Today my group and I went back to the Macs at lunch and after school to continue editing. We altered and finally completed the order of our shots, colour matched shots, added a few transitions and began to added in our text quote.
Here at 0:06, I decided to experiment and split up the shot of the antagonist walking down the stairs with the shot of Elliot in danger in between. This is because the shot of the antagonist is quite long and we don't want to audience to get bored. Therefore, by splitting the shot up, it keeps the suspense and makes the trailer more interesting.
Here we used a jump shot shot at 0:03. We cut the original shot down so it was sharp and quick as it was too long and the character (Delaney) didn't look like an antagonist, just a normal person. The jump cut is also very sudden and unexpected which will make the audience jump and add to the fear.
After watching this first shot again, I thought it went on for too long, and Jamie and Kayleigh agreed with me. Therefore, I cut it down and used a jump cut to show that the character had walked from the swing towards the camera so the shot didn't drag on too long.
This is the ending of our trailer before the film title appears. We didn't want the trailer to end straight after the montage because after watching it we though it was too sudden and we also wanted it to look professional so we took inspiration from the ending of the 'You're Next' and 'The Purge' trailer. They have a fast paced montage at the end and then a couple of normal shots at the end to finish the trailer off. We re-created this by including shots of our antagonists walking towards the house after the montage as they were slow but creepy and they aren't in chronological order of the narrative which makes the audience ask questions but also conforms to trailer conventions as trailers aren't in narrative order. We also included a fade to black transition for which the film title will appear afterwards. I want to then include a sting after the film title as this will add to the fear factor and make the audience jump which also conforms to a psychological horror film.
We positioned the quote for our symbolic link towards the end of the trailer as we didn't want to give too much away at the beginning and we also had the idea of positioning the text transitions between the montage as it would be adrenaline rushing and thrilling. My group and I are extremely happy with the effect it gives to the trailer as it is very eerie. It is also a unique positioning as most trailers include the text at the beginning. However, we still need to include the date of release, but I have suggested to place it at the very end after the film title, as it would look out of place if we put it before the quote as there isn't a way we can link it in the sentence.
This is the font we have decided to use for the text as it has a shadow which is a convention of the horror genre and also fits in with a lot of shots in the trailer which have shadows. We originally thought about using red black and white throughout the trailer as these a common colours used for the horror genre, however red didn't fit in with our shots and looked 'tacky' and unprofessional so we stuck to white and black. These 2 colours contrast well and are still portray an eerie atmosphere. We could possibly put the date of release in red and when we all decide what logo we are going to use, it might have red in it to link.
Here we colour matched the shots so they all looked part of one scene and showed continuity as the lighting and weather was different on each day of filming. I suggested different shots to colour match with as we wanted the outside shots of the antagonists to be light as it is day time but to also create an eerie mood. Therefore we experimented with the colour, saturation and exposure of the shot and finally got it to be the perfect colour.
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