teaser trailer analysis

We intend to use editing similar to this. Using a bright white/blue ring on a black background creates real contrast. Yet again you are attracted straight to where you’re supposed to be. Using simple words like ‘You Die’ (in capital letters) makes such threatening words seem simpler, less threatening. Insinuating its a lot easier to be killed then at first perceived.

This is another long shot. Using a clear white door creates contrast between the dark walls. This attracts the audience’s attention to the door. Making them think something scary is behind it. Similar to what we intend to do with our trailer.

With the camera looking down on the boy it makes he seem a lot smaller. Perhaps vulnerable, making what ever he’s going towards is even scarier than we think.

This is a long shot going into a close up. This is where our idea for our trailer comes from. It makes the audience anxious to know what is behind that door. Their eyes are locked on the door.
Making the colour of the walls very bland really attracts your attention to the door, the most important thing in the shot.

As continuing to look over our research, we found that looking over the teaser trailers on other films, there seemed to be an obvious colour tint to the picture. For example, the first trailer we looked at ‘Hide and Seek’, we noticed there seemed to be a dull olive/grey colour to it which seemed to create a chilling atmosphere. Looking at the second trailer, we noticed ‘The Ring’ had the same thing but the colour blue. It seemed to be very effective whilst watching it as it gave us a chill to add to the chiller colour effect. Looking at these trailers, it has given us ideas for the making of our own trailer as we find it very effective and useful.