Change of plan- Start of trailer

When we were planning for our film trailer we found a trailer that used a news clip at the start of their trailer which we felt was effective because it broke the verisimilitude for the audience which created an element of realism. After we found this effective convention for a thriller trailer I went away and found a news clip that was a ghost related news clip from BBC news that we could incorporate to include this same element in our own trailer. 

However after we have edited our film with the footage we have taken it was apparent that this news clip simply would not work. This is because we planned to have a 6 second clip from the video at the start of of trailer. However we have already got a slow paced start which creates our own unique narrative. Once we put the clip in as well the opening to the trailer was far too slow and did not have the impact start that we anticipated. Further to this there is a female voice over on the news clip, which is an issue as we have used a generic stereotypical deep male voice later in our trailer which would conflict too strongly with this female voice over at the start. Therefore we have made the decision to remove this style of opening to our movie as we felt it wouldn't add to the trailer, rather it would hinder the effectiveness of it.