Film Trailer 1st Draft

Here is my very first attempt & draft of my film trailer. I got on Adobe Premiere and thought I'd make use of the footage that I shot with my friends. Since these were filmed during the summer of 2013 I wasn't able to get feedback from my teacher to see where I could make improvements but when I did get the chance, filming early would prove to be beneficial as there were numerous things wrong with the film trailer. However, my teacher was really impressed with what I came up with considering it was my first go at it.

While the teacher was screening my trailer I took out my notepad & pen and made notes. Listening closely to what's being said and writing down areas that needs improvement.

What's wrong with it?

-It turns out that the key thing that was wrong with my film trailer was that it was becoming more like a film, rather than a film trailer. I was revealing too much information with the script & titles & the shots were too long. Some of the shots were inappropriate for example this one:

It's not that it wasn't a good shot, it was a great shot, nicely filmed & creatives excitement, however the protagonists, the people who are supposed to be the heroes are running away from the camera instead of towards the camera which gives the audience an impression of them being the monsters and that's what makes the shot inappropriate (breaking conventions).


What can be done to improve it (aims)?

-I will shorten the length of the trailer to no more than 2mins 30 seconds and this is the maximum time allowed for typical film trailers.

-I will improve my script by revealing less information about the film.

-I'm going to draw a new storyboard and re-film some of the shots, and getting some new shots in along with the ones I've already got.

-Instead of relying on secondary sources I'm going to create my own eg. the News Report.

-I'm going to improve the way in which the music juxtaposes with the shots so everything fits together.