Last Trailer Edit!

After talking to Charlie Ward an editing expert, we decided to make some small changes to the titling in our trailer.

He said the titling needed more movement to give it more impact. I tried using different titling effects, such as 'fly-in words' where the words would zoom towards the viewer, but I thought this looked rather tacky and didn't fit the horror genre. It looked like a style more commonly used in sci-fi or super-hero films. Charlie Ward also suggested that we could add a 'strobe' effect to the titling to give it a sense of movement and to shock the audience even more. I re-edited the titling with the strobe effect and it was very effective. It might remind the audience of lightning, something which is iconic in the horror movie genre ever since James Whales classic Frankenstein film used it to such telling effect.

We also considered having the title of the movie on a black background instead of an image of the mask. This would have had m

ore impact but we found it very hard to find the original title on photoshop. Also I got the idea of having the title over the image from a trailer for the film Scream 4. It was very effective in that trailer and I think it is still quite chilling in our trailer. Even though it might draw away from the title.

Overall I am very pleased with the final edit of our horror movie trailer. I think it should build a lot of interest in and anticipation for the film.