First Draft Trailer Feedback

First Draft Trailer Feedback

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  1) What doyou think the genre of the film is? How can you tell? 2) What do you think the plot is? How can you tell? 3) What could be added to the trailer to make the plot and narrative clearer? 4) The target audience for this film is females from the ages 18-25. Do you think the film would appeal to this demographic? Why? 5) Could you tell through the trailer the main character has psychological issues? If so, how? 6) What issues do you think were raised and what themes do you think were represented? 7) Do you think this trailer holds typical conventions of a psychological thriller or a horror film? If yes, give examples. 8) Would you go see this film? If so, why? 9) Overall, what questions does this trailer leave you asking? 10) How would you improve this trailer? Target audience - Viewer questions
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  1) What doyou think the genre of the film is? How can you tell? • Thriller because of scary/suspense filled music. Quick action shots and the character dialogue • Horror/psychological thriller (through title font, sound, name of film) • Horror (name of film, shots, dark room location and sound) • Mystery/thriller (soundtrack = sense of someone being chased) • Psychological thriller – sense of paranoia, heavy breathing, darkness, disorientated character, camera movement (quick shots vs fast cuts)
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  2) What doyou think the plot is? How can you tell? • Main character is being followed, but she doesn’t die but has an accident. Something to do with her psychological state. You can tell because in trailer the camera follows her around. • Photographer sees something, and is being followed… • Character is being followed by someone • Lady is being followed/stalked following an accident • The girl thinks someone is after her or that she did something
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  3) What couldbe added to the trailer to make the plot and narrative clearer? • A better establishing shot • Avoid repetitive shots as this confuses viewers • Consistency of view point (camera) • More narrative explanation
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  4) The targetaudience for this film is females from the ages 18-25. Do you think the film would appeal to this demographic? Why? • Yes because their age group is represented in the trailer • Yes, although main character maybe appears younger in the trailer
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  5) Could youtell through the trailer the main character has psychological issues? If so, how? • Yes, a form of paranoia, although this is justifiable if the character is being followed/stalked • Yes by her panicked state, asking lots of questions… Or is she just scared though? • No • Yes she seems paranoid
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  6) What issuesdo you think were raised and what themes do you think were represented? • Psychological themes such as memory • Vulnerable females represented • Spiritual or psychological themes • Light/dark, images related issues, sense of being watched
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  7) Do youthink this trailer holds typical conventions of a psychological thriller or a horror film? If yes, give examples. • Yes, because of the sense of being chased or out of control • Yes through the fact she is being chased in a fast pace • Yes in terms of the chase and pace of the trailer • Yes colour themes (red and black) and solitary like character which may seem depressed
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  8) Would yougo see this film? If so, why? • Definitely because it looks intriguing and very interesting, making you want to watch it. • Probably, it seems intriguing. • Yes because a lot of suspense is present
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  9) Overall, whatquestions does this trailer leave you asking? • Where is she going? • Why is she alone? • Who is the guy (stalker)? • What was the accident? • Had she been in an accident when she saw the photographs? • Who is following her and why? • What did she see? • Will she escape or be captured? • What happens to her character? • Yes it looks more interesting than other horrors. There is also suspense as viewers want to find out who is following her in the trailer.
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  10) How wouldyou improve this trailer? • More slow motion shots • Change the font in the titles, seems to much like comic sans • Too much bike footage going backwards • Cut out the shot where she drops the picture – looks like she doesn’t like what she sees or is just really clumsy • Make it less repetitive so there is space to include some more unused footage • Make more fast cuts into slow cuts • Explore with other possibilities for the establishing shot, play with the idea of contrast • Add a green screen at the beginning • Use even shorter clips (a couple of seconds for each clip) and cut between different images to build pace. For example, just a flash of Olivia on the ground, or looking at her reflection, spread through the trailer. Watch some more professional trailers to remind yourself of how short each shot can be. Images in a trailer need suggest events, not explain them. • Consider beginning the trailer with the shot into the camera lens. Also, this is one of many moments that will be fantastic when you have spent a bit more time on more ruthless editing: don’t let the camera zoom out of the lens again at the end of the clip!