The Real Hustle Trailer

Camerawork:
• Long shot
• Mid shot
• Medium close up
• Close up
• Big close up
• Extreme close up
• Two shot
• Point of view shot
• Reaction shot
• Over the shoulder shot

Lens:
• Zoom lenses
• Depth of field
• Deep focus

Camera position:
• Low angel shot
• High angel shot

Camera movements
• Track
• Pan
• Tilt

Lighting:
• Ambient
• Low key
• Lighting from bellow
• Colour

Mise en scene:
• Jewellery
• Money
• Expensive clothing

Editing:
• Continuity editing
• Cut
• Fade up
• Fade out

Sound:
• Dialogue
• Diegetic sound
• Non diegetic sound

examples in the trailer
• Clothing and constant references to business, deals and huge amounts of money e.g. £500,000, show these characters to be very intelligent, wealthy and successful
• Choice of music shows it to be a very serious deal and raises the suspense for an audience
• The change of music suggests the characters must act quickly and that time could be running out
• Champagne (as a prop) and the negotiation of the deal create a theme of success.
• The set up of a hidden camera suggest something is out of the ordinary and that these characters may not be worthy of peoples trust
• Apart from the hidden camera there is nothing else in the trailer to suggest something dodgy is going on or that a scam may be taking place.

Charlie's Angels Trailer Conventions

Camerawork:
• Long shot
• Mid shot
• Medium close up
• Close up
• Extreme close up
• Two shot
• Reaction shot
• Over the shoulder shot

Lens:
• Zoom lenses
• Depth of field
• Deep focus

Camera position:
• Low angel shot
• High angel shot
• Bird’s eye shot

Camera movements
• Pan
• Tilt

Lighting:
• Ambient
• High key

Mise en scene:
• Weapons
• Sex
• Jewellery
• Money
• Expensive clothing
• Violence
• Murder
• Blood

Editing:
• Continuity editing
• Cut
• Cross dissolve
• Wipe

Sound:
• Dialogue
• Diegetic sound
• Non diegetic sound

examples in the charlies angels trailer

• Random beginning with two characters on a plane
• The theme of action is immediately shown as an African male kidnaps one of the passengers on the plane and jumps out of the plane
• A voice over starts – smooth, calm voice
• A Female sky dives out of a helicopter and starts to interfere with the kidnapped victim’s jacket
• An explosive goes off – another reference to action
• The female lands on a speed boat (captained by another woman) with the victim, shortly followed by the African man – showing some sort of connection between them all
• African man removes his costume to reveal he is really a Caucasian woman
• Voice over is done by the narrator “Charlie” – girls boss
• “Charlie” is the main connection between the women
• Explosives, martial arts, car crashes, weaponry and violence all show and support the themes of action. Mise – en – scene like these plus the use of specialised technology, show and raise the theme of the secret service and show these women to be spies of some sort and “Charlie” as their boss
• The three female characters are shown to be quite seductive and sexy – this is shown through certain dialogue and costume choice e.g. tight spandex/ leather clothing and scenes of Cameron Diaz in small hot pants and a tight t- shirt showing off her figure and seductiveness.

identification of forms and conventions of teaser trailers

The Sopranos trailer conventions

Camerawork:
• Long shot
• Mid shot
• Medium close up
• Close up
• Two shot
• Point of view shot
• Reaction shot
• Over the shoulder shot

Lens:
• Depth of field
• Deep focus

Camera position:
• High angel shot

Camera movements
• Track
• Pan
• Tilt

Lighting:
• Ambient
• Low key

Mise en scene:
• Weapons
• Drugs
• Money
• Expensive clothing
• Violence
• Murder
• Blood

Editing:
• Continuity editing
• Cut
• Fade up
• Fade out
• Wipe

Sound:
• Dialogue
• Diegetic sound
• Non diegetic sound
• Sound bridge

examples in the sopranos trailer
• Choice of background song “Woke up this morning” by Alabama 3 – shows the theme of action and crime as the song has constant references to guns and murder. Also the choice of this band shows us as an audience that this film is set in America.
• The quotations from the Mafia trilogy The Godfather, by one of the characters and his choice of clothing of a designer (probably Italian) suit – raises and suggests ideas of links to the Mafia.
• These ideas are backed up as one of the characters refers to himself as the “boss” and also the respect shown to this character by everyone, especially at public events like funerals and weddings
• The constant use of guns used to threaten/ intimidate and murder people show and back up the suggested themes of action and crime
• The final song (in the trailer) sung in Italian by the character referred to as the “boss”, shows these people/ this family is from an Italian background and therefore suggests further links to the Mafia

identification and understanding of forms and conventions of genre

Camerawork:
• Long shot
• Mid shot
• Medium close up
• Close up
• Big close up
• Extreme close up
• Two shot
• Point of view shot
• Reaction shot
• Over the shoulder shot

