FILM TRAILERS CONVENTIONS OF FILM TRAILERS What do

FILM TRAILERS

CONVENTIONS OF FILM TRAILERS What do we see? What do we hear? What information do we get and how?

Examples of trailers • Rec http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=GAnb. WCjm. Ok. A • Eden Lake http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Djw. Rjdt 4 DFQ • The Strangers http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=D 8 w. GBs. I 33 TY • Kidulthood http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=mdo. KD 4 g. TQ 2 c

WHAT MAKES A GOOD FILM TRAILER?

Examples of Camera Movement • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=rc. ORVnh. F Hf 0

Examples of Editing transitions • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=i. CEd. SGe. F CCA

VOICE OVER • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=MOpedq. T 5 ndg

MUSIC / SOUND EFFECTS • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=2 T 5_0 AG d. Fic • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Dcqs. FDf_Gc • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ZMzgt 7 TUt 8

YOUR TRAILER A trailer normally features at least 10 different parts of the film. What would the 10 best parts of your film be to use, in order to give the audience an idea of what to expect and make them want to see it? How long will your trailer be? Time a few trailers and work out the convention re: length of trailer

Start planning your storyboard • Start with the voice over – what will he say? • Then think about what we need to see and hear whilst he is talking: - Text / graphics / info - Scenes from the film - Characters - Music - Sound effects