For an inspiration. I have decided to use Justin Timberlake's Cry me a river. The plot of the music video relates to the theme of my film trailer. The psychological thriller theme therefore some of the shots can be inspiring for me to use in my film trailer, as the ideology of my trailer is to create a trailer based on a heartbroken women who gets obsessed with her adulterous partner. Firstly the scenery of the music video, a modernised white house is a scenery I potentially want to use for my music video, as a home shows the privacy and intimacy of a couple. The close up shots of the objects portrays the social class of the characters as social class plays an important role in general. Social class of the character can change peoples perception of the film. My characters are going to be a financially stable family. Therefore the objects and scenery needs to very lavish and opulent to portray this egotistical lifestyle which this video does so for example the close up shot of the Mercedes Benz the long shot of the mansion and sports car the medium close up of the backyard pool. Furthermore pathetic fallacy is used which is the weather representing the characters mood. As my thriller is based around heartbreak there is going to be a lot of despondency and tears. Rain symbolizes human tears so by shooting on a rainy day will further exaggerate my ideology of the trailer. Other scenes that I will incorporate within my trailer are the shower scene and the rear-view car mirror scene. These scene will cause suspense which is what thrillers are suppose to do.
Another inspiration is Melanie Fiona's 4am. This is another music video which is based around heartbreak from a females perspective. This is relatable and very inspiration as my protagonist is a female. I will be incorporating and inspired by various of scenes from this music video. Firstly the outfit is suitable for my female character a silk robe and a lingerie. This suggest comfort and sexiness. scenes which I find interesting is the dark isolated room where the artist is sitting on the bed. This has connotation of isolation and the close up side shot suggest thoughtfulness and mixed emotion which is what your feeling when heartbroken. The establishing shot sets the scenery and the close up shot of the tap running and the bath tub with rose petals in the bath and the red wine being poured in a wine glass. This is very alluring romance is a significant theme within my trailer.
This is another music video which is very inspirational and can help me develop my movie trailer. This shows the emotional and violent side of the relationship. The first scene of the artist dragging the artist shirts of the rack is a scene. I will definitely try to incorporate this close up medium shot as it shows how infuriated she is, this shows anger and the close up shot of the artist dragging his jewellery gives the impression she soo infuriated she's throwing him out her house. One thing that I cant incorporate is keying the sports car as that's out of my budget and I don't have the finance for that. The close up tracking shot of her hand gestures plus her frustrated and infuriated close ups hot of her face is a camera angle that I will incorporate within my film trailer.
This trailer starts differently to 'The Perfect Guy'. The starting shot from 0:03 to 0:06 is an establishing shot and a fast track of trees and woodland. Because the protagonist is in a moving transport the surroundings are moving extremely fast. This indicates freedom, appreciation of life and new surroundings. It then cuts to an over the shoulder medium shot from 0:06- 0:08, with the actors hand out brushing against and grasping flowers. The continuity editing which creates realism and this exaggerates freedom and appreciation of nature and life. Even more from the colour and size of the flowers its obvious the setting of this trailer is a very remote, rural, woodland area, the flowers are yellow which is a very vibrant colour and has connotations of freshness, happiness, positivity, clarity, energy, optimism and enlightenment. However yellow also has conflicting connotations of cowardice and deceit . Which is a juxtaposed scenery from 'The perfect guy'. Who's opted for a very busy city with sky scrapers and a huge population. Just from the first 8 seconds I have already picked up that this is possibly going to be a movie about a youth enjoying life and his freedom and from the weather the season is very hot and warm. Summer is stereotyped as the ultimate holiday season to have fun, exploring new things, live life. At 0:08 it cuts onto a high angle establishing tracking the neighborhood, which is dominated by a lake and trees. There are only a small number of houses which are right on the lake and are very compact and close together. Automatically the audience can tell this is a very remote area and because of this. Everyone is going to be a strong small community where everybody knows one another and their business. I'm automatically given the impression just from the establishing shot is maybe a outsider is going to move into this small community and things will now change. Moreover, none of the houses are being previewed are grand they all look like working class houses, the neighborhood is not flamboyant neither which indicates this is not a very wealthy neighborhood and none of the inhabitants are of a high social class. It then jump cuts into a closeup shot of feet in sand, it then jump cuts again to adolescents running into the sea in swimsuits they are extremely buoyant and exhilarated as they are laughing its apparent they are having fun. This is exaggeration the point i maid we can tell this is youths enjoying their summer. In a millennial dominated generation youths in the city tend to rely on electronic devices for amusing, so from the lifestyle i can already tell maybe this neighborhood has some traditional values and morals so they defer from the norms and trends of society. Once again fast jump cuts of boats and Jet skiis and another establishing shot of the scene. This is very important as the dominant setting of this movie is the scenery and we can tell they have a different way of expressing themselves and appreciating life. They suggest maybe the new inhabitants may not be as traditional or familiar with the society. A lot of ambient lighting is used to enable realism and exaggerate it replicates that everyday, natural lighting. A vice-over is dominant that any backing track which is essential as its the actor narrating the trailer and it should be above any soundtracks is voice needs to be clear and pronunciation right so the audience don't have difficulty understanding whats being said. This also clarifies the story-line and whats going to be happening in the trailer. At 0:16 its a medium