Professional Trailer: Scream

Above is a trailer for the well known horror film called 'Scream'. Scream is a fairly old horror film that hit cinemas in the year 1996. However, even though the film itself is quite an old film, there are still lots of many useful tips that I can take from this video which will help me when I finally produce my movie trailer.

The first point that can be made about this film trailer is at the start when the woman is talking on the phone and as the logo of the film company 'Dimension' pops up, the audience can still here the woman talking in the background. This is a crossover effect and it keeps the audience involved because they are still following what is going on in the scene.

Once again, quick cuts are used frequently throughout the trailer and they are once again very effective. In this trailer each camera shot stays on for around four seconds. The effect of this is that it gives the trailer a far quicker pace, plus the ability of telling the audience what to expect if they went and watched the film as many camera shots can be used.

A few more points to make is that as the trailer gets progressively longer, the tempo of the music beats up and the effect of this is that it raises the beat of the audiences pulse. A final point is that this trailer has been shot at night time and this is the case in every camera shot. Overall this is a very conventional horror trailer and I will use what I have learnt from it when producing my film trailer.