Editing The Trailer

Using iMovie we took all of the footage previously filmed and began cutting the clips to the correct length in which we wanted them to be within the trailer. Having a variety of shots within the trailer will engage the audience into the trailer and keep them interested all the way through. Having quick cuts and using a range of shots also builds tension within the trailer which we wanted to create to connect with the conventions of realistic thriller film trailer. After cutting the clips to the correct size we placed them all into the order we wanted so show the trailer. Positioning the shots was important so that we were able to create a non linear narrative within our trailer. Although our trailer contain and mixture of both linear and non linear narrative. The beginning  part of our trailer follows the girls to show the kidnapping. This is done in a linear narrative, after the kidnapping we positioned the shots to show a rage of clips out of order to build tension amongst the audience when the trailer is viewed. This created a non linear narrative within the trailer.  The mixture of the two narratives create an interesting trailer by showing part of the story but no all of it. We did this because during research we discovered that some trailer revealed some parts of their narrative in a linear narrative and other parts in a  non-linear narrative. By combining the two I eel that we managed to create a realistic trailer the applies conventions from real media products.

Whilst creating our trailer we also used transitions to create smooth running trailer that flowed when viewed. Having sudden cuts in the trailer is not seen within real media products, because of this it was important to have transition in some parts to have different clips connect together smoothly. For example we placed a black screen before and in the middle of the clips showing the kidnapping of the character. To get to the kidnapping we placed a fade to black transition between clips. This was so that the clip seen before the black screen would fade into the black screen instead of just jumping into it.

Overall, after we over come the issues with the programme we were using to edit, we were able to complete editing on our trailer to a standard hat we felt helped us to create an interesting and effective film trailer. The quick cuts and mixture of narratives helps to create the effect seen within a thriller film trailer that we were hoping to create.