A Film TRAILER:



This is a film trailer, a film trailer is used to advertise a movie and to promote it. Film trailers will be different clips from a movie selected in order to bring a viewer and captivate their attention, a trailer will not follow the timeline of the story but is instead a montage of clips. In the trailer of Kick-Ass the clip begins slow with the man standing on top of the building however the clip progresses and begins to quicken in pace, shots of the pedestrians gazing up and the man falls from the building. Even here the pace quickens as he falls further and further until this man hits the car. This part of the trailer was to pull in the audience and from here the clips through the film are played in the style of a montage of events to introduce each character.



However in an opening sequence you find that there is a longer time period before the action settles in and the pace quickens. Instead it is the audience getting to know the main character - aided by a narration - which would be recorded over the clip. In an opening sequence the storyline is linear and makes more sense than that of a trailer where any clip can be put in any desired order as the aim of a trailer is to draw the attention not tell the plot.

The Brief

The words above are few words to reflect on the work that must be done for the Media A Level work. In our Media Studies A Level we have been set a task to create the Opening Sequence of a new fiction film with a range of interesting shot types, keeping a steady camera (unless the free hand affect is needed) and to think deeply about the meaning of the opening sequence and any other aspects.

In your Opening Sequence candidates must create an ORIGINAL piece of work and incorporate into it appropriate titles and a backing track along with other sounds. It must last for 2 minutes. Research will need to be put in to find out what titles will be useful and relevant towards an opening sequence of a film (genre is the candidates choice). Groups will be 3 to 4 people and each person must take a part in creating this piece of work! The Sound candidates use must be COPYRIGHT FREE tracks.

'Push A Little Button' Video Task

Jobsite Recreation Video

10 Shot Story

Preliminary Task

Donnie Darko Recreation - Annotated Video

iSight Tutorial (Filmed with Jing)