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Trailers are film advertisements for feature films that will be exhibited in the future at a cinema. They tell the story of a movie in a highly condensed fashion that must have maximum appeal. Trailers include the highlights from the film to entise a viewer to want to watch it. We tried to do this when making our own film trailer, putting in as much humour and comedy as possible to make the genre clear and attract people to watch it.
As our genre is 'spoof' we looked at other spoof trailers so that we could try and include as many forms and conventions from real film trailers as possible to make ours more realistic.
Whilst coming up with the plot of our story we realised it was actually alot harder to be funny than we initially thought. Spoof movies include alot of parody and satire but we found this to be challenging. We came up with idea that we would make it seem more of a serious film at the beginning. Not long into the trailer the audience is drawn into the fact that the trailer is, infact, a comedy. We thought this was effective to the audience as the trailer questioned their initial thoughts and maintained their attention throughout the trailer.
We've highlighted the star of the film because thats who the audience would pay to see like in real trailers. We havent shown the whole storyline or an ending, our trailer is just there to tease the viewer into watching the whole film as a trailer should.
In most trailers they have text appear on screen to help indicate to the audience what the film may be about, and sometimes use voiceovers for the same reason. It can also add effect to the trailer for example in a horror, you can use specific fonts to suit the genre and create a more 'horror' atmosphere. We chose to use a bold simple font, easy to read so it's quick and to the point, and to fit in with the serious theme we try to portray and the beginning of our trailer. The words 'when a school is in peril'.... 'only one man can save the day' etc appear on screen. We did this so it was clearer to the audience what was happening. We also use a voiceover to introduce the actors in our film trailer. "Rob Knight"... "Benjamin Birch"... "In valentine's day".
We use diagetic and non-diagetic sound in our film trailer as a real film trailer would have. For an example of diagetic sound, in the scene where valentine is chasing one of the 'bad guys' he shouts out "Get back here!". We needed a bit a dialogue to make the trailer more interesting and add humour. When the trailer goes from serious to comedy, the music changes. This is non-diagetic sound. We added it into the trailer during editing.
When filming our trailer we wanted to use different camera angles and play around with the camera to get the best shots possible. In one scene we attached the camera to a remote control car. We wanted to create a disorientating effect for the audience and get the camera moving round quickly and fit through small areas we wouldnt usually be able to get to. (SEE IMAGE BELOW)
When we filmed the scene where Valentine was running down the corridor we flicked the light switch on and off repeatedly whilst filming to create effect. It made the shot automatically seem more dramatic.
At the beginning of our trailer we used a long shot when Valentine was arriving on his motorbike. We wanted to give Valentine quite a dramatic entrance.
We use close-up of Valentine and have the name appear of screen to make it clear to the audience who Valentine is. When watching our trailer back before we added this, we realised it wasnt actually clear who Valentine was originally.
We tried to use as many different camera shots as possible to make our trailer more interesting to watch and look more professional.
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