Analysis of costumes in a teaser trailer: The Piano

This is a film which is also set in the 19th century, so I am looking at the costumes. This knowledge will help when making my teaser trailer, meaning that my group and I have a better understanding of what to hire.

The females in this trailer wear hats tied with a bow, dresses with frilly collars, and the shade of black appears to be popular within that era. Nevertheless when not in black the young girl whears a white dress with frills. The women wear sleevless dresses when they are at special events.In terms of hair it is not lose and is plaited into ringlets at either side of the head.

The males who are rowing the boat are of a different culture, so they are showing their bodies. The other men (who would be upper class) wear top hats, bow ties and suits. Another male wears a bowler hat, lose fitting jacket and checked shirt.

Analysis of a teaser trailer: The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black is a 2012 supernatural film set in the 19th century and is a remake of the 1989 film of the same name. It stars Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds and Janet McTeer
 Camera Angles/Movement: Establishing shot of the house with branches either side making it feel as though you are spying, zooms as though you are walking forward, close-up of a males face, mid-shot as male jumps backwards and close-up as male is grabbed.

 Editing: Institutional information, words on screen to tell the narrative rather than a voice-over (the font fits in with the genre), fades to a black screen, use of the pictures rolling across the screen and the title font dissolves at the end of the teaser trailer.

 Sound: Gradual build up of music before the male leaps back- then a screeching noise at that point, the music sounds like a children's music box- this is haunting and builds tension- it also suggests that a child is involved even though there isn't one in the teaser trailer, ticking as the pictures scroll across and when the male is grabbed it sounds like a train in the distance.



How this will help towards our product:

Even though this is not of the same genre as our teaser trailer is going to be it will be helpful as it is set in the same century. This means that costumes will be similar, as well as the props used.
Mise-En-Scene: The building looks like a haunted house, the branches make you think of being haunted as they are black, natural lighting is used, at the point where it focuses on the males face it is half in the light and half in the darkness, he is wearing period costume- black suit and tie, the theme of darkness is used throughout- black trees, black costume, black font, and lack of light to create this effect.

Shots

In our teaser trailer we will use a variety of shots to make it look good, but also to show character's emotions, locations, important objects, and to give the viewer a general sense of what will happen. This will give all the people in my group a chance to input their ideas, and as part of the development process some of the shots we were going to do when the storyboard was created may be changed if we feel the shot will be more effective when done differently.

Looking into props

To make the teaser trailer authentic as being set in the 19th century it means we will have to buy props which are of that era. I have been looking on the Internet to see if there is anything suitable, and as we want to keep the money spent as minimal as possible Ebay and Amazon are the most cost effective places to look at.

Amazon...

Enquiring about costumes

Today Lucinda, Emily and I all went into town to find the RADS (Richmond Amatuer Dramatic Society) building, as we need Victorian costumes, and feel that it is worth asking them as they might have some. We went into the Georgian Theatre Shop as we did not know exactly where there premises were based. The lady was really helpful, and she told us that even though there probably wouldn't be anyone there at that time of the day she would speak with the person who did costumes, as she was a member of RADS too. She took Emily's phone number, asked us exactly which costumes we were looking for, and then said that she would get them to give us a call. This means that is sounds promising in terms of being able to get costumes, but if it is too expensive to hire them then we will have to find an alternative.

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Costumes

In terms of costumes we need to begin to take the measurements of the actors/actresses. We are also going to create a log where we write down who has let us borrow what, so that we make sure everything gets returned, and to the right people. We will need various types of clothing such as suits for the males and dresses of the 19th century era for the females. Emily in my group has created more posters to display around college so that people know what we need and who to get in touch with if they can lend us some props/costumes.

The poster displayed around college (made by Emily):