Option A) To Produce a 90 Second Film Trailer

After doing some research, we thought that producing a 90 second film trailer is an option we would really have to consider. We have some similar prior experience around this field but AS Media Studies was revolved around creating a film opener rather than the film trailer. In spite of this, our research showed us that the difference between these is bigger than we initially thought. After looking at many film trailers on YouTube, mainly from independent film makers, we realised that shooting a film trailer can be quite tedious. The reason for this being that every trailer we saw was very suspense and action-packed which derives from the fact that they contain diverse features. One film trailer that we particularly focused on was 'The Cabin In the Woods'. 

Trailer for 'The Cabin In the Woods'

This was a great example to use as our research for movie trailers. The reason behind us stating that movie trailer are very suspense and action-packed because this particular movie trailer had a staggering 81 camera shots in just 60 seconds! This is quite hard to believe but it is reflected in the quality of the trailer. With this in mind, all of these camera shots were well thought out as there were immerse locations and fantastic mise-en-scene.

This will be quite difficult to emulate into our own trailer (if we were to do one) because of the amount of content we will have to include. Judging by average statistics, we would have to include around 105 camera shots in 90 seconds which is roughly around a shot every second. This will be very difficult to shoot let alone edit. However, if done well, it could result in a fantastic piece of coursework. Overall, we wouldn't mind doing a film trailer despite it being out of our comfort zone but it all depends on the research we will do on creating a five minute film.