Audience feedback from those in class

We also got people in class to watch the trailer and give us feedback. This will further our knowledge of what needs to be improved so that we can get our trailer to look as professional as possible. This is what they said:

• The shots later in the trailer need to be in the following order: Frances and Jon dancing, Frances running down the corridor, the nightmare scene, Frances running outside, the title shown as she runs down the steps, followed by the institutional information and then the fire after this, as the music fades.
• Either cut/straighten the shot of Frances running to the lake
• Zoom in on the titles of the newspaper clippings
• Alter some of the text so that the storyline is clear
• The match being dropped needs to be nearer the end of the trailer

We will try our best to make sure that each of these changes is made, but we are aware that the trailer needs to be completed shorty, so will put in as much time as we can to prepare our final trailer.

Vingette Effect

To further improve our trailer we have decided to use the vingette effect that is available to us on Final Cut Pro. We felt this was a good idea as we were watching trailers submitted in the past, and this was one of the editing techniques used. We feel that it will help the audience to see the contrast between the Victorian era shots and the modern day ones with even more clarity. As well as this it will also make it appear that Sarah is 'looking' into her past, as the edges of the shots with the vignette effect will be blurred.

MPAA Green Screen

After watching other trailers in order to make further developments to our trailer we have noticed that they use a green screen like the one shown below:

We have now decided to include one like this in our own trailer. We also watched British films to see if they had their own version of this, but all of the trailers showed an MPAA screen. Therefore we know exactly what to use and do not need to obtain a British one instead. However if there had been a British screen it would have shown that our trailer was filmed in the UK, but since doing our reseach we are aware that the MPAA screen is the one commonly used.

Trailer Draft