Trailer Analysis

In order to gain an understanding of what is needed for and what is used in a film trailer I am going to do research into film trailers and complete analysis' of film trailers.

Three of these trailers will be from my current genre of Rom Coms

The other three trailers will be from a different genre.

Introduction

Hello my name is Lauren Turell, I am currently starting A2 Media. This is the blog where I will be posting all of my coursework for my Media A2 course, this will include research, planning, production, feedback and evaluation.

Last year I completed my first year of A level Media, my task was to first create a school magazine that would be used as a preliminary task; after this I had to create a music magazine. During the process of creating my music magazine I learnt the importance of research and asking opinions on what people think, I also found that it is important to plan as this gives a structure of what needs to be done and by when to help get things done. During the production process I found that it is helpful to update my blog with what I am doing and when so that I am able to show progression and development. In the final stages of completing my AS course work during feedback and evaluation I picked up points on how to progress and improve my work and performance in the future. In order to complete my AS coursework I had to learn to use programmes including Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign and learn how to use a Digital SLR Camera. 

This year for my Media A2 coursework I have been given the option to create either a music video or a film trailer. I decided after being told about the task that I would prefer to do a film trailer and not a music video; one of the reasons for this was having to perfect the lipsinging in the music video with the song I chose, I also felt that I would be able to perform better creating a film trailer as I am more interested in the varied types of film trailer genres and the conventions they use as apposed to a music video. I also decided quite early on that I did not want to create a horror trailer although this was recommended as a large percentage of people choose to create a horror trailer due to the conventions being easier to follow. 

I am going to research further into the types of film genres and which I can use to base my film trailer off of; at this current point in time I am considering creating a Rom-Com trailer. 

Part of this process is going to be editing the videos I filmed so that I am able to complete my film trailer. In order to gain an understanding of the programme I am going to be using to do this an to practise I have been set a task to complete a clip titled 'The Package'.

The package is a 2-5 minute clip where two people meet and exchange a package. For this task I worked with my friend Emily Brown where we set our package clip in a train station.

To edit the clip we used Windows Movie Maker and Adobe Premier. 

I found this task useful as it allowed me to practise filming to meet a brief using a variety of shots and practise using the software.