The Grudge
The use of titles in a trailer is crucial. This is to with the fact that titles may reveal what parts of the trailer could be. For example in this trailer The titles of the trailer are the sentences 'When someone dies in the grip of a powerful rage', 'a curse is left behind', 'it never forgives' and 'it never forgets'. These give a good implication to what could be happening in the film and why this might be happening grabbing your interest and leave you wanting to watch the film so you can find out what happens. Another vital part of trailers are the actual shots, these need to include enough footage to give you an idea of what is happening in the film. This is because it is information on what is happening. these clips need to be fast paced this is so that you can keep the audience engaged because if it does not do that the audience is going to lose interest and not want to watch the film, so the shots need to be as appealing as possible to keep the audience interested.
Another crucial factor in trailers would be the characters. As in the Grudge, the lead character is a blonde female. In the majority of trailers there is a lot of emphasis on the victim; instead of the killer. This is due to the idea of introducing the character to the audience, and keeping mystery toward the killer. We have done this in our own trailer, we have tried t0 create emphasis on the victims, especially the female, yet still attracting attention to the killer, allowing for mystery.
Another crucial factor in trailers would be the characters. As in the Grudge, the lead character is a blonde female. In the majority of trailers there is a lot of emphasis on the victim; instead of the killer. This is due to the idea of introducing the character to the audience, and keeping mystery toward the killer. We have done this in our own trailer, we have tried t0 create emphasis on the victims, especially the female, yet still attracting attention to the killer, allowing for mystery.
The most crucial factor in this teaser trailer is the use of the doll throughout the film. The doll as the title suggests is named Annabelle, by showing the doll throughout the teaser trailer it gives the audience an idea of what the film is centred around.
The music throughout this trailer implies suspense and dramatic effect. It is used cleverly when the doll is shown throughout as the music gets louder or more intense. The use of low droning sounds leading up to big events within the trailer are clever as during the beginning of one of the killings the music gets louder and more dramatic when someone has been killed and blood is spattered on the wall.
I believe the use of the music and iconic image of the doll are the most crucial factors in teaser trailers. This is why we want to incorporate the image of our killer throughout our trailer as much as possible and using music within our trailer to our advantage the best.
The music throughout this trailer implies suspense and dramatic effect. It is used cleverly when the doll is shown throughout as the music gets louder or more intense. The use of low droning sounds leading up to big events within the trailer are clever as during the beginning of one of the killings the music gets louder and more dramatic when someone has been killed and blood is spattered on the wall.
I believe the use of the music and iconic image of the doll are the most crucial factors in teaser trailers. This is why we want to incorporate the image of our killer throughout our trailer as much as possible and using music within our trailer to our advantage the best.