The student was tasked with creating a crime drama trailer for a class project. Their group decided to focus on someone escaping from prison and following them throughout the series. To plan the trailer, they analyzed the opening credits, characters, forensics, and storylines of Sherlock, Castle, and CSI for inspiration. Some shots could not be attained and there were issues with the crew, so the final trailer differed slightly from the plan but kept the same script and plot. The student feels the trailer did not appeal to audiences because it did not clearly show what the series was about. They used sound effects and visual effects to make the trailer more professional and progress their grade.

1. BenEveritt
Unit : Crime Drama Trailer Evaluation
In thismediatermwe were givenataskto make a Crime Drama Trailertopresentinfrontof the
classafter itwas filmed,editedandthe lastfinal touchesadded.Are groupdecidedthatwe were
goingto playit onchannel 4 as an Entertainment/thrillergenre.Ouroverall ideaswastohave
someone escape fromaprison/cellandfollow themthroughoutthe series,sowe didn’twantto
spoil toomuch inthe trailer.
To start our planningwe watchedandanalysedthree differentcrime dramas,whichwere Sherlock,
Castle andCSI. We analysedthemlookingatsome openingcredits,Characters,forensicsandalso
the actual storyline itself.Inmyopinionithelpedme alotwhenI wasplanningourproject.These
gave us a lot of inspirationandideasof whatwe could achieve butwithoutactuallycopyingwhat
theyhave done.
The final resultcame outa little differentlythanwhatwe hadplannedasa few of our shots could
not be attainedandalsothe crewwas a problemworkingwith. All of the three crimesdramaswe
watchedhada lotof actioninit so we thoughtwe coulddo thisto maybe grabthe audience’s
attentionandmake themgluedsotheywouldwanttowatch more of the series.Butinthe final
trailerwe keptthe scriptthe same andalsothe plot.
In myopinionmyversionof the Crime Dramatrailerwasn’tveryappealingtothe audience becauseI
feel like Ihadn’tshownenoughof whatthe serieswasabout,forexampleinmytrailerthe person
whowas escapingfromthe prisonwasrunningbutalthoughhe was escapingthe prisons Idon’t
thinkthe audience knewthatiswhathe was doing.
I useda lotfo soundeffectsandVFXinmy trailertoshow off my editingskillstoprogressmygrade
and alsomake the final thinglookmore professional.Some of the soundeffectsIusedwere the gun
soundeffects,punchingnoisesandthe backgroundsoundtrack.The VFXIusedwere the muzzle
flashesfromthe gunand colourcorrectionstomake it looklessboringandnot veryinteresting. The
musictrack I usedwas an actual song that wasproducedbyan artist butthis wasnot a problem
because Iemailedthe artistandtheysaidtheywouldbe happyto letme use thissongin mymedia
work.
To compose mymediaprojecttogetherIusedPremierProwhichIlike usingandiseasyfor me to
use as I use it all the time and isverygoodfor whatI wantto do.One thingthat slowedme downin
the unitwas beingstoppedbypeopleinmygroupaskingme how I woulddosomethinginPremier
Pro and of course I wouldhelpthem.
ExportingthisprojectreadytouploadontoYouTube I usedthe highestsettingIcouldtomake sure
the qualitykeptupto the same resolutionasthe raw clips.
In the groupI was the cameramanthis wasto ensure thatthe shots andangleslookedreallygood
and made sure theywere all inframe.I hope/feelthatIdida goodjob.Althoughfeaturinginsome
of mytrailerI had topass the camera overto Brodie as he isalso as goodat filmingandhe alsodida
verygoodjob.