1. TRAILER ANALYSIS
DRAFT THREE

2. At the beginning of the trailer we’ve included a short take of a track of a field in a
shallow focus; this take helps set the scene as it shows quite an abandoned
location, which is quite mysterious. We edited the colour design of the scenery
by darkening the whole frame, to make it seem like a dull day, and rounded the
edges of with faded black – as if the take is being seen through someone’s vision
or through a certain type of camera; this effect helped make the take seem more
mysterious and dark.

3. To open the trailer and give an idea to the audience of the basis and plot of it we
showed the actress 1 and 2 walking arm in arm down the road, laughing and
smiling at each other; to demonstrate that they’re best friends. For this shot we
had the camera in deep focus as the actresses walked across the frame – instead
of moving the camera with them. The lack of movement from the camera makes
the take seem quite friendly and not menacing, to help confuse the audience of
the horror within the trailer.

4. This take is the turning point for the trailer; where the car speeds and kills
actress 2, the best friend. For this take we filmed a car regularly driving down the
street but sped up the take to make it seem as if the car was going really fast.
Along with this, we put a sound effect over the top of a car screeching – this
sound begins in the middle of this shot and runs into the next black screen;
showing the dramatic effect it has had and making the consequences self–
explanatory. Furthermore, we put a darkened colour design on this take with
black faded edges around the shot to give connotations of darkness.

5. After the best friends death we had a close up of actress 1 crying in slow motion
for a few moments; showing her emotions towards the events. This slow
motioned take makes the audience realise the events and gives them time to
take in the storyline. This shot comes straight after the graveyard location;
showing their link. During this take we had a slow, soft soundtrack playing to
further show the sadness within the trailer, felt by the character.

6. At the end of the trailer a gradual close up of actress two is given. The take starts
with from a shallow focus, over the shoulder shot from actress 1 in the prop of a
mirror. When she bends down we see actress 2 behind her, this is then replaced,
again, by actress 1 when she stands up. The shot of actress 2 in the mirror is
gradually zoomed in, twice over to get nearer every time; this builds up dramatic
impact of the trailer and shows the turning point to the plot. The improvement
on the shot would be the quality of the camera; as the closer you get into the
shot, the more unclear it becomes.