This is my third draft of my film trailer. In this draft I have added more footage and replaced some shots. In my feedback it was mentioned that the classroom scene was obviously a classroom and not a library, so I re-shot the scene in a library. It is only a couple of shots but it helps to add a sense of realism to the trailer. The setting is much more realistic and there are more books that I could use for props. My new shots were added as the next section of my trailer. All of the new shots were put together in a parallel editing style where a part of the story progresses along side another. This faster paced part of the trailer is common of all genres and professional trailers as it helps to build up the tension before the title appears at the end. The shots I got helped to show more of the progression of the story without giving away the important parts of the plot. It also leaves the audience on a cliffhanger, wondering if the protagonist will make it out alive and defeat the antagonist. This will help to sell the film to the audience.
One of the other main changes was the text. My audience feedback made it apparent that the text was not the right font or colour. So, I experimented with some different font styles and colour schemes and asked people in my class which one they thought was best. Here are some of the styles I tried.
Style 1:
Style 2:
My final font:
My final font was the most popular as it's harsher edges and older style conforms to my genre more than the others. My final colour scheme for my text was the black inner with the red outline. This colour scheme is more subtle. Although the other colours stand out well from the background making it easier for the audience to see, I think that the subtlety of having just the red outline makes it all the more scarier as it could be seen as blending in more to the background, hiding in the shadows much as the antagonist does throughout the trailer. This makes this colour scheme more fitting to my video. I used red as it is an extremely common convention of the genre, as the red signifies death, danger and blood which are the most common elements of the horror genre.
I also changed the colour of the clock at the beginning of the trailer. I felt that the origional blue colour didn't fit with the style of the trailer very well, so I changed it to red so that it would match the text and conform to the conventions of the genre. To do this I used the video effects tool on Premier Pro and used the colour editor. I then selected the same colour that I used for my font for the red overlay and adjusted the black levels for the background so that no extra light was showing. I then adjusted the brightness until it could be seen clearly.
Before:
After:
For my next draft I will have re-filmed the news report scene on green screen with added props and a better costume. This will add yet more realism to my trailer and make it look more professional. One of the main problems to overcome for my next draft is the sound and video transition between the underpass scene and the new set of clips. I need to mold the story together by adding some clips in between the sections and change the audio so that the separate parts of music for each section blend together well helping the whole trailer to flow all the way through smoothly with no gaps or harsh stops and starts. I will also add my production company logo and end titles.
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