Task 2: Inspiration From Real Media

Inception

We are using this trailer as structural inspiration for our trailer, as it doesn't give away too much of the plot, just enough to keep you intrigued.
Each scene transition fades to black, this adds more suspense to the trailer and insinuates that the film will be fast paced. Throughout the trailer there is a voice over, from what you assume to be the main character, this creates a sense of realism rather than a cliche, overly dramatic voice over.
The trailer starts off slow, with a voice over and dramatic music then cuts to action scenes continuing with a voice over. We like the composition of this trailer as it gradually builds up tension through the use of music, fading to black, and quick cuts linking scenes.
We want the overall mood of our trailer to be tense and full of suspense, this has been very successful in this trailer, as throughout the audience is gripped and on edge wanting to know more.

Room

The genre of this film is mainly drama, yet we feel it has thriller aspects. You can tell this is a drama due to the unusual events happening leading to a dramatic climax in the trailer. However, there are certain elements such as the quick cuts and tense music during the more distressing scenes which elude to the idea that this could also be a thriller.
We will explore the drama and thriller genres in more depth as we are interested in producing a dramatic trailer. However, we want the thriller element to be subtle, as it is not our main genre, we would prefer to produce a drama.
We love the music in this trailer, as it can be perceived as creepy, but also sad at the same time. This works perfectly with the drama/thriller genre, and we hope to use a similar style of music when producing our trailer.

Freeheld

This film is set in a typical everyday situation, which we want to use as we want our trailer to be as realistic as possible so it can focus more on the psychological aspects. We like the use of costume as they're simple and don't distract the audiences attention, this links into the genre of drama, as dramas typically revolve around everyday events.
The use of emotional contemporary music, moves the audience and creates an uplifting mood which contrasts with the genre and storyline of the film.
Over the shoulder shots are used in scenes where conversations are taking place. These are used to show everyday conversations taking place, making it more believable. We are interested in using over the shoulder shots in our trailer as we want to film scenes that involve conversations and this is the best way to capture them.
There are many close ups of characters facial expressions in this trailer, these allow the viewer to see the intense emotion of this dramatic situation, making the viewer feel more connected to the character therefore more interested in the storyline.
Establishing shots are frequently used to show the idea that the characters are travelling, they also create a sense of realism as its made to suggest that this could happen in any town. However, we don't want to use establishing shots in our trailer as we want it to be set in one area making it easier for us to film as we can't travel and we don't have the professional equipment to be able to film it well.