2. Meadows End
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Fad
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Empty swings creaking in
a dystopian deserted park
while music slowly fades
in – creates a sense of
mystery.
Swings creaking
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CU Establishing shot of the
Admiral Hawke pub,
establishes one of the settings
of the trailer, and is a familiar
setting to the audience –
‘personal identification’ (Katz).Cut
Lily and Hayden seen flirting in
the pub – connotes romance as
a theme. Personal relationship
with the working class
(Katz/Hartley)
MS
Cut
CU Hayden puts his
hand on Lily’s hand
in a romantic way
connoting a sense of
loveFade
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EL- Eye level
LA- Low angle
HA- High angle
MS- Mid shot
LS- Long shot
FS- Full shot
CU- Close up
ECU- Extreme close up
Est. S- Establishing shot
FF-Fast forward
BF- Broken Frame shot
OTS- Over the shoulder
Joseph, Abbie, Aaron & Hannah
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MS
Fad
e
Lily making eye contact
with Ace, connoting a
deeper meaning to their
relationship, leaving the
viewers questioning why.
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CU
Ace sitting at the same pub,
focusing on Lilly and
Hayden’s romance. This
pragmatically encodes that
Ace is jealous of their
relationship.Fade
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LA
EL- Eye level
LA- Low angle
HA- High angle
MS- Mid shot
LS- Long shot
FS- Full shot
CU- Close up
ECU- Extreme close up
Est. S- Establishing shot
FF-Fast forward
BF- Broken Frame shot
OTS- Over the shoulder
Joseph, Abbie, Aaron & Hannah
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Male antagonist (Ace)
getting out of car –
foot only shown, no
face revealed to add to
the mystery.
ECU
Cut
Lily walking through the
lonely park , past the
swings we saw at the
beginning giving the
audience a sense of
disequilibrium (Todorov)
LS
Cut
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STATIC
STATIC
STATIC
PANNING
– left to right
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Tracking shot of Ace
following Lily. Face not
shown still to connote
mystery and keep the
audience interested within
the disequilibrium scene
BFS
Fade
Panning across the river, until
we see Hayden on his knee to
Lily, in an utopian setting.
Binary opposite (Levi Strauss)
to the abandoned park.
LS
Cut
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EL- Eye level
LA- Low angle
HA- High angle
MS- Mid shot
LS- Long shot
FS- Full shot
CU- Close up
ECU- Extreme close up
Est. S- Establishing shot
FF-Fast forward
BF- Broken Frame shot
OTS- Over the shoulder
Joseph, Abbie, Aaron & Hannah
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Close up of Hayden
looking willfully at Lily,
hoping she will accept
the proposal; again
connoting a sense of
equilibrium (Todorov)
MS
Cut
Lily happy yet surprised –
close-up of facial
expression, connoting ‘the
strong woman’ (Rebecca
Feasey) as she has a choice
of her own.
CU
Fade
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LA
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STATIC
STATIC
PANNING
– right to left
TRACKING
SHOT
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14 Lily walking in the
park, close up of her
phone near her ear –
no dialogue heard.
CU
High angle shot of
Lily walking through
park again – flash
forward.
HA
Cut
Fade
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EL- Eye level
LA- Low angle
HA- High angle
MS- Mid shot
LS- Long shot
FS- Full shot
CU- Close up
ECU- Extreme close up
Est. S- Establishing shot
FF-Fast forward
BF- Broken Frame shot
OTS- Over the shoulder
Joseph, Abbie, Aaron & Hannah
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Long shot of
Hayden and Lily
as bride and
groom standing at
the altar.
Mid shot of the Lily and Hayden at
the altar, smiling. This
semantically encodes (Rebecca
Feasey) “strong woman” theory.
As her utopian emotions influence
Hayden to be calm and the
wedding being furthered without
disaster.
LS
Cut
MS
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EL- Eye level
LA- Low angle
HA- High angle
MS- Mid shot
LS- Long shot
FS- Full shot
CU- Close up
ECU- Extreme close up
Est. S- Establishing shot
FF-Fast forward
BF- Broken Frame shot
OTS- Over the shoulder
Joseph, Abbie, Aaron & Hannah
18 Close up of Hayden
putting the ring on
Lily, tilt up to male’s
facial expression.
CU
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HA
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Ace stands up and heads
towards the door. This
conforms to “self-image”
(Hartley’s seven subjectivities)
because Ace’s appearance
pragmatically encodes that the
audience will be
uncomfortable.
Ace turns back and looks at
Lily, looking sad and annoyed.
This further reveals the plot,
connoting Ace will do
something horrific effecting the
characters’ and influencing
more “disequilibrium” –
(Todorov)
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Candle comes into focus
as camera tilts up to
Hayden and Lily at the
altar. The candle
connotes a sense of
hope and love.
