Here is a link to ‘The Unborn’ film trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNjpWjdRX54
In this section of my evaluation I am going to be comparing my trailer with one that has been professionally released. I would like to assess whether I have used the conventions and techniques in the creation of a piece that is of a sufficiently high standard.
I have chosen to compare ‘No.38’ with ‘The Unborn’ as they are both horror films about children. This means the shots, images, transitions, sound and construction of each trailer will be interesting to compare as the subject matter is similar. To do this, I will be comparing four aspects;
- Sounds
- Images & Shots
- Transitions
- Overall Construction
Sounds
There is one distinct difference between the sound used in my trailer and that used in ‘The Unborn’. In this more dialogue and voiceover has been used in order to display more of a narrative to the storyline of the film. We opted against this because we wanted to generate more suspense through sound and visual images.
In terms of connection, transition and Foley sounds the two trailers are similar. We where able to achieve this professional standard by using a website that made professional sounds available for anyone to use. Sounds like this have been used in a similar manner and for both trailers. For example, connection sounds like thuds, screams, sharp screeches and groans are used throughout both trailers.
Images & Shots
The difference between the shots that have been used in ‘No.38’ and ‘The Unborn’ is that the professional filmmakers have access to highly advanced and technical equipment as well as budgets to build sets and buy expensive props. Taking that into account, the shots used in both are effective as the appropriate mise-en-scene, lighting and camera movements have been used.
‘The Unborn’ uses more long shots to accompany the dialogue of the trailer where as ‘No. 38’ is a trailer based on breaks of pace to create suspense. The specific shots used however, things like zoom shots, high angle shots and pan shots are used in similar ways, both being accompanied with the correct lighting and mise-en-scene. Another difference in terms of opportunity to create impressive visual effects is that the makers of ‘The Unborn’ have the ability to take birds-eye-view shots of groups of people, something that we of course cannot do due to rigging equipments being needed.
Transitions
The transitions used in our trailer in comparison to the ‘Unborn’ film trainer are minimal. ‘The Unborn’ uses a wide range of transitions including flashes, fades, and looping images as opposed to our trailer using simple transitions. The reason behind this large contrast is that the software we used did not offer a wide range of transition choices, and of course, ‘The Unborn’ trailer is very professionally made, meaning they have the technology at there disposal.
Overall Construction
Although ‘The Unborn’ is a professionally made trailer the quality of it is not exceptional. The trailer seems to give away too much of the storyline and includes a lot of scary effects-not keeping enough for the film. The creators of ‘The Unborn’ appear to have forgotten that the point of a trailer is to generate expectation and make people crave to see the actual film. Their trailer fails to have this effect.
‘No .38’ on the other hand does generate the suspense that is needed to make someone want to see the final product. Furthermore it establishes the genre of the film firmly as it does have some ‘scary’ scenes, without revealing too much of the storyline. We had deliberately constructed the film to be this way as we wanted to leave the viewer with the anticipation of a complete mystery.
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