Choice of Trailer Type

Our intention is to make a highlights trailer called ‘Jilted’. We prefer the look of a highlights trailer because we feel they are more captivating and exciting. We also feel that our particular narrative is much too complicated for a scene trailer as showing one scene from our film idea may leave our audience feeling lost and confused, where as a in a highlights trailer we can reveal enough of the plot without out giving too much away leaving the audience feeling intrigued and wanting to see more.  We liked the construction of both ‘Pusher Trilogy’ and ‘Evil Dead’ as highlights trailers as we felt the pacing of the trailer kept the audience absorbed within the world of the trailer more than ‘Cloverfield’ (2009) did as a scene trailer. We found the ‘Cloverfield’ (2009) trailer fairly boring due to the fact that we’re only introduced to a few characters in a shambolic way and the only moment of interest is when the severed Statue of Liberty head falls down the street. Also, the pacing wasn’t as exciting as both the other highlight trailers that followed the horror trailer conventions perfectly. Both of our favourite trailers started with a slow pacing to establish the narrative before creating fast montage of thrilling shots to create a sense of panic and exhilaration.