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The trailer above is for the film Twilight Eclipse which was released in 2010. The reason I have chosen to write about this particular trailer is because the story line that we are trying to deliver is very similar.

The basic story of this traileruis a a love complication and as the girl is in love with 2 guys and she dosen't know what to do because of other factors that change the choices she can make. In our trailer we are hoping to have a girl that is essentially interested in 2 guys but she doesn't seem to care about the outcome. This is the difference between the trailer and the one that we are hoping to create.

The trailer is set mostly in the depths of the forest and the establishing shot right at the beginning of this trailer is an upwards tilt from a birds eye view of the trees to show quite how vast the forest is. In all of the mid shots there is endless scenery emphasising their location. The trailer in itself is not edited as fast as others that I have seen but there isn't any points in the trailer that you feel it is dragging on. It manages to change between all the characters in the love triangle and the other effecting factors in the story enough to keep you interested. Although there are a lot of mid shots not all of them are static. For example 15 seonds in to the trailer the mid shot is captured while the camera is being lowered down in a particular direction. Another variation of mid shots is just after that at 18 seconds in where the camera seems to be moving backwards (zooming out). The final shot that I am going to talk about that caught my eye is a very slight low angle mid shot, 1:06 mins in, to show the dramatic jump from the character. The slow motion of the shot makes it, for me, the most powerful shot in the trailer beacuse it draws you in and you dont feel you can take your eyes off it!

Personally I feel that the one element that is done best in this trailer is the sound. The soundtrack is one that fits the somber mood that is set as the girl has to make such a hard decision; However at the same time it also brings tension. When the part comes where the bad character comes the sound stops and there is an eery quietness before the voice of the girl asks a question with a very nervous voice. The sound then picks up again with a much more up tempo rhythm that makes you very on edge as you think something drastic is brewing or is about to happen. This to me sound is a very crucial part of a trailer as it plays a huge role in setting the mood. What I think also helps to add to the dramatic mood is the music clash in the music when there is a sudden change of camera shot to a close up to emphasise the emotion on a character. For example this can be found at 1:11 mins in to the trailer.

There are some visual effects but the trailer is pretty basic in the sense that it uses music, acting and a powerful story line to keep people drawn in. However when the titles of when it is being released, the name of the film etc are played there is a very clever CGI of very, thick, black clouds moving quickly behind the titles that help again to create the dark mood. For example behind the release date, 58 seconds in.