Planning-Initial Idea

 I haven't yet thought of the narrative for my trailer though i have written down many different ideas, so my next task is piecing the ideas together to create one final plan. I am going to create a brain storm of camera angles, mis-ens-sene, editing, narratives and sounds in order to show to my thought processes. Here are a few ideas i have depicted from my research.

I have spent a long time watching a variety of thriller trailers in order to come to conclusion of the sub genre i intend to combine, i have decided on psychological. The reason behind this is because i believe the trailers are the most captivating, they leave you wanting more. It gives you more scope to focus more on shot types and narrative than having to focus on purely blood and gore.  I also like the cool editing which is incorporated into the trailers as they are disorientating and disturbing. I specifically like flash cutting, this allows you to randomly insert an image irrelevant to the scene or even narrative, this is so beneficial when trying to confuse or disturb the audience. s  I have listened to different sound tracks tat i believe would be the most effective and after a lot of deliberating i have decided to use more than one, from my own research i personally find slower, peaceful music more eerie as it contrast the genre so much it leave you confused and creeper out. However i think there needs to be a perfect balance, so when action is occurring the soundtrack needs to be louder and more powerful with a clear beat. I have also looked at a variety of camera angles which i believe are especially effective in psychological thriller trailers. Point of view shots are extremely striking as you are seeing things from the protagonists mind, this is a key element of the sub genre as their mind is usually far from stable so its is important to really give the audience a feel of that. Extreme closeups are also effective as you can focus on random parts of the body to confuse the audience and also make them question the importance of the shots, are they relevant to the narrative? or are they simply their to mislead you and plant a seed. Closeup shots of protagonists face are crucial in order to give the audience an idea of how there feeling, this can really provoke emotions out of the audience to, for example; If a female character was being tortured and extreme closeup of her eyes watering, her face dripping with sweat and her teeth grinding on each other, to see this in detail would almost make you feel her pain. When i have a clear i dead of what i want to do for my trailer, it will be easier to establish what mis-en-scene i want to include, though from my research i have discovered to stay away from bright colors and use dark tones of greys and black as they are more sinister.