REDEMPTION- the trailer and analysis

We opened our trailer with out production logo 'THRILL'ER CLOCK PRODUCTIONS'- firstly this lets the audience know who the production company is, this would be a big selling factor if our production company became a successful film company. It also gives away part of the genre, 'THRILL'ER' is a subtle hint to the audience that part of this film will based around the thriller genre. Straight from this production logo we go into a medium shot of Jake and Stuart playing on the xbox, it establishes a relationship between the new and creates an equilibrium for the film and trailer. We then cut to a range of footage showing Stuart being bullied, this begins the narrative, it immediately creates a relationship between the audience and Stuart causing them to sympathise with him. From this footage we then used a 'cupboard shot'- where we placed the camera in the cupboard to film Stuart getting the pills, this then leads on to watching Stuart's suicide. From this we use a spiral type shot, where Stuart is sat on the floor and the camera is spinning around him causing a type of disturbed feel. It causes the audience to realise how disjointed Stuart is feeling, their automatic response would be that they do not want anything to happen to him, so when he does die it gives them a motive to want to know what Jake's going to do rather than automatically disliking him. This is slightly a convention of the thriller genre as it creates anxiety and anticipation, you wonder whether he is going to die or not. From this footage we then use a few fade transitions to connect Stuart to Jake as Jake becomes the main character. We use an enigma code of a knife, another convention of a thriller genre, this hints that violence is not far round the corner, it excites the audience. We then use a montage which is a typical convention of a thriller genre as we watch Jake on his journey to redemption. The montage builds suspense and tension, it is quite dramatic which would be a very appealing factor to our target audience.

We used a voice over which was Jake talking, it gives his narrative which forces the audience to have to follow Jake's perspective of the story, it would be likely that they would dislike him due to his actions but this way they are stuck with him and his perspective, therefore they would struggle to go against him and end up following his journey. Eventually this leads the audience to sympathise with Jake, they have a clearer understanding of what went on and they would more than likely support him on the road to redemption. As for the text we decided rather than having sentences and lots of words, which would take time to read and digest, that we would choose a few words which linked to the narrative really well, such as 'JUSTICE', 'SUICIDE' and 'AVENGE', this creates suspense, it builds the narrative. Lastly at the end we have the title of the film, 'REDEMPTION', followed by 'JUNE 2013', this leaves the audience with the title of the film in their minds, by telling them the month that it comes out it saves them having to look or wait, especially as our target audience are 15-24 being patient or doing their own research is not something that would appeal to them, therefore we made it easy.

Lastly the non diegetic music in our trailer is two different tracks, the first one 'breaking free' is a fast beat, its slowly building up the tension. It really draws in the viewer well as it keeps them engaged with what is going on in the trailer. Then as soon as Jake pulls out the knife the track changes to 'dark night' and the tone turns much more serious as the music is more dramatic. It runs parallel to what is happening in the trailer. We decided to keep the diegetic sounds in such as the dialogue from Stuart being bullied and the sound of the xbox so that it kept the trailer much more realistic, we especially want the film and trailer to seem realistic due to the social realist genre.