long shot of a young man jumping out the lake onto the deck. As the youth is dominating the screen and by himself we can immediately tell that this is the protagonist the main character. Ans as hes jumping out the lake we can tell hes probably familiar with the neighborhood its suggest that he probably grew up their. The youth is very alluring and attracting plus his physique is very muscular. Young girls will be attracted and lust over this star. They have used star power as Nick Jonas the actor is a singer and a former Disney star. So young girls will be aware of him and fan -girl and watch the film, and by making him look desirable as possible this is how he's used to draw in an audience. At 0:22- 0:25 once again a lot of jump cuts are being used specifically at 0:22 its another establishing medium close up shot, the setting has now changed to a bedroom and behind is a small bed and on the walls are decoration linking to the sea their compass painting, facts of ships and sailor. This suggest that hes an inhabitant and was probably bred and raised in this city. The medium close up shot is close enough to identify the characters appearance and the decorations in her room. It cuts to an over the shoulder shot of the actor running in the woodlands with his friend and they have beers in their hands. This is significant as it shows this is his community all his close friends and family are their. From their clothing its obvious these boys don't come from wealthy homes they are wearing large worn out looking plaid shirts, its a very down to earth setting. This also exaggerates the representation that young adults live to part and have fun and are very irresponsible and don't have a lot of responsibility. However at 0:28 this is the first introduction of the female protagonist and instantly you can see a massive difference in status just by her appearance she is dressed in this white, flared sundress and a matching white sun hat. White has many positive connotations such as innocence, elegance and purity which is what the female appears to be. A point of view shot with a medium long shot is used so it shows the confined space and its obvious that the young male is watching her. She comes out of this lavish expensive sports car which the door is held open for her. Immediately you can tell that she is someone of a high social class she is very wealthy. Furthermore by using the point of view shot it conforms to the stereotype that small remote areas are in everybody's business and has strong community links as people are intriguingly watching her wondering who this newcomer is a high key lighting is used as its daylight and also to make sure the female is seen as she has a very important role in the film, a reverse shot is used and a closeup shot of the camera at a side angle on the actors face who is peering out the window is shown. Low key lighting is used to hid and confide the actor peering as nobody likes to be caught peering out the window at someone. The reverse shot cuts into a long shot of the female walking down into a driveway with an older gentleman who looks middle aged and hes wearing a very expensive professional suit. The costume is juxtaposed to the costume the male was wearing a big worn looking plaid shit which suggest low social class, an humble beginning and low social class. When it comes top middle part of the trailer which is usually promoting the problems. This trailer has opted to abandon the usual structure of a trailer. Which is usually the equilibrium, then the disequilibrium and the new-equilibrium . The lighting is a very low key lighting which indicates the couple are possibly hiding and doing something they are not suppose to do this creates tension and it makes the audience curious as to what they may be hiding. There are lots of shots of them together its very intimate very sexual which confirm they are in a sexual relationship. The music become eerie and darker. The plot of this film is similar to the plot of the trailer i am trying to recreate however there are some very distinctive difference. Its a similar story-line. I didn't want to create the typical obsession psychological thriller. I also dint want to be cliche with a young girl and older man. The protagonist for mine would not even be a male but a female. The scenery also is a scenery. i would not want to film i prefer the cities and the busy life. But this trailer helped me with my research as i found it interesting how the lighting the shots contributed extremely to the plot and story-line. It helped me understand that even the smallest things have the biggest impact.
This trailer automatically starts with the title. As the first 0:02 seconds of the trailer the title appears stating the name of the movie. The background of the title is white. The colour white has positive connotations such as purity, innocence. However the actual title is in a 'sans serif' typography. This typography is opted because its more modernised than 'serf' text and its not fancy or over the top, its a very clear font. The colour of the typography is red, the connotations of red is very symbolic especially in this specific genre as red has many connotations that is affiliated with the genre such as romance and love while contrasting violence and danger. The themes that are in thrillers and psychological dramas and this specific movie are the dominating themes, as the ideology is the female protagonist, splits from her husband due to him not wanting to start a family and she meets this guy who's her ideal 'perfect guy'. He's a gentleman, polite, handsome, got a good job ect. However, further into their relationship he becomes very possessive and obsessive and the relationship starts to become dangerous. Her Ex husband saves her from his psychopath. The audience wont struggle to see the title as the typography is large it dominates the screen so its distinctively clear what the name is. the first word ('the) is the only word that's not in bold maybe because its not as significant but the word 'perfect' is not only in bold which emphasises the word, but the text is distorted and this is very clever and significant feature because distorted is defined as giving a misleading or false account or impression; misrepresented. This is exactly the ideology of the film the 'perfect guy' is not perfect at all he's the juxtaposition of perfect'. He actually led a misleading, misrepresented lie. so by making the text distorted it indicates how psychotic the antagonist actually is. This shows that everything is done for a specific reason as even the smallest details are a big marketing difference. However 'guy' is till bold but the text is not distorted'. Even though the title is plain, it is very effective and the audience will be attracted and intrigued.
