Screen Grabs

This is a selection of screen shots taken from the Apple Mac computer; which were then edited together using Jasc Paint Shop Pro, this highlights the amount of filming that it takes to create a film trailer, with it also indicating about how much time and effort that went in to capturing the scenes, due to the quantity required to complete the trailer.

Basic Music for the Trailer

This is the basic Teddy Bear’s Picnic song; this will be slightly altered to be able to fit the different aspects of our trailer; this could be simple things like changing the speed or the octave that the music is played in, or there might be slight differences in some of the notes that will add suspense or seem to ask a question to the audience whilst at the same time echoing the tune played previously.

Studio Logo

The Studio Logo was created on Macromedia Flash Professional 8; how it was created was by using different layers as each slide had a slightly different image this allowed the Logo to give the effect of writing itself, this was a slow process but it allowed the image to look more professional and more advanced, and with the calligraphy style writing it seems to look more spooky and fits in with our genre type.

How we are progressing with our trailer

Trailer

This is the rough line of how we are going to create our film trailer, the many of the clips have been edited down in size but we need to cut down the story telling scene and maybe use some of it for a voice over, also we have some more clips to add into the trailer that have not been put in, this includes:

·         Different angles of running scenes

·         The second sacrifice scene

·         Roxie hiding and then getting dragged away

·         Lizzie finding Claire with blood on her hands – shows demon possession

This will help to split up the trailer and make it more visually appeasing and like an actual trailer.

Location Shots

Character Profiles

Why are Trailers important to the Film Industry

Considering that the movie trailers show the first glimpse of what the film will be like; it’s an important thing to get right. As you have many websites: such as YouTube, that can show the clips worldwide, and so they can bring in a massive audience. You do have to also remember that the film company has to usually pay for advertisement; but if they have the trailer on YouTube then the advertisement is free, and will cover more areas.

The trailers can be shown to promote the film worldwide through media: such as the News. This then is also free advertisement, and along with interviews from the actors will entice more people to view your product at the cinema/ buy the DVD.

Sometimes, special scenes are shot only to be used in the trailer: that are used to promote the film, but the scenes are not actually part of the finished film. The companies have to always be on the lookout for the next big thing: this is important in advertising as then you can connect better with your fan base. Though its not quite taken off, considering the increasing popularity of Smart Phones and IPhones: with apps like the QR-Code reader, this allows you to view a trailer on your mobile phone, this could be the next best thing. As this would allow you to look at the film poster; then after scanning in the barcode, you would be able to watch the trailer, this would maybe intrigue the audience more (about the film) as then they do not have to wait until they get home (and possibly forget the film title).