Title of Film
Setting/Location
Costumes and Props
Camerawork and editing
Title font and style
Story and how the trailer sets it up
Genre and how the trailer suggests it
How characters are introduced
Special Effects
Title of the film- We have made the title very bright and bold and we chose to make it red so that it fits in with our colour scheme. We put the title at the end of the teaser and because its big and bold it means that the audience will remember it and will stick with them and after research of similar teaser trailers we felt that it looked professional.
Setting/location- This shot shows the main character of the film in his house when he was young and this was the time where he was being abused. This is typical of a teaser trailer of a horror film as it shows one main location and lots of others that all link back to the main location which usually is a house with shots inside and outside.
Costumes and props- This shot shows a prop that we used as a main part of our trailer (the candle) we have used this as it provides the lighting but is darker than using the lights this means that it is better for our teaser as it looks like it would fit into a horror film instead of bright lights. Also we have the main character in a dark costume, we did this because it adds to the horror film and shows that the clothes could be dirty because he was abandoned when he was younger he wouldn't of been able to have clean clothes so also fits into our story.
Camerawork and editing- This is a shot of one of the victims closing a mirrored door and in the background the killer is watching her, we used this shot because it was a very difficult shot to perfect and we managed to do it, we struggled because the killer wasn't in the right place or the camera was seen when closing the door, this means that we had to do it from different angles and heights to get the shot absolutely perfect.
Title font and style- We have used the same titles the whole way through the three media products that we produced, we have done this because it shows continuity and shows the link between all three things. We have also added the blood splat because it shows the genre of the film very clearly.
Story and how the trailer sets it up- The shot of all the pictures on the wall shows the story as it shows the list of who he plans to kill and who he has already killed but in picture form, this shows the basic storyline of the film as it shows who he is planning on killing. Throughout the trailer there are shots of the victims either being chased by the victim or with both being involved in the scene in some way. The film storyline isn't really given away too much by the teaser trailer but gives you a rough idea on what will go on and what has gone on in the past and this fits in with professional horror teaser trailers.
Genre and how the trailer suggests it- The shot I have used is the killer standing outside one of the victims house with a knife, this shows that it is a horror trailer because there is a weapon (the knife) that a lot of horror films have. Also because the shot was filmed when it was dark, it adds to the tension and makes it more scary and unsettling than it would of been if it was filmed during the day.
How the characters are introduced- In our teaser trailer we found it very hard to introduce characters as all the shots that we used were all very quick and this means that it is difficult for the audience to know who any of the characters are and what don't know what they have done to the boy to make him want to kill them. We have included a typical stereotype by having a blonde in a house whilst the killer was outside as this is seen in many other horror films and so means that it is professional.
Special affects- We used a picture of one the victims dead, we have done this because it adds mystery to what has happened to this character and the only affect we used was the flashing light which was made by a torch, we used this light as it is uneasy adn with the characters eyes being wide open it means that the audience will find it unsettling.
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