The first shot is an establishing shot, from my research majority of trailers start with an establishing shot, as it set the scene. The establishing shot in this trailer tells its a very nice neighbourhood this this is a financially stable couple. Its a big beautiful city, with a lot of sky scrapers, its usually business people that live in this big cities and live the busy fast paced, career driven life. It then cuts into another establishing shot for like a office promotion part. They were like 8 people dressed very formally in business attire and holding champagne glasses while clapping and congratulating in an office setting. This suggest that they are career driven couple they have achieved a lot. The background music is a cover of 'Rihanna diamonds'. Which is a love song so the soundtrack is relatable to the ideology of the trailer. It cuts into the male protagonist playing with a child with a voiceover of the female star saying 'she wants children', the male disagree. Automatically the trailer is 8 seconds in and we already know these are workaholics they have a successful career, financially stable. However, the dilemma is that the female wants kids but her husband is just not ready which tends to be a very big dilemma. Already 8 seconds in and the audience instantly know why their marriage failed. Which is a very positive things because a trailer is just a brief preview of the movie so it shouldn't be long and tedious. There have been lots of jump cuts, which keeps the trailer interesting from 0:13, the audience learns exactly why their marriage failed. The time management has to be perfect. This is such a short duration but it got straight to the point. It then fades into the production company which then cuts to a long shot of when we meet the 'perfect guy' at 0:17 to 1:12 The relationship seems as though its a fairy-tale. However when it was leading up to the drama the soundtrack gradually started to become slower. A sound effect was used for the violent scene to exaggerate it so it appeared gruesome. This is a marketing technique as it captures and intrigues the audience. The soundtrack even drastically changes to a darker artist 'The Weeknd ' 'high for this'. Then there are thousands of jump cuts of various of different shots of the stalker. Plus to make it more interesting various of different angles are used ranging from close-up to medium and long. This trailer is marketed extremely well. Its is only 2:36 minutes long but yet still it tells all the essential and captivating bits in the films and the way its exaggerated it makes the movie appear more interesting than it probably already is. However, a criticism of this trailer which the audience will dislike is that the trailer tells everything that's going to happen in the movie we know the significant events. So when you watch it in the cinemas there is suspense, mystery. The trailer is self explanatory. This could be an improvement for me to not tell so much, because realistically you want the audience to watch the film, the trailer is just to advertise the film.
The camera angles are extremely significant and the angles are specifically used for a purpose. For example at 0:49 this is the sex scene and it consist of constant close up shots. The reason for this is because this is a very intimate, sexual moment so by using a close up shot. It dominates the screen to imply, this is a significant moment as love is major theme in psychological thrillers. However, editing is twice as important as this makes the trailer fluently flow. As at 0:49 lots of jump cuts were used to show how rigorous the love scene is which shows how infatuated the couple became with one another.
The lighting in this trailer ranges as its not 1 specific lighting has been used. For example at 2:09 to 2:12 chiaroscuro lighting is used the reason as to why is because the harsh lighting creates an extreme contrast. This is common in thrillers and dramas because it creates suspense especially in these scenes. Furthermore, this is purposely used as majority of the scenes the stalker is in low key lighting the reason because this tends to be the petrifying, suspense scenes. Contrastingly, at 1:27 when the female is with her protector, a high key lighting is used, as it could suggest her way out of this situation he's the light at the dark end of the tunnel. Even down to the lighting is symbolic.
The official trailer on youtube has been watched 9.8 million times. Which implies that its a very popular trailer. It could've had more views but this is a very decent amount for a youtube trailer. So the marketing worked on this platform because a wide audience have viewed the trailer. However the trailer has 33 thousand likes and 1 thousand dislike which is a very impressive ratio. This implies that majority of the audience enjoyed the trailer and felt that it was captivating and marketed very well. Interestingly the trailer got so much positive reviews while the actual film did not preform well according to the audience and the critics. With 5.6/10 IMDb ratings, 19% Rotten Tomatoes and 2/5 The Gurdian. This exaggerates the importance of the trailer, a film can be marketed so well and . actually look better than it actually is. Even if the audience do not like the film, by just going to watch it, its contributed to the box office success. That's why when marketing and using a trailer its extremely important as this is the initial way to attract the audience.
The genre I have chosen to recreate my trailer is a psychological thriller or drama. This trailer is in this categary and I like the ideology of the trailer. There are aspects that I will be willing to use in my trailer. However the problem with this genre is the storyline tend to be repetitive as this is not the first show I've seen where a woman gets in an obsessive, dangerous relationship. Majority of these modern films are adaptions and recreations of the iconic Psycho (1960). I don't want to replicate the idea but change the story line so its not another typical repetitive stalker movie. But i want to explore the psychological thriller and obsession theme.