Danny Hewitt's Television Production Blog

I originally came up with the idea of using "Kasabian - Club Foot" as my soundtrack when I remembered the film "Goal - The Dream Begins" used it in one of their training scenes. This scene included the football player running and it's an upbeat song which is very motivational. I believe using the parallel non-diegetic soundtrack will help set the scene and introduce the genre of my film.

I have decided to change my current background music. I will now be using the instrumental version of the original song as I believe this will make the trailer more effective. Not only are the guitars more prominent, but there are also no lyrics which makes it more like a trailer rather than a music video.

After careful consideration, I have chosen this song to be played in the background of my trailer:

After more research, I realised the distributors of the films are shown in the trailers. Sometimes located at the start of the trailer, sometimes in the middle.

Due to the layout of my trailer, I have decided to place them in the middle as this will help separate the different characters and their scenarios.

After researching current action/thriller film trailers, I started to notice the common uses. Many of them use words/sentences in between different clips. Not only does this break up the trailer well, but it also informs the audience the key plot of the film (which is one of the main ideas of a trailer). The trailers also use many "fade" transitions, which makes it easier for the audience to follow due to it running smoothly. Both of these techniques are used in this trailer:

Nearly all trailers start off with a black screen. This eases the audience in, otherwise the trailer would feel rushed and the audience would get lost.... This is why the use of transitions and black screens are vital to a successful film trailer.

I have decided to create a 2 minute trailer for the next part of my storytelling unit. This will take place inside and outside of a house in Strood, Kent. I will be including parts of my script which I think will grab the attention of my audience - with the main focus being on them running (start of my script). This will introduce the characters and help the audience distinguish their different lifestyles. It may then finish with them meeting in the house, with a heartbeat dissolve effect on the close-ups of their faces and weapons..... knife vs dumbbell.....