‘It was clear from the start what genre it was, without being overdone.’
This was something Del and I tried to focus on from the start, we did extensive research on codes and conventions of horror trailers. We also researched specific colour schemes that were frequent in horror films colours like red, black and grey.
‘Coming soon or title credits page needed.’
‘Need to know when it’s released, but there's no release date.’
This was one of the most important things we missed as coming soon is an essential in trailers as the audience needs to be given a idea when the film will be coming. A title is another important aspect that needs to be added without them knowing the title they wouldn't be able to even understand the genre properly. A good title that is memorable enables people to talk about it, maybe even research more into the film.
‘Add more music, it would help build suspense up to last scene when the main character says “Run!”’
Music is a key feature in setting the tone and mood of each scene. We have decided to add more music but we also try to not overdo it as during or research we found that to truly make a horror scary it has to be slightly more realistic than fantastical. This means that the music we add has to either be barely noticeable or very loud and scary, we have decided to make our music using various copyright free music sources. Such as http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/2 , http://freemusicarchive.org/genre/Ambient_Electronic/ as well as YouTube.
‘Angles used effectively.’
I feel our research on codes and conventions of horror movies enabled us to truly understand what was needed in our trailer. Angles and camera shots were just one of the many conventions and codes we looked into in detail.
'I wanted to see more content...'
We realised that we had cut down our shot a lot which made it seem we lacked content, so we will look back at previously cut frames and incorporate it in.
