Evaluation: Final Trailer

I decided to complete an evaluation of our final trailer, after all the changes we have made to see whether we have improved since Megan did an evaluation of our first draft here.



Above is our final trailer, I feel the amended trailer is significantly better than our original first draft (as expected).

Firstly, the music dipped in our first draft, so it built up far too early, stalled for a few shots and then restarted and this wasn't working. The sound in our final trailer is definitely more effective, as it builds up more gradually until it culminates at the final moment after the Polaroids flash up. However we did have a slight issue with the final sound used, as when editing the sound effect we wanted was a high pitched ringing noise but unfortunately, when uploaded to YouTube the sound is affected slightly and so the audience won't feel the full impact.

Another part which was successful is our time lapses, when planning the locations that we could film in, we weren't sure how they were going to turn out but thankfully we managed to capture the shadow going over the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square which is a shot I think our group should be particularly proud of. Additionally the other shots taken inject a hint of pace into the opening shots of our trailer, which are slower in order to set the scene.

Our credits were also a risk we decided to take, as the idea we had could have worked or gone completely wrong but luckily it went well and is quite effective as it fits with our genre. However in our first draft, we included far too many, considering we are creating a teaser trailer rather than a theatrical trailer and they take up a lot of time, so we decided to cut out any credits which weren't essential for our trailer.

While editing our trailer in the early stages, we quickly realised (after advice from teachers) was that we didn't have a good variety of shots included, particularly as this is a teaser trailer. All of the shots used were filmed at a few locations and a lot were extremely similar, this was unconventional of teaser trailers, so we decided to re shoot some scenes with the girls we used for the Polaroids (his previous murders) as they would be a part of the actual film. We filmed these clips for a couple of seconds and then used them to help build up towards the height of the trailer and provide a range of shot types.

Overall, I think our final teaser trailer is successful and we have managed to improve and progress the piece without losing the direction that our original ideas were pointing to.