Shot Evaluation of Teaser Trailer (post production)

We tried to fit in as many shots as possible to get a good range of angles, whilst at the same time only using them when neccessary during the trailer.

For example a close up of the knife that Alex picks up in the phone booth is used to show it's importance in the narrative. How it is used is not yet clear so this shot was also very ambiguous for the audience. Over the shoulder 180 degree rule was kept during shots which included dialogue so as not to disorientate the audience. The scene in the alley-way uses continuity editing to show both characters points of views and reactions to the situation. Though this shot is extended we feel it keeps the flow of the scene moving at a good pace.

We have borrowed two shots from other films of the same genre, whilst manipulating them to suit our own film. The 360 rotation shot from 'Adulthood' is used again at a dramatic point in our film, though we have personalised it by making it low angle and slowing it down to create the effect we were trying to achieve with this. Low angle is prodominently used throughout the teaser trailer to emphasize Alex as the more powerful character holding the most authority. The opposite - high angle - is therefor used regularly for Matt's character (e.g. during the scene in the basketball court) to make him look like the more vulnerable one.
The final shot in which Alex punches the screen ends the trailer in a very aggresive manner, which we feel really works well in putting the point of the film across to the audience. It is taken from 'Shank' though we have zoomed in slightly to make the shot faster and more of a shock to the audience who would not expect it.

By incorporating these two iconic shots into our trailer we are raising the profile of our own film as people will recognize these shots. However by making simple changes to them we have created something new which I feel adds to the originality of our trailer.