Movie Trailer Ideas

Practise Trailer

Lesson plan:

Monday 23rd June	Deciding what is going to be included in the trailer. (Theme, setting, costume ect)
Tuesday 24th June	Begin writing script/plot for trailer – Dialogue, movement, camera angles
Wednesday 25th June	Complete script
Friday 27th June	Start filming
Monday 30th June	Filming
Monday 30th June	Continue filming
Tuesday 1st July	Start edit, combining clips together and testing different techniques
Wednesday 2nd July	Edit
Friday 4th July	Edit

Brainstorm trailer ideas:

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Shortlist Genres: Action Adventure

Horror

§  Action

§  Comedy

§  Romance

§  Adventure

§  Musical 

§  Western

§  Crime

Plot outline:

Happy school environment as the opening setting/image

Meet the character who is going to be kidnapped.

The kidnapper arriving at school gates, (camera follows) as they scan the school for a specific student.

Conversation between the two

Final scene/image is of the car driving away

                                                                                                                  

Script

Image of trailer copyright protection

Opening- Establishing shot of the school site, light colours to create a happy, positive atmosphere. Pan taken from the field on looking the school.

1.      Close up of vulnerable girl’s face in the school environment. Zoom out to see her on her own and isolated from the rest of the school.  

2.      Short clip of car pulling up at the school gates.

3.      Close up of the window going down. ( angle that you can’t see the persons face inside)

4.      Shot of kidnapper’s phone as they send a text saying they are here.

5.      Cut to a long shot of the back of the character walking into school.

6.      School Bell rings

7.       Girl coming out of class

8.      Behind shot of the person (kidnapper) walking in, this being the direction towards the girl.

9.      Shot of the two characters meeting each other

10.  Clip of  an argument between the two ( lots of hand gestures,  defensive/aggressive body language)

“I know what your family did!!” 

“It had nothing to do with me!”

(grabs girl by throat)

11.  Group of men gather

12.  Medium shot of tape over girls mouth so she cannot speak

13.  Close up of girl getting in forced into the boot of a car.

14.  Finally shot of car pulling away.