Past students teaser trailors

Today in media we looked at and discussed students own teaser trailers from last year. Seeing as I have chosen this option it was defiantly a great help to me. We discussed about the pro's and con's and also about the conventions of it, if it made sense, if the lighting was correct, the area setting etc and how little eras can really either make or ruin it! The sound/music/voice that is put into the trailer can really make it good. One of the trailers had a dramatic scream during the end, which made the class scream and left people on the edge or our seat, this really was an excellent idea and I would consider using this in my own personal teaser trailer. There are a lot of extra things I personally think that ‘make’ a horror teaser trailer effective. ETC music, sudden effects, the lighting, a false sense of security. I now know with my horror teaser trailer that I have to gain the audiences attention very quickly for them to pay attention to the rest of my trailer! I hope to be looking at some more horror genre teaser trailers before I begin to make mine. I am looking forward very much to making my teaser trailer!

Examples of music video's

 

Today in media we watched past students music videos. We discussed the pros and cons of each of them from our point of view. This really helped me because it showed me how a finished music video looks, and how much precision it takes to create and music video and also how little mistakes can totally throw the audience. Looking at and discussing other students music videos gave me a good idea of how much work was needed to be done. I helped me to understand a lot about all the different shots, and all the different things you had to think about. I discovered that for a lot of the students they had trouble with filming their music videos outside, due to pedestrians always walking past. Before I didn’t realise that this was a problem. It shows me how hard it is to film outside! Also a music video is a lot longer than a film trailer! From looking at past students  music vidoe’s I hope to be creating a teaser trailer!

Examples of teaser trailers

In this lesson of media we were shown examples of very successful teaser trailers. We discussed  what made they interesting to watch and what also drew are attention to wanting to go and view the film. We watched ' Transformers 3' and 'Twilight ' Breaking Dawn' which are all very good trailers. I know I will go to watch both as these films as the trailers left me wanting to no what happens next. We also watched the 'horror' genre of teaser trailer which caught my attention! The theme’s for the teaser trailer’s we watched were; action, horror, sci-fi and Rom-com. They all caught my attention straight away and believe that, this is the key to a successful trailer! At this point in time I am swayed more towards making a teaser trailer! I hope to view other trailers before I begin to make my trailer as it defiantly helped me a lot