2. Almost all professional trailers open in this fashion, for this reason it
was essential to put it at the opening of my trailer for a quality and
professional sealing.
3. The production company is always displayed at some point in a
trailer as many trailers do I decided to open with this. The music
also comes in at this point to build suspense from the beginning.
4. Music and sound effects build and the camera pulls slowly
back from the central console of the spaceship. This
immediately asserts the genre of the movie as Deborah
Knight says: ‘Satisfaction is guaranteed with genre;’ By
building into the stereotypes immediately I guarantee my
audience if fans of science fiction satisfaction.
5. This next shot is the first display to the audience of the main
characters. The darkness was put in place to maintain an aura of
mystery and fear. This an extreme close up revealing little of the set
and focussed on the actor.
6. This next shot slowly pulls backwards revealing more of the set. The
music continues to remain mysterious building tension for the watcher.
7. I wanted this shot to build suspense to the highest degree, in order to make the watcher
feel uncomfortable I broke one of movie makings rules- I directed my actor to look
straight at the camera. In this way the watcher feels uncomfortable as this is not done
much, the music also builds both effects working collaboratively to make the watcher
uncomfortable.
8. This next shot is shocking to an audience as it so suddenly breaks from the
quiet sounds of suspense and the slowly moving shots. In this way I hoped to
scare them in some way, not a jump scare but rather unnerving.
9. Text is used to establish context here. I was at first going to use the dialogue of
my actor however due to her age it didn’t seem convincing enough. So I
followed the convention of many other movie trailers and used text.
10. This shot is purposefully identical to the one previous- incorporating only a new
actor not yet visible. This was essential to link with the text as the story idea
established there will be realised in this next sequence. A still mid shot is used
stabilised by a tripod.
11. This close up shot was purposefully similar to the first shots of the younger girl. In
this way I hoped to establish the idea of her ageing without just telling the
audience.
12. The sequence of shots is purposefully identical to previously, meaning that a
sense of ‘dejavu’ is created. This is again meant to present the process of
aging- the same wakeup but with a different actor. In this way the watcher is
able to realise the concept of the movie without it being fully explained to
them. Strauss talks about narrative as a battle of Good vs Evil, I contradict this
theory as my story is one of a wish to live more than anything else.
13. Again I purposefully broke the fourth wall here- focussing of the blue eyes identical to
the previous shot. By doing this the process of aging is reflected- close focus on
physical features used to do so.
14. This is again used at the climax of tension to ‘scare’ the watcher. This breaks
from the suspenseful music.
15. • To confirm the probable suspicions of my watcher I use text again to build context. The
concept of aging is definitely apparent now- as we perhaps begin to realise that the girl is
waking up each time older in the space pod. Certainly conveying this is essential as it is
the basis of intrigue in the movie trailer- meaning audiences will come to see it.
16. This shot builds more of the story line through dialogue rather than text. It also gives a
personal feel to the battle- as if we are taking the journey with this girl. This also helps to
establish the story- meaning that further text slides can be used simply to build tension
rather than storyline.
17. Cross media collaboration was used here- this is due to the fact that I used a famous poem as
part of the building of suspense. This increases the tension of the trailer moving away from
slowly building fear/anticipation and towards the action sequence of trailer. Action being a
large pull of many major blockbusters.
18. This building of pressure and excitement by the text is supported by the
dialogue “I will get home”. The continuing sound of the heartbeat and
suspenseful music also contributes to this. This works together to raise
anticipation and excitement around the movie- along with storyline.
19. A short text of rage, rage against the dying of the light is then shown-
this acts as the transition into the action sequence of the trailer- acting
as a climax to the growing feeling of suspense.
20. Quick cuts are in my action sequence of the trailer. I used ambiguous shots as to not give too much away about the
storyline while maintaining excitement. This is punctuated again by the breathing sound track and heartbeat. Both
allow the viewer some sense of the actors costrophobia and fear. These two shots are close ups meaning that the
viewer feels as caged as my actor.
21. This shot portrays a small moment of deep space travel. This was created by
projecting onto the wall in front of it and shaking the camera- a long shot of
this as I tried before did not have the desired action feeling I wanted. For this
reason it was cut down- hyperspace is a stable of the science fiction
spaceship genre and for this reason I felt it an important addition to my
trailer.
22. This shot portrays the panic sadness and hopeless nature of my main
characters shot- her head in her hands the common body language sign
of this. The smoke around her worked well as a visual effect to show
the damage not only to the ship but to her spirits also.
23. While this shot was short it was utterly crucial to building the storyline of my movie.
The failure of those systems that keep my protagonist alive: ‘Cryogenics’ and ‘Life
support’ both of these are seen in this shot. It is an over the shoulder shot focussed
on the computer console.
24. These two shots utilised shaky camera work and sound effects in order to portray hyperspace once more. The close ups
were successful in doing so. Again they are only seen for a short time in order to perk the interest of the watcher but not
give too much away about the movie- as teaser trailers do.
25. Over this shot we hear the words “Whoever finds this whether I’m dead or alive just know that I
fought and I fought hard”. It is this message of hope I hoped to convey to my audience, this is a very
personal story of one girls wish to live. In this way I hoped to pull in a larger audience as survival is a
much larger concept than science fiction. It also leaves the watcher with a glimpse of hope and the
desire to know whether or not she does survive her ordeal.
26. I chose to purposefully leave a long gap until this shot was revealed to the
audience. The continuing heart beat an suspenseful music puts the viewer in a
state of uncertainty once more. I wanted the last section of the trailer to stick in the
audiences minds and showing the third stage of the aging process- on a girl just
seen to be young does so. Again the close up breaks the fourth wall for this reason
even more likely to stick in their minds
27. Conventions of a media trailer are used here as we see the date and title of the movie. These due to the
fact that they follow the shocking reveal of the third stage of aging for the protagonist are more likely to
stick in the mind of the watcher. Meaning they are more likely to come and see the movie when it is finally
released. I also mirrored the font of the text shown throughout the create continuity. The fuzzy break was
also used to make the text feel as part of the movie as any of the action shots.
