Pitch for the making of a film trailer.

1. Film Trailer Pitch
Daniel Tipping

2. Research
Idea 1: Romance Idea 2: Horror
• Attractive cast • Eerie settings
• Cheesy • Paranormal/Psychological, fear of
• Emotional unknown
• Tears • Jump cuts and fast editing
• Happy ending • Gore and graphic content
• Bad character alone • Loud scores and high pitched music
• Warm colours Examples:
Examples: • Repo! The Genetic Opera
• Friends with benefits • Saw
• Easy A • Psycho
• No Strings Attached • American Psycho

3. Plot Ideas
Idea One: Idea Two:
• Protagonist violent, vicious, • Fixation from the dead
murderous and mysterious stalker of the girl he wants,
meets someone they are torturing her with a music
attracted to and hide it from box hoping that her change
them while maintaining the will bring an attraction to
attraction. him

4. Soundtrack Ideas
Romance Horror
• Slushy romantic music • Eerie long pieces of piano
• Harps music
• Piano • Electric guitars duelling in
• Ballads action shots
• Melodies • Deep heavy music
• Brother may play piano • Friend from a band
guitaring
• Possibly use band’s music

5. Location
Romance Horror
• Park • Church
• Restaurant • Attic
• Night • Old People’s Home
• Public Bench • Woods
• Old house
• Empty corridors

6. Typical Direction
Romance Horror
• Close Ups • Gloomy, dark coloured
• Colourful costumes costumes/set
• Colourful set • Low key lighting
• Over the shoulder shots • High/low angle shots on
• Emotive acting victim/villain
• Slow editing • Fast editing

7. What I need to learn
• Editing skills
• Sound production skills
• Camera work skills
• How to operate features on Garage Band,
Final Cut and refresh memories of Photoshop