The video that has just been posted below is basically our most up to date and recent clip of our trailer. I have gone through what needs to be done and edited before being completed. This lesson we also gained some audience feedback from a willing volunteer. They had some interesting things to say about our clip and this will be uploaded shortly, it Will also help when it comes to our evaluation.
Firstly, the thing that need working on...
An observer of our trailer queried about the hand-shake that is exchanged between Charlotte and Summer, however, only their hands are shown not their faces. They asked 'how do we know who this handshake is between?', after explaining that trailers aren't meant to reveal much to the audience and that the next clip is them sitting at the table, we felt the audience would assume that would come to mind is that the two girls have become friendly with each other. We do not know if we are to change this at the present time, because this shot is also very conventional of a trailer.
We also might edit the scene where Summer and her boyfriend, Sam, kiss. This is because its not quite clear if Charlotte is in fact spying on them. Also, the wait between 'An Obsession' and 'That turns fatal' is quite long, we wanted to have the sequence without any interruptions as it is one of our favourite ones (where Charlotte is outside Summers window) however, this may be confusing for the audience. We will gather more feedback to the audience to see if this needs to be altered as well.
The music, you may notice, fades in and out at random times. This needs to be altered because it was originally turned down for voice overs, however we felt that the voice-overs worked better in other parts of the trailer.
As much that needs to be done (hopefully not much, just the odd bit!) we are very happy with how some of it looks. The montage as you can tell is coming together well, we have an idea for the end of this, which if goes well, will turn out very effective! Its to have the already fast-cut clips edited together even faster till suddenly with the music it stops. This is to create an eerie feel as Charlotte comes screaming out of the door 'DON'T RUNAWAY FROM ME!'
We need to get some tense music to go with our montage as this is the climax in the trailer therefore we want it to look good!
The last scene of Summer crying is an emotional end to the trailer. Hopefully the intended effective will be achieved and the audience will be drawn in to the tension of the montage then suddenly to the emotion of Summer crying.
This is going well now Carly. Use your style models to check that your text is edited how you want it - focus on the use of sound and transitions. Aim to have your sub tasks uploaded to your blog very soon.
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