Planning- Editing

We have now planned for the majority of the core of our trailer through our planning of our different pieces of footage and the order of them. However now we have started to make decisions about how we will use different editing techniques to conform to typical conventions of the thriller horror. We plan to use:

-Fast paced editing: As we are mirroring the style of pace in 1408 as we like the way the film started off in a slow paced style and the tempo of the trailer built into a montage of fast pace clips. This means we will use fast paced editing by trimming our clips for the montage right down, not only will this engage the audience to great extent but also has the audience wanting to see more. Therefore making the audience want to view the whole film, which we felt when watching the 1408 trailer, this is essentially the whole point for a trailer therefore we want to use this method to contribute to the success of our trailer.

-Fade to blacks: A key feature of thriller trailers is fade to blacks as it keeps the audience engaged as seen in the “Leave To Remain” and it also incorporates a fear of the unknown as it hinders the audience view of certain shots which heightens suspense. We are planning to use these fade to blacks in the build up to our montage to build suspense as said. These will be placed in the conversation between our characters and also in our quick cuts into the barn.

-Zoom: We have also decided to place a slight zoom in on Hayley using key frames to position them when she says “I really don’t like this”. This is a technique we saw in our research of ouji when we was researching and we want to incorporate this convention as it brings in an emphasis on what she is saying.

-Sequencing: The sequencing we are  using in our trailer is very straight forward to maximise the chance of getting a preferred reading from our audience. We are using a very simple sequence of a beginning, a middle and end. This is very clear in our trailer as the trailer starts with a scene of slow paced dialogue, changing into a fast paced montage and then ends with another short piece of dialogue.  This sequencing is further emphasised by our choice of music tracks, starting with a slow eerie track for the start identifies the beginning, the fast paced track emphasises the middle, and the fade of music on the last conversation illustrates it is the end.

-Synchronous sound: We will increase the volume of the sound in our car scene, this is because heightening the sound of the car engine in an action scene where someone is nearly run over like this will dramatically increase the adrenaline for the audience. Using synchronous sound is something we saw in 1408 when the glass smashes and water comes gushing through into the room, it had a similar effect of increasing the fear for the audience.