The title featured in our film trailer is 'Under Control', we choose this because it is the name of our film. We choose to put this at the end of our trailer as this is stereotypical of the genre because it then stays in the mind of the audience after viewing it. We had this in a white font on a black background, the use of white font in a Thriller isn't so common as they would normally be in a red or darker coloured font, this means we challenged the conventions of the genre. An example of a commonly used title would be 'The Last House on the Left' as they display the word "House" in red meaning that the house will most likely play a big part in the film.
2. Camerawork and Editing
For camerawork and editing I used the close up of Chloe's phone to show the audience how controlling Owen was over her, in our first draft we did not include this but felt after watching it and given feedback we should add this as it helps towards the narrative. Most trailers would probably use a montage to show this information but because it was a thriller we thought a quick snap to the phone and then back to narrative would work more effectively as it makes the audience question it and actually think. We used forms of conventions here as this can be seen in real film trailers like 'When a stranger calls'.
3. Production Company logo
We decided that our production company logo would feature at the start of our trailer, stereotypical to many other trailers of most genres. Our production company logo featured a mainly black colour scheme with an influence of a cyan blue and white twist. We used these colours as this connoted the "cold" from our name and also more mysterious theme to fit our psychological thriller genre. The word vault also connotes that there is something mysterious behind it.
4. Intertitles
For our intertitles in the trailer we used the font Orator Std which was the same as our main film title. Instead for the intertitles we used a red font on significant words and a white font for the rest on a black background to connote the more darker side to the narrative and to imply whats going on in the story. For example the word "Ex" is in red telling the audience who that character is and possibly a threat within the story. This is common in some trailers but can be done differently by making a word in capitals to signify it.
5. Settings/Locations
This longshot shows Owen walking in a urban area towards Chloe's house, we choose this as it wasn't very common of thrillers. Normally the victims house would be in an old abandoned place or deserted area like in 'The Last House on the left' but we felt that setting it in a place the audience would be familiar with and be able to relate with would make it feel more uneasy for them and create tension as they know that it could potentially happen to them. We did this with other scenes aswell as many of them take place in various locations around the house, something similar to 'Paranormal Activity'. By creating verisimilitude in our film makes it more believable to the audience and too by using conventions from real media products.
6. Title
In this frame it shows the title that we created to use in our film, our title is very simple and is called Under Control. We choose the name as it directly incorporates into the narrative as Owen is trying to control his girlfriend Katie while his ex-girlfriend is getting in the way. We used the font Orator Std and had it in a white font on a black background. By having this quite simple we thought that it gave all the focus to the actual title and nothing else, this way people will be able to remember what its called. By us also choosing to have a relatively short product name it once again makes it re memorable for viewers. This is stereotypical of many thrillers with either one or two word titles, films such as Insidious, 1408, The Strangers and Paranormal Activity.
7. Poster
In this frame I choose to show all three characters on my poster. Using conventions of real media products like 'Before i go to sleep' and 'After Life' it lets the audience know who's in the film and potentially what role they will be playing. To do this I made Owen wear dark clothing and have a serious face to show that he was the antagonist in the film aswell as having him centred of the poster sticking with generic conventions of many thriller posters. I posed Chloe and Katie either side of Owen to show the audience that they would be the victims of the film and had them posed side wards towards Owen. This is because it gives exposure to them while Owen is quite unknown and you don't really establish much about him from the picture overall challenging forms of conventions by keeping his identity relatively hidden.
8. Costumes and Props
This mid shot shows the clothing that Chloe and Katie wear in the film, the clothing that they both wear are stereotypical for their age aswell as the genre as it connotes them as innocent because they are the victims in the film. The white on Katie shows purity while the grey and browns on Chloe show her maturity and sophistication, probably a reason why she helps Katie in the narrative. Owen however is dressed in black to show he is the antagonist while also displaying he is aggressive. Like in many thriller films the antagonist is normally a dominant male like Owen while the victim is normally a damsel in distress female type character like Chloe. This is developing conventions of real media products such as When a stranger calls when the victim is the girl on her own in the house and the stalker is a man.
9. Magazine Cover
For this frame I choose the lower half of my film magazine cover, this is because this particular part follows conventions of real media products with the small images of other films being advertised. I took inspiration of this from Total Film magazine as I had researched this before and I wanted it to look as professional as possible. I decided to change it up from Total Film though as theirs were placed at the bottom so I decided to place mine further up and slightly slanted to make it look more innovative and different to others. This bottom part also includes institutional information like the barcode which I felt looked good being placed there instead of in the bottom of the magazine like many others. I also featured advertising of exclusive interviews inside my magazine conforming to real media products like Empire magazine who do this. The use of words like plus, exclusive and special are stereotypical of many magazines as this draws attention to the reader enticing them to buy it.
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