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- 1. Final Theatrical Trailer By Jamie Read
- 2. The Reasons • Thepurpose of this slideshow is to show the reasoning behind certain things that I did in my trailer.
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- 4. Opening Title • I made my ident the opening title so that people knew who created the film. • The fact it moves towards the audience makes it seem dominating. • There is a fog effect with a cloud sound too to add an eery feel.
- 5. Phrases • I chose to have phrases of text to break up the video. • It also gave me ideal opportunities to do voiceovers. • Phrases of text also hint about the characters and what the film will be about.
- 6. Actors • The actor names are on a different transition to the zooming of the phrases. • The converging of the letters is quite supernatural and this works well with the gothic theme I have gone with.
- 7. Movie Name • The Watching title is at the end as I don’t want to give away what the film is at the start of the trailer. • It has fog effect and cloudy sounds like the ident.
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- 9. Fade Out • As the hand was supernatural I had the fade out to show that it was leaving. • It helps make the hand look spooky and leaves the audience wondering about it. • I left a blank space after the fade to show a time change.
- 10. Cross Dissolve • I used this transition to show a change in time. • I could have left a blank space like some trailers but due to the fact it was a very small amount of time cross dissolve worked well.
- 11. Disintegrate • I used this as it looks quite violent. • The scene leading to it is of the female grabbing the man by the throat. • Having the text torn from the screen to reveal this is a good effect to have.
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- 13. Black and White • To show how my female character is a ghost I decided to use the black and white video effect. • Whenever she appears she is black and white and keeping that continuity shows that she is out of the real world.
- 14. Flash • I used this effect to show violence. • When the man is hit at the same time as an impact there is a flash effect. • This demonstrates to the audiences the violence and gives the impression it is a damaging attack.
- 15. Slow • This video effect was used to make the man look intimidating. • I did it with a shot where the man is breaking the 4th wall. His violent potential are shown to the audience through this. • I let the clip cut his head off when walking towards the camera to give the impression he is suffocating the audience. • This makes him appear very powerful.
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- 17. The Watching Music • This is constant throughout the trailer. • It’s there to add a spooky feeling to the movie trailer. • It isn’t very loud as it is only there for effect.
- 18. Voiceover • A voiceover was done for the phrases. • This way the trailer makes sense even if someone missed or is unable to read the phrases.
- 19. Heartbeat • I added this effect from iMovie. • I used it when the girl realises something is wrong. • The sound shows the panic that she is feeling.
- 20. Cold Wind • This is used at the start of the movie. • I used it through the ident and the establishing shots. • It makes the area appear dark and gothic. • It is an easy way of making the shots seems spooky.
- 21. Scary Accent • I used this every time the ghost appeared - after the hand slapped the glass. • I didn’t use this early on as there was no indication she was a supernatural being. • The accent alerts the audience to her supernatural presence.
- 22. Foreboding • This sound effect was used once. • I used it when the girl was approaching the man. • I did this to show that there would be something bad going to happen.