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2 seconds
2 seconds
2 seconds
STATIC
PANNING
– left to right
TILT UP
STATIC
EL
EL
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CU
Cut
MS
Cut
CU
Cut
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Lily walking through the
park again. This is
“repeated” (Steve Neal)
fluently to connote a
sense normality in the
trailer.
FS
Cut
Meadows End
Lily’s foot stepping into a
puddle, connotes tension and
mystery. These two
connotations are exactly what
we want our audience to feel
when watching our trailer and
highlights the genre of our
trailer.
ECU
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LA
EL
EL- Eye level
LA- Low angle
HA- High angle
MS- Mid shot
LS- Long shot
FS- Full shot
CU- Close up
ECU- Extreme close up
Est. S- Establishing shot
FF-Fast forward
BF- Broken Frame shot
OTS- Over the shoulder
Joseph, Abbie, Aaron & Hannah
Eye-line match with
Lily, who turns away,
dismissing Ace and
connoting she does not
have feelings for him.
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Tracking shot of Ace following
Lily in park. Considering that
Ace is the antagonist we want
him to have the role in which
adds tension to the
“disequilibrium” (Todorov)
narrative.
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EL
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1 second
3 seconds
STATIC
STATIC
STATIC
TRACKING
SHOT
EL
MS
Fade Birdy - Shelter
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Close up of knife in Ace
(antagonist’s) hand to shock
the audience. Meanwhile
‘ready to attack Lilly’ (Steve
Neal) at a slowed pace. Since
the thematic issue is murder in
our trailer this is repeated
from authentic soap opera
trailers.
Lily turns around with a
shocked facial expression.
This reveals that t this point
all the incrementum has built
up and resulted to her
danger.
ECU
Cut
CU
Cut to black
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EL
EL
EL- Eye level
LA- Low angle
HA- High angle
MS- Mid shot
LS- Long shot
FS- Full shot
CU- Close up
ECU- Extreme close up
Est. S- Establishing shot
FF-Fast forward
BF- Broken Frame shot
OTS- Over the shoulder
Joseph, Abbie, Aaron & Hannah
Lily wakes up in
bed, shocked, as if
she has just had a
nightmare.
Camera tilts down to
reveal Ace in bed next to
her, asleep.
CU
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STATIC
STATIC
STATIC
TRACKING
SHOT/TILT
DOWN AND LEFT
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MS
Cut
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Meadows End
MS
Fade to
black
Ends with the point of
call with the swings
swinging in the
background.
Birdy - Shelter
Swings creaking
EL
EL- Eye level
LA- Low angle
HA- High angle
MS- Mid shot
LS- Long shot
FS- Full shot
CU- Close up
ECU- Extreme close up
Est. S- Establishing shot
FF-Fast forward
BF- Broken Frame shot
OTS- Over the shoulder
Joseph, Abbie, Aaron & Hannah
Lily is confused but goes back
to sleep connoting no
“disequilibrium”. (Todorov) At
this point the primary
audience realize that she
dreamed all the events that
have le to the final shot being
the bedroom of Ace and Lilly.
Slow zoom in to Ace’s eyes as
they jolt open to connote a sense
of “horror”. This conforms to
Roland Barthes’ theory as the
intended audience realize that the
fear set when Ace opens up his
eyes miraculously suggests that
this genre has a twist of mystery
and horror.
1 second
3 seconds
4 seconds
Total:
1:02
STATIC
STATIC
STATIC
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EL
CU
Cut
CU to ECU
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Meadows End
MS
Fade to
black
Ends with the point of
call with the swings
swinging in the
background.
Birdy - Shelter
Swings creaking
EL
EL- Eye level
LA- Low angle
HA- High angle
MS- Mid shot
LS- Long shot
FS- Full shot
CU- Close up
ECU- Extreme close up
Est. S- Establishing shot
FF-Fast forward
BF- Broken Frame shot
OTS- Over the shoulder
Joseph, Abbie, Aaron & Hannah
Lily is confused but goes back
to sleep connoting no
“disequilibrium”. (Todorov) At
this point the primary
audience realize that she
dreamed all the events that
have le to the final shot being
the bedroom of Ace and Lilly.
Slow zoom in to Ace’s eyes as
they jolt open to connote a sense
of “horror”. This conforms to
Roland Barthes’ theory as the
intended audience realize that the
fear set when Ace opens up his
eyes miraculously suggests that
this genre has a twist of mystery
and horror.
1 second
3 seconds
4 seconds
Total:
1:02
STATIC
STATIC
STATIC
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30
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EL
CU
Cut
CU to ECU
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