Here are the nine frames that I have selected from our trailer as I believe they are the most distinctive shots and fit the conventions of most trailers.
Shot number one is within the opening 15 seconds of the trailer and it is a shot of the institution we chose. This institution is called Paramount Vantage and is commonly used in Romance Trailers, so we thought we would commit to the usual conventions and use it for the opening of our own romance trailer. By using an institution it makes the beginning complete and an official trailer as every trailer that is made contains one at the start.
The next shot I selected is a long shot of Lilly and Chase which are the main characters in our film. The reason I chose this shot is because it instantly shows that they are together and good friends/in a relationship due to the positioning of the characters. Chase is being a gentleman and has put his arm around the girl which makes the trailer instantly recognisable that it is a Romance Genre. In this frame you can see houses in the background which suggests it’s a local location and a common setting for other trailers.
Number three is showing the two characters kissing which automatically teases the audience and grabs there attention to the trailer. From this shot it is evident that the genre is romance due to the characters reactions to each other. The reason this is a mid-shot and not a long shot is because we wanted the focus to be on them and not the setting around/behind the two people, by creating a mid-shot it allows the tension of the kiss to rise within the audience and will intrigue them to see the whole film. Even though not much of the characters bodies are shown you can still notice their costumes. As you can see they are both very plain and casual as we wanted them to look like normal typical teenagers. They are both wearing jackets as the weather it not took warm so they are wearing suitable clothing for the season we were filming in. There costumes relate to other romance films for example "Like Crazy" as they also wear casual clothing and nothing to over the top.
Number four is a shot taken from above the characters and it’s another shot that relates to the romance genre as they are sleeping together. We used this shot and various other similar ones to speed up the length of the shots so that the trailer flicks through each bed shot quickly. I though this image stood out as the angle is different to the others that we have used. The only disadvantage about this shot is the focus and quality as it’s quite poor and not as clear as we wanted it to be, this is because of the lack of daylight and natural lighting that we used.
The next frame I selected is the footage of the mobile phone. The reason that this image is so effective is because it is an extreme close up of the phone and not the person using it. On the phone the girl is texting the words “I miss you” to her boyfriend, this shows that something has gone wrong with the relationship of the two characters. This then creates a tenser atmosphere and will get the audience interested to know what happens next. Most Romance films have a plot of a good beginning then in the middle there will be a catch and then at the end will usually be a happy ending and the problem will be resolved. This shot of the phone resembles the middle stage of the plot, which means we have used the common conventions of a romance film which we intended to do.
As you can see number 6 is an establishing shot as you can see out over the river and can instantly tell that is a river. This fame is one I chose because it is very different to the others; the character is not looking into the camera and is placed away and to the side. This shot was used for the voice over of the girl. We thought by producing this shot it will create a more relaxed feeling to the audience as she is just looking out into the distance while she is thinking. The shot relates to the voice over and it compliments it well. Even though you can’t see the emotion on the characters face in this shot, you don’t need to as you hear the emotion through the voice over and this is what makes this shot so interesting and effective.
Number 7 is one of our titles that we created using Live Type. As you can see the colour theme is gold and black. We chose this background as we thought it looks very relaxing and will relate to the romance theme, we got the idea of this title from the trailer “Like Crazy” as that is a very popular trailer and we used it a lot for inspiration. We then chose black font as it will stand out against the bright background and it will be very clear and easy for the audience to read. All of our titles use the same background, font, text and colour except for the name of our trailer. I believe that our titles are very effective and look professional especially with the moving Bohek background. There is also a fade added in to bring the text/titles in slowly so that the audience have time to read the titles.
The second to last frame that I selected it one of my favourites and it is located towards the end of the film when the plot gets interesting and the so called “Lover Boy” turns back and the situation is to be found out later in the film. This is an extreme close up shot of just the boy’s hands and the first thing that you instantly notice is the red blood stains on his hands. This is then evident that he has done something wrong. I thought this fame was very interesting as you can only see his hands and the darkness of the background compliments the tense atmosphere. I believe this shot will get the audience interested in the rest of the film as they will want to know what happens next to the two lovers in this film.
The last fame I chose is the title of our film and the release date. All films especially Romance have a title and release date come up at the end of the trailer to let the audience know when they can go see it. As you can see we have used the same title text from our film poster as we wanted the same effect of the pun (Intimate) with the prison bars. It was hard to put this on final cut but we managed to move it from Photoshop onto our trailer. We were very pleased that we managed to get this effective title made and put onto our trailer as it look very good. I think that the title is very clever with the prison bars over the two letters as it will get the audience thinking, which is the effect we want to create. As this is only a teaser trailer we didn’t put the exact date of the release and only put the month and year as we watched most other romance trailers and they did the same, so we wanted to fit the conventions of other professional trailer in order for ours to be good.
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