Final Movie Trailer

Above is our final horror trailer, Obsession, we have used many different shots and locations within the trailer as to not lose the audiences attention. The first shot is of the company's name which is a a priority for the company to advertise what films they make. The trailer opens with an establishing shot, we chose this as to set the location and the actions of packing up a car connote that they are going somewhere together as a group. The following shot shows the characters traveling to the main location of the trailer, my favourite shot is of the males eyes in the interior mirror as he is looking at grace who is sat directly in the middle of the car so the audience know the focus is on these two protagonists. The next shot is a pan from the car to a sign that reads 'strictly no exit' indicating that perhaps they cannot leave and that danger is upon them, interesting the audience further. A high angled shot that pans up of all the characters is shown, this not only sets the new location but indicates that it is a dangerous situation as it is getting late in a woods. A cross dissolve into the next shot shows them camping, and yet another shot of grace and Jon are shown talking together, again reinforcing the idea to the audience that they are the main characters. A shot reverse shot of Jon and Grace having a conversation suggest to the reader that Grace is rejecting him once he has admitted he likes her, the music begins to change telling the audience something is changing, an over the shoulder shot is shown next of Jon watching Grace walk away, in which we get a sense that Jon becomes the villain in the trailer. A fading shot is shown signifying that time has passed, the shot of two other female characters is shown, this shot indicates the turning point in the trailer where something has gone wrong. The dialogue has unanswered questions making the target audience want to see it to find out. A quick flash of Jon's eyes is shown which is in time with the crash in the music, this was achieved with the razor tool in premier pro to spilt the shot and add a fade to white transition. A slide with a caption on appears reveling the words 'who can you really trust?' as this is shown just after Jon's eyes it indicates that he is the antagonist and is the reason for the disappearance of them both. The music changes once again and increases in tempo, shots of grace alone in the woods are shown, a jump cut is use so we get closer to her as if someone is following her (point of view shot), it makes her seem alone and lost from the group. As grace turns her head to face the camera there is a crash in the music, this is a very effective shot as we see the shock on her face and the audience sympathise with her. A much faster paced piece of music is introduced showing the last few shots. Conforming to freytags pyramid this sequence of shots is the falling action, a much faster pace of editing is used, by doing this is shows that the film entails loads of action shots widening the audience that would view the film. The blood on Graces face, once the editing has slowed down, shows someone has been hurt which is common in a horror trailer. The film name then appears which is an obvious piece of footage to include as it is a main convention of a film trailer. The final shot of the dropping of the knife with the sound reinforces that someone has killed someone else, this will interest the audience as they want to know who killed who. All the captions throughout the trailer help the audience understand what is going on better, the production name at the start and the cast names at the end of the trailer all add to making a professional feel to the trailer which we intended to achieve and fits the typical conventions of a horror trailer.