This is the first draft of my Trailer




There are many problems with this draft that need fixing. The first is that some of the scenes are too light, such as the house, the graveyard and the figures. I must darken these to add more elements of horror and to make the figures appear to be more like sillouettes.

The second problem is is that there is no sound. I will fix this by visiting a copyright free music website to add ambient music throughtout the trailer. This is the website I will use.

http://www.freesoundtrackmusic.com/

finally, after showing this trailer to people, the most common peice of feedback I have recieved is that the title YOUR TIME IS UP is more suited to be the film's tagline than the title. I will replace this title with THE HUNTED because it has more to do with the content of the trailer.


This is the final trailer. I used Apple's Final Cut pro to edit the shots together and to darken some of the shots


Colour, Straight Cut, explain shots, framing, sound with images,


The introduction scenes are lit blue and use dark colours. This is to suggest a cold environment. Although green and red are typically associated with this genre, I find that blue has been commonly used in this manner, such as in the films Terminator, Saw,
When the masked man appears, I filled the shot with as much red as possible, to contrast with the previous scenes. This is a common in films which use blue lighting, such as the films Saw and Dead Silence, which were directed by James Wann.

Here is a clip of Dead Silence, a film which inspired this lighting choice


To cut between the shots I use fades. This is to show that time has passed between the shots, or that they are from different parts of the film. Most of the shots were filmed using a handheld camera. This makes is to give an erratic, startled mood, as if the film was found footage, or that the viewer is actually there.


The introduction shot used a specific framing as to not reveal the figure in it's entirety. This keeps his identity a mystery and for anonimity. For similar reasons, a high angled shot showing two mysterious figures who stare at the camera in front of a fire is used. Because of the lighting and heavy use of shadows, you cannot see their faces. This is again used when the man is attached. Here I used the sea as a bright background to enhance the shadows, making the shot more artistic. The shots of the dead sheep uses a medium shot, immediately followed up by a close up. This is to startle the audience and after the shock, bring them closer than they want to, when they'd rather be looking away. This is a technique used by Alfred Hitchcock in his horror film Birds, as shown in this clip. (skip to 1:05)



I used one soundtrack through out the trailer. This is to link the shots together and to add mystery. Since this is only a trailer I do not wish to reveal too much. The music is ambient and eery, which may unsettle the audience. Music had to be used in the scenes on the beach because the microphone was compromised by the noises of the wind. I finish the trailer with a bass note, to contrast the rest of the film and to add suspense.