Moving Forward with the Story Line

Having confronted James with the idea of the story line, he found no faults with it and now that we have something that we agree on, work on the trailer itself may begin.

From the idea of the story line, we both agreed on a neo noir film style. This style includes unusual camera angles, low key lighting and striking use of light and shadow.

The first thing we began doing was looking at film trailers of our favourite films, from the past and present.

'Taxi Driver' by Martin Scorsese portrays a good idea of what we're aiming for in the portrayal of our film. The lighting and dark atmosphere is definitely something that could influence our film greatly. The way the trailer is structured is important especially in how different parts of the story line are introduced but not given away.

The trailer for Quentin Tarantino's 'Pulp Fiction' helps show what a trailer with a lot of action can be portrayed as. With lots of fast cuts and effective use of the films soundtrack, different moods are set and expressed. The dialogue is edited effectively, creating a sense of comedy but still contrasted with the action scenes heightens tension in the trailer.