5. Brainstorming

Before I can move onto using Premiere and Illustrator I have come up with some ideas for my trailer.

So far I have one for Horror and two for Fantasy;

Horror

1 - Using a derelict church and dark shots, give the illusion of being followed/chased. Fill the trailer with suspense, but give nothing away as to what is chasing the protagonist. This will increase the feeling of dread. The box synopsis will need to explain and correlate with the trailer for it to wholly make sense. Likely to use only original filming.

Fantasy

1 - Using original filming and film clips to create a trailer that shows our realm being attacked and under threat from the Deatheaters and Voldemort. This will need to have original filming, filmed to match the style of the films that I would use clips from.

2 - Using original filming, capture two people playing a Lord of the Rings board game. The trailer will show them (two+ people) mid game, jumping into one of the game areas on the board. When the player lands in the game area the house (and camera) shake, as if there is an earthquake happening. The players go to check outside the house and find that they have been transported to the game area they had just landed in. (Jumanji-esque) I would need to combine original filming with film shots and clips from the LoTR films.


Currently, I am drawn towards the last idea as I already have many of the props I would need to make the trailer ready from digital editing. It also has the most opportunity for using both video editing, cutting and re-arranging and original filming for editing.

I have also made some small mind maps to help me with my ideas;

These are comprised of common features in the genres and could be things that I could incorporate into my trailer.