Primarily as well as analysing normative film trailers I also wanted to look at student trailers to see how they constructed their films with the limited resources that are available for students. I primarily looked at a different genres, to see what shots could be used in our own piece.
It begins with an intertitle England 2015, which suggests that its set in the future and creates a sense of ambiguity that makes the audience want to watch on.It then transcends into a park scene where children are playing, the music is tense with a strange metallic quality to it as though there is troubled times ahead. The shot is a wide shot since the background outside of the park is visibly clear of a bustling street filled with cars and houses. To the left of the children on the swing is a group of people playing ring a roses which adds a child like quality and is something which is quite effective since it is creepy yet makes the audience wonder as to why a normative scene like this should make them feel so frightened. I feel that we should use a wide shot like this juxtaposed against tense music as I feel that it would make an interesting combination as titled here. For example in our Romantic Drama we could have a shot of me crying against a tree trunk at the front of the frame, whereas in the foreground should be the park itself with children laughing. The laughing should be layered and echoed in order to make it seem distant, as though I am not part of society.
It then fades into a two shot of a grown up presumably the mum holding a little girls hand as the two smile each other in adoration and love. The use of the background encompasses a woodland environment with a building which I am unsure as to what it is .two shot of the two protagonists lying side by side, smiling at each other in ecstasy. The background is of a woodland grass environment it appears and adds an almost artistic quality to the film. They bound forward and the camera slows down as it reaches the end of the frame.I would like to play around with time stretch on Adobe to have a contrast between sped up footage and slow footage in order to replicate everyday life. There will be times when life is exciting and times when it drags. It then fades into black with another intertitle in the beginning with the use of elision for dramatic emphasis. into another intertitle' all was well'. This gives the audience the pragmatic understanding that everything will change. I like the idea of intertitles and think they are a.n effective way of giving information in an ambiguous manner. However I would also like to include narration as I feel that is a typical convention of Romantic Dramas i.e. like 'One Day' This then transcends into a male coming through a door and opening it, wearing a punky black tshirt with a skull imprint which suggests that he is into the rock culture, perhaps an indication of his characterisation. He comes into what is presumably a bedroom/office room although it is hard to tell from the obscurity of the frame.He stops looking visibly shocked which makes the audience wonder as to why this is. This fades into a shot of a female on the sofa passed out or dead? This makes the audience sympathise and want to look after the female, since she appears so vulnerable and fragile.
This quickly cuts to a closeup of the boy saying ' mum' in an inquisitive frightened manner, almost in disbelief as if he cant understand what is going on. He appears puzzled and this quickly goes into another intertitle ' but then it all...'' went wrong...' At this point the non diegetic sound stops and then returns in a beat, it is slower and jagged in its rhythm which makes the audience primarily feel tense and then secondarily wonder what is going to happen next. This is a good way of captivating the audiences attention and I feel that we should create this in our own, using the rise and fall of piano keys in order to convey a particular mood. The non- diegetic
This all changes in the next scene however where the male is standing over a bridge looming dominantly in a high angle shot that specifically makes him look so. The clouds are gloomy and grey and appears as though the frames have been slightly washed out in order to show the doom and gloom.He holds the radio above his head and the audience let out a cry of shock as he flings it unmercifully into the water. I really like the use of framing in this shot as well as the vantage point which is something that I would like to replicate in our own. For example we could have me standing over the bridge, looking vulnerable so therefore using a low angle shot instead. This quickly slips into big dark tunnel, seeming quite ominous. Then there is a fade out and over a black shot cries the voice 'where are all the adults?'. I really like the use of this technique and I think it cleverly conveys the darkness without using a shot to express that fact. This then goes into' where have they gone?' and the use of the interrogatives signify his perplexed state of mind. This then goes into the mysterious intertitleintertitle and so is effective in its place selection.
The next shot is very interesting also quite frightening. The girl is centred in the frame in a closeup to emphasise her features. Her mouth is open and her eyes are wild. Why is she like this you wonder? Is she barbaric? The barbed wire certainly indicates this. It then changes back to the male again telling his friends ' we've got to stick together'. This is effective as it shows the audience that he is inspiring them to never give up and we therefore see him as the hero. It quickly cuts to video footage of people running away shown by CTV. This makes you wonder as to what they are running from, perhaps it is the plague you muse. You then release that it is the male and all his friends and there is a voiceover which states ' the plague has spread to Europe' which supports the universal truth of disease, which historical films tend to focus on, although this is set in the future.
It then goes into a two shot of a male and female character lying in the grass side by side which also uses a mid shot. The effect of this shows there companionship as well as making the audience feel concerned for their safety as they are too young to die. The wind blows ruffling their hair and the male turns to the female and says ' we survive' in response to her question ' what do we do now'. It quicky cuts to a shot of a male character reaching out towards the screen and crying out no, although the words are not uttered merely mouthed as though he cannot speak for shock. It then quickly cuts back to the previous shot where the girl says ' no one is coming to help us are they?' and you feel sad for the character because you don't know her fate or outcome. It then goes into a shot of a male running across grassy plains, use of Gothic imagery evident through the use of stormy skies and gnarled bare trees stripped of leaves. He runs across quickly as though escaping death. This quickly and effectively goes into a pan of a graveyard as it has a voice over detailing the death toll. Slowly it extends into an intertile with the lexis ' a race against time for humanity' suggesting that they are living on borrowed time.
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