the woods while a clown is also in the woods with them. This would create a sense of entrapment. The location of a woods is a convention of horror movies as there is a general feeling of mystery. An issue with my idea is safety when filming due to the fact that one of my actors will be dressed as a clown and with this recent 'plague of clowns', wearing a clown costume would worry members of the public and draw negative attention. In addition to this, the majority of my shots will be filmed at night as this is a more effective setting for a horror movie. I will research horror movie trailers to discover what conventions they contain so I can therefore, implement it into my trailer. A style model I will consider using is the trailer for 'It' as that is a horror movie about a clown as well. I will work alone for this task and will ask my friends to participate as actors. I have thought of some titles for my film- 'Giggle' and 'Chuckle'.

I have an idea for some shots such as an actor resting against a wall/boulder, clearly out of breath. The camera will pan around this actor as they are breathing heavily for about 5 seconds, building tension. A clown's gloved hand will then quickly reach around the boulder/wall and grab their mouth in a sort-of jump scare. I found a youtube video which compiled every mention of these 'clown sightings' in the news so I could use a small aspect of the video to represent that the serial killer is participating in this. Another idea I had was having my serial killer looking into a bathroom mirror with the camera circling the actor. The lights will flicker and they will be dressed as a clown, then the lights will flicker again and they will be back to normal, the lights will flicker a final time and they will be a clown again.