Social Media Feedback:
In answer to the questions -
In what ways does my trailer remind you of other trailers?
What do you think are the strengths of my trailer?
What do you think are the weaknesses of my trailer?

"It reminded me of other trailers in that it introduced the main characters separately with screen cards with their names, and in that it had the like exposition shot of the boots at the beginning for interest, and that it wasn't one long scene but different scenes cut together"

"reminds me of other trailers with snippets of action, the bit at the beginning with the production company. strengths-variety of interesting locations used, made me want to know more about the plot. weaknesses-possibly a bit incoherent? maybe needs a voice over of some sort" 

 "it was kinda ambiguous at the beginning like you didn't know what kind of film it was going to be which I think a lot of trailers do... that was good and also the rain (I don't know if that was purposeful but hey) and the music was sick. I agree with Beccy that maybe a voice over would have been good"

"Strengths were that it didn't spoil the plot but hinted towards what might happen, and gave a clear indication of the genre so audiences know what they are going to see"

"Weaknesses were that the transition between alex shooting will and becki and dead callum was a bit choppy, plus the musical transition wasn't very smooth"

We also had a class discussion about each others pieces to give each group some feedback on what they had created.

I am glad that in using lots of shot clips I reminded people of other trailers. Also it seems the music itself was successful even if the transitions between tracks needed work. I have learnt that I need to spend a bit more time making all transitions smoother but also that title cards and dramatic settings are very effective at creating a trailer that draws people in. I also have learnt that I could improve the narrative of my trailer and make it clearer by introducing more dialogue and maybe a voice over. However people did seem to like the way I presented my characters, used props and introduced an enigma to encourage people to want to find out more. I have also learnt that using a variety of unusual shots was successful as it made my trailer stand out and also kept the audience's attention.