Lens:
• Zoom lenses
• Depth of field
• Deep focus

Camera position:
• Low angel shot
• High angel shot
• Bird’s eye shot

Camera movements
• Track
• Pan
• Whip pan
• Tilt

Lighting:
• Ambient
• High key
• Low key
• Lighting from bellow

Mise en scene:
• Weapons
• Drugs
• Sex
• Jewellery
• Money
• Saves
• Expensive clothing
• Violence
• Murder
• Blood




Editing:
• Continuity editing
• Cut
• Cross dissolve
• Fade up
• Fade out
• Wipe

Sound:
• Dialogue
• Diegetic sound
• Non diegetic sound
• Sound bridge

audience feedback and analysis

Our first teaser trailer idea was to use the two genres of horror and comedy(hybrid). we used ideas from films such as 'scary movie','epic movie' and 'scream'. After we thought of our different ideas, we decided to get an audience feedback and analysis. we asked a sixth form sociology class to express their thoughts and opinions to our group, so we knew where we will need to improve or make various changes. we asked this class, as it was the target audience for our film genre, aged 17-19.

we came up with two different film ideas with two different genres and got quite positive feedback. the class seemed to prefer our second idea which was the design of a crime, thriller film. they liked both ideas, but was more enthusiastic towards the second one as it was described to them in more detail and they felt we were more confident about approaching that idea instead. It also came across as more appealing to a majority of the audience. 

our second idea was similar to films and telvions programmes for e.g charley's angels, the real hustle and chicago. this showed a mix of genres such as crime, thriller and romance. we got feedback from students in our sixth form, which seemed to be constructive and appealed to both male and female, it being intentional. they liked the idea of changing the criminals to women instead of it being men, which gave us our unique selling point. they also felt that using women of different races and ethnic backgrounds would interest a wider audience.

our third idea was based on the genre of crime. we wanted to make it a gangster based film set in america, 1960s, similar to films like 'goodfellas' and 'the godfather'. our feedback audience liked this idea, but stated that it would only appeal to men and agreed it was too similar to those films we associated it with, making it more difficult for us to create our unique selling point.

after receiving  feedback, our group discussed and elaborated on our ideas, changed it slightly and made it more unique, but still keeping the idea of our hybrid genre.

identification of forms and conventions of teaser trailers

a teaser trailer is a very short trailer used to advertise an upcoming film. it is usually a duration of about 60 seconds. the aim of a teaser trailer is to tease the audience, as it is released more in advance, months before  the actual fim itself and gives a very brief  viewing of clips in the film. This brief viewing will leave the audience in suspense and excited to see the full version of the film.  The aim of the teaser trailer is to tell the audience the content of the film and to reveal a clear idea of what the genre will be.

when creating my teaser trailer I will use the different forms and conventions to make my own. I will make it a duration of  roughly 30-60 minutes and make sure i don't give too much away, leaving the audience wanting more.

research into similar films and opening sequences

in our media class we have been analyzing and looking at the different conventions of a teaser trailer. a teaser trailer is usually a maximum of  90 second, oppose to a regular trailer which is uasally longer. we also had to look at the different conventions of a film magizine front cover and also a poster, get different ideas and then make our own. our group consisted of Joy Isong, George Regan and Jordan Aloysius

we have looked at different websites and watched various films to enhance our knowledge on the conventions of a teaser trailer, getting ideas to make our own teaser trailer in our groups.

one of the teaser trailers we watched was "2012'', which created a sense of suspense and a feel of excitement. the music and the fast shots also gave an atmospheric feel towards the teaser trailer, leaving viewers wanting more. this is the purpose of a teaser trailer, sucking the audience in to wanting to go and watch the film and leaving them with not knowing what will happen next.