the finished trailer and analysis

 

The Finished Trailer.

 

 

We started off our trailer with our production logo 'THRILL'ER CLOCK' , this would automatically indicate to the audience one of the genre's of our film (thriller). We decided that the best way to get our narrative across to the audience was to use a voice over of Jamie who plays Jake explaining his side to the story, this would make the audience sympathise with his as he's telling the story. We also thought that it would be a good idea to put some key words such as 'SUICIDE', 'BULLIED' and 'AVENGE', these are the main features as to what happens in out trailer so it creates more sympathy for Josh who plays Stuart.

 

We used a range of shots in order to create pace and tension in our trailer. One shot that I thought we used exceptionally well was the cupboard shot where Josh is getting the pills just before he commits suicide. This shot allows the audience to see a close up of Josh's face so that they can see that he isn't happy. It also creates suspense as you don't know what he is getting out of the cupboard so the audience would be thinking 'whats he getting?'. Another shot in which was used really well was the bit where the camera was going around Josh's head, this created the illusion that the audience was going round Josh's head as he doesn't know what he is thinking, this shot connotes that his head is all over the place. A match on action shot is used when Jamie grabs the knife after he finds Josh dead. This is also an action enigma code as when he grabs the knife, the audience know that something is about to happen. An editing technique that we decided to try out was when Jamie went to stab Jack, we used a slow motion edit so it emphasises the force behind Jamie going to stab him. The final shot, we decided to use a panning shot going from the bottom half of Jamie, upwards. We used this to remind the audience that Jamie is a typical working class youth as he is wearing a track suit.

The music in the first half of the trailer is a fast paced piece which runs creates pace while Stuart is being bullied. After Stuart has committed suicide, the music changes into a dark, triumphant piece which compliments Jake getting revenge on the people who bullied his brother. The music plays a big part in the pace of the trailer as it helps create suspense and keeps the audience guessing what might happen next.