then and now.

Hi. I thought i would make a post about something i did about a year ago for my media studies btec work. I had to create a 3 minute film trailer for a thriller film. Below is the YouTube link to the video. Take a look!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cP5yv241HnA

As you can probably tell its very amateur becuase it was the first bit of filming and editing i have ever done.



(above are some stills of the movie that i used when making posters for the final film etc...)

Looking back on the trailer now and along with the new things i have learnt about filming techniques etc especially in thriller films i would have done a lot of things differently. I didnt use many interesting angles or camera movements that make films effective for the viewer.
I also didnt really have a strong story board and only had a rough idea, meaning i had to make some up as i went along.

I should have done much more reseach into thriller trailers too so i would learn exactly what makes it interesting. Not just with the filming but other aspects such as the sound, lighting and editing process.
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In the first two lessons of Media AS, we studied the opening sequences of various thriller films such as: Momento, One hour Photo, The sevens and The usual suspect.
I recorded into the table my views of the different openings to the films. We had to talk about:
titles, shots, camera movement, generic themes, sound, costume, location, setting etc.

All of the films had the common thriller techniques but each one was unique in its own way


Thanks for reading!
Luke :D