Analysis of my Film Trailer

Analysis of my Film Trailer

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  Analysis of myfilm trailer By Jonny Maddock
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  Camera angles • Iused an establishing shot at the start of the trailer to show the audience where the events are taking place, I think this is effective as it includes the whole house and has a spooky effect with the light turning off. • After this I have used an over the shoulder shot so the audience can see what's coming but the character can’t which adds tension to the scene as the character is seemingly helpless • I also used a close-up of the phone so you could see that the caller is unknown, this makes the scene even more atmospheric and adds suspense as the character doesn’t know who the caller is but the audience does.
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  Camera angles continued…. •Another camera angle I used was the Point-Of-View to give it an authentic view from the viewer, both when he turns around to there is nothing behind him as well as when he is walking towards the door as the viewer has some kind of idea who is behind it see but the viewer doesn’t.
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  Equipment used forthe trailer • For the trailer I used a black beanie that went over the face of Jordy, I used this to add anonymity as this is a common convention of thriller films is that you don’t actually know who the antagonist is. I also used a flip camera lent from my Sixth Form college and my Sony Xperia S mobile phone, I used the flip camera as it came with a tripod which was good for still shots and used my Sony Mobile as it had a 12 megapixel camera which made good quality clips.
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  Location • I waslucky as my whole trailer was filmed in one place which was my friend Jordans house so it was also a convenient place to film. I also decided to film both in the day and night time so that I had two different effects and to show that this is set over a few hours like a lot of thrillers, not over afew days or a longer time span.
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  People involved • Inmy trailer there were actually very little people involved in my project, there was me who filmed all the clips as well as staring in some clips and my fellow media studies student jordan who was a character in the trailer.
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  Audio • I usedthe website freesound.org for my sound in my trailer as from the beginning we were told we could only use sound that was copyright free which this site has on it. I used the sound ‘atmospheric sound 2’ which added tension and a spooky element to the trailer and I also used ‘crickets 5’ for the clip of the establishing shot as it ties in with the fact in shot is outside in the dark but got rid of this for my final trailer as some of the feedback was that it didnt sound authenic. • Other sound I used was a knocking of the door, this made the clip very tense as we as the viewers have an idea whats behind the door but the character doesnt. A creepy effect is also added when the character walking behind says on the phone’ I can see you’