Sound: The sound effects that are used in my trailer are all relevant to the narrative of the trailer. At the beginning of the trailer the sound of a camera taking a picture, this fits in with the shots as the shots are supposed to be giving the audience an idea of that the police are taking pictures for evidence. School bell then follows this, this fits in with the narrative of the trailer, as the caretaker works in a school, we thought that this would give a clear indication to where the caretaker works. After this sound effect there is a heartbeat in the background, this is then followed by a police siren, these small clips of sound tell the narrative and work in conjunction with the camera shots to ensure that the audience understand what is going on. A news report theme tune then starts; this indicates that the next sound effect is going to be a voice over of a news report. This news report tells the audience the story of the caretaker and helps give the narrative away without giving too much information away. There are a variety of suspense sound effects that we used; we used these in conjunction with the shots. An example of a suspense and surprise sound effect is when the caretaker is pulling the knife out of the draw. They also act as a signal for the audience to act shocked and create a movie like atmosphere. The heartbeats that are used at the beginning of the trailer are in sync with the shots, this helps give a better flow to the trailer. The music then starts, we decided on using this particular piece of music because it creates the atmosphere we wanted to create. It also fits in well with the shots. Another sound effect used is the rewinding tape sfx, this is used when the drop of blood is in reverse, this helps give the audience an idea of that time is being rewinded. At the end of the trailer, there is another voice over; this is a voice recording of a police phone call which is made by the young victim. This leaves the audience with questions such as; what’s happened? Is she going to get caught by the caretaker? The last sound effect used is of the phone being cut off, this creates tension throughout the audience, and they want to know what’s happen. A lot of sound effects were used to help the trailer flow better and tell the narrative of the trailer.
Lighting: The usual convention so of the lighting in horror trailers are mainly dark and gloomy, this is what we imitated throughout the trailer. The lighting is dark, gloomy and dusty. The lighting at the beginning of the trailer shows when nothing has happened yet, then the door goes and the lighting changes to a black and white CCTV shot, this shows that something bad has just come to the door of the characters house. The lighting is mainly natural and cloudy, so the lighting isn’t bright but it’s gloomy. The lighting shows that the genre of the trailer is horror.
Mis-en-scene: There is a close up shot of the lock on the door, this has a red effect over it, and this shows that something deadly is hiding behind the door. The next shot is of the door, we used a prop of red and white ‘’police tape’’ to make it look as though the police had closed of the door as it is involved in the crime. Another prop we used was the pin board, I made this and ensured that it had newspaper clippings and pictures that would help give the narrative away, without giving too much away. Other props we used were the jacket and the bin bags, which were full of playing balls. We used these to make it more obvious that the caretaker is in fact a caretaker. There is a shot of the young victim walking down the stairs, the girl is walking down the stairs into the dark, and this shows that the girl is walking into something dangerous. We used a black and white CCTV shot, we used the black and white effect because it looks more realistic, also it shows that what is going to happen to her is fairly obvious, the caretaker has come back for revenge. There is another shot where there is a red effect over it, it is of the girl walking through the woods, this shows that she is the victim; it also looks as though you are looking from the eyes of the caretaker. On the pin board shots, I made sure that the picture of the victim was when she was younger, so I used my year 11 school picture and my year 7 one, we then put the shot of the victim older looking, this makes an instant connection to who the victim is. The name of the trailer is done in an x-ray effect; this is because we wanted to make the name look eerie.
Editing: A lot of close up shots where used, this is a convention used in horror films. There is also a wide use of long shots, this shows the whole of an object and gives the audience a clear shot of the object or person. AT the beginning of the trailer, we used a fade to white transition so it acts as a camera flash, this would go in conjunction of the camera sound effects. The shots are mainly at an eye line match, this makes the audience feel as though they are in the shot. We used a hard lighting effect, we used this because it is a convention of horror films to have dark and gloomy shots and this is what the hard lighting effect achieves. There is a zoomed, crane shot of the pin board, so the audience see the whole of the pin board, also giving the trailer more variety of shots and edits. We also used a transition called cross dissolve; this transition adds more variety to the trailer and fades two contrasting shots better. There is also a zooming shot, this shot zooms into the picture of the victim when she was younger, it then quickly changes to the shot of her typing on the computer, and this creates a link to the victim that must have been her when she was younger. The shots are fast paced, at the beginning of the trailer, the heartbeats are in synchronisation with the shots, and this creates a good flow to the trailer. There is also a panning shot of trees, I put an effect over this called day to night, this makes the beginning of the pan lighter than the end shot of the pan. This created a feeling of being put into a dark situation. Towards the end of the trailer there are fast paced transitions and close up shots, this creates tension, what is going to happen next? This then goes to the shot of the title for the film. The zooming out of the name of the trailer shows that something is being revealed, but you will have to wait and see what it is.
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