1. Canine Trailer Construction

2. Trailer Construction 1
I am using Apple iMovie
to create my trailer. I
decided to focus first
on the wolf POV
shots. I have
darkened these
shots to more closely
resemble a wolf’s
view because they
are colour-blind.
Darkness is also
frightening and so
darker camera shots
will help to make my
trailer more
frightening overall.

3. Trailer Construction 2
I want the forest clips to be slowed down to make them feel more ominous and that danger is close. To
do this I had to export the clips into a separate iMovie file and apply the effect.

4. Trailer Construction 3
I extracted the
audio for
these forest
clips onto
separate ones
and then
deleted these
to leave the
woodland
shots silent.

5. Trailer Construction 4
I have added multiple copies of a sound clip downloaded from www.freesound.org.
The sound is rustling leaves and when added to the forest clips they give the
impression of foliage under the feet of the wolf/dog.

6. Trailer Construction 5
I have begun to add
the clips for the
montage at the
end of the trailer.
These clips will be
very short and will
help to increase
the overall pace of
the trailer. A fast
pace will make the
movie look
interesting and
also frightening to
audiences.

7. Trailer Construction 6
In order to scare my audience I need to
create tension and suspense in my
trailer. After watching the theatrical
trailer for ‘Alien’ I noticed that they used
sounds that were paced to resemble
heartbeats. These sounds increase the
heart rate of the audience as their own
tries to match the speed of the
heartbeats on screen. This means that
by the time the action really begins
towards the end of the trailer the
audience are already in a state of
nervousness and this is one feature that
made the trailer so terrifying and
effective. I will attempt to mirror this
technique by using heartbeats under the
other audio layers of my trailer.
Here I am searching www.freesound.org for
a suitable file.

8. Trailer Construction 7
I have begun
adding the
heartbeat
sound and
will now cut
and position it
to maximise
its
effectiveness.

9. Trailer Construction 8
The climax of my
trailer is beginning
to take shape, with
many of the short
scenes added
which will create
the montage. I
have also begun to
space out separate
heartbeats to
coincide with the
transitions
between scenes.

10. Trailer Construction 10
I am looking on
www.freesound.or
g for some
cinematic build-up
music to increase
the levels of
suspense within
my trailer.

11. Trailer Construction 11
I am experimenting with
some different video
effects that could
make my trailer look
more terrifying for
the viewer. This
particular effect gives
the impression that
we are looking
through the eyes of
an alien creature. The
lowered brightness
that I had already
applied looked more
like a dogs POV so I
will stick with that.

12. Trailer Construction 12
I have finished building
my montage of short
scenes for the climax
of my trailer, linking
these short scenes
with fast heartbeats to
really put the
audience ‘on edge’. I
have also begun to
add the Canine title
into the trailer, as well
as a final ‘shock’ scene
which will leave the
terror of a werewolf
imprinted on the
minds of the audience
members.

13. Trailer Construction 13
I am looking for sound
clips of a woman
screaming on
www.freesound.org
. This scream will be
placed at the very
end of the short
scene montage and
will be used to scare
the audience.

14. Trailer Construction 14
I have edited the volume levels at each stage of each individual sound/video
clip to maximise their effectiveness at scaring the audience. By making the
volume levels drop to 0 by the end of a clip I can make it appear as if the
sound is fading out (suspenseful) rather than just suddenly stopping. By
maximising the volume levels on certain clips they are emphasised and the
loudness can shock the viewers.

15. Trailer Construction 15
My trailer is very nearly complete. I have added the
‘blood is thicker’ as a reference to the bond between
the brother and sister and emphasising its relevance to
the plot. I have then added the bass booms to increase
the tension created by these scenes.

16. Finished Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZY0nue-AyM