The teaser trailer starts of with the distribution name called ‘Vertigo Films’ commonly known as British independent distributors, which was exactly the type of film I created. Vertigo films are known for distributing British independent films such as’ London to Brighton’ and ‘its all gone Pete tong’. These films were created independently; similarly to how I created my film this was the main reason why chose this particular distributor to be included in my trailer and film. The first shot shown is a low angle of footsteps slowing waling in a room. While this shot is visible in the background a sound of a heartbeat is heard catching viewer’s attention to this particular shot. As this shot was almost shot on the ground, viewers are not shown the person, but rather his feet, which builds up some tension in the air. While the first shot is ending the music slowly fades in with the next series of quickly edited shots. These rapid shots include are a point of view shot of a victim breathing heavily whilst hiding in the cupboard, then the villain slowly walks past holding a visible butcher knife in his hand. The particular shot shows the difference in feelings example is the victim in the cupboard is frightened fro their life, while the villain is calm and collected like he has the situation under control.
The next shot exposed to viewers was of an image of an ‘unknown’ caller on the screen of a phone. I used this shot as I felt it built suspense in the air as to whom the person calling and why it was significant at the beginning of the trailer. The shot after is a low angle shot of a stranger opening a box. Again this is held briefly roughly two seconds not to give away the identity of the person who is opening the box. Just before the face of the stranger is shown the audience are taken away abruptly to the following shot creating a growing suspense. This shot is a long shot which shows two policemen walking to their car leaving the crime seen then driving off. I added this shot into my trailer as I felt that raises many questions such as why is there a crime scene? Who got injured or dies? These types of questions are a vital aspect in created an effective teaser trailer, as audiences always want to find out the answers to these unanswered questions.
The first titles shown are the words ‘IT’S TIME’. As the title became noticeable the sound slowly increases building up to a climax. This title was chosen as it symbolizes to the audience that something quite significant is about to be shown, but rather it becomes an anti-climax is the image shown is a zoom-out shot of the forest, which I used to illustrate to viewers that the forest it a important factor of the trailer and also it is included to give audiences an extra insight to this particular setting. The trailer then cuts to a title with the words ‘EVERYTHING WILL BE REVEALED’. This title was shown to illustrate to audiences that they will be allowed to see the meanings and motives of the plot. Of course this is impossible to show given to time frame of a teaser trailer, but it does not stop audiences believing what they will see. The next shot gives viewers some insight in terms of the plot. A masked man rapidly gets closer to closer to the camera, while in sound in the background is a news report saying ‘A man arrested at a local hotel and charged with the death of three people. Viewers are given a clue that the man being talked about is the masked villain on the screen shown to them, although can not be 100% sure.
Again viewers are taken away abruptly to more tiles this time showing the text ‘BEWARE OF WHO’S WATCHING YOU’. Straight after a shot of the villain wearing his mask can bee seen on the reflection of a knife. This was integrated into my trailer to throw viewers off track as they were expecting the villain to be closely observing his victims, but rather this shot show the villain being watched while he wears his mask. In that split second a spinning coin is shown to viewers. This was done to indicate to my audience that time is running out for the victims, although this may not be realised by viewers.
The next title shows the words ‘THERE’S ALWAYS A BEGINNING’. Viewers are thrown off-track as they were not expecting to see those titles in the middle of a teaser trailer. This particular title was included to help the audience understand how and why the villain becomes the villain. In that same second the never settling intense music I used reaches its climax as shot of a door is being kicked upon while the skull face mask is thrown at the faces of viewers. It was added to startle viewers while watching the trailer as I felt viewers would not be expecting a fast shot in that particular moment just after the titles appeared.
Seconds later a series of repeated extremely quick shots are shown to viewers. This shot shows blood dripping form a knife onto the screen while a bloody hand is shown. I felt this was very important to include as the shot is at perfect pace with the music. In addition the blood dripping onto the screen creates a shock amongst audiences the blood in the faces of viewers leaving a vivid image in the viewer’s head of how gruesome blood can be when you can’t avoid it. The shots of the bloody hands were the focal aspect of that shot as the image of the hands was surrounded by darkness creating greater emphasise on the victims blood, leaving the more sensitive audiences to squeal. The next shot shown is of a mirror with the word ‘HELP’ written on it with blood. This was done to portray to the audience that there is no escape for victims and reinforces the power held by the villain as viewers are shown a victim’s sign for help go unnoticed.
The final title shows the text ‘AND AN END’ which I felt automatically signals to viewers that they will see the final slice of action. The final shots show the music suddenly; creating anticipation, while they are left staring at a black screen, then all of a sudden the mask villain appears from nowhere raising its knife towards the audience almost like they are the victim, which creates a sudden fright amongst audiences. This cliff-hanger was an effective way to end the action as I felt that it creates a desire for the audience to watch it the actual film.
The final act of my teaser shows the earlier spinning coin come to an end. This coin was added at the end to signify that time has run out. The Film title Vengeance is finally shown at the end. The heart-beat sound is heard while the title is exposed to connote to viewers the tension is never ending until the last second. The title is written in red which has obvious connotations such as blood, fear which I intended to do, bringing back the traditional horror titles to life.
I felt that my trailer was effective in teasing my audience. The reasons are that it raised more questions than answering leaving most viewers in disarray. The plot of the trailer was not given away as from time to time a completely different shot would be shown to viewers throwing them off-track. Also the length of my teaser trailer was about a minute, which didn’t create boredom as it was short enough for viewers to become engaged without missing a second of it.
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