How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Part 3 - TRAILER.

Introduction.

My A2 media studies required me to make a short 5min film to go together with an ancillary task which was to make film poster and magazine review film. I took a lot from the soap and drama genre, whilst researching key codes and conventions.

The Trailer.

After researching and annotating a real film poster the purpose of a poster became clear to me and the purpose is to advertise the film through the title not a moving image.

Trailers consist of a series selected shots from the film being advertised. Since the purpose of the trailer is to attract an audience to the film, these excerpts are usually drawn from the most exciting, funny, or otherwise noteworthy parts of the film but in abbreviated form and usually without producing spoilers

I’ve take elements from the both in order to construct my own. One of the trailers is from a soap and the other from a feature film.

Below are two links to trailers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuC-76PLRSs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXiZogNQfR0

WHAT I FOUND OUT!?

Each trailer id completely different in term of there structure, EastEnders clearly was about multiple storylines that a key within the current slate, where as children of men was about “why women cant have babies” which is the main plot line throughout.

Something that I didn’t notice that was evident from viewing them both was they both have a narrative voice over almost explaining the story.

The reason I haven't got a narration over the top is because I have no dialogue in my film.

The two trailers do have elements on mystery and climatic points. I did take this into consideration when making my own.

Something that was obvious that the two trailers done differently was showing the climatic points children of men was very visual when showing there points of climax, however I feel as if EastEnders what more aural and there climatic points came through the narration.

My Trailer

As you can see below I've taken 6 key moments in my trailer that inspired me from real media products.

Trailer.

First point of climax. Arguably this is the fist point of climax in my trailer as well as in my final products. It’s the first real indication what my narrative is about.

Colour- orange and red are often colour associated with warning and danger these are very important in “warning” the audience my character could possibly be in “danger”.

Framing/composition. – The objects are centre of the frame so they are easily identified. You can also see it’s the only thing in shot which also helps it stand out

Frame 1

Trailer.

Frame 2 & 3

I decided instead of a narrative voice over I would include so form of text.I still wanted let the viewers to who was in the film so it could inherit some sort of audience.

Trailer.

Frame 4This frame is the first clear indication we see of “Kayleigh” in danger.

We don’t actually know how she got there which adds a sense of mystery, this sense of mystery will hopefully engage my target audience.

Trailer.

Frame 5In this shot it the first and only clue of the full extent to how much danger Kayleigh is in

The words “A DAY THAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING” forms a unsettling and nerving ambience its also show just how serious Kayleigh's position.

Trailer.

Frame 6Appearing at the very end is my title “ I N F E R N O ” The font type is the same as the font used throughout my film, therefore letting the viewers to identify a match.

The fist thing to think of when you see the word “ I N F E R N O ” is a film about a large fire that is dangerously out of control, however if the audience are able to make the links they may soon see it about an explosion.

The name is suggestive of hell,especially with respect to human suffering or death which Kayleigh does.