The uncopyrighted music we chose was called ‘Beautiful tension’. We chose this music because it suited the atmosphere we were trying to create in our trailer which was tension, suspense and a general ‘thriller’ theme. The music provided us with a slow beat that gradually got faster and faster as the trailer went on. This suited our trailer as the beat peaked at the same time as the action in our trailer did (pouring of drinks) which would entice the audience into questioning what is going to happen and keeping their attention on our trailer as the music produced the mysterious and sinister mood was aiming for in our trailer. We liked this music as it was eerie and would grasp the audience we were trying to reach as it sounded much like the music used in other movies that were like ours in genre.
The camerawork we used to attract our audience consisted of numerous shots. Mainly close-ups of the protagonist’s facial expressions were used as they emphasised the emotions of the protagonist to show that she is dazed, confused and afraid as she wakes up in an empty park on a bench in the early hours. This would give the audience an insight into how the character feels and tug on their heart strings, leading to the trailer keeping the audiences attention in tact and also reaching out to the female audience that aren’t normally fans of thrillers as they usually dominate the rom-com market as our trailer is based on the protagonist’s emotions throughout the trailer. We also used a POV shots to put the audience in the protagonists shoes and see the surroundings that the protagonist sees (empty fields, forest floor) and we would eyeline match these shots when editing.
We focused a lot on the mise-en-scene; as our trailer was social realism we wouldn’t rely on a lot of special effects etc. (As we wanted to keep the trailer as ‘real life’ as possible). We filmed most of our trailer in an empty field to reinforce the sense of loneliness and tension therefore ensuring that the audience believes the trailer is authentic (as a rape in real life wouldn’t happen in a packed out park). At the beginning of our trailer there are shots of the protagonist covered in mud lay on a park bench. The mud was a key prop as the audience will be wondering why she is muddy and will want to find out why and as a result this will keep the audiences attention as they have to wait till the end of the trailer (when the protagonist falls in the mud as she flees from the trees) to find out why she was muddy. It was also a good technique as you could tell which shots were flashbacks in the trailer as she wouldn’t be muddy and wet in the flashbacks as that were before the protagonist fell in the mud.
The editing techniques we used would make sure the audience’s interest remained on the trailer as slow-motion used in key parts of the trailer emphasised the significance of the drama in the trailer (falling in the mud). We also used fades to black as that is what horror/thrillers generally use on their trailers meaning that the audience could watch our trailer and automatically know it resembles that genre (thriller) but with a social realism twist. We also used Gaussian blur’s and altered the contrast on the video to show the difference between which shots were flashbacks and which were ‘the morning after’ The Gaussian blur worked well as it resembled how the protagonist couldn’t remember the details of the what happened the previous night as her thoughts are blurry and she slowly gets flashbacks as she recognises key places within the park (e.g. forest). The dramatic title at the end answers all the questions on the audience’s minds as it sum-ups why the protagonist is confused, and wandering round looking lost and vague. The title of the trailer is ‘Blackout’ and this will stop the audience probing at what could have happened and why she ended up there as the protagonist ‘blacked out’ hence the title and they would have to watch the full movie to uncover what happened that night.
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