Planning - Editing

In order to complete our media piece to the highest quality we need to decide how we are going to use many editing techniques to transfer the general conventions of a horror thriller onto our film.

-Fade to black: This is a key feature of our thriller trailer, as well as being key in many popular film trailers such as 'Leave To Remain'. Due to the fact it cuts to darkness in allows for a stereotypical fears of the unknown and darkness to take hold of the view. We use this several times such as in our montage and most effectively in our quick cuts to a close up of the barn.

-Sequencing: We are using a basic sequence of a beginning, a middle and an end. We believe this will be the most effective way for us to get a preferred reading from our demographic. We have made this evident as our trailer begins at a slow place introducing the characters, which is then switched to a fast paced montage, which then cuts off back to a slow placed dialogue at the end. Our music choices link in with the sequencing  as they build up throughout to increase the tension, with the music fading at the end to emphasise the importance of the last discussion.

-Zoom: During our close up on Hayley with have placed key frames in order to create a slight zoom on her face. It is extremely subtle but it is a popular technique as it draws the viewers attention directly to this character with being to drastic. Subconsciously the viewer will become focused on what the character is saying.

-Synchronous Sound: During the short scene based around the car we have had raise the volume of the car as the increased volume will allow for increased adrenaline which is crucial in an action scene such as this. During our research we saw a similar technique in 1408 when they increased the volume of gushing water.

-Fast Paced Editing: 1408 has played a key part in our research and planning as we are looking to edit our trailer in a similar way. We are looking to increase the pace of our trailer therefore we will cut each clip as thin as we can and particularly in our montage, we have aimed to get in as many shots as we can in a short amount of time. This will engage our audience and works effectively with our soundtrack as we have matched the cuts with the cutting of the music.