Music for Coursework Trailer: RUN

For the backing track to our trailer we are going to use Survival of The Fittest (instrumental) by Mobb Deep (shown below). The reason behind using this is because it fits nicely with the the dark grimey feel of the film, it also matches with the element of Hip Hop in our film trailer. Another key reason behind the choice of this song is because it is relativly quiet, this allows voice overs to be used without there being an annoying interference between the voice over and backing track and will hopefully end with a final product with a professional feel to it.

Synopsis of Our Coursework Film: RUN

RUN: There Is Never Enough Time

Genre: Action, Drama

Vincent "vinnie" Fitzpatrick aka Dephect is a graffiti artist in Liverpool, he is a part of a gang of fellow graffiti artists called "N3T", they become dominant (graffiti kings) in the underground graffiti world within Liverpool. When the intentions of the gang turn away from the art and towards money, drugs and violent crime, Vincent decides that he doesn't want to be part of the gang anymore (the determining factor for him wanting to run away is during an incident with a rival gang which leaves him seriously injured and his brother dead), however his fellow gang members aren't as enthusiastic for the idea and go after him to show him leaving the gang isn't as easy as simply running away. He remains in the graffiti culture alone and forever running.

We believe that this is a perfect synopsis for an Action Drama film. It has a consistancy of Action: the graffiti, the crime etc and Drama: The death of Vincents brother and the fall of realtionships between the gang/ crew.

Trailer For Every Oscar-Winning Movie Ever

Above is a mock of trailers for every Oscar winning movie presented by cracked.com. Although this is a mock making fun of film trailers, the dialogue and clips can give me a good insight into the order of the clips I am going to use in my coursework film trailer, and what audio should be used in my trailer. The simplicity of the video may come in useful later in my coursework project and make the process of editing easier, however I will still have to make it specific to the chosen genre of my trailer.

Analysis of Action Drama Trailer: The Sentinel

I chose to analyise this trailer as I thought it would be most suited to the genre we have chosen to base our trailer on for coursework. Also because the trailer is 2.01 minutes long, which is exactly the allocated time for our trailer.

The trailer starts by introducing the institutions and companies associated with the development of the film, it then goes into a series of quick cuts which develop the sense of mystery about the film and attract the viewer immediately. The voice over; "in the 141 years of the united states secret services there's never been a traitor" is spread over these cuts and gives a very vague insight into what will occur in the film. The following clips, the audience can assume, are the main characters in the film, the voices the characters use seem to be under their breath almost as though they don't want anyone to hear what they are saying, this again add to the mystery of the trailer. Every voice over in the trailer has something relative to it. The tempo of the trailer then slows down, it gives a key part of the story to the audience "they think you're an assassin" this may be a recurrence in many action/ drama trailer and I will have to take it into consideration when filming my trailer. After this slow tempo section follows a series of quick action filled scenes, between these the date is revealed when the film is to be released. As the trailer reaches it maximum tempo it jumps to the film title and the names of the actors and actresses of main characters, its date in this case 'Coming Soon' and the website for the film.

Through-out the trailer there is a right consistency between Action and Drama in terms of the clips of 'The Senital" shown, as this is the genre of the trailer it is very important to get right and perfect. All key concepts in the trailer such as the tempo, voice overs in comparison to relevant clips, release date, actor and actresses names and website I will have to involve in my trailer in order for it to seem professional.