2. Horror
In my opinion I would have to say that making a horror movie trailer, would be one of the
easiest options as it doesn’t really need a lot of specialised computer effects and you can use so
many things in everyday life to make a very well made horror trailer, you just need dark
areas, so basically no lights on, or woods and for scary effects on the face you could just use face
paint or make-up. You would need good lighting to set the scary mood/ effect and lots of
different camera angles so you can capture it from different views, to choose the right one.
Sound for this one is very simple as it is so easy to get your hands on horror/ scary music, as
many of them are really simple as they are just noises, you could also create them on
garageband. For characters it is very simple, you won’t need many and it will be easy to film
with. For costume and clothing you could just wear dark coloured clothes e.g black coat. You
might not need many props, some scary films are religious, so you could use a cross
necklace, just like in the ‘Pact’.
3. Comedy
I think that a Comedy film would also be either as achievable as a horror film or just behind
it, since all it really would be would be some scene in everyday life. The only downside to it
would that you would have to a very exceptional script, which really was humorous, and the
actors would have to act as they spoke it also in a humorous way in some parts of the script.
Props and costumes would be very easy to get your hands, as all you would need is everyday
things, such as casual clothes and everyday props such as cars, drinks and so on. Locations is
very easy as it could be anything in everyday life. Also camera work could be pretty simple, just
different angles and shots.
4. Rom Com
I think that Rom Com, would be one of the harder movie trailers, to actually do well in and make
it seem realistic and professional. First off your going to have to have a bigger sized group of
people as their tends to be more characters in Rom Coms. The actors would have to be
comfortable enough with each other to actually film some romantic scenes. The costumes and
props would probably one of the easier things out of anything as you could just wear everyday
clothes and use everyday props. I think that location may be a bit of an issue as some scenes
would be filmed in public places and this may cause a disturbance to others and people might
not want to be in shots, so I think that might be a bit tricky. For music it might be okay to find
some backing tracks, you would probably have to use garageband as you probably wouldn’t be
able to use copy righted music without permission.
5. Action
I personally think that an Action trailer maybe one of the hardest ones to pull off to make it
actually work and look good and professional. First off Locations could be a hard one as in some
films they are filmed in the desert or just in the middle of nowhere, so I think it would be hard
to get that right. Costumes may be the only thing that might work and that is just normal casual
clothes. For props though, I think that would be harder as many have guns, bombs and all sorts
of different weapons and different transport, such as helicopters and so on, so I think that might
be quite hard. The music on the other hand might be something that would work as they usually
have fast upbeat tempos, so you could create something that would work with the adrenaline of
the scenes. Camera work maybe tricky as you will need many different positions and takes of
the same shots, I think it would be a challenge, but if you focused hard enough on it and got it
down right, you could have yourself some very good footage.
