Analysis of Movie Trailer

Analysis of Movie Trailer

In our group, we decided on an action themed movie called Fractured. It told the story of a young school girl and her family who had a hidden secret.  They were a very normal family who lived a normal life until someone found out the secret.  These people made it their mission to get the family to reveal their secret to the world. To do this, they captured Vanessa, the school girl in the family and held her hostage and threatened to kill her if the secret was not reviled.

For our trailer, we did not want to reveal all the tense and thrilling parts of the movie like some trailers do, as we felt it would ruin it. (Even though we are not making the movie)

What went well?

Firstly, we filmed all the footage for the trailer on an iPhone 5c, as it’s a new version of iPhone, the camera has much better quality that a standard video camera. This meant that the trailer was high quality in terms of the footage it included. We filmed in and around the school which showed the audience instantly it was about a school pupil. We used iMovie to put all of our clips together, so that we could use the templates and music already loaded on iMovie to make our trailer look professional. It meant that we were able to find appropriate music and titles to link with our theme, which made our trailer look realistic.

What could be improved?

Throughout the filming of Fractured, we didn't realise but we filmed most of our footage in portrait, when actually we needed to film it in landscape to make it look more professional. As filming in portrait means that some of the shots can look odd as some of the scenery is cut off. Another improvement we could make is using a tripod when filming the footage. This is because the filming in Fractured is very shaky due to it being filmed on an iPhone by hand. This does not look very professional as it gives the impression that our filming is not great.