The Beast Within Me - Joe Helyer:
I felt as though it would be a good idea to take a look at last year's A Level student work, as it will give me an idea on what other people's final products looked like, and gives me an indication of what standards i need to look up to. The first trailer i looked at was this one by a student called Joe Helyer.
Overall i thought it was very good in terms of digital and editing skills as there was a lot of effects and effective camera angles used, along with a series of excellent sound motifs placed in all the correct places. However, i feel as though the story of the film was slightly unclear, and i still do not have a clear idea of what the film is about, however, this may be a technique used in order to make the viewers have unanswered questions, therefore they will want to see the movie in order to find out the answers.
Below are the notes i made while watching the trailer:
> the use of the green film rating screen makes the trailer look professional
> the Film4 logo was a good thing to add in as it shows the institution of his film, however the low opacity makes it slightly hard to read, which wouldn't be effective for a company who wanted to clearly put their company out there
> Really like the 'winner' screen, followed by the star rating, again this makes the trailer believable and looks professional
> the greyscale camera work and slow depressing soundtrack makes viewers realize that this is most likely going to be a sad movie trailer
> The scream during the 'Abuse her' text screen has a big impact, and makes the viewers feel slightly worried and concerned for her.
> Very good overlaying effect on the young man walking in the under ground, as he keeps disappearing and reappearing, which gives the impression that time is passing
> The scream during 'beat her' was also effective as it was more intense this time as opposed to the previous one
> Increasing the page of people walking around him while he is sitting still gives off the impression that he's lost and doesn't know what to do with his life, while everyone around him appears to be fine and getting on with their own lives.
> the woman crying over the song is effective and makes the viewer feel distressed because you can't see her and no one knows what is happening to her/whats making her scream
> Really love the end where he roars as it says 'the beast in me' - very creative and a good sound motif.
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Split Lives - James McEvoy
> the use of the green film rating screen makes the trailer look professional
> the Film4 logo was a good thing to add in as it shows the institution of his film, however the low opacity makes it slightly hard to read, which wouldn't be effective for a company who wanted to clearly put their company out there
> Really like the 'winner' screen, followed by the star rating, again this makes the trailer believable and looks professional
> the greyscale camera work and slow depressing soundtrack makes viewers realize that this is most likely going to be a sad movie trailer
> The scream during the 'Abuse her' text screen has a big impact, and makes the viewers feel slightly worried and concerned for her.
> Very good overlaying effect on the young man walking in the under ground, as he keeps disappearing and reappearing, which gives the impression that time is passing
> The scream during 'beat her' was also effective as it was more intense this time as opposed to the previous one
> Increasing the page of people walking around him while he is sitting still gives off the impression that he's lost and doesn't know what to do with his life, while everyone around him appears to be fine and getting on with their own lives.
> the woman crying over the song is effective and makes the viewer feel distressed because you can't see her and no one knows what is happening to her/whats making her scream
> Really love the end where he roars as it says 'the beast in me' - very creative and a good sound motif.
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Split Lives - James McEvoy
Overall i really enjoyed this movie trailer, as it did a good jo in captivating the viewer's emotions. I liked how it was portrayed to be a sad film right up until the end where the jump-scare suddenly put a slightly more frightening tone on the genre. I thought the music was well suited to the style of the trailer, and the camera techniques that were used were very effective.
Below are some notes i made while watching the trailer:
> green film rating screen & the film company screen makes it look professional
> Slow, depressing music sets a sad tone on the context of the film
> a lot of long takes, this is effective because its not a happy trailer/film, and the long shots make it seem like time is dragging, which is what happens during upsetting times
> good use of dissolve transitions and greyscale scenes - shows that again, everything is happening slowly
> This also gives off the impression that everything is very slow and hazy
> I like the dramatic change of music as it adds a lot of suspense and automatically makes the viewer ask themselves "Whats going to happen next?"
> I really like the 'Who is in control?' screen because it shows her looking into a mirror - this makes the viewer assume "it must be her"
> The sudden glass shatter sound effect is good because it will cause some viewers to jump in fright, which is what the intention probably was. This is good because all the way through the trailer, viewers got an impression it was a sad, depressing film, however this adds a sense of depth because it also seems quite scary as well.
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