When looking on YouTube we found this to be really inspirational and gave us some ideas of how we would like our trailer to be. We think this is really successful and genuinely scared us. We hope our trailer will also have this effect :D!
After showing Helen, our teacher, she was also majorly impressed and said it was a definite A piece, we decided to analyse the trailer further so we could use any key points gathered in our own production.
Analysing the mise-en-scene in this teaser trailer highlights some key points which we must consider when creating our own trailer.
The lighting throughout the trailer is dark which sets the mood of the film instantly, this is achieved by removing the key light and using only a filler light in shots. The lighting that is used cleverly highlights features on the face of the actress, such as the unnatural eyes, which also contributes to the viewer recognizing the genre of film immediately. The use of lighting in this trailer shows that the students have paid close attention when analysing existing horror films and have applied their knowledge to their work, we hope to achieve a similar lighting style when we create our teaser trailer so that the genre is immediately recognizable.
There is a clever use of costume and make-up in this production; the main actress has unnatural looking eyes which are created using special contact lenses, this makes her look more like a typical character from a horror film i.e. not human. The actress is also wearing heavy costume make-up which builds her character further. The make-up is typical for this genre and we would expect to use something similar in our production to convey the horror theme.
The angles from which the trailer was shot were really unnatural i.e you would not typically hold a camera at that angle whilst filming, this shows that the students deliberately chose those angles to support the uneasy feeling provoked from watching this trailer. The types of shots were also obviously carefully considered, close ups of the main character were limited but this was to build suspense, the lack of wide/long shots was deliberately used so that the viewer had to figure out the set/location for themselves, this too build suspense.
Lastly, the transitioning between shots was very impacting, it was in time with the music and allowed the students to display only snippets of characters and locations at any one time, which ensures that the suspense is held throughout viewing. The flashing of the transitions also make the viewer feel uneasy, which compliments the genre of the film.
We hope to incorporate features from this teaser trailer into our own production and hope that we can build upon our knowledge gained from viewing this trailer by watching other past students work and professional horror trailers.
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