How we made our trailer seem like a trailer

How have we our trailer seem like a trailer?

This medium shot introduces the trailer and establishes the opening scene to the audience. It is conventional for a horror film by showing the location in a state of equilibrium.

This two shot of our film's  protagonists is used to introduce them to our audience. Having them throwing stones into a stream highlight their innocence.

This medium shot acts as an establishment shot of one of the primary locations from our film. A family home conforms to the conventions of a horror film.

This part of the trailer introduces the audience to the news report. This disrupts the equilibrium, which changes the mood and atmosphere of the trailer.

This is one of several title shots that we have used in our film. This makes our trailer feel like a trailer as all trailers include title scenes. This shot shows the audience the slogan of our film, which is a way of promoting.

This long shot introduces the antagonist of our production to our audience. We used direct mode of address by making him stare straight at the camera, as if he is looking into the eyes of the audience.

This still image shows another two shot of the protagonists. In this part of the scene, they are running away to safety, upon encountering the antagonist. This would make the audience empathise with the characters.

Here we have a medium shot of the antagonist. We feel that this shot is very effective, as it highlights the menacing facial expression of the clown. This will create more fear for the audience, as again the antagonist is staring directly at the audience.

This two shot is key to our film trailer as it is the only scene in which one of the protagonists has encountered the antagonist. This is a prime example of the recognition stage in the narrative of our film. Shannon's facial expressions highlights the fear that she is feeling after meeting the clown.





Here we have another example of a title scene that we have included in our film trailer. This is conventional to all film trailers of all genres, as they are the production credits to our movie.