Our Trailer

• What genre is the trailer?

The genre of our trailer is action thriller.

"Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television programming that uses suspense, tension and excitement as its main elements. Thrillers heavily stimulate the viewer's moods, giving them a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, surprise, anxiety and/or terror. Films of this genre tend to be adrenaline rushing, gritty, rousing and fast-paced"

• What sort of trailer will it be?

The trailer will be a full trailer, around 2-3 minutes long and will be suitable for audiences that are aged 15 and above. It will be an action-thriller trailer that will begin to plan out the plot for the entire movie, however this will be done through the means of a one person narrative; much like the finished film.

• Where will it be shown?

The trailer will be shown in various places. The main area it will be shown is through social networking sites. We will be ensuring that we can make best use of manipulating sites like Youtube and Twitters easy advertising; in an attempt to gain fans of the trailer.

• What is the target audience for this trailer.

Because our trailer is of action thriller genre, it does not have a defintitive target audience; it can only be catgorised as the people who like it and people who don't. However we have decided to focus on the age group 15-50 because they are most likely to enjoy action-thrillers. We have decided to create a trailer that is suitable for viewers aged 15 and up, because this means we can target a wider audience.

• How does this relate to the target audience for the film itself?

Although our trailer will be suitable for people aged 15 and up, it is likely that the actual film is for people aged 18 and up, simply because it allows us to create a plot that is seen as more 'horrific.' 

• What key genre elements will be employed?

We are including a lot of different video effects within our trailer, like the CCTV effect. We will be sure to only use basic yet effective techniques because we do not have the facilities or equipment to create a large explosion for example; however gun fire is possible and will be used for added viewing entertainment. We will also incorporate strange looking masks so an eery and mysterious atmosphere prevails.  

• What will be the key point for the trailer?

Rebelling against a government or to 'revolt' 

• What ideology will the trailer establish?

Ideas that arise from the trailer include the power the government actually has, isolation, madness and also the people fighting back. This 'revolt' perhaps gives the viewers a sense of community and togetherness, against the oppressor.

• What will be the marketing points for the film (e.g. stars, director, themes, etc.)

The marketing points will be things like a great story, and viewers will be able to notice progression throughout the trailer; they will be able to see a mini plot inside the trailer. The film may be successful because it promotes an idea that is perhaps going to happen at some point in the future; and this is intended to frighten and worry viewers.

Camera Shots, Angles and Movements

Above is a chart I created taking pictures of a Peter Pan toy to show the different shot sizes, angles and also camera and lens movements. When filming for our trailer we will take into account these different variations of  angles and movements in an attempt to greatly utilise the shot. If we use these shots efficiently and at the correct moments in production we should be able to create a trailer with a high quality finish; similar to those made for real films. 

180 Degree Rule

The 180 degree rule is a common and widely used rule in film making. It is used because it makes conversations in films seem real. A film that deliberately ignores the 180 degree rule is the Matrix; however this works here because it is set in a parallel universe. Because our film is not following a plot similar to 'The Matrix' then we will not be deliberately ignoring the 180 degree rule; it would look unusual in our trailer. 

CCTV Effect

Below is a standard video that we edited to make look like CCTV footage. This video effect is highly relevant to our proposed trailer ideas and is likely to be used within the trailer itself. 
 

Next possible title?

Credit Lewis Somerville

Media Pitch

More PowerPoint presentations from Kane 

Above is the original pitch to our class for our proposed trailer ideas. After receiving justified comments on our proposed ideas we found that this was probably not the easiest and most effective trailer. The posts above are our secondary idea, which came back with a lot more positive comments.

Initial Ideas

Sounds associated with our trailer genre

Above is a song that could be used in our trailer. Although, because of the lyrics we will not be using the entire song; we would only use the first 18 seconds and have this looped. The sound could be used to introduce the main protagonists of the trailer; because we will be looping the first 18 seconds, we will not be able to use this sound for long lengths of time because it will sound too repetitive. We want our trailer to be fast paced and edgy; this looping track for a long time will ruin the edgy tone we are trying to accomplish.

Above is a song called "In The City" by Kevin Rudolf, because of its rebellious tone we have initially decided to use this as our main song for our trailer. However, this selection is not set in stone, through research we may find another song that works better with our trailer.

Luckily, around 3 weeks ago there was an instrumental released to this song; this is very useful to us because we found the lyrics irrelevant and unneeded for our trailer. This song can be edited further so that we can try and create the edgy and fast paced atmosphere that we are trying to gain for our trailer.


Above is a track that cannot and will not be entirely used in our trailer. We will be using the last section of the song which will be looped. The scratching sound at the end will encourage viewers in our trailer to remember it is about surveillance - it is associated with CCTV. However, the similarity to the first sound prevails; because it is a short looping sound, it cannot be used for lengthy periods of time, it will not provide an 'edgy' and 'action packed' tone in which we are trying to create.

Because of the lyrics the rest of this song is inappropriate to use for our trailer. Its irrelevance however does not stop us utilizing the 'scratching' sound evident at the end of the song. This 'scratching' reminds audiences of the digitally corrupted story line we are trying to portray.

Because the guns we might use within our trailer are not real, we will have edit in the gun sound that is associated with the gun being shown. Most of the gun noises that we will require are in the sound clip above, however, if we use different guns we will have to make sure that we use multiple gun sounds purely so it sounds realistic. If needed we will analyse the area in which the fake gun is being shot and edit the gun sound for that particular shot so it sounds like it was realistically shot in that area, for example, if a gun was shot in a wide and open area, you would expect slight echoing, this would have to be edited in afterwards.

While different guns have a variety of noises, we will not only look at how the gun sounds when its fired, but also for other sounds that a gun produces. For example the reloading of  a magazine, or possibly even bullets hitting the ground, however because our trailer has a progressive story, our main focus is with developing the plot; not on the guns.

Above is a video filled with copyright free cinematic trailer sound effects - we are likely to use many of these effects within our trailer. They will not only increase the quality of the trailer but also they will make it appear professional. We will have to carefully select the correct points at which to place the sound effects; we are likely to place them before scenes of actions because it will create a tense atmosphere- key for an action/thriller trailer.