The Task: The task was to create a 1-2 minute teaser trailer based around my own fictional movie or TV series.
The Original Plan: The plan was to make a horror trailer with contrapuntal sound, that sound eventually being the song Three Little Birds by Bob Marley. I always had the idea to zoom out from the radio to slowly reveal the murder scene. The trailer is meant to be a horror trailer as well.
Research: So I reviewed 5 different horror trailers and talked about how well they used sound and whether the trailer is actually good. I analysed different types of cinematography, sound and editing for example Foley sound, contrapuntal and parallel sound and L-Cuts/J-Cuts. I research into Saul Bass and how his graphic design influenced film and looked into his techniques.
How useful was the research?: I found the research very useful especially learning about sound and learning more editing techniques, it really helped me develop a decent trailer.
How could I of improved my research?: I probably could improve by just generally doing a bit more for example analyzing more trailers. If I done that I might of had more of an insight into the horror genre trailer wise.
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Who was my teaser trailer designed for?: My trailer was designed around ages 15+ as it includes violence and gore and obviously people who like horror.
How well received was my trailer following the screening?: My trailer had pretty much nothing but positive feedback there were a couple of negatives here and there like better lighting and stuff but overall it was received well.
What feedback did I receive and do I agree?: A lot of my feedback mentioned the set, saying that it was well done and that I clearly put a lot of effort into it, I was also complimented on the editing e.g. colour grading, reverb, arithmetic effects and I was complimented on the creativity of the trailer. However I was criticised on the lighting which I agree with and that some of the shots were a bit shoddy which I do also agree with.
What impact would these improvements have on the audience?: Re doing some shots might make the trailer look smoother so it's not as jarring for the audience and the lighting would make it look better for the audience as well.
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What areas could I have improved on throughout the project?: I probably could've improve my final outcome if aI gav myself more time to do it rather than leaving it last minute and I would've found it easier if I wrote out a shot list a bit earlier as well .
What programs, tools and processes have I learned to use?: During this project I definitely progressed my editing skills by learning how to blur, colour grade, do L-cuts and J-cuts, use the arithmetic effect, keyframe and use the reverb effect.
What challenges did I have and how did I overcome them?: I had to learn pretty all the editing techniques myself which I just watched youtube about.
What skills do I think I need to develop further?: I need to develop my research skills more as i'm not very good at that and it's quite important.
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