Looking At Trailer Conventions (Planning)

Here, as a group we decided to take a look several different trailers, looking at the conventions used. We narrowed it down to our top 3. These are the trailers we found to be extremely effective, but are also relatable texts to our film synopsis. 

The Strangers (2008)
The strangers plot is somewhat similar to ours, in the sense that they are in an isolated area with unknown people attacking them in the house. After watching this trailer we looked back to find that there were certain elements that really appealed to us as an audience. This was due to the editing, how the pace was managed well, with shots towards the middle speeding up and our sight becoming limited created more anticipation. Something that we also found to work well were the titles inside the trailer, these broke up the images and added further tension. 

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)
This film follows similar conventions to our synopsis. In this film the community is slowly taken over by an aliens. This trailer doesn't typically work for audiences today, however it is a very interesting trailer. Shots are slightly slower, with not as much buildup to generate the anticipated, scary feel. But something that we felt worked was the titles. These were used to great effect, and would look good in our film. Specifically because of the hybrid genre, sci-fi and horror we could use these titles to great effect, looking at typeface. 

The Host (2013)
Next we decided to take a look at a sci-fi film, to get an idea of what conventions they use in their trailer, to look at what could also work in ours. We see several chasing scenes, this builds anticipation and creates a fast paced feel. This would work well in our trailer for greater effect. The editing of this trailer is both smooth and sharp, this connotes a very interesting feel. Keeping the audience intrigued.