Inspirational texts - Trailer

Trailer

The trailer starts off as we assume to be a series of home video tapes which have been recorded by normal people. The whole of the trailer continues being filmed using only a hand held camera which appears to be filmed by the actor in this film. With using a hand held camera it makes viewers believe that this isn’t fake and what you see is real as we as an audience use hand held camera to record everyday events such as holidays, parties and days out. This is something I would like to do in my teaser trailer as I like how it feels realistic. The sound in the background is diegetic, and shows that the actor in the film is explaining what is happening and what he is trying to achieve. We can see immediately that this isn’t normal acting which we usually see in films as it doesn’t seem rehearsed and that they are being recorded just being themselves and that they are actually doing this for real. This relates back to the film looking as feeling realistic to the audience as possible which I would like to achieve.

This is the trailer for horror film 'Sorority Row'. I have chosen to look at this trailer because it has some different features which you wouldn't normally approach in one of your classic horrors. This time at the beginning of the trailer, we see that there are young girls having fun, drinking and being care free which you wouldn't normally see and you could assume that this film could be maybe a chick flick or a high school film.  I like how this is set out differently as you wouldn't expect anything majorly bad to happen. I could maybe apply this to my trailer so it can show and express the saying 'expect the unexpected'.

I found this horror trailer on Youtube and thought it looked very professional and impressive. I liked how there are different settings used in the trailer so that viewers don't get bored of the same location. What I liked the most about the trailer is the use of make-up, I thought that the characters looked extremely terrifying and disturbing, but they looked perfect for the trailer's genre. I would like to apply this to my own trailer so that I can achieve my purpose and make my target audience feel uncomfortable and scared of the characters.  I also liked the music which was played in the background at the beginning as I thought it created suspense and I immediately started to feel suspicious and prepared that something bad was going to happen. Again this is similar to what I would like to pursue in my trailer as I think this sounds used in all horrors make a huge impact and can set the audience on edge. 

Using YouTube, I have found horror trailers which I have used to influence ideas for my trailer.

As part of my trailer will include hand held footage which is the videos that are found on the mobile phone, I have looked into the structure of the Blair Witch Project for ideas.

At the very beginning of the trailer, text appears on the screen which gives you the back ground story of the film. This is something I would like to do on my trailer as it gives off a sense of realism and sets the mood and prepare my audience for what's to come.

Another thing I like about this trailer is the use of night mode in which they use in their video recordings. The 'green' colour of the mode is quite a sickly colour which could signify the feeling we get when we are anxious about something, in this case, what is going to happen in the film. This is something that I would like my trailer to achieve as setting my audience on edge from just the trailer would begin their adrenaline rush and interest to come and see my film.