Making the trailers music

The Twilight Eclipse trailer inspired us all to create such music, as it is a majority of the film is based in the woods, We have used the heavy base that drums throughout the trailer, and an uneven pitch throughout the trailer. This has an effect on the audience because it builds suspense when action is going to happen and when the scenes are calm and happy. 

Trailer research

Sorority Row

The trailer starts off with an upbeat and modern backing music which dedicates to the teen and over audience. It has a motherly voice over the first part of how proud the lady of the house is- which show the girl characters are not totally independent and met full maturity. 

There are also short clips during the party duration of the trailer- helping to emphasis the excitement and energy of the youth. This way teenagers and just over can easily relate to the scenes which makes them the target audience. 

During the party shots, the diegetic sound of a party also helps the set the mood and attract the target audience. However, the sound turns into non-diegetic when the mood changes and the viewer can see the problem of the film. The music then began to slowly fade, until a complete stop when dialogue came into it. 

When murdur and gore was introduced in the trailer, quick shots were used to indicate tension, shock and panic in the scene. 

Text is then added to the trailer, convincing the audience to have a scared yet intrigued mood towards the film. 

The trailer also used a crossover dissolve of when the girls graduated, at this point of the trailer, it hinted that all of this is a happy memory which indicates the characters near future holds terror- portrayed when they are then shot mourning over the dead girl. 

Thriller questionnaire results

 

These are some results that can be presented by graph. We wanted to have a more narrowed idea about what the target audience want from a thriller. This would help us decide what to include in our trailer. We asked 30 people that we thought looked like our target audience.

As an outcome, we are going to rate our film 15 as this is a rating that can be viewed by most ages that we wanted. We also asked where  the audience thinks the thriller should be set. We had a mixed results, yet the having a country setting dominated over setting it in the city. To keep most of the audience happy we set the trailer in the city and in the country(woods).

Discussing genres and deciding what genre to do

Media theories we can apply to our work

The gratification theory
The gratification theory argues that the audience holds power over the media sources, because they can use,watch or read certain media types whenever they like. There is a variety of reasons why people would rely on entertainment factors such as relaxation, filling time, emotional release or sexual arousal.

I think that this theory can be applied to this project because I believe that we have aimed to attempt to get the audience to feel slightly intregued by the trailer and feel a bit scared. This trailer is a typical thriller that people can anticipate what would happen. However filming techniques such as quick, short and snappy clips secure the idea that there would be tense scenes in the film. The trailer can be viewed at any time the audience desires once the trailer has been published to the public which means they have the power!

The audience theory
Todrovs audience theory of the equilibrium (everything is fine), disruption (a problem occurs) and a new cycle of equilibrium (everything is fine again). I think that this theory partly applies to my groups trailer because it shows the three girls happily driving on their trip to the woods, yet the audience can see that the problem occurs when two feet enter the road infront of the car- this is the start of the disruption in the film. However we did not want to show a new equalibrium because we did not want to ruin the ending. We believe that leaving an anonymouse ending if the three girls survive will help draw the audience in.


Beanery opposites
Strausses theory of Beanery opposites means that two opposites that foreshadow eachother and possibly compliment eachother. For example:
up and down
Black and white
good and bad

We have applied Beanery opposites in our trailer by using:
boys and girls
driving and on foot
clean and muddy

Thriller survey

After deciding what genre we wanted to use, we wanted to take our research further and do another survery. This time, our aim is to find out what our target audience want and like about thrillers.

1) How old are you?

    15-18          19-21          22+

2) What gender are you?

   Male           Female

3) What is it about thrillers that you enjoy watching?

____________________________________________________________________

4) What stereotypically do you expect to see in a thriller?

____________________________________________________________________

5) What is your favourite thriller film?

____________________________________________________________________

6) Who do you typically go to the cinema with?

    Friend(s) of similar age                      Friend(s) of an older age

    Parent(s)

7) Do you prefer thrillers set in the country or city?

    Country                 City

8) Do you prefer thrillers to be realistic or unrealistic?

    Realistic                 Unrealistic

9) Do you prefer thrillers to be set during the day or night?

    Day                      Night

10) Do you prefer to be following the victim or perpetrator's story throughout the film?

    Victim                   Perpetrator

Trailers that inspired us- featuring "Pearltree"

                                                                          

Click on the bubble to take you to "pearltrees" which enambles you to view a mind map of the trailers that inspired us.

During our research, we came across these film trailers that have inspired us to select certain ideas to include in our trailer. We have used these trailers 

Filming session #4

Today we filmed the car skidding as feet stepped out onto the road. This took a very long time for safety reasons. We had to make sure that everyonedone what they had to do at the right time, otherwise someone could get hurt. It was also important that we made sure that the car tyres were in good condition; because of this we tried to as less practices as we could, so the tyres wouldnt get ruined.
To help, we had to cameras filming during this scene so that we wouldnt have to keep doing run throughs. We had a camera in the car, and a camera on the floor just behind where the feet where going to stand out in front of. Both of these has an effect on the audidence because they positioning of the camera on the floor gives a mysterious interpritation of the man. Whereas the camera inside the car shows how fast the car was going, and how relaxed the girls are- this completely contradicts how they will be feeling when the man steps out infront of the car.