Influence

We took influence from several different films for our trailer that we are going to produce. When we first decided what our storyline was going to be, we then went on to think about the shots that we were going to use and what we could take some ideas from.

One of the film trailers was the brand new film that came out this month called 'Prisoners' starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal as the star vehicles. I went to see this film on it's release date and immediately picked up that it was film noir because it followed all of the conventions. As we are producing a movie trailer based on noir we thought it would be good to pull some ideas from a film like this. The first thing I picked up on when watching this film is the limited lighting they use and the low saturation of the picture, there seems to be no colour which we could easiy recreate. This being said they do use the colour dark blue a lot with the black and white picture which also relates to neo-noir. Both Sophie and I think that the rain and the fog and rain used in this trailer is also a good way to create a sence of mystery. The picture shown below of the shilouette in front of the light is a great shot for what we want in our trailer of the "mystery killer" to look like.

Another film we used to influence our trailer ideas was "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2" which was released in 2012 with Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson as the main stars. The parts that we took from this film were the extreme close up shot of the woman's eyes and then the sharp close ups of the area around her. This extreme close up shot in our trailer will focus on the introduction of the female character who plays an important role in the storyline. As we use this kind of shot it will show the characters apperence and also what is happening around her, so it esablishes where she is in the timeline of the story and what the aftermath is of the crash.

Moreover, we had a strong influence from "The Butterfly Effect" released in 2004 starring Ashton Kutcher. As we spoke about the colouring of the trailer in our initial thoughts we thought of trailers were this type of idea was used. Within this trailer the happy moments are in colour, the reactions shots for the character are in black and white and the bad parts of the trailer are in a darker, less saturated colouring. We both thought that this idea was good to use as the audince wacthing our trailer which will be able to establish what the happy moments are in the couples life's and what is the present day when the wife does not know about there life. This will make a big impact of the trailer and help the audience understand what is going on which is what we both want and for a person to be interested in a film they will need to know some of what will occur in the film.

The last influence that helped us with our trailer ideas and also with our start off point with the plotline was "The Vow" released in 2012 starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum as the main stars to the story. The crash that we want to occur is the trigger event in the story, although our trailer will be a charcter driven film. This scene will be our main focus to get right and planning how we are going to shoot it, so what camera angles and shot plan. The light in this scene will be important aswel, as the headlights of the approaching car will be a significant part to let the audience now that something is aboutto occur.