Using different colours in my trailer will help the audience establish certain moods below are some examples as part as research:
Orange
Produced maily from sodium lighting can used to convey anger or rage.
Blue:
Gloom and Sadness
Mixture of orange and blue- mixed emotion suggest confusion in charcter:
Grey (similar to blue):
This particular piece of research helped me develop further ideas to use filters when on the editing stage of my film such as grey scale to help reinforce concepts like regret.
As part of my resarch I have look at similar trailers in genre in some details and looked at aspects that could be used in our groups final product.
The following shots are from 4,3,2,1:
Establishing shots are used in films and trailers no matter the genre. This helps the audience to understand the setting of what they are watching. It can also set a mood. For example this picture is showing a city at night, to me suggesting the film may be about people who live in this sort of area showing the scene at night gives the impression that there is something to be uncovered.
This print screen shows four girls each in separate settings, showing this at the same time gives across the idea that they are connected in some way; the reason why will be revealed in the film. This can be applied to my trailer as there are two different group of girls but by a series of confrontations between individuals and one major event brings these groups together.
A large majority of the trailers that I have watched have quick and fast beats meaning that out filming must be cut to it making the images more affective
One example I found was from Shaun of the Dead displaying Edgar Wright's quick-cut.
14-19 Seconds of the clip below show strobe lighting, applied to text, The same affect can be used on people to show uneasiness. It is also complementing the music, This is carried on to the opening credits of the film. Even the movement of the text flowed well with the music.
Transitions
To create the right shots, we knew that it was essential to have the right transitions and to make sure that the transitions flowed. I looked into the different transitions that are conventions in the type of trailer we wanted to create. I learnt that one of the most important transitions are the cuts, they are very effective in revealing tension, or creation a dramatic scene. Having the right cuts, could be the difference between a very good trailer, and a weak one.
It was most important that we were able to achieve the right cuts that together made a sequence that made absolute sense.
We made a quick transition into a scene that went along with this one and that still communicated the story line.
We added to the sequence so the audience were aware of what the girls were looking at, and who they were chasing. It was very important to achieve clarity when making the sequence. We wanted our audience to be very clear about what was happening. We added more into the sequence too give a better understanding.
We also looked at the effects of different fades in our trailer.
The effects that a fade creates like tensions and mystery, were very much needed to create our trailer.
I will be using Adobe Premiere throughout completing my coursework. Before filming my actual trailer, I have used pre- filmed clips just to get to grips with the software. I found this beneficial since I have not used it before. By doing this simple task I learnt to add the initial clip, edit it through spliting- to help set and give a certain feeling like suspence.
A certain mood can be expressed in different ways; in the case of suspense short and snappy edits can create tension, but by also slowly revealing footage can do the same. I learnt other editing techniques such as movie transcitions such as fades which is used frequently in filming editing. There is also the oppourtunity to use a colour filter and add an audio to the clip. All of which will be useful for the final product.
